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Chapter 585: Pincer [V6C115 – Sorrow of a Silent Parting]



With Qianye’s auric flame blood rising drastically at such a close distance, even his Bloodline Concealment couldn’t completely suppress his overflowing aura . Russel was, after all, a mighty count . It was only natural that he would sense something fishy .

Qianye quickly caught his breath and pulled back as though he were gliding on water . He had flashed away several dozen meters in a couple of steps .

Russel’s eyes flickered with a sharp sanguineous glint as he gave chase . He sneered upon seeing Qianye enter yet another ruined building and proceeded to charge straight over, poised to destroy the rubble just like before .

A ghost-like figure flew in through the window just as Qianye turned to move behind a broken wall—the two almost collided .

He was truly shocked because he hadn’t sensed the other party’s aura at all, so much so that he subconsciously wanted to ignore the shadow that had just flitted past . This caused his speed to slow down by a small margin . The girl in front of him clearly hadn’t sensed Qianye, either . His auric flame blood had already calmed down at this moment and Bloodline Concealment had once again covered up his untoward aura .

Qianye’s expression changed slightly as a clear countenance was reflected in his eyes .

Bai Kongzhao hadn’t expected to meet Qianye here, either . Her movements actually slowed down a bit, and her face was overcome with astonishment . Even her mouth couldn’t close tight due to the surprise .

Before Qianye could decide whether or not to finish her off in passing, a tyrannical momentum pressed down and sent debris flying in every direction . Nothing could be seen clearly in the dust . The force from Russel’s charge had destroyed the half-broken building even before his arrival .

Bai Kongzhao’s figure became hidden in the dust, but Qianye saw her look toward Russel with eyes full of hunger just before vanishing . It was the look of a traveler seeing hot food after walking through the desert for many days .

“Is she looking to ambush me or that fellow?” A thought emerged in Qianye’s mind .

With that mountainous force bearing down upon him, Qianye had no choice but to erase all distracting thoughts and face Russel once more . This time, he no longer fought head-on against the latter . His sword strikes were like the wind as he hacked repeatedly at the large shield, shifting rapidly between light and heavy blows . At the same time, he was also retreating .



Russel began feeling incomparably awkward before long—his giant shield couldn’t exert any force, and there was nowhere to utilize his great strength . All he could do was press forward with the attack and give Qianye no gap to escape .

Russel charged straight through all the obstacles along the way . Right in front was a pile of debris . The building there had collapsed thoroughly, and there wasn’t even a broken wall left behind, only half a pillar .

Qianye leaped upward just as Russel’s giant shield arrived . However, his body suddenly became as light as a feather and drifted a dozen meters away along with the surging origin tides .

Russel was once again overcome by the discomfort of having his force misdirected . But he was already starting to adapt—the movements with which he retracted his shield were growing stable, and his gait was almost unaffected . He proceeded to deliver a kick and shattered the broken pillar into many fragments .

However, he discovered something wrong after performing the kick . Looking down, he found an opening on his alloy combat boots with fresh blood flowing out of it . The wound was so deep that even white bones were visible .

Russel strode forward out of habit, but a heart-wrenching pain welled up from his foot at this point . He let out a painful howl as his right leg went limp, and he fell on one knee .

But Russel possessed ample combat experience . He didn’t relax his guard even under such an abrupt situation and immediately felt something wrong . He raised the giant shield in front of him and swung his greatsword toward his back .

Bai Kongzhao crouched down just as Russel’s greatsword swung past her spine and slashed off half of her long, dancing hair . The air was suddenly filled with countless strands of hair .

But the sword in the girl’s hand continued forward at a peculiar angle and drilled into the gap between Russel’s armor, leaving a moderately-sized wound on his back .

Bai Kongzhao then used both her hands and legs to retreat like a crawling bug, the tip of the sword was now stained with blood . The wound on Russel’s foot was also her handiwork .

The vampire turned back and stared fixedly at Bai Kongzhao with flames spewing out of his eyes . A dazzling sanguineous light welled out from his eyes and stabbed at Bai Kongzhao’s pupils .



Marionette! This used to be a deviant art used by high-ranking vampires to control experts from their vassal families . Even if it couldn’t completely take control of another’s mind, it would still inflict unbearable pain and terror . However, after the War of Daybreak, this kind of art gradually disappeared and became an innate skill for a small number of high-ranking vampires .

Bai Kongzhao’s face only revealed a brief flash of surprise after being struck squarely by  Marionette . Afterward, she ran away even faster and soon vanished into the rubble . She was actually unaffected by the skill!

Russel was startled for a brief moment . This innate skill was one of his aces for dealing with the Daybreak faction . He wouldn’t have used it on a rank ten human if he wasn’t on guard against her fighting techniques . But it had actually failed?

During the moment of his distraction, the giant shield in his hand trembled violently and almost flew out of his grasp . Fortunately, he reacted fast and quickly brought it back under control .


Qianye was already attacking from the front . East Peak swung about in a full arc and smashed fiercely onto the shield .

This time, the sound of impact was exceptionally deep, and the destructive power was just as terrifying . All debris in a ten-meter radius flew into the air and broke down into powder .

Qianye’s strike this time was delivered horizontally . Russel’s ankle had just been injured, so he couldn’t quite take the brunt of this blow and was pushed back several meters .

