Chapter 931: Ailuo Tixia

Sigh, the wasteland.

Reslin cloaked himself in the high sky, watching the battle below with a cold eye.

Not long ago, the succubus's hidden cave was found by vampires; she was alert, sensing danger even while asleep, waking a step early and fleeing before the vampires' encircling circle closed.

But her wounds were too severe, and she had contracted the vampires' blood plague, losing the ability to fly; she was intercepted by a massive number of vampires after fleeing only a short distance.

These vampires clearly intended to capture the succubus alive, so they did not deliver a killing blow.

It must be said that the succubus's prowess was extraordinary, especially her masterful swordsmanship that reached a pinnacle, as if honed over centuries—concise, sharp, swift, and agile—combined with psychic power, each slash unleashing unparalleled blade light.

Even with combat power reduced to less than thirty percent, the succubus endured for a long time under the vampires' encirclement.

Until two vampire Dukes personally intervened.

The succubus holy swordsman finally ran out of stamina, her wounds worsening, collapsing to the ground, despair flashing in her eyes.

The soul's eye saw her emotions surge wildly, the fire of faith burning intensely, evidently praying to the god of justice Tiriel for final aid.

However, Tiriel gave no response.

The succubus's soul color turned gray, the fire of faith wavered, then suddenly steadied. She abandoned her prayer, resolved to perish together with the vampires.

"It's time."

Reslin held a guide stone in his hand, containing a phase beacon.

This guide stone's method was invented by Kuilu; ever since Lei En got involved with her, he learned it from her and produced a large batch for reserve.

Kuilu's guide stones were engraved with spatiotemporal coordinates, but Lei En altered them, replacing them with phase beacons generated by a Phase Walker; no matter how distant, Lei En could clearly sense them, guiding the Star Destroyer's teleportation landing point.

This method is more precise than a simple Phase Walker plus teleportation, with error never exceeding a hundred meters.

Teleporting from the Prime Material Plane into the Abyss over such a vast distance while keeping error within a hundred meters is truly a miracle.

Of course, the premise is to deliver the guide stone to the destination.

Boom!

A thunderous roar echoed from the high sky, the void rippling violently; the vampires encircling the succubus instinctively looked up, witnessing a sight they had never seen.

A force blew the dark clouds apart, forming a massive void.

Blazing shafts of sunlight pierced the clouds, dispelling the darkness that had persisted for countless years.

Ordinary vampires, fearing sunlight, instantly emitted blue smoke from their skin, their eyes bleeding from the irritation, letting out cries of agony.

Higher-tier vampires have stronger resistance to sunlight; vampire nobility merely feel some discomfort, yet their faces turn bewildered.

The succubus holy swordsman lying on the ground widened her eyes.

She saw a broad passage opening within the cloud void, leading nowhere in particular, a aura completely different from the bottomless Abyss emanating from it; faintly she saw opposite a plateau, sky clear and transparent, mountains undulating on the ground, with no trace of corrupting evil energy.

Ai Lun E Si's Prime Material Plane!

The succubus holy swordsman's whole body trembled, even her soul quivered.

"Prime Material Plane!"

The vampires shrieked, their eyes turning wildly fervent.

The Prime Material Plane's environment is a hundred times better than the Abyss, teeming with countless weak mortals, like endless delicious blood meals to feast upon; every vampire dreams of entering the Prime Material Plane, escaping the Abyss's excruciating torment.

Suddenly, some vampires transformed into bats and flew toward the void in the sky.

Those were Mid-stage low-cost vampires.

Higher-tier vampires are cautious; mortals who can teleport from the Prime Material Plane into the Abyss are absolutely not to be trifled with.

Before that thought settled, the vampires saw a colossal being leap out of the void.

It was a silver‑gray metal fortress, shaped like an enormously magnified triangular dagger, larger than a noble's castle; looking up from below it seemed a mountain pressing overhead, its shadow casting down, the immense pressure suffocating the vampires.

"What is this?"

Several vampires scattered across the wasteland were dumbfounded, all looking up with blank stares.

Soon, their expressions shifted from blank to horror.

From the metal fortress in the sky emerged towering figures, each cloaked in heavy armor of unknown weight, reflecting an uncanny metallic sheen in the sunlight; each bore a square backpack on the back, spouting fierce tail flames that enabled them to fly.

