Abyssal Drive

*Become the Abyss. Bring them into your embrace.*

## Summary

Abyssal Drive is a peak-quality D-Grade skill that Zac evolved from Abyssal Phase due to the influence of an impartment by Prince An'Azol during Zac's awakening of his Draugr bloodline, altered by a shadow of Eoz, and guided by Zac's Dao Mold. The updated skill better protected Zac from dangerous energies and also summoned a personal Abyss that he could briefly drag people into, suppressing them to varying degree.

## Skill Location

**Chest**

* *No change from Abyssal Phase.*

## Skill Window

[D] Abyssal Drive - Proficiency: Early. Become the Abyss. Bring them into your embrace. Upgradeable. **Chapter 1,091**

## D-Grade Evolution

* Just like the things still waiting in his body, currently surrounding **[Gorehew]** and **[Abyssal Phase]** ... The other was almost indistinguishable from the Abyssal Lake, similar to Tavza's bloodline ability. **Chapter 1,090**
* Similarly, the unfathomable depths of the Abyss were infused into **[Abyssal Phase]**, moving it toward something that could be mistaken for a bloodline talent. His movement skill's name and flavor text had almost felt like a mockery since learning of the true Abyss, but it would soon live up to the real thing. **Chapter 1,091**
* However, he could feel their complex patterns and exquisite balance, knowing his two bought skills had gone from something he'd picked up in a Frontier Repository to proper Peak-quality D-grade skills. **Chapter 1,091**

## Early Proficiency

* Zac was even faster. A shroud of utter darkness swallowed the world as time seemingly ground to a halt. Even the Dexterity-focused Valkyries appeared like mortals when Zac passed them by, turning into a streak of darkness shooting straight for the fleeing scout. **Chapter 1,095**
* The change of perception was one of his favorite aspects of the new-and-improved **[Abyssal Drive]**. Before, the movement skill had reduced the world into a monochrome of life and death. Now, the skill better lived up to its name, as it almost felt like he'd summoned the Abyssal Lake. **Chapter 1,095**
* The movement skill combined the resilience of Eoz with Azol's connection to the Abyss. The Abyss followed him wherever he went in his current state, turning hostile environments into his home field. **Chapter 1,095**
* It was more like he had one foot in reality and one foot inside his personal Abyss, reducing the effect of chaotic energies and even attacks. **Chapter 1,095**
* Anyone entering the range of **[Abyssal Drive]** could be dragged into the Abyss, though the effect was nowhere near the level of Tavza's domain. It only lasted a moment, and only much weaker cultivators would have their senses completely sealed for the duration. **Chapter 1,095**
* Zac still couldn't activate other skills while running **[Abyssal Drive]**, but most active skills wouldn't deactivate after he entered his spectral state. **Chapter 1,099**
* It felt like a million eyes were suddenly on him, and the warriors lit up within the Abyss as they began rotating Cosmic Energy. Zac activated the blinding feature of his skill for a moment, ignoring the significant drain of impacting so many cultivators. **Chapter 1,099**

## Commentary

* Interestingly, the flavor text of **[Abyssal Phase]** hadn't changed when upgraded, even if more than 60% of its fractals had been replaced. **Chapter 1,091**
* But the darkness of the Abyss temporarily provided Zac passage through the aftershocks. Not safe passage, certainly, but stable enough that his upgraded movement skill wasn't forcibly deactivated. **Chapter 1,099**