Damon did not have a solid plan, but he knew that he had to act right at the moment. Otherwise, everything he had worked for until now would become a complete waste. Thanks to the drop of the ancestor's blood, he had a connection with the whole settlement, even if he was in another place. The moment he sensed the impending attack, he instantly activated the teleportation token and reappeared back in the castle.
But he did not have much time. The barrier was breaking down. Everything was going to get annihilated in a fraction of a second. He had no time to hesitate. No time to plan. He also did not have any confidence in fighting back against a B rank.
Moreover, everything was chaotic within him right this second. Countless thoughts, ideas, pieces of information, glimpses of history, nuggets of knowledge, and fragments of ancient memories were surging through his mind all at once.
The blood essence he had absorbed from massacring a huge portion of two vampire settlements was also surging inside him violently like a raging sea. Every drop of it was being refined by his bloodline, and the drop of the ancestor's blood served as a catalyst, further amplifying all the gains.
It was an indescribable feeling. Everything was becoming clearer and clearer. A path forward was opening up. But he was not able to fully commit to this state yet. He couldn't exactly isolate himself and enter a meditative state.
Even if he wanted to and was able to, he wouldn't be able to do it. His entire body had turned into a furnace. The power flooding through his veins was so overwhelming that even breathing felt difficult. If he did not release it somehow, his body might explode before the attack from above even reached the barrier.
Chaos and enlightenment were colliding inside his mind.
The raging storm of blood essence threatening to tear his body apart was the same force opening new doors of understanding. Ancient memories from the ancestor's blood flickered like lightning across his consciousness, each fragment revealing a piece of a complex puzzle he had yet to comprehend fully.
Damon gritted his teeth and acted out of pure instinct. The difficulty of the world was off the charts and he had already gotten whatever juice he could get. Now it was the go time. His success or failure here would depend on the next couple of seconds.
Damon sucked in a big breath and let out everything that was raging within him. If the power inside him needed an outlet… then he would give it one. He gathered all of the insights, experience and ideas he had accumulated so far and used everything he comprehended to create something simple, a blood barrier to block the incoming attack.
However, that simple attack possessed an unfathomable depth. It contained concepts Damon was only just now beginning to unlock, concepts that would have normally taken him decades perhaps even centuries to understand but thanks to gluttonously sucking in the blood essence from the other vampires and the drop of ancestor's blood, everything was forced open for him.
The simple barrier contained a power far beyond what mana could muster.
Damon flashed his eyes open. He could finally see it. He finally knew what it was that was needed to step onto the next stage, to truly walk a path towards immortality.
The Dao of Blood
He finally managed to grasp the Great Dao of Blood, even if it was only by its edges. The moment the realization appeared in his mind, everything changed. The raging storm inside his body no longer felt chaotic. The countless fragments of knowledge, instincts, and memories that had been colliding violently suddenly aligned like stars falling into orbit.
The barrier he created stopped trembling. The chaotic mass of blood essence condensed instantly, becoming something far more refined. What had looked like a desperate shield now resembled a unyielding barrier stretching across the sky.
The annihilation spear slammed into it.
BOOOOM!

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