Where she landed, the snakes clung tightly to her feet, the icy touch sending chills down Xiang Wan's spine.

This must be the snake pool that Audra mentioned!

In real life, besides parasites, her greatest fear is snakes. But now, she finds herself in a snake pit, with countless venomous snakes writhing everywhere, making her want to faint instantly; even her rationality almost snaps.

Keep telling yourself, this is just a game, just a game!

After repeating this countless times, Xiang Wan successfully hypnotized herself and began a massacre.

To avoid close contact with the snake, Xiang Wan covered her feet with ice and extended the ice blades in her hands a foot long, slowly beginning to practice the Ruthless Sword Technique.

She rarely used this skill because it required absolute calmness and a complete absence of emotion to unleash its full potential. But now, however, it couldn't be more suitable.

These snakes, having devoured countless lives, ranged in size from as thick as a thigh to as thin as a thread, but all were exceptionally ferocious creatures.

Perhaps noticing Xiang Wan's discomfort, Audra initially used his power to intimidate the snakes, preventing Xiang Wan, who was not used to the environment, from being devoured by the snakes.

Now, she was struggling below, while Audra sat on a viewing chair nearby, leisurely basking in the moonlight, a faint white light emanating from her.

Sometimes, being in danger doesn't bring much pain; what's painful is that while she's struggling for her life below, the instigator is just watching the show. Not only is he watching, but he's also creating special effects and striking poses—who could stand that? Even knowing that Audra didn't intend to kill her, Xiang Wan still felt a bit unbalanced. She wanted to see if this handsome prince, who always appeared clean and tidy to everyone, would undergo a drastic personality change because of a little filth.

The harder you work, the stronger this thought becomes!

Exhausted to the extreme, Xiang Wan was about to collapse. Just as she was about to wrap herself up like an ice cube and rest at the bottom of the snake pool, she suddenly felt a lightness all over her body and was pulled ashore.

Lying on the ground, she watched as Audra looked down at her with a frown.

With her last breath, Xiang Wan clearly saw him wiping his fingers with a white handkerchief. There was clearly filth on that handkerchief.

Huh, why didn't he lose his temper?

These were Xiang Wan's last thoughts before she fainted.

"Hey Audra, we're allies, for goodness' sake. How could you not tell me about something this big? Do you still consider me your friend?"

A slightly younger-sounding male voice faintly reached Xiang Wan's ears. She opened her eyes and found herself in darkness. Feeling around, she realized she was inside a coffin.

Initially, Xiang Wan only vaguely felt that Audra spared her because she had some use to him, which was why he wouldn't kill her. Now, she is increasingly convinced that keeping her alive is probably far more useful than she imagined.

"You're quite free? Are you all ready for the once-in-a-century Princes' Gathering?"

Audra's voice was flat and devoid of emotion, as if he were giving orders to his subordinates.

"Still so boring. It's a waste that Lucy has secretly liked you for so many years. She has no taste at all."

"So, Lucy sent you again this time?"

"Don't do that. For the sake of her searching for blood for us, be nicer to her."

"I don't like vampires who act on their own initiative."

“I don’t like it either, but she begged me and spent a lot of money. At least I can make a profit so it’s easier to talk to her when we meet.”

"Leave your things here, you can go."

"..."

Arthur was speechless. It was always like this every time they met. They had even shared blood before, yet they showed no mercy whatsoever. He even suspected that Audra and Lucy were secretly having an affair, using him as a front to deceive the other two princes and elders.

However, to avoid making a wasted trip, he had already taken precautions, leaving all his favorite things at the castle and bringing only some useless items. To avoid Audra discovering his secret stash, he still had to maintain an act.

"Odella, how can you be so heartless? Rejecting beautiful women is one thing, but rejecting me too is so hurtful. This time I've come away empty-handed, and I'm afraid Lucy will cause me trouble again. I'm leaving now, don't miss me."

Arthur turned to leave, not transforming or teleporting, just to see if Audra would try to stop him. But, to his dismay, Audra didn't even lift an eyelid.

With his abilities, he would have noticed something amiss about the castle long ago.

Vampires are always extremely sensitive to fresh blood. He was tired of the sunflower scent of his blood slaves. Suddenly, he smelled a different scent, and his curiosity was piqued, like having a cat tickling him.

With a quick glance, seeing no other expression on Audra's face, Arthur suddenly smiled and appeared instantly next to the coffin where Xiang Wan was hiding. He swiftly reached out and lifted it, revealing Xiang Wan, who had been unconscious for a whole day.

Regardless of who it is, Xiang Wan is naturally on guard now that she's awake.

However, before she could make a move, she felt a sharp pain on her neck, followed by numbness all over her body. A tingling sensation traveled from her neck to her brain and then spread throughout her body.

This feeling of being completely limp, powerless to resist, yet extremely comfortable caused Xiang Wan to struggle several times on the edge of reason and confusion.

It turns out that being sucked by a vampire is both painful and pleasurable; no wonder humans can't escape the vampire's grasp. Life or death is entirely in the vampire's hands.

The feeling of being powerless brought Xiang Wan back to her senses instantly. She desperately focused her mental energy and used the dream-creating technique to put the vampire who was sucking her blood into his mind.

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