If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them

Lilith's confidence stems from her exceptionally strong abilities.

High-tier Vampire have long lifespans, which has allowed her to witness all sorts of people with amazing talents.

In her mind, even if the Lord of Black Dragon City, Rein, was powerful, there should be a limit to his abilities.

There are restrictions on the Fifth-tier Extraordinary in the Ice Ridge Wasteland, but very few people have actually reached those restrictions.

Lilith is one of the beings in this world who has reached the ceiling of combat power.

When you truly reach that level, many things become interconnected.

Although she has never fought against Master Cavo, who is hailed as the "top of the Ten Great Legends".

But she was also confident that, under this law, she might not be able to defeat Cavo, who was proficient in high-level Space Spell, but she certainly wouldn't lose.

If it really comes to a fight to the death, the final outcome will most likely be that neither side can gain the upper hand.

This is also why this vampire dared to show up alone in Black Dragon City.

She was confident; she wanted to leave, and no one on the Ice Ridge Wasteland could stop her.

Although Rein's Monstrous Strength and the [Condense Qi into Gang] secret technique caused Lilith to suffer a slight loss in the first encounter.

However, once she entered her demonic state, the situation changed.

Rein enjoys Melee Extraordinary beings, and Lilith, being a vampire, is no different.

This vampire also wanted to test Rein's strength. After transforming into a blue-faced, fanged vampire, he adopted a fierce attack stance.

The two sides exchanged blows, making for a very lively fight.

The Melee Extraordinary is highly entertaining, with every punch landing with a visceral impact.

Fifth-tier Transcendent can easily split mountains and crack rocks. Their battle is like a series of explosive explosions used to mine stone, creating an exceptionally intense commotion.

The two figures moved so fast throughout the quarry that they left only afterimages. Neither seemed to be tired or injured. They were blasted away again and again, crashing into the rocks and the ground, creating huge dents, before getting up again to fight once more.

The superhuman regenerative abilities of top-tier vampires allow Lilith to recover from injuries instantly, while Rein's [Divine Healing Technique] grants him near- Immortal Body.

This level of physical damage would only deplete some of their battle qi for both sides, and wouldn't cause any major harm.

In this battle, neither side held back.

Gradually, as time went by, Lilith also figured out Rein's strength.

"How can his martial arts proficiency be so high? Even the most talented fighting genius wouldn't reach this level without decades of hard training. But the intelligence said this guy is very young."

"His strength is just too outrageous. This guy actually knows the [Great Strength God Sequence] passed down by Canossa of the 'Black Gold Merchant Guild', and he's cultivated it to such an exaggerated level. But in terms of strength, I haven't seen anyone stronger than him in over a thousand years."

"And what kind of Extraordinary Sequence did this guy follow to possess such strong healing abilities?"

"Isn't the secret method of the Oma Royal Family for condensing battle qi supposed to reduce the amount of battle qi? Why is his battle qi still so abundant? With this layer of battle qi protecting him, it's impossible to harm him before it's completely depleted."

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A series of questions arose in Lilith's mind.

She simply couldn't understand why she could see so many amazing qualities in the same person.

Regardless of fighting spirit, martial arts skills, or Cultivation Method.

Rein is proficient in everything and knowledgeable in everything.

This is beyond what can be measured by ordinary "genius".

This was a monstrous talent that Lilith had never seen in her more than a thousand years of life.

She immediately realized, upon contacting the "Number One Martial Arts Tournament" being held in Black Dragon City today, that Rein's current combat strength was probably due to the inheritance of some extraordinary "Seventy-Two Divine Generals".

However, inheriting Transcendent skills is one thing, but being able to cultivate to this level is another.

This probing caused a sudden surge of intense sense of crisis within Lilith.

In her eyes, Rein, like this suddenly appearing "Black Dragon City," made her feel an overwhelming pressure.

Both are "young" and both have boundless potential.

It is foreseeable that if left to develop in this way, the Ice Ridge Wasteland will never again have the two great empires of Sid and Omar.

In the end, only the Black Dragon Empire remained!

The two fought for dozens of rounds, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Lilith suddenly stopped during a lull in the fighting.

She looked at the equally unbreathing Rein in the distance, squinted and smiled, "Hehehe, Lord Rein's combat strength is truly astonishing. With your current strength, you are probably no less than any of the 'Ten Great Legends'."

She paused, then her face lit up with a seductive smile, tinged with a hint of coquettishness, and she said, "Sister, I'm really growing to like you more and more."

That's not untrue. In all her years, this Blood Ancestor had never met a man who interested her so much.

"Oh"

Rein raised an eyebrow as he listened, but didn't take it seriously.

