Chapter 273: The Stingy Death God

The Bloodline Project turned everyone into Blood-Embraced.

Reasonably speaking, since the Blood-Embraced claimed they could avoid the apocalypse, they must have had considerable strength.

Night Demon was the first to notice. He hadn't expected that in this lightless darkness... the movement speed of such things could be so fast!

It was as if they had merged into the night.

Could this be Cain? Otherwise, how could they be so strong?

Just as the *gulping* sound of chewing flesh rang out, Cannon had already turned on the lighting device on his gun barrel.

They saw a pale face.

It was a face like tree bark; the only reason it was called a face was because the eyeballs were moving.

But as Cannon's blood was being sucked, that bark-like face began to gradually shed its bark-like color and wrinkles, as if undergoing a rejuvenation. It actually gained vitality and became like human skin.

Wen Xishu felt the most frustrated...

You've got to be kidding me. A group of top-tier assassins in the industry, all of them ability users—even if their sequences weren't clear, they shouldn't be this pathetic, right?

Not long ago, they were full of ambition, talking about competing with the Savior...

And now they were being insta-killed by the Savior's underling mobs?

Wen Xishu could see names. The vampire's name was Dave. Clearly, he wasn't Cain, although Cain's real name might not necessarily be Cain...

But Wen Xishu didn't believe that just by walking into any random attic, the assassination target would appear.

Furthermore, this person clearly looked like he hadn't been able to feed on flesh for a long time.

Cannon had been insta-killed. This left Wen Xishu speechless.

Especially since Night Demon, who had the most combat power in a lightless environment, had actually been a step too slow.

This scene could be said to have zero sense of security. Wen Xishu had already taken out his quill, preparing to write Dave to death in one stroke.

But suddenly, Dave began to *wretch* and vomit.

The skin that had finally gained color and become youthful, after a few rounds of vomiting, turned back, presenting the color and wrinkles of withered tree bark.

Cannon was not dead.

"Sorry, my blood isn't very healthy."

Cannon, who was skilled in Gu-raising, poisoning, curses, evil arts, and witchcraft, had blood that was pure poison.

Cannon's sequence was called Mysterious Sequence 89: Evil Affinity. Evil things also included poison. He would get poisoned, and if he went to an institution for testing, it would definitely make the doctors doubt their lives.

But as it happened, he was just fine. However, just because he was fine didn't mean his blood, or even his flesh, was healthy and harmless.

Aside from toxicity, it could be said that everything people considered evil, even rumors, had an affinity for Cannon.

Simply put, the effect of this sequence was that when doing those evil things that had self-damaging effects, the sequence could shield oneself from the harm caused by these evil acts.

For example, ancient witchcraft—using it too much would shorten one's lifespan, but for Cannon, who possessed Evil Affinity, these claims didn't exist.

"My head is a bit dizzy. It doesn't seem very safe here; we should leave quickly."

Cannon actually had pretty good luck.

Vampires rarely had the habit of biting someone to death immediately; most of the time, they would bite a non-lethal spot and then suck blood.

After all—as long as they were given food, the human constitution could produce its own blood.

This was also the reason Dave hadn't bitten Cannon to death immediately.

Dave was in great pain.

But Dave couldn't die yet. At least, he couldn't be poisoned to death.

Wen Xishu quickly finished writing Dave's method of death.

In that instant, Dave seemed to have suddenly become possessed.

"I... I don't know, I don't know!"

"My name is Dave, my daughter and wife are both here, I... I fear sunlight, all vampires fear sunlight! But once night falls, you can't see the moon in this small town."

"In the night, we can merge directly with the darkness, and our speed becomes incredibly fast! We are the darkness itself!"

"I'm so hungry! So hungry!"

"I can't find them, I can't find them!"

When Wen Xishu heard that the daughter and wife were both there, everyone immediately huddled together back-to-back.

"They're over there!" Night Demon immediately pointed toward the three o'clock direction. But when Cannon shone the flashlight on his gun barrel toward the three o'clock direction... Night Demon pointed toward the nine o'clock direction again.

When Night Demon adjusted his aim again, he immediately realized... Dave's wife and daughter were extremely fast; the speed at which they completed their displacement was faster than him pointing at a certain spot!

Now it could be said that Cannon's light was a city wall.

Vampires didn't fear light, but in places that weren't completely dark, they couldn't use the super-high-speed movement method of merging into the night.

