Vampire Five

Watching the Vampire use Bat Form in front of him, Rhode rolled backward to avoid being attacked by a swarm of bats.

After rolling, Rhode quickly got up, ready to face the bats lunging at him.

However, to Rhode's surprise, none of the bats that the Vampire had transformed into this time lunged at him. Instead, they flew towards the surrounding Undead Creature corpses that were lying on the ground.

The bats pounced on these corpses, beginning to devour the flesh and blood on them. Even the Corpse Wolf King couldn't dodge this time, covered in bats that attacked it, and could only fall to the ground.

The moment Rhode saw this happening, he realized what the Vampire intended to do.

Rhode remembered that a Vampire's biological characteristic was to recover HP by absorbing blood. For the Vampire before him, it could even recover HP by devouring flesh and blood.

In the previous battle, the fallen Undead Creatures were scattered all over the ground, undoubtedly providing the Vampire with an excellent opportunity.

At a glance, the corpses of the surrounding Undead Creatures were covered in bats devouring flesh and blood.

Rhode charged towards the corpses with the bats, using his sword to knock them off one by one. But the bats ignored him, solely focused on devouring the Undead Creature corpses.

Even when transformed into black mist, the bats did not stop devouring.

At this moment, Rhode disregarded everything else, drawing his sword at extreme Speed to stab and kill the bats on the corpses, hoping to reduce the Vampire's recovery effect.

Finally, under Rhode's continuous sword strikes, the number of bats killed reached a certain level. Instantly, all the bats left the corpses they were devouring at the same time and gathered in a place not far away.

As the bats left, Rhode followed closely behind.

Based on his knowledge of Vampires from his past life, Rhode understood that Vampires had many limitations when using Bat Form. These limitations varied slightly depending on the individual. Since the Vampire before him could use Bat Form multiple times, it must have limitations in other aspects.

The reason Rhode closely followed the departing bats was that, through his previous observation of the Vampire's Bat Form skill, Rhode had discovered a weakness.

Previously, when the bats were gathering, Rhode had noticed a detail: when the bats transformed back into the Vampire, there was a period of immobility, a stiff state.

This was why, whenever the Vampire finished using Bat Form, it would deliberately create some distance instead of gathering directly in front of Rhode.

As the bats gathered in one spot, a cloud of black mist emerged, and the Vampire was about to reappear. Rhode, following the bats, arrived before the black mist, staring intently into it.

The moment the Vampire appeared, before it could make any move, Rhode thrust his sword, piercing its throat directly.

Taking advantage of its inability to move, Rhode struck the Vampire.

At this time, due to devouring a large amount of flesh and blood, combined with Bat Form's ability to heal physical wounds, the Vampire's head, which had been pierced by a Magic Arrow, had already recovered.

Although its appearance had recovered, the Vampire's vitality had been greatly depleted, making it extremely weak. Coupled with Rhode piercing its throat with a sword, the Vampire suffered a severe blow.

Rhode did not intend to give the Vampire any chance. He raised his hand, aiming at the Vampire's head, preparing to cast Magic Arrow again.

Seeing Rhode raise his hand, the Vampire instantly realized what Rhode intended to do.

The Vampire reacted immediately. Just as Rhode was about to cast the spell, the Vampire charged forward, simultaneously swiping a claw at Rhode, completely disregarding the sword blade piercing its throat. The entire blade protruded from the Vampire's throat to its rear, stained with dark red blood.

Seeing the Vampire approach him even with its throat pierced, Rhode reacted instantly. He let go of his sword and dodged backward, evading the Vampire's surprise attack.

To evade the Vampire's surprise attack, Rhode did not cast Magic Arrow. Unlike his previous state, if Rhode insisted on casting Magic Arrow, the Vampire would have slit his throat first.

After dodging the surprise attack, Rhode had no other weapons in his hands.

Previously, to move the wooden blocks to block the Crypt passage, Rhode had placed all the items from his Space Ring on the open ground outside the Crypt, not far from their current location. At this moment, Rhode's Space Ring was also empty of any weapons.

The Vampire's entire throat was pierced by the sword blade. The blade was stuck in the Vampire's neck, and a slight tug in any direction would decapitate it.

Seeing the Vampire stop in place, gripping the hilt with both hands, attempting to pull the blade from its neck, Rhode did not go to get a weapon. Instead, he stood still and raised his hand towards the Vampire.

Realizing the enemy might cast a spell again, the Vampire moved quickly, not waiting in place for Rhode's Magic Arrow. Instead, it used both claws to stabilize the blade in its throat and dodged rapidly to the left and right.

The Vampire could not draw the sword while moving. If it drew the blade while moving, it would undoubtedly be decapitating itself, leading to immediate death.

Rhode was not in a hurry. He simply raised his hand, not casting a spell, but locking onto the Vampire, watching it dodge.

Rhode knew that at this moment, not casting Magic Arrow would exert more pressure than casting it.

The Vampire was clearly heavily injured and had no more uses of its Bat Form skill, meaning it had exhausted its uses. One more use of Bat Form would have allowed it to recover most of the injury to its throat. The trap laid in the passage had finally proven its worth.

The Vampire did not know how many Magic Arrows Rhode could cast, but Rhode himself knew he only had enough Mana for one more Magic Arrow and could not afford to cast it carelessly.

Therefore, Rhode holding his hand up like this undoubtedly put immense pressure on the Vampire. The Vampire dared not stop to draw the sword stuck in its neck and could only keep dodging.

The Vampire also understood that the enemy before it would not cast a spell so easily and would wait for an opportunity to attack when it stopped to draw the sword.

The Vampire wanted to retreat, but Rhode immediately followed, still maintaining the stance of preparing to cast a spell. As soon as he saw the Vampire move in any direction, Rhode would move with it.

At this moment, the Vampire had no other options. The initiative was in Rhode's hands. As long as Rhode did not cast Magic Arrow, the Vampire would have to remain vigilant, constantly worried and unable to stop to draw the sword.

If the Vampire stopped to draw the sword, without Bat Form to evade damage, being hit by Magic Arrow again meant it would be difficult to survive.

Dark red blood flowed down from the Vampire's throat. Even when dodging, the Vampire tried to stabilize the blade, but the sword's weight made it difficult to fix. As the Vampire dodged, the wound in its throat continued to widen.

The ground where the Vampire dodged was already stained red. At this point, the Vampire was severely wounded, its HP extremely low.

Just as the Vampire was dodging, a dark shadow suddenly darted out from the side and bit onto the Vampire's foot – it was the Corpse Wolf King.

When the Vampire used Bat Form, the Corpse Wolf King was heavily injured, but its stronger vitality compared to other Undead Creatures allowed it to survive.

Since the Corpse Wolf King's HP was extremely low and it could not withstand even one attack from the Vampire, Rhode had it lurk nearby, only to make its move at the most critical moment.

At this moment, under Rhode's control, the Corpse Wolf King fiercely bit the Vampire's leg.

After being attacked, the Vampire naturally could no longer dodge. It gripped the blade in its throat with one hand, stabilizing it, and rapidly swung its other hand down.

Despite being severely injured, the Vampire still displayed its power. With a single strike, it killed the Corpse Wolf King.

Although it had killed the Corpse Wolf King, the Vampire knew that while it was attacking the Undead Creature at its feet, exposing a weakness, the enemy who had been waiting for an opportunity would cast a spell, and it would be unable to dodge.

However, the spell the Vampire anticipated did not come. For a moment, the Vampire did not draw the sword from its throat but quickly looked up at the enemy before it.

Rhode stared at the Vampire with a blank expression, simultaneously casting Mental Mark.