Such Is the Mission!

Nine-Tailed Fox Headquarters.

A group of the Blood Clan stumbled in, but to their surprise, there were very few Nine-Tailed Fox here.

"Can you sense where the True Ancestor is?"

"Hmm... I can't feel it."

"Could they have been moved ahead of schedule?"

"Impossible. When we came here the day before yesterday, we could still sense the aura of the True Ancestor. We staked out the Nine-Tailed Fox for a whole day and there was no movement. How could they have had time to move the True Ancestor?"

A prince walked over and looked at them. "Still haven't found the true ancestor?"

"We cannot sense the presence of the True Ancestor, Lord Nord."

Prince Nord frowned slightly. Not only could these low-level Blood Clan not sense it, but even he, as a prince, could not sense the presence of the True Ancestor.

They had followed the bloodline of the True Ancestor all the way here, found the headquarters of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and had been entrenched here for more than half a month before finally getting an opportunity.

"Ever since we infiltrated the Nine-Tailed Fox headquarters, the bloodline's perception has become increasingly weak, until now, it's almost non-existent."

Just then, Prince Shar arrived. "All five of the Nine-Tailed Fox's top executives are dead. We couldn't get any valuable information out of them."

Dead?

Nord fell into deep thought. "Something just doesn't feel right."

"If the True Ancestor wasn't moved, then he must be locked up in a room sealed with mithril."

"Only mithril can sever our blood connection with the True Ancestor."

"But we did sense the bloodline of the True Ancestor before, though only briefly," Shar said.

Nord suddenly paused, "Do you think it's possible that they deliberately let us sense the True Ancestor?"

"When you say that, I suddenly have a bad feeling."

Tap tap tap!

Suddenly, a dense sound of footsteps came, and Nord, judging the direction, instantly Condense Blood into Thread and swept it out horizontally!

But when the group of Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers appeared, the bloodline disappeared instantly!

Mithril?

Nord realized that all the Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers were wearing mithril pendants!

The soldiers raised their weapons. "The decoy operation was a success! All targets have entered the facility. The gates are sealed. Begin the clearance operation!"

As expected!

Just as Nord was about to make a move, Shar grabbed him and ran, saying, "Their weapons are mithril weapons, don't fight them head-on!"

Mithril weapons...

Why is there so much mithril? Where did all of this come from?

Damn Nine-Tails!

At the same time, various armed groups, armed with mithril weapons, surrounded the area from different directions.

Some low-level Blood Clan were killed in a single encounter.

Mithril bullets and mithril shard grenades are far too deadly for vampires!

To this day, they still don't know where the Nine-Tailed Fox found the mithril or how it was processed!

After all, mithril is toxic, and inhaling the dust that splashes up during processing can also be fatal!

There is still no solution to this problem.

Everyone who worked on mithril processing died.

But these processing workers, strictly speaking, are not human beings.

They are clones split off from the Sequence 012 Lord of Flesh and Blood.

Including some Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers, they are also clones split off from 012, and these soldiers are collectively referred to as 'moles'.

The mole's mission is to risk its life to obtain intelligence or to carry out certain death missions.

Therefore, 012 is extremely important to the Nine-Tailed Fox at present.

The reason Qin Leng kept him in the rear was for this very reason.

The Blood Clan have been lingering outside the Nine-Tailed Fox for a long time, and if they are not dealt with in time, they will eventually become a big problem.

So Qin Leng came up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

He withdrew, dispersed some of the defenses, left an opening, and exposed 008, allowing the Blood Clan to sense the presence of the True Ancestor.

They lured these undercover agents and the Blood Clan who were wandering outside into the village.

By closing the door and beating the dog, they were annihilated in one fell swoop.

Qin Leng used a single messenger to scheme against both groups of people simultaneously.

The plan was a great success; all the low-level Blood Clan were eliminated, and the two princes were detained.

In this way, the internal and external troubles of the Nine-Tailed Fox were eliminated.

However, the fact that the two princes were taken in was undoubtedly another blow to the Blood Clan outside.

Excluding Li Heng, whose whereabouts are unknown, and Lilith, who serves as the second-generation True Ancestor, the Blood Clan has only one prince left.

Click.

The gates of the Nine-Tailed Fox base opened, and a strong smell of blood wafted out.

Qin Leng entered the base, which was filled with blood and corpses, including not only Blood Clan but also nine-tailed vampires.

He walked through the blood-soaked corridor to the deepest meeting room.

He pushed open the door, and his clone, along with the corpses of the other three directors, were neatly arranged in a row.

A Nine-Tailed Fox soldier approached Qin Leng and saluted, saying, "Commander, it has been confirmed that all Blood Clan have been eliminated."

"Besides the complete annihilation of the 'Mole', we also suffered nearly a hundred casualties."

Qin Leng nodded, "Yes, compile a detailed list and contact their families later. We will still issue their pensions and honors according to their status as second-class merit and martyrs."

012 followed behind Qin Leng, "Chief, is it really worth sacrificing so many people just to deal with these Blood Clan?"

"When you start calculating whether it's worth it, human lives have already become a bargaining chip," Qin Leng said, turning his head.

"If everyone judges this sacrifice based on whether it was worth it, my answer is: how many people does a Blood Clan have to eat every day to survive?"

"Everyone dies eventually. Isn't it worth it to exchange one person's life for the lives of a hundred?"

012 nodded, "You're looking at this from a higher perspective, and that's certainly true, but what about from a personal perspective?"

"They might think you're cruel, sir."

"Cruel..."

Qin Leng closed his eyes. "But someone has to do it, and someone has to sacrifice. Nothing is ever perfect, and no one is perfect."

"If the day comes for my sacrifice, I will gladly face it, for it is my mission."

"I will take full responsibility and bear all the blame."

"Regardless of gains or losses."

Deep in the sea.

Li Yuan had his eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

He had a long dream.

He dreamt of his birth, his current dominance of the oceans, and his future where gods roam freely in a chaotic world of great conflict.

No one can rule this world; everyone has to do their best to survive, and in the process, they go through many ups and downs.

Some fall the moment they ascend the throne of power, while others turn to dust on their path to domination.

Monsters are not immortal either.

Even the gods and God-Demon of the future will one day die.

Humans have even created many mechanical life forms modeled after monsters.

Li Yuan then saw a light blue mechanical life form with tentacle patterns on its body.

They called those things holy armor, holy armor forged from the flesh and blood of monsters.

That era was in the far, distant future.

That was an era when humanity was almost wiped out.

But at least before that era arrived, there was a person who, with his own power and a mere mortal body, sealed away monsters that were like gods.

He ushered in a golden age, a golden age in which humanity could live in peace.

Unfortunately, that golden age was very short-lived, just like his life.