Chapter 262

Swinging the sword upward, the blood-red sunset and the snowy winter night spliced together. The blood-colored greatsword and the silver two-handed greatsword collided in the air, blood-red and silver light splashing everywhere; time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The 【Labyrinth Candle】 burned out completely in an instant, the second relic of the night destroyed in Xia De's hands. At the same time, the deep night sky in the heavens faded away completely. The monster roared toward the sky, and the blood-red sunset also gradually faded. Its figure shrank gradually, but it was still not dead.

It stepped back two paces, supporting its body with the blood-colored greatsword, and a look of intelligence actually surged back into its eyes:

"Impossible, who exactly are you? The moon, oh, the moon! Such a pure moon..."

The moment the two greatswords collided, although both sides were nearly crippled, Xia De was actually more severely injured. As the mystery lock and the Words of Sublimation ended, if it weren't for the two ladies behind him supporting him, he wouldn't even have been able to stand steady.

"Xia De."

Miss Miss Beiya held Xia De's arm tightly. Among the three of them now, she was the least injured:

"No, you're only First-Ring after all. Even if this miracle is powerful, it's still... Oh no!"

Miss Miss Beiya pointed at the vampire who was raising its sword again. The young sorceress wanted to block in front of her two companions, but Xia De's movements were faster; he knew he had won this round:

"I worked so hard to pursue this miracle not just because of its offensive nature."

With the leaf in his mouth maintaining his vitality, Xia De carried the holy silver greatsword and rushed toward the vampire roaring in the blood mist:

"After I win in a moment, you two leave here immediately to find the Silver-Eyed One. No one is to come near me."

He instructed, then without caring about their reaction, he carried his sword to meet the enemy.

Holding the sword with both hands, the silver greatsword and the blood-colored greatsword collided in the air again. Xia De let out a muffled groan, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and then his figure abruptly vanished before the vampire.

He appeared behind the vampire. As he slashed the second sword, in the void before the vampire, whose figure was still tall, a blade held by no one also thrust out.

"Blade of Disordered Time!"

Two silver greatswords, one in front and one behind, slashed down simultaneously. The vampire, whose whole body was wrapped in vines, swung its sword to strike down the Moonlight Greatsword before it and took the sword from behind with its back.

This sword cut a huge wound in its back. The injured, mad person swung its sword in anger, turning to slash backward, but Xia De's figure vanished for the second time and appeared again on his left hand side. Another sword was swung, and before the enemy could turn around, he vanished again and swung from the right:

"I can't worry about that much!"

Every time his feet shifted, it represented a sword strike and a spatial movement.

In a mere three seconds, he had already moved seven times. The clanging sound of collisions meant that every one of his sword strikes had been blocked.

When the third second finally arrived, seven Moonlight Greatswords in the void slashed out simultaneously from various angles. And Xia De, standing behind the vampire, also thrust his sword toward the opponent's heart with both hands.

Eight greatswords surrounded it, and the light of the silver moon illuminated it. Amidst the sharp sound of tearing space, the blood-colored greatsword split the greatsword before it, but more blades from different angles finally pierced into its body.

With the coordination of the Moonlight Greatsword, the Blade of Disordered Time, Lagley's Leap, the silver moon, time, and space, Xia De was slightly superior.

The blood-red sunset overhead finally faded away completely; the Words of Sublimation had ended.

And Xia De, who was nearly exhausted, felt his head spinning; the leaf he held in his mouth supported him so he wouldn't collapse.

On the Moonlight Greatsword barely held up by Xia De, the monster pierced by the sword withered even faster, recovering into the image of a man wearing a tattered black suit. Wooden vines kept emerging from the wounds, attempting to devour him.

His head rotated one hundred and eighty degrees backward, and a complete look of intelligence appeared in his vertical pupils, reflecting the figure of the young detective. But this was only his final moment of clarity; his lips moved a few times:

"What exactly are you? What relationship do you have with the moon?"

"That's hard to answer."

Eyes gradually losing their luster stared at Xia De, and the vampire spoke his final words:

"The Blood Spirit School will eventually... complete the final sublimation, the end... the blood of the ancestors... praise the blood, praise... the moon."

It seemed that at the final moment, he saw the transparent phantom of the silver-haired woman with her arms wrapped around Xia De's neck. But it didn't matter anymore; his pupils solidified, and he died under Xia De's sword.

The Moonlight Greatsword in Xia De's hand vanished, and the vampire's corpse fell to the ground, immediately to be wrapped by tree vines descending from the sky and pulled toward the dense canopy high above.

The battle ended, and all three survivors were severely injured. The Silver-Eyed One, who had been shrinking his body under the tree just now, laughed out loud:

"You're all finished, you're all finished."

The canopy of the 【Corpse Tree】 was shaking violently, making a rustling sound; it wanted to...

"No one is to come near me!"

Xia De supported himself on the ground, panting heavily, and shouted at Miss Miss Beiya and Miss Anat at the top of his lungs. The battle was over, but he had violated the rules by using a miracle, and he would have to pay the price.

The shaking canopy and the vines reaching toward the three of them all stopped, and the Silver-Eyed One's voice also stopped abruptly. Then, the tree returned to complete calm, because it sensed something even more terrifying.

The sound of shattering glass appeared one after another around Xia De in the huge underground void. Visible to the naked eye, dozens of black cracks fractured space; something even more terrifying, far more terrifying than anything seen tonight, was coming.

In the mere three seconds just now, Xia De had used 【Lagley's Leap】 eight times. Professor Garcia hadn't lied to him; something had indeed been drawn here.

"Xia De!"

Miss Miss Beiya called out, but Miss Anat stopped her. Xia De said no more, scrambled to his feet, and rushed toward the depths of the dim room. Now the 【Corpse Tree】 was in terror, and it was no longer dangerous under the tree.

Those black cracks also followed him away, leaving only Miss Miss Beiya and Miss Anat supporting each other under the dim light of the tree vines:

"Luna, trust him."

But her purple eyes were still full of worry.

Miss Miss Beiya bit her lip and nodded, then looked in the direction of the Silver-Eyed One, the anger in her eyes almost impossible to suppress:

"All of this is because of you."

Feeling the taste of the complete leaf in his mouth, Xia De, while running, scanned the pitch-black cracks getting closer and closer beside him. That was the deepest black; just by glancing at it, his soul had the illusion of being sucked in.

Disorder and chaos were the most direct feelings coming from the depths of those cracks. He knew something was peeking at him from behind the cracks, but he couldn't imagine what was behind them.

No matter how fast he ran, those cracks were getting closer and closer. At this moment, he had already heard overlapping whispers, heard language that almost made his head explode roaring from behind the cracks, and he even heard vague barking, though he couldn't be sure if it was a hallucination.

If he kept running, he was dead.