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Bolin Kingdom, Kate Marquis Territory, Kate City,
Li Si looked at the disheveled Andre, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"Who are you?"
Andre rose from the rubble and asked with a gloomy expression.
After that brief exchange, he already knew he was no match for the young man before him.
Andre had not even been able to react to the sudden attack just now. He could only barely muster his strength to defend against Li Si's strike, yet he had still been knocked down without any chance to resist.
Ignoring the dust staining the clothes he normally kept impeccably neat, Andre tensed all over as the power of blood surged through his body.
Even so, he did not dare make the first move against the handsome young man before him.
He clearly could not sense any particularly powerful aura from the other party, yet that previous strike and the constant sense of near-death danger kept warning Andre.
"Me? Didn't Morin tell you?"
Li Si said with a smile as he sized up the Gold-level vampire before him.
To be honest, Andre was fairly strong among Gold-level vampires, but he was still, ultimately, a vampire.
Vampires could draw blood from other creatures and absorb the power of other professionals to improve their own abilities.
They could also gain an additional boost in blood vitality through methods similar to refining blood essence.
In other words, vampires could quickly raise their strength through this shortcut.
This made it easier for vampires to break through rank limits and wield greater power, an advantage other races did not possess.
But the price was that vampires were generally weaker than beings of other races at the same level. Thus, they rarely fought head-on, instead choosing environments that suited them and usually relying on