Wen Xishu's hand kept writing instructions:

"Cannon, shine the light on Dave."

Dave was in agony:

"Wife, Danny! And daughter, come here quickly, come here, it's dangerous over there! I need you! Come here quickly!"

Dave was the backbone of this family; his wife and daughter listened to him after all.

Even if they didn't understand, the three of them still gathered under the flashlight beam.

This was undoubtedly a tragic family; all three had turned into vampires, and after having no blood to suck, they became neither human nor ghost.

Wen Xishu and the few assassins all saw it... those creatures that looked terrifying, like three withered human-shaped trees.

One of them looked like a child of eight or nine years old.

Even a child had turned into a vampire... there must be a story behind this. Was it that the parents finally couldn't hold back, sucked the child's blood, and turned them into a vampire, or was it that if one didn't become a vampire, they couldn't survive in this city?

Wen Xishu didn't know all this. But this was an Obsession World, and Wen Xishu wasn't the kind of living Bodhisattva who saved all sentient beings.

Under the light, Dave killed his wife and daughter.

Vampire Dave bit through the neck of vampire Danny, and then one hand... crushed his daughter's head.

Undoubtedly, all of this was arranged by Wen Xishu.

The group was still shaken, and it wasn't until they were sure the three vampires were dead that they realized this was Wen Xishu's handiwork.

"You... are truly reliable," Cosmos said.

His ability was to make targets lose their sense of danger; of course, his skills were also top-notch. But compared to vampires, there was clearly still a gap.

Cannon had actually been ready to fire, but he couldn't even shine his flashlight on the target, so it was likely very difficult to aim at the vampires.

The real output was actually Cannon, who acted as bait and used poisonous blood to trap Dave; otherwise, Wen Xishu might not even have been able to see the target, let alone kill them.

The few people fell silent.

Wen Xishu said:

"Should we continue? The opponent looks like an ordinary character among the secondary Blood-Embraced. Undoubtedly, in the night... we are no match for them."

"The gap in strength is quite significant."

"I tried to make him tell me Cain's real name, but he didn't know."

The group suddenly realized.

So Dave's abnormal behavior just now, shouting "I don't know, I can't find them"... was all controlled by Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu also confirmed one point through Dave's reaction—the Colorful Quill could control a target to do all sorts of things... but it absolutely could not accomplish things beyond the target's cognition.

It was like asking someone to solve a difficult math problem before they died; that was absolutely impossible.

"He doesn't know Cain; he doesn't know the name or the location. Perhaps he wasn't even turned by Cain personally. He's at least two tiers below Cain."

Wen Xishu's words weren't too direct, but the few assassins understood very clearly...

"Cain will only be harder to deal with than these vampires... In the end, can we not even cross the moat in front of the Savior's castle?"

Cosmos found it hard to believe; the ambition to assassinate Cain had been doused with a large bucket of cold water.

And at this moment, Night Demon reminded them:

"If we want to retreat... it has to be now. If we want to pull back, while the sky isn't that dark yet, we still have a chance."

"The combat power of these things in the night is something that even the monsters in the apocalypse might not be able to handle."

"I've realized it now; we... are truly insignificant."

Night Demon's words clearly made everyone feel a bit low.

Everyone remained silent, but they also tacitly left this place.

Outside Crystal City, the daylight dimmed a bit more. Although it wasn't time for nightfall yet, it could be seen...

This city was slowly waking up.

When Wen Xishu and the others prepared to retreat from here, they no longer felt that this city was just gloomy and dead silent like at the beginning.

Now this city was still gloomy, but the atmosphere of death had reached its limit... so it was actually a bit lively.

Those scarlet eyes, pairs of them, were pressed against the windows on both sides of the street.

On the dim street, Wen Xishu and the others didn't even need to look closely to feel the scarlet presence all around.

The number of red dots the size of pupils appearing in this darkness was so high it triggered trypophobia.

Night was approaching, and a portion of them—had woken up early.

Even, Wen Xishu and the others soon heard the *creak* of doors being pushed open.

In this instant, Cannon felt countless auras locking onto him.

He immediately became vigilant.

Night Demon said:

"They are coming for you, Cannon!"

Cannon soon realized what was going on.

On one hand, the sky was getting dark, and the vampires were becoming active; on the other hand... Cannon had been bitten.

