Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 25 Entrapment
I let my guard down against a horror knight-level vampire bat. It was a fatal mistake I made. At the beginning, I kept reminding myself not to underestimate the blood bats. But when I gradually gained the upper hand on the field, I threw all this caution out of my mind. I only remembered to think about how to defeat them as quickly as possible, and it would be best if I could capture both of them in one fell swoop. I lost myself in the temptation of huge profits. It was all because of "greed"!
There was no time to regret, so I could only use all my strength to avoid the blood bats' attacks. I could not rely on the clumsy and weak Corpse King. Red Star had not yet escaped the predicament of being entangled in the blood mist and was temporarily powerless. Several Dark Knights were working hard to rush over here, but the distance was originally quite far, and the blood bats were already close, constantly forcing me to retreat to the rear, and the distance between us did not shorten much. Before getting support, I could only rely on my real ability to save my life and escape.
Even if I cast the "One Ride Away from the Dust", my speed was still not as fast as the blood bat, and I was even less flexible in my movements. I could not get rid of its pursuit at all. If it were not for the "Shapeshift Phantom" that could distract its attention and repeatedly attract its attacks, I would have been torn apart by its ghost claws. Even so, because the "Shapeshift Phantom" failed to launch, or because I was lucky enough to hit a real entity, I was still hit several times. I only survived with the protection of the Undead Shield and my relatively high mental strength. Of course, the most important thing is the newly learned "Three Shields to Protect the Body" magic, which can release three Undead Shields to protect the body at a time, and can defend against three attacks, so that I don't have . In the face of the blood bat's stormy offensive, I have won a little breathing time.
Gradually becoming familiar with the blood bat's attack style and rhythm, I began to dodge to the left and right as much as possible to slow down my retreat. Although this would be more dangerous, I had to do so. I was constantly hurt, and my mental strength was only one-third left. If I continued to be chased by it and kept retreating without support, I was afraid I would not be able to hold on for much longer. I adopted such a risky delaying tactic. The dark knights behind me were chasing me with all their might, and the distance was gradually shortened. As long as I could hold on until they arrived, there might be a glimmer of hope.
Although it was powerless to resist, it could not kill me. And it might be because of the injury. I felt that the speed of the blood bat seemed to be gradually slowing down, and its movements were not as flexible as at the beginning. Although I usually moved sideways now, the danger should be relatively high, but it was not as difficult to dodge as I imagined. Even if it hit me, the force was not as strong as before, and the damage was much less. Even with my seriously injured body, I could barely bear it. Seeing the dark knight getting closer and closer, I was secretly glad that I finally escaped. The blood bat's seemingly ordinary attack suddenly changed. A pair of ghost claws swept across a phantom, but at the moment when the attack failed again, it turned its head and sprayed a cloud of blood mist at another figure with a "puff". Attacking two of the three, the chance of hitting was naturally much greater, and what was worse was that the blood mist was about to cover my body.
The blood bats had a good timing when they attacked. I was not prepared at all. The effects of the previous "One Ride Away" and "Shadow of Shift" had not yet been eliminated, so I could no longer dodge. I was sure I could not escape. I didn't know what kind of damage I would suffer if the blood mist touched me, but at least it had the same effect as my "Blinding Fog", which was to cut off the sensory and spiritual connection with the outside world. After Red Star was entangled by the blood mist, he lost contact with me. Based on this point alone, I was afraid that I could only let the blood bats attack.
I didn't want to die, and I didn't want to die so miserably when I was clearly superior in strength. Fortunately, when the blood bat sprayed blood mist, its body paused and trembled violently. It didn't attack me again. It seemed that this blood mist attack consumed a lot of its energy. This delay gave me a glimmer of hope. I immediately activated the "Chaos Ball". I couldn't see it, and it didn't want to see me. Of course, it wouldn't be so easy for it. The previous attack was too fierce, so I could only dodge with all my strength. The "Touch of Death" couldn't find a chance to attack. Now it suddenly paused, not only relaxing its attack on me, but also easily determining the target, and sending out the "Touch of Death" by feeling. Anyway, the blood mist has already covered my body, and the situation is bad enough. I'll try my luck.
