Chapter 60 A Desperate Struggle
"…That's a truly terrifying constraint!" Daedalus exclaimed, rubbing his forehead.
Luo Xia closed his eyes and carefully considered the current situation. According to his plan, all the top-ranked individuals in the Adventurers' Guild would become his prey.
By using the pretext of granting immortality to consume their blood, he could quickly break through to the ninth-order Grand Magister.
At that time, he will be able to join the top tier of this world and finally settle the score with his second brother, who was rubbed raw by the vines during the first test.
He had imagined what would happen if the adventurers didn't cooperate, but those thoughts quickly faded away.
In his view, no one can refuse immortality, and what he did was simply a mutually beneficial arrangement!
He licked his lips excitedly, and even trembled uncontrollably: "Heh, now I'll have to trouble you to tell the other seven nobles about this."
"oh…"
Daedalus, surprised, leaned back against the table and leisurely savored a sip of blood: "The blood magic conversion phase is very risky; getting them to comply won't be an easy task..."
"Tsk tsk tsk..."
"I brought the 'fruit' of immortality, and I am willing to share it with them. They have no right to refuse. If anyone does not comply, then…" His gaze swept coldly across his face, and Rorschach slid his fingers forcefully down his throat.
Daedalus nodded lazily in agreement: "Alright, alright... In any case, this restriction means nothing to me."
These words immediately aroused the surprise hidden in Luo Xia's eyes. She then raised an eyebrow at him and said, "Hmm? You've ruined so many girls, yet you didn't leave a single child?"
Daedalus, thoroughly enjoying himself, downed the cup of blood in one gulp, scratched the back of his head, and chuckled, saying:
"Oh dear... I was just curious about what the babies in the womb look like every month and every day, so I cut open all of their bellies. Who knew they wouldn't last?"
"Tell me, if you can't even handle this much, how are you qualified to bear my offspring?" He crossed his arms and rubbed them together, as if he were telling a story of great pride.
"Ha, what a horrible sense of humor!" Upon hearing this, Luo Xia felt a chill run down his spine and immediately scoffed.
Shaking his head, he quickly remembered the most important thing at hand, and with a wave of his hand, he walked towards the steps: "Alright, while they are fighting Magellan's fleet, I should go and do some important things."
"Then good luck..." Daedalus felt a surge of joy as he savored the taste of blood melting in his mouth.
...
This epic battle lasted nearly six months, during which Magellan's team was blocked on all routes, and after a fierce struggle.
The two swan eggs, one black and one white, were lost somewhere during this struggle, and even the carefully guarded Dead Sea Scrolls fragments fell into the hands of Jiu Nian.
However, due to the Pope and Ye Feng's desperate tribulation, he was unable to reunite with his pirate crew members and was instead beaten all the way to the Western Plains.
"bump--!"
Under the relentless, day-and-night onslaught, even Jiu Nian was finding it hard to keep up. In a moment of mental confusion, he was kicked hard into the grassland by Cliff.
"Whoosh..."
Gasping for breath, he knelt on the ground, leaning on his spiked club, his extremely venomous gaze sweeping over the four equally exhausted men.
"It really is like a leech... I can't shake it off no matter what I do!" Overwhelmed by exhaustion, Jiu Nian subconsciously spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.
"Ugh...! This guy..."
Cliff wiped the sweat from his forehead in a disheveled manner, panting heavily. His right leg was trembling slightly, and the pain in his eyes made him incoherent.
Ye Feng and Cliff weren't in much better shape; their clothes were almost completely burned off, and they stood guard in two other directions, covered in soot.
Euphemia was the only one in relatively good condition, but even he looked completely bewildered.
Jiu Nian's thick skin had far exceeded his imagination!
Although those three guys were seriously injured and only had the strength of a seventh or eighth-order archmage.
But including himself, a genuine eighth-tier peak, he had been relentlessly beaten by four people in a relay battle for four months, and now it was his own stamina that was failing first!
"field…"
Taking a deep breath, Euphemiah once again flung aside his spear and clasped his hands together, preparing to activate his domain again.
"null--!"
Before he could finish speaking, a magical power, almost as if he were determined to die, erupted from Jiu Nian. He gripped the Dead Sea Scroll tightly in his hand and roared to the sky.
"How can this guy still...!" Ye Feng's cigar, which he had just put in his mouth, suddenly lost its flavor. He stared wide-eyed and muttered in disbelief.
"Crackling... crackling..."
The overwhelming thunder quickly burned the entire grassland, and Jiu Nian, bathed in flames, looked like a god of death.
Aston released his raised hands, and the surrounding ice shield shattered the next moment. He found that his hands had gone limp, as if they were filled with lead.
"Damn, this guy's magic reserves are terrifying. To be honest, this talent of the demon race is really disgusting."
Even more shocked than those present were the viewers in the live stream. They had been jeering at each other about the fall of the Four Emperors, but now the tide had turned.
...
"Kai is a real man! He can still fight after enduring four months of beatings!"
"What is strength?! This is strength! High attack, high defense, and high HP!"
"Hilarious! Look at the Pope's constipated expression!"
"You...you haven't eaten for four months?!"
...
The barrage of comments seemed to be setting the stage for a life-or-death struggle, but neither Ye Feng nor Jiu Nian had any interest in watching them.
Wild beasts driven to the brink of destruction are the most dangerous; they experienced this firsthand during the first test, not just now…
Therefore, they dared not underestimate Jiu Nian, who was now on the verge of madness.
"Well…"
"Don't force me...!"
Suddenly, he vomited a mouthful of blood, his long-held spiked club pointing directly at the sky, continuously absorbing the lightning from the heavens.
"I'll drag you all down with me even if I die!!"
His eyes grew increasingly bloodshot, and with each breath he took, blood seeped from the wounds on his body, yet his aura rose in an extremely terrifying manner.
"Clang—!"
A flash of cold light appeared first, and the golden gun pierced the earth. Euphemia launched the first attack, and the two were locked in battle once again.
This four-month-long tug-of-war has once again begun on the plains.
Five meteors of different colors collided in the sky. They were extremely fast and entered the territory of the demon race in the blink of an eye.
"boom...!"
With a deafening explosion, Jiu Nian was shot and plunged into the vast lake, the thick fog surrounding him causing everyone to freeze in shock.
Also standing there, stunned, was Rorschach, who was lurking in the distant forest. Five jinxes had arrived in one go, and he hadn't even had time to wipe his snot.
"They're already seriously injured? Hehehe... then perhaps I can..."
"As long as I drink their blood, I will surely break through to the level of a Dharma King! The new era will be written only with my name, Rorschach!!"
Beneath a chilling smile, he quickly concealed his presence, observing the battle from afar and stealthily approaching.
"Loch Ness, this is my second time here..."
Whether it was Euphemia or the three generals, they were all very familiar with this place. This was the very place where they had joined forces to behead the Golden Rat not long ago!
"Fine! Fine! You're forcing me to do this...!"
"Taking two steps in one, Jiu Nian floated on the water's surface, and black and red flames burst from his mouth, shooting straight into the sky after passing by everyone."
"Boom..."
Thunder rumbled incessantly, and black and red lightning converged from within, causing Jiu Nian to let out a helpless, maniacal laugh.
"Splash