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"Is this the place?"
In front of the skyscraper, Fang Li and Ciel simultaneously stopped and raised their heads to look up.
Looking at the towering building in front of him, Fang Li couldn't help but smile.
"This must be the heart, right?"
Why would he say that?
Because all around the skyscraper, numerous vein-like pathways were connected to the structure.
And those weren't just a metaphor—they were actual veins.
Within these pathways, blood was being transported.
All the blood of the residents of Misaki Town.
"The blood drained from the dead who attacked the residents of Misaki Town is all being sent here," Ciel observed the skyscraper intently and said, "So Roa must be here."
Wherever Roa was, Arcueid would surely be as well.
However...
"Even though both Arcueid and Roa are here, there's no sign of a battle?"
Fang Li looked up at the top of the skyscraper where part of it had been blown off, as if something had violently exploded, his eyes flickering.
"It seems things have gone as I expected."
In other words, Arcueid had probably fallen into Roa's trap.
And that was not surprising at all.
Now, Roa had transformed the entire Misaki City into an Other World, turning it into a demon city.
Its existence was probably very similar to a limited field.
In this Other World, Roa could probably do a lot of things.
For example, he could change the environment.
That would be an easy method.
Or, for example, spatial displacement.
That would be a more advanced technique.
As long as he was in this other world, Roa might not be a god, but he would be something like a lord.
Now, Fang Li had essentially entered Roa's territory, and it wouldn't be surprising if he fell into a trap at any moment.
Although Arcueid possessed outstanding strength, her vigilance was far too low, unlike Roa's cunning nature.
Eight hundred years ago, she was easily fooled by Roa. If it happened again this time, it wouldn't be surprising.
"How unpleasant..."
With these words, Fang Li lifted his steps and slowly walked forward.
Behind him, Ciel just watched Fang Li and offered a warning.
"The inside is probably completely Otherworld-ized as well. One wrong move, and you'll be devoured by the 'Serpent' lurking within."
Hearing Ciel's words, Fang Li didn't react. He simply raised his hand, waved it a few times, and walked into the skyscraper.
As for Ciel, she closed her eyes and disappeared in a flash.
Unlike Fang Li's reckless confidence, the cautious Ciel had no intention of entering the enemy's lair.
So Ciel's choice was to wait.
Wait for the right moment.
And when the time came, she would eliminate the target, no matter how dirty the methods.
This was the way of a Burial Agency Executor, a true assassin's organization.
...
Just as Ciel had said, the interior of the skyscraper had also been Otherworld-ized.
At least, it had been completely transformed into another world.
Walls, floors, and even the ceiling were filled with vein-like passages that pulsed like tumors, carrying large amounts of blood in one direction.
The air was thick and pungent.
The light was dim, barely casting a glow.
Every corner seemed to swell and pulsate.
"It's like stepping into someone's stomach..."
Fang Li had this feeling as he walked leisurely into the depths.
He didn't take the stairs, but used the elevator instead.
With no destination in mind, he just kept going up.
Until the elevator could no longer go up, and with a "ding-dong" sound, Fang Li stepped out.
What greeted his eyes was a shopping mall in ruins.
However, the mall was filled with a pungent, overwhelming stench.
"This is an all too familiar smell of blood..."
Just from that sickening smell, Fang Li could be sure of one thing.
No matter what kind of creature it was, as long as it was a vampire species, it would go crazy for this scent.
With that, Fang Li continued forward.
Until he reached a pile of ruins.
"Are you the second one?"
As this voice echoed, the Dead Apostle known as "Serpent" spread his arms wide towards Fang Li.
"Welcome to my castle."
"Survivor of the wretched Nanaya."
Just like the first time they met, Roa maliciously addressed Fang Li.
This time, however, Fang Li paid no attention to the despicable Dead Apostle. Instead, he shifted his gaze past Roa and focused on something behind him.
Behind Roa was a heart.
Yes.
A heart.
Formed from a hazy mist of blood, it pulsed slowly.
Around the heart, numerous veins stretched out from all directions, connecting to it and constantly supplying fresh blood.
And inside that heart, Arcueid floated like a specimen preserved in formalin, her body curled up and her face full of pain.
"To be honest, I'm quite surprised," Roa said with a sigh. "I thought that with the condition the True Ancestor Princess is in, the Vampiric Impulses she has suppressed in her body would be about to erupt. Even if something went wrong, I figured that just throwing a little blood at her would send her into a rage."
"At that point, all I would have to do is wait for the princess to level the entire surrounding area and completely exhaust her energy. Then, I could claim that coveted power and become the strongest Vampire Species."
"But I never expected the princess to resist such a massive temptation of fresh blood until now, it was as if the Vampiric Impulses she had suppressed for eight hundred years had completely disappeared. It even scared me."
Saying this, Roa suddenly grinned.
"But in the end, a True Ancestor is still a True Ancestor. The deep-seated desires embedded in their instincts cannot be removed. By flooding her body with all the fresh blood available in Misaki Town, I was finally able to draw out her Vampiric Impulses once again."
As Roa's words fell, the heart behind him, formed from dense blood mist, began to pulsate violently.
"I'll admit it!"
"Facing your cursed Mystic Eyes is too risky for me!"
"So, I will let the strongest True Ancestor in existence entertain you!"
"I will let her give you a glorious battle!"
"HahahaHaha!"
Amid Roa's maniacal laughter, the heart's pulsations grew more and more frantic.
And finally, it stopped.
"—Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—"
The World seemed to change with a beast-like roar.
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