Four-fifths of the progress bar was instantly increased. Combined with the existing progress, only the last one-ninth of the progress bar of the entire wisdom rune was left blank, and it was within easy reach.
Kaxiu was delighted, and once again confirmed that the essence of disaster had nothing to do with the source of darkness. He was now at least dozens of meters away from the powerful vampire, but he still obtained the essence of disaster after its death. This was even a range absorption.
The high-ranking vampire who was chasing them was dead, and Kashu saw the way he died. He had some guesses in his mind for a moment, but now was not the time to be distracted. Escaping from the ruins was the most important thing, and Kashu immediately rolled up a Rasengan on the steps.
Since he achieved the third blood acceleration, he has become more and more adept at controlling his strength. Kaxiu has also developed the skill of Blue Wind Airflow to a deeper level, making it more practical.
The white cyclone condensed in his hand, and the constantly rotating airflow rippled in the air like water waves. A flat condensed cyclone the size of an apple gradually appeared in Kaxiu's palm. Under the curious eyes of Duomeng beside him, he threw it out directly.
The spiral air mass drew an arc and exploded where the white beetles gathered. It instantly tore and killed many of them, and the airflow that suddenly spread out hindered the progress of a large group of white beetles.
Domonkashu therefore got a chance to catch his breath. He took three or two leaps and nimbly reached the entrance on the wall.
"Ahem..."
As soon as he stood at the entrance of the passage, Domon couldn't help but hold the wall with his hands. He kept coughing, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.
Obviously, his injuries were more serious than Kaxiu's.
After all, Kashu is one small realm higher than Domon, and he has also practiced hard qigong, so his physical defense ability is much stronger.
And this is exactly the state that Kaxiu wants to pursue in the future.
In fighting and danger, a body with strong defense can avoid a lot of damage and has the highest probability of survival.
Just now, the two were being chased by high-level vampires. Although Kaxiu was the main force, his injuries were much lighter than Domon's. If he hadn't killed the high-level vampire with the beetle, and the two continued to be chased, Domon would have died in the next wave of collision, while Kaxiu could have survived for at least two or three rounds.
Therefore, although he was in danger, he was already inclined to use the opportunity to improve the Wisdom Rune on the Stone Armor Technique. It just so happened that this hard Qigong had also reached its limit, and Kaxiu was looking forward to the scene after it broke through.
"Come with me, let's go out first."
Kaxiu patted Domon on the shoulder and immediately led the way to the depths of the passage. Because he had already passed through the trap when he came in, he had no problem getting out.
“Huff…Huff…Huff…”
In the passage, Domon breathed regularly. Kaxiu took a curious look and it seemed that it was not that Domon was about to collapse, but some secret technique similar to breathing method.
After a series of rapid breaths, it was obvious that Domon's complexion looked much better and his movements became stronger again.
Kaxiu couldn't help but feel a little envious.
The Three-Eyed Mad Lion School is indeed more profound than the Wind Elephant School.
There are many secret techniques that make Kaxiu jealous.
For example, the current skills like "Breathing and Locking Blood", and the Heart Eye Secret Technique that Kaxiu experienced personally when he was sparring with Domon at the beginning. These are all good things that can enhance the overall strength of a secret warrior. He decided that if he really reached a cooperation with the Crazy Lion School, he would at least get these useful secret techniques.
Dadada… Dadada…
A series of hurried footsteps were heard on the slope, and two tall figures passed by quickly. With a whoosh, they shot out of the cave.
“It’s finally out!”
Domon couldn't help but sigh.
Kaxiu was also relieved. The ruins were full of dangers and monotonous. He didn't know how many days he had stayed in there. Now he rushed out of the passage and breathed in the fresh air mixed with the fragrance of plants and trees, and he felt much better.
"You and I are both seriously injured, so let's go back to Jinghu City to recuperate. My uncle-master happens to be living in seclusion here, so we can talk in detail while recuperating." Duo Meng took a deep breath, and his originally pale face gradually turned rosy.
"Okay..." Kaxiu agreed. Although he was still a little short of the Wisdom Rune, he was not in a hurry. There were many dark creatures in the world, and he would probably be able to fill it up after killing a bunch of them.
Suddenly, the two of them raised their heads. As secret warriors at the inhuman level, their five senses were very sharp, and Kashu and Domon could vaguely hear the sound of bullets being fired from below.
There were also some roars and howls that did not sound like human.
Just as Kaxiu was about to speak, he immediately looked down at the hole in the tree, and seemed to hear a hissing sound of climbing.
Domon was a step late, but he also heard it. His face changed drastically, he glanced at Kaxiu and uttered a word.
