The young man suddenly gave Xia Tian a deep look. His opponent hadn't changed at all, and even the mental energy field emanating from his hand was steadily resisting his dark power. But for some reason, the vampire keenly sensed that this man, whom he hadn't taken seriously, had suddenly become a huge threat, as if a sleeping lion had suddenly stretched out its claws.
The young man's pupils contracted slightly. Xia Tian must have completed some kind of strange attack preparation. This had nothing to do with perception or intuition; it was entirely a sense of danger, an instinct that the vampire family had gradually developed and ingrained in their blood over thousands of years of life-and-death escapes. A sudden alarm bell rang in his newly revived mind.
The dark power erupted like a hurricane, trying to violently push Xia Tian away, but unexpectedly, Xia Tian's hand gripped its wrist like an iron clamp. Countless star-shaped points of light suddenly bloomed from Xia Tian's hand, instantly transforming into countless silver crescent-shaped flying blades, all of which struck the vampire count's throat.
The two were so close that the vampire count didn't even have a chance to dodge, and watched helplessly as several points of cold light flashed past and disappeared into his neck.
He immediately covered his throat with his free right hand, arched his upper body, and looked at Xia Tian with a ferocious and painful expression. Although he had anticipated Xia Tian's threat, the young man still underestimated the power of the Thousand Star Light Slash. He did not expect that a superhuman with only the strength of a lieutenant could launch such a fierce attack.
In fact, it wasn't that he underestimated Xia Tian, but the vampire's disadvantage lay in not knowing about the Xia family behind Xia Tian. Moreover, the Thousand Star Light Slash was a unique skill passed down by the Xia family through countless trials and tribulations. When fully charged, it was a powerful technique that could harm even higher-level ability users. The vampire clearly underestimated the power of the Thousand Star Light Slash at its full potential and, caught off guard, was finally severely injured.
Chapter 408 Resurrection
The young man gave Xia Tian one last look with resentful eyes. Suddenly, his black mental field lit up, and all the dark energy condensed into several black light needles. These needles shot out from the vampire's long, slender fingertips, which had turned into claws, and pierced into Xia Tian's hand that was tightly gripping his wrist.
Summer let out a painful scream, immediately releasing the young man's hand. He stumbled backward, his left arm hanging limply at his side. The muscles on his face were contorted, and beads of cold sweat the size of soybeans seeped from his forehead, dripping onto the floor and instantly forming a small puddle.
Visible black energy rapidly spread upwards along his wrist. Wherever it passed, the sleeve of Xia Tian's high-end suit on his left arm immediately turned rotten and gray, breaking into countless pieces of fabric. His strong muscles rapidly atrophied. The black energy seemed to have a strong corrosive effect, instantly turning a perfectly good arm into a horribly skinny skeleton. In the blink of an eye, the skin on Xia Tian's arm even turned a dark, irritating color, and the epidermis on his hands even began to peel off. Meanwhile, the black energy stubbornly continued to travel along his shoulder towards his heart.
The silver mental field flashed wildly, and the black aura finally subsided, but Xia Tian's left arm was no longer able to move.
This sudden turn of events happened in less than a second, and the girls were all stunned. Although they had all been through a lot, they were clearly outmatched in reacting to the lightning-fast attack of the superhuman.
"Go!" Lingling shouted angrily, her voice tinged with sorrow. Her reaction wasn't slow, but it was still far inferior to Xia Tian's and the vampire's. In the blink of an eye, Xia Tian and the vampire count had already separated.
Dozens of sharp ice spikes suddenly scattered, turning into more than a dozen round ice blades. Like flying saucers, they suddenly spun past the sides of the vampire's tightly clutched neck, then flew back and slashed hard at the back of the young man's neck.
The count leaned back, then stiffened to stand upright. His eyes were wide open, his expression ferocious and vicious, a far cry from his previous chivalrous demeanor. Blood gushed from where he had been choking himself, soaking his chest. The Thousand Starlight Slash had inflicted a severe blow, severing the vampire's throat, trachea, and most of his neck. Lingling's ice blade had accelerated the final separation of the head from the body, completely severing the vampire's head.
The count's headless corpse stood stiffly, his cold, pale claws still weakly gripping his throat. Two scarlet eyes on his flying head stared at the tense and angry girl with resentment and hatred, a strange dark glint flashing in his eyes before slowly disappearing.
The headless corpse's right hand suddenly drooped down automatically. The last command issued by the count's brain took effect, and the nails of the three sharp fingers on the right hand suddenly flew out like three jet-black, shiny darts, shooting towards Li Lingling, who had just breathed a sigh of relief.
