Volume 4 Chapter 223

Volume 4 + Chapter 223: First Encounter With Her

Chasing the residue monster, Xia Yi finally located the main body of Elizabeth’s dream and stepped into the fissure.

A blanket of white light engulfed the scene ahead, so bright it was blinding. After taking a moment to adjust, her vision gradually returned.

However, once her sight cleared, her expression changed, and she was thrown into a state of shock.

“T-This is…?!”

Spread out before her was an intense, seemingly endless battlefield where the Vampire Clan were locked in a life-or-death struggle… with the dragons?

“Rooooar!!”

A giant dragon roared at the Vampire Clan. Within the sonic wave, a group of Vampire Clan froze, unable to move. The dragon then swung its sharp claws, slamming down and crushing a large swath of them.

The Vampire Clan who survived quickly utilized the power of blood pools to heal their wounds and counterattack. Simultaneously, a large group of Vampire Clan flew in, brandishing their weapons to strike back at the dragon.

The dragon’s wing was severed. It fell from the sky, crashing to the ground, where ground troops swarmed over it, carrying out an execution.

Such brutal clashes between dragons and Vampire Clan played out repeatedly across the battlefield.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

In the sky, dragon formations continuously unleashed dragon-breath roars, setting the heavens ablaze.

On the Vampire side, there was actually a massive airship loaded with numerous ancient magic arrays. Like a mobile magic fortress, it employed firepower no less than the dragons’, returning fire with magic shockwaves. Each cannon blast seemed to pierce the firmament.

The epic scale and intensity of this war far exceeded anything in Xia Yi’s experience. She had never witnessed anything like it on this land.

“Incredible… Is this the warfare of the Mythical Era?” Ella remarked in awe. “No wonder the Vampire Ancestor looks down on the High Races of the present era.”

“Ella, do you mean that…?” Xia Yi asked.

“What we’re seeing is the Vampire Ancestor’s memory. This should be the war between the dragons and the Vampire Clan during the Mythical Era.”

“What should we do now?”

“Don’t get involved in this war. Let’s observe from a relatively safe distance.”

“…Ella, look over there!”

Xia Yi noticed a particular direction.

There, a crowd of Vampire Clan surrounded a silver-haired girl. Her attire differed from the other Vampire Clan, exuding an extraordinary, commanding nobility, as if she were the emperor ruling over all Vampire Clan.

The other Vampire Clan also treated this girl with extreme reverence, practically worshipping her like a deity.

In this situation, there was only one possibility…

“Elizabeth.” Xia Yi uttered her name.

Elizabeth had revived in the current era by borrowing Miu Miu’s body, hence her appearance was also Miu Miu’s.

What Xia Yi saw now was Elizabeth in her own memories from the past—her original form.

However, it was unexpected that Elizabeth’s appearance was extremely similar to Miu Miu’s.

“Xia Yi, let’s move closer. Right now, I’ve minimized your presence as much as possible using my dream demon abilities,” Ella reminded her. “This time, we’re going to thoroughly observe the Vampire Ancestor’s dream and find her weakness.”

“Understood!”

Xia Yi nodded and began weaving through the battlefield, heading towards a relatively safe area to observe.

…

“Divine Ancestor, the dragons are putting up stubborn resistance.”

A pure-blood noble, a subordinate by Elizabeth’s side, was delivering a report.

“The advancement of the front lines may be considerably slower than anticipated.”

“Oh, I see,” Elizabeth acknowledged.

Many years had passed since she became the Vampire Queen.

Over these years, she had consolidated internal power, simultaneously suppressing and subjugating all surrounding races.

After that, she continuously expanded her territory. Wherever her armies went, they were like the Scourge of God, conquering all foreign races.

Even the High Race of Elves had fallen to Elizabeth.

The Human King, wielder of the Holy Sword and Holy Lance, could barely manage a defense against the Vampire onslaught, having no strength left for counterattack.

Elizabeth’s achievements had surpassed all previous Vampire Kings. The Vampire Clan flourished unprecedentedly, earning her the title of Vampire Ancestor.

However, she was certainly not satisfied with this. What she wanted was to defeat all High-Race Kings and become the supreme, ultimate powerhouse.

Perhaps it was destiny. She eventually got her chance.

