Chapter 617: Progress & Danger

A week has passed since Jacob entered the dark room. At this moment, Jacob was looking at the barrier filled with pitch-black liquid as it was getting absorbed at a terrifying speed.

Within this liquid was a tiny black centipede, shimming in a dark hue as the black liquid was quickly absorbed into this tiny insect. This was indeed Autarch, who was now absorbing the Unique Rank Titan Tears it had refined this past week.

As for Jacob, he was busy with the Dark Battle Arena and collecting souls. This past week, he had won 38 battles without losing any and was already ranked 14th in the Iron League.

After encountering Flame Calamity, he didn't encounter anyone as ridiculous as him, so his fighting record continued to grow while his combat skills continued to refine. Now, he had a full grasp over his powers and was far stronger than a week ago.

If not for collecting souls and continuing to evaluate his soul, his record would've been even more terrifying. In this past week, he found that absorbing soul vitality of a small portion and from a huge part was extremely different.

He discovered that when he absorbed the soul vitality within his soul directly, he needed to be static, and he couldn't move in this window. It was a completely different concept than raising his life span, which can be done without him realizing it.

Furthermore, after finding the truth behind the Dark Battle Arena and the dreamscape realm from Immortika, Jacob and Nyx become more wanton, and they plunder whatever comes their way.

As he was rising through the ranks, stronger opponents were coming in the battles, and they all became nutrition for Nyx and himself. Moreover, he wasn't the only one who was becoming stronger; Nyx was also making progress, probably even faster than him.

She can now fully absorb the dreamscape realm of a Unique Rank within two hours, and anyone above the unique rank would take her half or a full day.

Jacob also noticed that with his soul becoming stronger, his perception was undergoing a huge change, which even he didn't know the limit to. As for the biggest benefits, it was naturally the progress with his Eyes of Judge.

Now, he can keep them active for 15 whole seconds, which was two times greater than last week. The only regrettable thing was he couldn't enter that state when he defeated Flame Calamity. It was as if it was a fluke that would never happen again.

But as his soul was getting stronger, he had a feeling that he might be able to make progress with the Fighting Giant Spirit. As long as he encounters another opponent at the same level as the Flame Calamity who could push him to the brink of death, he should be able to enter that state again.

But it's a pity that to encounter such an opponent again, he needed to climb the leagues or encounter someone like Flame Calamity, who was new to the arena, and the chances of the latter were almost close to zero.

As for the dreamscape realm of the Dark City, when he told Nyx about it, she didn't believe it. But when she finally tried to probe it, she also discovered no reaction or retaliation from the dreamscape realm, which made her ecstatic.

But when she tried to take over, she discovered that she didn't have enough power even to infiltrate this dreamscape realm, much less annexing it, making her sulk to no end, and Jacob was the same.

However, Nyx told him that if she could evolve just once, she might be able to infiltrate it so they were now fully focused on getting stronger with the end goal of annexing the dreamscape realm and even taking over it without the Dark City finding out about it.

Today, Autarch managed to refine this barrel of the titan tears with over 70% of the materials Jacob had plundered from the Potion Alchemy City, and with Jacob's permission, Autarch began to absorb it.

Jacob hoped this would be enough for Autarch to evolve into a Unique Rank, as Autarch was already at the peak of the Epic Rank, and the Epic rank titan tears have no effect on Autarch.

As time passed, the titan tears continued to drop until the barrier was completely empty, leaving only Autarch, who was now wrapped in a crystalline black cocoon.

Jacob's eyes shimmered as he looked at the small cocoon, 'Does this mean Autarch succeeded and started the evolution?'

Jacob tried communicating with Autarch, but he didn't get any response, and he could feel that Autarch was unconscious. He then looked at puppet Karim, who was now extremely pale and even wilted a little, standing there without moving at all.

He then tried to send Autarch back within his solar plexus, and surprisingly, he succeeded as the cocoon appeared within his solar plexus. He could now clearly feel that Autarch was undergoing some mysterious change.

Then he frowned, 'Don't tell me it would take time for Autarch to evolve into a Unique Rank? It hadn't happened before. But I guess the evaluation of the Unique Rank is a benchmark for a fantastic insect since the next rank is Legendary.

'If I didn't have the titan tears, then according to Autarch, he needed to absorb the brain of a legendary rank being, which was almost impossible for him or even with my help.

'So, I should be content with this progress. But what kind of ridiculous condition does he need to fulfill to evolve into legendary rank? Tsk, he's even more difficult to raise than Nyx, or she's not at that level yet. 'I just hope he won't take too much time and can evolve within this year before I head into the Faeries' territory...' Jacob's eyes shimmered coldly as he thought about his next objective.

Although he had already found a way to strengthen his soul, he still needed information about the abilities of Eyes of Judge or at least some clues. Only then can he truly make progress and start comprehending the Immortal Chapter.

Jacob then stowed away puppet Karim as well since he was useless without Autarch and was about to enter the dark pod when his steps suddenly halted.

With his new perception, Jacob suddenly discovered strange fluctuation from the closed door of the Dark Room.

"Show me the outside of the dark room." He ordered coldly.

The next moment, the projection appeared, showing the live feed of the corridor where the dark room was located, yet it was empty.

Jacob's eyes narrowed as he felt even more strange fluctuations getting closer to the door, yet it was empty. He didn't dare to ignore this newly developed perception of his.

'Don't tell me someone is daring enough to infiltrate this place? But why me of all the people, or I'm simply overthinking things, and this is just because of the changes within my soul?'

Just thinking about it made Jacob grimace as he was new in this place and didn't even interact with anyone, so why would someone target him?

Still, to be sure, Jacob activated his Eyes of Judge, and everything around him turned into color spectrums. At this moment, Jacob finally spotted a few hominoid-shaped spectrums right outside the darkroom!

'What the hell is going on?!' Jacob felt a chill running down his spine because 14 people seemed to be doing something to the dark room, yet Dark Rose still didn't notice it.

Jacob's eyes shimmered with killing intent as he coldly stated, "Dark Rose, someone is infiltrating my Dark Room. Activate all the security measures, and I demand an explanation!"