"run."
The sky was like a huge, pure black curtain, without a single cloud floating on it, and the moon had disappeared from the sky.
At the edge, the tiny twinkling stars echo each other in the distance.
Under the starlight, beside a stream below a waterfall, many tall and slender black shadows were standing quietly on the ground.
They lowered their heads and placed their right hands on their left shoulders. Then they kept chanting scriptures in a very strange tone, as if they were singing an opera. The language they used was not any known language. For a moment, a strange and eerie atmosphere enveloped the surroundings.
“I’m not going to…”
Ancient scriptures echoed in the woods. The atmosphere was solemn as the black figures in cloaks spoke in a gradually fanatical tone.
Until one moment, the leading figure took off the hood of his cloak, revealing an old face with dense wrinkles piled up like the bark of an old tree. He raised his head and shouted, and everyone immediately took off their hats.
Revealing faces that were so pale that they were completely bloodless.
Their expressions were strange, and each face had more or less bat-like features, with white fangs protruding from their lips.
"Offering blood..."
The old man held an old black pottery jar in his hand and walked to each person. The person would then raise the knife he carried with him and cut his wrist, letting the blood drip into the pottery jar. Then the wound would heal quickly, and the old man would move on to the next person.
A few minutes later, the basketball-sized pottery jar was almost full. The old man carried the edge of the jar to the stream and poured blood continuously along an arc. The blood fell on the grass and was absorbed by the ground, and the soil suddenly bulged and rolled.
After a tremor, a huge gray-white platform rose up beside the stream. Looking down from above, it was a circular altar with rituals densely packed like a spider web.
There were a lot of blood grooves on the surface of the rock, and in the middle was a blood pool with a diameter of two meters. The shape was similar to the place where Kaxiu encountered a high-level vampire sleeping.
In the center of the blood pool, there was a stone pillar that reached the height of a person's chest. On it was a dark golden cup.
"The ceremony begins, present the sacrifice!"
The old man walked step by step towards the center of the gray-white altar.
Immediately, several vampires nearby brought over nine people with dull expressions and pulled them to the nine inner positions of the altar.
There were also vampires who walked up to the altar with ninety football-sized spherical flesh membranes and placed them in ninety positions in the outer circle.
There are grooves there to hold the meat balls in place. These meat balls are only a thin layer on the outside, like an animal's stomach. To put it more vividly, they are like balloons filled with water, but with blood inside. Those ninety humans were probably brutally murdered.
"July 1st... Moonless Night... Blood of Immortality..."
The old man looked deep, and then he held the pottery jar in his left hand and a knife in his right hand. He started from the first flesh mass on the outside, pierced it with the knife to let the blood inside flow out, and then dripped the blood of the vampires in the pottery jar into it. Suddenly, the blood spread in the groove of the ritual, reflecting a red spider web pattern.
Some of the blood overflowed and dripped continuously into the stream nearby, dyeing the flowing water red.
The old man began to chant in a low voice, and the tadpole-shaped black runes on the ground began to emit a faint red light and were lit up.
The ceremony began, and the eyes of the vampires below became heated.
In the distance, there seemed to be the sound of gunfire and roars approaching. The old man on the altar stopped chanting.
A figure quickly leaped over from the forest below.
"Report to the elder, it's that group of damn bastards, they have cooperated with humans. All the police officers from Jinghu City and Mingshan City Police Station have cooperated and are now rushing here. Our people deployed on the periphery are fighting fiercely with them..." The middle-aged man briefly described the situation and lowered his head waiting for the old man's response.
"What the hell! Those blue-eyed bastards actually dared to cause trouble during the blood ceremony that we hold once every ten years. They are so bold!"
A tall and strong man stood up and said, "Elder, I am willing to bring a few warriors to kill them all..."
The man had a cruel look on his face, his eyes full of bloodlust.
"Okay." The old man nodded in agreement and then began to chant again. He walked along the perimeter of the blood pool.
The man took a few steps back respectfully: "Follow me!"
Immediately, a group of vampires on the outskirts of the crowd took silent steps, and more than a dozen shadows quickly disappeared into the dense forest.
Below the creek, the battle had begun.
The three groups of people fought together, dozens of figures in black windbreakers holding crossbows and moving quickly through the forest. Opposite them were blood clans with bared fangs, their hands covered with corrosive energy, like a pair of red gloves.
Behind the two groups, more police officers in dark blue uniforms were continuously firing to assist the Mercury Hunters. Most of the police officers used pistols, but the special operations departments of the two police stations were equipped with some shotguns.
These guns kept firing at the vampires in the distance.
