Extra's Death: I Am the Son of Hades novel Chapter 591

While falling through the hole, Nameless Death created another Core to store the abilities he got from the ants

Creating a sixth Core put extreme pressure on his Existence, but it was manageable as long as he didn't deploy all Worlds together.

"Show me the status changes."

Core Rank: Pseudo Stage-4 (Mortal), Stage-4 Grade 5 (God), Stage-4 Grade-5 (God)

Elemental Rank: Mortal (Core 1), Stage-4 Grade-5 God (Core 2), Stage-4 Grade-5 God (Core 7)

*Extra Note: Details of Core 2 to Core 6 are same, as such they would not be repeated multiple times.

Nameless Death nodded to himself. Levels were not 'official' classifications, so it made sense they were not shown in rank.

Levels were added to explain the vast difference between different people in same Grade, but anyone in the same Grade had same Core, so the detail of level wasn't shown in status.

"I didn't get any traits," he noticed.

The Sanguiscreech Ants were quite unique as a species compared to anything Nameless Death had seen.

They would be born as normal ants. As soon as they could manipulate energy, they would awaken their bloodline.

The bloodline gave them peak mastery in Death, Earth, Blood, and Darkness element.

Then, they would train and become Stage 1 Gods. These ants wouldn't leave the anthill and keep living in the burrow.

The stronger ants, namely Stage-4 ants, would bring the resources from Inner Circle of the Jungle and let these ants breakthrough.

Only when these ants reached Stage-4 were they allowed to leave their nest.

Nameless Death frowned, realizing a lot of information was surprising.

"Gods cannot rank up normally. They need Sacred Treasures. So these ants have been bringing Sacred Treasures from the Inner Circle of the Jungle? How many Sacred Treasures does that place have."

The memories weren't exactly clear since it seemed the Queen Ant would regularly erase the memories of Sacred Treasures to keep them from being stolen by another monster.

The Queen Ant didn't want monsters of Outer Ring to join the competition for Sacred Treasure happening in Inner Ring, which would trouble the ants since the ants were the ones who were at the border of Outer Ring and Inner Ring of Jungle and trying to get in.

"The hierarchical structure is rigid in their species."

Each ant was born similar yet different.

Those born with Earth, Death, Blood and Darkness affinity would only reach Stage 4 Grade 5 Level 1 in their life. These ants were almost robotic. They didn't have internal thoughts and only protected the anthill.

The ants born with Earth, Death, Blood, Darkness and Space affinity would reach Stage 4 Grade 5 Level 2. These ants would attack other species and were the main forces of raids.

Then, there were those ants that were born to reach Level 3, Level 4, or Level 5.

Also the reason why these ants could combine their World was because of their Hivefold Convergence technique, which they received from their bloodline as soon as they reached Grade 4.

These ants were individually weaker than Gods of same rank since their abilities mostly came from bloodline and they hadn't gained anything themselves, but they made up for the weakness with their numbers

"To think all of them have same Concepts and Worlds because of their bloodline. I didn't expect species like this would exist."

He checked whatever he got from the ants.

Affinity:

Core 7: Earth (Stage 4, Grade 5), Blood (Stage 4, Grade 5), Darkness (Stage 4, Grade 5), Space (Stage 4, Grade 5), Death (Supreme, Peak)

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Concept:

Core 7: Earth (Stoneheart Bulwark, Common), Blood (Burstflow, Common), Darkness (Umbral Erosion, Common), Space (Gravitic Bind, Common), Death (Sharp Instincts, Common)

The Concepts were pretty straightforward.

Stoneheart Bulwark gave increased defense, both physical and mental.

Burstflow allowed them to explode their blood. The higher the concentration of energy in blood, the more powerful the explosion.

Umbral Erosion gave Darkness a semi-liquid form. It was geared towards devouring living things, unlike traditional Darkness that devoured living beings at a very slow pace.

In return using this Concept to devour corpses would be very slow.

Gravitic Bind was a simple prison of gravity.

Since it was a Concept, its strength was determined by the God's Existence Level, which meant it could always be used, unlike the techniques that had specific rank cap.

Lastly Sharp Instincts allowed him to sense danger.

While looking at the element, he noticed one of his elements mastery had increased.

Rage: (Expert → Savant, Lowest)

His Rage element mastery had leveled up during the fight. It irked him for obvious reason.

Clicking his tongue, he focused on new techniques he gained from the ants.

Spells and Techniques: Burrowed Shell, Devouring Blood, Hivefold Convergence

Burrowed Shell was a defensive Spell. It hardened the user's body with layered Blood and Earth elemental armor, letting them withstand heavy attacks without much effort.

Devouring Blood was meant for offense. It allowed his blood to corrode through defenses, and fed on the opponent.

Hivefold Convergence was the ants' resonance technique.

It let multiple ants temporarily merge aspects of their Worlds to attack or defend as a single unit. They used it extensively when raiding other settlements, or fighting a powerful God.

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Time around him slowed drastically.

Infinite Prison sounded overwhelming, but every Concept—no matter how grand—had a weakness.

Energy.

Creating a space that mimicked infinity required a ridiculous amount of energy. Maintaining that illusion took even more. And the more he tried to escape, the more energy the ants had to pour in to sustain the space.

Besides, nothing was truly infinite. Even this space, impressive as it was, could only stretch so far. It was built to appear endless, not to actually be endless.

If it had been real infinity, it wouldn't have come from Level 3 ants.

"What I need to do is pretty simple. Fill this place and force the ants to keep expanding it."

That would drain their energy faster than anything else.

He opened his seventh Core—the one taken from the ants—and began generating blood.

The blood surged around him.

Under the effect of six-fold Time Dilation, he could create absurd amounts of Burstflow blood in a fraction of nanoseconds.

And with his World Energy being generated endlessly by his Consiousness, he didn't need to worry about being exhausted.

The blood spread through the space like a rising tide. It moved fast, stretching out in every direction.

Infinite or not, space needed room. And the illusion needed to grow to match his movement. That meant the ants had to spend more energy, constantly adjusting the boundaries of the prison.

He stayed still, letting the blood do the work.

Thick crimson swirled around him. It climbed past his ankles, then his waist, then higher. Within a few minutes, the area around him was submerged.

From the outside, it looked like a blood sphere expanding in all directions.

The prison space began to ripple. Slight shifts appeared in pressure, and tiny vibrations occurred in the surrounding energy.

He could feel it. The ants were struggling to keep up.

He kept going.

The blood twisted and turned as it spread, forming dense layers. He wasn't going to make it explode—at least not yet.

What he needed right now was volume.

The Infinite Prison bent slightly as the energy strain built up.

The ants were burning through their reserves, trying to maintain the illusion. But he could tell they were reaching a limit.