He looked at Lilith and said calmly, "Miss Lilith, the warm-up is over. I think you need to get serious. Otherwise, the promise you just made might have to come true."

"Oh, you haven't gone all out yet?"

A sharp glint flashed in Lilith's crystal eyes, and her brows furrowed in a mixture of disbelief and doubt.

Her intuition told her that Rein's combat power was already "off the charts".

Judging from his tone, he's not serious yet?

How could that be!

At such a young age, he already possesses legendary combat power; how can he still preserve his strength?

But another voice inside her told her that what Rein said was true.

Although the two hadn't known each other for long, Lilith's reason told Lilith that the man was serious.

"I also felt it was about time to end this."

Her eyes flickered, a dangerous glint in them, and she said with a playful tone, "In that case, let me test whether our Lord Rein is truly capable."

As she spoke, Lilith's lower body suddenly split apart, like a torn black cloth, turning into pieces of black bats the size of a palm.

Rein didn't use her full strength, but so did she.

For high-ranking vampires, "Bat Transformation" is their strongest state.

This is also the most important reason why Lilith is confident that no matter what methods Rein uses, she can win.

Because "Bat Transformation" is almost completely effective against physical attacks.

With this ability, he is already undefeated against the fighter Rein!

"Perfect!"

Rein's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at Lilith Bat Transformation not far away.

He felt he hadn't had enough fun yet.

Without further ado, the two transformed into two afterimages and rushed toward each other at high speed!

Rein raised his hand and threw another punch, which landed squarely on Lilith's lower abdomen.

This time, however, his fist passed right through her abdomen without any resistance.

"So this is the 'Bat Transformation' ability of high-ranking vampires."

Rein wasn't surprised at all, muttering to himself, "It's not that it has no physical form at all, but rather that it's fragmented at the physical level, making it immune to most damage. It's not like 'Elemental Body,' which provides 100% physical damage immunity."

This was already known in the intelligence.

Just experiencing it for myself was quite amazing.

Rein felt as if his hand had pierced through a thin sheet of paper and then hit nothing but air.

Then, his entire body seemed to pass through the reflection in the water, directly breaking through the graceful body composed of a cluster of black bats.

But in the next instant, the killing intent arrived.

Rein clearly felt the Dark Battle Qi pressing down on him from behind.

How could that Blood Ancestor let such a good opportunity pass by? Naturally, he launched a counterattack immediately.

After transforming, Lilith's attacks were indeed several times more powerful than before.

The demonic claw, imbued with the laws of darkness, ripped into Rein's back.

The vampire's "Bat Transformation" ability is indeed very effective against combat-type Transcendent.

You can't hurt the other person, but they can easily hurt you.

Even a fifth-tier Transcendent would be severely injured by this attack.

In that instant, Rein sensed the murderous intent behind him, but he was not alarmed at all.

His eyes were misty, and information about vampires echoed in his mind.

"While the 'Bat Transformation' grants you immunity to attacks, you still need to materialize your attack when you actually attack."

Rein murmured to himself, and then his whole body burst into lightning!

The next instant, Lilith's previously relaxed expression, which had been one of absolute certainty, suddenly froze, and she cried out in her heart, "How is this possible!"

Reality didn't give her any time to think; she simply reached out with her claw, and it passed right through her like trying to catch the moon's reflection in water.

"A phantom! How could it be a phantom!"

Lilith never expected that someone could dodge her attack at this distance.

Just a moment before, she was certain that she had locked onto Rein's presence.

But the moment the claw strikes, the locked-on aura turns "empty"!

And that familiar figure had already appeared behind them.

"What kind of Movement Technique is this? It looks like my vampire clan's 'Instantaneous Movement Technique'!"

Lilith, after all, was one of the "Ten Great Legends" who had been famous for hundreds of years. After a moment of surprise, she immediately sensed something. "Such a strong Thunder Element Fluctuation. Wait, no! It's the 'Thunder Law'!"

"How is this possible! Wasn't he just condensing a 'Power Law'? How could he be manipulating the surrounding lightning elements?!"

At that moment, even the well-informed Blood Ancestor showed an expression of disbelief.

She was absolutely certain that such a large-scale mobilization of elements was definitely a sign of "condensing the law".

However, she had already determined that Rein was an advanced "Power Law," so why did a second Law of Power appear?

Rein's teleportation Movement Technique was naturally the [Divine Power: Thunder Shadow Instant Body].

After he comprehended the "Thunder Law" and advanced to the Fifth-tier Extraordinary, his Movement Technique speed became as fast as teleportation.

This is also one of his trump cards that allows him to fight this Blood Ancestor.

