Chapter 304 - 228: The Choice Between the Divine Realm’s East and North, the Arrogant Vampire Viscount
Chapter 304: Chapter 228: The Choice Between the Divine Realm’s East and North, the Arrogant Vampire Viscount
Additionally, the uneven, rolling mountain terrain in the eastern part of the Divine Realm was not without its own topographical advantages.
Upon learning that the Teleportation Gate would open in the Desolate Valley, about five kilometers east of the Dwarf War Fortress, Elf Legion Commander Feiyana immediately began to arrange her troops.
The Desolate Valley itself featured a flat area about three kilometers wide, but it was flanked by high canyons on both sides, forming a natural "pocket."
Therefore, Elf Legion Commander Feiyana established her first line of defense right here!
The second and third lines of defense were quickly set up in succession as well.
Although the Oracle had warned that the invading Clan might be exceptionally powerful, most of the Clans in the Divine Realm were filled with confidence.
On one hand, it was a confidence forged through past victories.
On the other, it was their faith in the God of Nature whom they worshipped!
As long as they could hold out for seven days, the great God of Nature would defeat the opposing Divine Being and sever the Teleportation Gate’s connection!
The hour of preparation time passed in a flash.
At the connection point Zhang Yi had selected, the spatial fluctuations grew more and more pronounced.
In just one short minute, the massive fluctuations had already formed the phantom image of a Teleportation Gate.
RUMBLE—!
In the eastern part of the Divine Realm, within the Desolate Valley, a massive, Dark Blood-colored Teleportation Gate, like a gruesome wound, forcibly tore open the space within the Divine Realm, propping open a portal!
Immediately after, a thick, metallic scent of blood and a nauseating negative energy seeped through from the other side of the Teleportation Gate.
In an instant, the vegetation in the Desolate Valley withered, and the rocks became stained gray and red.
Through the gradually solidifying Blood-colored Teleportation Gate, the Elf Clan and Dwarf Clan at the first line of defense could now see what lay behind it: a blood-red plain teeming with the assembled Vampire Corps!
Suddenly, the Blood-colored Teleportation Gate vibrated, and a figure exuding a powerful aura stepped through.
"Ah, the nostalgic scent of Natural Magic Power!"
"It seems another world is about to fall into the hands of the Vampire Ancestor Cain!"
"Humble creatures, hurry and submit at the feet of the Vampire Ancestor and the Vampire Count!"
"KYEHEHEHEH!"
A trace of greed was mixed in with his evil laughter, and his Spiritual Power, suffused with a malevolent aura, swept wantonly across the area.
But soon, when his Spiritual Power scanned the surroundings and detected a fully prepared Elf Corps numbering over a thousand, as well as an equally ready Dwarf Corps, his expression changed in an instant.
At that very moment, Elf Legion Commander Feiyana, holding the Middle-Grade Semi-Divine Artifact gifted by the God of Nature—Natural Fury—had already drawn its bowstring taut.
On the bow, the Fighting Qi that Elf Legion Commander Feiyana had infused and the Angel’s Power granted by the [Ancient Heaven] intertwined, radiating a brilliant Holy Light!
An Evil-Breaking Arrow, condensed from both powers, had already formed, firmly locking onto the Vampire Viscount who had just crossed the Teleportation Gate and entered the Divine Realm alone.
"In the name of the God of Nature, I shall purify this evil!"
Elf Legion Commander Feiyana’s voice was like a final Judgment!
WHOOSH—!
The Arrow left the string.
There was no earth-shattering boom, only a piercing shriek like the tearing of silk—a sound that made the souls of Dark Creatures tremble!
Wherever the Arrow passed, the evil aura seeping from the Dark Blood-colored Teleportation Gate was instantly erased.
The Arrow, moving faster than the eye could see, shot straight for the Vampire Viscount’s heart!
The lone Vampire Viscount who had crossed through the portal turned pale.
His instincts screamed at him: if he couldn’t block this Arrow, he would die!
Never before, upon entering a new plane through a Teleportation Gate, had he faced such a devastating attack right from the start!
The power of Nature and the holy aura of Light contained within that Arrow made his entire body shudder and his very Soul tremble!