The armor's chest, shoulder plates, and legs bore a golden emblem of a war hammer crossed with a crescent moon, set against a crimson background as if dyed with blood.

There were only a little over a hundred of them.

But each emanated an aura extremely terrifying, stronger than a vampire Duke.

After exiting the metal fortress, they dived toward the ground at high speed, wielding a peculiar weapon to launch an attack.

Boom—boom—...

Thunderous booms erupted around them.

The terrifying explosions startled the vampires; they were bewildered for a few seconds before reacting, their eyes unable to track the enemy's attacks, vaguely sensing streams faster than lightning descending and detonating, turning any vampire within the blast radius instantly into fragments.

Even a vampire Count could not withstand such attacks; a single hit would shatter them to pieces.

Ordinary vampires were reduced to ash in the explosions.

Only vampire Earls could barely endure a few blows, but the enemy's attack frequency was astonishingly high; a vampire Earl that had just transformed into a black‑mist bat and scattered was immediately struck back to its original form, then bombarded seven or eight times within a single breath, and in an instant its corpse vanished.

"Run quickly!"

The remaining living vampires were scattered like headless flies, fleeing in all directions.

No attack reached the succubus; the nearest were two vampire Dukes, one fled without hesitation, while the other, unwilling to give up, lunged swiftly at the succubus on the ground.

Lei En had emerged from the Star Destroyer.

At a glance he saw the precarious succubus, his eyes flashing, and a psychic leap placed him on the ground beside her.

The vampire Duke's senses were keen; when Lei En appeared in the sky it sensed danger, instinctively looked up, and upon seeing Lei En's figure rushed forward. Immediately, it sensed an extremely terrifying aura on Lei En, causing its soul to shudder.

This is a powerful aura only felt on an Abyssal Lord!

The vampire Duke turned and fled.

Its speed was as fast as lightning, even sacrificing massive vital energy to activate blood evasion, just to get as far away from this human as possible.

But it found that all its spells had failed.

Lei En had already drawn the Thunderbolt War Hammer he hadn't used in a long time, swung it casually, and the Vampire Duke was doubly suppressed by a mental force field and an anti‑magic field, unable to move, watching helplessly as the hammer slammed toward its head.

Snap!

The Vampire Duke's head and body were pulverized into powder, then instantly incinerated into ash by lightning.

Lei En sheathed the hammer and looked at the succubus lying on the ground.

Her injuries were severe; the worst was a wound in her abdomen, where the entrails were almost visible. The armor on her body had been corroded by the vampire's blood mist into a pitted mess, and her snow‑white skin was a mass of blood and flesh.

"Wasting such a treasure..."

"Those filthy vampires really don't know how to cherish beauty."

Lei En shook his head inwardly, leaned down and extended a hand to the succubus, a benevolent smile on his face, and said gently in Abyssal Language, "Beautiful lady, can you stand up on your own?"

The succubus holy swordsman nodded, tried to rise, but found she had no strength left.

She could only place her hand up.

Lei En lightly grasped her delicate hand, lifted her, then politely let go. Though the succubus said nothing, the Soul Eye saw her thoughts fluctuate; a faint blush rose on her slender neck and vanished in an instant.

The battle continued, but it was a one‑sided slaughter.

Gunfire roared, explosions never ceased.

Extreme Warriors had already dispersed, pursuing the fleeing vampires. Not far away, Maliwusi quickly caught up with the escaping Vampire Duke, a single shot made it materialize from the black mist, and a sword slash shattered it into fragments, as easy as killing a chicken.

The remaining vampires fared even worse; no matter how fast they were, they couldn't outrun the Bolt Gun.

Whether shapeshifted into black mist or bats, or activated the Blood Escape Technique, they were all exposed before the Extreme Warriors; the muzzles turned and blasted them one by one.

In less than half a minute, over ninety percent of the thousands of vampires were slain.

Only a few vampires that had been on the outskirts remained; they reacted promptly, fled to a farther distance, and ran away crazily without looking back.

"Not a single one can be spared."

Maliwusi ordered through the communication channel.

Extreme Warriors shot upward one by one, their engine packs spewing flames, speed surging; the heavy power armor transformed into bolts of lightning that chased targets, rapidly closing the gap, and when a vampire entered the Bolt Gun's range, they opened fire and blew it apart.

