907 Stronger Enemies Awake

After leaving the scene of the previous battle, Vicente's group traveled for a few hours until they reached a relatively safe area, where they once again hid to recover and absorb the spoils of battle.

The more they used vampire blood, the more they did it in a stint of time, the less the essence would affect their bodies. This was especially true if the essence was of a quality that had already been consumed before, i.e., from enemies of similar strength to previous enemies.

Still, vampire blood was much better than potions or healing pills, even for a being who could not become stronger by consuming it.

Once they had found a good spot and Vicente had divided up the parts of the corpses they had got, each of the group took their share of the booty and began their retreat.

Their allies, individuals with large bodies and higher cultivations than Vicente's, would consume most of the vampire blood, along with the vampire organs and the bodies of the two Advanced Archmages killed in this battle.

They would remain in seclusion for the next few months, but it would only take Vicente a few days to consume his share when his companions were still asleep.

In the time between his awakening and the awakening of his companions, he would work on the production of new armor and artifacts, continuing his training to achieve his advancement.

With the months he would be stuck in the same position, he would realize that he could advance in no time!

...

In the place Vicente had chosen for his group's retreat, he was meditating that day, having worked hard for the past six months.

After the battle against the powerful group of vampires, time had passed quickly, months had passed while his companions were still sleeping.

In the meantime, he had even left the area he was in, fought creatures very close to them twice, and mastered new monsters to help his forces in the south.

After sending more resources to his group in the south both times, Vicente currently had 40 peak armors near where he and his companions were.

After another training session this afternoon, he turned his attention to meditation in order to regain his energy and get closer to his breakthrough.

However, the group wasn't naive enough to think that this route would be smooth and that there wouldn't be any problems to disturb them. Just as they had been cautious when traveling near the Ivory Desert before, they were also very cautious on this new route.

With a huge area to cover ahead of them, the group planned to travel for the next few months, reaching the ancient home of the continent's blacksmiths in three months if all went well.

...

While Vicente's group was traveling, the vampires were in a completely different situation than their enemies.

Vampires and monsters were looking for traces of the enemy group, just as they had done before. However, while their less important components were at work, more reinforcements were leaving their hiding places in the heart of the vampire coalition's territory.

At that moment, the last vampire who had begun his retreat with the Mid-level Paragon cultivation and left his cave with the High-level Paragon cultivation ended his retreat.

Facing the men in charge of guarding the vampire sanctuary, the newly promoted old man quickly came to his senses.

"How many of my companions have completed their seclusion?"

"Thirty-three, Elder. Five of them have died in the last few months, so counting the Elder and the other three who were in place during their seclusion, we currently have 32 High-level Paragons of the race available." A 4th stage vampire explained as he bowed his head in a gesture of respect to the newly awakened elder.

"Oh? What about my superiors?" This person's eyes narrowed as he pointed behind him.

Those High-level Paragon cultivators who went into seclusion years ago should most likely come out of seclusion with early 6th stage cultivation!

"The first of the elders must leave his cave in three months at the most, Elder. As for our supreme leader, he should finish his seclusion in less than seven months."

"Perfect. Let's wait for the elders to deal with Vicente Fuller. It's too risky to deal with him now. I have a feeling that our group can beat him, but if one of us dies for them, it will give them a chance to get stronger and get closer to the 6th stage. Let's avoid that for now."

"Yes, Elder."