"Alan! Don't rush in!"
Behind him, Tao Na's warning came.
"Inside the castle, a barrier called 'Evil Residence' was set up."
"The power of the undead is strengthened, while the living are suppressed."
"In addition, the evil residence will also suppress all light magic below the 5th level."
As she spoke, Taona threw a stone blessed with the "Daylight Magic" towards the castle gate.
The glowing stone quickly dimmed and lost its luster the moment it crossed the castle threshold.
"The owner of the castle, the former elven prince, is both a vampire and a 6th-level necromancer."
Flora took over the conversation and said to Alan and Angel.
"In the lightless Palace of the Dead, the regeneration ability of the vampires is unlimited. Only weapons with enchanted silver above level 3 can cause fatal damage to them."
"At the same time, we are staying in the castle, being eroded by negative energy all the time, and our vitality is draining away very quickly ."
"If you rush in rashly like this, you might die on the way before you even see the vampire lord."
"I will cast the 'Anti-Death Ward' on everyone. This 4th-level spell can block negative energy eclipse and has a certain resistance to the necromancy of vampires."
"Avril will also bless everyone with 'Protection from Evil', increasing mental resistance to evil creatures."
"The gaze of the vampire lord has a powerful spiritual power that controls people's hearts."
Avril held a small packet of silver powder in her hand and gave a warning while casting a spell.
"If you are not on guard and only have a brief contact with his eyes, you will lose your true nature and become his puppet."
"Senior Sister, after casting these spells in advance, how confident are you in hunting down the Vampire Count?" Angel asked.
"this……"
Taona, Flora and Avril looked at each other.
"Honestly speaking, we three can escape from the Palace of the Dead unscathed thanks to the blessing of our ancestors."
"Hunting the vampire lord is beyond our capabilities. We can only count on Alan."
Tao Na told the truth.
Everyone's eyes shifted to Alan's face.
Expect him to give an inspiring answer.
Everyone knew that although Alan was very strong and his rank was almost the same as that of the Vampire Count, he did not have a chance for a fair duel.
The castle protected by an evil barrier is the home of the vampire lord.
There are at least fifty vampire spawn in the castle.
No matter how strong Allen is, it is difficult for him to complete this overly difficult challenge under extremely unfavorable circumstances.
Being 50% sure is enough to impress the girls.
"Before discussing this issue, I also have a question."
Alan pointed to the dark Palace of the Dead and asked Taona, Avril and Flora:
"Since the environment inside the castle is extremely unfavorable to us, why do we have to go in?"
"What else?" Tao Na rolled her eyes at him. "If you want to lure out the vampire lord, you'd better stop dreaming!"
"The monster is sleeping in a coffin in the castle's attic. He will never leave the castle unless the castle is demolished."
"Yes, yes! That's what I mean!" Alan nodded with a smile, "Tear down this castle and the trouble will be solved."
"Please! Stop daydreaming!" Tao Na was amused by him. "The castle is protected by a barrier. Every brick, tile and wood is as hard as steel!"
"It's also not possible to bombard the castle with magic from the outside. Anything below level 6 will be ineffective, and the magic will be absorbed by the protective barrier."
Avril also disagreed with Allen's fantasy and said unhappily:
"Unless you have mastered some powerful 7th-level magic or 7th-level magic martial arts, demolishing the castle will be even more difficult than breaking into the castle and hunting down the vampire lord!"
"Hearing you say that, I feel relieved."
Alan smiled and turned to face the castle gate.
As the girls stared at him in confusion, he snapped his fingers in a dashing manner.
Bang!
Thunder roars with the snap of a finger, the earth cracks and the sky collapses!
…
The Palace of the Dead trembled violently!
The magic-reinforced wall collapsed under the bombardment of thunder.
Under the incredulous gaze of Tao Na and the other three, it collapsed!
The wailing of the vampires could be heard from the ruins of the castle.
They were sleeping soundly in their coffins, never dreaming that disaster would strike from the sky.
