525.Chapter 523 522 Vampire Race Thorn Branch Opens! [
Chapter 523 522.Vampire Race – Thorn Branch Opens! -[Monthly Votes Plus 410
In the fighting arena, five minutes after the start of the battle, amidst the power reinforcement of the flying black petals sprinkled by the Rose Knights and the super status boost given by Lady Tris, the Raider team that had already rehearsed their coordination four times in a smooth and unparalleled manner saw Lord Murphy’s bloodstain being cut down to 28% by them.
Everyone’s stance in this wave of combat was flowing smoothly, clearly having adapted to the pace of the high-intensity battle with Murphy, and the best part of it all was that the eye was almost in the decimation phase, but none of the 40 players were killed in action!
This meant that Lord Murphy simply couldn’t draw blood back through executions, and his midnight regeneration as a vampire simply couldn’t keep up with the rate of blood loss!
The whole scene is like from the rookie raiders group into the smooth rhythm of the “studio with the boss”, under the double gold reinforcement, even in the face of the blood-thirsty state of Lord Murphy, they have been in and out freely.
This battle is like the art of combat, so that the stands were attracted to the attention of the people, even the gold powerhouses feel that Murphy seems to be in danger.
“How about I close my hand a bit when I give the reinforcement later?”
Lady Shani sat beside Tris with a glass of red wine, although Tris was expressionless, Shani keenly observed that Tris’s hands had clenched into fists, obviously, the scarlet witch was worried that her precious Murphy would really be defeated by these foreigners.
So Archduke Thorn whispered, but Tris immediately shook her head and said:
“If you don’t want little Murphy to hate you, then follow the rules, this is a battle between him and the warriors he personally raised, a sacred challenge that can’t be interfered by any external factors.”
“Yes, Mrs. Shani, that’s the way it should be.”
On the other side, Rose Knight Palanor also whispered:
“You can’t just go by the seat of your pants and turn a wonderful battle into meaningless cheating in the name of thinking the best of others; I see the beauty of unity and wisdom and courage in this battle, and I can’t allow you to destroy it so wantonly either.”
“Hmph, you like it so much, you go down and fight it yourself.”
Shani seemed to have a strong opinion of Parano as she took a sip of her wine and spat:
“Sticking your power at the Silver rank and becoming the target of these humongous warriors’ challenges, I think they can push you to the brink with at most ten attempts.”
“Well, I think they need twenty or even thirty attempts.”
The Knight of the Rose, who would be wearing a black military uniform that set off his own handsomeness, propped his chin up with interest as he said:
“I have more means at my disposal than Murphy, and with a variety of techniques to use in conjunction with each other, I won’t let the cunning ones figure out my attack patterns so easily, and it’ll be hard for them to make a well-developed strategy against me.
But an event like this is really rewarding!
It can exercise teamwork and the courage to defy the enemy, perhaps I should promote such a sport amongst my commanders.
If these warriors can arrive at the Blood Alliance Knights’ headquarters in the future, I’m really interested in doing the ‘landlord’s favor’ .”
“Then let’s put it that way, Honorable Palanor.”
Consul Miriam, who was watching the battle from the second row, suddenly spoke up:
“According to the arrangement of the Administrative Office, in three months there will be a foreigner’s festival called ‘Valentine’s Day’, which is a day that celebrates love on their side of the world, and to have you, the continent’s legendary ‘Knight of True Love’, as the target of the limited time challenge It couldn’t be more perfect.
If you wish, we can set up an exclusive challenge route for you.
All you need to do is attend, and we will prepare the rewards for the challenge in advance.”
“Great!”
Paranor readily agreed.
He admired the flowing attacks of the warriors below, pondering in his mind what kind of response he would have taken if he had been the one to face such an offense.
He replied:
“If we were both alive at that time, I would have accepted their challenge! In the name of true love.”
“Immediately enter the third stage! Hold on!”
The moment Parano responded, Stick’s roar rang out from the arena below as Lord Murphy’s blood level was about to enter the 20% cutoff line.
