After whispering among themselves for a while, the group finally reached an agreement and decided to follow Xia Tian's method. This was not only because Xia Tian was the boss, but also because Xia Tian's considerations made sense. If they stayed here, they might encounter greater dangers, so it would be better to risk returning to China. In fact, apart from Xia Tian and Li Lingling, who had a strange anxiety, Su Bingyan and the others were all confused. It was just a low-level vampire, and Li Lingling had even eliminated it. Why were they so nervous?
In fact, Xia Tian and Li Lingling's intuition was correct. Although the two superhumans were weak, they already possessed a certain level of perception. Naturally, they were more sensitive to changes in future dangers than ordinary people. Therefore, although they couldn't say what threats lay ahead, an anxious sense of mission compelled them to make the right choice.
Su Bingyan, Chen Feng, and Zhao Yu clearly did not have this feeling.
With the plan settled, Xia Tian and Lingling prepared to inspect the plane to see if there were any places damaged by the damned vampires, especially any cracks on the exterior of the cabin, which could quickly become deadly dangers that threaten the safety of the plane in the strong winds.
"Sir, who are you? You can't come in here!" A waitress's anxious yet surprised voice drew everyone's attention. Then, everyone stared blankly as the tall and beautiful waitress asked anxiously while trying to stop the strangely dressed young man from entering the cabin.
Who is this guy?
Everyone who saw the vampire who had been promoted to count stood up in surprise. This wasn't an airline flight, and the passengers didn't know each other. This was the Sihai Group's private jet, carrying a limited number of passengers. Besides Xia Tian and a few others, there were only Sihai Group's dedicated service personnel and the pilot. How could a young man dressed in classical European medieval attire suddenly appear? The world is truly strange.
Despite the waitress's best efforts to prevent strangers from entering, the young man simply raised his hand, grabbed her arm, and sniffed her small hand under his pointed nose. He shook his head and said seriously, "She's a pure human, but not a pure virgin anymore. What a pity. I thought I could have a feast today."
With that, he simply waved his hand, and the waitress screamed and flew out of control. With a thud, her head hit the steel luggage rack, and she immediately lost consciousness.
"A vampire?!" Xia Tian and Lingling's pupils contracted sharply, and their expressions quickly changed from astonishment to wariness as they looked at the young man. Although it was only for a brief moment, the spiritual energy field that the young man unleashed had already unabashedly displayed a dark aura, which was exactly the characteristic of a vampire.
Xia Tian's heart sank to the bottom. Judging from the purity of the other party's dark aura, he was clearly not on the same level as the vampire viscount from before. The young man had not shown his full strength, but a vampire with the ability to transform into a human was at least an earl or above. In other words, this young man's strength was at least on par with Xia Tian's!
If a viscount could cause a tragedy that resulted in the destruction of a plane and the loss of life, what about a vampire count who was many times more powerful? Xia Tian dared not imagine what would happen next. Even though he had experienced countless storms in his life, cold sweat still poured out of his back, instantly soaking his clothes.
Li Lingling's heart sank. She glanced at Xia Tian's grim face and knew exactly what he was worried about. There was no other choice but to fight to the death. Although he was a vampire count, Xia Tian and she together still had the strength to fight. As for the others, they could only choose to parachute to escape first. Whether they lived or died was up to fate. This level of attack was beyond their capabilities.
As for the other crew members, they could only leave it to fate. Lingling suddenly felt a little sad. She hadn't felt anything when she was just an ordinary person, but now that she was so much better off than before, why couldn't she find the happiness she used to have?
If possible, Lingling would rather go back to her high school days and be with the figures from her dreams, the honest and simple Lingyun and the roguish Zhang Yunfeng, and happily spend her carefree student days without any worries.
But now, everything was impossible. Lingling sighed softly, gazing at the young man whose greedy eyes were fixed on her. She had made up her mind to die, but deep down, she still felt a tinge of resentment. Until she saw him one last time, Lingling had been hoping for something; even dying in his arms would be a kind of happiness.
The young man's eyes burned with desire as he scanned Lingling, Su Bingyan, and Chen Jiaxuan, his excitement overflowing. Even the beads of sweat on his nose glistened with excitement. He exclaimed incoherently, "My God, three perfect virgins, and all so beautiful! Cain, you've taken such good care of me, letting me wake up to see these three beautiful lambs. I must devour them bit by bit, so that I can savor the unforgettable taste. My God, damn God, why have you made me so happy!"
His gaze was fixed on Li Lingling's perfect face like that of a hungry wolf. He muttered weakly to himself, "Damn God, I'm not seeing things, am I? A pure Yin Spirit body, a pure Yin Spirit body! If I can merge with her essence, my mutation ability will reach another level. It's even possible that I could become the legendary Blood Prince. My God, what day is it today? Is it Cain's Christmas Day, and he's going to give me a big gift?"
The faces of everyone present immediately turned ugly. Although the young man was speaking English, and classical English at that, everyone present was fluent in English. Even if they didn't understand, they could guess what he was saying from his fanatical expression. Everyone was immediately furious.
