Inside the vast space, Raphaela Celeste Ravenscroft felt a shudder in her soul.


    "V-Vester?"


    Her body stiffened and her gaze trembled with the blindfold coiling around her eyes "Is he.. overclocking again?"


    "No.. his bloodline."


    ...


    Back in the citadel, where the air reeked of blood and decay... Kaelith who was about to stab him, was surprised to see him breaking the chains.


    His instincts, honed through centuries of battle, screamed at him... something was wrong.


    ’What the hell is that...’ He muttered in his mind, looking at the black blindfold appearing around his eyes.


    Huh? Selena was equally dumbfounded ’Where did he get that from... and how did he break the chains...’


    Hm? Rhudamanth’s gaze narrowed looking at Zhao Tian ’Darkness energy that belongs to the Eldritchfiends... and some other energy.’


    Zhao Tian’s body swayed from exhaustion.


    The chains had broken, but the toll had not vanished as muscles trembled from strain.


    However, in the next instant, yellow energy rippled around his body, patching the torn flesh and tendons.


    Kaelith’s grip on his sword tightened as he saw Zhao Tian healing his wounds with the light energy.


    Without wasting a second, he directly plunged the sword deep in his gut ’I don’t know what’s going on... but my instincts are telling me to kill him.’


    "Urgh..." Zhao Tian’s body convulsed as he felt the sharp blade tear through his gut.


    However, he gritted his teeth and grabbed the blade.


    His fingers, slick with his own blood, wrapped around the blade and a shudder passed through the weapon as if recoiling from his touch.


    Now that the chains are broken, he can easily escape into the artifact.


    But he won’t...


    He need to reap some souls... for the one soul he lost.


    Hm? Kaelith gripped the blade and tried to pull it back but was surprised to see that he couldn’t pull it off.


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    From Zhao Tian’s wound, black tendrils of energy poured out, creeping along the blade’s surface as it slithered toward Kaelith’s fingers like hungry serpents


    With a slight cough, he raised his right hand, smacking the blade.


    *CRACK* The blade instantly broke into two, and Kaelith pulled back his hand to look at the half-broken blade in his hand.


    The other part is still embedded in his gut.


    Gritting his teeth, Zhao Tian pulled the blade out of his body as a fresh surge of blood burst forth from his body, pooling down the citadel.


    Before Kaelith could react, an overwhelming presence loomed before him, sending an ice-cold chill crawling down his spine.


    WHOOSH!


    A sharp breath escaped Zhao Tian’s lips.


    Then—


    CLANGGG!


    A devastating slash tore through the air.


    Kaelith barely had time to raise his remaining hand in defense before the strike connected and the force of the impact lifted his massive body off the ground.


    His eyes quivered as he was sent hurtling through the air like a broken doll and his body crashed into the citadel’s outer wall with an earth-shattering BOOM!


    The structure trembled under the force and massive cracks splintered outward as dust and rubble cascaded from above.


    Before Kaelith could react, a brutal force slammed into his chest, pinning him against the cracked wall.


    THUD!


    Zhao Tian stood above him with his foot pressed firmly against his torso.


    The vampire thrashed beneath his grip and his remaining hand clawed at Zhao Tian’s leg.


    And then—


    SHINK!


    A sword plunged through his left arm, pinning it to the stone like an insect trapped beneath a needle.


    "URGHHHHHH!" Kaelith’s body writhed in agony as he glared up at Zhao Tian, his crimson eyes burning with hatred.


    "You think you can just-"


    SHING!


    A single slash.


    A crimson arc painted the air.


    Kaelith’s words died in his throat and his head tumbled from his shoulders, rolling across the blood-soaked stone.


    Only one soul has been reaped... many more to go.


    White linings appeared in Zhao Tian’s closed golden eyes and he saw the fluttering soul of Kaelith.


    Soul?


    He hurriedly turned his gaze to look at the dead body of Yao Jing and saw her soul diminishing.


    ’Jing’er...’


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