515 Chapter 515: Deal with the Devil (1/2)

Ji Yan stopped, her silver knife raised and just millimeters away from stabbing into Xu Wu Cheng. Not that she would have been able to, since his reactions were inhumanly fast. That said, the moment he focused his attention on blocking her thrust, I would have seized the opportunity to strike, so Ji Yan's hesitation caused the battle to grind into a stalemate. Both of my swords met ten of Xu Wu Cheng's blood blades, and I gritted my teeth as I tried to push them off.

Unfortunately, we were locked in the stalemate I mentioned earlier, neither one of us willing to give an inch.

”Don't listen to him,” I warned, forced to back off as his ten blood blades curled and whipped at me like a striking serpent. I retreated to a safe distance, both of my swords still up as I stayed wary of the scheming snake. ”He will only lie to you.”

Unfortunately for me, Ji Yan was too obsessed with beating Zhao Yan to see the wisdom of my words.

”I can grant you power. If you join my Crimson Blood Tribe and become one of us…become a vampire, you will obtain unimaginable power. You will gain strength like mine, which will overcome the difference between the two of you and allow you to easily crush your twin sister.”

”He's lying. This is some kind of trap!”

”You've seen how strong I am, haven't you?” Smiling sinisterly, Xu Wu Cheng created a blood whip in his right hand and swung it at the wall behind him. In a single strike, the mystical weapon reduced the concrete into falling dust and rubble. ”This power can be yours…if you choose to give yourself to me.”

I snorted because I could easily see through Xu Wu Cheng's obvious deception. ”There's definitely a catch somewhere.”

”All you have to do in return is attack him.” Xu Wu Cheng pointed at me. Ji Yan turned to me, stricken, her determination wavering as she absorbed the redhead's seductive words. ”I'll ensure you're handsomely rewarded.”

”Don't be an idiot. You can't possibly believe it will be that easy…”

”Don't you want to surpass Zhao Yan? I can help you with that.”

”Uwaaaah!” Ji Yan swung her silver knife…at me.

”Whoa!” I jumped back, narrowly avoiding being eviscerated by Ji Yan's merciless strike. Raising my Bai Ri in front of me in a defensive stance, I glared at the crazy girl who had given into temptation. ”Hey! I'm trying to help you here!”

”I never asked for your help.”

Why, you little…

I briefly contemplated summoning my Constellation spirits right there and then, and to hell with crushing her. I was extremely tempted to nuke her along with Xu Wu Cheng. The bitch and bastard could die together. Unfortunately, Zhao Yan was my friend and I couldn't just kill her sister. She would blame me for it. Besides, I couldn't just murder two idiots in school – even if I claimed self-defense, there would be a serious investigation and I could potentially get into a lot of trouble. I did have the evidence recorded in my glasses though, so that was one point in my favor.

Not that the recording would help me at the moment.

”Good job!”

Praising Ji Yan, Xu Wu Cheng threw bloody projectiles at me. Barely reacting in time, I conjured Scutum Sobiescianum to shield myself from the deadly barrage. The tremendous impact forced me to skid backward as the bloody projectiles thudded nosily into my Constellation shield, their kinetic energy driving me back.

Even in a one-on-one fight against Xu Wu Cheng, my chances of victory were not at all favorable. I would say that I had an even chance, but that was being generous, especially if I was stuck in here and unable to summon my Constellation spirits. If Ji Yan were to join him, the odds would plummet further – her presence alone helped to tip the scales heavily in the enemy's favor. It would practically be suicide to take on the two of them by myself.

Glaring at Ji Yan, absolutely disgusted by her, I decided to withdraw. If the bitch didn't want my help, then I had no reason to risk my life. Leaving her to the mercy of Xu Wu Cheng, I jumped out of the window, toppled onto a ledge, and then hurled myself through a window on the second-top level. Stumbling into the classroom directly below Room 5, I pulled myself against a wall to catch my breath.

”Where did he go?”

Xu Wu Cheng and Ji Yan raced to the window and peered downward, but were unable to see me at all. As I said, most people's senses were restricted to only sensing someone's mana in the same room, so with the ceiling right between us, they wouldn't be able to detect my location. Even more so when I decided to conceal my presence.

I was very tempted to summon Vermillion Phoenix to incinerate the both of them, but I decided against it. As I said, not worth the trouble. Since I had already obtained a recording of the entire events, I decided to leave it to the authorities. I wondered what Teresa Taylor would say when she learned that there was a vampire hiding among the students in her school.

Closing my eyes, I stayed quiet and eavesdropped on Xu Wu Cheng and Nan Gong Ji Yan.

”You made the right choice, Class Vice-president Ji Yan.”

Xu Wu Cheng was gloating, his handsome face twisting into a triumphant smile as he led Ji Yan away from the window. My Corvus was still there, watching everything. I had him pick my smartphone up and record the whole thing from the window. Man, I really wanted to punch the smug bastard in the face and reveal his true hideous self.

”You had best keep your promise.”

”Of course I will.”

In a flash, Xu Wu Cheng had Ji Yan pinned against a desk, leaning against her and stroking her neck with his mouth.

”W…wait!”

Ji Yan was flailing in panic now, suddenly afraid of Xu Wu Cheng's abrupt action. Hah, it was too late for regrets now. This time, I wasn't going to save her. She had made her bed with the enemy, and now she had to bear the consequences of her own choice.

Xu Wu Cheng wasn't going to listen to her either.

”Ah…”

Ji Yan let out a soft cry as Xu Wu Cheng sank his fangs into her soft neck, her eyes widening as he drank deeply in her blood. Her struggles ceased and her body fell limp, her eyes slowly closing when her mind was lulled into relaxing by some hypnotic spell.

I gazed out into the yellow sky, noting that the sun was setting. Good thing my curfew was over, having lasted only a week. If this was last week, I would be in deep trouble for missing the curfew. Phew.

While waiting for Xu Wu Cheng to drain Ji Yan of her blood, I could hear her blood dripping onto the ground. Man, what a waste of blood! The bloody guy was taking his own sweet time, wasn't he?

Did girls actually enjoy this sort of thing? I mean, why were there so many novels and manhua about the heroines being bitten by vampires? Ugh…

I was relieved when Xu Wu Cheng eventually loosened his grip on Ji Yan's arm and let go of her, allowing her to slump helplessly on the floor. Grinning as he wiped her blood from his mouth, he leaned closer and whispered.

”Congratulations, Ji Yan. You're going to be a vampire.”

Ji Yan merely glared at him silently. Well, it was your own freaking choice. I warned you, but your obsession with surpassing your twin sister led you down this path of damnation. Personally, I didn't think this was an issue worth congratulation Ji Yan over, but then again Xu Wu Cheng was a vampire, so he was probably biased toward the thought of it being an awesome thing.