Without hesitation, Chen Feng and Zhao Yu drew their pistols in the shortest amount of time and fired repeatedly at the young man's head and heart.
Chapter 407 Instant Kill
The young man's smile never changed, and he didn't even make a move to react or dodge, but the bullets stopped moving a few dozen centimeters from him and fell to the ground.
He slowly walked towards Li Lingling, making no attempt to hide the fervor and greed in his eyes. The Yin Spirit Body held a fatal allure for him, especially since she was a heartbreakingly beautiful young woman. The young man even felt that as long as he could possess Li Lingling, it would be worth dying for. As for the small threat before him, he didn't take it to heart. His mental field could directly deflect the impact of bullets. Even the supernatural abilities that Xia Tian and his prey possessed were nothing more than a bit of fun for a vampire.
Chen Feng and Zhao Yu's expressions remained unchanged. Having followed Xia Tian for many years, they had witnessed more than just this one strange event. This was a war between superhumans, not something ordinary people could participate in. If bullets could solve the problem, there was no need to be so nervous.
The two immediately holstered their guns, quickly retreated, and then together grabbed the unconscious flight attendant before retreating into the cockpit. The enemy was no longer a threat to them; only Xia Tian and Lingling could handle it. Their presence here would only be a burden. The life-saving equipment and parachutes were in the cockpit. With the situation worsening, they had to consider the worst-case scenario. Xia Tian and Li Lingling had no time; they had to ensure the safety of the ordinary crew members and teach everyone how to deploy their parachutes as quickly as possible so they could jump from the plane if necessary.
Su Bingyan and Chen Jiaxuan exchanged a glance and tacitly retreated to a corner. Now was not the time to be reckless. Was the young man in front of them the legendary vampire? But whether he was or not didn't matter. Someone capable of unloading bullets was definitely not someone an ordinary person could defeat. Su Bingyan thought for a moment, then took out a delicate, palm-sized pistol from her pocket, followed by a matching barrel about the thickness of a finger, and slowly fitted the barrel onto the front of the pistol.
After doing all this, Su Bingyan slowly raised the gun and aimed it at the young man's eyes. This pistol was a non-standard handgun that Su Bingyan had obtained through secret channels. It was exquisite and meticulous, but incredibly powerful. Its close-range power was almost comparable to that of the Desert Eagle. However, its drawback was its small magazine capacity, holding only three bullets. But each bullet was a specially made pure steel core bullet, capable of penetrating a five-centimeter-thick iron plate within twenty meters, possessing immense kinetic energy.
Having just witnessed the bizarre scene of the vampire unloading its bullets, even the world's top female assassin lost confidence. She could only cling to her last hope and try one last time, preparing to fire three bullets in quick succession, hitting the same spot simultaneously. Even if she couldn't kill the vampire, she could still cause it some trouble and create an opportunity for Xia Tian and Li Lingling.
Chen Jiaxuan glanced at her, then turned to look at the young man, blinking her playful, beautiful eyes. Surprisingly, she remained silent, lost in thought. The two girls were no ordinary people either. Although their enemy was far more formidable, they maintained their composure. In other words, fear and panic offered no protection; they only exacerbated the harm, making them unnecessary.
A chilling, biting air suddenly spread throughout the cabin, and the temperature in the once warm cabin plummeted. In just a few seconds, a layer of frost covered the thick leather seats and the smooth floor!
The young man suddenly stopped, and his previously indifferent face revealed a serious and deep emotion.
Su Bingyan couldn't help but shiver. Suddenly, she felt her eyelids were dry, which even affected her vision. She was startled to find that her eyelashes were too long, and as the temperature dropped, a layer of snow-white frost had formed on them. Her hand holding the pistol also became icy cold. In the blink of an eye, the cabin had become a world of ice and snow.
He had initially noticed that Li Lingling's mental energy field was extremely weak. Such a weak mental energy field could probably only unleash the weakest attack techniques, posing almost no effective threat to him. Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to it. He seemed nonchalant, but in reality, his vigilance was focused on Xia Tian, who was gathering power to the side. Only this man had the strength to threaten him, and no one else was on his mind.
However, Li Lingling's ability to control temperature made the young man's heart skip a beat. This level of cold was definitely not something that Li Lingling's mental energy field could control. If it could, it meant that the other party was either a high-level superhuman pretending to be weak, or a superhuman with a single ability. In a specific field, the latter was even more dangerous than the former.
A black halo emerged from the young man's body, and a dark aura that exuded oppression and despair extended like a venomous snake, gently yet fiercely resisting the icy aura. The two mental energy fields collided slightly in the narrow space, seemingly failing to merge at the edges, but the closer they got to the concentrated areas of the mental energy fields, the more tiny sparks continuously bloomed, releasing lighter-like flames in the frigid air before suddenly extinguishing.
Lingling pursed her rosy lips, her anger unleashing her weak spiritual energy field. She could even feel her own life force burning. The vampire's greedy gaze made her extremely uncomfortable, and she couldn't help but feel an urge to tear him to pieces.
