Chapter 462: Silver-tier Alchemist, Canary's Cage, Capture |
In the underground area of Moon Shadow's Breath Castle.
The underground area was divided into five sections: the Blood Offering Zone, the Containment Zone, the Equipment Zone, the Conversion Zone, and the Blood Brew Zone.
The most central of these was naturally the Blood Brew Zone.
The Blood Brew Zone was not only responsible for the food supply of all Blood Slaves and vampires.
Its most important task was also to shoulder the heavy responsibility of providing sufficient Blood Energy for Moon Shadow's Breath.
The reason why the blood pool in the center of the stone chamber where Moon Shadow's Breath resided always had sufficient Blood Energy generated.
The core lay in the Blood Brew Zone.
To produce Blood Brew, the blood of Bronze-tier creatures filled with Spiritual Energy was an essential raw material.
And during the transportation of this creature blood and the Blood Brew production process, it was inevitable that Spiritual Energy would be lost.
It could be said that the Blood Brew Zone was directly related to the foundation of Moon Shadow's Breath.
Precisely because of this, such an important location was always guarded by a Silver-tier creature year-round.
At this moment, the Royal Alchemist—Hammond—was carefully observing the Blood Brew vat in front of him.
The Blood Brew vat was a huge hexagonal crystal glass container, one meter in diameter and three meters high, with bright red blood churning inside.
During the churning, the impurities in the blood were gradually removed, and the Spiritual Energy underwent a deeper reaction with the blood.
Finally, it became a Blood Brew rich in pure energy.
The finished Blood Brew was the food for the vampires and the high-ranking Blood Slave Guard.
The high-grade Blood Brew was a special supply item for Moon Shadow's Breath.
As for those ordinary Blood Slave Guards, they could only consume the residue left over from the Blood Brew production.
Strict class distinctions, a rigid hierarchy.
In the Blood Brew Zone, there were a total of 40 such Blood Brew vats. It wasn't that production capacity couldn't be expanded.
But rather, the number of Blood Offerings, that is, those Bronze-tier creatures, could only sustain the operation of this many Blood Brew vats.
At this moment, Hammond nodded with satisfaction.
"Mm! The quality of this batch of Blood Brew is good, the energy in the blood is very high!"
Behind him, a vampire also nodded.
"All of this is thanks to Lord Hammond. Only with your alchemy could you improve the quality of our Blood Brew by fifty percent. Before you came, we produced very little high-grade Blood Brew.
But ever since your alchemical construction, the production of high-grade Blood Brew has become the norm. Now we have even researched the ultimate-grade Blood Brew. Your contribution is immense!"
Listening to the flattery of the vampire behind him, a slight smile curled at the corner of Hammond's mouth.
He naturally knew the other party's goal—it was to learn the alchemy he had mastered.
But, how could he possibly teach such a technique to others?
Hammond sneered inwardly.
He had previously, in order to obtain immortality, exchanged a vow of one hundred years of loyalty for the qualification of being Embraced by Moon Shadow's Breath.
Now he had become a member of the Blood Clan, possessing an endless lifespan.
With just this skill in alchemy, he already had enough capital.
However...
Hammond frowned imperceptibly.
"The influence of the Blood Clan's upper Elder over their lower Descendant is truly too strong. Moon Shadow's Breath... no, my Elder had her own ulterior motives when she agreed to the Embrace back then."
The moment he had this thought, his bloodline began to suppress him.
Hammond couldn't help but feel irritated.
His gaze fell on the blood vat in the center of the vat area, looking at the Blood Brew emitting a faint golden fluorescence inside. His heart stirred slightly.
"I've already stockpiled a good amount of high-grade Blood Brew. Once the ultimate-grade Blood Brew is finished brewing, it should help me improve my strength even more!"
Just as he was thinking this.
Suddenly—
Vroom—Sss—
An unusually harsh roar came from afar.
Hammond immediately recognized the direction—it was the Containment Zone.
That was... the sound of a Gatling machine gun!
As one of the three Silver-tier powerhouses in the castle, Hammond was naturally no stranger to combat.
But how could a Gatling machine gun appear here?
His mind immediately recalled the matter reported by the Blood Slave just a moment ago.
Someone had infiltrated the castle and stolen the Lord of Moon Shadow's personal treasury and coffin.