Their coordination was still perfect, as Lord Murphy and Necessary Evil in the Blood Thirsty state cooperated with each other to try to cut into the healing group again, but this time, the two big healers protecting Lady Water and Belly were not only the three or five Doos, but also Brother Woo Meow, who was guesting as the third healer but was wielding the Legendary Sharp Axe, and his Bloodwood Treehugger.
It couldn’t cut it at all!
This was something Murphy also admitted.
He could forcefully kill Mrs. Water and Belly, but that would mean that he would have to endure the siege of this group of buff-loaded guys in a short period of time, and under several enhanced states, the hit rate of these guys had already caught up with his dodging skills, and the slightest mistake would result in him being hit and injured.
In the case that Murphy’s blood quantity was not dominant among the many bosses, this strategy of active exposure was undoubtedly fatal.
Therefore, Murphy gave up the tower to kill, once again called on Necessary Evil to return to avoid being banished again by Brother Rod’s targeted banishment, that is, in this second, he was hit by Che Che remotely with the Binding Spell, and in the slow action, he was hit in the center of the mouth by Brother Qu’s piercing sniper shot, and his blood bar swished and fell below 20%.
“Warriors of Transylvania! Advance under the protection of the Shadow of Thorns!”
Lady Shani on the stands rose up with a wine glass in her hand and let out a cry with the gentle voice of a human wife, as she threw down the wine glass in her hand, the power of the Golden Assassin covered out with an aura effect to contain the entire fighting arena.
Archduke Thorn’s Blessing of War is applied!
The attack speed of all those blessed is increased by 20%, the hit rate is revised to 100%, the bludgeon rate is increased dramatically, and they themselves are granted the [Shadow of Thorns]’s true anti-damage effect.
The imposition of the triple gold BUFF allowed the combat power of the 40 minor players to absolutely temporarily break through the silver rank at this moment, and they enjoyed that blessing from the powerful, feeling almost omnipotent under the expansion of their power.
The melee fighters surrounded them and slashed Lord Murphy’s blood bar to 15% in a single round of attacks, a scene that made the entire grandstand and the plaza seethe.
Such a strong attack! Such Oki’s power!
Once Lord Murphy was no longer able to break free, it was estimated that ten seconds or so would be enough to make him pineapple-pineapple-da!
“Swish!”
This wave of reinforcement didn’t trigger Murphy’s “Sublime Chop” full-screen attack, but the final Astral Retardation was applied widely for up to 6 seconds, causing all players in the entire field to fall into the dilemma of moving at 0 speed and moving forward in slow motion.
Murphy took the opportunity to flap his wings and flew into the air, his body was now covered with battle marks, because of the extensive use of Mannis’ power caused Murphy’s hair to turn into a strange white color at this moment.
“Crap! A three-stage transformation!”
The small player in the stands exclaimed in shock.
Obviously, Murphy’s change in appearance definitely seemed to them to be the pre-shake for a big move!
“Your growth has made me feel gratified, you have pushed me to the brink, and you have deserved the title of the Sword of Transylvania! You have already won. But I still wish to let you all truly experience the deadliest power that exists on this continent before you set foot on the battlefield of the Black Plague.”
Murphy’s gentle voice resounded on the field, and the interface of the players who were caught in slow motion pulsed with the “Governor’s Challenge Completed!” But the battle didn’t end.
They saw Lord Murphy put away his weapon and in a cool flick of his fingers transformed the pendant at his wrist into a strange metal staff.
In that instant, the six student parties in the crowd changed their faces!
They recognized that the staff in Murphy’s hand was the same as the one in the hand of the wandering “field boss”, and they could fully understand what dangerous “moves” this thing could trigger!
“Drink medicine! Prepare to use a spell! Hurry!”
Good Pigeon roared at the top of his lungs in the team frame:
“That thing is going to send us into the Astral Plane! Lord Murphy is going to use the power of the Summoner, prepare for impact!”
His reminder came at just the right time, and everyone did their best to grip the dueling wine at their belts, while in the next second, the moment Murphy raised his astral guide staff, the orientation was confirmed and the phase displacement opened!