Some time ago, the Dragon King, ruler of all dragons, reached the end of his lifespan and departed the world.

Upon receiving this crucial intelligence, Elizabeth immediately chose to march her armies north. Personally leading her forces, she launched an assault on dragon territory, seizing the turbulent period of transition between the old and new kings to challenge the race representing the strongest High Race.

As she anticipated, the death of the previous Dragon King dealt a significant blow to the dragon race internally. Their once impregnable defenses were now breached by Elizabeth.

The already world-renowned Vampire Ancestor was about to lead her armies into dragon territory, slay the newly ascended Dragon King, and personally end the divine lineage of the dragon race.

“Then, I shall personally join the battlefield and rain despair upon all dragons.”

Elizabeth took flight, transforming into a crimson streak of light that swept across the battlefield, descending at its very center.

“The Divine Ancestor! The Divine Ancestor has taken the field herself!!” The Vampire Clan, seeing Elizabeth, were ecstatic.

“The Vampire Ancestor has appeared! Kill her quickly!!”

In the distance, dragon forces targeted Elizabeth, gathering their dragon breath in unison. With a roar, they unleashed a terrifying dragon-breath bombardment.

Facing the overwhelming dragon breath, Elizabeth softly uttered the true name of a certain weapon.

“…Burn the world.”

A uniquely shaped crimson sword appeared in Elizabeth’s hand. She slashed upward at the sky-sundering dragon breath. A hideous, cross-shaped slash over a kilometer long was etched into space itself. From the slash, towering flames erupted, completely swallowing the dragon breath.

This astonishing display of power instilled terror in the dragon ranks.

“If long-range attacks are useless, then close in on her!!”

The dragon command gave the order.

A vast dragon force launched a mass assault on Elizabeth, attempting to overwhelm her with numbers.

“Numbers… are of no use to me.”

Elizabeth chuckled softly.

Once a large number of dragons closed in, she released droplets of her own blood. Each droplet was like a bullet, piercing through the dragons surrounding her.

A divine halo manifested behind the Vampire girl, and her eyes glowed faintly.

“Divine Right of Blood: Corrosion.”

The dragons struck by the blood droplets first stiffened, then plummeted to the ground one after another.

What others might not see was that the blood pearls injected into the dragons’ bodies corroded their original blood, rapidly flowing through their blood vessels to every corner of their bodies.

Corrosion, altering their will.

“Please, fight for me,” Elizabeth requested.

Seemingly ordinary words echoed like a divine command in the minds of the corrupted dragons. They rose again, actually obeying Elizabeth’s command, turning their weapons to attack their former comrades.

This was the Divine Right of Blood: Domination.

Under this divine authority, Elizabeth’s every campaign was virtually invincible.

“Long-range attacks don’t work, close combat doesn’t work…!”

“How do we fight this?!”

“Our kin are all being controlled by the Vampire Ancestor, turning into her fighting force instead!!”

Possessing exaggerated individual combat prowess along with absolute abilities of corrosion and domination, the current Elizabeth could be described with one word…

Invincible.

With Elizabeth joining the fray and converting a large number of dragons to the Vampire side, the previously stalemated battle began to tilt decisively in favor of the Vampire Clan.

The dominated dragons even became more frenzied and ferocious, making them difficult for the dragon side to withstand.

“Heh, is there really no one who can be my match?” Elizabeth scoffed with a laugh.

Victory.

That was the thought on the Vampire side.

Even Elizabeth’s subordinates believed their revered Divine Ancestor had grasped victory.

If the previous Dragon King were still alive, the outcome might be uncertain. But the newly ascended Dragon King was obscure and unknown, even outside the dragon race, no one knew the new Dragon King’s name.

On this side, however, was a being who had already found few equals in the world.

The outcome was obvious to anyone, wasn’t it?

“Such a dull battle should be concluded swiftly.”

Elizabeth declared.

She prepared to take action. Flying to the highest point, she intended to use her Divine Right of Blood to establish absolute domination over the entire battlefield and declare her victory.

However, right at that moment—

Whoosh!

A massive ice shackle descended from the sky, clamping onto a frenzied giant dragon like a prison, forcibly restraining the dragon dominated by Elizabeth and pinning it firmly to the ground.

“Roooar!!!”

