After finishing dissecting the vampire's body and separating from the five men from earlier, Vicente divided up the 2.3 liters of vampire blood he had with him.

That was the blood of a vampire who had been a Mid-level Mage in life. As such, it was a 3rd-grade resource. However, this was still a superior vampire who could fight Sovereigns.

His blood was one of the most important essences of his existence, so he was not simple.

A small dose of that blood could even help Sky Sovereigns!

However, the blood needed to help a Sky Sovereign or a High-level Mage was very different.

Vicente set aside 600 milliliters of superior vampire blood for him to consume, leaving him with 1.7 liters, which he intended to divide among those he considered most relevant and with the best potential within his family in the short term.

He divided this amount into 5 portions of 300 milliliters and 2 portions of 100 milliliters.

To whom would he give each of these portions? He intended to give the larger portions to Nova, Rory, Casey, Benson, and Bart and the two 100-milliliter portions to Eve and Sarah.

He couldn't give any of this blood to Nina, as she would need to be able to digest it to gain anything from it. Unfortunately, vampire blood decays quickly when removed from the creature's body, so he can't store this valuable resource for her.

As for Jasmine, Layla, and other allies and subordinates who were important to Vicente, he would give them pills or potions when his main alchemist had these resources ready.

As soon as he had divided the vampire's blood, Vicente called those people into his office.

...

"I want you to focus on absorbing the blood I've just given you immediately. We have no time to waste, or this resource will decay, and we'll lose the best of it." Vicente said just after giving them the weaklings he had separated minutes ago.

Bart and Sarah were in the city because of Vicente's expectation that they would fight the vampire at any moment.

As soon as they received that blood, they each felt incredible, eager to do exactly what Vicente had just suggested.

"With all of us going cultivating, won't the family be weakened?" Sarah asked, looking into Vicente's eyes.

"No. I have four of my men wearing 4th-grade robotic armor, and Onyx will only go into seclusion after we come out of our meditation." Vicente answered her.

"Besides them, we have Jasmine and Layla in the city. We've also just made deals with several nobles and powerful individuals in the city. The family will be fine." Rory added, confident that they could go into seclusion simultaneously.

With that said, the group no longer raised any questions. Soon, almost all of them were in the training area of the Fuller family building.

Only Bart wouldn't be going there, as he didn't fit in the passage to that area.

Bart would sleep in the garden of the Fuller estate under the observation of the family men and also Onyx.

Meanwhile, all those humans quickly drank the vampire's black blood before sitting down in lotus positions and starting their meditations.

As they all began to do so, Vicente heard Torne say to him. 'Take this chance, master. Vampire blood is different from normal resources. It won't leave impurities in your body, nor will it make your magical foundation unstable.

Unfortunately, it has a negative special effect that will stay in your body for 2 or 3 years. Your body will ignore any resource you want to consume during this period if you try to consume it.

Because of this characteristic, vampires can't get stronger by using resources. That's why that vampire, who was so strong and certainly had a lot of talent, was only a Low-level Mage when you met him." Torne explained.

'So you'll have to make do with that feature until you become a Paragon. After this seclusion, you won't be able to use magical resources to accelerate your cultivation speed.'

Vicente said nothing, understanding that he shouldn't try to consume anything in the next few years, or he would throw away valuable resources.

But he didn't hesitate even after hearing that. After all, vampire blood was very powerful. He could increase his understanding of his elemental affinity. It could improve the solidity of his magical foundation. But most importantly, it could help transform his ocean of mana into a magical core.

After forming the magical core, one eventually gives birth to the soul avatar upon reaching the 5th stage!

Vicente soon began his meditation, feeling an icy sensation throughout his body as he connected his mana to the remaining mana of the vampire in that blood.

Superior vampire blood was strong, and as soon as one consumed it, such an individual would feel as if they were being attacked and would have to 'overcome' these sensations before accessing what could improve them qualitatively.

Everyone in that training room on the Fuller estate, as well as Bart outside that residence, felt more or less the same as they fell into deep meditation.

How long would it take for their seclusion to end? That depended on the amount of blood and cultivation each had when they started this process.

Sarah should be the one who would take the least time to finish the whole process, having received the smallest portion, 100 milliliters, while having the second highest cultivation there, being a High-level Mage.

Consuming the vampire's blood guaranteed that they would advance in level? No, but Vicente believed that one or other of them could achieve this feat. Even those who didn't would certainly reach a comfortable position where they could advance to the 4th stage in no time.

As for himself, he hoped to get his breakthrough since he was already at the peak of the Earth Sovereign level!

...

The first three days after the vampire's death would pass in the blink of an eye while Vicente's group was still in seclusion in the basement of his estate.

Meanwhile, Saltstar City was already extremely busy, with construction and repairs already taking place practically everywhere in the city, especially in the neighborhood where the Fuller estate was located.

Nothing out of the ordinary had happened in those three days, and each of the local powers was fulfilling its responsibilities, with men from the Fuller family helping with local reconstruction alongside subordinates from the various wealthy local families.

In the midst of this, Onyx was keeping a watchful eye on the city, eagerly waiting to consume the vampire's flesh when his master came out of seclusion.

As he lay on the roof of the Fuller estate, he suddenly felt an aura changing as it grew much stronger, and he couldn't help but notice that someone was about to leave meditation.

'Another Sovereign for the family.' He thought as he couldn't help but wait for his master's awakening.