The wound bitten open by the vampire Dave was exposed to the air, and the scent of that blood... normal people couldn't smell it, but vampires could. Especially vampires who were hungry to the extreme.

Countless scarlet eyes were pressed against the windows, and many bold vampires pushed open the windows and opened the doors...

This moment felt a bit desperate for everyone.

A single vampire, in an absolutely dark environment, was comparable to the fiercest monster, capable of killing like teleportation.

Facing one vampire, they had already realized the gap.

But now, tens of thousands... even hundreds of thousands of vampires were waking up.

The dead silence was completely broken.

Wen Xishu could hear the beastly low growls coming from the throats of many, many densely packed vampires.

They wanted blood, they wanted slaughter.

Wen Xishu and the others could run, but they definitely couldn't run far. Wen Xishu was certain that the door had disappeared... without that door, relying solely on their foot speed, it was impossible to escape the hunting range of vampires that could almost merge with the night before nightfall.

"Let's fight; we aren't running anymore."

Standing on the street of Crystal City, Wen Xishu suddenly said.

Cannon immediately said:

"I know you are the Ultimate Murder King... your strength is far above ours, but facing this scale, and vampires with individual strength that exceeds the limit, even if you can hypnotize, you won't be fast enough!"

Wen Xishu was actually already able to "recruit teammates."

When one vampire after another pressed against the windows, revealing their heads, or when they opened the doors and no longer hid in the shadows...

Their names above their heads were taken in by Wen Xishu's eyes.

"As long as we see Cain, we can win. If we retreat now, then everything today will become your obsession."

The quill in Wen Xishu's hand was frantically scribbling.

The surrounding vampires looked no different; they were all waiting for the sun to set. The ferocity revealed because of hunger could intimidate even top-tier assassins.

Cannon and the others could each realize that this battle had no chance of winning.

Only Wen Xishu had already initially imagined the scene of the battle.

Wen Xishu said:

"Listen to my command from now on."

"Cannon, don't you know how to set up arrays? Whatever it is, use every means you have to weaken the enemy and strengthen us!"

Wen Xishu's voice suddenly dropped:

"Shadow, stay hidden, don't expose yourself."

Afterward, he raised his voice normally again:

"Cosmos, does your ability have to lock onto a target?"

Cosmos shook his head:

"No, I can erase the sense of danger in a range."

Wen Xishu said:

"Then expand the range, expand it to the limit!"

Cosmos and Cannon, in Wen Xishu's view, were both buff professions. Cannon was for weakening the mobs, and as for Cosmos, Wen Xishu hoped his ability could affect the hidden Cain.

More and more vampires emerged... but Cain never appeared.

"Cannon, don't you have infinite ammo? This city has no light, but firelight is also light. No matter what means you use... make this city bright for me, cut off the darkness."

In the past, Cannon would have been very excited; this job suited his temper too well, but now, Cannon was a bit scared.

Because there were too many vampires.

Wen Xishu said:

"Night Demon, protect me, protect everyone. You shouldn't be weakened by light like vampires, right?"

Night Demon shook his head:

"I just need the night; as for whether it's a bright night or a dark night, it doesn't make much difference."

Wen Xishu's pen never stopped:

"Then let's fight! Kill all the vampires; I don't believe Cain won't come out. Cannon, what the hell are you waiting for? Hurry up and bring out your Italian cannon!"

Wen Xishu shouted angrily.

This anger actually infected the assassin, and he gritted his teeth:

"Damn it, it's hard to escape anyway, let's go for it!"

Cannon raised his rocket launcher.

Crystal City, a city with quite a historical foundation, hadn't been ravaged by the monsters in the apocalypse, but now it was suffering from the bombardment of an assassin!

When the rocket launcher with infinite ammo was carried on his shoulder—Cannon suddenly regained his confidence!

*Boom! *

The vampires in the distance were stunned.

Because this city hadn't had such a deafening sound for a long time.

It wasn't just the rocket launcher, but also incendiary cannons, flares, and all sorts of things that could make the world bright; Cannon was firing them all desperately.

Heavy firepower capable of destroying buildings was aimed at the distance, and before long, the surrounding buildings were ablaze.

And for close range, he threw out long-lasting flares.

Soon, this city seemed to start walking backward in time, as if the night was beginning to fade.

The vampires' roars and exclamations filled the air.

They were stunned at first, then angry.

