37 Cultivation (1/1)
Shadow entered the lower region of the Land of Darkness forest, you may be wondering why he hasn't escaped yet. Well, the answer is very simple, across a wide surrounding radius of 100 miles area was protective shield barrier made up entirely of Salem's dark aura and the aura that was flowing throughout the Land of Darkness. Shadow had a theory that Grimm could only be spawned from these 'pools of darkness' so many of the Grimm creatures are actually born from the core of Remnant itself. The core could be close that planet Earth's core, but instead of being formed of magma alloy and many other Earth elements and minerals, this core must be made up of highly compressed dust and aura! This is what Shadow thought as he stepped over one of the pools of darkness.
'This lava pool of darkness up close is really something else, it's pretty cool actually. I wonder since I drank Salem's blood did I become immortal? And I wonder if I fall in one these dark pools will I gain the same powers as Salem. I probably shouldn't, my Draconic Grimm bloodline would fully active and I would lose all control. But I would be powerful as hell if I could fully shift into a Wyvern Grimm, I could shot dark matter beams from my mouth as I fly around and wreak havoc all across Remant. But I fell like I have some kind of limits to my abilities and in order to shift into any beast of that massive size my body must need a large supply of aura, mana, and now charka. Tch no use in wasting any more time. Let's cultivate.' Shadow takes off his black jacket and kicks down his feet, he then extended out both his hands and actives his necromancer abilities. About 10 spinning blackish glyphs covered in ancient arrow symbols begin to float below his body and on the rocky ground below.
From the glyphs came out an array of zombified Grimm with torn up skin, exposed bones, and bloody faces.These were the Grimms that Shadow had killed when he was first reborn in the Land of Darkness. Two youngling Nevermore Grimms hovered around his shoulders, they followed his every movements. ”This is badass. They are following my hands and brain signals, I can command them to do whatever I want,” He snaps his fingers and makes both of the young zombie Nevermore's attack one of his summoned Grimm beowolves, the colossal raven birds tore the Grimm bewolf to shreds and devoured its whole body, spurts of red blood scattered across nearby boulders as the Nevermore Grimmsfinished tearing off the final meat chunks from their own species! It was like they were eating their own brothers and sisters! Shadow didn't care about such a lowly thought, he only cared about getting stronger. He continued to summon more grimms from underneath the ground and began training by killing every single one of them. Blasts of thunder, fire, vector portals, dark aura claws, and force powers all made the summon Grimm suffer a thousand deaths. Every skill he had in his dark system was used. He then tested out his new [Death Force] power. All the Grimm were lifted up into the air and were instantly crushed into bloody meat chunks by Shadow's powerful force abilities. A rainfall of blood splatter all over Shadow's face and body like a thunderstorm from hell.
'Enough playing around with my own army of Grimm. I think should get more Grimm bodies to increase the number of my undead army.' Shadow knew that the lifeforms he killed would be stored inside his mana and dark aura so that they can be ready to use when he activates his Necromancer abilities. In other terms, he had an Unlimited Blade Works of undead Grimm at his disposal. His threshold to summon and carry undead creatures was unlimited. He could even kill Huntsmen and Huntress then summon their corpses into battle.
Suddenly all of the Grimm he summoned started to dissolve and disappear.
'I guess I need more aura and mana to keep my army of undead Grimm alive. I can easily get mana and aura by absorbing it from other humans,” Shadow looks at his palms and muscles which were full of scar marks and blood, his muscles were also pulsating and throbbing. It seemed like summoning 10 Grimm at once put a heavy toll on his body.
'Dammit. It looks like I cultivated too much. Whatever I will just come back here after I rest.' Shadow put on his jacket again and then went back to Salem's castle. On his way towards his room, someone wrapped their palms over Shadow's mouth.