“Swish.”
The aura of throbbing Star Realm psychic energy shimmered like the opening of a giant beast, and in the next instant it threw forty warriors with triple gold enhancement and flush, with a great deal of vigor, into the Star Realm.
Because Murphy was holding an astral guide staff as a “node”, when all the other “spiritual energy live broadcasts” in the square were cut off because of the dimensional collision, the viewpoint maintained by Miss Phoebus herself was not interrupted, but only blurred and unstable due to the energy interference. The view was only blurred and unstable due to the energy interference.
But all the viewers still saw the enemies that the warriors needed to face in the “third stage”.
Mannis, the Endless One, obviously gave face to the enemy, and it was lucky that it didn’t “shake” into the posture of a small snake, although it didn’t appear in the state of its most powerful Star Serpent, but at this moment, looking at its huge size, it knew that today, it was at least the state of a “World Serpent”. “The state of the world.
This guy was facing forty challengers in that chaotic time turbulence.
The most wonderful thing was that this guy actually took the trouble to mold a floating island in the astral world for the forty little ones to land on.
But even the most valiant and fearless among the players, Cat and Pomegranate Sister, were in a daze at this instant. They were all stupid, facing this “World Serpent” whose head alone was the size of a castle in front of them, it was useless even if they were able to fight.
“Crap! GM, don’t you guys care? Is this the kind of summon that a Black Iron BOSS should have?”
Che Che in the crowd exasperatedly jumped to his feet and cursed:
“I knew that this strange snake that ate me twice must be something, but I never expected ah, this guy is actually Lord Murphy’s summoned beast! Nima, is this the majesty of a mainline NPC?”
After Stick repeatedly confirmed that the Holy Blood Festival Event Mainline-Governor’s Challenge had been completed, he had no more worries, and although the fact that he hadn’t been able to personally defeat Lord Murphy was a bit disappointing, when he thought about it, as a Mainline NPC it would indeed be a bit unjustifiable if they were taken out by them at this stage.
So, this third stage is actually the plot to kill, to the small players to see a cool over-animation even if finished.
However, just as everyone was about to start swinging, a small line of prompts suddenly popped up on the individual player interface:
[World BOSS “The Endless” Manis has appeared! This scene is the ‘Governor’s Challenge – Reward Level’, when attacking Mannis in this level, you can obtain a copy of the ‘Blood Wyvern Clan’s War Journal’ for each hit.
It contains information on advanced sword techniques, advanced fist techniques, advanced psychic energy techniques, and advanced armament information.
The reward level lasts for three minutes, and closes when the countdown ends!
Current countdown: 2M59S]
“I am Mannis, and my name is the Endless One!”
Just as the players froze because they had been teleported to the Astral Realm, the Astral Realm Giant Serpent straightened its body, allowing the emerald seal on itself that had been imposed by Ao to also light up with a glow, making it seem as if it was enveloped in the majesty of time, with a pair of eyes that burned with the fires of time staring down at the small players below.
It chortled:
“In front of the majesty of endless time, why don’t you all kneel down?”
“Kneel nyah!”
The kind-eyed Giant Shark Bo reddened at the sight of the reward, jumping up and cursing before tilting his head back to drink the Decisive Wine, and in the scarlet flames of light produced by burning his life, the guy jumped up with a wailing sound as if he were a Super Saiyan transformed and slammed his fist at Mannis.
Caught off guard, the Endless One was hit in the nostrils by this punch.
However, because of its huge size, the giant shark’s punch not only failed to make Mannis feel it, but also caused the giant shark to “bounce” back with a wailing sound because of the collision.
But time did stand still at that moment.
The Endless One really did not think that these little guys actually dare to stomp on the face!
He himself was a powerful Star Realm Demigod, nigga are you foreign assholes crazy?
However, although the giant shark’s punch didn’t cause any damage, the “Effective Attack +1, War Journal +1” prompt was clearly displayed on the challengers’ player interface.
Now everyone in the small group of players revealed a hideous smile.
It was as if a serial killer had found a victim, and Che Che even laughed as he poured down the victory wine.
