Lilith's confidence comes from her exceptionally strong strength.
High-level vampires have long lifespans, which has allowed her to see all kinds of people with amazing talents.
In her opinion, no matter how powerful the Lord of Black Dragon City, Ryan, is, there should be a limit...
There is a limit to the fifth level of transcendence in the Ice Ridge Wasteland, but only a few can touch that "limit".
And Lilith is one of the people in the world who has touched the ceiling of combat power.
When you really reach this level, many things become connected.
Although she has never fought with Master Kavo, who is known as the "first of the ten legends".
But she was also very confident that under the restrictions of this law, she might not be able to defeat Kavo, who was proficient in high-level space spells, but she would definitely not lose.
If they really fight to the death, the final outcome will most likely be that no one can do anything to anyone else.
This is also the reason why this vampire dares to show up alone in Black Dragon City.
She was very confident. She wanted to leave, and no one in the Ice Ridge Wasteland could stop her.
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Although Ryan's extraordinary strength and the secret method of [Condensing Qi into Energy] caused Lilith to suffer a little loss at first sight.
However, after bringing her into the demonic state, the situation was different.
Ryan likes to fight with melee supernatural beings, so how could Lilith, a vampire, not be the same?
This vampire also wanted to test Ryan's strength, so after changing into a vampire with a green face and fangs, he was ready to attack.
The two sides fought back and forth, and the fight was very lively.
The melee combat is extremely entertaining, with punches hitting each other real close.
A fifth-level transcendent could easily split mountains and crack rocks. Their fight was like a series of explosions using explosives to mine rocks, and the movement was extremely intense.
The quarry was full of them, so fast that only shadows were left. As if neither side was tired or hurt, they were blasted away again and again, leaving huge dents in the rocks and on the ground, and then stood up to fight again.
The super recovery ability of the top vampires allowed Lilith to recover from her injuries instantly, and Ryan's [Divine Healing Technique] also made him almost immortal.
This level of physical damage would at most consume some fighting spirit for both sides and would not be a big deal.
In this fight, both sides spared no effort.
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Gradually, as time went by, Lilith also tested Ryan's strength.
"How can his martial arts proficiency be so high? Even a martial arts genius with the best talent cannot reach this level without decades of hard training... But the intelligence says that this guy is very young, right?"
"His strength is too exaggerated... This guy actually knows the [Hercules Sequence] inherited from the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce in Canossa, and has cultivated it to such an exaggerated level. But in terms of strength, I haven't seen anyone stronger than him in the past thousand years."
"And...what kind of extraordinary sequence did this guy take to have such a strong healing ability?"
"Doesn't the secret method used by the Omar royal family to condense Dou Qi reduce the amount of Dou Qi? Why is his Dou Qi still so abundant? With this layer of Dou Qi protecting his body, it is impossible to hurt him before it is all consumed..."
“…”
Doubts emerged in Lilith's mind.
She really couldn't understand why she could see so many amazing things in the same person.
Regardless of fighting spirit, martial arts, or skills...
Ryan is an expert in everything.
This is no longer something that can be measured by ordinary "genius".
This was the most evil creature Lilith had ever seen in her thousand years of life.
She connected it to the "No. 1 Martial Arts Conference in the World" held in Black Dragon City today, and immediately realized that Ryan's current combat power was probably due to the inheritance of some extraordinary "Seventy-two Divine Generals".
However, extraordinary inheritance is one thing, and being able to cultivate to such a high level is another .
After this test, Lilith suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.
In her eyes, Ryan was like the "Black Dragon City" that suddenly appeared, making her feel pressure like a mountain collapsing.
Just as “young” and just as full of potential.
It can be predicted that if he is allowed to develop in this way, there will no longer be any two empires of Theed and Omar in the Ice Ridge Wasteland in the future.
In the end there is only... the Black Dragon Empire!
…
The two fought for dozens of rounds, neither of them being able to defeat the other.
Lilith suddenly stopped during the break in the battle.
She looked at Ryan, who was also breathing heavily in the distance, and smiled with narrowed eyes: "Hahaha... Lord Ryan's fighting power is really amazing. With your current strength, I'm afraid you are not inferior to any of the 'Ten Legends'."
After a pause, she looked charming and said with a hint of coquettishness, "Sister, I really like you more and more..."
This is true. After living for so many years, this Blood Ancestor also met a man who interested her so much for the first time.
"Oh……"
Ryan raised his eyebrows when he heard it, but didn't take it seriously.
