Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 695

Chapter 695: 695

Chapter 695: The Last Step [V7C012 – In Life and In Eternal Rest]

The pursuers were getting closer and closer . Several airships whistled past the distant horizon, carrying soldiers to cut off her forward path . Meanwhile, on the land, numerous vampire squads had spread out like ripples on a lake .

A large hunting net had begun to form within just a few days . Despite the primogenitor bloodline that made her peerless in the same realm, Nighteye gradually started to feel the mounting pressure .

Soon, a long, narrow valley appeared in front of her . Nighteye became spirited as she recognized one of the important areas Song Zining had mentioned repeatedly . She dived in without a second thought and made straight for the bottom .

Several dozen vampires were hot on her trail . Just as they reached the bottom of the ravine, however, the entire area began to tremble . The valley walls actually began to crack and collapse!

A shrill sound wave echoed through the air at this point . The vampires, who had just taken flight, fell back to the ground, where they were soon buried by the endless stream of falling rocks and debris .

Nighteye had rushed out of the other end of the valley at this point . She looked back at the dust-filled ravine and felt a wave of renewed confidence .

In the blink of an eye, she had charged through several blockades . She had lost track of the time and location by this point—all she knew was that she was not far from the borders of the Twilight Continent . Yet, this was where things became increasingly dangerous .

It was at this moment that an imposing vampire count appeared in front of her, standing in the midst of several corpses . Apparently, the support team Song Zining had arranged for her had been wiped out on the spot . The count stretched out his hand and said, “I want half of the ancient origin blood . ”

“Dream on!” Clenching her teeth, Nighteye charged in with her swords drawn .

Moments later, the vampire count was kneeling on the ground with a shocked expression . “Eye of Destruction, Eye of Destruction…” He mumbled while clutching his chest but soon fell face-first into the dust .

The corpses of the count’s dozen or so subordinates were also lying around him .

A pale Nighteye thrust her blades into the ground—she looked down, grabbed the hilt sticking out from her ribs, and slowly pulled out a dagger . The moment the blade left her body, she couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan .

The primo shot a glance at the bloodstained dagger in her hand before throwing it away . The thrust had come all too close to piercing her blood core . However, the count failed to deal that final blow before his own blood core was crushed by the Eye of Destruction .

Nighteye found some high-grade blood crystals on the count, the contents of which she duly poured into her injury . Then she bound the wound tightly before making her way toward the continent’s edge .

One day and night went by in a flash . The edge of the continent was growing ever closer, but Nighteye’s progress was also slowing down . Fights broke out often as vampire warriors rushed out from time to time . Nighteye’s consciousness had grown heavy—her blood core was groaning from the overload, and all her injuries were starting to sting .

The ancient origin blood began to feel scorching hot, emitting an almost irresistible enticement . Nighteye would recover immediately if she could absorb this ancient origin blood . To a gravely injured vampire, this was an inherent allure born of the body and soul .

Nighteye touched the ancient origin blood subconsciously . Yet in the end, she pulled her hand back with great willpower and continued dragging her leaden body into the distance .

A small village appeared far up ahead . Nighteye remembered that this was the last transition point, wherein lay the last link Song Zining had arranged for her . After this point, his men would escort her on the final leg of the journey to the hidden location and bring her back to the empire via high-speed airship .

But Nighteye discovered something wrong with the distant village . It was quiet, so quiet that it looked dead . Such villages on the border of the Twilight Continent were beyond the law, a place where all kinds of people gathered . It wouldn’t even be a surprise if there were groups of humans here . There were similar grey areas on every continent . Perhaps the reason for their survival was because they were living gold channels for the higher echelons .

Nighteye halted her steps and gazed at the village with a frown .

At this moment, a small voice called out from nearby, “This way, this way!”

Nighteye turned around and saw a shabby-looking youth waving at her from behind a tree . Nighteye realized that he was one of Song Zining’s men . All the key characters in this operation cultivated a secret art that would respond to a piece of special jewelry on Nighteye’s body, allowing both sides to identify one another . Otherwise, with her Bloodline Concealment, there was no way these support teams would be able to sense her arrival .

As Nighteye walked over, that youth said anxiously, “Something’s happened . Seventh Young Master’s plans have been compromised, and our people have been killed . I only survived because I came to meet you outside the area . Go with me, we might just make it if we head straight for the airship port!”

Nighteye realized that her uneasiness this entire way had finally been confirmed . Unwittingly, a mysterious chill had slowly crept into her heart .

She pondered for a while before producing the ancient origin blood and handing it to the youth . “Give this to Zining, this is the thing he wants . Go now!”

The young man was astonished . “How about you?”

