When the old man and the leader came down together, Di Xiu had already been wrapped up like a mummy.
The two of them praised the junior for ten minutes, showering him with compliments until he finally stopped his exaggerated performance under his emotionless gaze.
"Focus on recovering from your injuries. Leave the vampires to us."
Emperor Xiu then spoke up, pointing out the Five Thunder Talismans and other talismans that might accidentally harm their own side, reminding them of this, and then stuffing over a dozen ordinary talismans over to ward off evil.
The young blood hunters were at the age of full of passion and wanted to fight against the vampires together, but they were blocked by the cold elevator doors. So they went to bother Emperor Xiu. Even though he ignored them, it didn't stop them from talking enthusiastically.
...
Twenty minutes later, the vampires arrived, demanding that they hand over the culprit who harmed their prince. The blood hunters, standing on the high ground, demanded that they hand over the vampires who violated the treaty and attacked their blood hunters.
Both sides felt they had the upper hand and couldn't reach an agreement, so they simply started fighting.
Emperor Xiu observed the battle between these top-tier combatants of this world using his divine sense, and to be honest, he was somewhat disappointed.
As a mid-level world, they, especially the vampires with their talents, couldn't even manage to tear down this building.
As the fight progressed, the vampires unleashed a sacred artifact, which took the form of a lamp, and the blood hunters also threw out yellow talismans. However, the fight was cut short because the vampire elders discovered that the ghost lamps were ineffective against these individuals.
The two sides dragged on futilely into the daytime, and then continued into the night, until Di Xiu's injuries had healed, at which point they finally reached an agreement.
The vampires arrived arrogantly and left dejectedly, seemingly intending to hand over a scapegoat.
The Blood Hunter leader came down with great joy, expressed his gratitude to Emperor Xiu in a very warm manner, and shared the good news.
The fact that they severely injured the vampire prince without losing a single blood hunter is certainly good news.
Emperor Xiu saw that the crisis of the Blood Hunter Alliance was temporarily resolved, and left under the pretext of recuperating from his injuries.
...
He tried to infiltrate the vampire clan and eliminate Locke, but after nearly being discovered once, he gave up.
That Five Thunder Talisman was not easy to withstand, and with the blow from the peach wood sword, Locke would be asleep for at least several years without any special means. Taking action now would only hasten the start of a war.
The vampire won't get stronger later, but he will definitely get stronger.
He also saw Ariel in the castle. It seemed that Locke's serious injury had actually made her let go of her grudges and see her own feelings clearly. After learning that it was "Zhong Yi" who had seriously injured him, she also successfully let go of "Zhong Yi".
Emperor Xiu didn't understand, and neither did 001. Perhaps this is the true love that the official channels have locked away.
After that, Di Xiu spent all his time in the laboratory trying to extract the special components from the blood of vampires, but it didn't go smoothly at first, as this was not an area he was familiar with.
Although he possessed relevant knowledge, he had not yet fully internalized it. Fortunately, he had a strong spiritual sense and a quick mind, and with each failure, he absorbed most of the knowledge.
He stayed there for five months without sleep or rest. Even though he had reached the level of a spiritual cultivator and could abstain from grains and live by breathing air, he had visibly aged considerably.
As for Pink Rose (let's pretend that's her name), who was forced to face the wall and frequently had her blood drawn, she seemed to have withered away. Her hair had lost its luster and turned a dull, earthy pink. Her eyes were lifeless and vacant, and her pupils had returned to blue, but staring at the white wall every day seemed to make even her pupil color fade day by day.
Emperor Xiu discovered that there were no lab rats to use for experiments, so he went out for a while and took the opportunity to inquire about the situation of the vampires from the Blood Hunter Alliance.
This time, the old man from the mission department didn't treat him like a junior to be protected. He told him everything that had happened, including how the vampires discovered someone had infiltrated the area, and how they couldn't find Layton and suspected that they were behind it, so they came to cause trouble twice more.
The old man actually suspected that it was all Di Xiu's doing, but it wasn't appropriate to ask that question. So, no matter how anxious he was, he only asked a couple of roundabout questions before letting it go.
Finally, the old man scratched his head and asked, "How's the reconnaissance mission I gave you going?"
"It's all taken care of."
The old man snorted and complained, "You finished the task without a word again, making me worry about it every day. Do you still want to take on tasks?"
"Not for now."
"Alright. There's one more thing. Although we're all working towards the same goal, we can't just take your talismans for free. The leader said he'd convert them into points for you. Here's the price list. Is that alright?"
The nineteenth floor contains many weapons researched by the Alliance, as well as some precious potions, which can be exchanged using points earned from missions.
Emperor Xiu glanced at it casually, had no objections, and the points were credited to his account on the spot. He was about to leave, but at the old man's enthusiastic invitation, he went up to the nineteenth floor. In the end, under the old man's eager gaze, he bought two guns and a box of 50 blessed silver bullets.
As for the potions, most of them were for accelerating recovery; it's unknown how much of that was contributed by the vampires.
Di Xiu shook off his pursuers, returned to the laboratory, injected the semi-finished product into a white mouse, then brought it to Pink Rose. Before she could react, he replaced the talisman on her and coldly said, "Give it your first embrace."
Pink Rose's eyes immediately turned red, her inner negative energy exploded, and the cursing words she had accumulated over five hundred years surged into her mind in an instant.
"@#￥\u0026%#*#￥......#@#￥%"
"Huh? I can talk now? Human, you #￥％……￥*\u0026##"
Di Xiu plunged the peach wood sword into the wall beside her face. Pink Rose immediately felt a stinging sensation on her skin, as if she were being burned by light, and wisely shut her mouth.
She could sense that this thing was more dangerous than silver; if it actually pierced her, she estimated she would die instantly.
"Embracing it for the first time."
Faced with the choice between life and dignity, the pink rose humiliatingly chose the former, her lips trembling as she reluctantly bared her fangs and bit into a wriggling, furry creature.
"Squeak—squeak—"
Pink Rose burst into tears, filled with regret for going out hunting that day. She should have stayed in her coffin and not been thinking about human blood. If she hadn't gone out, she would have had to drink animal blood, but at least she wouldn't have had to drink rat blood.
Waaah, I've disgraced the vampire clan! I actually bit a filthy rat, and now I'm going to embrace another rat!
She struggled to suck the foul-smelling blood in small sips. Fortunately, the little mouse didn't have much blood, but when the white mouse in her mouth shrank, she felt like vomiting.
Di Xiu drew another vial of blood from her and fed it into the mouse's mouth. Soon after, the mouse visibly filled up, and its eyes glowed red...
Emperor Xiu: We miscalculated. The lab rat was originally red-eyed.
However, it was obvious that the half-finished product he had spent so much time making was a failure. He casually hung the mutated white mouse on the peach wood sword and went to continue his research.
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