Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 767

Chapter 767: 767

With the strength Qianye was displaying outwardly, it was already quite lucky for him to have obtained a grade-seven gun . Now, he was actually discarding that in favor of a nondescript heavy sword? The knight sneered secretly . He even opened up his Unbreakable Bulwark to make a provocative finger gesture at Qianye . “Come, what are you waiting for?”

Qianye didn’t attack immediately . Instead, he glanced sideways toward his back where another person had appeared . This person, with his sword and dagger, was shrouded in an aura of shrewdness and experience . Compared to the extreme skills of the grey figure and the knight, this person seemed more balanced and his arrival significantly increased the three-man team’s fighting prowess .

The knight said confidently, “You won’t escape with your life if you can’t break my shield . I would consider surrendering if I were you . With your skills and ability, it won’t be a problem for you to gain a good position in the organization . This will also open up your future prospects . ”

Qianye wasn’t as hesitant or nervous as he had expected . On the contrary, his expression appeared fairly relaxed . During their meeting in the wilds, Qianye always had a feeling that they had a hidden ace up their sleeves which, apparently, was this third person . Now that their trump card had been placed on the table, there was no longer a need for him to be hesitant . Qianye moved forward with his sword raised, stuffing the knight’s words of persuasion down his throat .

The twin-bladed warrior moved at the same time, sticking close behind Qianye at a constant distance of ten meters . This gap would take no more than a flash for experts of their level—Qianye would be stuck in a pincer attack if he failed to break through the knight’s defenses . Besides, there was still that grey figure who would be searching for an opening from far away .

The knight couldn’t comprehend Qianye’s motive . From the intelligence he had obtained, Qianye was only a hired independent expert and such people would never sacrifice themselves for their duty . It was common for independent experts to surrender in hopeless situations . Could it be that Qianye was confident in extricating himself? The knight glanced at the incoming sword but found nothing special except for the apparent weight .

The knight broke into a frown, but he decided to try one last time . “You think you can destroy my Unbreakable Bulwark with that sword of yours? It takes brute force to drive a heavy sword . Truth be told, even vampire counts can forget about breaking through my shield, let alone a human like you!”

Qianye was surprised at how hard this knight was trying to recruit him . Chuckling to himself, he arrived before the knight in a single step and performed a very simple slash .

It was just that East Peak’s movements were accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder!

“Oh no!” The knight was shocked out of his wits . He raised his shield with both hands and injected every ounce of origin power he had into the shield . The bulwark not only became thicker but veined patterns started to appear at its edges, apparently increasing its defensive capabilities . The smell of blood began to drift out from the cracks between his armor . It would seem he had truly put his life on the line to block this slash .

An inexplicable thud echoed throughout the battlefield . Everyone felt a grave discomfort, almost as if their hearts had been pounded by a sledgehammer .

East Peak stopped very briefly on the shield, and then it bounced back softly, drawing a beautiful arc in the air before pointing diagonally toward the ground . His stance was a display of utter disdain for the opponent .

The knight actually remained in place with his hands on the shield, not taking a single step backward . Nonetheless, he was as rigid as a statue, and his every movement seemed terribly difficult . He made to lower his shield and glance at Qianye, but that small movement elicited a crisp crackle from the bulwark . The shield soon shattered into countless fragments, which scattered to the ground and dispersed in the form of origin power .

“Y-You’re a vampire from a famed clan . N-Not just a count…” It took the knight a lot of effort to utter each word .

“I am a count . ” Qianye allowed the knight to know a little bit more about him in light of the attempted recruitment .

“N-No, impossible…” The knight was still standing, but his head fell limp . Up until his last breath, he still couldn’t unravel the doubts in his heart .

That was the extent to which Qianye could explain . The knight had no idea that there were ancient vampires above those from the famed clans .

With the knight fallen, Qianye turned back to target the twin-bladed warrior .

A cold shiver jolted the man out of his shocked state . He was also a character who had faced great winds and waves, someone who shouldn’t have lost his composure in battle . But as someone who had worked with the knight for so long, he knew very well just how terrifying that Unbreakable Bulwark was . It could be said that the knight’s origin power aegis was truly unbreakable except against characters above the marquis level .

Yet Qianye had shattered this unbreakable bulwark in a single slash! It would’ve been fine if the knight had gone flying from the blow, but he couldn’t even take a step back . With no way to disperse the incoming force, he had to take on the entirety of the impact on his own .

This was the most shocking part—just what level had the force on the blade reached?

“T-This, how is this possible?” The twin-bladed warrior gasped .

Qianye didn’t give him much time to think, though . He delivered a horizontal slash, saying, “Nothing impressive, just brute force and weight . ”

Brute force was the simplest way to increase the strength of a blow, something he also knew very well . Qianye’s sword looked mediocre and devoid of shocking powers . Perhaps the outcome was, just as he had said, due to sufficient force and weight .