The “humiliation” of being eaten by Manis twice was transformed into a burning “fire of revenge”, although it was frustrating not being able to break the defense, but being able to hit the other side was a victory!
“If you don’t win, you die! Brothers, see you in the Hall of Spirits!”
Che Che wailed and activated the last spell on his body, and then pounced on the furious Infinity, like a crimson meteor, and behind him, thirty-nine “meteors” followed.
The battle ended in ten seconds without a doubt.
No matter how weak the Endless One was, it wasn’t something a bunch of black iron rookies could touch, it only used one time spit to wipe out everyone, but no one thought the players’ final struggle was meaningless.
Because their final effective attack stopped at a very subtle “41”, the last-ditch charm’s effects made that corrosive psychic counterattack impossible, though it didn’t do a single bit of damage to Mannis.
The Shark, who was upside down enough to get two effective attacks, got one, and the rest of them got one.
But it didn’t matter!
Everyone gets a bonus, and that’s enough.
In the eyes of the players, it’s just a “fix” by replacing the original victory animation with a bonus level for Mannis the Infinite.
It’s like switching from the uninspired opening of treasure chests to the somewhat more interesting victory settlement.
As for death
Meaningless.
If Lord Murphy was able to summon a summon of the rank of Mannis the Endless, that meant that even without the Endless’ appearance, the Governor-General was just as capable of destroying the small players in a group.
Instead, their last-minute performance once again shocked all the local viewers.
To the players, the attack on the World Boss was an attempt at best, but even Lady Shani was beginning to feel shocked by their “courage”, at least Lady Shani wouldn’t have had the guts to provoke and attack an Astral Demigod in that situation.
“I thought they were joking when they said they weren’t afraid of anything.”
Archduke Thorn looked at the forty arithmetic treasure beads that had been sent back to the material world as well as the psychic energy dog tags that had clanked and smashed to the ground, and she said in a daze to Tris, who had a smiling face beside her:
“These guys really aren’t afraid of anything, I reckon that even if a god himself arrives, these guys would dare to draw their swords.”
“Right, this is their most respectable quality, although it does seem too reckless to me.”
Tris returned, then got up to leave.
She had to rush to the common room to check on her little baby Murphy, and although the Governor was bracing himself for a “big advantage”, he was definitely hurt after being cut down to only 15% of his life value.
After Tris left, Mrs. Shani glanced at Paranor beside her amidst the heated murmurs from the stands, and she whispered:
“Earlier, Murphy had discussed with me about opening up a new faction of the Thorn Clan to these foreigners, saying that he wanted to let the foreigners experience the vampire culture other than the Blood Vulture Clan. I didn’t think it was necessary before, but after seeing the scene where these guys attacked the Endless, I suddenly realized that their existence might not be bad for us.”
“However, they only listen to Murphy, and the moment our orders conflict with Murphy’s will, they will become a destabilizing factor in our clan.”
The Rose Knight responded:
“I recognize that the truth about the foreigners is surprising, and I recognize that they can indeed carry any burden in any situation, but His Holiness Paing will not allow a second voice in his clan.”
“That’s because His Holiness hasn’t seen the value of these guys with his own eyes, and I have.”
Lady Shani narrowed her eyes as she made a decision and said:
“Although there’s a real risk of it getting out of hand, in the event that I don’t clash with Murphy, the power of these guys can still be used for me . I’ve decided! I’m going to give them a chance to serve the Thorn Clan!
Andre’s White Mountain faction happens to need some fresh blood as well.
I guess my heir who has been staying in Transylvania for a long time has been waiting for my order for a long time now.
Ah, a group of deadly assassins who wouldn’t even fear the gods, a group of raving lunatics who dare to open the final assassination by chanting the name of the ‘Hall of Valhalla’ in a desperate situation, I can’t help but think about the scenario where they become the deadliest sword of darkness in the hands of the Thorn Clan already.
The best part is that ‘ready-to-use, ready-to-throw’ beauty in them.
They don’t even take their own lives seriously, and they can be really too perfect for hurting others.”
(End of chapter)