Chapter 422: Blood Bath Queen? Sneak Attack First

"This war is truly insane."

"But in terms of scale and cruelty, it's a far cry from the Sacred Artifact World."

Qi Suian had now arrived on the front lines of the battle between the Church and the Blood Race.

He had already fully recorded the rule data from the three Blood Race Sacred Artifacts in his possession and was beginning to study them further.

Therefore, he hadn't planned on just hiding away and growing stronger in secret. It wasn't that he was looking for adventure, but that opportunities wait for no one.

If the Daywalker were to die, the Church would be annihilated.

At that point, if Qi Suian wanted to obtain the Blood Race Sacred Artifacts, he'd likely have to face the Son of the Dragon, who wielded the powerful Slaughter Knife, Execution Axe, and Soul Ring.

Just as the Daywalker said, the Church doesn't need Sacred Artifacts, but the Blood Race does.

That was why Qi Suian had no choice but to temporarily set aside his work and rush to the front lines.

'The Enhancement Stone is done, thanks to the rule data from the poison vial.'

'Both have an enhancement component. All I'll need to do is install the Enhancement Stone as a module and inject energy to get equipment directly to +12.'

'The progress bar for the Enchantment Stone is over halfway done. The modification should be complete in about three hours at most.'

'The Refining Stone is the tricky part. I don't have its corresponding rules. I might need the Spirit Staff, one of the Blood Race Sacred Artifacts.' Qi Suian glanced at his research progress again.

After his modifications, the Enhancement Stone and Enchantment Stone were no longer random. Instead, their effects fluctuated based on the energy injected, and they were no longer single-use consumables.

'Only three module slots is also a problem.'

'The Blood Race basically no longer provides evolution energy. I must have been blacklisted by the Blood Race World.'

'So if I want to obtain more module slots, I'm afraid only the Daywalker, Son of the Dragon, and Blood Bath Queen are left.'

'I can't kill the Daywalker for now, I still need his help.'

The objective was simple, then. Just show up and start killing.

He turned and left the battlefield, arriving ahead of time at Daywalker Alex's tent. He sat down brazenly, making himself right at home.

Several minutes later, the Daywalker, who had just finished fighting the Son of the Dragon, returned and saw a familiar person sitting in his seat.

"This counts as our second meeting, right, Baron Fisher." The Daywalker didn't mind Qi Suian's disrespectful behavior and instead casually found a place to sit.

"You are indeed special." Qi Suian was not surprised that the other party remembered him, and then said, "It seems your battle was not easy."

"Yes, the Blood Bath Queen completed her ritual and obtained the power of the Red Sea."

"If I didn't have the Soul Ring to control their thralls, I wouldn't have made it back." The Daywalker laid his predicament bare.

Qi Suian's heart sank at his words. 'The offspring of the Red Sea Witch Lilith and the Blood Race Ancestor Cain... this monster is truly something else.'

"The Soul Ring isn't suitable for you. You can give..." Qi Suian had only gotten to the word "give" when the Daywalker unhesitatingly took the Soul Ring off his hand and threw it to him.

Qi Suian caught it, then asked, "Aren't you afraid I was sent by the other side?"

"Not afraid, unless you don't want the Blood Race Sacred Artifacts," the Daywalker said calmly.

"Bold." 'If it were me,' Qi Suian thought, 'I would never have given it away. I'd have taken it by force.'

Since the other party was being so sincere, Qi Suian took out the Blood Cup and threw it to the Daywalker.

He had already obtained all the blood seals of the thirteen clans, and the rule data had been completely copied.

The Sacred Artifact was of little use to him now, far less than the Rot Bracelet and the poison vial.

It was better to hand it to the Daywalker and increase his strength.

"I'm lending this to you. After we kill the Son of the Dragon and the Blood Bath Queen, all the Sacred Artifacts will be mine, with interest," Qi Suian said.

The Daywalker nodded and agreed at once. "No problem."

After getting the Soul Ring, Qi Suian didn't immediately copy the rule data. Instead, he said, "I suggest you choose the power of the Son of the Dragon."

"The Blood Cup can only target the blood of third-generation Blood Race members. The Son of the Dragon is the most unique among them, on par with a second-generation member."

"His bloodline holds the power of a dragon, although I don't know where dragons come from," Qi Suian said bluntly.

The Daywalker heard this and looked a bit puzzled. "The power of a dragon? I haven't felt it."

This wasn't his first time fighting the Son of the Dragon. The man always used the Slaughter Knife as his weapon, supplemented with dark power.

He had never seen him display the dragon power Qi Suian spoke of.

"I fought an avatar of the Blood Bath Queen before. She used the Blood Cup to obtain the Son of the Dragon's power and temporarily transformed into a red dragon."

"Her breath weapon nearly killed me." Qi Suian was not wrong; if he hadn't fought back, he would have died.

It's just that he revives after death.

"About dragons, I know a little. Legend says the offspring of the Red Sea Witch are dragons."

"But those vicious beasts are all locked away in the Red Sea, the witch's boudoir. They can't leave at all." The Daywalker was the Sect Leader of the Church, so he naturally knew a lot.

