OBS Chapter 3481 Vampire "Secret Technique"
Chapter 3481 Vampire "Secret Technique"
Chapter 3481 Vampire "Secret Technique"
Neither Shade nor Miss Novares went near the door again. After exchanging a glance, Shade pointed to the right hand that was still thrashing about on the floor:
"Moonlight rays!"
A silver ray infused with the power of moonfire struck the palm of the right hand directly, and the hand was then incinerated into ashes in the silver flames.
The two backed away together, their eyes still fixed on the crack in the door to room 0397. Only when darkness completely enveloped it and they were back at the top of the stairs did they breathe a sigh of relief.
The two were talking as they stood on the upward-reaching stairs:
"The other party has the ability to create illusions and extend arms. Although the true form is unknown, I can already imagine a white sphere made up of a hundred slender arms."
Vampire girls have vivid imaginations:
"When we explored the third floor before, we only recorded two rooms with supplies. We didn't expect to encounter something like this this time. So, should we continue?"
"Of course. Room 0397 we just saw is on the left side of the stairwell, so it doesn't affect our exploration."
Without resting, they continued walking to the right. By this time, the flame of the lantern they had lit on the first floor had become weak, and without Shad's prompting, Miss Noiret lit another match. Combined with the candle Shad had been holding, they were still both holding lanterns.
They didn't recognize the first two doors that appeared on the right side of the staircase. Then, on their right, they saw a dirty oil painting with a grassland background. They still didn't recognize the two doors that continued forward. But as they passed by, they heard a knocking sound coming from inside the door on their left.
Shade and Miss Novare watched the door for a while, and when they were sure that the other party had no intention of opening it, they continued walking forward.
"0321, oh, my luck has arrived."
The red-haired girl with the lantern suddenly spoke, then opened the next door on the right. Seeing her walk straight in, Shad glanced at the golden light continuing to extend into the depths of the corridor, then followed behind her, making sure to close the door behind him.
This room was slightly smaller than the one on the tenth floor, and it didn't have a fireplace. There was a dining table by the window, and Miss Novares went straight over to it. After lifting the broken dishes on the table, she found two half-rotten apples and seven matches.
Despite having received a large amount of supplies from Shad, she still put the two apples away.
She divided the seven matches into three groups:
“You take two, I'll take two. These are ours, don’t be surprised. Ms. Gerd and Joanna definitely have their own stash of matches as well, it’s an open secret, after all, we all have other purposes. The remaining three, along with the matches from the corpse, are confiscated. Go back and say this is the spoils.”
Hearing her say that, Shad put the matches away as well. Miss Novare then went to search the other cupboard, while Shad stood by the window and glanced out. The rolling hills in the darkness weren't particularly interesting scenery, so it seemed that this time adventure wouldn't involve anything outside this building.
There are many places in this room where you can find supplies, not only food, water and matches, but also, in rare cases, some special materials, ancient alchemical tools, or even books or notes left by predecessors.
Miss Novare already knew where the supplies might be in the room, so Shad helped search. After confirming that most of the usable items had been packed up and taken away, the door reopened, and they continued their journey.
After passing through six doors in total, the vampire girl whispered a reminder:
“Normally, our exploration of each floor only goes as far as this ‘depth’. After all, we need to push open another door and staircase to find one nearby, but whether there are safe rooms further ahead is anyone’s guess.”
But the golden light continued to guide them forward, forcing them to keep going. Fortunately, after passing through four more doors, the light drifted toward the keyhole of the door on the right, which bore a gilded plaque reading "0300".
Shad reached for the doorknob and tried it; the door was indeed locked. He then inserted the key into the lock, but before he could turn it—
pat~
The sound of footsteps, like shoes covered in mud, appeared less than two meters to their right. When Miss Noire shone her oil lamp, she only saw a black tentacle disappearing into the darkness.
Xia De did not continue to open the door. He was certain that there was an elevator behind the door, but he could not guess whether there was a "surprise" inside the elevator.
As she pulled out her key and tried to turn around, the sound of footsteps clattered again. This time, the owner of the footsteps exposed himself to the firelight, and Miss Noiree saw him first, her eyes widening in shock.
After instinctively feeling the pain in his eyes, Xia De immediately closed them, but his eyes still felt unbearably swollen. He was certain that he had just seen the other person's face, but now that he had his eyes closed, he couldn't remember what the other person looked like at all, only that the other person had the number "0352" on their head.
The door number corresponds to a number located four doors away from them.