"No... it can't be!"
"Damn it, this is trouble!"
Hammond immediately realized something was wrong.
The entire underground area was his responsibility to guard.
For that very reason, even when such a big incident happened upstairs.
He had still remained here.
But the enemy had already infiltrated the underground area and had even begun attacking.
"He absolutely cannot allow this."
The next moment, a blood-colored energy steamed up around Hammond, and he poured a vial of potion into his mouth.
The blood-colored energy on his body instantly transformed into a silver-gold hue.
And then, in the blink of an eye, Hammond's figure had already vanished.
"The Blood Brew Zone is on maximum alert." Only a hurried voice was left hanging in the air.
"Yes!"
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The Gatling's 1500 rounds were spent, and all the creatures within the entire Containment Zone were already dead.
Occasionally, a wisp of black electric current would burst from the corpses. The ground was littered with severed limbs and broken bodies, and blood flowed everywhere.
These Bronze-tier creatures simply could not withstand the attack of the 'Grim Reaper'; they died at the slightest touch.
Yu Yuan watched as wisps of pure, escaping Spirituality were absorbed by the Positioning Watch.
The Spirituality collection progress bar was also growing rapidly.
Soon, one [Spirit Crystal] was successfully condensed.
Then came the second, the third...
Yu Yuan gave it a casual glance and stopped paying attention, his focus entirely on that Silver-tier creature.
On the Combat Detector.
That dark red dot moved.
He placed the Gatling machine gun in his hand back onto Taotao Hole.
He himself had already arrived behind the second ['Grim Reaper' Gatling Multi-barrel Machine Gun].
The Shadow Hand again fixed the functional gun body.
The motor began to rotate slowly.
The moment that Silver-tier creature appeared in the Containment Zone.
"Vroom—Sss—" The high-frequency cutting sound sounded once more.
A black bullet storm swept in, unleashing full firepower.
But these bullets stopped a meter in front of the other party.
A shield tinged with blood energy over a silver-gold base blocked the barrage, unable to advance an inch.
Yu Yuan had anticipated this; he had never underestimated a Silver-tier creature.
Therefore, at the same moment the other party appeared, two Psychic Abilities had already been unleashed.
—[Diagnosis: Amnesia]
—[Diagnosis: Epilepsy]
The attacks, which ignored mental resistance, instantly stalled the energy Hammond had already gathered.
At that moment, his mind went blank, and his thoughts became a complete void.
Immediately after, his muscles throughout his body stiffened, tightened, and began twitching and convulsing.
He fell stiffly to the ground.
His mouth was crooked, his eyes slanted, he was foaming at the mouth, and his tongue was sticking out.
His hands even unconsciously made a 'six' with the left and a 'seven' with the right.
Everything happened so suddenly.
The energy shield, having lost control, was no match for the Gatling machine gun.
Under the effects of Armor-Piercing, Shatter, and Black Lightning, the shield shattered on the spot.
And at this moment, the Gatling's roar stopped once more, with the final string of bullets hitting Hammond's body. Unfortunately, the robe he was wearing also emitted a faint glow, completely resisting all those bullets.
But even so, Hammond still spat out two mouthfuls of blood.
Yu Yuan placed the second Gatling machine gun onto Taotao Hole, and he himself had already [Shadow Stride]d to Hammond's side.
On the Combat Detector, the two other Silver-tier light dots were rapidly approaching this location.
Xiao Xi and the Human-Faced Spider had already sensed the situation here.
Time was tight.
Hammond's strength was clearly even weaker than the Wendigo, and the Epilepsy symptoms were still functioning stably.
A golden light appeared before Yu Yuan.
[Canary's Cage] suddenly enlarged, and Yu Yuan kicked Hammond squarely in the lower back, causing him to fall into the cage.
Several golden chains wrapped and bound him, like a caged canary.
The cage door closed, and [Canary's Cage] rapidly shrank before being put away into the Rabbit Ring again.
"Hmph—an unexpected windfall!" A lingering voice sounded in the air.
But Yu Yuan had already vanished from the spot.
Bang—
A beam of black-red light pierced through the ceiling of the underground area, blasting the very spot Yu Yuan had been standing on a moment before.
A frenzied and enraged voice came from above.
"You—are—looking—for—death!"