He looked at Lilith and said calmly, "Ms. Lilith, the warm-up is over. I think you need to get serious. Otherwise... the promise you made just now may come true."
"Oh, you haven't reached your full strength yet?"
A sharp light flashed across Lilith's crystal eyes, and her brows furrowed in a half-believing and half-doubting arc.
Her intuition told her that Ryan's fighting power just now was already "off the charts".
Now from his tone, are you not serious?
How is that possible!
At this age, he already has legendary combat power, and he still has the strength to preserve it?
But another voice in her heart told her that what Ryan said was true.
Although the two of them had not been in contact for a long time, Lilith knew that this man was serious.
"I just think it's about time to end..."
She turned her eyes, a dangerous light flashed in them, and said playfully: "In that case, let me see if our Lord of Rennes can do it..."
As she spoke, the lower half of Lilith's body suddenly split apart, like a torn black cloth, and turned into palm-sized black bats.
Ryan didn't use his full strength, but so did she.
For high-level vampires, "transforming into a bat" is their strongest state.
This is also the most important reason why Lilith is confident that no matter what means Ryan uses, she will be able to win.
Because "Bat Transformation" almost completely restrains physical attacks.
With this ability, he is already undefeated against the fighter Ryan!
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“Just right!”
Ryan looked at Lilith turning into a bat not far away, and his pupils shrank slightly.
It just so happened that he felt that it was not satisfying enough.
The two sides didn't say any more and turned into two phantoms again, rushing towards each other quickly!
Ryan raised his hand and punched Lilith directly in the abdomen.
But this time, his fist didn't even have any resistance and went straight through her lower abdomen.
"So this is the 'bat transformation' ability of high-level vampires..."
Ryan was not surprised at all. He muttered in his heart, "It's not that it has no entity at all, but it is physically fragmented, immune to most damage. It's not like the 'Elemental Body' which is 100% immune to physical damage..."
This has long been known in the intelligence.
Just experiencing it myself, I find it amazing.
Ryan felt as if his hand had pierced through a thin layer of paper and then hit the air.
Then, his entire body seemed to pass through the reflection in the water and directly broke through the graceful body formed by the black bats.
And the next moment, the murderous intent arrived.
Ryan clearly felt the dark fighting spirit pressing down on him from behind like a thorn in his back.
How could the Blood Ancestor give up such a good opportunity? Naturally, he launched a counterattack at the first opportunity.
After Lilith's transformation, her moves were indeed several times more powerful than before.
The ghost claw, which condensed the law of darkness, grabbed Ryan at the back of his heart.
…
The vampires' ability to "transform into bats" can indeed restrain the fighting-type supernatural powers.
You can't hurt the other person, but the other person can easily hurt you.
With just this one blow , even a fifth-level transcendent would be seriously injured.
At this moment, Ryan felt the murderous intent behind him, but he was not panicked at all.
His eyes were misty, and information about the vampires rang in his mind.
"Although 'Bat Transformation' can make you immune to attacks, you must condense your entity when you attack..."
Ryan murmured something in his heart, and then his whole body was filled with lightning!
The next moment, Lilith's relaxed expression, which seemed to indicate she had won the game, suddenly froze, and she cried out in her heart, "How is this possible!"
The reality did not give her any time to think. She just stretched out her claws, but it went straight through like catching the moon in the water.
"A phantom! How could it be a phantom!"
Lilith never expected that there was anyone who could dodge her attack at this distance.
A moment before this, she was sure that she had locked onto Ryan's aura.
But at the moment of grabbing, the locked breath was "empty"!
And...that familiar figure has appeared behind him.
"What kind of body movement is this? Why does it look like the 'flash body movement' of my blood race?"
After all, Lilith was one of the "Ten Legends" who had been famous for hundreds of years. After a moment of surprise, she immediately sensed something, "Such a strong fluctuation of the thunder element. Eh... No! It's the 'Law of Thunder'!"
"How is this possible! Isn't he the one who condensed the 'Law of Power'? How can he mobilize the lightning elements around him to surge?!"
At this moment, the knowledgeable Blood Ancestor also showed an expression of disbelief.
She was definitely not mistaken. Such a large-scale mobilization of elements was definitely a sign of "condensing the law".
However, she had already confirmed that Ryan was an advanced "Law of Power", so why did a second law of power appear?
Ryan's teleportation technique is naturally [Mystical Power: Thunder Shadow Instantaneous Movement].
After he comprehended the "Law of Thunder" and advanced to the fifth level of transcendence, his body movement speed became as fast as teleportation.
This is also one of his trump cards that can enable him to fight against the Blood Ancestor.
