Chapter 85: The First Embrace of Blood (3.5k)
“What’s going on? Something’s breaking out.”
The dust didn’t dissipate for a long time. Occasionally, a red light flashed, and a black shadow broke through the smoke and rushed out. The woman’s steps paused, her brows furrowed slightly. By the time she wanted to follow the black shadow with her eyes, she couldn’t find it at all.
“Is that the girl’s pet or… do you think this can change anything? With your Warrior Class level, let alone healing skills, even combat skills are useless.”
“Hoo! Slap!”
The woman sneered coldly, swung her long whip with all her might, and the resulting airflow dispersed the dust bit by bit. Occasionally, red streaks of external qi splashed onto the wall of the energy shield.
The long whip cracked, and the red glow was like a blade cutting through.
“It’s empty? … Where did it go?”
The dust was quickly completely dispersed. The woman was slightly astonished, her eyes glowing with a faint light as she constantly scanned the surroundings. Suddenly sensing something, she curved her lips and let out a laugh.
“Hehe… here I am?”
Immediately, her arm twisted like a rubber band in an extremely contorted manner, and the long whip whistled behind her with a sound that broke the air.
“Hoo!”
A brilliant firelight erupted in the darkness, with scattered sparks blooming like fireworks.
“Clang!”
The sound of metal friction rang out again, only more intense than before.
The collision was even more rapid!
Moreover, the people who were repelled were swapped. The thorn whip was bounced open, swaying in the air like willow branches in spring, limp yet sharply flicking upwards, the recoil transmitted to the woman.
“How can this be?! Such great power!”
Before the woman’s eyes could widen, a surge of immense force rushed to her palm, directly flipping her hand over.
Then, she felt a gust of wind follow. Relying on the instinct of being a mercenary abroad for many years, she subconsciously lowered her body, narrowly dodging it. She suddenly looked up, her expression stunned.
“What is this thing? Isn’t she a Priest? What is this familiar, cold feeling? Can this attribute learn healing skills now?”
It was a blood-colored slash, carrying an exceptionally cold aura, giving people a bone-chilling feeling.
It wasn’t the sharpness of frost, but the lingering coldness emanating from the dark, swirling tide!
“Bang!”
The woman suddenly felt the energy shield behind her being broken. Without time to think, her combat instincts, honed over years, forced her to swing her long whip with all her might to resist.
It was precisely this instinct that saved the woman. Just a few centimeters from her neck, sparks erupted again. Through the firelight, she finally saw the opponent’s appearance and couldn’t help but say in a deep voice:
“These pointed ears, an S-class dual-form Elf bloodline?”
At this moment, Su Jiu’s face flickered indistinctly in the firelight. Her skin was unnaturally white, and her eyes held a hint of bloodthirst. Most importantly, her ears were pointed without using an avatar.
And the short sword in her hand was smeared with a strange bloody aura.
In the woman’s eyes, Su Jiu’s aura seemed to have changed, becoming dangerous. If before the opponent was a little white rabbit, now she felt like…
A hunter!
A hunter in the dark night!
“Bang!”
Amidst the flickering sparks, the woman was sent flying by the immense force and hit her own shield with a loud bang.
“No, no… there was no white light, you didn’t use an avatar just now, and the Elf bloodline should be filled with divinity…”
Her face showed a look of lingering fear. The opponent’s strength was outrageously high; she, a War General Level, was actually knocked away by a Warrior Class!
Su Jiu did not reply, her expression cold. She felt exceptionally rational at the moment.
The pride surging from her blood made her feel a sense of loneliness, without companions, wandering in the darkness.
“Scum!” A clear, contemptuous voice rang out.
Casually glancing at the woman, Su Jiu didn’t know why she said these words. A tremor of her bloodline surged, and she felt something pushing against her lower molars.
Her body involuntarily exploded with a “bang,” and then transformed into several small bats. Her clothes and E Huo even changed along with her!
Then, from the bats’ perspective, Su Jiu found that she could observe the opponent from every viewpoint.
Immediately, following the sensation in her bloodline, she controlled the bats to charge towards the woman.
The bats were very fast, seemingly linked to Su Jiu’s speed. Moreover, they were like her arms, striking wherever she pointed. In an instant, they reached the woman’s side.
Then they transformed back into individual beings. Su Jiu’s sharp edge pointed directly at the woman’s neck. The woman quickly retreated, but it was still too late. A large bloody gash was drawn on her neck, from her neck to her chest.
“Chit!”
Instantly, blood gushed out like a torrent, as if attracted by something, and couldn’t be stopped at all!
The woman’s clothes were stained red in just a few breaths!
“The body can transform into bats… not human!”
She gritted her teeth and retreated, both surprised and angry. She suddenly saw two small fangs on Su Jiu’s lips. She was in a human-like form, but the opponent hadn’t used an avatar just now, and there was no white light flashing.
A fearful thought flashed through her mind:
“Vampire!”
The woman gasped, staring intently at Su Jiu’s crimson eyes, and uttered each word deliberately.
Then, she recalled the Corpse Demons she encountered while on a mission abroad. They were all assimilated by Vampire monsters, and their behavior was very similar to Su Jiu’s.
Pointed ears, blood-red light in their eyes. But clearly, their ranks were different. In the Vampire monster tribe, with the Ancestor at the core, they were divided by bloodline concentration into Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Counts, Barbers… Servants, Corpse Demons.
“Clang! Whoosh! Clang! Whoosh!”
“High-class vampires like those nobles! Why are they appearing in the country?!” Amidst the renewed flashes of sparks, the woman’s face became increasingly unsightly.