Bullets hit the vampires who moved as swiftly as ghosts, splashing blood, but they continued to fight as if nothing had happened. All the police officers were actually a little scared.
Behind a tree, Chief Kenneth took the lead, holding a black pistol in his hand and firing. Fortunately, although there was no moon that night, the light was still bright.
With the help of daylight and torches, the police officers had a high hit rate.
"ah!!!"
In the distance, a police officer in a blue uniform was thrown to the ground. He was ripped open by the vampires and died tragically.
One after another, several police officers were either seriously injured or killed.
The Mercury Hunters also suffered heavy casualties.
It looks like the vampires have the upper hand.
A black figure in a windbreaker suddenly appeared next to Director Kenneth, revealing a young and rebellious face.
"Director Kenneth, a lot of vampires on the other side have been injected with thorn mercury. We can start to break through the defense line!"
As the man in the windbreaker spoke, he nodded to the policewoman who was looking over. That policewoman was Cathy.
"Okay, we will cooperate with your actions!"
Kenneth nodded and then gave orders to the police officers.
Immediately, the sounds of gunfire and crossbows became fierce and dense. Many figures that were nimbly moving between the gaps were hit by bullets, wailing and rolling on the ground. Their healing abilities were greatly weakened by the thorny mercury, and blood flowed out of their wounds.
Mercury hunters and police officers began to press forward, firing barrages of bullets and arrows. Many ordinary elite vampires could not withstand such an attack and retreated step by step. More than a dozen bodies were left on the spot.
"It's a direct descendant of Alfama!"
Just when the blood clan's defense line was about to collapse, suddenly more than a dozen figures rushed over. With a roar, at least seven or eight people swelled and deformed in an instant. Their claws tore open the clothes on their bodies, revealing a black and red body covered with a layer of mane. These tall half-man, half-bat monsters rushed directly over.
The crossbow arrows coated with thorn mercury were used to kill some of the mercury hunters who were close to them. The bullets were fired at this side, and these monsters rolled to avoid them.
"We resisted the first attack and prevented these vampires in the state of blood gift from rushing into the crowd!" A gray-haired old man among the Mercury Hunters breathed a sigh of relief. This was already half the battle won. Cooperating with the police stations of the two nearby cities was the right thing to do.
Bullets have much greater penetration than crossbow arrows...
The old man couldn't help but wonder, should Mercury Hunter keep up with the times? Keep the traditional crossbow while using firearms.
Maybe try applying thorn mercury to the bullets...
"Will! Take some people and police officers to the other side of Rusa Falls! It's best to destroy their rituals. If the ritual of blood of immortality succeeds, the vampires in the entire northern part of the Federation will become more active and rampant!" The old man said to the young man next to him.
Will, who had just delivered a message to Chief Kenneth, immediately rushed over again. The last team of more than 30 people broke through the defense line and turned towards the waterfall.
Five minutes later, at the altar beside the stream.
The elder of the blood clan chanted the scriptures loudly, and slashed with the red hand knife. Suddenly, a headless corpse fell to the ground.
Blood splashed all over the surface of the altar.
The rituals and runes became brighter.
"arrive… "
“Here!”
“Stop them!”
Suddenly, a group of more than 30 people rushed out from the other side of the stream. A mixture of mercury hunters and police officers, they attacked the altar as soon as they met, with bullets and crossbows flying wildly.
“Damn it!”
"It's those blue-eyed bastards!"
"Kill them!"
Immediately, many direct descendants of Alfama transformed into huge half-human, half-bat monsters and rushed towards the other side of the stream.
The two sides immediately started fighting.
The remaining vampires stood guard beside the altar, alert for enemies coming from any direction, while the old man continued the ceremony.
The blood ritual can only be completed within a specific time period.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Upstream of the stream, two tall figures rushed over quickly, one with black hair and the other with blond hair. They looked anxious, as if they were worried about something behind them.
“Someone’s coming again!”
"Don't let them get close to the altar and disrupt the ceremony!"
"Kill them off in advance, Nathan, Yin Erdan, you two go!" The old man's eyes flickered as he planned everything steadily.
"Yes!" ×2
Immediately, two tall and strong figures guarding the altar took the order. They looked at each other and immediately ran towards the top of the stream. In order to make the battle quick, the two even activated the Blood Gift Transformation halfway.
A tall and strong black and red bat monster ran wildly across the grass, leaving behind shallow webbed feet marks.
One of the bat monsters roared bloodthirstily.
"Lowly human! Suffer..."
"die!"
The oncoming black-haired figure roared, and swung out his rock-white arm, as if he had turned into a terrifying python!
Peng!
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