Beneath the stone wall, countless blood lines scattered and sliced. Every time they slashed past, they left a deep gouge on the ground.
Right in the center of the blood lines, Yvette curled up inside a spherical defense supported by her own fresh blood. The blood barrier trembled constantly under the continuous attacks, ripples forming circle after circle on its surface.
There was no chance to counterattack.
From beginning to end, not even once.
The civil wars of vampires were just this cruel. Once the opponent seized control of external fresh blood, the weaker one couldn't even exert thirty percent of their original strength. Those exquisitely brilliant blood manipulations they used normally all became a joke in the face of the suppressive power of a superior.
Theoretically, the lower overcoming the higher was almost non-existent.
This was also the reason why, before the battle, Yvette was confident she could solve Louisa alone.
But now, she was the suppressed "lower" one.
Why? Why? Why?
What exactly are those Puchis? Why do they have the ability to control fresh blood?
And on what basis could Louisa break through to the Palace tier on her own? What exactly did she experience in the Northern Territory?
What does "rejecting her vampirity" mean?
Countless questions churned in Yvette's mind, driving her almost crazy.
But the most important thing was, how was she... supposed to escape?
"What are you still looking at?!" Yvette turned and shouted at her subordinates. Her voice was sharp and piercing, like clutching at the last straw. "Attack! Charge in there!"
These were all elites carefully selected and brought here from under Elinore's command; their strength was not bad.
However, Elinore had never established her footing based on the formidable combat strength of her subordinates.
The "elites" under her command, if placed on Sigmund's side, would only be second-tier level.
Individual strength was there, but whether in fighting spirit or obedience, they were inferior by a notch.
Moreover, more than half of them were vampires; they could also see the situation on the field clearly.
Yvette, a grand Palace-tier, had her blood control snatched away in a single encounter, completely powerless to resist.
This meant Louisa's tier was higher. Many vampires even treated her as a Lord-tier powerhouse in their hearts.
Under these circumstances, how could they dare to charge?
"Those who shrink back in battle will be stripped of their blood power, have you all forgotten?!"
Under Yvette's threat, those subordinates finally bit the bullet and charged into the area shrouded by the sky full of blood lines.
They counterattacked and advanced; along the way, people fell continuously.
Paying a heavy toll in casualties, they finally arrived beneath the stone wall. At this position, it was enough for them to control their own blood to counterattack.
Right at this moment.
The wall stood up.
The giant Rock Armor Puchis were fully ten meters tall. As they slowly stood straight, countless crushed stones rustled down from between the gaps in their armor.
Then, facing the horrified vampires, they clumsily moved a step forward...
Boom.
When the giant foot fell, the land beneath caved in half a foot deep. A guy who had stood there stunned disappeared beneath the sole; flesh and blood squeezed out from the armor gaps, dyeing the surrounding crushed stones red.
Some vampires tried to counterattack, but only able to control their own fresh blood, they simply couldn't unleash any large-scale destructive moves.
As for those piercing attacks that could penetrate the rock armor, the damage they caused to the giant Puchis was microscopic.
If it were a giant creature, the vampires could still try to find a way to shoot through vitals like the heart or eyes.
But Puchis had no vitals.
There were also bold and meticulous vampires who sharply discovered the gaps between the Rock Armor Puchis, vainly attempting to slip through the middle.
What welcomed them were the Ji-das that had just come down from the stone wall.
Resonance Cannons fired from the gaps, obliterating the final illusion of counterattack among Yvette's subordinates.
With no hope, the rout began.
Even the Horned Demons under Eugene's command nearby retreated along with them.
Yvette was still struggling to hold on inside the blood sphere. As the center of concentrated fire, the instant she withdrew the blood cover, she would be sliced to pieces, let alone run away.
Little Pig walked over step by step. Extending an arm wrapped in blood crystal, she effortlessly tore open Yvette's final defense under her despairing and fearful gaze, gently placing her hand on her neck.
Yvette trembled and used her final move:
"Louisa... Big Sister!"
"I was also just following orders. I couldn't disobey Lady Elinore's command. You know it, you know what the outcome is for disobeying her..."
"I didn't want to kill you, I really didn't... I just wanted to bring you back... Big Sister, we are sisters who shed blood together, who endured scoldings together..."
"Let me go... I beg you... I don't want to die, I really don't want to die..."
She cried until her face was covered in snot and tears. That originally relatively delicate face was now an unsightly mess.
Clap clap— clap clap— clap clap—
Atmosphere-setting Puchis popped out one after another from the scattered fungal mat around them, continuously clapping their tentacles.
A Voice Puchi squirmed and climbed onto Yvette's body, letting out overlapping, low whispers right by her ear: "What touching sisterhood! Little Pig, how about we spare her life."
The disgusting and terrifying voice made Yvette tremble involuntarily, but the content made her eyes light up.
Louisa retracted the blood lines originally intended to slice off Yvette's head: "Boss, you have the final say."
"Don't worry, Little Pig, I won't go so far as to snatch your spoils of war. I just have some ideas; after a slight processing, I'll return her to you."
"Wh... what processing... wu wu wu..."
Countless tentacles quickly paralyzed Yvette, wrapping her into a tentacle mummy, and dragged her into a hole in the ground along with the other captives.
This scene was coincidentally witnessed by Eugene, who was taking a moment to observe the situation from afar.
For a moment, he even thought he had fallen into an illusion trap and his eyes were playing tricks on him.
That supremely confident subordinate sent by Elinore, how did she lay down in just this short amount of time?
And defeated by a Diamond-tier overcoming a higher tier?
Even if Elinore was recognized as the weakest Duke, it shouldn't be that every one of her subordinates was trash capable of being defeated across tiers, right?!
But soon, the confusion was resolved.
Eugene sensed it—the powerful blood force Louisa radiated without reservation.
"Palace... no, more than that, she's almost at the Lord tier."
Didn't they say Diamond tier?
Is it a problem on Elinore's side, or a problem with this Louisa herself?
At this time, Little Pig also looked over.
As the two gazed at each other, Little Pig smiled and pointed her finger toward the direction of the Luo River.
Eugene followed the direction with some puzzlement, then abruptly widened his scarlet eyes.
On the surface of the Luo River, that originally thick ice surface was now down to only a thin layer at some unknown time.
Through the ice surface, one could faintly see the traces of two colossal creatures below.
"What is... that?"
Crack—
The ice surface fractured and split open from the dead center.
Immediately after, scalding hot steam mixed with river water erupted from the fissures.
"Finally out!"
Accompanied by No. 4's cheers in the mycelial network, two giant Puchis broke through the ice.
Massive heat radiated from No. 4's body. Large amounts of river water were evaporated into white mist, wreathing around it.
Within the water mist, dragon flames would occasionally spew out.
On the other side, No. 7 was a seemingly perfectly ordinary giant Puchi.
However, after it slowly moved to the shore...
"For the Mushroom Fortress!"
Countless Puchi Masters and their Puchis surged out from its belly, launching a charge toward the rear formation of Eugene's troops.
Eugene watched this scene and silently activated the "Clarity Spell" on his ring—it actually wasn't an illusion.
(End of Chapter)
Comments