Necromancer Of The Shadows

In one of the areas of the second layer, a giant bird nearly one hundred meters long was sleeping soundly. The bird was black in colour, and a long tail that was engulfed in deep brown flames protruded from its back.

Thousands of kilometres of area around the bird was burning in black fire, releasing intense heat that could instantly turn any mid-level Rank Two or below core evolver into ashes.

Suddenly, the gloomy area covered in the black fire was illuminated by rainbow-coloured light, alerting the sleeping bird.

The bird slowly opened its deep yellow eyes and saw the sky flashing with rainbow light. Upon seeing the rainbow-coloured sky, the bird immediately stood up and screeched loudly. It flapped its wings and flew towards the source of the rainbow light.

Rumble!

As the bird flew, the sky started to rumble, and soon, screeches of monsters resounded throughout the sky as hundreds of bird monsters ranging from beginner-level rank one to peak Rank Two followed behind the black bird.

Similar to the bird monster, other powerful monsters of the second layer also reacted upon seeing the rainbow-coloured light.

In a gloomy, withered forest, a giant monster that looked like a withered tree also looked at the sky and moved towards the source of the phenomenon. As the tree monster moved, hundreds of strange-looking monsters that resembled plants and flowers followed behind it.

In another region, a ten-meter-tall ape covered in dark brown fur looked at the rainbow-coloured sky with its deep red eyes, and similar to other monsters, it also moved towards the source of the phenomenon.

Not only monsters but even the core evolvers who entered the Tomb Of The Ancient were also attracted by the phenomenon.

The second layer of the Tomb was vast. But even then, all the people who were present in the second layer noticed this anomaly because the phenomenon changed the colour of the sky in millions of kilometres.

A phenomenon that could change the sky by millions of kilometres was definitely not normal, so people were naturally attracted to it.

Most of the people who had confidence in their abilities or were moving in groups had already bypassed the third layer and were now in the second layer, so when the phenomenon appeared, other than the thousands of monsters, hundreds of groups of core evolvers also rushed towards the anomaly.

Voidscar, who was still having a headache due to the misunderstanding that Evan caused looked at the phenomenon from the entrance of a cave and his eyes blazed with greed.

"A phenomenon of such magnitude can only be caused by a Rank Four or above-grade treasure..." Voidscar muttered in a low voice and made up his mind. He took out a crystal from his storage ring and sent a message to the dragons to gather together and move towards the source of the phenomenon.

Even though there were many people who were targeting him because of the misunderstanding caused by Evan, Voidscar never called his subordinates for help because he had enough confidence in his strength.

However, this phenomenon was not normal. He knew that if he wanted to get his hands on the treasure causing the phenomenon, he would have to face not only the core evolvers but the monsters of the second layer as well.

Although powerful, he wasn't delusional enough to think that he could face all the monsters and core evolvers alone. Moreover, he knew that many core evolvers in the second layer were not weaker than him, like Blaze, Walter, Amber, and a few more which is why he asked the dragons to gather together and move towards the source of the phenomenon.

"It won't be an easy battle," Voidscar muttered in a low voice, but the faint smile on his lips indicated that he was quite excited about this event.

"This phenomenon is going to attract all the core evolvers of the second layer," He said and the smile on his face turned dangerous. "I hope that bastard will also be attracted by the phenomenon and will come there."

Two black wings opened behind Voidscar and with a single flap of his wings, he disappeared on the horizon.

Similar to Voidscar, Blaze, Momon, Walter, Zorda (the leader of the Demons), and other core evolvers also sent messages to their teammates to gather together and head towards the source of the phenomenon.

In a hidden area of the second layer, Cedar looked at the rainbow-coloured sky with a look of hesitation on his face.

"Should I go there?" He muttered in a low voice and looked at the mountain valley in front of him. He stood there for a few minutes, and soon, the look of hesitation on his face was replaced by a look of resolution.

"No, the thing I came here for is more important than the phenomenon," He said, looking at the mountain valley. "If I successfully get that thing, Grandpa should be able to recover from the injury that he suffered."

After looking at the mountain valley for a few seconds, Cedar stepped forward and entered a deep cavern. "I hope the difficulty of getting that thing won't increase because of this phenomenon."

***

Evan flew a few kilometres above the ground and soon landed at the top of a mountain peak.

After landing, he took out Carnage and his vision instantly expanded due to its Focus skill. Using the Focus skill of Carnage in conjunction with his hawk's eye skill, Evan looked in all directions of the second layer.

Because of his skills, he could easily see everything within an area of a few thousand kilometres without any problems.

"The monsters and the core evolvers are all moving towards the source of the phenomenon," Evan said to himself as he watched groups of monsters and core evolvers heading towards the source of the phenomenon.

Because of the phenomenon, all the monsters of the second layer were in a frenzy and the danger level of the second layer increased to a completely different level.

Through his exceptional vision, Evan even saw many core evolvers who were badly injured and were running away from the group of monsters.

"With my current strength, even if I go there, I don't think I will be able to get the thing that is causing this phenomenon."

Evan was powerful, and he knew that with his shadow undeads and abilities, he could even escape from people like Voidscar and others who were the top core evolvers present in the Tomb Of The Ancient. But no matter how powerful he was, he also knew that with his current strength, it would be impossible for him to face the groups of monsters and the core evolvers who were going towards the source of the phenomenon.

His current rank was just too low to intervene in an event like this.

"Only if I were at the peak of Rank One..." Evan said in a slightly annoyed voice because if he were at the peak of Rank One, he could have created mid-level Rank Two Shadow Undeads.

"With the army of tens of mid-level Rank Two Shadow Undeads, hundreds of beginner-level rank two shadow undeads, and thousands of Rank one shadow undeads..." Evan said in a dreamy voice, thinking about kicking everyone's ass using his shadow undeads.

"But..." He looked at his core and saw it was at the seventy-five percent mark of the mid-level Rank One, still quite far from reaching the peak of Rank One.

"Is there any way for me to increase the ran—" Evan was in the middle of speaking when something clicked in his mind, and his eyes opened wide.

"Fu*k, how could I forget about him?" Evan cursed in a low voice and slapped his forehead.

"Oy, old man, stop sleeping and come out for a bit." Evan immediately called out Octavius, who was sleeping in order to preserve his energy.

Octavius appeared in front of Evan with a sleepy look on his face. But his drowsiness immediately disappeared when he noticed the phenomenon in the sky.

"What the—" Octavius was stunned after seeing the phenomenon and looked in the direction of the rainbow light. "The treasure that is causing this phenomenon must be Rank Four or above grade..."

"Rank Four or above..." Evan's heart skipped a beat when he heard Octavius's words and he gulped down his saliva. He resisted the urge he felt to head towards the source of the phenomenon and took some deep breaths.

"Calm down, calm down. There is still hope for you to get your hands on this treasure," Evan said to himself then turned to Octavius.

"Old man, you said you were a Rank Five Alchemist, right?"

Octavius stopped looking at the phenomenon and turned to Evan. "Yes, do you need my help with something?"

Evan nodded his head hearing Octavius and asked the main question. "Can you create a pill or potion that can help me reach the peak of Rank One?"