"Whoosh!"
Muller's two insect-like legs, each several meters long, slammed down simultaneously, and the players dodged backward.
The insect's legs, having missed their target, mostly sank into the ground without making a sound. After a moment's thought, he shouted, "[ Elderly and Children Fly First ]!"
Watch Shadow shadow!
The next instant, an insect limb with a rotating circular saw blade emerged from Silvis's shadow, its sharp tip aimed straight for his back.
Good tactic!
Silvis sighed inwardly, then dodged as his longsword pressed down, his sharp insect legs colliding with the sturdy insect body with a loud "bang".
Muller had used real strength in both attacks, and now his weapon had collided with his own body, making him feel somewhat trapped by his own actions.
Did they mess it up?
It was a mistake, but it's not a big problem.
Because the matter isn't over yet.
"Puff!"
A player was pierced through the back by an insect's leg. After piercing the player's body, countless barbs instantly sprouted from the end of the insect's leg, which then gripped the flesh and retreated into the Shadow.
"What?"
[ Elderly and Children Fly First ] looked at [ the Benevolent Father Above ] who was taken away through the chest, his face full of surprise and anger.
As the darkness of several Shadow decreased, the player's body appeared in the Shadow to one side of Muller.
With a flick of its legs, the insect flew straight up, and Muller opened its bloody maw with three rows of sharp teeth, swallowing it whole.
Watching Muller's predatory, beast-like attack, Ed couldn't help but fall into deep thought...
" Willow, I've never seen Blood Corpse with two or more abilities before. I'm wondering why Muller doesn't fully enter the shadows?"
"If he were to completely enter the Shadow, with his current combat power, a single shadow strike could kill three or four people. It wouldn't be long before Soul Returner were dead."
At this moment, Willow was still sketching out the magic circle in front of her, which appeared to be more than halfway complete.
Upon hearing this, she thought for a moment and said:
"Because he is ultimately not a member of the York Lineage."
Even if a vampire acquires abilities from other lineages, they can never truly compare to their original abilities.
"He is of the Rosalind Lineage and has prayed to Grand Duchess Rosalind, so at this moment, the power of Rosalind within him is overwhelmingly strong, and all other powers must take a backseat."
Ed thought for a moment and said:
"You mean, his current size has exceeded the limits of Shadow Traversal?"
"Yes, I guessed that's right."
Willow said seriously,
" The York Lineage primarily relies on assassination as its means of attack, and judging from his previous performance, his York Lineage abilities likely only come from a single earl."
"The current situation is perhaps that he simply cannot fit his entire body, or even most of it, into the Shadow, which is why he can only attack in this way."
"I see."
Ed nodded and then asked:
"Have there been any exceptions to this? Or is there any way to circumvent it?"
There are two methods.
Willow spoke into the communicator as she sketched out the magic circle.
"The first is to fuse with Blood Corpse of a High Tier than oneself. For example, Muller is a marquis in the Rosalind Lineage. If he can successfully fuse with a duke from another lineage, the power of that lineage will surpass the power of his original lineage."
"Killing someone of a higher level is still too difficult..."
Blood Corpse isn't like Xiao Huohuo; it's already quite an achievement for him to fight to a draw against someone of the same level.
"What is the other method?"
"That depends on their Grand Duke. If one Grand Duke successfully seizes the Authority of another Grand Duke, then all the Blood Corpse in his lineage will undergo a top-down strengthening."
"Failed lineages will be merged, and the two Authority will merge to some extent, ultimately creating a new and more powerful lineage."
That sounds really appealing...
Ed thought for a moment and asked:
"I want to know, have several Grand Dukes died before the Demonic Tide? Or have there always been seven Grand Dukes since their birth?"
Willow recalled the history of the demon race that her mother had told her and answered:
"Since their birth, no Grand Duke has ever died completely. While they want to merge with their brothers and sisters, they also keep their own existence hidden."
"They sometimes unite and sometimes split, sometimes serve their own masters and sometimes fight against external enemies together. Duma must have had some experience of allying with vampires."
"It is said that Rosalind nearly killed Antos, but he managed to escape in the end; that happened more than a thousand years ago."
Hearing this ancient secret, Ed couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion:
Fortunately, each of the Grand Dukes was a master of survival skills; otherwise, if they had synthesized the giant watermelon before the Demonic Tide, the World of Disorder would have collapsed long ago.
"I'm fine now, focus on the fight."
Ed brought their conversation to a close and began to control the underground root system to expand outward, in case Muller was desperate and came up with an escape plan such as decapitation.
Klaf City is not his territory; the Root Network and Resurrection Tree here are only temporary.
Once the battle is over and they leave, these plant tissues will quickly wither and decay, returning to the city's underground.
But until then, as long as he remains on this land, he will never allow Muller a chance to escape.
"Ding ding ding ding ding!!!"
A series of metallic clanging sounds rang out as Silvis used his knight's sword to parry the rapidly spinning circular saw on the insect's legs.
What medieval knight had ever seen such automated machinery?
The vibration traveled along the undamped blade, sending a tingling sensation through his hands.
Among Middle Tier knights, Silvis was one of the strongest.
But now, facing this mutated Blood Corpse whose size had increased dozens of times, he couldn't help but feel powerless.
How much longer does the lich need to stall for time?
Silvis wanted to know the answer to the question, and so did Muller.
After realizing what the lich was preparing, he kept looking for an opportunity to attack.
As the Psionic Energy array grew more and more complete, Muller's anxiety increased.
After defeating two players, he finally felt confident enough.
Flesh and blood merged into his body, and his bones were crushed and made into an incredibly hard cannonball.
Two of the insect's legs held off the old creature's attack, while the other two legs were planted in the ground for support.
Muller's body tensed abruptly, then he jerked back—
"Boom!"
A white bone projectile, about half a meter in diameter, spewed from the worm's throat, pointing directly at the lich in mid-air not far away, who was performing some kind of ritual.
The pale cannonball ripped through the dim cavern, about to strike the lich who was casting a spell with his eyes closed.
At this very moment--
"Zzz--"
A ray of Psionic Energy energy flashed like lightning through the air above the cavern, and a teleportation array several times larger than the one Willow had arrived in was finally activated.