The problem that had troubled Marcus for many years was easily solved by Chen Mo. This armor provided strong defense while completely blocking the deadly sunlight for vampires.
Moreover, with Chen Mo's meticulous design, the entire armor was incredibly flexible, not affecting movement at all. With vampires having three times the strength and endurance of ordinary people, wearing it all day posed no problem.
In other words, wearing this new armor allowed vampires to move freely in sunlight, eliminating the need to hide during the day.
It was because of this solution that Chen Mo dared to turn all the knights into vampires.
The knights who became vampires grew stronger, but no one dared to challenge Chen Mo, the only one who hadn't turned into a vampire.
Not to mention their unwavering loyalty and faith, having followed Chen Mo in battles for many years, they knew better than anyone how terrifying Chen Mo's strength was. Even if they became vampires and were several times stronger than before, they still couldn't match their warlord's god-like power.
Moreover, Chen Mo's previously displayed ability to control thunder was terrifying. Even if they were several times stronger, they couldn't withstand the lightning that could instantly incinerate everything.
All the knights held deep reverence for Chen Mo, without any other thoughts. Not all knights could become members of the knight order; otherwise, the number would have exceeded a thousand long ago.
Under Chen Mo's keen perception, their thoughts were completely transparent. Only the most loyal knights were qualified to join the knight order.
If there was one person in the knight order with different thoughts, it was Marcus.
Although Marcus joined Chen Mo's ranks for certain purposes and acknowledged him as his master, Marcus, who always harbored ambitions of world domination, could never be content under Chen Mo.
Now, using Chen Mo's power, he had transformed from a hiding outcast to the creator of a powerful vampire knight order. Although the knight order wasn't under his control, he had finally brought vampires onto the historical stage, taking the first step towards vampire world domination.
When vampires truly reached the pinnacle of the world and became the ruling race, his status as the vampire progenitor would rise, and he might even kill Chen Mo to seize control.
Of course, Marcus was still behaving very obediently, as the power gap between him and Chen Mo was too great. But he wasn't discouraged.
Vampire strength would grow over time. Although Marcus's current strength wasn't enough to challenge Chen Mo, vampires had plenty of time. As time passed, Marcus's strength would increase.
As the progenitor of vampires, the world's first pure-blood vampire, Marcus's power growth rate was much faster than other vampires he turned.
Marcus had never exposed his true strength to Chen Mo. After hundreds of years, Marcus's strength far surpassed ordinary vampires.
After being turned into vampires, Andrew and others had strength comparable to werewolves, about three times that of ordinary humans.
Compared to werewolves, vampires were slightly weaker in strength but faster. With sturdy armor, excellent weapons, and superior combat skills, a single vampire knight's combat power was above that of an ordinary werewolf. In group charges, they could crush an equal number of werewolves.
Marcus's strength was much greater than these newly turned vampires. His strength was about four times that of an ordinary human, and his speed was five times that of an ordinary person.
In terms of physical attributes, Marcus's strength was already close to Chen Mo's. In some ways, he could pose a threat to Chen Mo, of course, assuming Chen Mo wasn't wearing his alloy armor combat suit.
Marcus could be said to be the most powerful being Chen Mo had encountered in the world of "Underworld" so far. With Marcus's centuries of accumulated combat experience, Chen Mo might not be able to easily defeat him without using energy weapons.
Of course, Chen Mo was not fully aware of Marcus's true strength, but he had some suspicions.
Although Marcus deliberately hid his strength, Chen Mo could still sense the powerful aura emanating from him. Knowing Marcus's character and ambitions, Chen Mo remained vigilant.
After fully establishing the vampire knight order, Chen Mo did not rush to use this powerful force to expand his territory. Instead, he temporarily halted external expansion and focused entirely on searching for and eliminating werewolves within his domain.
Chen Mo's territory was now very vast. Although the knight order would be dispatched to clear out any werewolf sightings, there were still many hidden werewolves in sparsely populated areas, roaming around and threatening the safety of the territory's inhabitants.