Only if you can catch up in speed can you talk about whether you can win a fight.

The hunter suddenly became the prey, Lilith used her "Bat Transformation" ability again, causing her body to disintegrate.

"This guy was indeed hiding something. His Movement Technique is in no way inferior to my vampire's innate ability to teleport."

Lilith suddenly understood why Rein had chosen to fight her one-on-one.

It turns out that he possessed an unparalleled movement Movement Technique that could entangle him!

Lilith finally understood her predicament. She realized that once her "Instantaneous Movement Technique" lost its advantage, it meant that she only had one path to take.

That is to defeat Rein!

"However, although his Movement Technique are strong, fortunately, his fighting style is still that of a martial artist."

Just as Lilith felt a surge of relief, reality immediately poured cold water on her hopes.

Originally, Rein's punch should have been ineffective, just like before, and wouldn't have been able to harm her "Bat Transformation Body" in the slightest.

But at that moment, suddenly, hundreds of thin, purple strands of battle aura appeared between Rein's fingers.

The lightning-streaked threads of battle aura, as if alive, precisely pierced through the palm-sized bats.

Although these bats are not living creatures of flesh and blood, but rather plants formed from dark battle qi, they are still real objects.

Rein's battle Gang Line, like a string of beads, swiftly strung the bats together. Then, Thunder Law battle aura poured in, and lightning surged forth.

"What kind of ability is this?!"

Lilith felt a sudden, intense numbness throughout her body.

Left with no other choice, she had to abandon the part of her body pierced by the Gang Line, and like a gecko with its tail severed, she quickly fled.

This time, instead of escaping on the ground, she flapped her wings and flew directly into the sky.

Lilith was also extremely decisive. After seeing that Rein could counter her "Bat Transformation" ability, she decisively chose to retreat.

The current situation is unfavorable to her; if she continues to stay in Black Dragon City, her position will become very passive.

Black Dragon City is not just about this young city lord!

Since teleportation offered no advantage, she immediately chose to fly into the sky.

But no sooner had they left than a loud, crackling thunder suddenly erupted in their ears.

Turning around again, I saw a "birdman" enveloped in purple lightning flying over!

"A winged Thunder Element Creature?"

Lilith stared in astonishment at the pair of thunderbird wings behind Rein.

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that Rein behind her was now condensing a pair of Thunder Wings from his battle aura.

No, it wasn't condensed battle qi; it was a living, Thunder Element Great Bird!

That was clearly a "pickup truck".

After comprehending the "Thunder Law," Rein gained the ability to merge with the Thunder Raven, control Elemental Power, and levitate.

Seeing this, Lilith finally realized that everything she had done was part of someone's scheme.

Just as Rein and Lilith were locked in a fierce battle.

In the library of Black Dragon City, Ymir, Canossa, and Bazel, along with other High-tier Extraordinary, crowded around Master Cavo's magic crystal ball, watching the battle at the quarry.

When they saw that Rein was fighting the Blood Ancestor to a standstill despite his all-out effort, they were quite surprised.

Ymir, her beautiful eyes gleaming with surprise, exclaimed, "So his strength has reached this level!"

A slight smile flickered across Canossa's face, "I knew his battle aura was quite strong now. I didn't expect his combat power in a full-scale battle to be this formidable."

Cavo nodded, quite pleased, and said, "It's just that Rein hasn't been at the fifth rank for long. Once he truly masters the power of the three elemental laws, that will be the real deal."

Bazel picked at his ear. "He said he'd help him keep that vampire woman, looks like we don't need to go."

The battle between Rein and Lilith in the quarry was so loud it sounded like a landslide.

This naturally attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

However, due to the significant damage caused by the aftershocks of the battle between top-tier Transcendent, Black Dragon City was forced to seal off a large area of District 19.

The city's residents and intelligence agents from various factions are also trying to find out what happened.

"Hey, what's going on at that quarry over there?"

"The city guards have sealed off District 19. I heard it's because the city lord and Sid's vampire, Lilith, are sparring again."

"Ah? So the city lord is this powerful?"

"Of course."

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The fighting lasted for a full one or two hours.

Although bystanders didn't get a close look at the battle, they could guess that the Black Dragon City Lord, Rein, possessed the combat power of one of the "Ten Great Legends".

This information spread throughout all human territories on the Ice Ridge Wasteland in an extremely short period of time.

Not long after, at the quarry in District 19.

The place is now a complete mess.

Large sections of the originally cut, high-quality stone blocks were violently smashed, and the solid rock walls and ground were riddled with craters from the meteorite impact.

The two panting figures remained locked in a stalemate.

