Chapter 508: Limit Battle, [Omen of Frenzy], Counterattack |
A bloody head rose from the bottom of the Bloodline River.
That obscure aura hidden at the depths of the Bloodline River sensed the call of the [Bloodline Tracing Summoning Ritual].
It began to awaken...
And at the very moment that bloody head emerged.
Mona, standing within the Altar of Life, moved.
Her fingers lifted and gently tapped on the bloodline tributary, sending out several deep purple threads of light.
They darted among the powerful vampire auras, precisely locking onto the bloody head, wrapping around it.
Pulling it outward.
“Who?”
It was merely a soft inquiry.
Yet the few people observing outside the [Altar of Life] were struck by an unprecedented mental shock.
Yu Yuan’s brain felt as if it had been slammed. Even his mental resistance of nearly 300 couldn’t withstand the mental impact brought by that voice.
He couldn’t help staggering back two steps, nearly collapsing to the ground.
Vampire Hammond fared even worse. The moment he heard that voice, he fell to the ground, his body trembling like a sieve, shaking uncontrollably.
Miller, as Jiu Feng’s talent-based personality, shattered into fragments on the spot and vanished.
Jiu Feng spat out a mouthful of blood, leaning against the wall as he slowly slid down, his eyes filled with terror and shock.
This was a complete crushing of life level and status. Was this really a Silver-tier existence?
Just a faint murmur of its aura, and it was this terrifying.
They... seemed to have awakened some dreadful entity.
Unlike Yu Yuan and the others.
At the same time the voice sounded.
The blue crystal on the Altar of Life had already lit up, forming a barrier that enveloped the entire altar.
Under the mental impact of that obscure aura, ripples spread across this blue barrier, blocking the spiritual shock within the voice.
The blue crystal on the Altar of Life absorbed and converted the impact energy from the barrier, storing it as power.
It emitted a bright light.
A blue beam shot toward the obscure aura in the Bloodline River.
This was the altar’s protection effect of the [Altar of Life]: isolating spiritual prying and contamination. When subjected to mental shock, it would block the impact and reflect it.
Sizzle—
The blue beam struck the obscure aura, and Mona’s summoning speed instantly multiplied several times over.
In the blink of an eye, the bloody head had been completely pulled out from the Bloodline River.
While being hit by the shock, Yu Yuan had already charged toward the [Altar of Life].
The Loser’s Cube appeared in his hand, and he sucked the incapacitated Hammond and Jiu Feng inside.
Sure enough, he had just passed through that blue barrier and squeezed into the [Altar of Life]’s coverage.
“It hurts~”
The bloody head didn’t seem fully conscious yet.
But a mental shock, even stronger than before, surged from the blood-colored figure along with the voice.
It continuously battered the blue barrier enveloping the [Altar of Life].
The blue barrier shook violently like a lake surface constantly being pelted with stones.
That blue crystal on the deer-headed altar platform turned into a “laser emitter.”
It absorbed the mental shock energy, converting it into one blue beam after another.
At the enraged bloody head, it shot non-stop, “pew-pew-pew-pew-pew.”
Because of the blue beams’ attacks, the speed of the bloody head’s summoning increased further. Each time it was hit by a beam, a section of its body was pulled out.
In just one second, the chest of this blood-colored phantom was also dragged out from the Bloodline River.
But the other side’s consciousness began to awaken as well.
“What is... this?”
“Who is summoning me...”
A confused voice came from the blood-colored phantom, which only caused the beams shooting at it to become denser.
Watching this scene unfold on the Altar of Life.
Yu Yuan swallowed his saliva.
“This is huge. We caught a big catch!”
The thought flashed through his mind.
Psychic Ability—[Cured, But Still Drools!] was ready.
Prepared to step in at any moment.
But he noticed that the vampire Bloodline River seemed to have changed because of this blood-colored phantom.
The river began to churn violently. Clearly, their time was running out.
“Can’t rush. He has to be completely out of the Bloodline River first. We can do this. We definitely can.” Yu Yuan mentally encouraged himself.