Both the person and the coffin were buried deep in the rubble.
As for whether this counts as “burying alive”?
This remains to be discussed.
After all, they are no longer alive.
Even more amazing things are yet to come.
The lower level of the castle, which was theoretically more solid, was shattered by Alan's "Finger Thunder".
The tower's attic, which looks fragile, is generally well preserved.
After the earth-shattering lightning strike, the attic was suspended in mid-air, becoming a real attic in the sky.
A large amount of red flesh and blood tissue flowed out through the doors, windows and cracks in the walls, twisting and wriggling.
These deformed pieces of flesh and blood, parasitic on the inside of the attic, are like living cement and mortar, forcibly mending the broken building and barely maintaining the shape of the attic.
The main entrance of the attic and the stained glass window opposite the main entrance had two large lumps of flesh and blood that spread out in the night sky, forming a pair of membranous wings.
On the surface of the membranous wings, densely packed protruding blood vessels are clearly visible, as if they are beating along with the heart hidden in the attic.
This pair of thin membranous wings alone cannot support the heavy attic and keep it suspended in the air.
A grotesque combination of flesh, blood, and bricks and stones slowly fell.
The moment it touched the ground, a circle of deep red waves burst out.
The dazzling degree is comparable to the solar explosion!
The negative energy aroused was dark and cold, making Tao Na and others who were a hundred meters away feel cold all over and inexplicably weak!
6th level necromancy magic——Death Wave!!
…
When the death wave broke out, Alan suddenly pounced forward.
Before his feet left the ground, he was still in human form.
The moment it leaped into the sky, it had already entered the sixth level of atavism and transformed into a giant blue beast!
This is not over yet!
Alan, who has returned to his ancestor, uses the posture of Sky Behemoth to activate his 6th-level self-created body movement technique "Controlling Thunder and Flashing in the Sky"!
Snap!
When the thunder sounded, the blue lightning that was the incarnation of the giant beast had already hit the attic where the flesh and blood were parasitic.
Blood and lightning burst out one after another and finally overlapped!
Angel, Taona, Avril and Flora watched as the flowers, plants and trees in front of them were deprived of their life force by the "Death Wave" and all withered and died in an instant.
Then, the flesh and blood monster that triggered the "Death Wave" was seen being struck by an unstoppable blue lightning and thrown hundreds of feet away, spilling a large amount of smelly blood along the way.
The four sorceresses were so frightened that their minds went blank.
It took me a long time to come back to my senses.
Realizing that I had just walked upon the face of death.
If Alan had not acted in time, transformed into lightning and knocked away the flesh and blood monster, the four beautiful women would have been drained of their life force by the "Death Wave" and turned into dry bones.
"This... doesn't seem to be the place we should be."
Avril sighed bitterly.
Taona and Flora felt the same way.
How could I have been so fooled by the lard that I actually thought of breaking into the Palace of the Dead? !
"Don't be afraid! My brother can handle it!"
An Qi was able to keep her composure.
Her faith in Alan was like that of a fanatic worshipping an idol.
At this time, the attic that was hit by the "Thunder and Lightning" had completely cracked, spewing out blood mist all over the sky.
Two blurry figures were fighting fiercely in the blood mist.
When the blood mist was blown away by the night wind, the fierce fight came to an end.
The two fighters were stuck in a strange stalemate.
Alan transformed into Behemoth, with bloody scratches all over his body.
The wound surface was gray and the muscles showed obvious signs of atrophy.
This is a symptom of being invaded by negative energy.
This was all thanks to Alan's previous experience of hunting low-level undead and absorbing the fifth-level negative energy resistance, otherwise he would have been hurt even more seriously.
His rival, the vampire lord, wasn't faring much better.
The blood seeping out of the body dyed the pale skin red.
Most of the body was tightly grasped by a giant blue claw.
As long as Allen exerts force, he can crush him immediately!
However, the Vampire Count also pointed a slender finger at the head of the giant beast Alan.
