A Desperate Strike (Part 2)

Silver Wolf Commander Wumu's mocking laughter rang out from his cell.

"Lord Wumu is dying of laughter! This is the first time I've seen a stupid bat actually go head-to-head with people! Foolish boy, you should have gone for the exposed parts of their bodies. If one strike missed, you should have fled at once! They're definitely slower than you! You finally escaped your cell, so why did you insist on clashing with them head-on?"

Yin Xuege could not speak. A marvelous transformation was taking place within his body.

Just now, he had drained all the essence blood from Leitning's heart in a single gulp. Yin Xuege had never imagined, even in his dreams, that Leitning's essence blood would contain such powerful, miraculous strength! Though it was only a negligible amount, perhaps three to five mouthfuls, Leitning's blood contained an indescribably wondrous vitality, immense potential, and a noble aura that transcended life and death.

The quality of this essence blood far surpassed the Blood Demon Essence Blood that had already taken shape in Yin Xuege's heart. His body greedily devoured the power within it, and his physical strength swiftly increased by more than fifty percent. The remaining small portion of essence blood was absorbed by his heart. His heart pounded violently, and the viscosity of the blood throughout his body abruptly doubled. Amid those rapid heartbeats, drops upon drops of Blood Demon Essence Blood glittering with azure light were continuously condensed.

One drop, two drops, three drops—each drop of Blood Demon Essence Blood that appeared released a powerful surge of blood energy, nourishing Yin Xuege's entire body.

The strength of his body kept rising. His slender, frail frame, almost skin stretched over bones, gradually filled out. A thin layer of muscle slowly formed beneath his pale skin, making him faintly resemble the healthy youth he should have been.

Once all of Leitning's essence blood had been devoured and absorbed by Yin Xuege's heart, one hundred drops of azure essence blood had filled it to the brim. The essence blood condensed into a massive blood pearl that pulsed along with his heart. Azure particles continuously circulated through his entire body with his blood, and even Yin Xuege himself could sense that his strength had increased by at least more than twofold.

Just one more step, and he could raise the quality of this essence blood once again, break through the level of a Star Warrior, and possess the strength of a Moon Warrior!

Among the Blood Demon Clan, a Moon Warrior was already considered a full-fledged adult warrior, qualified to leave and hunt, to form a family!

The force pressing through the four shields was no longer unbearable. Yin Xuege exerted himself slightly, feeling that he now possessed the strength to contend against these heavily armored guards. Combined with the Blood Skill Blood Dripping Claw and the Blood Arts Blood Shadow Technique he had comprehended, he felt confident that he had some chance of killing them.

The chewing sounds in Wumu's cell stopped. Wumu pressed his huge eyes to the ventilation window and muttered in an extraordinarily complicated tone.

"This boy truly is the son of that freakish woman! I'm very curious—what kind of man could make that woman bear his child? But this is Blood Prison, boy. You'll be skinned alive soon enough, won't you?"

A guard holding a greatsword against Yin Xuege's neck roared hoarsely, "Bastard, you killed Lord Leitning! Do you know what you've done?"

Drawing a deep breath, Yin Xuege prepared to strike with all his strength and flashed the guard a radiant smile. "I don't know. Can you tell me?"

As he spoke, Yin Xuege's body suddenly transformed into a thin blood shadow and lunged forward. In the blink of an eye, he broke free from the encirclement of the four shields. The four guards who had been pressing against him with their shields collided together in a miserable heap. One man's face even scraped across the edge of a cavalry saber, and his entire nose was sliced off by the sharp blade.

The blood shadow flickered. Yin Xuege reappeared more than ten meters away, silently trailing several afterimages as he burst behind a guard. Five bloody streaks flashed from the fingers of his right hand, and the Blood Dripping Claw tore into the seam between the guard's armored thigh and crotch. Blood sprayed everywhere. A great torrent of blood erupted from the guard's upper thigh—Yin Xuege's claw had already ripped open his femoral artery.

The guard howled miserably, throwing away the cavalry saber in his hand and clamping both hands desperately over his wound.

Like a ghost, Yin Xuege weaved back and forth among the dozen or so heavily armored guards. Just as Wumu had said, he no longer met them head-on. Instead, he constantly sought out weaknesses in their defenses and struck, tearing streak after streak of bloody light across their bodies.

These guards were indeed powerful, and their movements were not slow, but their speed simply could not compare to Yin Xuege's. Especially since they stood over two meters tall while Yin Xuege was much shorter; unless they all bent over at a sixty-degree angle, they could not effectively attack him at all!

It was a battle between a nimble ape and elephants. The dozen heavily armored guards were beaten into a wretched state, and after only a few breaths, they all collapsed to the ground, drenched in blood.

As the last guard screamed and fell, Wumu in his cell was already shouting with excitement. A huge canine nose poked out through the ventilation window as Wumu roared hoarsely, "Little fellow, pick up the key outside and help me open the cell door! I can help you charge out! With your strength, you can't possibly break out of this Blood Prison, but I can! I can!"

"I am the great Silver Wolf Commander Wumu! I am Lord Wumu, who makes every human city-state tremble in fear! Release me, and I can take you out!"

Wumu's shouting alerted the guards of Blood Prison. Countless heavy footsteps sounded from the end of the tunnel; clearly, a large number of guards were rushing over. Yin Xuege shot Wumu an annoyed look and snapped furiously, "Big dog, shut up! I only have the key. Without the corresponding incantation and hand seals, I can't release you at all!"

Yin Xuege was telling the truth, but Wumu froze for a moment before letting out a shrill wolf howl in furious exasperation.

"Damn it, you bunch of useless trash! I'm reporting this—there's a little bat trying to escape! Ha! If I can't get away, don't think you can either! Of course, this is the lowest level of Blood Prison. You can't possibly escape either, dear youngling of the Yin Clan. You cannot escape!"

Yin Xuege was so furious that smoke seemed to rise from his scalp. Faint blood light erupted from both hands as he clawed toward Wumu's nose protruding from the ventilation window.

Wumu reacted swiftly, pulling his nose back at once before standing in his cell and bursting into laughter.

But joy turning to sorrow was practically made to describe someone like Wumu. He had barely laughed a few times when the metal sphere on his cell door suddenly erupted with countless blinding bolts of lightning. His entire cell was instantly engulfed in heavy thunderlight. Dense thunder roared, and terrifying heavenly lightning struck Wumu's entire body again and again. Lightning a hundred times more powerful than what Leitning had unleashed knocked Wumu unconscious in a few strikes, leaving his whole body charred black.

Before Yin Xuege could react, a white-haired old man appeared out of thin air before him. He wore a crimson velvet robe embroidered with gorillas, held a bizarre staff wreathed in lightning, and was enveloped in a layer of watery thunderlight.

"Child of darkness, you have committed far too many sins! You will certainly regret what you have done today!"

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