Only when you can catch up with the enemy in speed can you talk about whether you can win the battle.
…
The hunter suddenly became the prey. Lilith used her "bat transformation" ability again and her body fell apart.
"This guy really had some hidden tricks before. His body movements...are not inferior to my blood race's innate teleportation skills at all."
Lilith suddenly understood why Ryan chose to fight her one-on-one.
It turned out that he possessed the unique body skills that could entangle him!
Lilith finally understood her situation. She found that if her "instant body technique" lost its advantage, it would mean that she would only have one way to go.
That is to defeat Ryan!
"But... although his physical skills are strong, fortunately his fighting style is still that of a fighter..."
Just as Lilith felt a little relieved, reality immediately poured a bucket of cold water on her.
Originally, Ryan's punch should have been useless like the previous one, and could not hurt her "bat body" at all.
But at this moment, suddenly, hundreds of long purple fighting spirit threads appeared from between Ryan's fingers.
The thread of fighting spirit that was flashing with lightning was like a living thing, accurately piercing the palm-sized bats.
Although these bats are not living creatures of flesh and blood, but rather transformed plants condensed from dark fighting spirit, they are still real objects.
Ryan's fighting spirit line was like a string of beads, swishing the bats into a string. Then the thunder law fighting spirit was poured in, and lightning surged for a while.
"What kind of ability is this?!"
Lilith only felt a strong sense of numbness suddenly appear in her body.
As a last resort, she could only give up the part of her body that was pierced by the strong line and quickly escape like a gecko with its tail cut off.
This time, she did not choose to escape on the ground, but flapped her wings and flew directly into the sky.
Lilith was also extremely decisive. After seeing that Ryan could restrain her ability to "transform into a bat", she decisively chose to retreat.
The current situation is not favorable to her. If she continues to stay in Black Dragon City, her situation will become very passive.
Black Dragon City has more than just this young city lord!
Since there was no advantage in teleporting, she immediately chose to fly .
However, just as he left, he suddenly heard a loud "crackling" sound of thunder in his ears.
When he turned around again, he saw a "birdman" covered in purple lightning flying towards him!
"Wings... a lightning elemental creature?"
Lilith looked at the pair of thunderbird wings behind Ryan and was shocked again...
She glanced out of the corner of her eye and found that Ryan behind her had a pair of thunder wings condensed in his fighting spirit.
No, it’s not the condensation of fighting spirit, it’s a living giant bird of thunder element!
It was a pickup truck.
After comprehending the "Law of Thunder", Ryan gained the ability to merge with the Thunder Crow, and gained the ability to control elemental power and float in the air.
Seeing this, Lilith finally realized that everything about her was part of someone's calculations.
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Just when Ryan and Lilith were fighting fiercely.
In the library of Black Dragon City, Ymir , Canossa, and Bazel, a group of high-level extraordinary people, were crowded in front of Master Kavo's magic crystal ball watching the battle in the quarry.
When they saw that Ryan was fighting with the Blood Ancestor with all his strength, they were also quite surprised.
Ymir looked at the strange light in her beautiful eyes and said in amazement: "So his strength has reached this level..."
Kanosa smiled softly: "I knew that his fighting spirit is very strong now. I didn't expect that his fighting power would be so strong when he is fully committed..."
Kavo nodded, and said with great satisfaction: "It is still a short time since Ryan advanced to the fifth level. When he truly masters the power of the three laws, then it will be real..."
Bazel scratched his ear and said, "He said he would go and help him keep that vampire woman. Looks like we don't need to go..."
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The noise made by Ryan and Lilith's fight in the quarry was so loud that it was like a landslide.
This naturally attracted a large number of people to watch.
However, because the aftermath of the battle between the top-level extraordinary people caused heavy casualties, Black Dragon City blocked a large area of ​​District 19.
The residents of the city and intelligence personnel from various forces are also trying to find out what happened.
"Hey...what happened to the quarry over there?"
"The city guards have sealed off District 19. I heard that the city lord is sparring with Sid's [Blood Clan] Lilith again."
"Ah? So the city lord is so powerful?"
“Of course not…”
“…”
The battle lasted for an hour or two.
Although others did not get a close look at the battle situation, they could guess that the Lord of Black Dragon City, Ryan, possessed the combat power of the "Ten Legends".
This information also spread to all human territories in the Ice Ridge Wasteland in an extremely short period of time.
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Not long after, in the quarry of District 19.
It's a mess here.
Large pieces of high-quality stone slabs that had been cut were violently smashed, and the solid rock walls and ground were full of holes caused by meteorites.
