Chapter 429: Intercept and Kill the Blood Bath Queen? Good Idea

After obtaining two Blood Race Sacred Artifacts, Qi Suian found a place to begin his research.

As the number of Blood Race Sacred Artifacts he collected grew, he became more and more convinced that their origins were anything but ordinary.

There was a high probability they were created from the Blood Race Ancestor, Cain.

'If I gather all the Blood Race Sacred Artifacts, could it actually resurrect Cain?' The thought suddenly struck Qi Suian.

It wasn't impossible. How could the source that created an entire Extraordinary species be someone who died so easily?

As for who turned Cain into the Blood Race Sacred Artifacts, he had no idea.

It could have been the Red Sea Witch Lilith, or it could have been the entity to whom Cain made his sacrifice.

After all, judging from the flashbacks he saw within the Blood Race Sacred Artifacts, there were even more powerful beings above Cain who accepted his sacrifice.

For example, the Lord that humans worshipped.

Even the Daywalker didn't know what it was they actually worshipped; they could only bolster their faith and piety through the descriptions in the Canon Bible.

If you really pressed him to explain it, he wouldn't be able to say anything concrete.

The Canon Bible didn't describe the Lord or His actions; it was purely a book of precepts.

As for tracing the Church's origins, that was a long story. And because they had no habit of record-keeping, all that remained in the Church were numerous stories akin to myths and legends.

The logic in these stories was coherent enough, and they were free of contradictions.

However, they personified the Lord, attributing to Him acts of punishing evil and promoting good.

Qi Suian could tell at a glance that they had simply taken the deeds of certain Ascetics, Demon Hunters, and even Discipline Priests and falsely attributed them to the ethereal Lord.

Still, they did make for nice little bedtime fables.

'Right now, the Corpse Hand, Demonic Puppet, Evil Key, and Illusion Mirror are what's left.'

'And except for the Evil Key, there's a high chance the rest are in Dracula's hands.'

Dracula's three brides were most likely created using Victor's life-crafting technology combined with the Blood Race Sacred Artifact, the Demonic Puppet.

"What a pain," Qi Suian sighed.

He definitely couldn't defeat Dracula on his own. He would have to kill the Blood Bath Queen first, then go with the Daywalker to kill the Piercing Demon.

He wanted to ask the Daywalker to go with him to Villerlis Town now, but the Daywalker would certainly refuse and might even break off their alliance over it.

The Blood Bath Queen was poised to strike, and she had used a tide of blood to shroud the entire Transylvania Kingdom.

This act plunged the Transylvania Kingdom into darkness, allowing the Secret Faction to step out from the shadows and rule as brutally as the Demon Faction.

However, due to the death of the Son of the Dragon, the Blood Race had come to a profound understanding: while ghouls were qualified as slaves, they were completely unqualified as Warriors.

So, the Secret Faction began to directly create large numbers of Blood Race members to serve as troops for destroying the Church.

There was even a trend of turning all the subjects of the Transylvania Kingdom into members of the Blood Race.

Because of this, the Daywalker was even considering launching the war early. Otherwise, not only would the enemy's numbers increase, but the human population would suffer a devastating blow.

Unlike the irredeemable Wallachia Kingdom ruled by the Demon Faction, the humans of the Transylvania Kingdom hadn't been brainwashed; they had merely been kept in the dark.

Therefore, after the truth was exposed, large numbers of civilians fled, creating a refugee crisis that put further strain on the Church.

When people showed up, you couldn't just turn them away.

Accepting them was guaranteed to become a burden—in terms of both housing and food.

However, the Daywalker directly transferred all these burdens onto the various kingdoms. After all, the nobles of those kingdoms had always wanted to backstab the Church, so this was a good opportunity to weaken them a little.

"Still busy?" The Daywalker entered Qi Suian's tent and saw him fiddling with the Blood Race Sacred Artifacts.

He couldn't understand what Qi Suian was doing, so he simply ignored it.

"Just say what's on your mind." Qi Suian knew the Daywalker wouldn't come looking for him unless it was important.

Normally, he was so busy he didn't even have enough time to sleep. The fact that he'd taken the time to find Qi Suian meant he definitely needed him for something.

"There's been some unusual movement from the Blood Bath Queen's side. It seems she's preparing to unite with the kingdoms for a counterattack."

"As long as the kingdoms agree to cooperate, this plan—whether it succeeds or fails—will have an irreversible impact on the war," the Daywalker said bluntly after sitting down.

The moment Qi Suian heard this, he immediately understood what the Daywalker meant.

"We're going to intercept and kill the Blood Bath Queen!" Qi Suian blurted out.

"Correct, but I have a concern." The Daywalker's thoughts were the same as Qi Suian's. "What if this is a trap targeting you and me?"

"It's very likely that you and I wouldn't make it back."

"Without you and me, the Church is no match for the Blood Race."

The two of them were the pillars of support. Without them, the Church's Ascetics and Demon Hunters could at best only deal with Prince-level members of the Blood Race.

Whether it's the Blood Bath Queen or the Piercing Demon, both have the ability to reshape the Blood Race. As long as one of these two second-generation Blood Race members remains alive, it's still no breakthrough for the Church.

