Chapter 577: Blood-Sucking Impulse

"Half-vampire, huh."

Rod laughed.

Behind him, the enormous Hundred-Eyed Ghost battle soul manifested.

Four withered arms cast 【Grasp】, each firmly seizing Vanessa's wrists and ankles, suspending her upside-down in midair.

This lady was no mere mage — from the fight one could tell she had also practiced some vampire spiritual arts.

Therefore, after shedding her purple mage's robe—

—she revealed a silver chainmail breastplate woven of mithril and blood-sucking thorns, with a clean white shirt worn underneath.

The shirt had been burned through by Rod's flame ray during their first exchange.

The mithril chainmail, however, had not.

But because her whole body was inverted, her clothes and chainmail sagged downward, exposing large swathes of her belly skin.

Cold and pale, with faint bluish veins faintly visible beneath the surface.

The chainmail also seemed to serve the function of holding her chest in place.

The twin rabbits pressed against the chainmail, plump and bulging, weighed down to the collarbone.

The half-vampire lady's face was cold and sullen, showing no sign of panic at her current state.

"What did you do? Why did my 【Wish】 deviate?"

"Nothing at all. Perhaps it's the Weave's favoritism."

Rod said casually.

He pinched her belly.

Her lower abdomen had a slight fleshy feel — springy and soft.

Yet she was still extremely gifted, possessing the smooth lines of a defined abdominal ridge.

Her waist was slim, but her hips were wide, her buttocks filling out those black hunting trousers to bursting.

A textbook pear-shaped figure.

Only the color of her skin was far too ashen.

Somewhere between Lady Kali's natural snow-white and ghoul Pan Ni's corpse-pale bluish-white.

"Impossible. The Weave is fair, and the goddess of magic, Mystra, is also fair. She couldn't favor anyone — you must have done something."

Vanessa said expressionlessly.

"You're Bahadur's mage professor. What do you think I could have done that would slip past you? Just a simple spell deviation, that's all."

"After completing a wish, my 【Wish】 — or rather, the goddess Mystra — could not possibly err. Yet now she has stuffed the memory of that succubus having intercourse with you straight into my head."

Hearing this, Rod couldn't help but laugh out loud.

That Mystra is quite the trickster — couldn't she just have pretended it was a casting failure?

Perhaps not.

For the goddess of magic, a casting failure would be far too lame.

"What?!"

Tally protested indignantly: "You mean this thing stole my technique and experience?!"

"What do you mean 'nothing special'? You stinky thing, I'll show you how powerful I am!"

Rod pushed her away without mercy.

He turned his attention back to the half-vampire lady.

Kneading and squeezing—

Touching and feeling—

She said expressionlessly once more: "You're interested in my body? Tell me what you did to 【Wish】, and you can play however you like."

"Even if I don't tell you, aren't you still at my mercy right now?"

Rod used his finger to part her soft lips.

A pair of sharp, pristine white canines stood out conspicuously.

He gently pried open her jaw.

Inside was a bright red mouth and tongue.

"Since you're a vampire, blood should be very tempting to you."

So saying—

Rod used sharp spiritual force to slice his finger, squeezing out a drop of blood.

To his surprise, Vanessa showed not the slightest excitement — instead her face changed drastically, as if facing a great enemy.

She immediately shut her mouth and eyes tight.

Tally leaned over again, laughing: "Oh! She's one of the Jinshi Sect."

"What's the Jinshi Sect?"

"A faction among vampires. They believe fresh blood triggers 【Blood-Sucking Impulse】, so it must be left to sit for one or two days before being consumed normally."

"Won't it spoil?"

"Of course it will! The taste is awful, and spiritual essence will partially drain away — even magical preservation doesn't work. Same principle as vital essence."

Rod looked at her: "Then why do you still store so much?"

Tally smiled sweetly: "Master's vital essence smells just as fragrant even after sitting for a long time. Tally loves eating it."

"Heh."

In that case—

Rod simply flicked the drop of blood onto Vanessa's lips.

She trembled, as if enduring something.

Gao Jie Gao Jie Gao Jie!

Keep playing.

Play hard.

Finally.

After Vanessa struggled fiercely,

she could no longer hold back; she stretched out her blood-red tongue and lapped up all the blood.

After opening her eyes again,

her eyes glowed red, staring tightly at Rod's bleeding finger, with only thirst for fresh blood in them.

Her mouth remained half-open, her gray-white neck stretched out in longing.

The two fangs were clearly visible growing longer.

"Mm!"

Vanessa's gaze suddenly cleared.

She looked in shock at Rod's bleeding finger: "【Charm Fluid】? Why does a human possess a Succubus's spiritual technique?! And why is it so delicious? This flavor and energy far exceed the Ninth Tier!"

Vampires can resist charm.

They themselves are masters of charm and hypnosis.

The one before her is a half-vampire; even if she cannot fully resist, she possesses considerable resistance.

"Ho."

Rod raised an eyebrow.

The Hundred-Eyed Ghost adjusted her hanging position downward.

It was lowered to the point where her face was right against that thing.

Then the Great Dragon moved out.

It slapped her face twice.

Rod chuckled, dripping blood onto it.

Vanessa finally showed panic, recoiling with great resistance.

"No! Stop! Blood of this level! I will be completely dominated by the 【Bloodsucking Impulse】! Stay away from me!"

"You are Rod, right! Mr. Rod! I beg you, do whatever you want with my body! Don't let me drink blood! I don't want to lose control again! I can't lose my memories again!"

She became hysterical, looking at the Great Dragon dripping with blood as if seeing a ghost.

Tally cursed under her breath, calling the vampire an unappreciative idiot.

But to please her master,

she took the initiative to hold Vanessa's head steady, then used shadows to forcibly pry open her mouth.

"Open up! Master, please come in~~"

Rod was grinning wickedly, making "Gao Jie Gao Jie Gao Jie" sounds.

Suddenly feeling the scene before him was a bit demonic and evil, he looked around.

The forest was pitch black, with gusts of night wind.

Just in case, he crushed a magic ring that blocked the view.

He nodded in satisfaction.

That settled it; when a decent person does indecent things, it doesn't count as long as no one sees.

He straightened his bear-like waist.

"Ah-wooo—"

The content below was naturally blocked again by the Heavenly Dao, impossible to see clearly.

In short,

although Vanessa failed to charm him, she succumbed due to the bloodsucking impulse.

Not long after, she became like a sloth, her arms and legs clinging tightly.

(End of this chapter)