"Aaaaaah!!!" Abraham writhed wildly on the ground, tearing at his skin. He was filled with terror, not knowing why he had suddenly become like this.
But the intense pain prevented him from thinking much; he only wanted to tear his own flesh apart to alleviate the pain.
Sharp nails tore through his skin, and large chunks of flesh and blood were ripped off by Abraham.
Human skin was torn to shreds and blood was splattered all over the walls and floor.
However, despite such brutal tearing of his own flesh, Abraham's exposed scarlet inner muscles not only did not decrease, but instead increased rapidly, even causing the skin on his back that had not been torn off to crack.
His two long, sharp front teeth and the other human teeth in his mouth were falling out one by one, and even his outstretched fingers were tearing open due to the bursting flesh inside, revealing a blood-red color.
But this still didn't end it.
As his muscles grew exponentially and his skin tore, Abraham's exposed muscles grew rapidly, and a layer of gray, leathery skin actually grew on top of the bright red muscle texture. Short gray hairs even grew wildly on this skin.
His skull was cracking and then growing back, transforming from a human-shaped skull into an extremely bizarre, bat-like bone structure. Even a thick tuft of black sideburns grew on his back.
"Ahhhh..."
Abraham knelt on the ground, his mouth agape in agony. From this, one could see that his gums, from which his teeth had already fallen out, were growing back a mouthful of sharp teeth. Even his hands, which were scratching at the ground, were losing their fingernails one by one, which, along with the thickening of his fingers and the deformation of his bones, were growing back into black, sharp, hook-shaped nails.
He almost transformed into a giant bat, or rather, resembled Dracula, the progenitor of vampires, in the Van Helsing series.
Norton is to blame for this.
Because he really liked the Vampire transformations in the Van Helsing series, that ugly, inhuman form left a deep impression on him, which led to the creation of Vampire being forced to transform in that direction. (Couldn't find any pictures, if any brother finds any, please share, or maybe it's the Vampire Progenitor vampire Marcus from The Elder Scrolls Vampire Lord and Nightbringers.)
"Roar roar roar..." Abraham's body, which had already undergone the transformation, raised its head and let out a series of roars that were not human. His body, which had already transformed into the typical appearance of Vampire Lord, was still undergoing transformation.
He bent over slightly, and at that moment, a bulge appeared on his back, near his shoulder blades, and this bulge extended all the way to the outside of his thighs, seemingly trying to turn into a wing-like membrane similar to that of a bat!
However, just as he felt the excruciating pain in his back and realized that he might be evolving, the changes in his body suddenly stopped. The bulge that stretched from his back to the outside of his thighs did not disappear, but the evolution completely stopped, leaving only his strange, wingless lord appearance.
At the same time, at the very top of the Scarlet Tower, Norton, the slender progenitor seated on his throne, slowly opened his black, crystalline eyes.
"Whoosh~~~" The wind was gradually weakening, and His Majesty Norton, sitting on his throne, seemed unchanged.
Only his reddish-brown eyes had turned pure black.
"Is this evolution? Apart from increased physical strength and a wider magnetic field coverage, I don't feel any other improvements. I'm even getting uglier!" Norton sighed deeply, then stood up from his throne.
His slender and delicate body became extremely perfect as his flesh gradually filled out. The inhuman and bizarre aura emanating from him not only had a deterrent effect, but also made people feel that he was exceptionally holy and noble.
However, whether it was due to his height or some deformation of his bones, Norton's back hunched slightly when he stood up, making him look like he had a hunchback.
Already suffering from skin ulcers, Hajinuo's height has now caused him to become hunchbacked, making him unrecognizable!
His appearance was so ugly and disgusting that he even felt he would be used to scare his own children if he walked around outside.
"Breaking free from the cocoon... emerging from the ashes..."
Norton muttered to himself, his tall, slender, and slightly hunched figure resembling that of a little old man.
If you add to that the blood-red royal robes he wore and the scarlet crown on his forehead, he looked exactly like the old pope before his death, withered and aged.
Perhaps if you put Norton in front of His Adam right now, he'd exclaim, "Holy crap, the old Pope has come back to life!"
A cold wind blew again, blowing away some of Norton's skin flakes. To prevent these flakes from falling into the wrong hands and being used to cultivate some kind of freakish species, Norton could only do his best to bend down and pick them up himself, putting them into a wooden box to hide for Coal Ball and Plum Blossom to eat.
The outcome of this evolution was within Norton's expectations.
According to the evolutionary process of Vampire recorded in Church books, the so-called evolution of the Vampire species is actually a slow process of change and development towards a certain mysterious creature.
Of course, this so-called mysterious creature is almost certainly a real Vampire like Kuba.
If the transition from the First Stage to the Second Stage can be seen as the shedding of one's fundamental nature, then the transition from the Second Stage to the Third Stage can be seen as the reorganization of flesh and bones.
Now, at the Third Stage, his skin is festering on the outside, but his inside is already full, which means that this transformation from the inside out has reached its final stage.
Once he sheds this old skin, Norton will be able to completely transform into Vampire and be reborn.
Therefore, the ugly appearance of these Third Stage was not unexpected to him, and the advancement of the Vampire and the Coal Ball was also within his expectations.
"Just as I predicted, my promotion will bring all my relatives up with me. This is a crushing blow in terms of Existence Level! I am like God. Every word and action I take will be a completely new set of rules for them!"
No wonder God died. With such a terrifying being, like an ancient deity, pressing down on him, God deserved to die!
"So, does that mean I, Norton, should also die?"
Norton's pure black, crystalline, reflective eyes miraculously still seemed to have a focal point. His black eyes swept over the entire imperial city from above, and after a long while, he let out a deep sigh.
"I am the Blood Clan Progenitor, the first Vampire, and the creator of all Vampire. Any abnormality in my body will be reflected in the bodies of all Vampire. Therefore, if I, Norton, die, then all the other Vampire will die as a result."
This is a feedback from Existence Level, an oppression of one's level of existence, which is irresistible!
The fact that all other Vampire ascended in Existence Level along with me is the most compelling evidence of this!
Norton is preparing to revise the Vampire history book again.