As a mercenary abroad, she had encountered vampires before. She had seen a Viscount, who exuded elegance at all times. Su Jiu’s aura was stronger than his, not in terms of strength, but in that overwhelming aura of disdain for everything.
Earl, perhaps even more…
This made the woman even more surprised. Firstly, normally, except for some special monster races, entry into Dragon Country was not permitted casually.
Secondly, high-class vampires did not need to feed on human blood. They could eat magic crystals or some high-energy items made by humans. They would not participate in human disputes and would even help the weak out of arrogance.
Su Jiu would not stop attacking just because the woman was thinking. She found that she was even more bizarre when using String Moon Swordsmanship in this strange state, with bloodlust mixed with absolute rationality.
If before Su Jiu using String Moon Swordsmanship under the Ice Chih Bloodline was an elegant sword immortal, then now she was a sword demon, a demon that only knew how to kill.
“Clang clang clang clang!” Swords like streaming light, one sword unfinished, the next arriving. The two red glows collided, and the red glows around the long whip became more pronounced.
“I can’t fight her anymore. I have no more strength. How could a high-class vampire be able to fight like this against someone of a higher level?!”
Seeing Su Jiu’s offensive becoming more and more intense, the woman, disregarding everything else, with a fierce look in her eyes, rushed towards the girl in the corner at extreme speed, her face somewhat contorted, thinking, “She didn’t attack me earlier. Was she afraid of hurting this meat shield?”
The woman secretly sighed, “Fortunately, she’s a high-class vampire and is righteous.”
To save her life, she moved with extreme speed. She turned her head and saw Su Jiu still in the same spot, a hint of mockery rising in her heart: Truly arrogant, worthy of being a high-class vampire.
But just as she was only a few meters away from the little girl, she suddenly saw several cute bats above her head. Immediately realizing something, her body stiffened, and she tried to transform her body into liquid.
Then she felt a few strands of hair brush against her cheek. She slightly raised her head, and her face instantly turned pale.
It’s over!
“Good night.”
Su Jiu smiled gently at her, her voice gentle yet icy, just like in vampire movies. The short sword in her hand twirled in a flourish, cutting off the head that was about to turn into liquid.
With a “Chit!” sound, a head flew up like a basketball, and blood splashed out like a fountain. The long whip in her hand transformed into the body of a small beast, and a red object flickered faintly inside its belly.
The Hanfu on Su Jiu’s body remained spotless, like a whisk, without any blood. But her fair face was covered in blood, which did not feel dirty, exuding an inexplicable noble aura.
Without noticing the strangeness of the small beast’s body, Su Jiu silently walked to the windowsill and crouched down to examine the girl’s body. She breathed a sigh of relief, “Her body is just paralyzed.”
“Was I infected by that ‘Master’ and turned into a vampire?”
Then Su Jiu slowly stood up, hesitated, and looked towards the curtain. Taking a deep breath, she slowly pulled it open. The warm sunlight fell on her face, but there was no stinging or burning sensation as she had expected.
It was warm, gentle, like a reward for the victor.
She touched her ears; they were still pointed. She opened her mouth and touched her fangs. With a gentle press, they retracted. My goodness!
Su Jiu’s eyes widened slightly. She tried a few more times. Damn it, if she didn’t control them, they were like toys.
She immediately thought of those plastic throwing knives she had bought in her previous life… These fangs are really not imposing at all!
While she was playing with her teeth, E Huo stealthily returned to its original form and crept onto the small beast’s body, fiddling with something.
“I need to hide my ears. If only Little White were here…”
Su Jiu sighed slightly, let down her hair, covering her ears, and then casually tied her hair back with a hairpin. It seemed to lose some of its ethereal quality, becoming a bit more unrestrained.
“There seems to be a mirror over there.”
At this moment, sounds came from outside the door.
“Why are you outside?” It was the voice of the middle-aged dragon hunter, sounding a bit anxious.
“No, I’m not. The door is locked from the inside. It must be that little girl who’s afraid I’ll steal the credit. I’m really afraid she knocked everyone out…” The male student’s voice was somewhat displeased, and he didn’t forget to add fuel to the fire.
“Get away! The Medical Badge girl inside is in danger! There should be an energy shield blocking the sound, so you can’t hear anything!”
“That woman is a wanted criminal! She stole an important item from our university, and I’ve been chasing her for three days!”
The middle-aged dragon hunter pushed the male student aside. As she spoke, she instructed several intern dragon hunters to break open the main door.
“Break it open with all your might! I want to charge up to see if I can kill that woman with one blow! She might be holding hostages!”
Three white lights, damn it! One was retracted, one was released, and one turned into a weapon. They were played around by these few people!
“Bang!”
The main door was broken open, and several intern dragon hunters flooded in like a spring. The first thing they saw was blood all over the floor and a messy head. Lu Xin immediately gagged. This tragic scene reminded her of the scene of the girl being slit throat just now.
Finding no enemies, the middle-aged dragon hunter also slowly entered. Looking at the head on the ground, she muttered to herself, “Is she… dead?”
But looking at the unconscious girl in the corner and the body on the other side, she was slightly stunned. A strange thought emerged – the one who died was that War General woman.
“Tsk, that girl died so miserably… No, these are that lady’s clothes.”
The male student also came in. He stared at the tragic scene on the ground, stunned. He wanted to look at the ring to confirm, but suddenly he saw a glimmer of silver.
He slightly raised his finger and pointed at E Huo, who was gnawing on the ring on the headless corpse, and said blankly, “Whose beast pet is that?”
