"Hey, Himizuki, I'll leave the rest to you."
"I don't need you to tell me!"
One after another, the obstacles fell as Alister and Himizuki alternated covering each other and advancing. In just a dozen seconds, they broke through the encirclement of dream-walking residents and bloodline relatives.
"Blood Burst..."
However, as Alister made the first breakthrough, he was met with a fierce attack from the old man who had been gathering his strength!
The blood in the banquet and its surroundings suddenly became restless, condensed, and then exploded into ferocious blood thorns. The tremendous wind pressure and terrifying blood mist filled the entire scene!
Dozens of meters-long blood thorns spread uncontrollably, leaving the warehouse riddled with holes. The sound of materials collapsing filled the air, and the entire storage warehouse was on the verge of collapsing!
"...This is troublesome." Alister quickly used the shadows to protect the residents behind him.
But it wasn't over yet. While the blood mist disrupted Alister's perception, the old man suddenly opened his emaciated claws and attacked like a bat, with long, thin nails cutting through the air!
"One Bullet."
At a critical moment, just when Himizuki was ready to protect the people at the cost of losing the game, she slightly acknowledged Alister. She raised her gun, and a supersonic flaming bullet pierced through kilometers!
A golden phoenix cried out, and the sound of a gunshot echoed through the night! The old man's blood protection layer was instantly shattered, and his heart was obliterated!
It was like a painter making a bold stroke, and the trajectory of the crimson flame suddenly divided the world, piercing through everything without hesitation!
"Wow, you were so easily taken down," Himizuki smiled enchantingly, elegantly flicking her ink-black hair as if she had regained control of the situation.
Himizuki recalled a precious memory from her E-rank days. Back then, she was both beautiful and powerful, but she disliked the hassle of combat and allocated all her attribute points to attack power.
"What a beautiful damage..."
Alister twitched the corner of his mouth, silently watching the death of the old man, and then shifted his attention to the fake death. The "dead" man's body melted into blood, and as he looked up, he coughed up blood, lying motionless on the ground.
In just a few seconds, the battle was over, and everything became quiet.
"One shot, instant kill. What else is there to say?" Himizuki smiled playfully, gracefully shaking her ink-black hair, as if she had found her footing again.
Himizuki remembered her precious memory from her E-rank days. At that time, she was beautiful and powerful, but she disliked the hassle of combat and only focused on her attack power.
"So beautiful... and powerful..."
Alister's eyebrow twitched, looking at the dead old man. Just as he was about to initiate the shadows, he silently retreated. There was nothing more to do, only pure power. Himizuki's attribute points were concentrated in one place, reaching the pinnacle...
There was no need to consider evasion, counterattacks, or finding vulnerabilities like Alister did. Himizuki's only task was to aim and shoot, with a simplicity that reached its utmost limit.
Glancing sideways at Himizuki, she was still smiling, as if her eyes were saying, "Your skills are good, but I am stronger than you."
Alister didn't respond. His "Supreme Five Senses" told him that the old man's death was an illusion, so he turned his head back.
"Do you understand now, the terror of a powerful individual, when you experience it firsthand?"
Only to see the "dead" man melt into blood, he reappeared on top of a broken warehouse roof, using the second injection.
"Player has acquired state - Stamina Recovery"
"Player has acquired state - Minor boost to all attributes"
"I envy you so much..."
Having barely reached D-rank after a lifetime of struggling, the old man admired and envied players like Alister and Himizuki, envious of their high-level abilities.
If only he could be bestowed with high-level abilities as well...
His thoughts were interrupted in an instant. The fully recovered old man, with a dangerous look in his eyes, raised his claws and swung them behind him!
While Alister clashed with the shadow blades, the old man, determined not to hold back any longer, quickly bit open a vial of vampire ancestral blood in his mouth. His eye sockets sank, his skin withered, and he transformed into a bloodthirsty vampire, devoid of life!
"Ahahaha..." The old man laughed manically, immersed in anger, "In front of an A-rank player, I can show off once in my lifetime, and it's worth it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless bats descended like a storm, and their sharp screams made Alister extremely uncomfortable.
Alister furrowed his brow, activated the shadows, and in the next moment, countless intricate shadow blades blossomed around him, piercing through the oncoming swarm of bats, leaving them riddled with holes!
"It's useless, useless, useless!" Despite many bats being killed, the old man's voice remained insane, reaching an unprecedented level of madness.
In just a few seconds, Alister found himself surrounded by a surging swarm of bats. His entire body was filled with their high-speed flying black silhouettes, making it impossible to distinguish between the sound of the wind and the screams.
"Hey~" Himizuki, still smiling, yawned lazily. "Do you want me to help you?"
"No need." Alister focused his mind, locked onto a bat, and without hesitation, swung his shadow blade!
In an instant, the shadows flashed, leaving a long, narrow gap in the warehouse roof. The old man, who was revealed, coughed up a mouthful of blood and was thrown far away.
"...Cough, cough?" The old man held his wound, looking like a child who had been slapped, blood gushing from the front.
Once again, his body melted into blood, appearing on a utility pole on the other side. He used the third injection.
"Player has acquired state - Stamina Recovery"
"Player has acquired state - Minor boost to all attributes"
"Player has acquired state - Weak resistance to toxins"
In a state of bloodthirsty madness, the old man grinned with resentment and murderous intent as he gazed at the two of them, realizing that he was no match for them.
"Do you think you can kill me with your A-rank power?" Himizuki sneered. "There's no way it's that simple. Someone who treats others like livestock, of course I will play with you mercilessly."
The old man also sneered, then without hesitation, fled in the form of a swarm of bats.
Either he would shake them off or reveal his A-rank power, leading to a game-over judgment. Either way, the old man thought it was worth it.
He reluctantly considered the possibility of being killed by an E-rank A-rank player, which he noticed from the system rules that described his inevitable death...
Abandoned factory grounds.
The game event wasn't as easy to complete as Alister had thought. He sighed quietly, feeling a bit troubled.
However, the process of trouble naturally corresponded to considerable settlement rewards.