A light flashed in Qianye’s eyes upon seeing that he had swept the latter back . He quickly charged forth and crashed right into the vampire count’s shield .

This time, the attack was effective beyond expectation . Russel’s posture wasn’t quite right and his center of gravity, unstable . In an instant, he was sent staggering backward by the barbaric impact . Russel had just taken two steps back when he suddenly recalled something and cried out in alarm! Without wasting even a moment to think, he moved the giant shield behind him to block the vitals therein .

As expected, the large shield was just in place when it began shaking in Russel’s hands amidst a series of dense rapping sounds . It was unknown how many attacks he had suffered at that moment .

Qianye took several steps backward at the end of his attack momentum before managing to dissolve the violent impact . When he had regained his footing, East Peak was pointing toward the ground, and the patterns were lighting up one by one, poised to launch the next killer attack .

On the other side, Bai Kongzhao rushed forward, kicked at the shield with both feet, and flipped away . She landed a dozen or so meters away, staring at Russel—who was curled up behind his shield—like a tasty delicacy .

Atop the tower, Bai Longjia had been paying attention to this battle all along . He waved his right hand and shouted, “Fire!”

Several gunshots rang out at almost the same time as the order . High-caliber sniper rounds traversed the battlefield and exploded on Russel’s body . His heavy armor could hardly defend against these armor-piercing sniper rounds, which duly opened up several large holes on his body .

Russel’s bloody energy churned and raged as a hazy bronze hue appeared on the giant shield . He was still quite calm despite the ambush . He rapidly moved away while remaining on guard against Qianye and Bai Kongzhao . At the same time, his eyes flitted across the battlefield and noticed that a number of Bai clan warriors were closing in .

A feeling of danger welled up in Russel’s heart . Roaring, he smashed the ground with his fist and sent numerous sanguineous waves rippling outward . Dozens of fierce beasts of varying shapes and sizes took form from the blood energy and pounced toward the nearby Bai clan warriors .

A blood leopard with long hair on its back flashed past a Bai clan soldier at great speeds . Swaying unsteadily, the latter dropped his gun and grabbed his throat with every ounce of his strength, desperate to stop the gushing fresh blood . His eyes were full of shock, up until he gradually collapsed . Meanwhile, the leopard had already darted toward another soldier and bitten the back of his neck .

The tens of beasts formed of blood energy rampaged everywhere . In the blink of an eye, they had taken the greater part of the surrounding soldiers’ lives . Russel’s domain appeared fairly well-developed and suited for large scale battlefields .

Qianye, who had been waiting for an opportunity all along, made his move after seeing Russel release his domain . A beam of silent sword energy shot toward Russel .

Nirvanic Rend!

Qianye had been practicing the Nirvanic Rend for many days . His present attack didn’t contain a shred of worldly, aura and even the sword energy itself was barely discernible . However, the origin power consumed was almost one and a half times that of the past . One could imagine how powerful this attack was .

Russel was currently operating his domain while evading sniper fire . At this moment, he suddenly felt the approach of mortal peril, but he had no time to move his shield . All he could do was shrink back on one knee and cover the vital areas on his head with his arms . Powerful blood energy erupted over his body as his domain became almost tangible . It was as though a blood pond several meters in diameter had appeared here .

Without any warning, the blood energy domain was split into two . Several blood beasts didn’t have the time to evade and were similarly sliced into two, turning back into blood energy which merged into the domain .

Russel slowly lowered his arms . He heard a light clang as his armguard split into two and fell to the ground . There was now a cut on each of his arms, as thin as red threads and hardly visible to the naked eye . But Russel’s current movement caused the injury to burst open and reveal a terrifying bone-deep cut .

This sword-strike had only cut through half of the bones in Russel’s arms . Qianye was greatly surprised that it couldn’t even cut down the arms entirely, but he thought of something upon seeing the metallic glint on Russel’s bones .

The domain was also slashed open with a single strike . It recovered almost instantly, but the blood energy was now much thinner, and several of the beasts had vanished entirely . Deploying a domain on the battlefield had its pros and cons . The bad thing was that one’s origin power would be quickly depleted if the domain was targeted by enemy experts .

Russel’s blood beast domain wasn’t of a low level, and he had never expected Qianye to slash it open in one strike—this had led to his grave injuries .

Following Bai Longjia’s orders, several Bai clan experts arrived and attacked Russel at the same time .

Although this transfer had rapidly increased the pressure on other defensive lines, Bai Longjia had already realized that this Russel was no ordinary character . Against such an overwhelming enemy force, the fall of this stronghold was only a matter of time . Killing this blood count would allow them to recoup some of the losses .

In the sky, ripples finally appeared in the vampire elder’s seemingly dead eyes . “Have Russel return . That little fellow might take action if this goes on . ”

At this moment, a dark room appeared in the image in front of him . There were explosions and flashes visible outside the window while dust and mortar dropped down constantly from the roof .

There was a simple wooden chair at the center of the room, and upon it sat a woman in white clothes . Her eyes were lowered as though the raging battles outside had nothing to do with her .

This woman was Bai Aotu .

In the image, the light in her hands was growing brighter and brighter . Apparently, she was already gathering energy and couldn’t wait to attack .





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