The Son of God Played Dumb to Leave an Opening, and the Grand Duke Walked onto the Execution Block

Adelaide stabbed her right wrist inward with her fingers, and blood gushed out instantly.

He thrust his entire arm forward, plunging it directly into the dying boy's abdomen.

"Drink the True Blood, and become... my... duke!"

Adelaide screamed almost maniacally--

After nearly a century of imprisonment, he was finally released only to be besieged.

Cuiske, perfectly countered; Margaret, killed by her own intellect; her blood relatives, eyeing her with predatory intent; the ancient dragon and the half-tree people of the Tree Worship Church, who joined the siege despite having no grudge against her...

Even now, there are more than twenty dim, sharp blades approaching him, like swords hanging over his head, impossible to ignore.

All these factors combined caused Adelaide to feel a sense of injustice, even though she had lived for thousands of years.

Sometimes, grievances don't need a reason. Even though Adelaide had always treated other races cruelly for thousands of years and had never shown any empathy, the experience of just a few minutes was enough to make him feel wronged and indignant, and even gave him some understanding of the expressions on the faces of some of the people he had killed before they died.

After shouting those words as if declaring victory, he began to wait for his True Blood to erode the body of the person in front of him, transforming him into Blood Corpse of his own lineage.

Although giving away True Blood will slightly weaken one's own strength, it's worth it to obtain this combat power that can perfectly replace Cuiske!

All that's needed now is to reclaim the True Blood from Cuiske's body, and his strength will remain the same as before. His subordinate, however, will be replaced by a more powerful plant-based ability user.

This deal was undoubtedly a huge profit.

With just one breath, in the time it takes to breathe, or even the time it takes to beat one heartbeat, the boy's body will be completely transformed.

He will kneel in worship, he will show reverence, he will obey orders without question!

"Thump~"

A heartbeat's time passed, and the result Adelaide had anticipated did not seem to have occurred.

There was no kneeling, no reverence, no blind obedience.

All that remained was a cold, icy touch.

He looked down at the spot where he had plunged the knife into the boy's abdomen, and saw that the boy's only remaining withered left hand was resting on his forearm.

That cold feeling comes from this.

Adelaide looked up in disbelief as the withered hand gripped her forearm.

At this moment, he was less than a foot away from Ed, just enough to see the other's clear, single eye.

The boy's body was already as withered as rotten wood; his skin was sallow, his body was hunched, his hair was dull, and even the Symbiotic Tree in his eyes had lost its color.

But only this eye remained clear and bright.

The eye gleamed with a pale blue Psionic Energy; even just looking into it, one could discern the other's undisguised thoughts.

You've been tricked!

Adelaide pulled her right hand back with all her might, and suddenly felt a piercing pain.

"Ah!"

He cried out in pain, feeling as if countless tiny teeth were piercing his right hand.

Those sharp teeth were not only covered with tiny barbs, but were also hollow inside, and were now greedily sucking their own blood.

That's my own blood!

The blood of a grand duke, every drop of it is True Blood!

That's True Blood— a single drop can create a Pseudo·High Tier who can last for several hours, and a large gulp can create a duke!

His precious True Blood was being devoured by the guy in front of him!

How dare he? How could he?

Having drunk so much of its own blood, how could it not go mad? How could it not obey its own commands?

"Oh my!"

Adelaide is on the verge of collapse, unable to comprehend the current situation.

With a frenzied roar, Adelaide cleaved off her right arm with a single stroke, her left hand forming a knife-like shape.

Then the hand grabbed Ed's collar and ripped it open, exposing the spot where the right hand had penetrated to Adelaide's eyes.

The ring-shaped wound that Adelaide had originally caused had now grown back with a slightly reddish ring edge.

Beneath that lip-like skin were rows of sharp teeth.

This is the Source of Hunger!

This power belongs to...

" Rosalind? How do you possess Rosalind's abilities?"

Adelaide gasped in shock, completely losing her composure.

He didn't know why his blood relative, whom he hadn't seen for a century, was also involved in this hunt, as if the world was waiting for him to awaken and then send him into an even deeper hell.

"If I didn't have the power to 'devour,' how could I dare to lure you into infecting me willingly?"

Ed's lips curled into a confident smile, and his single eye became even more azure and clear.

"Then why did you try to stop me?"

Adelaide had already thought of the answer as soon as she asked the question.

As a victim of this trap, he knows his own thoughts best.

It was precisely because two dragons were blocking his way that he became even more determined to turn the tide by infecting this person.

Such scheming, how wicked!

"You, who exactly are you...?"

As soon as she asked the question, Adelaide suddenly felt that the boy's voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Was it because he hadn't noticed before, or because the boy hadn't spoken before?

That didn't matter anymore, because the sound reminded him of a name...

A name I loathe to the extreme, a name I've written into my Blood Feud list!

" Sailesi! You are... Sailesi!"

Yes, right?

Ed, who was in the process of recovering, paused for a moment, his still-developing right hand pointing at himself.

What? Am I Sailesi?

"If you say so, then it is..."

Ed had no intention of arguing with a dying man, so he simply replied casually, then said thoughtfully:

"I see... this is the logic behind how your ability works..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Little Green gradually emerged from its withered and decaying state, and along with its half-crown-shaped branch, it transformed into a pale blue, translucent crystal that seemed to exist between reality and illusion.

Ed's body recovered quickly, and his ashen skin became smooth and radiant again in the blink of an eye.

From Adelaide's unseen perspective, the light green system interface returned, and a notification box with a small white flower blooming on its border appeared before Ed's eyes, seemingly indicating the mood of a certain sapling:

[Analysis complete:]

Grand Duke Adelaide's Authority – " Absolute Punishment "

Content: You can divide all life forms within your capabilities into "factions" according to your own will.

The "enemy" will continuously acquire various negative status effects and will eventually die naturally over time, with the exact time depending on the level difference.

For certain special enemies, Adelaide can mark them additionally, which will force all nearby Blood Corpse to change their target.

When "friendly" units attack individuals tagged with "enemy" or those with special markings, their attacks will receive an additional boost.

The smaller the range of abilities, the greater the level difference, and the faster the negative effects accumulate.

The method to annex other lineages is to forcibly lock onto the enemy, accumulate debuffs over a long period until the enemy drops in rank, and then use "faction" to absorb them.

Current True Blood collection rate: 25%

Current absorption of True Blood: 5%

*Friendly note: It looks sinister, but it's still a bit lacking compared to our Tang Dynasty disguise plan.