Chapter 207: Thunder Field

Meng Yifan and Jiang Hailong rendezvoused; with a casual wave of his hand, an M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun appeared on the ground before them, along with two matching ammunition boxes.

Jiang Hailong was already unfazed by this; in his eyes, Meng Yifan was already a being among immortals, and suddenly pulling a heavy machine gun out of the void was nothing to be surprised about.

"Hailong, you use the heavy machine gun. I have more ammunition boxes here; once you finish using these, I'll give you more," Meng Yifan said.

Back when he was a mercenary, Jiang Hailong was accustomed to using machine guns, and this M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun was his absolute favorite; it was precisely for this reason that Meng Yifan had pulled this type of heavy machine gun out from the ammunition depot.

Jiang Hailong operated it with one hand, skillfully loading the 110-round ammunition belt into the heavy machine gun, then laughed: "Yifan, just watch and learn. In a moment, your buddy will show you a trick or two and see why my peers used to call me the Machine Gun Artist."

Meng Yifan, meanwhile, held the Array Disk in one hand and shouldered the Gustav Rocket Launcher with the other; the two of them opened the secret passage once more and ran toward the interior of the Ancient Tomb.

Through the Array Disk, Meng Yifan checked the positions of those three fellows and discovered that Carlisle was advancing the fastest; although he had taken some detours, he had maintained supersonic speed the entire way, and the exotic beasts could not keep up with his speed, naturally unable to effectively intercept him.

The passages in the Ancient Tomb were winding and twisted, forming a small labyrinth; if an ordinary person wanted to pass through the labyrinth, it would take a very long time.

But Carlisle was not only fast, his memory was also incredibly formidable; he had brought people to explore the Ancient Tomb before and had some understanding of the passages within, having drawn a simple map. Once he confirmed his position based on the shape of the passages, he quickly found the correct route and charged toward the depths of the tomb.

Carlisle's goal was very clear: he wanted Zhang Sanfeng's Space Ring; he knew that many true Eastern Immortal Cultivators possessed Space Rings.

Inside a tiny ring, a space of its own existed; many Immortal Cultivators would carry their precious Dharma Treasures, cultivation techniques, and other treasures with them in their Space Rings. As long as he snatched the Space Ring, he could obtain a massive amount of treasure.

On the other hand, Carlisle craved to consume Zhang Sanfeng's blood. Vampires were a very magical species; they used fresh blood as their source of power, and to advance, they had to absorb blood containing energy.

The blood of high-level Immortal Cultivators contained pure energy and was a priceless treasure to a Vampire; as long as he could devour Zhang Sanfeng's blood, Carlisle had hope of advancing to a Fourth-rank Vampire.

"Let's go, deal with Carlisle first. This guy's speed is too fast; he's almost about to rush into the core area."

While using the Array Disk to mobilize an army of exotic beasts to block Carlisle's path, Meng Yifan led Jiang Hailong on a shortcut, rushing ahead of Carlisle.

"Quick, bury these mines all here." Meng Yifan pulled box after box of mines out of his Space Ring again, and the two of them worked with nimble hands and feet, rapidly laying the mines.

The mines Meng Yifan brought over included Anti-personnel Mines; these mines had a smaller explosive charge and were mainly used to kill infantry.

There was also a box of Anti-tank Mines; these mines had a larger explosive charge and greater power, mainly used to blow up tanks and armored vehicles.

Meng Yifan controlled the Array Disk, which could slightly alter the terrain within the Ancient Tomb, providing them with great convenience for laying the mines.

Wherever Meng Yifan wanted to lay a mine, he only needed to wave his right hand, and the Blue Stone floor in that spot would crack open a gap. He would place the mine inside, and then the Blue Stone floor would recover; from the outside, it was impossible to tell that a mine was buried underneath.

Half a minute later, this section of the passage had already been set up as a Thunder Field; Meng Yifan only needed to press the Detonator to detonate all the mines.

Being able to control the Ancient Tomb's Array Disk, Meng Yifan fought in the Ancient Tomb as if he were on his home turf, and his advantage was immense.

"Hailong, after I detonate the Thunder Field in a moment, if it still doesn't blow Carlisle to death, you use the heavy machine gun to finish him off," Meng Yifan said.

Jiang Hailong nodded, though in his heart he felt that with so many mines, even a heavy tank would be blown into fragments, and Carlisle would certainly be blown into fragments too; he probably wouldn't need to finish him off.

