"Okay, let's see if you're hiding here, Mumud," Alan muttered as he stepped onto the path.
He soon reached the edge, overlooking a vast underground city.
"I'm seeing it again… but damn, this is beautiful," Alan murmured as he looked at the beautiful city in front of him.
Just as the name says vampire City, it was an big place comparable to a City. It was filled with dark and silver buildings.
Alan took it all and then jumped down arriving at the City road.
In an instant, vampire bats and wolves pounced on him. Most vampires were still sleeping inside the buildings, Meanwhile, the familiars of the vampires roamed freely through the streets.
The moment they spotted him they rushed at him.
"Okay… let's start," Alan smiled as he easily killed them all.
He began moving from one building to another, slaughtering everything in his path.
There was a massive horde of vampires surrounding him, but they were nothing to him. Thanks to White Lion Dainsleif, which increases his power the more enemies surrounds him, the more enemies he faced, the stronger he became.
Not to mention, it was now a Unique-rank sword, already halfway to becoming a Legendary-rank greatsword, all thanks to the countless vampires he had slain.
In the last two cities alone, he had killed over 2,000 vampires.
But unlike other cities, the moment he came out after clearing another building..
[The master of the 13th city, Vampire Earl Elfin Stone has appeared.]
[A strong evil influence is making your magic power turbid. All types of spells and skills aren't available.]
[A vampire's gaze will subdue lower species. Your body is subjected to overwhelming oppression.]
[For the next five minutes, you can't use Splitting Strike, Tidal fury and Spell Blade skill]
Alan's body froze for five seconds.
This is bad, Alan thought as he looked up at the blonde man with sharp, pointed ears staring down at him.
"Humans dare enter my city, polluting the air?"
Elfin Stone had awakened to the scent of blood flowing through his city—but something was wrong. This time, the blood belonged to his own kin.
"Die, so that I may sleep again."
Elfin Stone immediately activated his strongest skill, intending to finish Alan in a single blow.
[Extreme Blood Transfusion]
It was a terrifying attack-and-recovery skill that restored Elfin Stone's health by draining a massive amount of the target's HP equal to 100% of his mana value. Its only drawback was that it could be used just once per day, but it was more than sufficient to kill an anyone.
At this rate… I might die, Alan thought.
His entire body was drenched in blood as searing pain tore through him.
"Pitiful insect," Elfin Stone sneered, seeing that the human hadn't even attempted to dodge.
Unbeknownst to him, Alan's body had been stunned, making evasion impossible.
Elfin Stone turned away, ready to return to his rest—
—when a Magic Missile struck him squarely in the back.
"Huh?"
Elfin Stone turned around in confusion, only to see the human still standing.
"Where are you going, sneak-attack bastard!" Alan spat, hurling White Lion Dainsleif forward while gulping down a Supreme-grade Health Potion.
Damn… I almost died earlier. If not for that skill— Alan thought grimly.
A single skill had saved him from instant death.
[You have survived a fatal strike thanks to Indomitable Warrior's skill effect.]
[Current HP: 1% remaining.]
It was a skill Alan had obtained recently. Although it had a long cooldown of seven days, it was perfectly suited for moments like this.
This skill was acquired after Alan defeated six raid bosses solo.
After killing three raid bosses alone, Alan had obtained a hidden title.
[Secret Hero]
Type: Active
• Disperses the consciousness of enemies.• Unlocks the skill Influence.
Influence:• Duration: 10 seconds• Reduces the Defense of all enemies within 50 meters by 50%.
Cooldown: 1 hour
• Unlocks Freely Move (usable once per activation).
Freely Move:• Creates a high-level dash that avoids all attacks until reaching the selected target.• Maximum distance: 200 meters.
Cooldown: 1 hour
After solo-killing all six raid bosses, a new skill was added:
[Indomitable Warrior]
In fact, it was only after acquiring this skill that Alan dared to face Elfin Stone head-on. He knew about Elfin Stone's trump card—Extreme Blood Transfusion, an ability that could only be used once every 24 hours.
Alan finished drinking the potion, restoring his HP to maximum.
"Human… you're still alive?" Elfin Stone hissed.
Without hesitation, he raised his hand.
"Blood Lasers!"
"Freely Move!"
Alan activated the skill instantly. His body blurred, evading all non-targeted attacks as he closed the distance in a single breath.
"Die, you pathetic insect!" Elfin Stone roared, firing more blood lasers—
—but Alan slipped past them effortlessly.
"Sapphire," Alan said calmly.
A small and fluffy cat appeared beside him.
"Food, nyaaa~!"
A dark mouth opened wide and engulfed Elfin Stone.
[A part of the target's soul has been devoured by Sapphire.]
[Target's Highest stat Intelligence have been reduced by 50% for 3 seconds.]
[ Your Intelligence have increased by 1,890 points for three seconds ]
[Target's Resistance has drastically decreased.]
[Target is highly susceptible to status effects for 3 seconds]
"What—how can a mere human have Hell's strongest beast as a follower?!" Elfin Stone shouted in disbelief.
"White Lion Roar!"
Alan unleashed the skill.
After his previous battle with Hell Gao, Alan had discovered a way to activate this powerful ability even against bosses with extremely high resistance to status effects.
The key was Sapphire's Soul Ingestion—a terrifying ability that devoured a portion of the target's soul, inflicting powerful debuffs while simultaneously buffing Alan.
[Target has been stunned for 3 seconds.]
[Your Attack Power and Defense have increased by 60% for 3 minutes.]
"Ritual Hex."
"Lesser Flame Curse."
Alan activated the next skills in rapid succession.
[Target's Attack Power, Defense, and Magic Power have been reduced by 50% for 10 seconds.]
[Target has been cursed, dealing 120% of your Magic Damage over 6 seconds and reducing the target's Magic Defense by 10%.]
[Dainsleif has been unequipped.]
[Mumud's Orb has been equipped.]
"Extinction Ray."
After finally reducing Elfin Stone's Magic Defense to the absolute minimum, Alan activated his strongest spell—one bound to Mumud's Orb.
A green ray of annihilating light shot forward.
Elfin Stone, still stunned, could only watch helplessly as the beam struck him head-on.
"RAAAARGH—!!"
He roared in agony as more than half of his health vanished in a single instant.