The succubus holy swordsman saw the scene and couldn't help but be horrified.

She turned her head toward Lei En, lightly parting her ruby lips to ask, "Who are you? Where do you come from?"

Lei En was admiring the succubus's beauty and figure, unabashedly expressing his admiration, silently praising her; close contact let him feel her extraordinary allure, her voice clear and melodious yet carrying an indescribable temptation that sparked fanciful thoughts and stirred his heart.

Fortunately, Lei En possessed a Willpower of Truth that could fend off part of the temptation, keeping him calm; otherwise he would have looked as foolish as those vampires.

Upon hearing the succubus's question, his first reaction was, "Truly, a angel among demons."

Because she spoke in Heavenly Language.

Lei En answered in Heavenly Language, "I come from the Prime Material Plane's Oriense Empire; my name is Ryan Augustus. I have many titles, but you may simply call me Consul, Sir."

The succubus's eyes lit up; indeed, the Prime Material Plane!

She only heard the first half; as she lifted her head, she found the metallic fortress in the sky vanished, the void in the dark clouds sealed, and she could no longer sense the Prime Material Plane's aura, instantly feeling a touch of loss.

Then she realized what Lei En had said.

Oriense Empire!

Consul!

The teacher who guided the succubus onto the holy swordsman path was indeed from the Oriense Empire. In his lifetime he spoke of many Prime Material Plane matters—such as the three great human empires, the Old Continent's revival in the New Era, and so on—with the Oriense Empire mentioned most often.

Thus the term was not unfamiliar to her; she longed for it intensely.

Because the headquarters of the Church of Justice lies in the imperial capital Nuosiruier, which is the holy site for all holy swordsmen worldwide, second only to the divine kingdom of Tiriel.

At the same time, the vast majority of holy swordsmen are Oriense.

And the young man before her was the Consul of the Oriense Empire; the succubus holy swordsman's emotions surged, and after years of desperate flight, she finally saw the dawn of hope.

"Consul, um..."

The succubus began to speak but tugged at her abdominal wound, emitting a muffled groan, clenching her teeth to endure the pain.

"Lady," Lei En's gaze swept over her abdomen, saying, "If you don't mind, I can treat you."

The succubus hesitated briefly, then did not refuse.

Lei En then produced a Seven Ring Restoration Scroll and tore it open; this wizard‑crafted scroll contained refined Arcane energy, unlike holy light or priestly healing that restrains demons and evil, a faint glow fell upon the succubus, the energy nourishing her whole body, and the wound healed instantly.

He tore open a second scroll, the Five Ring Detox Technique, to purge the blood plague virus from the succubus.

"Please drink it."

A bottle of demon potion floated to the succubus's eyes.

She heard Lei En's words, instantly became wary, then noticed his expression was calm; the demon potion in the crystal bottle radiated powerful energy, evidently very precious.

The succubus glanced around at the Extreme Warriors hunting vampires everywhere, and Lei En's terrifying power; if he intended harm, there was no need to poison.

So she caught the potion and drank it.

Immediately, a massive life force flooded her body, a warm sensation spreading inside; the spirit power and stamina that had been depleted recovered to peak condition within a few breaths, hunger was driven away, and strength fully returned.

She felt her soul ascending, faintly touching the Legendary Peak.

The succubus had never drunk such a miraculous potion; she let out a soft sigh, then saw Lei En's half‑smiling expression, instantly feeling a bit ashamed of her earlier doubt.

"Thank you, Consul," the succubus expressed sincere gratitude.

"You're welcome."

Lei En smiled, saying as a matter of course, "Holy swordsmen are the backbone of the Empire; as the Empire's Consul I cannot let a holy swordsman perish, especially such a beautiful lady. Yet I have not yet asked for your name."

"Ailuotixiya," the succubus replied gladly, already trusting Lei En, and whispered, "Consul, you may call me Ailuoya."

"Very well, Ailuoya, you may also call me Lei En."

Lei En took the opportunity to draw closer.

(Note: The side story was written half a year ago, so the succubus's name and appearance details differ slightly; the main text takes precedence.)

I went out during the day because I had something to do; I still owe the Alliance Leader that chapter, and I will write more of it these few days.

(End of chapter)