A group of vampires finally ignored whether night had fallen or not and began to rush toward Wen Xishu and the others.

Without darkness, they couldn't teleport, but they were vampires; even if they were weakened to the extreme... their sprinting speed was still terrifying.

Cannon couldn't care about the surroundings and fired a shot at the front first.

All fear comes from insufficient firepower; this saying really wasn't just talk. When Cannon's missile hit and blew the powerful vampires into pieces...

He became even more courageous.

And the vampires that got close were blocked by Night Demon.

Cannon was still setting up an array, an evil harvesting array—of course, not the erotic kind of harvesting. Simply put, once this array was formed, if the enemy was injured or died inside, then correspondingly, the person at the eye of the array would absorb what the enemy had lost.

Cosmos closed his eyes and concentrated, his expression looking very painful.

Under his influence, many vampires didn't avoid Cannon's firepower anymore and rushed straight toward Cannon.

They had lost their sense of danger.

At the same time, this also made the vampires' offensive even crazier.

Night Demon lived up to his name; in the time approaching night, his speed and strength were greatly enhanced.

Facing the occasional fish that slipped through the net, Night Demon's skills were extremely agile, and his striking power was also extremely astonishing!

In close-quarters combat, the vampires that got close were all repelled by Night Demon.

Although the assassins blocked the brief offensive, the situation was still becoming worse.

Because the vampires were constantly increasing.

Soon, with Cannon's bombardment, more and more vampires began to get angry.

All the vampires in Crystal City, and those second-generation Blood-Embraced who had been given the Progenitor's mark by Cain, all began to get angry.

All the vampires realized that someone was provoking them.

Cannon soon discovered that the enemies were actually increasing the more he bombed, and a tidal wave of enemies was rushing toward them.

"Why are there so many?"

Night Demon also felt it; the number of monsters had suddenly increased more than tenfold.

Even Cannon was thinking... with this magnitude of monsters, his array might not be able to hold up, right?

The situation turned bad in an instant; Night Demon went from dealing with a few scattered vampires at the beginning to dealing with a dozen vampires in an instant, but the number was still increasing, with a trend of dozens or hundreds of vampires swarming over.

Cannon felt a chill behind his back. But he didn't dare to look back.

He kept his back to Wen Xishu, bombing the wave of vampires in front. He was afraid that if he looked back, he would weaken the firepower.

In fact, Cannon at this moment wished he could learn the art of cloning and bomb without blind spots.

Because there were too many vampires... his bombardment couldn't cut off all the vampires. Night Demon's pressure increased sharply.

Cannon was very worried... that the vampires he hadn't bombed would launch a fatal attack from behind and bite his neck off.

His worry was indeed correct; he suddenly felt a cold aura behind him.

But next, a scene that shocked him appeared.

Just when he thought he was going to die, and Night Demon was about to be unable to hold on—

The vampires suddenly shouted in hoarse voices:

"We swear to defend our master—the Ultimate Murder King to the death!"

Night Demon was shocked.

Hundreds and thousands of vampires suddenly jumped in around him... he thought he was dead for sure, but these vampires weren't here to kill them, but to save them.

The pressure disappeared in an instant!

Two people, one long-range and one melee, indeed couldn't hold off a corpse tide, but what if... the corpse tide itself wasn't united?

At this moment, Wen Xishu, whose hand speed was so fast it created afterimages, finally stopped writing:

"I'm exhausted, but don't panic, everyone; we also have an army of thousands."

The army of thousands had really arrived.

Countless vampires killed their way out from behind Cannon; they didn't ambush Cannon but turned into reliable friendly forces.

Cannon knew the Ultimate Murder King's hypnosis was powerful... but he truly hadn't expected Wen Xishu to be able to hypnotize such a massive group of vampires.

Too strong!

All the assassins were thinking, the five words "Ultimate Murder King," not a single word was fake! The gold content was explosive.

The enemy blocked the enemy, immediately reducing the pressure on everyone.

But Wen Xishu didn't think so; he only stopped writing for a moment before he started waving his pen again at a speed so fast it had afterimages.

The Western Death God's methods were still not efficient enough... his hand was shaking from writing names.

"If I had known I could kill so many obsessions, and if I really had to kill so many, Brother Crow, why couldn't you give me a Ten Thousand Soul Banner? Damn it, the Death God is still too stingy."

(End of chapter)