Chapter 274: City of Death (2/2)

The viscounts all glanced at each other and nodded with pained expressions.

This human’s strength wasn’t weaker than any of the viscounts here, but they couldn’t discern from Li Zhan’s expression whether or not he was subject to a similar spatial restriction force. If the viscounts refrained from entering the city out of fear and the great monarch’s treasure fell into human hands, their fate after returning would be more terrifying than death.

The vampires and human race warriors entered in a straight line and were soon engulfed by the mist within the city.

Qianye was walking down an empty street. Not only had he lost track of his direction, but he had also lost the sense of time. The frustration and uneasiness in his heart would have expanded several times if he didn’t have the goal of ambushing his enemies to cling on to.

After an unknown period of time, Qianye was overcome by a certain illusion and felt that he could walk to the ends of the earth this way. After turning into a street corner, he suddenly halted his steps and listened attentively. He still couldn’t hear anything, but he recognized this trembling sensation as one that would emerge right before a battle, an indication that someone or something was approaching.

Qianye calmed himself down, leaned quickly against the wall, and waited.

A certain vampire warrior, wielding a sword and pistol, rushed out of the mist. He assumed a stooped posture as he cautiously scanned the surroundings.

The vampire had also noticed Qianye by the time the latter saw him clearly. The two were less than ten meters apart.

The vampire warrior reacted swiftly. He let out a roar and pounced toward Qianye at full strength—there was no time to shoot at this distance, and melee fights were largely decided by the initiative.

This was precisely what Qianye wanted.

He arched his body slightly and suddenly exerted strength, shooting toward the vampire warrior head on. The two immediately slammed into one another.

The vampire warrior flew backward with a loud bang as a cold gleam flashed in Qianye’s hand. In truth, the Scarlet Edge had already delivered three slashes during this short exchange.

The vampire was flung over a dozen meters away and crashed into the building across the street. He then slid downward and collapsed on the ground with fresh blood flowing out from under his body. He would never rise again.

Qianye walked toward the vampire warrior who had already stopped breathing and was planning to look through his belongings but swiftly retracted his hand midway.

He noticed that the fresh blood gushing out from beneath the vampire warrior was gradually vanishing after flowing a meter or so. The street surface was paved with a virtually seamless arrangement of highly polished stones, so how did the fresh blood seep in so easily?

It was at this time that the body of this lifeless vampire moved slightly.

He had collapsed while leaning against the wall and even left a shocking trail of blood upon it. But currently, the body was actually beginning to sink into the ground and wall right before Qianye’s eyes.

Before long, the vampire corpse was swallowed up completely, and not even a single trace of blood was left behind on the ground or wall as proof of this warrior’s previous existence.

Qianye instantly felt his blood run cold.

This silent and empty city had just quietly revealed its sinister side.

Qianye slowly crouched down and reached out to touch the ground. There was a puddle of fresh blood here just a while ago, but now he could only feel the cold stone blocks.

He stood up with a sigh and headed toward a random direction with the Scarlet Edge in hand.

This time, he reached a small plaza after passing two street blocks. The mist was relatively thin in this open space, and as such, he was able to make out a number of shadowy figures within. Qianye was quite familiar with this silhouette. It was Li Zhan whom he had ambushed along the way.

Qianye had his aura withdrawn this whole time—he immediately restrained all his actions and maintained complete silence. He then drew the Twin Flowers and aimed them at the figure in front of him.

Li Zhan seemed to have felt something the moment Qianye pulled on the trigger. He suddenly stepped sideways and turned around like the wind, drawing his gun and firing at lightning speed.

A scarlet origin bullet brushed right past Li Zhan’s chest. At the same time that Li Zhan turned around, Qianye had also flashed away and similarly evaded his shot.

The two bullets disappeared into the mist—they might have struck the buildings or something else. But in any case, no such sound was heard.

The two opponents had no time to take note of this bizarre detail and were completely focused on each other.

Li Zhan glanced at Qianye with a solemn expression. He then revealed a sinister smile and said, “We’ve finally caught you.”Previous ChapterNext Chapte