My eyes were blood red, and I could no longer feel the outside world. However, the "Touch of Death" also entangled the blood bat's body. I lay on the ground, rolled in the opposite direction, and then absorbed the spiritual power with all my heart. The blood bat seemed to be very manic. I thought it would be very unbearable to be trapped in the "eye fog". Moreover, its mental resistance was much weaker, slightly inferior to that of the Dark Knight. It was completely unable to resist my absorption, not to mention shaking off the "Essence Absorption Marrow". But fortunately, this blood mist could actually erode my soul power. If my remaining spiritual power continued to be consumed, I would definitely die. Now I can get continuous replenishment from the blood bat. The two offset each other, and I still have a little surplus.
The "blinding fog" finally dissipated. The blood bat's spiritual power had been absorbed by me, and only a trace of it was left. It lay on the ground dying. Just when its spiritual power was about to dry up, the blood mist covering my body also dissipated. It felt as if it was supported by its spiritual power. Red Star and the others also surrounded me. This battle was really difficult. A terrifying red spider knight, six dark knights, and I and the three corpse kings joined forces, but we only caught a blood bat. Not only did one dark knight die and one was seriously injured, the fourth corpse king Luha was also seriously injured, and even I was almost killed. Thinking about it really makes me feel scared. Facing these unknown high-level undead creatures, a small mistake may be fatal.
Although the blood bat was caught, it was not easy to subdue it using the "Soul Contract". It would probably be a "protracted battle". I threw the dying bat on the back of a dark knight's horse and hurriedly led them to the cave entrance. Through contact with Xiaobai, I knew that the other blood bat had already escaped without a trace, but I saw that the two of them seemed to have a good relationship, so they might not run far. If this blood bat was exposed outside the cave, seeing that its companion was not killed, the other one might not be able to resist and fly back to rescue it.
Xiaobai was really loyal to his duty. He didn't receive my order to stop. Although his mental strength was almost exhausted, he still kept launching "Evil Soul Stealer" to block the cave entrance. As I expected, the small tornado mixed in the gloomy wind made the escaping little bat suffer a lot, and finally had to transform into a human form to break through. However, without my personal command, the six dark knights fought on their own and could not exert the power of the joint forces. Instead, two of them were injured and escaped by the blood bats. In terms of fighting instinct alone, the blood bats are much better than the dark knights.
I threw the blood bats outside the cave, arranged dark knights to be on guard around, and let Red Star stay beside me to guard against another blood bat attack. If it happens again, I don't have the confidence to escape from a blood bat in good condition. Although the fourth corpse king was seriously injured, fortunately the second and third corpse kings were fine and could still launch "mental attacks", which was my biggest asset in fighting another blood bat.
The blood bat is worthy of being a high-level undead creature of the Terror Knight level. It is indeed very stubborn and simply disdains to communicate with me. No matter how I intimidate it, I can't weaken its resistance. The "Soul Contract" has never been successfully signed. I even took the risk of launching two "mental attacks" to make it unconscious or force it to compromise with death. As a result, not only did I fail to achieve my goal, I almost killed it the second time. It barely caught its breath, but it scared me so much that I broke out in a cold sweat and dared not try again. After all this effort, I don't want to end up with only a dead bat.
As for the escaped blood bat, it looked like it was either a husband and wife or a brother to this blood bat. It was really too lacking in loyalty or friendship. It was actually willing to let its companions cover it and escape alone, and just flew away without caring about its captured companion. I "tortured and ravaged" it here for most of the day, but I couldn't even see its shadow. It was obvious that it had no intention of showing up to rescue it. Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but they fly away when disaster strikes. It seems that the relationship between them cannot stand the test, and my "trapping plan" is doomed to be difficult to achieve.
Since the blood bat refused to surrender and I was unwilling to give up, I had to resort to the dumbest method and forcibly perform the "Soul Contract" to compete with it in perseverance. According to the rules, although the success rate of doing so is extremely low, there is still hope in theory. I just have to keep persisting and see which time the blind cat will catch a dead mouse.