The long and sharp nails have a frightening deep green luster.
Indeed, Alan could crush his head at any time.
However, the vampire Count's "dissociation technique" that is ready to be used can also cause the same damage to Allen.
In the eyes of Angel and others who were watching the fight, Alan and the Vampire Count seemed to be wary of each other and neither of them dared to attack first.
So, should I go forward to help Alan deal with the vampire lord?
In a confrontation of this level, if the weak intervene recklessly, will it end up doing more harm than good?
An Qi and others had to consider these issues carefully.
Before they could make up their minds, someone came to trouble the situation.
A human-shaped blood mist floated out from the castle ruins.
"That's... the Crimson Mist Demon?!"
Flora couldn't help but exclaim.
Then she quickly realized that she had made a mistake.
The human-shaped blood mist looks very similar to the scarlet mist demon at first glance.
If you look closely, you will find that the upper body outline of the blood mist looks more like a girl with long hair.
Flora's eyes fell on the rag doll held in the blood mist girl's left hand, and she immediately guessed her identity.
Nora Ganesha!
This mysterious little girl devoured the scarlet mist demon and fused its blood with it, gaining the ability to transform into a blood mist.
After that, she entered the Palace of the Dead before everyone else and seemed to have a fight with the vampire lord.
The vampire lord, in his own castle, is blessed by a barrier and his strength is far beyond that of the scarlet mist demon.
Judging from common sense, although Nora is very powerful, it is unlikely that she can defeat the Vampire Count in the Palace of the Dead.
Unless someone demolishes the Palace of the Dead for her and eliminates the Vampire Count's home advantage.
By accident, Allen inadvertently played the role of assisting Nora.
It's a pity that the other party didn't seem to be grateful to him.
Bloody Mist Nora, holding a rag doll in her left hand.
In his right hand he held a small bone scimitar.
It looks like a handicraft carved from ivory.
Nora seriously assumed the starting stance for the "Sword Drawing Technique".
The little girl looks really funny with this knife.
However, no one dared to look down on her.
Including Alan and Vampire Count.
The ivory knife trembled in Nora's hand.
Stirring up magical fluctuations that distort space.
When this sword is swung out, it will surely cut through the void!
Alan and the vampire lord, plus Nora with a knife.
Three people form the three vertices of a triangle.
Each of them has their own thoughts and they restrain each other.
In the three-party game, Nora took the initiative.
Alan and the vampire lord are holding each other in check.
Both of them couldn't guess whether Nora's knife would be aimed at themselves or her opponent.
Nora sneaked into the Palace of the Dead with the intention of killing the vampire lord.
However, Alan was not naive enough to think that Nora was on his side.
Who killed Nora's brother and father?
Alan knew what was going on.
The three parties confronted each other, each with their own thoughts.
The tense atmosphere made Angel, Taona, Avril and Flora, who were watching, feel short of breath.
My heart was beating so hard it almost jumped out of my throat.
The tense stalemate finally came to an end.
The vampire lord was the first to lose his patience.
laugh!
A beam of green light suddenly shot out from the fingertips and hit the face of the atavistic Allen.
The huge head of the Sky Behemoth instantly disintegrated into dust.
At the same time, Alan suddenly clenched his five fingers.
puff!
The vampire Count in his palm was crushed to pieces by him on the spot!
The blood seeped through the fingers, diffused in the night sky, turned into a turbid blood mist, and then condensed into a human shape again.
Across from him, Alan's headless body stood still.
Muscles, bones and muscles were wriggling from the broken neck, and the head .
Tao Na and others had their eyes wide open and were so shocked that they were speechless!
It is reasonable and not surprising that the vampire lord is not so easy to kill.
But Alan...his head was blown to pieces, but he is still alive and can be reborn?!
Terrifying regeneration ability, even stronger than that of vampires!
Swish!
Nora finally drew her knife.
