Luo Li, lost in bloodlust
Luo Li left Jiangcheng.
There was no farewell, no goal, only the bloodthirsty demonic blade in his hand and the cold task list in his mind.
His first stop was an area on the outskirts of Jiangcheng marked "Corrupted Jungle." This area was inhabited by a large number of C- to B-rank vampires and was a perennial target for extermination listed on the guild's mission board.
Previously, he would selectively accept tasks and plan routes to maximize his contribution points, striving for efficiency and reliability.
But now...
He appeared directly in the heart of the jungle, where there was a small vampire settlement.
When the first B-rank predator, smelling the scent of a living person, roared and pounced, Luo Li casually slashed it in two before it could even see the blade flash, and its life essence and soul were drained and absorbed by Enma like rivers flowing into the sea, leaving only a desiccated corpse that instantly weathered away, the feast of slaughter began.
The effect of [Endless Blood Drain] is so domineering it's terrifying.
Luo Li could clearly feel a pure and scorching energy surging into his body through the hilt of the sword, like the strongest liquor, washing over his meridians and nourishing his soul. His understanding of his [Spacetime] Path seemed to become clearer.
This feeling... is addictive.
"Not enough..."
Luo Li licked her slightly dry lips, a hint of crimson flashing in her eyes.
With a swift movement, he activated [Space-Trace Instant Shadow] and appeared directly in the center of the settlement.
No nonsense, no warnings.
Enma waves!
The blade, imbued with the [Path Imprint], was entangled with silver Spacetime turbulence and dark red blood light. Each swing of the blade was accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through space.
The [Spacetime Domain] is no longer used for defense or control, but is compressed onto the blade, forming an absolute death zone.
Wherever the blade flashed, whether it was a C-rank Bloodthirsty Beast, a B-rank predator, or even a blood knight attempting to put up a fight, they were all instantly shredded and drained.
There were no screams, only the sickening hissing sounds of flesh being torn apart, bones being crushed, and life energy being forcibly extracted.
Luo Li was like a highly efficient harvesting machine, stirring up a bloody storm in the settlement.
His movements were as fast as a ghost, his swordsmanship ruthless and precise, each strike aimed straight for vital points, without any superfluous movements.
Blood stained the ground, and severed limbs were scattered everywhere, but strangely, not a single drop of blood could touch his clothes—all the filth that splashed towards him was distorted and repelled by an invisible Spacetime force field before it even got close to his body.
In just three minutes.
The entire settlement, which housed nearly a hundred vampires, was completely slaughtered.
All that remained were rapidly weathering, fragile, desiccated corpses scattered everywhere, and an overwhelming stench of blood.
Luo Li stood holding the knife, slightly panting.
The continuous high-intensity killings and the energy impact from [Endless Blood Drain] caused his eyes to become bloodshot, and the crimson hue deep in his pupils became increasingly prominent.
A violent urge, craving more blood and slaughter, hissed in his heart like a venomous snake.
The shadow of [Bloodlust Backlash] began to quietly emerge.
But he didn't care.
He felt the energy within him grow stronger, and a cold, twisted smile appeared on his lips.
"Next."
His figure vanished again, heading towards the next direction where he sensed a strong vampire aura.
In the days that followed, Luo Li became a nightmare of the Crimson Era.
His activities were no longer limited to the area around Jiangcheng, but he began to purposefully sweep through all known and larger vampire lairs and strongholds within the territory of Longxia Faction.
He used [Spacetime Displacement] to swap the core of the Black Swamp's Venom Lurker with a thunderstorm cloud, instantly wiping out the entire area.
He unleashed a massive [Time Retardation] field upon the Shadow Bat of "Howling Canyon," then, like shooting at a stationary target, used his enchanted Enma aura to kill and drain them one by one.
He single-handedly stormed into the ruins of a medium-sized city guarded by an A-level Dark Night Noble.
The A-level vampire tried to confuse him with a mental illusion, but Luo Li's right eye [Peering into Secrets] directly saw through the future, and his left eye [Tracing Causes] found the hiding place of the vampire's true form.
[Space-Trace Instant Shadow] closes in, [Path Imprint] fully activated, one strike!
The A-rank vampire didn't even have time to fully unleash its domain before it was cleaved in two from head to toe by a blade of light imbued with the power of Spacetime Erosion, its essence greedily devoured by Enma.
Luo Li stood atop the ruins of the vampire's magnificent palace, with countless withered vampire corpses beneath her feet.
The Enma in his hand, its dark red light almost solidified, hummed incessantly, as if it were singing.
His aura was more than twice as strong as when he left Jiangcheng.
But the price was that the crimson in his eyes almost overflowed, and his rationality was constantly on the verge of snapping.
He was experiencing hallucinations more and more frequently.
Sometimes it was the Castorice weeping pitifully at him amidst a sea of blood; sometimes it was his two daughters being torn to pieces by the claws of vampires... These illusions fueled him, making him kill even more frantically and recklessly.
He no longer consciously controlled the rhythm of [Endless Blood Drain], but began to actively seek out more powerful prey, eager to use more abundant energy to fill the emptiness in his heart and suppress the devouring backlash.
The news eventually spread.
"Have you heard? There's a madman hunting vampires everywhere!"
"It wasn't just hunting! It was utter extermination! Wherever they went, not a single chicken or dog was left, not even a speck of dust!"
"The guild is alarmed. They say he only tackles the toughest challenges, and he single-handedly took down several A-level lairs!"
"Who exactly is he? Which faction trained this killing god?"
"I don't know. He never interacts with people, he kills any living thing he sees... No, he only kills vampires, but he's extremely dangerous to humans who get close. Several unfortunate scavengers have already been seriously injured by his murderous aura..."
The name of Luo Li spread like a plague among survivors and vampires.
He was known as "Blood Butcher" and "Death God".
Human forces both respected and feared him, attempting to make contact, but they could find no trace of him, or when they did, they could only see a devastated battlefield and that solitary figure radiating a murderous aura as he walked away.
The vampire forces hated him to the core, yet were terrified of him to the extreme.
Lower-ranking vampires trembled in fear, while higher-ranking beings began to unite, setting traps in an attempt to kill this terrifying human who threatened their survival.
But Luo Li was like a tireless, emotionless killing machine.
With the precognitive power of [Eyes of the Time Abyss] and the mobility of [Space-Trace Instant Shadow], he repeatedly evaded or forcibly broke through the encirclement, turning those self-righteous hunters into nourishment for Enma.
His power surged at an abnormally rapid pace amidst endless bloodshed.
My understanding of [Spacetime] Path is becoming increasingly profound, and I have even touched upon deeper levels of rules.
Enma's form also subtly changed; the dark red patterns on the blade seemed to come alive, pulsating like blood vessels.
But his eyes are becoming less and less human.
Cold, insane, bloodthirsty, but lacking the tenderness and concern that belonged to "Luo Li".
He was like a self-propelled, humanoid doomsday bomb with its fuse lit, roaring and bloodshed all the way across the land of the Crimson Era, staggering but determined as he marched toward his ultimate goal—to kill all the vampires.
No one knows how long he can hold on, whether he will first achieve supreme power through slaughter, or whether he will completely lose himself in the endless Bloodlust Backlash and become a weapon that knows only destruction.
The only certainty is that wherever he goes, there will be a crimson, deathly silence.
(PS: I feel like the male lead is becoming a bit like Brother Dao. I didn't expect the last chapter to get 20 requests for more so quickly -- not bad, not bad.)