Lingling was startled. She had just launched her ice blade attack and her mental field was feeling empty. She thought the vampire had been completely destroyed, but she never expected that this unkillable monster could still launch a final attack after its head was cut off. She was about to dodge, but it was too late. She could only sigh inwardly and slowly close her eyes. Lingyun's figure flashed through her mind in an instant.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Three crisp gunshots rang out. After Lingling, Su Bingyan finally made her move. Three steel-core bullets collided perfectly with the three fingernails. Compared to the hardness of the vampire's fingernails, the steel-core bullets were obviously far inferior. After the collision, the bullets instantly turned into a pile of scrap metal. Fortunately, they managed to stop the count's fingernails. Although they continued to fly, they could no longer harm Li Lingling.
Lingling finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around to look at Su Bingyan, who also looked tense, and gave her a grateful look. The latter smiled back at her. Lingling didn't have time to say a word to Su Bingyan. She quickly ran to Xia Tian's side, looked at Xia Tian's right arm with a worried expression, thought for a moment, and then stretched out her soft little hand. A ball of silver light emitting wisps of cold air appeared in her palm, and then turned into a silver ice shard.
Lingling held the ice shard formed from her mental energy field, looking at Xia Tian with a slight hesitation in her expression. Xia Tian was still gritting his teeth and enduring the black energy, in so much pain that he barely had the strength to speak. Leaning against the hatch, he looked at the girl's troubled expression and said with a wry smile, "What are you thinking about? Hurry up and apply it. You don't think that your brother Xia Tian can't even withstand this little bit of pain, do you?"
"Then bear with it." Li Lingling said in a low voice, and with a backhand slap, she slapped the ice shard onto Xia Tian's arm. Her mental field immediately formed a silver fluid that enveloped Xia Tian's arm, which was being eroded by the dark aura. The dark aura, as if disturbed by an invisible force, immediately became sparse and dissipated.
Xia Tian didn't say anything, but his expression suddenly changed drastically. His mouth opened wide, and he hissed as he gasped for air. His thick eyebrows almost intertwined, and his body trembled incessantly, clearly enduring intense pain.
Lingling sighed, ignoring Xia Tian's pain. She simply kept condensing her mental energy field into ice shards and applying them to Xia Tian. This was only a temporary solution; the cold energy couldn't completely eliminate the erosion of the dark energy, only delay it. Only the Arbitrator's power of light could completely expel the dark energy. But in the current situation, where could they find someone from the Arbitration Institute? Besides, neither of them knew any of the ability users at the Arbitration Institute. They could only try to find someone through connections at the headquarters of ability users. So, the only solution now was to reduce the dark energy in Xia Tian's body to the lowest possible level through cold temperatures, and then figure out a solution after returning to China.
Fortunately, the vampire count was dealt with, and the unexpected turn of events surprised everyone. They had expected a fierce battle, but the fight lasted less than ten seconds from start to finish. Moreover, everyone except Xia Tian was unharmed. This was the best possible outcome, Lingling thought. However, for some reason, the unease in her heart still lingered like a shadow.
Summer was seriously injured, so she was the pillar of support here. No matter what, everyone's safety had to be ensured for the rest of the journey. Fortunately, the Earl was killed again. Lingling glanced at Su Bingyan and Chen Jiaxuan, recalling the scene of Su Bingyan rescuing her earlier, and suddenly felt a sense of relief.
“I’m afraid this won’t work.” Chen Jiaxuan, who hadn’t made a move, suddenly walked to Xia Tian’s side, lifted his arm that was being eroded by dark energy, and frowned as she said, “The borneol can only delay the dark energy for about an hour, and then it will become ineffective. The dark energy will directly erode your boss’s heart, and then there will be no cure.”
Li Lingling looked at Chen Jiaxuan in surprise. She didn't know much about Chen Jiaxuan, but she could tell that this girl was very skilled. However, she shouldn't be a superhuman. How come she seemed to be very familiar with dark energy? She even mentioned the freezing effect and duration of the ice shards.
Su Bingyan was also surprised. She had always regarded Chen Jiaxuan as a good friend, but this friend was always laughing and joking, and her mental age was only ten years old, which annoyed her quite a bit. It was really rare to see that the usually noisy Chen Jiaxuan could be so serious.
