Situ Liyao stood up from the garbage pile and saw her father kneeling in front of someone, while Ziluo was in that person's hand. The scene looked just like a master to a servant.
"Let her... let her go." The impact just now had injured Situ Liyao's left foot, and even a slight touch on the ground caused intense pain.
"Hmm?"
Perra didn't harbor any hostility towards Situ Liyao, but Situ Liyao viewed her as an enemy. Although Perra seemed somewhat familiar to her, they may have forgotten that they had met on the plane to The Demon Realm.
The Divine Fire loomed in front of Perra, clearly aiming to snatch the person in her hand. Perra's sword remained sheathed, and she easily parried Situ Liyao's attacks. Situ Liyao's close combat skills were lacking, but seizing the person in close combat was crucial. Using long-range Magic attacks would not guarantee Ziluo's safety.
Perra was well aware of the corrosiveness of the Fire of Erosion and saw no need to touch it. She focused her magic on protecting the scabbard from being eroded.
After a few rounds of attacks, Perra found no joy in this encounter; it only felt like bullying the weak.
Situ Liyao's foot injury meant she couldn't mount a constructive attack. Perra didn't want to push her too hard, so she turned around and knocked Situ Liyao to the ground with a kick, her sword poised near Situ Liyao's neck.
"Ah~" Situ Liyao's voice made Perra step back slightly, finding the voice somewhat familiar.
"I return the person to you. Although you have the Divine Fire to protect you, your lack of training makes you no match for me. It might be somewhat useful against vampires, but only if the attack is in the right place, like the heart..."
Situ Liyao suddenly looked up at Perra. It was evident that Perra was hinting for her to attack the vampires' hearts, although this method would only work against weaker vampires.
"Who are you?" Situ Liyao helped the unconscious Ziluo up, curious about Perra's seemingly caring attitude towards her.
"Who am I? I am a ghost, the Vampire Queen!" Perra suddenly spread her black dragon wings, and with a gust of wind, she disappeared with the Duke of Situ in front of Situ Liyao.
"Father!" Liyao searched around but found no trace of them. She didn't know the reason why the Vampire Queen took her father away. However, sparing Ziluo indicated that she was different from the vampires who had attacked them. Revealing her people's weaknesses to outsiders seemed somewhat unreasonable.
The Divine Realm: Blue lightning flashed incessantly in the clouds, occasionally striking the area below. The lower-rank deities evacuated the area under the thunderous clouds all night since no one could control this thunder zone, and the descending cloud layer was also beyond anyone's control.
Above the clouds, in the temple with blue stone buildings, Augustine Brandt sat on a three-dimensional strategic map, overseeing The Human Realm battlefield from a divine perspective.
"Qin Fung Yu is truly formidable, injuring a Greater Angel. Does The Human Realm possess that much power, or is it the terror of artificial particles?"
"Isn't military command not the responsibility of the Council President?" Marutian, still immersed in drawing analysis maps for buildings, did not pay direct attention to the strategic map, only caring about the accuracy of his drawings.
"Your Majesty, you have the authority to do so."
Marutian smiled faintly and did not respond.
Suddenly, out of the one hundred large Angels marked on the map, the one simulating the battle on a one hundred percent scale, the one that dueled with Qin Fengyu, was now dim and lifeless. A burst of white light suddenly struck the map beyond the visible range, causing the marked model to instantly shatter.
"What!"
Augustine zoomed out the map, searching for the source of the energy.
"Every minute on the battlefield is full of variables. Even if you can see through everything, the information you can grasp in person is much more than what you see remotely."
"Your Majesty, if The Divine Realm loses, our reputation will be irreparably damaged. You agreed to the war, you cannot allow us to lose."
"Hmph, if you lack ambition, Alan will never look up to you."
Marutian turned his back to Augustine, knowing full well that Augustine's expression had turned extremely ugly by now. Augustine had a strong opinion of Alan and was determined not to be a puppet. Alan had begun to undermine his position because of Hisa's matter. Augustine knew that if he could play a significant role in the war, he would gain prestige and faith.
"In simple terms, he just wants you to step in and ensure victory in this war. After all, he suggested it. Just play the good guy, since you chose the position of the Holy Dragon." Walking into the palace gate, a person wearing a sapphire cape, Yu Yuanqing, said.
"Why do you care?"
"Do I need to avoid you?" After encountering Augustine several times, he naturally avoided anyone wearing a sapphire cape. Who knew if this woman drenched in fragrance was someone not to be messed with, but one thing was certain, she was a snake species.
"No, you go on with what you were doing." Marutian put down the brush in his hand, embraced Yu Yuanqing with one hand, and the two of them sat intimately on a long bench, much to Augustine's discomfort.
"Main cannon carriers! Oh no, it must be Qin Yang. We missed the optimal time!" Upon hearing Qin Yang's name, Marutian instantly became alert, releasing Yu Yuanqing and walking straight to the map.
"Is he going to join the battle?"
