Sam felt like his soul is being sucked out of his body as he felt the red smoke pulling him inside. The situation is extremely dire. He understood that as soon as his legs reached the mouth of the well.
He also felt something foreign trying to make a connection with his brain and he immediately understood that the situation is not going to be solved within a few days, that is why he set a deadline for himself.
He is all open for trickery in a battle, but this is something he didn't expect. Tens of Consummates and a cultivator even stronger than a Consummate are all together trying to force him into this pit. Even his escape tactics are not working.
He could only face the problem head-on. As for not being able to solve it at all? If he would have thought like that before he solved all the problems he solved today, he wouldn't have solved any of them.
This is the mentality he had towards his problems. This might seem narcissistic, but he always thought that every problem is solvable for him, it is either a matter of time or a matter of need.
Sam felt another consciousness invading his body even before he could reach the bottom of the well.
The density of the red fog increased a lot.
Soon Sam hit the liquid surface and it almost felt like he hit the concrete.
There is a metallic taste in his mouth and he could smell blood all around.
By the time he gained his vision, he already knew what he fell into, a pool of blood.
Finally, Sam couldn't move a bit, the red fog still enveloped him, but it didn't pull him anywhere. Sam floated on the surface and he could finally use his energy freely.
He stood up and used his water elemental energy to take a footing on the surface of the blood and used his eye technique to look around. He is on a large pool of blood and he is not alone in there. A dead body is floating on the surface of the blood near him.
The body was sitting crosslegged and one look it easily gave away that this is the dead body of a vampire.
Sam wanted to near the body, but the red fog once again moved and the struggle of this foreign entity to establish a connection with a brain began and soon a small forceful link was made through which a voice sounded in his head.
"You are quite a specimen alright. Not only is your body so delicious and has such a fragrant smell, your soul is also quite unique, this is the first time I took this long to establish a connection with a brain. I wonder how much time it would take to consume you completely."
"Consume? Do you think, I would just let you do that?" Sam's voice was cold and indifferent as if the consciousness that is drilling into his brain doesn't even exist.
"What else can you do? Do you even know who I am? Do you even know what I am going to do to you? Since we have to spend a lot of time together before we leave this place, let me tell you."
At this moment, the dead body that is sitting crosslegged in front of him opened his eyes and started talking.
"I am the Vampire King hundreds of years ago. I was one of the reasons for the vampires to be imprisoned in this sick realm.
The corpse in front of you was my original body, Vampire's body is one of the most outstanding physiques of all the species, but I was never satisfied with it, so I experimented. Not just me, the then Ghoul King, the Wight King, everyone experimented desiring different results.
That is why all three races and the rest of the undead creatures that are associated with them are kicked into this realm.
But we didn't stop. All the blood you are seeing around is the result of those experimental failures.
I wanted to make a perfect body and create a new species altogether. In that body, not only would I be able to find a balance between the human blood and the Vampire blood, I also wanted to fuse them perfectly combining the perks of both worlds.
Then I would have the regeneration and vitality along with the lifespan of the vampire body and the versatility and the potential of humans, but I never succeeded. In a final trial, I created this well in which my soul is preserved and lost my powers, but every time they are sending the human bodies to find the most compatible vessel for me.
All this while I survived because of those vessels but they slowly disintegrated into this blood, but now you came.
Your bloodline is so pure and so superior to any human I have met. Your body is perfectly balanced with all the physical attributes and has the resistance for almost all basic elements along with intense affinity. If I managed to fuse with you, I can add the Vampire's flesh characteristics like regeneration, long life span, and high physical resistance and also overcome the defect of the vampires which is the light element and the morning sun.
I will become invincible.
Hahahahahaha…"
Sam just looked on as the corpse laughed and waited for him to continue.
"Your soul is too strong and unstable. Normally, I would have consumed your consciousness and made your body mine, before merging, but if I do that with you, there is a chance you might turn the body into a corpse by killing yourself, so I would first imprison your soul within your body and let the merging completely.
Once the body is complete and strong enough, I will savor your soul and achieve invincibility."
Sam could already feel the blood seeping into his body, but that is all he can do, feel.
His body is out of his control and he couldn't even use his own spiritual consciousness.
Currently, his sea of consciousness is a battlefield in which the spiritual consciousness of the Vampire King is attacking his own.
But Sam's spiritual consciousness is different. His is like a metal block unlike most people's which is an easily spreading vapor.
He held on tightly as he waited for the opening and soon he already stopped feeling his body and even started drowning in it.
He gritted his teeth in frustration and helplessness and struggled like a mad dog on a leash, but he couldn't even connect with his own body.
At this moment, all he can see or feel is the foreign consciousness that is trying to take over him. Even his instincts are screaming that the foreign consciousness is a bigger threat than the body.
Sam is confident that as long as his body and soul exist, no matter what state it is, he can at least live and find a way out, from this procedure his body will surely exist even with some stages, but he has to make sure that his soul exists.
After thinking this through, he just let his body be and tried to battle it over with the consciousness.
Anyway, the process is a long one, so Sam calmed himself down and started a war of his own.
Meanwhile, back in the forest of dying.
The team once again met up in the bat cave and everyone started making preparations.
All the members of the team took out some small metal rockets from their storage.
Sam has already made preparations for the true worst-case scenario and that is if his friends got separated from him.
Even though Philip makes a good leader steer them clear of the trouble, there could be a scenario like right now and they would have to make big enough moves to save Sam. Therefore, he arranged something extremely dangerous with them that should only be used in case of emergencies.
Currently, the forest of dying is empty. Sam's friends are not even major targets. There was no news from the Vampire King about Sam's demise or the information on how to eradicate the vines, so until then they decided to put the rest of the team on hold.
So, for now, the team is free to act without any troubles and the vines that are still spreading are already causing enough trouble for the three races anyway, so it is no problem.
The team spread to all the corners of the forest of death and started activating these little rockets.
All they have to do is inject some spiritual energy and activate a small formation inside. The rockets flew until the fuel is exhausted and exploded there.
But there no flaming explosion nor is there any form of a flashy scene. It is at most like failed firecracker leaving some small grains of different colors.
These are the pollen grains that Sam stored separately and they are the next level to the normal vines. Sam didn't want to use them in the plan unless it is extremely necessary. And since even his life is at stake this can be considered necessary enough.