The girl had already pushed her mental energy field to its limit, and several transparent, almost invisible ice spikes were faintly condensing on her shoulders. This was an attack technique controlled by a special ability to control ice and cold. At close range, the power of the ice spikes was much greater than that of bullets. As for how powerful they were, it was still unclear, because it was related to the user's ability. However, the young man was not confident that he could withstand it with his mental energy field.
Xia Tian watched the vampire calmly. He could tell that this was a vampire count, whose strength was probably on par with his own, or even slightly stronger. Although he didn't know how this guy had boarded the plane, and it was hard to understand why this guy hadn't made a move when he and Lingling killed the vampire viscount, none of that mattered now. Just as the vampire was fully on guard against him, his mental energy field was also focused on the young man. The plane was too small to be suitable for fighting, so the first move would determine life or death.
Xia Tian was still focusing his mental energy field, preparing to unleash the full Thousand Star Light Slash. Although doing so would almost certainly cut the plane in half, things had already reached the worst possible point. The only way to buy time was to give Chen Feng and Zhao Yu time to put parachutes on the ordinary crew members and get them off the plane early, so that Xia Tian could start fighting. Fortunately, the crew members were all well-trained employees of the Sihai Group, so they had no problem with this kind of escape skills.
It was thanks to his foresight in carrying an equal or even larger number of parachutes on the plane that he could have avoided a real problem. Xia Tian thought to himself, clenching his fist and walking toward the young man with a smile: "Your Highness, what brings you to my plane?" As he spoke, he extended his hand to the young man, his enthusiastic demeanor as if he were an old friend he hadn't seen in years.
The young man finally turned his gaze to him, a cold smile appearing on his pale, handsome face. Looking at Xia Tian's outstretched hand, he took it and said sarcastically, "You may not recognize me, sir. I am the viscount you and this beautiful lady just killed. You don't recognize me just because I have a different appearance? No wonder they say you humans are fickle creatures. It's true."
Xia Tian and Lingling's expressions changed simultaneously, and they exclaimed in unison, "Impossible!" The vampire viscount's heart had clearly been blasted out by Lingling's rifle, so how could he still be alive? Aren't the vampire's vital organs the heart and head? If he can survive without a heart, then this vampire is too terrifying; wouldn't he be an immortal monster?
The young man shook hands with Xia Tian without making a sound. Sure enough, as soon as their hands met, Xia Tian launched a raging attack with his mental energy field. This attack did not appear abnormal from the outside. Apart from the occasional flash of the mental energy field, all that could be seen was the two people holding hands tightly. Although this way of wrestling was simple, at least it would not damage the outside. Xia Tian still wanted to protect the plane as much as possible, and he would not release his mental energy field until the crew had escaped.
The young man let out a soft "hmm," his expression slightly strange. Xia Tian's attack was within his expectations, but much weaker than he had imagined. The young man could easily block Xia Tian's power. This shouldn't be Xia Tian's true strength, or perhaps he was hiding his power, but that was unnecessary. Or perhaps he was just testing his strength, but that was also unnecessary.
"Could it be a useless silver candlestick?" the vampire wondered, but his expression remained calm. "Nothing is impossible. While you humans evolved, we vampires evolved as well. Unfortunately, you've caught up with it. I am a mutated vampire who has been asleep for three hundred years. Attacking my heart is useless, and every time you attack, I transform. If you can dig out my heart again, I will become an even more powerful marquis who can kill you instantly. Of course, I can't bear to kill this ice queen and these two ladies. You are delicious dishes, and I want to savor you." As he spoke, the young man deliberately stuck out his bright red tongue and licked his lips.
However, the three girls present were not ordinary people. Although they felt disgusted, they showed no fear whatsoever.
Xia Tian's heart grew even heavier. He didn't know if this guy was deliberately intimidating him or if he truly possessed a mutated ability, automatically resurrecting every time he died and becoming a vampire of an even higher level? Wouldn't that mean his power would rise without end, eventually turning him into a demon? Such a thing was impossible, but everyone had already witnessed the young man transform from a viscount into a vampire with the strength of an earl, so further advancement wasn't out of the question. An earl was already difficult to deal with; becoming a marquis would mean the end of everything.
In any case, this guy is the most vicious enemy Xia Tian has ever encountered in his life. No matter what he becomes, he will be at a disadvantage. Therefore, he must fight back with all his might to have any hope of escaping. But if he can't attack the young man's heart, then where should he attack?
As for Su Bingyan and the other girls, since they had no understanding of the vampire hierarchy, they remained unmoved after hearing the story.
Xia Tian suddenly felt a silent yet rhythmic vibration emanating from his mental energy field. This was a sign that the Thousand Star Light Slash had finished gathering its power. A flash of silver light appeared on his body, and countless cold stars appeared only briefly before vanishing. The Thousand Star Light Slash also possesses the ability to conceal its power, allowing for diverse attack methods and enabling a sudden attack when the opponent is caught off guard.