"Don't worry about that for now. Let's solve the immediate predicament first," Qi Suian suddenly interrupted the Daywalker.

The sky was dyed blood-red.

Qi Suian didn't know if the so-called Red Sea was actually red, but one thing was certain: the Blood Bath Queen was attacking.

This time, the Daywalker's situation was different from his usual retreat after a fight with the Son of the Dragon.

He had been forced off the battlefield. As an enemy, it was only natural to press the advantage.

If Qi Suian hadn't arrived today, the Daywalker and the Church would very likely have been destroyed.

One could only say his arrival was a blessing in the nick of time.

"Pick one," Qi Suian said.

With the Rot Bracelet, the poison vial, and the Soul Ring, used in conjunction with the thirteen blood seals, Qi Suian could unleash their full power.

Combined with his own attributes and the Abyssal Virus, he would be a formidable opponent.

"I'll deal with the Blood Bath Queen." The Daywalker hesitated for a moment, then steeled himself and chose the stronger opponent.

Qi Suian looked him up and down, shook his head, and said, "You can't beat her. It's a suicide mission."

"I'll hold off the Blood Bath Queen. You go kill the Son of the Dragon. Remember, I want the body."

Before, Qi Suian would have definitely agreed. After all, it's better you die than me, and powerful enemies should be handled by your allies.

But not now. The waters of this world ran too deep. Without the help of an ally like the Daywalker, who only wanted to kill the Blood Race, it would be very difficult for him to collect all thirteen Blood Race Sacred Artifacts.

Especially since one of the Sacred Artifacts was still in the hands of Piercing Demon Dracula.

"I'm not confident enough," the Daywalker said bluntly.

"Use the power of the dragon against him. The Blood Cup will help you." Qi Suian could have given him the poison vial to increase the Daywalker's chances of winning.

But if he did, Qi Suian's own survival rate would drop drastically.

"Stop hesitating. I'm making the first move. You figure out the rest," Qi Suian said, then walked straight out of the tent.

The blood-red sky was a reflection of a crimson ocean.

"Human, I am very curious. How did you come to possess such great power?" The Blood Bath Queen's voice came from that reflected ocean.

Qi Suian saw her figure, of course. The bat-like wings on her back flapped gently as she looked down on him from above.

"That's a long story."

"So I'm not going to tell it." As Qi Suian's voice fell, thirteen blood seals appeared on his body.

The Abyssal Virus, along with the Rot Bracelet, spread out, combining with the mutagenic effect of the poison vial to instantly form a black, plague-ridden land.

The enormous figure of Fei carried Qi Suian into the air. His domain began to take on a third dimension, gradually encompassing the entire blood-red space.

'Too bad. I just got my hands on the Soul Ring, so I'm not used to wielding it yet.'

As Qi Suian's voice fell, an invisible mental distortion spread out in an instant.

"This is... a plague?" The Blood Bath Queen looked a little puzzled. Such a petty trick was useless against the Blood Race.

But soon, she knew she was wrong. Dead wrong.

The thralls instantly fell ill and died. But this was not the end; it was the beginning. They 'revived' once more.

A horde of living corpses became new enemies.

"Before this, they all called me the Zombie Dominator," Qi Suian said confidently.

The Blood Bath Queen had wanted to mock Qi Suian. Not just anyone could be called a Dominator. They were just living corpses, and the Blood Race could control corpses, too.

But she didn't have time to say it before she realized something was wrong.

All the Blood Race members corroded by the plague also transformed into the zombies Qi Suian spoke of.

Once the first Blood Race member became a zombie, the Abyssal Virus essentially evolved the corresponding ability to infect and spread among them.

At this point, the Blood Bath Queen understood that she could not drag this out any longer.

She immediately prepared to strike, only to find she had lost track of Qi Suian.

Only the enormous, strange beast, Fei, remained.

BANG!

She felt an excruciating pain in her back, right where her heart was.

Her entire spine, along with her sternum, was pierced through by the immense force.

"You!!!" The Blood Bath Queen was smashed directly into the ground.

Smashing a huge crater into the earth.

That's right, everything Qi Suian had said before was to make the Blood Bath Queen lower her guard.

He even used Fei as a decoy.

It was proof that the Blood Bath Queen really hadn't taken him seriously, which was why his surprise attack had succeeded.

"You're cunning, more despicable than any politician." The Blood Bath Queen turned into a swarm of bats and flew out of the deep crater.

She had just returned to human form after landing and barely finished speaking when Qi Suian was already right in her face.

Polymorphic energy and a Dark Energy Beam coated his leg as he unleashed a vicious groin kick.

The Blood Bath Queen's expression changed. If that kick landed, forgetting the injury for a moment, her dignity would be utterly destroyed.

Fortunately, she was taking Qi Suian seriously now. She immediately created distance, having no intention of fighting him up close.

"Red Sea, devour him." Following the Blood Bath Queen's command, countless writhing, blood-red liquids surged from the ground.

This was all blood, and it formed a powerful domain born from human resentment and anger.

Qi Suian stepped into it, and his feet sank deep, unable to pull free.

It was resentment and anger dragging him down.