Chapter 89 Thirteen Top-Grade Nourishing Coffins, I'll Take Them All!

The thick darkness of night completely swallowed the outline of the ancient city of Athens.

Outside the hotel's floor-to-ceiling windows, the Parthenon in the distance was reduced to a solemn silhouette in the lamplight.

Zhou Jue and Cheng Gan have already adjusted to their peak condition.

The two sat around the table, their eyes focused on a 3D map projected by the system.

The map covered the entire territory of Greece, and on it, thirteen dark red dots clung like maggots, exuding an ominous aura.

These points of light were not scattered randomly.

They formed a strange array, with twelve smaller points of light, like humble subjects, guarding the largest and darkest point of light in the center.

"These thirteen, are they the sleeping vampires?" Cheng Gan's voice was low, carrying the caution unique to soldiers.

“Yes.” Zhou Jue nodded, his fingertip tracing the largest spot of light.

"The information scanned by Brother Tongzi says that this is a 'Prince' level."

"The other twelve are his 'bloodline', his direct descendants."

Her tone was flat, as if she were stating a given fact.

"They form a huge living array, an evil energy pump that is constantly draining the nation's fortune and vitality from this land."

“Prince? Bloodline?” Cheng Gan was unfamiliar with these terms, but he instantly grasped the core idea: “You mean, their lair is in the same place?”

“That’s right.” Zhou Jue snapped his fingers.

Her finger moved slowly across the 3D map, finally pressing heavily on a deserted island in the Aegean Sea.

"A medieval castle in southern Crete, abandoned for hundreds of years."

The action plan was finalized instantly.

With a flick of his wrist, Zhou Jue conjured a pile of talismans shimmering with various colored halos on the table.

"Exorcising Talisman, suppresses all evil energy."

"The Blazing Sun Talisman can simulate the true fire of the sun, making it the nemesis of these dark creatures."

“And this, the Soul-Suppressing Lock.” She picked up a talisman that emitted a silver light: “It’s specifically designed to deal with spirits and spiritual beings. Take it with you just in case.”

She pushed half of the talismans to Cheng Gan: "These are the advanced versions. I've already infused them with spiritual energy beforehand. Just stick them on and they're ready to use!"

Cheng Gan took the warm, smooth talismans and felt the pure energy they contained. He was deeply shocked.

But it must be said that these things, which are beyond the scope of modern scientific understanding, gave her an unprecedented sense of security.

An hour later, on the cliffs south of Cree Island.

A weathered ancient castle, bathed in the cold moonlight, resembles a silent behemoth, crouching in the darkness.

Zhou Jue and Cheng Gan appeared silently outside the castle.

"Brother Tong, scan and mark the locations of those thirteen guys."

[Scanning... A high-intensity negative energy field has been detected inside the castle, possessing anti-reconnaissance shielding effects.]

[Increasing scanning power... forcibly penetrating the force field...]

[Scan complete! 99% of interference information filtered. A giant underground palace exists on the third level of the castle, and thirteen targets are slumbering in the core area of ​​the palace.]

The optimal infiltration route has been planned.

A blue 3D map instantly unfolded in Zhou Jue's mind, showing every corner and every passage of the castle clearly. One of the passages, flashing green, was the safe route.

"Walk."

The two did not force their way in through the front door.

Guided by the system, they circled around to a tower behind the castle that was more than half collapsed.

The base of the tower was covered with thick vines and weeds, beneath which a dark, hidden stone door was concealed.

Above the hidden door, a ferocious bat relief exudes a chilling aura.

Cheng Gan stepped forward, swinging his entrenching tool, sending dirt flying as he quickly cleared the entrance.

"The underground palace is behind the door," she said in a deep voice.

Zhou Jue nodded, stepped forward, and gently placed his palm on the stone door.

She did not use any brute force.

A wisp of pure spiritual energy overflowed from her palm, and like a snake, it burrowed into the hinge mechanism of the stone door.

"Crack".

A sickening scraping sound rang out, and the stone door, sealed for at least several hundred years, slowly opened inward. A chilling aura, a mixture of earth, decay, and blood, rushed out.

Fortunately, they had used an "isolation talisman" beforehand, which could isolate them from poisonous gas and miasma. The two exchanged a glance, and in a flash, they disappeared into the darkness.

The underground passage was much wider than the previous pyramid passageways, but the walls were bare and without any decoration.

The malevolent energy in the air grew increasingly dense, almost solidifying. An ordinary person who stayed there would be driven insane within three minutes.

The "Purifying Talismans" on Zhou Jue and Cheng Gan activated automatically, emitting a soft glow that kept all negative energy at bay.

They descended along the system-planned route, navigating a complex underground palace riddled with forks and traps. Just as they rounded a corner, a system notification sounded in Zhou Jue's mind.

[Warning: Three meters ahead, the ground is a 'bone pressure plate' trap. Triggering it will move a massive boulder weighing tens of thousands of pounds above.]

Zhou Jue paused, signaling Cheng Gan to stop.

She pointed to an inconspicuous protrusion on the left wall, and the two exchanged a glance. With nimble movements, they used the wall as leverage, silently crossing the death zone. The entire process was fluid and seamless, without making a sound.

After descending about 100 meters, their view suddenly opened up.

A massive circular stone hall came into view. In the center of the hall was a long-dried-up circular pool of blood, with only dark red, muddy sediment remaining at the bottom. Around the blood pool, thirteen enormous stone coffins were neatly arranged.

The twelve stone coffins are arranged in a ring, surrounding the most magnificent and largest obsidian coffin in the center like stars surrounding the moon.

Each stone coffin was shrouded in a visible dark red mist.

That was negative energy so intense it was almost overwhelming!

The source of the entire underground palace's chill and eeriness lies here.

"These are the ones."

Zhou Jue's voice was low, but it carried the irrepressible excitement of a hunter seeing his prey.

Her target was not these broken stone coffins.

Instead, it was the "top-grade tonic" that had been sleeping for thousands of years inside the stone coffin!

"Brother Tong, make your move!"

Zhou Jue gave the order in his mind, his tone impatient.

"Extract their core energy and take it with you."

[Command received. Target: a dormant vampire life form. Its life core is tightly integrated with its body and cannot be separated using conventional methods without waking it.]

[It is recommended that the host directly use the space-devouring function of the 'Starry Sky Box' to perform a complete transformation.]

"The Starry Sky Box has this function too?"

[The Starry Sky Box is very powerful, with many functions; the host can explore it on their own.]

How do I use it?

[The host's spirit sinks into the Starry Mirror Box, and the consciousness commands the Starry Mirror Box to 'devour', selecting a target for devouring.]

After Zhou Jue did as instructed, he instantly felt a longing hum emanating from the Starry Sky Box in his sea of ​​consciousness.

It's hungry!