Simply closing his eyes wasn't enough. Shad stopped looking at the other person, but their gaze remained fixed on them. The thing's gaze itself was power. Because Shad was standing behind the vampire girl, most of his body was blocked by her, but when the monster's gaze touched him, he still felt pain and even felt a part of his body disappear.
"This power of vision should only be activated at close range, otherwise it won't get close."
Thinking this, Xia De aimed his sword at the direction from which the gaze was coming from. But his sword missed its mark. Instead, when [Dawn Breaker] made contact with that gaze, Xia De felt his blade touch some kind of solid entity, and his longsword was directly knocked away by the "gaze".
"What exactly is this thing? Does it have a demonic eye?"
He could fight blindfolded, but in such a rush, he couldn't even discern his opponent's shape, putting him at a disadvantage from the start. Moreover, the destructive power of his opponent's gaze was simply too strong; he could hardly even imagine Miss Noire's condition at this moment.
There was no time for him to test the waters or seek a solution. Although Dawn was repelled by the other party's gaze, Shad knew the direction from which the gaze came at that moment.
Then the name of a magical spell immediately popped into his mind, and by the time the name appeared, he had already completed the casting:
"Mystic Lock - Crystal Light!"
He did not forcibly activate the lock to freeze time and space, but rather performed a normal spell, summoning the mirror that could allow the person looking into it to let go of their obsessions and gain new power.
This was also the second chance given to Xia De by the god of the Strange Tree Academy.
The enemy's strange gaze can easily damage any mirror, and it is almost impossible to defeat the opponent by relying on reflection. However, the crystal of "Crystal Light" is an eternal existence that cannot be erased even by time.
After the mirror took shape, Shad held it up to the source of his gaze. Then he felt a tremendous force transmitted through the mirror to his body, making him feel as if he had been hit head-on by a giant dragon rushing towards him.
With a thud, my back slammed against the door behind me, but at the same time, a sharp scream came from the direction of the enemy.
The pain from the tangible vision vanished instantly. Shad opened his eyes and touched the left side of his body, where he indeed felt the wound and blood.
The mirror vanished from his hand, and the nearly extinguished candle was relit. At the enemy's location, a gigantic eyeball with dozens of black tentacles lay sprawled on the floor, thrashing about like a fish in a frying pan. The eyeball looked as if it had been cleaved in two by a sword, and pus oozed from the wound.
"An eye demon? No, it just looks like an eye demon. What the hell is this thing?"
Shad glanced at the other person before rushing to check on Miss Novare, who had collapsed to the ground.
Her right side was almost a pile of minced meat, while her left side was covered in a dense network of wounds. Although her eyeballs had burst open, they had been restored almost immediately, and she had not yet fainted.
Knowing that she had shielded him from most of the attacks, Xia De reached out his hand:
"Drink my blood to recover."
But he was shoved away by the red-haired vampire girl:
“I absolutely will not drink the blood of anyone I can call a friend; that’s my principle. Without that principle, I wouldn’t have made it to the twelfth rank. Help me to that monster; I need to recover.”
Shad strongly suspected that the bewitching creature didn't have any blood at all, but he still helped Miss Novare to the side of the evil thing and then used [Dawnbreak] to slash its eyeball again.
The evil creature, lacking vocal organs, howled again, but Miss Novare could no longer wait.
Shad thought she would open her mouth and bite the tentacles that at least looked like they would bleed, but to his surprise, she stretched out her right arm, and then bit the evil creature's eyeball with her open right palm.
"This"
She didn't possess the "Pus of Man" that Ivan Darkness had attached to her, nor did she have the unique "talent" of Audrey or Megan. Shad didn't sense the presence of any other souls; he only noticed the change in Miss Novare's right arm the instant the nature of the spirit surging within her shifted.
It's a hard feeling to describe. If you close your eyes, Shad won't think there's a witch standing next to him, but rather a powerful evil spirit looking at him.
There's definitely something wrong with her ability.
The red-haired girl's right hand was biting the "Eye Demon's" eyeball with her mouth. As her arm swallowed it like a throat, the evil creature's body gradually withered away.
However, Miss Noire didn't "eat" too much, and immediately withdrew her arm after her body recovered quickly. Although her long dress was now stained blood red, her body had returned to normal, and even her eyes possessed a kind of terrifying power.
Bright eyes looked at Shad, who was carrying a sword:
"Is this a secret technique of our vampire race that we can keep hidden?"