But to kill that knight in one blow, how heavy would the sword have to be, and how powerful the force behind it? The twin-bladed warrior was soon drenched in cold sweat .

The man lost the will to fight upon seeing that blade drifting over weightlessly . He let out a loud cry and turned to flee . Was this a joke? How was he to take Qianye’s slash when his defense was even weaker than one of the knight’s arms? There was no need for a square hit; a graze was enough to cripple him .

Qianye arrived behind the twin-bladed warrior with a single step and slashed at the man’s back .

“Grey shadow, save me!” the twin-bladed warrior screamed in his desperation .

A faint silhouette emerged from behind, holding a vaguely discernible sniper rifle in his hand . However, Qianye’s speed and acceleration were changing rapidly . The sniper muzzle kept following him, but there was simply no opportunity to fire . As a master sniper himself, Qianye naturally understood how to prevent being locked onto .

During this short period, the twin-bladed warrior had been forced into dire straits . Unable to evade one of the incoming slashes, he had no choice but to block with his dagger .

The swordsman felt a shock through his entire body as the blades came into contact . The dagger in his grasp was actually unbroken; only bent out of shape and useless . Desperation filled his eyes because he knew he wouldn’t last long with a single sword .

Seeing the swordsman hanging by a thread, the grey figure drifted toward Qianye . Proactively drawing closer would increase his accuracy, but it also placed him in harm's way .

A cold gleam flashed through Qianye’s eyes as he abandoned the swordsman and pounced at the grey figure . This charge, akin to a flash of lightning, finally revealed his true strength .

Greatly astonished, the grey shadow fluctuated wildly and flew backward immediately, hoping to put some distance between them . Qianye erupted with a low roar at this point—the space surrounding the grey silhouette became heavy, sluggish, and distorted from the massive force . The distance between the two was close enough for Qianye’s domain to take effect, rendering the grey shadow unable to escape .

Both the swordsman and grey shadow had fallen into a perilous situation . Under the knight’s protection, the two were able to play to their strengths without restraint, and this gave them a false sense of power . Now that the knight was gone, the entire group was quick to fall apart .

The grey shadow struggled with all his might, but the suppression grew increasingly substantial . Qianye soon arrived with East Peak raised high and slashed at the sniper’s waist .

However, the shadow seemed almost intangible and remained unaffected as the blade swept through him . He kept on struggling against the suppression of the domain, and Qianye could feel his resistance growing stronger and stronger as the man adapted to the pressure . Just as he was about to escape the domain, the shadowy figure let out a shrill, menacing scream at Qianye .

Qianye paid the wail no heed, however . With a jolt of his blade, a faint scarlet origin flame ignited on East Peak .

Seeing the origin flames formed of Venus Dawn, the grey shadow screamed continuously as though he had just encountered his nemesis . Judging from the reaction, Qianye knew Venus Dawn happened to be his weakness . Even if that wasn’t the case, he still had the dark golden blood energy to try . There had to be something capable of restraining this enemy in either daybreak or Evernight . Otherwise, he would have to be a heavenly monarch and not a minor character like this .

The grey shadow became fiercely distorted as he wailed in agony . In the end, the outer grey layer burst open, and taking advantage of the blast, a smaller silhouette charged out of the domain and fled .

Qianye was caught unprepared and couldn’t chase after the enemy in time . This mysterious enemy might prove fairly troublesome if allowed to escape .

Gazing at the receding grey figure, a cold gleam flickered in Qianye’s eyes . He was prepared to use spatial flash and assault the target from the air .

Faintly discernible threads of blood appeared in the air, connecting Qianye to the grey shadow . Just as Spatial Flash was about to activate, an odd but clear whistle reverberated through the air . An origin bullet streaked across the sky and struck the grey shadow at unbelievable speeds .

The shadow wasn’t afraid of physical attacks at first, but this bullet was like a powerful venom to him . It vanished right after entering the body, causing the silhouette to distort violently and eliciting a mournful scream from the man .

With a boom, the grey shadow soon burst into flames . Even with Qianye’s powerful perception, he had no idea what type of fire it was, only that it contained a trace of blood energy . The sanguineous blaze ignited the grey shadow, causing flames to burst out from within and turning him into a human torch .

The raging fire lasted for an entire minute before the grey shadow collapsed to the ground and his true form came into view . All that was left of him was a charred, human-shaped body whose facial features could no longer be seen .

With the grey shadow dead, the swordsman was naturally no match for Qianye . The latter caught up to the target within a hundred meters and slashed him through the waist .

Only after killing the swordsman did Qianye have the leisure to glance at where the bullet had come from . Naturally, there was no one there .

For some reason, though, Qianye had a feeling that it was the mysterious woman again .