The dragon, driven mad by corrosion, struggled to break free, but the frigid cold emanating from the ice shackle suppressed the corrupting blood.

This scene left everyone, especially Elizabeth’s subordinates, rather astonished.

“This… how is this possible?! That’s the Divine Ancestor’s Divine Right of Blood!”

The surprising developments weren’t over. An ice shackle descended upon the head of every corrupted dragon, suppressing the corrupting blood within them.

From start to finish, in less than ten seconds, the tide of the battlefield was completely reversed.

“…”

Elizabeth fell into silence. She widened her eyes in disbelief.

Simultaneously, a shadow the size of a tabletop appeared on the battlefield. The shadow continuously expanded, gradually covering an ever-wider area…

BOOM!!!

A massive ice cross crashed down, causing the earth to rupture. The shockwave materialized into a tangible storm, blowing away all the Vampire warriors.

The ice cross, immense as a mountain, tilted on the battlefield, almost toppling over. At its highest point stood a silver figure, looking down from above.

The dragons grew excited.

“Hmm…”

Elizabeth looked up.

She saw a silver dragon girl, backlit as if bearing the sun itself, meeting her gaze.

However, the silver dragon girl’s first words were baffling enough.

“Are you hurt?”

“…”

“I wanted to make a cool entrance, but it seems I messed up a bit. Miscalculated the landing point, it’s off,” the silver dragon girl said regretfully.

“This… is your doing?”

“Mhm.”

“You suppressed all the dragons I dominated earlier.”

“Yeah, I saw it, so I just handled it,” the silver dragon girl said nonchalantly.

Her tone made suppressing another High-Race King’s divine ability sound like the most ordinary thing.

As casual as picking up a bag of salt while grocery shopping.

Such an attitude was nothing less than a provocation to the Vampire Ancestor.

Elizabeth glanced around. Such a colossal ice cross, and the precise deployment of ice shackles across the battlefield for individual suppression… this was not something any ordinary dragon could accomplish.

“Who are you?” Elizabeth asked.

“I am the newly ascended Dragon King. Selenite.”

“Newly ascended… Dragon King?” Elizabeth was taken aback.

“Mhm! You are the Vampire Ancestor, Elizabeth, right?”

“Yes. Newly ascended Dragon King, Selenite. This is our first meeting.”

Elizabeth looked at Selenite, sensing something off about her pure demeanor.

For some reason, an inexplicable irritation arose in her heart, an almost innate sense of rejection.

“Elizabeth, I’ve heard of your deeds. You are renowned across this land. I’ve always looked forward to meeting you but never had the chance before.”

“So?”

“Want to join forces?”

“Join forces? With you?”

“Yeah.”

“Join forces to do what?” Elizabeth asked. “Crush the other races? Take out the other High-Race Kings?”

“No.”

Selenite shook her head.

Elizabeth expected to hear some more logical, impressive analysis, but the following statement was utterly unexpected.

“I want to create a peaceful world.”

“…What did you say?”

“Just what it means. I’ve felt for a long time that this land has been mired in endless conflict and warfare. So I thought, why not create a peaceful world? There’s no need to use war and bloodshed to achieve our goals.”

“…”

Elizabeth was dumbfounded.

It was probably just too absurd.

She had never heard any powerful being discuss the word “peace” in front of her.

Since becoming the Vampire Ancestor, all she knew was domination and being dominated.

“I understand that bringing about peace isn’t just talk. To get everyone to sit down and talk, we must—”

“Are you mocking me?”

Elizabeth interrupted Selenite. She simply couldn’t bear listening to such an idiot any longer.

“It’s always like this, huh? Why does everyone mock my wish? Even the late Emperor…”

Selenite’s eyes held a hurt, aggrieved look, yet also determination.

“I’m genuinely serious, you know.”

“Enough. Don’t insult me like this. Someone who spouts such foolish words cannot possibly be the King of the strongest High Race! Bring forth the true Dragon King, or I will take your foolish life right here.”

Elizabeth had completely lost her patience, issuing her final ultimatum.

However, Selenite, spoken to in this manner, didn’t get angry. Instead, the corners of her mouth lifted into a smile.

The Dragon King’s pupils gleamed with a silver light. A divine halo manifested behind her.

“Elizabeth, if you’re unwilling to listen to me, I might just have to beat you until you’re willing to listen~”

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