This simple and unpretentious sword is based on the fifth-level sword technique inherited from the Ganesa family, integrating two 4th-ring space magics, "Anywhere Door" and "Dimension Anchor", as well as the "Instant Super Magic" special effect.
Nora's self-created 7th-level sword technique "Sky Slash" ignores the scale of space.
Wherever you see, you will hit the target with your sword, and the seal will be added to teleport!
puff!
The blade light that tore through space slashed at the regenerating body of the Vampire Count, splitting it in half on the spot!
During the regeneration process, he was hit hard again, and even a powerful vampire lord could not withstand it.
The heart was barely intact and fell out of the broken body.
The blood vessels connected to the heart turned into a pair of blood-colored membrane wings.
The heart with wings fluttered and tried to fly into the depths of the night sky.
A big hand reached out in time and grabbed the vampire lord's heart.
Alan's head is still just a semi-finished product.
The skull and brain have taken shape, but the facial features have not yet been reshaped.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have eyes.
You can still use "Qi Sensing" to keenly capture the escape route of the Vampire Count and intercept him accurately!
puff!
Bone spurs pop out from the palm of the hand, and alchemical enchantment special effects are activated!
The bone spurs turned into silver, which vampires feared the most, and pierced deeply into the heart, frantically extracting the essence of the blood.
At the same time, a series of system prompts came into...the incomplete mind.
Alan is now certain that the Taotie system is bound to his own soul consciousness and has nothing to do with the brain in the physical sense.
"Eat special ingredients: vampire's heart blood!"
"Potential +4!"
"Physique +1!"
"Cold, Electric Shock, Negative Energy Resistance, Choose One!"
"Choose to absorb negative energy resistance!"
"Negative energy resistance increased to level 7!"
Current attributes: 62 physique, 58 agility, 63 spirit
Current resistance: Virus level 8 / Electric shock level 7 / Sonic level 7 / Cold level 5 / Negative energy level 7
Potential reserve: 25 points
…
Alan closed the system page.
The tense nerves did not relax after killing the vampire lord.
In the ruins of the castle opposite, Nora kept her sword drawn.
His sleepy, narrow eyes widened a little, his gaze fixed on Alan's hand.
Alan's head has been restored to its original state.
Now, I can observe Nora's expression directly with my own eyes.
It is not difficult to see that this ghostly little girl is very interested in the still vibrant vampire heart in his hand.
Nora did not show any strong hatred towards him.
As to whether she didn't want to avenge her father and brother at all, or felt that the time was not right and temporarily hid her hatred in her heart, Alan didn't know.
Nora has strong mental resistance, and telepathy cannot see through her thoughts at all.
Alan's gaze shifted to the heart in his hand.
He absorbed some of the essence and blood from the heart.
The remaining blood essence is enough to purify a blood essence, which is obviously very useful to Nora.
Alan shook the Vampire Count's heart at Nora, breaking the deadlock first.
"Ms. Nora, do you want to use the blood essence of the vampire lord to strengthen your own vampire talent?"
He heard from Pamela that Nora had a thin vampire bloodline.
This may be the reason why her skin looks pale and she has to use an umbrella to block the sun even when the sunlight is not very strong.
Nora said nothing.
There was no expression on his face.
His eyes were still empty.
If it weren't for the Qi sensing that could sense her breathing and heartbeat, Alan would have suspected that she had turned into an undead creature.
"If you'll put down the knife, I'd like to make a deal with you."
Alan continued.
"What deal?"
It was not Nora who answered, but the rag doll in her arms.
Alan looked at the doll curiously.
It is impossible to tell at first glance whether this rag doll, which looks very much like a mini version of Nora, is an intelligent construct or a prop used by Nora to transmit voice through ventriloquism and create mystery.
"It's so rude to stare at someone with your eyes wide open! Haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman?"
The rag doll said fiercely.
Alan couldn't help laughing.
"I've seen a lot of beauties, but I'm the first one to see someone as special as you. I can't help but feel curious."
