Chapter 607: Blood Exchange (1/2)

”I never thought I would have to use this again, but here we are.” Raven's face was somber as he held the Brush of Wisdom tightly.

He looked up and released a long sigh before moving his hand. He raised the Brush of Wisdom bit his tongue and spat out a glob of his blood essence.

The glob of blood essence flew towards the brush, dyeing the tip red. Raven paled considerably because of that but the glint on his eyes remained. He supplied even more Cosmic Energy on the Brush of Wisdom causing it to release a brilliant red light.

'And here I thought I would never have to use this technique again. Well, it isn't so bad I guess. I could always recover my losses anyway.' Raven muttered inwardly as he witnessed the red flash of light getting more and more brilliant as time went on.

Indeed. After Raven unlocked the entirety of his Cosmic Energy reserves, he never thought that he'd ever use the Blood Essence Exchange technique, ever again. He just didn't think that there would be any cases where he'd be lacking energy to cast some techniques when he literally have too much of it.

However, the situation really calls for it.

One could argue that there are other ways aside from this. Raven has Spacetime Laws! He could just go back to the future and warn his past self about this so why didn't he do that instead?

Well, considering the fact that the Spacetime Laws are extremely turbulent on this mountain, Raven didn't really want to risk that. Aside from the Concept of Parallelism, there are also forms of higher concepts of Spacetime Laws present here that could potentially interfere with his Spacetime Laws, therefore he rejected the idea.

Aside from that, Raven's 'Will', while still intact and effective to him, loses its use when it's supplied with the runes to assist his teammates. The Blood Essence Exchange technique could remedy that, and that's precisely why he's using it right now.

A brilliant crimson light filled every inch of the Formation. A massive Rune appeared at the tip of the Brush of Wisdom, radiating with intense vigor and will. As the Rune was being formed, Raven could feel some violent reactions around him.

He couldn't see these reactions even with ocular technique active, but he could tell that these reactions were coming from the 'hidden element' invisible to Raven. He could feel the repulsion around him. The rune he was forming was akin to the natural predator of this 'hidden element', causing it to run away from the rune in fear.

The rune hasn't even formed yet, but it's already asserting it's dominance. Raven smirked despite his pale face. He could tell that this was going to work.

Minutes passed by and eventually, the Rune had gotten so huge that it turned as huge as the formation itself. However, Raven was far from done, if anything, he's just halfway through this process.

Once it reached a certain size, the rune began shrinking in size. This doesn't mean that it's getting weaker, its quite the contrary actually. The rune was condensing, causing it's power to intensify greatly.

Moments later, the Rune shrank considerably and released one last wave of brilliant crimson light before descending. This was the sign that the Rune was successfully formed. It was now doing it's job, releasing fluctuations around them which serves as a ward against that hidden element.

Raven released a sigh of relief and guided the crimson rune towards the unconscious War Gods.

As soon as the Rune came close to them, Raven felt that familiar repulsion like before, however this time it's coming from the bodies of the War Gods. The fluctuations coming from the newly created rune was driving away the hidden element that has poisoned their bodies.

Looking at their faces filled with discomfort, Raven sighed. This was something unavoidable. It shouldn't hurt them too much since their unconscious and their physiques had been relatively strong, and it should've gotten even stronger through the recent training.

Raven shook his head and left the rune to work it's magic. For now, he retreated to his own tent to rest. Creating this rune had taken a serious toll on his body. He lost a century of his longevity to form that rune, yet Raven wasn't worried about it. He just wanted to rest for a bit.

To mortals, 100 years could be considered as their entire lifespan, but Raven wasn't remotely concerned about losing this much longevity. Raven have tons of ways to live an extremely long life. Additionally, since he knows Spacetime Laws, he has the highest potential to achieve true Immortality. Which is why 100 years worth of longevity meant nothing to him.

Raven decided to sleep. From his initial judgement, his teammates aren't going to wake up anytime soon. They will need sometime to recover from all the stress and exhaustion. And if things turns out good, then they should wake up feeling fresh and brand new.