The last time Chen Mo encountered a group of over a hundred giant werewolves, they had been hiding in a remote forest and had not been discovered.
However, the appearance of this group of werewolves was very unusual.
According to werewolf behavior, they would wander aimlessly, attacking all creatures they encountered and causing constant slaughter.
Yet, this large group of werewolves had left no trace before.
These werewolves couldn't have been hiding in that forest all along, and given Chen Mo's thorough search and elimination efforts, they couldn't have come from elsewhere without leaving traces that would have attracted the knight order's attention.
This left only one possibility: this group of werewolves had just been created nearby.
The culprit behind their creation was Marcus's twin brother, the progenitor of werewolves, William, whom Marcus had been searching for!
The knights Chen Mo sent to investigate confirmed his suspicions. Near the valley where the battle took place, they found a village that had been slaughtered. The timing of the massacre matched the time they were attacked.
Chen Mo speculated that Marcus had been following William's trail. After discovering the slaughtered village, he followed the traces left by the werewolves to the forest, where he witnessed Chen Mo's display of power.
As for William, he had likely left before the attack on the knight order, so he didn't notice Chen Mo and his group. The werewolves left behind ambushed the knight order and were all eliminated by Chen Mo.
William was likely still within Chen Mo's territory, possibly hiding in some deep forest or slaughtering Chen Mo's subjects.
A full-scale operation to eliminate werewolves and find William began.
As the operation progressed, Chen Mo discovered that the number of werewolves in his territory had greatly increased. Groups of dozens or even hundreds of werewolves, previously rare, began to appear in large numbers. Many villages were slaughtered, with the villagers either eaten or turned into werewolves if bitten.
To quickly eliminate the large numbers of werewolves emerging everywhere, Chen Mo divided the knight order into five teams, led by Andrew, Victor, Amelia, Marcus, and himself, and began moving swiftly throughout the territory.
If these werewolves were not quickly eradicated, Chen Mo's territory could be completely devastated by them.
This shows the terrifying destructiveness of the werewolf progenitor, William.
If Alexander Corvinus hadn't been cleaning up after him, leading people to destroy the bodies of those bitten by William before they turned into werewolves, Europe might have already been overrun by werewolves, and humanity could have been wiped out.
This time, however, he didn't appear, likely fearing the powerful force in Chen Mo's hands and choosing to remain hidden, watching from the sidelines.
Chen Mo's approach to these werewolves was to eliminate them all, unlike Victor in the movie, who chained werewolves to guard the vampire castle during the day, protecting the vulnerable vampires.
Because they didn't need it.
Even during the day, the vampire knights continued to hunt down and eliminate werewolves.
The fully armed vampire knight order was incredibly powerful, and the werewolves emerging throughout Chen Mo's territory were quickly eradicated, but they still couldn't find any trace of William.
It must be said that as Marcus's twin brother and the progenitor of werewolves, William's strength was formidable. His immense power, combined with incredible speed and agility, made it difficult to track him.
However, as the eradication operation continued, the knight order became more familiar with his habits and movements, gradually finding traces he left behind and getting closer to him.
Following his trail, the five teams arrived at a village at the foot of a mountain.
They were still a step too late. The village had been completely destroyed, wooden houses torn apart by claws, and the bodies of villagers and livestock scattered everywhere. The once peaceful village had become a dead zone.
Seeing the devastation in the village, Chen Mo felt a surge of anger.
This was his territory, and these dead were his subjects, now slaughtered by a beast. This was not the first village it had destroyed, and Chen Mo felt his patience had reached its limit.
Today, this scourge must be eliminated!
With a sharp gaze sweeping over the village, Chen Mo, his face like ice, coldly ordered the knights.
"It just left here!"
"Amelia! Stay behind and burn these bodies!"
"Everyone else! Start searching immediately!"
"Tonight, this ends!"