Chapter 166: Sleepless Night (3.5k)
As they approached the basement exit, light became visible. Lucica led the way, followed by others. Yun Xi was at the back, behind Su Jiu, her gaze deep and her hand holding her phone. Things were getting more complicated. She wasn’t sure if Chuanci was involved in the “Gemini Sacrifice.” If it was related to the “Blood Butterfly Duke,” then things would be serious. After all, there was a deep-seated hatred from the past, stemming from the murder of her sister and cousin. Fortunately, the two of them had no influence, which had maintained peace. Now, with the emergence of a so-called “Sacrifice,” she had to be careful. If a faction intended to gain power or even revive them through sacrifice, she would be the first in line. Her clone, used for entertainment, was only at the peak War General Level. If the faction involved Duke Chuanci, she would have to urge Su Jiu to leave quickly.
Phone Screen:
[Me: Go to Chuanci’s side for me and try to gauge his reaction. See if he’s involved in this sacrifice.]
[Me: This sacrifice involves the Blood Butterfly sisters from back then.]
[Old Goat: Blood Butterfly?? How is that possible? Miss, we cleared out all their influence back then.]
[Me: It’s better to be safe than sorry. Duke-level vampires can’t truly be killed. If a faction has located the sea area from back then and can resurrect or steal their power through some sacrificial means, it would be a disaster.]
[Old Goat: Alright. I should reach the Arden Fortress outside Eagle Country tomorrow. I’ll go and probe this Highness’s intentions then.]
“Xiao Xi, what are you doing? Always looking down at your phone! What if you get lost?”
Just as Yun Xi was about to reply, Su Jiu’s voice sounded behind her like a ghost, causing her hand holding the phone to tremble. However, she quickly calmed down, waved her hand, and replied, “Just chatting, it’s nothing.”
Su Jiu smiled helplessly, stroked Yun Xi’s head, and said gently, “What if some monsters appear around here? Xiao Xi, how about we go to Dragon Country to study together when we get back?”
Su Jiu planned to arrange for Yun Xi to attend high school in Magic City when they returned, raising her as a true sister. As for whether she would be a biological sister or a sworn sister… Yun Xi felt that without blood relation, a sworn sister would be better.
Just now, she had been chatting with the butler and unconsciously spoke without thinking of her identity, saying casually, “Oh, whatever, Su Jiu, why are you like an old lady…”
“Old… old lady???”
Hearing this, Su Jiu’s eyes twitched. She raised her hand with a blank expression, as she wanted to savor it again. That feeling, tsk, someone was itching for a beating.
“Slap!” A crisp slapping sound followed, and then she asked kindly with a smile, “What did you call me?”
“Ah!”
Yun Xi only felt a tingling sensation from behind. She almost dropped her phone and her body went limp. Only then did she remember that her identity was still that of a flower girl.
“Old… old lady…”
Looking up, she saw Su Jiu still raising her hand with a blank expression. Yun Xi’s mouth became like a jammed typewriter, and she even stammered. With tears welling up in her eyes, she lowered her head and whispered, “Understood, Sister Jiu.”
“When you get to Hua Xia High School, you must study hard and not play with other boys. Mmm… girls too. Don’t believe cats that can do backflips…”
As she continued to listen to Su Jiu’s teachings, Yun Xi looked at Su Jiu’s slightly perky backside and thought fiercely: “Heh, just you wait, you’ll pay for this tonight!”
Yun Xi’s mind was full of getting back at Su Jiu, and her little fangs even slipped out from the corner of her mouth. She picked up her phone and sent a message to the old butler:
[Me: Before going to Chuanci’s, bring me a tube of Bloodnight Drunk.]
[Old Goat: Yes! But Miss, please remember, even though you are a clone, you must not use secret techniques, otherwise, the main body will suffer.]
[Me: I just want Su Jiu to know who’s the boss!]
Su Jiu squinted at Yun Xi, stroked her head with one hand, and leaned close to her face, asking, “Xiao Xi, who are you chatting with? You seem very proud.”
Feeling the warmth of Su Jiu’s breath, Yun Xi quickly put away her phone and pointed to the bright light of the exit in front, smiling with some guilt, “It’s just a friend. Let’s hurry out.”
Su Jiu shook her head helplessly and followed the others ahead. Yun Xi, walking behind, looked at Su Jiu’s retreating figure, a ray of blood light appearing in her eyes, and muttered coldly to herself, “How could I, the Duke, use a secret technique on a servant? She’s just my servant… only my servant! If I were to use it, it would be her using it.” “Only for me!”
After speaking, she followed them. Unbeknownst to her, as she said this, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved upwards, as if something happy had happened.
Su Jiu and the others soon reached the surface. The thin sunlight filtered through the clouds and gently fell on their faces, bringing a hint of warmth. The yellow pollen around them had completely dispersed. Laura and the others in front looked at the messy scene. Laura couldn’t help but fly up to look, and upon seeing the “nine-turn intestines” on the ground, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “Who did this?!” “That shouldn’t be right? Didn’t they say that vine had already left?” So that’s how it left? By turning the vine into this, that counts as not seeing it?
Lucica widened the distance between herself and Su Jiu’s group, even more incredulously. She remembered that the bishop’s strength wasn’t that great. What was going on?
“Vampires, your end has come! The Lord will utterly destroy your sins!”
As she was puzzling over this, a deep male voice sounded from behind Su Jiu and the others. It was a short-bearded middle-aged man in red and white armor, holding a broadsword. An Earth Dragon phantom faintly flickered behind him. Following him were several people dressed as clergy, holding thick books. They surrounded Su Jiu and the others.