"Haha! Big brother, you are quite sweet! Are you very popular with girls?"
"No."
Noticing the strange looks from Angel and the others, Alan put on a serious expression and got back to the topic.
"If you want the heart of the Vampire Count, exchange it for the blood essence of two Crimson Mist Demons."
"Two is not enough, I can only give you one at most!"
The rag doll bargained expertly.
Alan looked at Nora.
She just stood there in a daze, relying entirely on the rag doll in her arms to make decisions.
Judging from the doll's strong attitude, it seems that she is Nora's mistress and Nora is just her doll.
"Big brother! Don't look at my mom. I can make decisions for her on such trivial matters!"
The doll had a stern face and sounded a little unhappy.
"Are you Nora's daughter?"
Alan's heart moved. Didn't Nora's daughter die just after birth?
Could it be that the vengeful spirit of the baby possessed the rag doll and became the so-called "ghost baby"?
Retracting his thoughts, Alan asked the doll, "Would you mind telling me your name?"
"My name is Cynthia."
"It's a nice name, and it matches ."
"Oh? Big brother, you actually know that Cynthia is the name of the ancient moon god?"
The doll's eyes widened.
"I also know that Cynthia is the goddess of virginity and hunting. She likes to run naked in the moonlight. If she is seen by a man, she will curse that unlucky man to turn into a white stag..."
With a sigh, Alan emphasized to her solemnly.
“Cynthia, don’t call me big brother, call me uncle.”
"You are so long-winded, big brother!" Ragdoll said stubbornly, "I want a blood essence of the Crimson Mist Demon in exchange for the heart in your hand. How about that? Just give me a straight answer!"
"You have to compensate me with another thousand Wind Demon Stones, otherwise there's no deal." Alan bargained calmly.
"Wow! Big brother, how can you be so stingy!"
"Cynthia, if you can't make up your mind, you'd better ask Nora." Allen said calmly, "The essence of the Crimson Mist Demon's bloodline is dispensable to me, but the heart of the Vampire Count is of immeasurable value to your mother."
"This is the only vampire heart in the entire trial space, and it is in my hands."
"I don't mind if this deal doesn't go through, but you and your daughter should not regret it."
"But, damned man..."
Cynthia's eyes widened with anger.
It's a pity that her little face is filled with cotton. Even when she is angry, it still looks cute and plump.
The open mouth looks as if smiling happily.
Nora finally made a move.
She put away the ivory knife and freed her left hand to caress Cynthia's hair, as if trying to soothe her daughter and calm her down.
"I don't have the Wind Magic Stone. Can I exchange it for the Black Magic Stone?"
Cynthia asked Alan, holding back her anger.
Hearing her say this, Alan had an idea.
"The Black Magic Stone is useless to me."
"However, if you are willing to give me ten black magic stones filled with soul fire, the deal will be done."
"Hehe! Your appetite is too big, too much! The most I can give you is... eight saturated black magic stones!" Cynthia bargained.
"Deal!" Alan held out his hand.
Cynthia flew over from Nora's arms, stretched out her little cotton hand, high-fived him, and then opened the pocket sewn on the chest of her overalls.
Alan wrapped the still beating vampire heart in oil paper and stuffed it into the doll's storage bag.
Then, Cynthia started taking things out of her chest pocket like Doraemon.
First came a reagent bottle surrounded by blood mist, followed by eight black magic stones filled with soul fire.
Unfortunately, the undead sealed in these black magic stones are only three types: ghouls, will-o'-the-wisp and vampires, which cannot provide Alan with fresh and special ingredients.
The blood essence of the Crimson Mist Demon is a new dish.
Didi——
"Eat special ingredients: the undead essence of the scarlet fog demon!"
"Potential +4!"
"Agility +1!"
Current attributes: 62 physique, 59 agility, 63 spirit
Current resistance: Virus level 8 / Electric shock level 7 / Sonic level 7 / Cold level 5 / Negative energy level 7
Potential reserve: 29 points