Chapter 10 A New Physique (Part 1)

When Evan crashed against the wall of the dungeon because of the attack of the bat, the wall crumbled, and a new hallway appeared behind the wall. Evan was lying face-first on the ground of floor. This new hall room was completely dark; there was no light inside this hall room, but even if this room was as bright as day, it would not matter to Evan because after taking the attack directly from the bat, his consciousness started to fade away. Blood was flowing out from his wounds, and a puddle of blood formed near him. Suddenly, the blood started to move on its own like it was being attracted by something, but Evan's vision had already started to turn black, wasn't able to see anything. The blood moved deeper into the new hall room where a small platform was located, an octagram-shaped picture was engraved on the small platform, and in front of the platform, a strange statue that was pitch black was located. The statue looked like a human, but there was a long horn coming out from its forehead, and from the features of the statue, it was hard to determine whether it was a statue of a male or a female. The statue was five meters tall, and the horn that was coming out of its head was one meter long. Evan's blood moved towards the platform and came into contact with the octagram engraving. When the blood touched the engraving, all eight points of the octagram lit up and started to absorb the blood of Evan. The color of the octagram started to change, and soon it turned into a light red after one minute. When the octagram turned light red, the eyes of the statue also lit up in light red color, and Evan, who was just about to pass out from the blood loss and injuries, heard a cold voice inside his mind, "What do you want to sacrifice?" Present Time ** "Ahhh!!!" A pain-filled scream came from Evan's mouth after he was engulfed by black smoke once again. Evan never felt pain like this before; he felt like someone was slowly tearing him apart from the inside. Suddenly, the black smoke that engulfed Evan started to enter his body through his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. "Guuiiii!!!" When black smoke entered his mouth and nose, Evan started to have difficulty breathing. The pain of sacrificing his physique was so intense that the pain he felt while fighting against the bat felt like a blessing. Tears started to flow out of his eyes, which turned completely pitch black because of the smoke that was covering his eyes entirely. After thirty seconds, Evan was on the verge of passing out from the pain, and just as he was about to pass out because of the pain, the black smoke that entered his body started to come out. Soon, all the black smoke that entered his body came out and started to move back from his body. "I have successfully extracted your shadow physiqu." Evan heard the same cold voice again while lying on the floor. He was breathing heavily, and his vision was blurry. Evan wanted to curse this bastard, but he wasn't even able to move his fingers because of the exhaustion. "Here are the cores that I promised to give you after taking your physique," Evan heard the cold voice again, and something dropped near him, but he couldn't even move his head to see what it was. But Evan wanted to check if he could absorb other cores now that his physique was gone, so he mustered all of his strength and looked at the black smoke that was floating some distance away from him. For some reason, Evan was able to see everything, even in the darkness. Evan didn't pay any attention to it and was about to ask if he could absorb other cores now when he felt a sudden pain in his heart. It was as if something was tearing at him from the inside, and he gasped, struggling to focus through the haze of agony. Panic surged within him—he needed to understand what was happening before it was too late. "Ahhh!!!" The pain was even more intense than he had just experienced, so Evan passed out in just one second. Just as Evan passed out, a black aura erupted from his body and covered the entire hall room including the platform where the octagram and statue were located. As soon as the black aura touched the statue, the statue turned into dust, and the black smoke that had covered Evan previously also disappeared from the hall. The eight sides of the octagram stopped shining in a light red, and soon even the platform turned into dust. The hall turned pitch black because of the black aura that was coming from Evan. THUMP!! THUMP!! THUMP!! Evan's heart started to beat faster and faster, and in this silent hall, it was like someone was beating a drum. An illusory black round ball the size of a rice grain started to form inside Evan's heart. The ball was pitch black and was like it would engulf anything that came near it. Evan passed out the moment this illusory black ball started to form inside his heart. The illusory ball started to turn solid as time passed, and after 30 minutes, it turned completely solid like a black marble, but its size didn't change. Just as the black ball turned solid inside Evan's heart, his black hair turned completely dark, just like the ball that formed inside his heart. The color of his hair was so dark that it felt like it would swallow even the light if it came near it. The black aura that was coming from Evan's body started to retreat inside his body and was swallowed by the strange black ball that formed inside his heart. Even after the black ball was completely formed inside Evan's heart, he didn't wake up and continued to sleep. Many changes appeared in his status window after Evan lost his shadow physiq,ue, and the strange black ball formed inside his heart that he would find when he woke up.