Vampire Viscount, The Situation in the West

Outside the church in Jiuquan Town.

When Zhong Bai arrived, the Yang family servants guarding the church quickly came forward to greet him.

"Immortal Master, are you entering the church?"

One servant asked somewhat cautiously. They had all heard about Zhong Bai's methods when he moved the Yang family's ancestral graves a few days ago. Wielding lightning, such divine power—how could they not serve him carefully?

"This humble Taoist indeed needs to enter the church to investigate the situation. Your elder master already gave this humble Taoist management authority over this church a few days ago.

You know about this, don't you?"

Speaking of which, on the way down the mountain that day, Zhong Bai and Old Family Head Yang talked mostly about the church's management authority.

Old Family Head Yang trusted Zhong Bai. As the saying goes, each to his own expertise. He could only send people to guard the church and prevent others from entering.

But that only bought time; it couldn't solve the church's problems.

Entrusting it to Zhong Bai meant naturally letting Zhong Bai handle the situation within. Old Family Head Yang was eager for Zhong Bai to take over sooner, so he didn't object.

"Immortal Master, we understand! Please, Immortal Master!"

As the Yang family servants guarding the church led the way for Zhong Bai, the church doors, sealed for decades, swung open.

Standing outside the door, the two servants didn't follow him in, simply watching Zhong Bai step into the church alone...

Upon entering the church, the first thing that greeted him was the pervasive sense of decay, filled with dust and cobwebs. Then, Zhong Bai pushed open the tall doors of the main hall, used for blessings.

As the creaking sound of the doors opening resonated, just as they swung open, streams of malevolent energy in the hall poured out as if finding an outlet.

In the dimly lit hall, rows of seats were covered in accumulated dust. Even just standing in the hall, a bone-chilling cold assailed him.

Zhong Bai's internal qi and blood surged forth. In an instant, the yin and yang qi in the hall were neutralized.

Like any normal abandoned place, what Zhong Bai felt was tranquility.

Arriving before the church's statue, it naturally couldn't be an Eastern deity being worshipped there.

After a casual glance, Zhong Bai lost interest.

The immediate priority was to see if a Western vampire was truly hidden in the church's basement. If so, this trip would be a guaranteed profit!

Passing through the hall, a staircase led down to the basement.

Zhong Bai walked very slowly. Even a lion uses its full strength to fight a rabbit, let alone this vampire whose true power was unknown. Zhong Bai needed to be even more cautious.

After stepping into the basement, the surrounding light was exceptionally dim. Faintly, Zhong Bai saw a massive cross standing in the basement ahead.

Beneath the cross lay a coffin with a Western aesthetic.

As he approached, Zhong Bai could sense the danger lurking within the coffin.

"To suppress a vampire here with just a cross, these Western evil creatures are truly peculiar."

Shaking his head, Zhong Bai recalled his master mentioning vampires before.

Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron. A Vampire Baron was roughly equivalent to a cultivator below Qi Condensation fourth layer.

A Viscount was equivalent to a cultivator at or above Qi Condensation fourth layer. An Earl was comparable to peak Qi Condensation, while Duke and Marquis required a Foundation Establishment true person to deal with.

The vampire in the coffin before him was clearly not a Duke or Marquis.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easily suppressed here.

His mind relaxed for a moment, then he suddenly slammed a palm out. The cross, originally used to suppress the vampire, was sent flying to a distant spot.

Immediately afterward, a faint gasping sound came from within the coffin. Clearly, the vampire inside was reawakening.

But it didn't have much time left.

At that moment, Zhong Bai directly ripped open its coffin lid. In an instant, Zhong Bai and the vampire met gazes. In Zhong Bai's eyes was the excitement of soon gaining Exorcism Points, while in the vampire's eyes were fear and disbelief towards Zhong Bai.

"Exorcism Points, all that this humble Taoist needs will be provided by you!"

Without another word, Zhong Bai clenched his fist, not even bothering to use the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Art.

Relying only on his own ten thousand pounds of force, he brought down a devastating punch, like a meteor descending, bang bang bang!

With one punch, the coffin shattered, and the vampire crashed heavily to the ground. At this moment, Viscount Erland felt as if not a single bone in his body was intact.

He was puzzled, bewildered.

Why had he been peacefully suppressed here, only to inexplicably fall to this state now?

Looking at his caved-in chest, Viscount Erland was consumed by rage.

Staring directly at Zhong Bai, he angrily retorted in broken Chinese, "Damn Easterner! To ambush this noble thus, you will pay for your foolishness!"

Listening to Viscount Erland, Zhong Bai was clearly stunned.

He had thought this vampire was mute and wouldn't yield any useful information, so he had been preparing a killing blow to finish it off quickly.

But now... Heh heh!

Zhong Bai paused his movements, then looked down coldly at Viscount Erland.

"You demon, you even speak Chinese. That makes you somewhat useful."

Before Viscount Erland could speak, Zhong Bai grabbed Viscount Erland's neck, effortlessly lifting him up.

"I ask, you answer. If you cooperate well, you'll suffer less…"

With that, arcs of lightning surged from Zhong Bai's palm into Viscount Erland's neck, spreading down to his chest and face.

The sizzling, burning sensation from the lightning made Viscount Erland tremble uncontrollably.

The pain of being torn apart by lightning, alive, was something Erland wanted to say was even worse than holy water.

"No, no, no! Stop it!"

Erland tried to struggle free, but found his strength utterly insufficient.

He had been suppressed for decades, and without a supply of fresh blood, he couldn't unleash his true power. He could only watch helplessly as he was tortured to the brink of madness.

"I ask, you speak. There's no room for negotiation besides that!"

After adding another bolt of lightning, Viscount Erland, held by Zhong Bai, was limp as mud.

If looks could kill, he swore he would dismember the Easterner before him, but now, he could only compromise.

"Great Eastern mage, you ask, and Erland wouldn't dare not answer…"

Zhong Bai wasn't surprised by this vampire's sensibility. Knowing death was certain, why not suffer less if possible?

"I want to know how many of you Western Blood Race have truly come to the Nine Provinces of Huaxia."

Hearing this question, Erland, who had been timid and listless, suddenly perked up.

"To answer the mage, a total of over one hundred Blood Race warriors have come to the Nine Provinces of Huaxia.

The one who led us here is Duke Ger!

He said that a chaotic era is approaching in the Nine Provinces of Huaxia, and Huaxia mages are too preoccupied to deal with us. Once we arrived in Huaxia, we could freely devour blood.

Please spare my life, mage. Erland was suppressed here shortly after arriving in Huaxia and truly hasn't done anything excessive!"

Zhong Bai pondered the answer, and he saw no deception in Erland's eyes. What the other party had just said was likely true!

"Over a hundred Blood Race… led by a Duke. That's quite a number!"

After a slight shock, Zhong Bai continued to press him: "Besides yourself, do you know the locations of any other Blood Race?"

Hearing this, Erland felt a bit bitter. When he first arrived in the Nine Provinces of Huaxia, he thought he could act as he pleased, never expecting to be suppressed here by a Huaxia mage with a cross almost immediately upon arrival.

How could he know where his other Blood Race brethren were?

"This… this…"

Zhong Bai's expression darkened, and he quickly continued to ask, "Then do you have a way to summon other Blood Race to Jiuquan Town?"

"This… this…"

Seeing that the other party was completely clueless at this point, Zhong Bai knew there was no need to ask further.