Chapter 591: Sealed Fate

Anthony reappeared high above the clouds, the wind whistling around him as the unconscious vampire stood beside him, suspended in the air. But Anthony had no further use for him. With no hesitation, he activated the Death Blesser ability.

Instantly, Anthony’s eyes began to glow with an eerie radiance as a string of glowing numbers manifested above the vampire’s head, his lifespan, now quantified before his very eyes.

With a mere thought, the numbers began to count down, reducing at an alarming rate. Simultaneously, Anthony felt the mana within him vanish abruptly, as though it had been erased from existence.

He had already been aware that Death Blesser consumed mana as a form of payment. But with his infinite mana reserves, Anthony remained unfazed by the cost. The concept of dropping in mana rank was meaningless to him.

A surge of energy coursed through his body, violent and invigorating. His veins pulsed, his muscles tensed, and he felt as though his physical form was on the verge of rupture from the excessive vitality flooding into him.

As he was about to cease the process, the Beginning Of All Things Physique stirred within him, reacting as though it were forcibly digesting the immense vitality.

Within mere minutes, Anthony had siphoned everything the vampire had to offer, lifespan, vitality, essence. He left the unconscious figure with a mere five minutes’ worth of life. After that, the vampire would simply expire, quietly and irreversibly.

Anthony’s eyes shimmered as he peered deeper into the vampire’s body, scanning meticulously for any notable physiological or metaphysical changes. But he found none. Despite the drain, the vampire still radiated vitality, appearing untouched, almost as if nothing had happened at all.

Anthony found himself puzzled. He didn’t fully understand how Death Blesser truly worked. He had assumed the vitality siphoned would at least cause visible aging, perhaps reducing the vampire to a shriveled husk. Yet there was no such transformation. The appearance remained flawless, deceptively untouched.

But Anthony could no longer wait. Curiosity gave way to impatience. Without remorse, he drained the remaining minutes of the vampire’s lifespan, leaving him with only three seconds.

And as the last second ticked away, the vampire’s body crumbled instantly, vanishing from existence as though reality itself had deemed his presence void.

Anthony observed the phenomenon with a calm, unblinking gaze.

Then, suddenly, his focus shifted. His mind turned inward, reflecting on his mana core. There had been no external fluctuation in the surrounding atmosphere, no tremors, no elemental waves, no indication that mana had even been used. The energy had been siphoned cleanly from within his being, leaving no disturbance in its wake.

This realization struck Anthony profoundly.

He could steal lifespans, thousands, perhaps millions, and no one would even notice. No aura, no signal, no warning. A silent death.

His thoughts drifted once more, this time to his own physique, which had subtly but unmistakably adapted to the grotesque influx of vitality. Every cell in his body now thrummed with an unnatural rhythm, as if rewritten by divine force.

A question emerged in his mind, both innocent and devastating in its implications.

‘What if I devoured the lifespan of every living being on this planet? Would my body still be able to adapt to it all? Or would I finally exceed my physical limits and explode?’

Unwilling to guess, Anthony turned to the system for an answer.

[Ding]

[The Host’s physique would successfully adapt to it]

A slow, dark smile crept across his face. The response was exactly what he needed.

With his curiosity sated, Anthony turned his gaze downwards, peering beyond the clouds and atmospheric layers toward the surface below.

There, he saw them, countless beings, all moving in orchestrated arrangement. They were pure-blooded vampires, identifiable by their crimson hair and glowing red eyes. Their numbers were uncountable, stretching across vast cities and mountainous terrains, easily in the millions.

Massive cities extended endlessly across the horizon, teeming with activity. The vampires were unaware, living their lives as though nothing was amiss. As though death was not quite literally hanging over them.

Anthony had come here to exterminate them all. But now… they could be useful, at least before their inevitable demise.

Activating the full scope of his All Seeing Eyes, Anthony pushed its range to the absolute limit. Every living entity on the planet became visible to him, their lifespans displayed like cascading numbers floating above their heads.

With a single command, Death Blesser surged to life once more, fusing with his eyes until the entire planet seemed to be rendered in flowing binary, ones and zeros forming a language only he could interpret.

Mana roared within him like a tidal wave, erupting from deep within his being. He began to siphon the lifespan of every being on the planet without hesitation. But he left each of them with exactly two hours of life. That would be enough. After that, they would die, just as they were destined to.

As their life essence flooded into him, a wave of transformative energy struck Anthony’s body. His bone density increased significantly, his blood gushed with elevated purity, and his blood vessels expanded and tightened. Muscles coiled and compressed, every fiber intertwining at an impossible pace. It was as though the very fabric of his being was undergoing divine restructuring.

Mana vanished from of his body like an infinite river, yet he paid it no mind. The energy wasn’t drawn from the visible mana core, it came from something deeper, something beyond comprehension. The process continued unabated for thirty full minutes. Throughout that time, his All Seeing Eyes and Death Blesser worked in perfect tandem, weaving a miracle of evolution within him.

At last, the process ceased.

Anthony exhaled slowly and closed his eyes, as though trying to engrave the sensation deep into his memory. When he opened them again, he felt no new skill awaken, no new ability surge forth.

But something had changed. He could feel it.

His physical strength, already bordering on the absurd, had increased once again. Even without his Infinite Regeneration ability, he instinctively knew that any injury would be erased within seconds.

‘System, what’s my current lifespan?’ he asked calmly.

[Ding]

[The Host now possesses a lifespan exceeding nine hundred million years. Based on the Host’s current physical prowess, a single punch can destroy a star]

Anthony’s eyes widened slightly in astonishment. Nine hundred million years. He couldn’t quite comprehend it. Even if he chose to live a quiet life, merely signing into the system each day, he would still outlive every soul in existence.

Yet Anthony was not so naive as to think this made him invincible. He knew that in the vast universe, beings who could destroy stars were far from rare.

‘Is this truly any different from immortality?’ he pondered silently.

The answer was clear, it wasn’t. It was functionally the same.

Anthony’s perception shifted. When he looked below again, the world moved slower. Time itself seemed reluctant to continue. Everything appeared delayed, like motion caught in molasses.

‘Is this how Supreme Monarchs perceive the world at all times?’ he wondered.

His gaze drifted upward, then returned downward. He could obliterate the planet with a single blow. Just one punch to the surface, and all would be wiped away. Yet, he refrained.

“Who would have thought the Second Supreme Monarch’s descendants would be so useful… even before their deaths, Anthony muttered to himself, smiling faintly.

Deciding it was time to conclude this chapter, Anthony raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Mana exploded from his body in waves, thundering out into the world.

Space warped under his influence. The laws of nature bent to his will as he sealed the planet completely.

No one leaves. No one enters.

Their fate was now sealed.