The time for resurrection has come, but I still haven't tamed the blood bat. Only a trace of its mental strength is left. I have instructed Red Star and the others to watch over it and wait for my return. It wants to compete with me in patience, and I will accompany it to the end to see how long it can last.
Several teammates in the station greeted me enthusiastically, and I had to stop and chat for a few words. I felt that I didn't waste too much time. I didn't expect that the blood bats were so good at seizing opportunities. As soon as I entered the "Dead Space", I was surprised to find that the blood bats that were just lying on the ground dying had turned into bats and spread their wings and were gradually going away. Although the speed was not fast, it had reached a height that Red Star and his team could not attack. The only one who was able to chase was Xiaobai, who was entangled by a ball of blood mist and became a blind man, allowing it to escape safely. The culprit of all this was the blood bat that I cursed as "cowardly" and fled. It turned into a human form and fought and retreated. Red Star had suffered from the blood mist and was quite cautious about it. He didn't dare to chase too closely. Those dark knights were not strong enough. Without my personal supervision, they were unwilling to fight for their lives. If I came a little later, they might have escaped.
I was so angry that I hurriedly ordered Red Star to intensify the offensive and make sure to entangle the blood bat to prevent it from escaping. Although the blood mist is powerful, it seems to consume a lot of energy to use. If I spray a few more times, I am afraid that they will not be able to support themselves without fighting. They will not be used easily unless it is an emergency. As long as Red Star is not dead, I will sacrifice a few dark knights to keep it. At the same time, I hurriedly concentrated my mind to establish a spiritual connection with the two corpse kings, and launched a "spiritual attack" at the blood bat flying in the air and trying to escape at the fastest speed.
The little bat was knocked down and fell to the ground. I was so panicked that I ran over to check it. I didn't hold back. Judging from its state when it landed, it was afraid that it would be killed if it wasn't beaten to death. "Shh..." Fortunately, this guy's vitality is strong. He lay on the ground and changed into a human form, struggling to get up again. It's so strange. When I left, he was dying, but he recovered so much in just a short time. Could it be that he took some magic medicine?
I used the "Touch of Death" to entangle it, but it was already running out of energy and had little mental power left. I knocked it down with just a few hits. I turned back to deal with another blood bat. Although it resisted with all its might and even sprayed a cloud of blood mist to trap Red Star, the Dark Knight took the opportunity to slash it a few times. As they fought hard and clung to me, they were often attacked by my "mental attacks". Finally, I used the "Touch of Death" and it finally couldn't hold on and was captured alive by me.
The process of subduing them was still difficult. Both blood bats were stubborn and stubborn. I could only continue to force the "Soul Contract" to try my luck. However, I accidentally discovered that when I "ravaged" one, the other witness's spirit would fluctuate a little. This happened several times. I thought it was because they were very affectionate and couldn't bear to see their companions being tortured. Anyway, there was no good way, so I specifically found a blood bat to "ravage" and then attacked the witness. After trying again and again, I finally caught the moment when its spirit fluctuated and successfully signed the "Soul Contract".
It turned out that these two blood bats were indeed a couple. The one I subdued was only the wife. I didn't expect that the relationship between them was really deep. The husband tried his best to cover his wife's escape. After the wife escaped, she couldn't help but fly back to rescue her husband. It instinctively felt that I was the most dangerous guy, so it had been lurking beside me and forbearing, looking for a suitable opportunity, until I suddenly disappeared and launched a surprise attack. Because it had suffered a loss from Xiaobai, and Xiaobai had consumed too much before and had not fully recovered and could not be invisible, the blood bat could also spray blood mist in the bat form, so it trapped Xiaobai first. This blood mist is called "blood evil", which can seal the target's senses and erode health (naturally mental power in the "dead space"). It is a special ability used by blood bats to save their lives. It consumes not only mental and physical strength, but also temporarily reduces various attributes every time it is used. It needs to "tonic" a lot of soul energy to recover, so it cannot be used without authorization until it is a critical moment. The reason why the male blood bat suddenly recovered the strength to escape was because the female blood bat used "repaying" on it and replenished it with part of her soul power. This is a special ability that can only be used between couples or vampire bats with blood ties.