Nighteye said indifferently, “If we leave together, no one will survive . Remember, this thing in your hand is more important than me . ”

The young man understood the urgency of the situation . As a decisive person, he immediately put away the ancient origin blood and bowed toward Nighteye before flickering out of existence . His silhouette was already several dozen meters away when it reappeared, speeding off into the distance . If not for Nighteye’s extraordinary vision, she would’ve lost track of him beyond a hundred meters .

The primo turned to the silent village with frosty eyes .

There seemed to be nothing wrong with the place apart from the excessive silence, the empty streets, and the lack of any signs of life .

Nighteye stopped in front of a short house and gently pushed its doors open . The unlocked door duly opened up, revealing a simple commoner’s house within . The furnishings were fairly ordinary—there was a werewolf totem in one corner of the room and something was still cooking on the stove, but the flames had long since died out .

The werewolf family was sitting at the table, prepared to partake in their simple dinner . Yet time was frozen at this moment, almost as though the werewolves, young and old, had all fallen asleep .

Nighteye scanned the place and knew that none of them were alive . Even among the ancient vampire clans, it would take an extremely tyrannical secret art to reap life in an instant .

Nighteye didn’t enter the house and walked to a different one instead .

The houses nearby were all occupied by werewolves, and it would seem all of them had lost their lives in a flash .

Nighteye headed toward the center of the village and finally found traces of battle . She picked up a stone club along the way and shook it gently . The stone weapon immediately broke down into a shower of fine dust . It would seem the battle here was short but intense . The affected area wasn’t large, but everything in its range was involved—even a stone club struck by the shockwave was reduced to fine powder . There was no way to disguise traces of such a battle .

Nighteye suddenly looked up toward the small square at the center of the village . There were several wooden poles there with corpses strung upon them . This was a common scene in grey areas, but Nighteye’s gaze fell upon the corpse of a certain woman .

Her skin was slightly dark, but her face was delicate and her figure, slender—a lady who was fairly pleasing to the eye . It seemed as though she could erupt with great power at any given moment, but now, she had lost all signs of life . Not even the vampires’ ancient blood pond could revive her .

At this point, Nighteye finally broke into a frown . This woman reminded her of the empire’s number one genius, Zhao Jundu, whom she had only seen once . Although quite faint, his aura on her couldn’t escape Nighteye’s notice .

A gentle laugh rang out in the village as a well-groomed man walked out . “You’ve finally arrived . It’s fortunate that I didn’t have to wait too long . ”

Nighteye couldn’t help but take half a step back after seeing this middle-aged man . The feeling he gave off was like a snake—cold, moist, slippery, and, at the same time, extremely dangerous .

The middle-aged man praised with open arms . “Your entire plan was like an art, there’s really no word to describe it . In truth, it’s truly admirable to be able to plan out an escape path on Twilight Continent with such limited resources and time . Just from this scheme alone, one can see that Song Seven’s reputation as the next divine strategist isn’t undeserved . You see it, don’t you? According to the plan, you should already be on an airship back to the empire . A perfect plan indeed! If only I had not appeared…”

“Who are you?”

“Ah, I forgot to introduce myself . I’m the leader of the fifth central military command, Li Fengshui, and currently a general in rank . I hope my identity is worthy of welcoming Miss Nighteye . ” [1]

Nighteye scanned the surroundings . A dozen or so people had appeared at some point and surrounded her . These people were different in appearance and stance, but they were similarly sinister and powerful . Every one of them gave Nighteye a vague feeling of danger .

“Why are you waiting for me here?” Nighteye inquired .

With victory in his grasp, Li Fengshui didn’t mind revealing some information . “Because you’re… important . Although I don’t know why the seventh young noble would expend so much resources to do this, your identity alone is important enough for us . As for why you’re here, we have enough time to chat about it slowly . ”

Nighteye looked at Li Fengshui and sneered, “It seems like you’re confident about capturing me?”

“Naturally . ” Li Fengshui revealed a sincere smile that was completely devoid of malice .

However, his smile soon froze up as his image was reflected in Nighteye’s pupils .

The man’s eyes quickly became bloodshot, and an odd redness flashed across his face as his heart began beating wildly . He acted immediately, reaching out to grab a nearby subordinate and using him as a shield . It was unknown what kind of secret art he had used, but Li Fengshui’s image in Nighteye’s pupils suddenly became that of the subordinate .

The soldier’s face suddenly turned scarlet, and his eyes bulged out—apparently, he was suffering great agony and terror . He opened his mouth to spit out a mixture of blood and organ fragments before falling limp . It was clear that he would no longer survive .

[1] This Li different from the Li family .