514 Chapter 514: Out for Blood (1/2)

Blood blades. Apparently Xu Wu Cheng had cast some sort of blood magic spell that transformed his blood into weapons, hardening it into a flexible but incredibly sharp blade that could change its shape at a single thought.

The unpredictability of it was what made it so deadly.

Therefore I dodged, diving to the side while deflecting the closest two with both of my swords. However, as I avoided the deadliest of his blows, the ten blades on Xu Wu Cheng's hands shimmered and changed shape, lashing out at supersonic speeds like a whip. Even as I twisted my body out of the way and deflected a couple from my throat and chest, I felt a couple of cuts as the sharp blood whips sliced the skin on my face and arms before retracting.

”Oh? You're good. I didn't expect you to survive that.”

Dude…you were nowhere as fast and skilled as the Black Swordsman. I survived countless exchanges with him, of course I would be able to withstand a few strikes from a relative greenhorn like you. At least that was what I wanted to say, but instead, I grinned wryly.

”You really are bloodthirsty, aren't you?” I muttered, watching the blood blades dance around his fingers like laser lights from a disco ball. ”First you want to suck Nan Gong Ji Yan's blood, and now…”

I didn't even complete my sentence when ten blood whips lashed out at me, trying to flay me alive. Bloody hell, this vampire couldn't even take a joke, could he?

Jumping back, I unleashed my own ice spells, freezing the blood whips and turning them into crimson ice in an instant. Xu Wu Cheng scowled as he withdrew whatever blood that wasn't frozen and glared at me.

”Aren't you afraid that somebody will detect your massive flare of mana and killing intent and come?” I asked, glancing around as if expecting a horde of teachers to come rushing in. ”Lower your bloodthirst or something, geez.”

”Room 5 is an abandoned classroom in the highest level that's barred to students. Nobody will come here. The teachers are too far away to sense our mana so high up.”

How convenient for him. Well, yeah. Unless the teachers possessed a sensitive mana sense or were casting tracking spells for some odd reason, they most likely wouldn't be able to sense the sharp flunctuations of mana unless they were in the same room. Xu Wu Cheng was right. We were out of range of most mages' sixth senses.

Worse, nobody would come to an abandoned classroom unless they were a horny couple who wanted to do lecherous things…and even those couples would lose their libido and seek an alternative place when they heard the commotion we were making.

…wait, what?

Why was there an abandoned classroom in the top, most prestigious school in the wealthy Flandor City?! Wouldn't they have the funds and money to renovate the classroom or something? What's with this wastage of space?

Before I could whine about that, I was forced to duck under another whistling blood blade and freeze a second one that sliced my face off my skull. Shattering the frozen blood with a swing of my black sword, I widened the distance between us.

”Stop freezing my blood,” Xu Wu Cheng ordered, his hypnotic golden eyes trying to mesmerize me. Unfortunately for him, his spellbinding power was useless against a veteran mage like me. I had gone through countless life-and-death experiences and developed a steely resolve. It would be difficult for him to shake my solid mental core.

”Let it go,” I sang as I dodged another whistling blood blade that actually slashed through the concrete wall, gouging out a huge chunk of debris. Damn, that was dangerous. I froze the next blood whip before using my white sword to smash it apart into thousands of blood-red crystals. ”Let it go…”

”You have quite the big mouth, don't you?”

”I don't want to hear that from a clichéd shoujo manhua bishounen who spouts out cheesy lines in the hopes of being romantic and just end up sounding very corny.”

Xu Wu Cheng's lips twisted into a snarl. ”When I drain you of your blood, you'll be wishing that you were dead.”

”When I freeze you, you'll be wishing that you were a lot less cold-hearted.”

Okay, so maybe that wasn't a convincing retort, but in my defense, I was focusing more on trying to survive instead of making witty comebacks like Spiderman or Deadpool (my idol!). Those guys had plot armor and red spandex to help them survive anything their enemies threw at them, and even if they died, the guys at Marvel headquarters would ensure that they come back to life again. I didn't have such a luxury.

While doing a backflip to avoid another painful slash from the multiple blood blades that were literally flying off Xu Wu Cheng's hands and deflecting those that had gotten too close for comfort with my swords, I yelled at the stunned Ji Yan.

”Do something! Help me or run away, I don't care! Just don't sit there like an idiot!”

Snapping out of her stupor, Ji Yan scrambled for the silver knife…not screwdriver!!!...that she had dropped earlier when Xu Wu Cheng crushed her hand. Rolling across the floor to avoid the vampire's blood blades with her quick reflexes, she jumped to her feet and brandished her shiny weapon, her mana flowing aggressively around her.

On my own, it would be very challenging for me to defeat Xu Wu Cheng. Not impossible, but still difficult. But with Ji Yan's assistance, my odds would improve considerably. I was hoping Teresa Taylor or Teacher Einsberg would sense the ongoing battle, but I knew that was unlikely. As experienced and powerful as they were, neither of them had an advanced sixth sense and had no reason to be casting any tracking spells. That time when Teresa Taylor showed up at the warehouse when Kufa and I were saving Saya from a nest of Chiropterans, it was because we had set the whole structure ablaze and the fires could be seen from far away.

This time, I didn't set the classroom on fire. As tempted as I was to ignite a spark and burn the whole place down, I couldn't, not unless I wanted to kill the person I was trying to save in the first place. Ji Yan and I were on our own.

”Class Vice-president Ji Yan, I'm hurt that you would side with a stranger over me.” Xu Wu Cheng feigned hurt. ”Moreover, I'm so much better looking, richer and stronger than him.”

Dude, you were essentially blackmailing her and trying to suck her blood earlier. Why would she side with you? Also, what the fuck was with that justification? It reminded me of all those trashy CEO stories. So it was all right for the male lead to abuse the female lead and force her into a toxic relationship just because he was good looking and rich?