Chapter 454: Vampire Captain Derada, the White Jade Coffin, and the Beautiful Woman |
Chapter 454: Vampire Captain Derada, the White Jade Coffin, and the Beautiful Woman
"I heard our Master will advance to the Silver Rank tomorrow. I'm afraid we'll be in even more danger from now on."
On the castle walls of the Moon Shadow's Breath Underground Castle, two Blood Slaves on patrol were whispering to each other.
"That's right! We were among the most powerful at the Bronze Rank, but at the Silver Rank, we'll be the weakest." The other one quietly agreed.
"I just hope our Blood Clan's fearsome reputation can intimidate our enemies!"
"Hard to say. Other things might be manageable, but this time, by attacking the Wolf Clan's Bronze-tier seed members, our Master has thoroughly offended the Wolf Clan. I'm afraid as soon as she advances to the Silver Rank, the Wolf Clan will be itching to invade!"
The two of them whispered back and forth.
In another dimension, Yu Yuan had been following the two of them for a while, precisely to hear this kind of inside information.
After Yu Yuan finished constructing the subsidiary shelter,
Then, he entered the Shadow Dimension to infiltrate the castle and search for Xiao Xi.
His gaze swept over those Bronze-tier bats hanging upside down at the castle's edges.
"Zhi Zhi, open the Shadow Dimension."
A small opening appeared in the Shadow Dimension. Feeling a faint sense of danger rising in his heart, Yu Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"Just as I thought..."
Yu Yuan scanned the castle through the Shadow Dimension. Earlier, when he had approached this castle, he had sensed something was off.
That's why he had entered the Shadow Dimension.
Now his guess was confirmed. If he left the Shadow Dimension right now, it would definitely be very dangerous.
The main base of a Silver-tier player was indeed not that simple.
Yu Yuan guessed this might be some kind of precious item or creature specifically designed to counter effects like concealment or invisibility.
It could also be some kind of lethal trap.
For Moon Shadow's Breath, possessing such items was normal.
Remaining within the Shadow Dimension, Yu Yuan left the walls and entered the castle interior, observing its layout and structure.
Although this castle didn't look very large, its internal defensive facilities were numerous.
There were several close-in weapon systems on the walls alone.
Inside the castle, he saw various defensive facilities: anti-air, long-range strike, laser security systems.
Even the few towers around the castle gave Yu Yuan the feeling of being part of some large-scale combined defensive system.
Dangers lurked everywhere.
When he arrived near the castle's main tower, eight stone statues on the left and right sides caught Yu Yuan's attention.
There were four statues on each side.
Even though he was in the Shadow Dimension, he could sense something different about these statues.
"What are these..." Yu Yuan examined them carefully.
These statues seemed to be a combination of features from many animals.
Bat heads and wings, lion claws, goat horns, reptile scales... and so on.
These eight statues were either curled up, crouching, or stretching their bodies. Some had ferocious expressions, some had their tongues hanging out, some seemed to be in deep slumber.
They all held weapons in their hands: twin swords, giant axes, broadswords, long halberds...
Their postures were unrestrained and full of tension.
They didn't look like statues, but more like living monsters.
After examining all eight statues, a name surfaced in Yu Yuan's mind.
—Gargoyles.
"Should be them, right?"
Although Yu Yuan questioned it in his heart, he had actually already confirmed his guess.
Yu Yuan remembered clearly that earlier, this location hadn't shown any Bronze-tier creatures.
"Could it be that when they are dormant, they are statues, and only when activated do they become creatures?"
While making this guess in his mind, Yu Yuan was considering whether it was possible to silently take one away.
This kind of creature with a form-changing effect was absolutely worth researching.
But thinking of the purpose of his trip, he finally gave up.
He couldn't risk a big loss for a small gain.
Just as Yu Yuan was about to continue searching for Xiao Xi, the Blood Slaves on watch duty on the castle walls suddenly shouted.
Then the gazes of the other Blood Slaves also turned toward the city gate.
The drawbridge began to lower, and Yu Yuan also heard the sound of a vehicle convoy's engines.