"No, he is not, but there are traces of spatial teleportation. I need to inform the front line immediately..." As soon as the words were spoken, another large Angel was shot down. The consecutive losses of the large Angels forced a recalibration of the plan. Simultaneously, different large Angels in various locations were attacked, their brightness decreasing one by one, indicating that they were not gaining an advantage and were even at risk of being shot down. Obviously, in the midst of this contemplation, another model of a large Angel exploded, and the legion of Angels' model was also weakening, showing that the focus of the battle was not just on the large Angels. The annotations for the human legion themselves suddenly became extremely bright, prompting the on-site commanders to adjust the legion's strategy and attack the main cannon carriers from the flanks.
"You can use those few unethical Angels you have detained." Marutian shuddered involuntarily at the mention of unethical Angels.
"But..."
"Worried you can't control them? It's fine, I'll help you at the critical moment." Augustine took a deep breath, considering that the most terrifying aspect of using the unethical Angels was not their destructive power, but rather that they could demoralize the Angels...
Unethical Angels were a taboo in the Angel Legion, and no one wanted to mention them, speak of their deeds, discuss their gradual transformation into such a grotesque appearance, or even bring up their interactions with Angels and the divine race.
Augustine stood up, ready to leave the palace and transfer the unrighteous Angel to a secure location.
"Augustine... I'll remind you, it's always best to have a backup plan," said the emperor.
"Understood, Your Majesty! I also have one more thing to ask: please make sure to attend tomorrow's disaster meeting beneath the clouds. Regardless of the outcome, your presence can at least bring some peace to the area under the clouds."
As Augustine left the Blue Stone Palace, he felt a bit restless. After discussing with the Holy Dragon for a while, he found that the allure of someone like Qin Yang surpassed that of the Holy Dragon. He was puzzled by the deep connection between Qin Yang and the dragons, as well as the fact that both Allen and the Holy Dragon, before suggesting an attack on Othrie, believed that victory was guaranteed as long as Qin Yang stayed off the battlefield.
In The Demon Realm, news of Qin Yang being the Demon Dragon still remained confined to the ten demon kings, with no leaks even from the demon king who traded with The Divine Realm.
In the imperial city, on Central Street, the clock tower struck seven o'clock, and suddenly the clock was shattered: the hour and minute hands flew in different directions. The minute hand broke in half, flying across the clock tower, with shattered gears and clock faces scattered on Central Street. Despite the loud noise, no one dared to peek out onto the street.
In a sudden burst of magic that broke through the seal, Purple Lieyang quickly stood up and cast a group defense magic to protect the other members of the royal family. For a moment, they thought it was a rescue attempt, but in reality, they were all successfully delayed by the Situ family.
"You are all ungrateful dead!" Perra was the one who shattered the clock tower, throwing out a withered corpse which was still twitching.
"Situ has betrayed us," Ye Kai remarked, eyeing the twitching corpse on the ground that looked exactly like Duke Situ.
"Xiaoyu!" Perra swung his sword, releasing sword energy that broke open the coffin, freeing Xiaoyu.
"King." Xiaoyu quickly found a member of the Purple family to feed on, but did not drain him to death. Although Xiaoyu had overcome the vampire's blood-sucking nature, he still needed blood to maintain his combat ability.
"Where is Zhao Yuansong?" Xiaoyu lowered his head and remained silent because he couldn't explain to Perra that he had no idea about Zhao Yuansong's condition.
"He has become a stick in the mud, probably waiting to heal! But he's not of much help anyway," Ye Kai rushed to tell Perra. Zhao Yuansong's blood recovery process was very slow, and he was probably still lying flat on the ground.
"Indeed, whether there's one more or one less, I don't need any help," Perra suddenly spread her black wings, raising her right hand. For some reason, Ye Kai and the others felt excruciating pain simultaneously; their blood flowed backward and was absorbed by Perra.
"This..." Long Sibei and Ye Kai felt their strength vanishing along with their blood.
"Although vampires can share ancestral memories, I can choose how much to share with you! You will never know... a lifetime!" Perra clenched her hand, pulling out a drop of dark red liquid with a hint of golden from a green-eyed vampire's body. That drop of liquid was the blood that Perra gave them to turn them into vampires; those below the king rank vampires would only see what that drop of blood looked like after receiving it.
After having their blood drawn, the vampires quickly dehydrated into withered corpses, their flesh falling off like autumn leaves, leaving only a dark red skeleton, and finally turning into dust.
"The souls of vampires, the underworld does not accept, the underworld rejects your reincarnation, then give them to me!" Perra's voice was seductive when she spoke about the souls given to her.
The remaining six were all filled with fear, even the usually composed Dragon Beisi showed a rare expression of unease.
"Now, you can choose your paths again, but I will only give you two choices, I don't need to explain what they are, right?"
"I refuse! Ah..." Ye Kai forcibly stood up, but his arm was ruthlessly removed, blood splattered, Zi Lieyang dared not even move her eyeballs, because Perra's pressure was too strong.
Ye Kai's colored pupils unknowingly began to change... Suddenly Perra attacked Ye Kai's eyes, gouging them out, but soon Ye Kai could see again.
"You make me very heartbroken, Ye Kai!"
"Buzz..." A harsh rumbling sound, like the tolling of a bell inside a clock, was extremely uncomfortable.
This incessant rumbling interrupted Perra, and they all looked up, the defensive barrier in the sky was violently shaking and showed signs of breaking, but it was not being attacked by a Great Angel, it was the extremely ugly and immoral Angel far out at sea hundreds of kilometers away!
