Review Detail of CuriousEnigma in Blood Warlock: Succubus Partner in the Apocalypse

I think novels are quickly becoming a "how much of this can I take" type of thing for me. I stopped this novel at chapter 400 something. The novel started off great. The first 250 to 300 chapters or so were exciting, I couldn't stop reading it. The plot seemed heavily inspired by Everyone else is a returnee (EER) which I enjoyed reading so this was right up in my alley. Characters were interesting, MC's decision making skills were good, I liked the Soul Record power system - it was going very well for the college campus arc. It started going downhill afterwards though. The pacing started becoming worse and worse as the author spends several chapters traveling to a destination or on dialogue which woulda been fine since it was adding depth to some characters but it wasn't well planned out, in my opinion. And although I haven't read it all, this issue becomes more apparent power-wise as the story continues. There's currently 900+ chapters and this dude still hasn't completed his Order 2 mission with AT LEAST 5-6 more orders to go lol... This leads to another one of my issues. Power-scaling. Lilith has already claimed he's one of the most talented in the UNIVERSE (which is already a crazy statement to make with how vast it is...) because he killed a First Order being while being unclassified in one hit. Even the leaders of the current Higher Order factions supposedly haven't done this. But then a couple hundred chapters later and this dude is one-hitting 2nd Orders, killing 3rd Orders, and fending off 4th Orders while being in the first order. That's ridiculous lmao. World Building wasn't good but it also didn't seem like a main focus of the novel, so it's bearable however the constant comparing MC to be one of the best prodigies since the start of time really does make the Universe seem a bit small. Lastly, the Characters. Again, the way they were introduced and their own respective personality was interesting for the first 200 or so chapters. However it kinda got repetitive (not in terms of personality but more like their introduction) - especially for the women lol. Almost all of them have either been introduced by their assets/bodies, how hot/sexy/cute/adorable/beautiful they were, or how they compare to the Ice Princess chick or her friend Plant powers chick. It gets old fast for me. In conclusion, this novel started off strong but got worse as the author focused on character interactions and giving MC power ups instead of plot progression in a way that doesn't get old or breaks the power system. The author also seems to really like writing about romance since a big part of this novel deals with it.