Chapter 163: You Said So (Supplement)
In the dim basement, a path only wide enough for two people, with gray-white brick walls on both sides, emitting a musty smell. Sticky black water was underfoot.
“Yun Xi, you said there were originally six Grand Dukes of the Blood Clan, and those two Gemini Dukes were bloodthirsty, ignoring the Blood Clan’s rules, slaughtering cities and refining medicine to increase their strength. But due to their means of escape, they got away with it for a long time.”
“They offended countless people. One of the other four Grand Dukes, for some reason, stepped forward and killed them both in the Atlantic Ocean. Afterwards, the Blood Clan expelled them.”
“This story… feels a bit fantastical. Never mind why the Blood Clan Grand Dukes would attack each other, and at their level, fighting two against one and killing them all, it doesn’t seem realistic.”
“Yun Xi, you must have been fooled by those braggarts’ stories, but this blood sacrifice is very likely related to-”
Su Jiu walked ahead alone, speaking softly, pretending nothing had happened, with a little tail following behind.
“But that’s how it was back then, I… After that Duke killed them, he was also severely injured and could only watch their bodies fall into the deep sea,” a soft voice replied, becoming softer as it spoke, followed by a low grumble, “You pervert… You’re the one bragging.”
The little tail covered a certain spot behind them, its mouth puffed out, its gaze lowered, staring at a certain spot behind Su Jiu. Its little fists clenched and unclenched repeatedly, seemingly enjoying it.
“Tap, tap…” Small leather shoes stepped on the sewage-covered ground, making splashing sounds.
“Fine… I’ll let you off this time.”
She looked at her small leather shoes and then glanced at Su Jiu’s bare feet. The corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up. Her hands were clasped behind her back, and she seemed to be in a good mood.
Surrounding her feet with external qi, Su Jiu secretly looked at Yun Xi. She felt that this girl didn’t seem like a girl from the orphanage. She knew too much, and the aura she carried was strange…
She was too much like some young ladies—perhaps she was hiding something? After all, they hadn’t known each other for long.
A moment later, at a corner, light appeared.
On the right, there seemed to be some mechanism. A thick, rusty door was half-open in the middle, and the light was emanating from inside. As they approached, they could even hear conversations from within.
Su Jiu gestured for Yun Xi to stop and pressed herself against the wall. She thought she had just heard Lucica and Laura’s voices, and they were talking about a “transaction.”
Laura and the bald youth were surrounded by a group of people, while Lucica leaned against the wall, arms crossed, looking indifferent.
Opposite them, rows of box-like alchemical items were displayed like exhibits. Near them, several dead little bats lay scattered on the ground, with small blood holes on their bodies.
Countless small holes emitting red light on the surrounding walls suggested that some kind of formation was subtly activating.
Looking at the corpse demons surrounding the two of them, Laura slowly spoke, “What do you want? Is the Blood Clan going to make a move against the Lobey Family?”
After speaking, she looked at a metal box not far away, her expression somewhat nervous. Her bloodline sensed that the Initial Embrace of Life was inside.
“What do we want? Don’t you understand?”
The leader was a man wearing a tailcoat and gold-rimmed glasses. He asked with a smile, pointing to the display of items in front of them, “How to pass through this alchemical formation?”
Hearing this, Laura was stunned, then shook her head and replied, “I don’t know. I don’t know how to break this thing either, and I really don’t know what you need.”
Zian narrowed his eyes and sneered, “Heh, you don’t know? Don’t think you can fool me just because you fooled that old thing, Count Sam. You split into several teams to leave the family… but you, as a direct descendant of the family, went alone to the Lobey old house in Veil.”
“Moreover, I know you have the Blood Clan bloodline. You want to get the Initial Embrace of Life of this Marquis and then participate in the sacrifice to obtain the highest blessing.”
Then, Zian’s tone changed, and he looked at Laura mockingly. His fingernails grew longer, and he walked closer, lifting Laura’s hair near her ear. Looking at her slightly pointed ear, he teased,
“You’re truly adorably stupid.”
Hearing Zian’s words, Laura’s gaze sharpened, and she took a few steps back, her palms constantly sweating. She hadn’t expected her thoughts to be so clearly understood by this Viscount.
Laura looked at Lucica, who had her eyes closed in the corner, and inwardly thought the other party was untrustworthy. However, she still spoke out, “Miss Lucica, sixty percent of this reward will be yours. Please help me!”
“You’re expecting someone from the Holy Light Sect to save you?”
Zian didn’t stop her. A cold smile played on his lips as he watched silently. After dealing with them for so long, he knew exactly what kind of people the Holy Light Sect were.
In Florida, these people from the Holy Light Sect would act like they were the best if they could win; if they couldn’t win, they would either run away or grovel.
In front of the public, they acted more arrogant than the world-class force Alah Temple, often showing off. They mainly focused on being dramatic.
Upon hearing Laura’s plea for help, Lucica slightly opened her eyes, raised an eyebrow, and seemed tempted.
But after looking at Zian’s Intermediate Battle General aura, she closed her eyes again and said coldly, “If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?”
Zian glanced at Lucica and smiled, but he didn’t make a move against her. After all, although the people from the Holy Light Sect were brainless, they still had strength, and there was no need to make another enemy.
Laura’s expression became increasingly grim. She leaned against the bald man and continued to call out, “All of it! Thirty Intermediate Magic Crystals! As long as you save me, it’s all yours!”
“All of it…” Lucica’s eyebrows twitched slightly, but she remained silent.
Seeing that there was a chance, Laura’s expression brightened, and she quickly shouted, “Plus one million US dollars!”
But to her surprise, Lucica still had her eyes closed, her pretty face incomparably cold, like a heartless angel from the West.
“Do you think she doesn’t want it? She’s just afraid of dying.”
Just as she was confused, Zian’s voice slowly rang out, his fangs accompanied by a sneer, making him look particularly creepy. After speaking, he specifically glanced at Lucica.
Having her sore spot touched, Lucica’s face twitched, but she still said with great composure, “Don’t talk nonsense. This is a dispute among your Blood Clan, and I don’t want to be involved.”
Seeing Lucica’s reaction, even a fool like Laura understood that what the Blood Clan Viscount said was mostly true. She turned and whispered to the bald youth beside her, “When they took me hostage, how did you get in? Was it brought in by that Sword God’s Successor?”
If that Sword God’s Successor were still alive, she might be able to save them both.
The bald youth looked at Laura with a dull gaze, as if hypnotized, and babbled, “I don’t know…”
Zian smiled and said, “The strength of that strange vine outside is close to Battle King Level. Does the Sword God’s Successor you mentioned have that strength? I’m afraid they would have been fertilizer long ago!”
Hearing this, Laura was instantly choked with anger. She still didn’t give up and said to Lucica, “Help us, and I’ll add another million US dollars!”
Lucica became somewhat annoyed at this and was about to speak when a clear voice sounded from outside the door.
“You said so.”