"What's there to be afraid of? It's just killing."

"We have nine Blood Race Sacred Artifacts in our possession, while they have none. Even if it's a trap, we can be confident of getting away in one piece," Qi Suian said.

The Daywalker did a quick mental calculation, then said, "The Spirit Staff was actually in Mary Town. Your luck is truly good."

Otherwise, Qi Suian couldn't have claimed to have nine Sacred Artifacts.

"That's right, my luck has always been good." Qi Suian was very happy. Someone had finally recognized his achievements in the luck department.

Otherwise, everyone always said he relied on his strength, which could easily make him conceited.

"This operation won't just involve the Blood Bath Queen, but also the mysterious Death Clan."

"To this day, the Church has very little intelligence on the Death Clan." As he spoke, the Daywalker took out a thin stack of documents and handed it to Qi Suian.

"What we know for now is that all members of the Death Clan are at least third-generation Blood Race and Prince-level."

"They lean more toward the Secret Faction's way of life, rarely interacting with people, or even other members of the Blood Race."

"Besides the Blood Bath Queen and the Piercing Demon, perhaps only the Blood Race Ancestor could command them."

"Even the Son of the Dragon couldn't make contact with this mysterious Death Clan."

"Of course, the Blood Bath Queen doesn't have full control either. The Death Clan seems to have its own mission."

The Daywalker gave Qi Suian a rough briefing on the current intelligence regarding the Death Clan.

For them, third-generation Blood Race members at Prince level already represented an extremely difficult challenge.

But in Qi Suian's eyes, they were just a bunch of small fry.

Weak was weak. At his level of power, it was extremely unlikely he could be overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

He could snap all the third-generation Blood Prince necks and stuff them into the Melting Furnace before they could even react.

Even if all the third-generation and Prince-level members of the Blood Race attacked him together, the threat wouldn't amount to a single hair compared to what Qi Suian faced from the Blood Bath Queen and the Piercing Demon.

"The Death Clan isn't the problem. As long as you can hold off the Blood Bath Queen for one minute, I can ensure they won't even have a place to be buried."

"The real difficulty is the Blood Bath Queen. Killing her is no easy task," Qi Suian said bluntly. "But this is a good opportunity."

"But you're right, this is extremely risky."

"If this is a trap, then the Blood Bath Queen's real trump card isn't the so-called Death Clan."

"It's the Piercing Demon Vlad II Dracula."

"Those two are the children of the Blood Race Ancestor, true powerhouses."

"I'm confident I can handle one of them. Against two, both of us would meet our end there." Qi Suian said this out loud, but secretly, he had another solution.

'That is, to kill the Daywalker—the suspected protagonist—and rely on the protagonist's plot armor to pull off a desperate comeback.'

'But that's based on one premise: the Daywalker has to be the protagonist, not the Blood Bath Queen or the Piercing Demon.'

'Otherwise, I'd be well and truly dead.'

"The Piercing Demon..." Reminded by Qi Suian, the Daywalker's expression immediately turned grim.

"I'll have the Villeries family scout out the situation."

"We need to confirm the Piercing Demon's whereabouts."

After saying this, the Daywalker stood up to leave.

Judging by his attitude and actions, the matter of intercepting the Blood Bath Queen was settled.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be going to confirm the Piercing Demon's status right now.

"I guess this counts as returning the favor," Qi Suian couldn't help but smile.

The Blood Bath Queen had sent her Blood Race underlings to intercept him, and now, in turn, he was going to intercept the Blood Bath Queen with the Daywalker.

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave. I have a suggestion for you." Qi Suian grabbed the Daywalker who was about to leave. "The Blood Bath Queen arranged for people to ambush and kill me, and a batch of third-generation Blood Princes died."

"Now she's preparing to turn the kingdoms against us and has taken another batch with her, right?"

Hearing this, a thought struck the Daywalker. "You mean we should take this opportunity to have the Church launch an attack?"

"Exactly. We intercept the Blood Bath Queen while the Church attacks the Transylvania Kingdom."

"Soros temporarily taking your place shouldn't be a problem. If we fight on two fronts, our efficiency will be much higher!" Qi Suian offered his idea.

The Daywalker thought for a moment and then immediately accepted Qi Suian's plan. "Alright, we'll do it your way."

The Church was indeed preparing for the great war to come, but those preparations would never truly be finished. So, when a good opportunity presented itself, they naturally had to seize it.

"You get back to what you were doing, then. I'm going to confirm the Piercing Demon's situation and then discuss the plan with Soros." The Daywalker left Qi Suian's tent directly, striding hurriedly toward his own.

After watching him leave, Qi Suian mocked himself, "I never thought a brute like me would one day be the one making plans for others."

The plan was a bit crude, but it was far more meticulous than his usual thoughts of just killing everything.

[You are not a brute, sir. Your actions have always been cautious and planned. Any perceived recklessness is executed only when success is assured.]

The AI chimed in with a timely compliment for Qi Suian.

"Oh, please. It's just that when I can't solve the problem, I choose to solve the person who created it."

"What's the point of planning or caution? I might not even live to see the future," Qi Suian said softly.

As long as the doomsday game wasn't dead, he would never know a day of peace.