"Oh, I've finally gotten all these heartfelt words out. It feels so good, both physically and mentally." 001 disconnected from the phone, leaned back in mid-air, and kicked its legs excitedly.
"Hmph, trying to play the innocent little white flower? No way. It's just one lustful at the sight of blood and the other lustful at the sight of beauty. What's there to be ashamed of?"
Di Xiu emerged from the power distribution room, covered in dust and dirt, and turned on the power switch, finally bringing light back to the place that had been dark all day.
He turned off his headlamp and started taking off his gloves. 001 sat up abruptly and looked at him, grinning, "Little Xiu Xiu, I have perfectly completed the task you gave me... By the way, you look really down-to-earth now."
Di Xiu felt a bit of a headache listening to his melodious tone, but seeing how happy he was, he didn't say anything. He went over, picked up his phone from the table, put it in his pocket, and waved to him.
Let's go.
001 resumed speaking normally, draped herself over his shoulder, and said proudly, "Little Xiu Xiu, how did I do?"
"very good."
"From now on, please call me your professional mouth double. No extra pay, and I'll never hold you back. You don't like to talk, but I happen to have a ton of complaints I want to vent about, and I'm dying to keep it all to myself."
A faint smile appeared in Di Xiu's eyes: "Yes, good."
Back in the lab, the pink-haired vampire who had been captured stood stiffly against the wall, beautiful and delicate, looking like a doll displayed in a shop window when she was still.
The doll was glaring angrily, pouting as she tried to blow away the piece of paper on her forehead that had ruined her beauty.
Upon seeing someone enter, those ruby-like eyes suddenly shifted... It was a bit startling, and 001 glanced at them before turning away.
The doll stared at the newcomer, blinking and looking like she wanted to say something, but Di Xiu ignored her and continued fiddling with the equipment.
He had drawn a vial of his own blood and a vial of blood from a pink-haired vampire and put them into the instrument for analysis, but the circuit was old and the power distribution box malfunctioned, causing a circuit breaker to trip and all the data he had collected over the course of half a day was lost.
This equipment was already quite old, and then this unexpected problem occurred.
After drawing blood again and restarting the machine, while waiting for the results, Di Xiu also inspected and maintained other potentially useful equipment.
001 sat absentmindedly on the lab table, propping her chin up with her hand, and asked, "If you were to face the male lead right now, how confident would you be?"
If we rely on Wuji, then there's no doubt about it.
If we're only talking about his current strength, he thought for a moment and said, "Let's see what his second talent is. But even if we can't keep him this time, we won't let him come for nothing."
As mentioned in the timeline, Locke possesses two talents: one is super speed, and the other is unknown. The unknown one should always be given special attention.
...
As they expected, Locke was truly enraged this time.
When Di Xiu realized that the barrier he had set up at the Zhong family's residence had been activated, he stopped what he was doing. 001 understood, but was somewhat speechless.
He thought the vampires would value their offspring highly, but Layton died and Locke didn't show up, at most sending some low-level minions. As a result, he was angered when Locke tried to sow discord between him and Ariel.
However, they didn't expect that Locke had no idea that Layton was already dead.
Layton had businesses in human society and would occasionally leave for a period of time. Locke assumed he had left because of some urgent business and didn't pay much attention.
Although he was Layton's father, he had no interest in constantly monitoring his movements, nor did he expect that a fourth-generation vampire could be killed so easily. Under normal circumstances, with Layton's talent, even if he couldn't win, he could use a barrier to trap the enemy and escape.
When Di Xiu arrived home, Locke was trapped in the living room by four talismans. Whips made of congealed blood lashed at the talisman paper, causing wisps of blue smoke to rise and the blood to evaporate. The talisman paper gradually began to sway precariously.
"Zhong Yi! You actually dare to come back." Locke recognized the figure coming from behind the light, and a cold glint flashed in his blood-red eyes.
The four talismans finally floated to the ground, and Locke revealed a cold, bloodthirsty smile.
Emperor Xiu raised his sword to block the blood whip attack, stamped his foot, and took the initiative to attack.
The blood whip danced, casting countless blood shadows, and under Locke's control, it never broke, maintaining a meticulous defense and a ruthless offensive.
After a fierce fight, Locke was badly injured and had lost too much blood. He had several burns on his body, which he had been injured by the peach wood sword when he was dodging the talismans. Even with the powerful self-healing ability of the vampires, he could not heal them.
On the other hand, Emperor Xiu wasn't much better off. Locke possessed unparalleled blood control abilities, making him so agile that he seemed almost alive. Completely dodging his attacks would be too time-consuming and exhausting, so unless it was aimed at a vital point, he chose to take the hits head-on.
However, he also discovered Locke's talent, a second talent that had never been directly revealed in the timeline.
What a coincidence, it's a mind control technique, which is the weakest type for him right now.
After a brief standoff, the two sides clashed again. Emperor Xiu was slower than Locke and his spiritual power was not as concentrated as that of the third-generation vampire, but his swordsmanship was superb, his combat experience was rich, and his peach wood sword was specifically designed to counter evil spirits.
The moment the blood whip created a gap, a talisman flew out from his sleeve, and along with the peach wood sword, one was pressed against his face, and the other pierced his heart.
001 was already excitedly preparing to set off fireworks when suddenly a blood-red light flashed. Di Xiu's eyes turned cold, and as he uttered a single word, he instantly poured all his spiritual power into the peach wood sword, unleashing a three-foot-long sword beam.
"break!"
"ah--"
Purple lightning appeared out of nowhere, and a flash of crimson light passed by, leaving behind two screams and a pool of blood.
Holding the firework tube, 001 looked around blankly: "Is he dead?"
"They've been rescued." Di Xiu's voice was low and hoarse.
001 sensed something was wrong, moved closer to examine her closely, and panicked: "Are you seriously injured again? You didn't look that bad just now, what happened? You... you were injured by your own talisman?!"
001 was at a loss for words.
Even if the talisman is drawn too skillfully, it won't work.
Di Xiu didn't want to admit that he was injured by the talisman he had drawn because he hadn't left any spiritual energy for defense; it was a bit embarrassing.
He silently swallowed the metallic taste rising in his throat, sat down on the only remaining cabinet against the wall, took out his phone, and made a call.
“Chief, I was attacked at home. The attacker is suspected to be a third-generation vampire… Hmm, my father left some life-saving talismans, which have temporarily repelled him… Hmm… I understand… Good.”
After he hung up, 001 asked, "You're going to tattle on me? Why did you call him?"
“If Locke is injured, most vampires will take the opportunity to cause trouble and let the blood hunters prepare.”
"Where do they get the nerve to cause trouble... Okay, that's certainly possible, so we have to firmly maintain the moral high ground? Oh dear, why worry about so much? What about your injury?"
"It will be fine tomorrow."
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