Jiang Hailong set up the heavy machine gun behind the Thunder Field, and Meng Yifan also shouldered the Gustav Rocket Launcher, aiming at the Thunder Field area; as long as Carlisle tried to charge through here, Meng Yifan would decisively fire a rocket at him.

Then, Meng Yifan controlled the omnipresent black mist to shroud their two figures, waiting for Carlisle to arrive.

One minute later, Carlisle shook off the entanglement of another group of Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes and arrived in this passage.

"Almost there. As long as I go forward three more passages, I can get close to Zhang Sanfeng. Haha, this time with that Japanese Onmyoji entering, the fiends in the Earth Cave will definitely riot collectively. Zhang Sanfeng will be unable to attend to himself, which gives me the opportunity to seize the treasures and take the blood."

"As long as I obtain these treasures, I will be able to advance. After I return, I will have hope of contending for the Patriarch's throne. Haha, the era belonging to me, Carlisle, is about to arrive."

Thinking of this, Carlisle's blood boiled; without hesitation, his body became like a bolt of blood-colored lightning, charging into the passage.

Just at this moment, Meng Yifan pressed the Detonator.

"Boom! Boom!" Over a hundred mines buried in the passage detonated simultaneously. The entire passage was filled with splashing fire and shaking earth; dense shrapnel shrouded the entire passage. No matter how fast Carlisle was, he had nowhere to hide.

"How is this possible? Isn't it impossible to use metal objects inside the Ancient Tomb? Why are there so many mines buried here?" Carlisle was dumbfounded; in the critical moment, he had no time to ponder why mines had appeared here.

At the same time the mines exploded, he realized things were bad. He could manifest nine phantoms, making it impossible for people to distinguish which was real and which was fake, but this move was useless here.

The entire passage was filled with flying shrapnel; this was a blanket strike, and the phantoms would be torn into shreds by the shrapnel the moment they appeared.

"I can only use that move." Carlisle felt a pang of heartache. Vampires had a life-saving secret technique, but the cost of using it was extremely high, requiring the consumption of the Vampire's Blood Core Origin. He really didn't want to use it unless absolutely necessary, but now, in this life-and-death moment, he couldn't care about that.

Red light flickered on Carlisle's body, and then dense cracks appeared. Immediately after, with a 'bang', his body shattered like a mirror into over a hundred fragments, each fragment transforming into a palm-sized bat, flying toward the passage.

"Puchi! Puchi!" Many bats were torn apart by the shrapnel, but some small bats, protected by their companions, rushed out of the Thunder Field.

"Da! Da! Da!" The M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun rang out, firing a dense rain of bullets.

It had to be said that Jiang Hailong used the machine gun well; the small bats escaping the Thunder Field were fast, but they were still smashed to pieces by the bullets one after another. Not a single small bat could escape the heavy machine gun's blockade.

Half a minute later, the mine explosions ended, and the smoke slowly dissipated. The entire passage was blasted into pits and bumps, with rubble everywhere, unrecognizable.

"Is Carlisle dead?" Jiang Hailong asked. He truly couldn't understand how a grown man could actually turn into over a hundred small bats; such a bizarre scene completely overturned Jiang Hailong's perception of the world.

Although Jiang Hailong confirmed that not a single small bat had rushed out, he still wasn't sure if a monster like Carlisle had died in the explosion.

"He's not dead yet. The vitality of a Vampire is truly formidable." Meng Yifan had been checking the Array Disk and quickly discovered Carlisle's unique aura within it.

Comparing the location of that aura and checking the devastated passage, he quickly locked onto a spot amidst some rubble; Carlisle was hiding right there.

Carlisle was hiding very well; if not for the help of the Array Disk, Meng Yifan really wouldn't have been able to discover Carlisle's hiding place. Unfortunately, with the Ancient Tomb's Array Disk, Carlisle had nowhere to hide.

"Hmph! Still want to hide? I'll give you a rocket first." Meng Yifan decisively pulled the trigger, and a rocket shot out.

"Bastards, you all deserve to die!" That area of rubble suddenly exploded, and a thumb-sized blood-colored bat flew out; it was the form taken by Carlisle's Blood Core Origin.

For a creature like a Vampire, as long as the Blood Core Origin is not destroyed, even if the physical body is pulverized, it can recover again.

However, this requires a massive amount of fresh blood and a massive amount of energy, and there is a limit to the number of times it can be used; a Vampire can only use it once in a lifetime, so unless it is the final moment, a Vampire will not use this move.