"NO!!!"
At the juncture of life and death, the Vampire Viscount let out a desperate roar!
He unhesitatingly activated all the Essence Blood stored in his heart, as well as a drop of Origin Essence Blood that Count Yin Hai the Vampire had bestowed upon him after he had conquered a Middle Magic Plane.
This drop of Origin Essence Blood from Count Yin Hai the Vampire contained a sliver of a Blood Clan Count’s origin power and higher authority.
It was the key to his standing out among the other Vampire Viscounts, and also his hope for one day being promoted to Vampire Count!
He had already spent more than ten years refining this drop of Essence Blood bestowed by the Vampire Count and was on the verge of making it his own Origin Essence Blood.
But now, all that effort was for naught!
On top of that, he was consuming the very Origin Essence Blood that took him nearly two years to condense a single drop of.
Now, it was all being used up at once.
Not only would his power likely plummet, but he would also suffer a permanent loss of some of his potential.
But right now, to save his own life, he had no other choice!
BOOM!
Dark red blood gushed from his body, forming a thick, blood-colored shield imbued with an aura of countless sins.
The very moment this dark red, blood-colored shield formed, the Vampire Viscount’s entire aura instantly withered. His skin became shriveled and ashen, as if he had aged a hundred years in an instant.
This was the price for overdrawing most of his stored Essence Blood and the Vampire Count’s Origin Essence Blood!
CRACK!
The Arrow, carrying a Holy Aura and High Tier Fighting Qi, collided with the dark red, blood-colored shield.
The shield lasted for less than a second before it shattered violently.
However, thanks to the drop of Origin Essence Blood bestowed by the Vampire Count and the blood shield the Vampire Viscount had condensed by expending most of his Life Force, the Arrow’s trajectory was still shifted!
The Arrow, imbued with a Holy Aura and fired from the Middle-Grade Semi-Divine Artifact Natural Fury, did not hit the Vampire Viscount’s heart, but it pierced through his right chest, leaving behind a bowl-sized wound whose edges were being continuously purified by Holy Light and eroded by High Tier Fighting Qi!
"AAAAH—!"
The Vampire Viscount let out a terrible, pained scream. Emitting black, blood-red smoke from his entire body, he scrambled back into the Teleportation Gate like a beaten dog, using every last ounce of his strength.
In the end, all that was left was a puddle of dark red blood on the ground and a roar filled with venomous hatred.
"You... just you wait!"
"The Count’s wrath will not spare this world of yours!"
"After the Count conquers your entire world, I will tear out your souls and torture them day after day over the blood-flames!"
Although the Vampire Viscount hadn’t died, his pathetic retreat and the threats he left behind could not hide his true nature of being all bark and no bite.
It was so telling that he only dared to shout his threats from the other side of the Teleportation Gate.
After the threats faded, there was a brief pause, followed by the eruption of cheers from all across the battlefield!
That one Arrow from Elf Legion Commander Feiyana had greatly boosted morale.
So much so that even the Goblin Clan, who were manning the version 1.5 Magical Cannons in the Dwarf War Fortress, could hear the cheers coming from the Elf Corps and Dwarf Corps at the first line of defense!
A few minutes passed. Then, as if to save face, the Teleportation Gate, which could originally only fit two people at a time, suddenly expanded.
It instantly widened into an entrance of twenty square meters!
Immediately after, like floodgates opening during a torrential downpour, an army of countless Blood Slaves—with vacant eyes, pale skin, and saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths—poured out of the Teleportation Gate like a tide.
Based on the clothes these Blood Slaves were wearing, Zhang Yi could deduce that they had likely been converted from ordinary people in that Large Dark Plane.
These Blood Slaves were Low-Level servants created with evil Dark Magic after having their blood drained by Vampires.
They were vast in number but weak in strength.
They were the most standard cannon fodder of the Blood Clan!
The real war had now begun!
"Ready, fire!"
Following the command of the Elf Archer squad leader, the Elf Archers hidden on the high cliffs on both sides of the Desolate Valley immediately loosed their Bows and Arrows.
At the same time, as the Dwarves pushed boulders down from the clifftops, swathes of the Blood Slave army fell!