He wanted to complete the summoning as quickly as possible.
Only by relying on the other side’s mental impact, continuously triggering the [Altar of Life]’s protection and rebound effect,
could they drag that blood-colored phantom out of the Bloodline River at maximum speed.
“Mona, we have to speed up! Complete the summoning before he fully wakes up.”
The other side’s mere instinctive reaction from deep sleep had already posed such a threat.
Yu Yuan didn’t even want to think about facing him after he was fully awake.
He could only place his hopes on [Canary’s Cage].
Mona’s body trembled continuously. Whatever Yu Yuan could think of, she naturally understood as well.
The blood-colored phantom had most of its body out of the Bloodline River. The timing was perfect.
“Rise!” Mona roared.
Eight nodes on the Altar of Life instantly produced eight deep purple chains, all of them lashing out at the blood-colored phantom, which had already exposed most of its body.
The runes on the ritual circle lit up one by one.
In an instant, the entire Altar of Life was bathed in brilliant purple light.
The blood-colored phantom was directly dragged out of the Bloodline River and pulled by the chains into the Altar of Life.
The summoning was instantly completed.
The moment the blood-colored phantom was yanked out of the Bloodline River.
The Bloodline River trembled violently, its waters flowing backward.
Both the real world and the Spiritual Dimension shook violently at the same time. Cracks appeared in the void itself.
At the source of the Bloodline River, a flash of golden light burst forth, accompanied by a furious roar:
“How dare you!”
“Crack—” The blue barrier on the Altar of Life trembled wildly, cracks spreading across it.
It looked like it was about to shatter.
Fortunately, the [Altar of Life] lived up to its reputation as a Rare Treasure building. At the critical moment, that blue crystal on the deer-headed altar platform emitted a beam far thicker than before.
It shot straight toward the source of the Bloodline River.
But just as it reached the source, it suddenly became locked in a stalemate before gradually dissipating.
Though the counterattack didn’t succeed, they had at least survived this round of shock.
However, at the same time the blood-colored phantom broke free from the Bloodline River.
Yu Yuan activated [Celestial Phenomenon - Omen of Frenzy] and released it toward the blood-colored phantom.
“Twang—”
A golden thread snapped off the blood-colored phantom, retreating toward the source of the Bloodline River.
The blood-colored phantom’s body became semi-transparent. All its connections to the outside world were severed, and all traces were disrupted and cleansed.
[Celestial Phenomenon - Omen of Frenzy] transformed into a black [Frenzy] mark that chased after it, latching onto that golden thread.
Yu Yuan didn’t back down either. He had figured it out by now: the identity of this blood-colored phantom was definitely no simple matter.
Because that golden thread connected directly to the source of the Bloodline River.
That was the domain of Gold-tier beings.
Whether it would have any effect or not, he aimed at that golden thread and rapidly unleashed his psychic ability—[Psych Ward Patient Chat Group].
—[Condition: Schizophrenia]
—[Condition: Mood Disorder]
—[Condition: Anxiety Disorder]
Three consecutive psychic abilities, launched after the first but arriving before it, latched onto that golden thread.
Mona was doing the same thing.
Mona and Yu Yuan shared two points of [Passion], and their minds were somewhat linked.
While severing the golden thread on the blood-colored phantom, she simultaneously cut the connection between the [Bloodline Tracing Summoning Ritual] and the Spiritual Dimension.
The [Dark High Priestess] talent even directly twisted the trajectory routes within the Spiritual Dimension, disrupting the spiritual trails and erasing all traces of the Altar of Life.
A blood-red light also rose from the [Bloodline Tracing Summoning Ritual]—that was the contractual light of “cost transfer.”
It, too, latched onto that golden thread, finally disappearing into the source region of the Bloodline River.
But just then, a mechanical prompt sounded in Yu Yuan’s ear.
[Ding... The title ‘Devout Believer’ has triggered the ‘Faith Infiltration’ effect in the ritual...]