As the city gate opened, a convoy as long as a dragon entered the castle.
Watching these behemoth-like vehicles enter the castle, Yu Yuan narrowed his eyes.
Behind these vehicles were Spiritual Creatures that had fallen unconscious.
These Spiritual Creatures were undoubtedly all huge.
There were 2-meter-long beetles, 3-meter-long earthworms.
In the vehicles further back, there were giant wolves over ten meters long and gorillas over thirty meters tall.
All these creatures were unconscious. As the convoy entered the castle, a section of ground in the castle square began to sink, revealing a downward passage entrance.
"Take these blood offerings to the brewing area, and be careful with them! These are either Bronze-tier peak or special species. The psychic energy in their blood is precious! Don't be careless."
A person wearing black and gold alloy armor jumped down from one of the vehicles, issuing commands.
Yu Yuan's gaze naturally fell on him.
A set of mechanical alloy armor, pitch black and deep, its mechanical lines perfectly conforming to the human body's curves.
It looked full of high-tech quality at a glance, its grade definitely not low.
This person landed on the ground, and the mechanical helmet on his head automatically retracted and folded away.
Revealing the person's appearance.
Dark brown hair, deathly pale skin, rosy lips. The color of his eyes emitted a faint red glow.
He turned his head to look at the convoy heading to the underground brewing area, revealing a faint smile.
The corners of his mouth revealed two sharp vampire fangs.
Yu Yuan wasn't far from this person, even quite close.
So he could see clearly.
"A vampire..."
Yu Yuan was very sure of his judgment.
This person was definitely not a Blood Slave, but a vampire.
He possessed a confidence and demeanor that Blood Slaves lacked.
This was the unique arrogance belonging only to vampires.
Previously, on Xiao Wu, Yu Yuan had also seen this kind of arrogance.
The vampire took a look and then turned to walk toward the main tower's entrance.
"A vampire, yet wearing a set of mechanical armor. Interesting."
Yu Yuan in the Shadow Dimension closely followed behind.
The vampire arrived at the main tower entrance. Three lasers began to scan him, and he moved his pupil close to the iris recognition system.
"Beep, identity verification successful! Welcome, Captain Derada!"
As the electronic voice sounded, the main tower doors slowly opened.
Derada walked forward. Yu Yuan followed behind him, observing the internal situation.
But in a blind spot from the door's line of sight, he spotted several devices that looked like launchers that had just retracted.
The defensive measures of this main tower were even stricter than he had imagined.
Not only that, even those two main tower doors seemed extraordinary to Yu Yuan.
Although he hadn't personally verified it, Yu Yuan had seen plenty of good things. The feeling these two doors gave him was that even anti-tank rockets might not be enough to penetrate them.
Following Derada, he walked quickly through the main tower.
Here, roughly every ten steps, a fully armed Blood Slave stood guard.
The equipment on these internal guards was even more sophisticated than what Yu Yuan had seen on the walls. Each wore a suit of armor adorned with mysterious patterns.
Yu Yuan moved close to one Blood Slave, taking pictures of the armor's style and the patterns on it.
Or rather, from the moment he entered this castle, he hadn't stopped taking pictures.
He recorded everything he found potentially useful.
After finishing the photos, he quickened his pace to continue following that vampire.
Soon, after passing through several more corridors,
Derada arrived at a hallway.
The number of internal guards in this hallway was as high as twenty. The moment Derada appeared, they all straightened up, chests out and heads high.
At the end of the hallway was a stone door.
A complex pattern was drawn in the center of the stone door.
It pulsed with a purple light with each breath.
Derada had just walked to the stone door, stood at attention, and was about to speak,
when the stone door slowly opened. A clear, cold woman's voice came from inside.
"Derada, come in."
Hearing this, Derada lowered his head slightly.
"Yes, great Lord of Moon Shadow." He then passed through the stone door.
By the time he passed through, the stone door had already closed again.
Yu Yuan stepped out from behind Derada, scanning this enormous stone chamber.
His eyes immediately fell upon that White Jade Coffin standing erect in the blood pool.
And...
the beautiful figure reclining within that White Jade Coffin...
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