The crater that Kent jumped into is about 1500 km deep. A testament to how devastating that Meteorite was. The deeper he fell, the darker it became. It was like falling into the Abyss forest all over again.

The darkness is endless, but he knew there was a button deep somewhere.

However, as he continued to fall deeper, the area around him started to grow hot, indicating he was nearing a lava pool.

Thankfully, he didn't reach that deep, since after falling about 1200 km, he saw a large hollow cave through his soul map that seemed to have been formed by the explosion.

This took away the need to create his own cave.

He quickly stabilised himself and entered without any hesitation. The moment he did, a Tier 14 formation opened and enveloped the cave.

It was one of the formations Alina prepared for him before he left. She didn't want her man to lack the basic tools that would come in handy in situations like this.

This formation creates the illusion that there is no cave there. But even if the cave was discovered, it is strong enough to withstand some of the attacks long enough for Kent to make his move.

"Tower, is the bastard still watching me?" Kent asked after creating an ice bed and sat down in a lotus posture.

[No, master. I have harnessed the power of the soul universe to block his senses. Unless he put some effort into it, he wouldn't be able to find you down here. However, the moment you leave here, he would start seeing you again.]

"Good. How about his strength? Do you have an idea?"

[Not really. But based on the energy from his gaze and killing intent, he is within the first three stages of immortality. So there is a chance he is Root, Core, or Spirit Immortal.]

"As long as he is not a True Immortal, I have nothing to worry about. Even if I can't kill him, I can make a run for it long enough to come up with a solid plan."

Kent knew the person whose gaze he sensed must be inside the Void Temple, so he knew they would meet one way or another soon.

But until they meet, he now has the time to strengthen himself. Until his two cores are saturated, he wouldn't make a move against the Void Temple.

This means if he had to, he would kill every last beast in the forest.

He only hopes there are no nasty surprises waiting for him up there.

"Everything will take care of itself in due time." With that, Kent brought out over a hundred thousand blood essences and began absorbing them.

He never expected to make this much harvest in only a few minutes after he entered the Void Forest. At most, he expected to kill a few tens of thousands, then make a run for it.

However, with the meteor shower, he was able to do ten times that. So all he could do was absorb and hope that in due time, his cultivation would rise to the Peak of the Heavenly Ascension stage.

After about 20 minutes, a message appeared in his vision.

<You have absorbed enough Blood Essence to Level Up. Heavenly Ascension Level 5>

This sudden level-up gave Kent so much of a boost in strength that he couldn't help letting a smile appear on his face.

His strength increased a lot, but aside from that, the amount of blood essence he could harness into his attacks also increased.

To many, a minor level-up was merely a drop in a large pool. But to Kent, who had formed two large blood cores instead of one, just this single boost was all he needed to bridge the gap between him and Root Immortals.

From the moment his strength reached Level 4 after the massacre he committed just recently, he knew he was on the same level as a Death Stage cultivator.

Of course, that doesn't mean that if he meets a Death Stage warrior, he can misbehave. However, for a Heavenly Ascension Stage warrior to possess that much strength, it was only normal to say he is a monster among monsters.

Now, he is moving closer to the level of a Root Immortal. With a single level up, he had made so much progress.

If he happens to reach the rank of something at the Peak Root Immortal without an Immortal Qi, then even if he meets a Core Immortal with an Immortal Qi, he can face them squarely.

The only downside here is that he would have to do more than harness his blood qi, since an Immortal Qi is like a whole immortal. Luckily, with the blood runes, he can easily bridge that gap, too.

Soon, he started rising through the ranks just like how he wanted to.

<You have absorbed enough Blood Essence to Level Up. Heavenly Ascension Level 6>

<You have absorbed enough Blood Essence to Level Up. Heavenly Ascension Level 7>

<You have absorbed enough Blood Essence to Level Up. Heavenly Ascension Level 8>

By now, Kent had absorbed about 30% of the blood essence he had farmed. And since he had reached Level 8, it is only a matter of time before he reaches Level 9, which is the peak.

Eventually, he did, and that was when something bizarre happened. The moment the message appeared indicating he had reached Level 9, the remaining blood essence in the air, about 55,000, rushed into his forehead like a magnet was pulling them.

Inside his soul sea, they flooded into his first blood core, causing it to release a surge of energy. Kent could feel his strength rising by the second.

The more blood essence absorbed into his core, the stronger he felt. Naturally, that shouldn't be possible considering he had already reached the peak of a high world.

However, he was getting stronger, and that wasn't stopping anytime soon.

Eventually, the last of the blood essence was absorbed; however, the core hadn't saturated, leaving Kent frustrated.

"If this is just the first core, then how about the second and the third up to the 9th?" Just the idea made him want to punch the cave in. He had no idea how much he would need to make all that happen.

However, now that he had reached the peak of the Heavenly Ascension Stage and all blood essence had been absorbed, what he came there to do is done.

But that doesn't mean he is leaving. His core is not yet saturated, but something else had taken a sudden leap, making him smile widely.

Reaching the peak of the Heavenly Ascension Stage impacted his blood runes, awakening more than he had hoped. Before he started this short seclusion, he had 55,600 blood runes; however, now it seems he had taken a huge leap.

<You have awakened 70,000 Blood Runes. Blood Runes: 70,000/105,600>

<You have awakened 26% of your Primordial Chaos Bloodline>

But aside from the blood runes, his bloodline had also taken a leap. This single leap came with so much improvement.

He had yet to form his Chaos Heart, but this level-up is enough to give him the power to go back out there and kick ass.

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