102. Level 8 Shadow

The last shadow skill that Abraham had previously unlocked for the level 6 was the named shadow eater. It was because of this skill that the normal vampire was really afraid of the punisher.

[Shadow Eater]

[This power makes vampires feel burned in shadows as if they were in sunlight by consuming their shadows. The user's shadow will get stronger the more shadows obtained which increases the shadow's mass and range. The target's shadow is eatable only when the target is tired enough. The target, post-eaten, will feel weak as if it was in the sunlight. This Shadow skill is only applicable to Vampires due to their unique physiology.]

"Scary" the system could not help but imagine a punisher using the skill on a vampire that has committed a crime. All vampires even vampire leaders and the vampire king were affected by the sun. Staying for a prolonged time can even lead to death. That's why vampires always preferred nighttime or dark places. But if the Shadow Eater skill was used on a vampire, then that vampire would feel the same burning effect even during nighttime.

Abraham was not sure if his second stage Qi energy would be able to neglect the effect of the Shadow Eater skill. He was more inclined toward a negative answer. Based on how the shadow eater worked, the skill must in a way change how the vampire body works. The stage two Qi was just a layer of Qi protecting the user against the sunlight.

Unlike the king-tier ring that permanently blocks all the sunlight, a vampire that can use Qi would not be able to produce such a feat. Unless the vampire was someone like Abraham who had a large pool of Qi energy. Before even becoming a vampire, Abraham had trained his Qi energy for years.

An example was Pele, even though he could use the second stage Qi energy to protect himself from the sun, his Qi would last for only around one hour, and that was if he was in a relaxed state. The duration would decrease if the latter was in a battle.

After unlocking this skill in the past, Abraham decided to only used it for those that deserve an extreme punishment.

Now it was finally time for Abraham to look at his new unlock shadow skills of levels 7 and 8. And he was more interested in the level 7 skills than the level 8.

[Level 7 shadow skills]

[Shadow Lock]

[A few seconds are required to use this shadow skill. The user needs to open the palm of his hand and point toward a target. Then a shadow will appeared behind the target and wrapped around the target. Closing his hand, it encased the target completely in a ball of shadow which then disappeared with the target in it. MC is consumed depending on the target lock. If a target is too powerful, it can a few seconds for the target to escape. Else a target remains trapped until the user runs out of MC or decides to release it. ]

[Shadow Open]

[Is available only after shadow Lock skill has been used. It releases the target from the shadow ball.]

[Shadow Swap]

[Similar to Shadow Hop, Shadow swap allows one to do so with anything as long as the shadow is large enough. The larger the object is to be moved with the greater the distance is, the more MC points will be consumed.]

[Level 8 shadow skills]

[Shadow Link]

[This skill allows the user to feel other shadow users no matter where they are as long as they are currently using the shadow ability. Requires no MC points to use, but must activate the skill. This is not a passive skill.]

[Shadow to Shadow]

[Using a successful Shadow Link, the user can use the skill Shadow to Shadow. This will allow the person to move and travel to the other person's shadow. This skill can only be used once a day.]

Looking at the skills list, it was clear that the two level 8 skills was useless for the current Abraham. There was currently no other shadow user except Abraham. The only other person that has the shadow was the punisher leader but he was in eternal slumber in the tower's tomb Abraham was in. Only after waking him or if Abraham teach others the shadow ability would he be able to find these skills useful.

And he did have some plans to teach some of his Dracul family the ability.

On the other side, the skill Shadow lock is what Abraham was mostly looking forward to. It was going to play such an important part in his next plan. The skill was similar to the shadow storage but while the shadow storage could keep any non-living object, the Shadow lock was the complete opposite.

It allowed Abraham only to store living things or objects related to living things. For example, Abraham could store a glass flask inside his shadow storage. But the moment Abraham filled the flask with some blood, the shadow storage did not let Abraham store it.

The shadow lock was the complete reversal of this.

Now there was only one last thing for Abraham to check. His mutated cells. Opening his status window, the whole detail appeared.

[Race: Crimson Vampiric Draco Noble]

[Vampire bloodline: Vampire Noble]

[Dragon Bloodline: Draco]

[Level 40: (Blocked due to pending evolution)]

[MC 10000/10000]

[HP 60/195]

[Strength 92 (122)]

[Agility 92 (122)]

[Stamina 92 (122)]

[Mana: 5017]

[Charm: 90]

[Dracul Blood Family bonus: 5/10]

[Free attribute points: 3]

The level 8 shadow has taken Abraham MC from 6000 to 10000. Although it was a decent increase, Abraham did not have a smile on his face.

"It is still too little. Compare to him, there is a long way to go. I will need to find a way to increase the total MC." In Abraham's mind, he already had a target to reach for his MC. And the one he was competing against was the punisher leader in the tomb.