Laura and the Bald Youth did not act rashly. They had already noticed that the middle-aged man with the broadsword had a Bloodline Phantom. He was a High-Rank War General, and their faces became extremely ugly. Especially Laura, who had just completely transformed into a vampire. She had barely turned around when someone appeared, declaring her end. What’s more, that person was a High-Rank War General, someone she couldn’t possibly defeat. What was this all about…
On the ground, seeing that the clothes of those people had patterns similar to Lucica’s, Su Jiu turned to look at the sky and said indifferently, “Are these chuunibyou guys your people?”
“E Huo, time to eat!”
Immediately, a light flashed in her hand. Su Jiu directly used the Ice Dragon Transformation, ice and frost emanating from her body. Her aura surged, and she bent down, slashing horizontally with her Frost Blade. A giant blue swallow fiercely charged forward.
Elegy!
Blade Draw Slash!
“Whoosh!” Wherever it passed, frost qi appeared, and the metal on the ground even gleamed as it froze. It was so fast that it created sonic booms, and the sonic boom sounded like the cry of a phoenix. The aura shook the people holding the books.
“What is this? A skill?”
“Ah!? Its aura is stronger than the bishop’s. We need to leave!”
Before they could react for long, the Frost Bird smashed into them fiercely, its frost wings acting like the sharpest blades, cutting their bodies.
In the distance, Lucica’s mouth twitched. Although she knew that people from the Holy Light Sect liked to show off, she didn’t expect them to be so pathetic. Damn, they could barely unleash a few skills before being cut down. But… this bishop also knew the unique martial arts of the Holy Light Sect, and was even a High-Rank War General. Laura looked at the middle-aged swordsman and smiled lightly. No matter how powerful Miss Su Jiu was, she couldn’t possibly fight against a High-Rank War General, because High-Rank War Generals had inscriptions engraved in their core qi, allowing them to use Bloodline Phantoms. The difference between the intermediate and high ranks was as vast as the difference between a High-Rank Warrior and an Initial Stage War General, or even greater! The Bloodline Phantom accounted for the largest portion of this difference. Even with a weak bloodline, with the amplification of a phantom, one could crush many intermediate War General prodigies.
“Not a pure vampire?! But you’ll die without being a High-Rank War General!”
The armored middle-aged man, seeing this, stopped posing. He was shocked and angered as he raised his hand to block the slash. He channeled power into his broadsword and swung it, sending a hoe-like golden external qi slash towards Su Jiu.
“Holy Light Sword Qi!”
“Clang clang clang!” The surrounding steel clanged loudly under the strong wind from the golden external qi. This external qi slash was powerful enough to crush an Initial Stage War General. But how could Su Jiu be an ordinary War General? She remained calm. With a “whoosh,” a Frost Blade appeared at Su Jiu’s feet. She dodged the external qi sideways. Then, using the short sword to support herself, she slid towards the middle-aged man, a Frost Moon phantom appearing on the blade.
To be precise, it was a crescent moon phantom! It faintly appeared on the upper part of the sword! In a moment, she reached the middle-aged swordsman and slashed directly at his chest. The blade was wrapped in frost, and the frost spread outwards, making Su Jiu’s arm look as if she were wearing frost sleeves.
“Swish—”
The middle-aged swordsman reacted and swung his sword to block Su Jiu’s crescent moon frost sword. The force transmitted to his hand made his expression change slightly. He saw a cold glint and couldn’t help but retreat half a step. Seeing that Su Jiu was still two to three meters away, he couldn’t help but say, “What kind of skill is this? Its power is so great! I almost couldn’t block it.”
After speaking, he was about to raise his hand to strike Su Jiu, but he found that his hands couldn’t exert any force, and his neck felt unusually cold.
“Not ‘almost,’ you didn’t block it at all.”
Su Jiu stopped and said calmly, shaking the ice chips off her sword. It was evident that these ice chips were red. She had hidden a sword within the frost moon. This move wastried and tested. As long as the opponent was a creature that could easily break armor, Su Jiu could use this move as an assassin to deliver a fatal blow. Of course, if the strength difference was too large, it would be difficult for Su Jiu to hide a fatal blow, as energy shields and the first sword being deflected would affect it.
A few seconds after Su Jiu shook her sword, the middle-aged swordsman fell straight to the ground, while Lucica transformed into “Lucica the Runner” and fled into the sky! The two from the Lobey Family were stunned by Su Jiu’s movements. Especially Laura, who suddenly felt that bloodline wasn’t that useful. She already had a bloodline close to the Marquis level, equivalent to a top-tier S-class bloodline, but compared to Su Jiu, she felt a sense of powerlessness.
After Su Jiu collected the magic crystal, Laura and the other person sent Su Jiu and Yun Xi back to the inn. There was no other way; Yun Xi said she had left something in the inn. What else could Su Jiu do? She doted on her! They returned to the inn. By this time, the night had deepened. Under the yellowish lamplight, they leaned against the headboard, watching anime with E Huo, occasionally bursting into laughter.
“Sister Jiu, my drink is here!”
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Yun Xi put on her pajamas and went out, a faint smile on her face. With a “click,” the room door opened, and the corridor light cast long shadows of the tall and short figures.
“Miss, the yellow one is yours, and the red one is Miss Jiu’s.”
Yun Xi held two small bottles of liquid with faint flower petals. Her two small fangs peeked out slightly, and her smile gradually turned sinister: “Sister Jiu, it’s delicious!”