Summer was in so much pain that he fell into a coma. His mental energy field operated automatically within his body, shimmering with a faint silver light, automatically resisting the dark energy's attacks, which were like peeling away layers of a cocoon.
“There’s nothing I can do about this,” Lingling said sadly, her face filled with helplessness and sorrow. “Only the mental field of the Light Arbiter can save Brother Xia Tian. I don’t know anyone at the Arbitration Institute, and I don’t have a Light Mental Field. This is all I can do. I hope to get back to the Superpower Headquarters as soon as possible and ask the instructors for help to treat my brother.”
As she spoke, the girl couldn't help but cover her face and sob. For more than half a year, Xia Tian had taken care of her like an older brother, showing her great concern. Now, seeing Xia Tian seriously injured and unable to be cured, Lingling felt extremely sad. Her fragile heart and sorrowful emotions combined instantly made her revert to her former girlish fragility.
Su Bingyan walked over and gently patted her shoulder, comforting her, "Lingling, don't be sad. Brother Xia Tian is a lucky man, he should be alright." But even she herself felt powerless as she said these words.
Lingling looked at her with teary eyes, bit her lip and nodded, her mind in turmoil, not knowing what to do.
“Let me try,” Chen Jiaxuan suddenly said, her expression serious, without the slightest hint of joking.
"You!" Li Lingling and Su Bingyan looked at her in surprise, exchanging bewildered glances. They knew that Xia Tian's injuries were something even superhumans couldn't heal. Chen Jiaxuan was just a girl from a martial arts family; what ability did she have to eliminate dark energy? She wasn't a superhuman.
"Yes, let me try. Anyway, you don't have any other options, so we might as well try anything. What if I can cure him?" Chen Jiaxuan looked at the two surprised girls and immediately laughed again, instantly reverting to her mischievous nature.
“Jiaxuan, this is no joke, don’t do anything reckless.” Su Bingyan said seriously, “Brother Xiatian’s injuries are very serious. They are injuries between superhumans, and we ordinary people can’t help at all. Please don’t cause Lingling any more trouble.”
"Hey, why are you underestimating me? So what if you have superpowers? I can still take care of you. Lingling, do you believe me? You don't have any other way anyway, so why don't you let me try?" Chen Jiaxuan said, pretending to be aggrieved, and even waved her little fist at Su Bingyan.
Lingling nodded. She was also very confused at the moment, thinking that perhaps Chen Jiaxuan would have a better idea. She said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Jiaxuan."
Chen Jiaxuan gave Su Bingyan a triumphant look, picked up the unconscious Xia Tian with one hand, walked into a private cabin, and closed the door behind her.
"I hope she won't do anything to make things worse. If she delays Brother Xia's recovery, I really don't know what to do," Su Bingyan said worriedly.
"It's alright, there's no other way anyway," Li Lingling comforted Su Bingyan. "Maybe Jiaxuan really does have a good idea."
"I hope so. Who knows what's going on with her all the time, always so mysterious?" Su Bingyan shrugged. Ever since she met Chen Jiaxuan, her life had been anything but peaceful. In fact, the two girls had completely different personalities, one active and the other quiet, yet they managed to get along perfectly.
Chen Feng and Zhao Yu were still in the cockpit, but there was a surveillance camera in the cockpit. They could watch what was happening here through the hidden camera. If the worst happened, they could immediately arrange for the crew to parachute out. They should not be far from the city. With Chen Feng and Zhao Yu's abilities, they could easily get everyone to safety.
Lingling looked at the headless corpse of the vampire count, which was still standing stiffly. The blood gushing from his neck cavity had stopped flowing and turned from bright red to purplish-black. This was due to the combination of oxygen in the blood with air. Although it looked terrifying, it was commonplace for people with superpowers. Neither Li Lingling nor Su Bingyan felt any fear.
Hiss!
A strange sound suddenly rang out, and countless fine blood lines gushed from the headless vampire's corpse. Blood gushed from the entire neck cavity like a fountain, but strangely, the blood did not splatter everywhere. Instead, it formed hair-thick blood lines as if it were consciously formed, shooting straight upwards towards the top of the head.
Li Lingling and Su Bingyan stared in astonishment at everything before them; the vampire's transformation had exceeded their wildest imaginations.
A terrifying hissing sound echoed behind the girl, and the severed vampire head suddenly flew up automatically, instantly returning to the headless corpse's cavity. Blood gushed from the wound, slowly intertwining with the blood in the neck cavity to form a mangled mass of flesh. The head pressed down, fitting perfectly to the neck, and blood flowed back into the wound.