The two panting figures were still in a stalemate.
Lilith looked at Ryan in front of her, her expression extremely complicated at this moment.
She never expected that after such a fierce battle, she didn't gain any advantage at all.
Ryan was obviously under a heavy burden as well. His chest was heaving and his fighting spirit was much weaker than before.
However, thanks to the continuous recovery of [Thunder Totem] and Thunder Crow "Pickup", he seemed to still have some strength left.
I have to say, this was a very rewarding battle.
After Ryan advanced to the fifth level of transcendence, he had never had such an exhilarating battle.
This [Blood Ancestor] Lilith is truly the best opponent.
Lilith had lost all her will to fight. She wanted to end this war of attrition while she still had some fighting spirit left, so she said, "Lord Ryan, how about we just call it a day? I admit that you are very strong, but you can't defeat me..."
This battle turned into a war of attrition from the beginning when neither of them was able to kill the other.
The vampires' extraordinary recovery talent and Ryan's healing ability made both of them almost immortal.
Lilith also knew very well that she had no confidence in controlling Ryan.
There's no point in wasting time any longer.
Ryan did not deny it and stopped.
However, he would not let this key figure go.
He said directly: "Now, can I buy the distinguished Miss Lilith a drink?"
After all, the other party is the ruler of a great empire. Even if Black Dragon City is sure to keep her, it has to give her enough way out.
What's more, cooperation between the two parties is better than coercion.
Lilith also knew her situation.
If you can't beat them, you can only join them.
Now we are like a sheep in the tiger's mouth. It is impossible to take the initiative in the negotiations.
She raised her eyebrows, then readily agreed, "Okay. I also want to hear what cooperation is that our Lord of Rennes keeps talking about."
This top-level expert instantly regained his composure.
She looked at Ryan with seductive eyes and asked, "Where are we going? Your home?"
"OK."
Ryan didn't care and continued the topic: "I think Ymir would be happy to discuss cooperation with you in detail. After all, you should know that I rarely interfere in the affairs of the city. Ymir is in charge of everything."
Hearing this, Lilith showed a look of boredom on her face. She shrugged and said, "Forget it... Let's find a tavern. I don't want to see your little princess lover."
Ryan did not comment and suggested, "How about the Rose Tavern? The dark beer there is very good..."
Listening to this, the Blood Ancestor seemed to have completely given up on being cautious, with a bored expression on his face: "You have the final say... Now I am the prisoner of Lord Ryan. You can do whatever you want..."
This active admission of being "captured" actually made the atmosphere less tense.
Ryan didn't say much and led the Blood Ancestor of Sid onto the steam locomotive driven by the city guards.
In the car, Ryan, the host, and Lilith, the guest from the Theed Empire, sat side by side in the back seat.
Now that the fight has begun, the Blood Ancestor has finally convinced.
She asked all the questions that had been in her mind one by one.
Ryan felt that there was nothing to hide, after all, all his methods and trump cards had been exposed, so he explained.
Hearing Ryan admit that he had comprehended the three elemental laws, Lilith, who had already guessed it, also revealed a very complicated figure.
As they chatted, Lilith suddenly asked, "Lord Ryan, do you know what is the most stable way of cooperation?"
"What?"
Ryan thought she would come up with some novel way of cooperation, but unexpectedly, this woman who had lived for more than a thousand years simply uttered two words: "Marriage."
“…”
Ryan's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he felt a little amused.
He felt that "magic contract" was the best way to cooperate.
Lilith looked at Ryan's "strange" expression and chuckled, "Haha, Lord Ryan, what does that expression mean..."
After a pause, she leaned forward and continued, "Isn't this how you built your Black Dragon City? Princess Ymir, Elder Udo of the Coleman tribe, and President Canossa of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, aren't they all marriages? Tsk tsk... Lord Ryan, don't worry, there are always beauties in my Cid blood clan..."
Although the words were said in a light-hearted and joking tone, Lilith, the vampire, really planned this.
Since we cannot take the initiative in the negotiations, we can only ensure that we do not suffer any losses.
Intelligence shows that the structure of Black Dragon City was the result of several important marriages.
If others can do it, why can't she, Sid?
As long as they can get married, they are "one family". At least it can ensure that the interests of the Heed Empire will not be one-sided exploitation, but a mutual exchange of interests.
“…”
Ryan felt his arm sinking into something soft and raised his eyebrows helplessly.
It seems that this vampire lady who is over a thousand years old cannot enjoy the good fortune.