Lilith looked at Rein in front of her, her expression extremely complicated.

She never expected that after such a fierce battle, she would not have gained any advantage whatsoever.

Rein was clearly under a heavy burden; his chest heaved, and his fighting spirit was much weaker than before.

However, thanks to the continuous healing from the [Thunder Totem] and Thunder Raven "Pikachu", he seemed to still have energy to spare.

It must be said that this was a very rewarding battle.

Since advancing to the Fifth-tier Extraordinary, Rein has never experienced such an exhilarating battle.

This [Blood Ancestor] Lilith is truly the best opponent.

Lilith had completely lost her will to fight. Wanting to end this war of attrition while she still had some fighting spirit left, she said, "Lord Rein, how about we call it quits? I admit you're strong, but you can't defeat me."

The battle turned into a war of attrition from the moment neither of them was able to kill the other.

The vampires' extraordinary regenerative abilities, combined with Rein's healing powers, have granted both of them near-immortality.

Lilith was well aware that she had no confidence in controlling Rein.

There's no point in dragging this out any longer.

Rein didn't deny it, and stopped and started hitting.

However, he will not let this key figure go.

He said directly, "Now, may I offer Miss Lilith a drink?"

After all, the other party is the ruler of a great empire. Even if Black Dragon City is confident in keeping her, it still has to give her a way out.

Moreover, cooperation between the two parties is better than coercion.

Lilith was aware of her situation.

If you can't beat them, you have no choice but to join them.

Now that we're "like lambs to the slaughter," it's impossible for us to take the initiative in the negotiations.

She raised an eyebrow, readily agreeing with a swift and decisive gesture, "Alright. I'd also like to hear what this cooperation is that our Lord Rein keeps talking about."

This top expert instantly regained his composure.

She looked at Rein with seductive eyes and asked, "Where are you going? Your house?"

"OK."

Rein didn't mind and continued the conversation, saying, "I think Ymir would be happy to discuss the cooperation with you in detail. After all, as you should know, I rarely interfere in the affairs of the city; Ymir handles everything."

Hearing this, Lilith's face showed a hint of boredom. She shrugged and said, "Forget it. Let's find a tavern instead. I don't want to see your little princess lover."

Rein remained noncommittal, but suggested, "How about the Rose Tavern? Their Dark Beer is quite good."

Listen, the Blood Ancestor seemed to have completely abandoned any caution, wearing a listless expression. "You're in charge. Now I'm Lord Rein's prisoner. You can do whatever you want with me."

This initiative to admit being "captured" actually eased the tension.

Rein didn't say much, and led the Sid Blood Ancestor the Steam Locomotive driven by the city guards.

In the car, the host, Rein, and the guest from the Xid Empire, Lilith, sat side by side in the back.

Now that the fight has taken place, even the Blood Ancestor has given up.

She then asked all the questions that had been on her mind.

Rein felt there was nothing to hide, since he had just exposed his methods and trump cards, so he offered an explanation.

Upon hearing Rein admit that he had comprehended Three Elemental Laws, Lilith, who had already guessed this, revealed a very complicated expression.

As they chatted, Lilith suddenly asked, "Lord Rein, do you know what the most stable way to cooperate is?"

"What?"

Rein thought she would come up with some novel way of cooperating, but to his surprise, this woman who had lived for over a thousand years simply uttered two words: "Marriage alliance."

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Rein's lips twitched as he listened, feeling a bit amused and exasperated.

He believed that a "Magic Contract" was the best way to cooperate.

Lilith, seeing the "strange" expression on Rein's face, covered her mouth and chuckled, "Hehehe, Lord Rein, what's with that expression?"

She paused, then leaned closer, and continued, "Isn't this how your Black Dragon City was built? Princess Ymir, Elder Wudo of the Kolman Tribe, and President Canossa of the 'Black Gold Merchant Guild,' weren't they all arranged marriages? Tsk tsk, Lord Rein, don't worry, my Xid Bloodline has no shortage of beauties."

Although the words were spoken in a lighthearted, joking tone, Lilith, the vampire, genuinely intended to do so.

Since we can't take the initiative in negotiations, we can only ensure that we don't suffer losses.

Intelligence indicates that the structure of Black Dragon City was formed through several important marriage alliances.

Everyone else can do it, so why can't Sid?

As long as a marriage alliance is possible, everyone will be "one family." This at least ensures that the interests of the Xid Empire will not be one-sided exploitation, but rather a mutually beneficial exchange of benefits.

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Rein felt his arm sink into something soft and helplessly raised his eyebrows.

This thousand-year-old vampire lady seems to have too much luck with men.