#575Chapter 575 Goodbye Uncle Wa, Hello Uncle DeAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 575: Farewell, Valachia, Hello, Dracula
[Qiu Huo: Leader Template. Qiu + Bio-Mechanical Puppet 2.0 + All the World's Evil, Hybrid. HP = 2.5 W / 2.5 W, MP = ? / ? (Spirit Vein Boost, Pseudo-Infinite). Strength 25, Agility 25, Spirit 50 + ?, Charm 50 + ?]
[Unit Traits — Copy Qiu, All the World's Evil, Spirit Vein's Calamity, Pseudo-Holy Grail]
[Additional Description: This unit simultaneously possesses the composite attributes of an enemy BOSS, a subordinate unit, and an allied NPC.]
Facing his progenitor's zero-frame, unchivalrous opening move, Qiu Qiu, who had already transformed into a "Calamity" but still hadn't deeply understood his progenitor's shamelessness, was immediately hit.
Classic tactics are repeatedly used precisely because they are durable and applicable to most situations.
And the current situation was another classic tactical application scenario.
Curses, or rather, All the World's Evil, is inherently formless, a conceptual aggregate. Based on the experience of the Fourth Holy Grail War, even destroying the container of All the World's Evil—the Holy Grail itself—wouldn't change the fundamental fact that the local Spirit Vein had been thoroughly polluted.
It's like an underground water source; as long as All the World's Evil, which is blocking the source, still exists, the magic power in the Spirit Vein will continue to flow out as poisonous, cursed magic fluid.
So, the question arises: how can the formless All the World's Evil be transformed into an object that can be conventionally hunted down?
The answer is to give it a corresponding body, allowing it to actively become a concrete target unit, and then let players, who naturally possess a certain purification ability within the rule system, hunt it down.
The logical rule of players killing monster units and dropping treasure chests and items is, in fact, more or less related to the purification rule. When a monster unit dies, as long as it drops a treasure chest, it means it is completely dead.
Even if it is resurrected later through some means, it will basically only be a controlled empty shell unit, and repeatedly killing it will not repeatedly drop items.
And Qiu Qiu, who was controlling Bio-Mechanical Puppet 2.0 and had absorbed an unknown amount of black mud, was a target that conformed to the hunting rules, and also a part of Cheng Tian's plan.
Yes, Cheng Tian had long known that Qiu Qiu would definitely try to touch the black mud once he had the Bio-Mechanical Puppet as an excuse... because he would do the same. This kind of suicidal behavioral logic was written into the underlying code.
One can only say that Cheng knew exactly what kind of thing his genetic seed would produce.
Regardless of whether it was Qiu Qiu's initiative or All the World's Evil's guidance, the two had successfully combined, at least in part. A significant increase in strength was a certainty... But in Cheng Tian's view, this action was actually like Mephisto in "Ghost Rider."
Mephisto, originally mediocre in strength but without weaknesses, increased his overall power by absorbing thousands of demons, but at the same time, he actively created a weakness for himself that could be exploited by the "Penance Stare."
This also led to the Black Grail Qiu Qiu 2.0 gaining the "Humanoid Unit" tag.
Therefore, Cheng Tian would naturally use skills effective against humanoid units to deal with her and the entity within her.
The first skill to take effect was "Dominance Lv4."
As the Book of Ys on Cheng Tian's left hand rapidly flipped, Cheng Tian's Dominance range expanded to "Leader Template."
[You used 'Dominance Lv4' on 'Qiu Huo'. The base probability is 60%. Since the target is a major NPC, the base probability is halved again. Both sides will undergo an advantageous attribute judgment.]
[Your current Spirit attribute is 73 points (night), the target's Spirit attribute is 50 + ? (Curse Incarnation) —]
[You have 3 Legend Points, the target has 0 Legend Points —]
[Final judgment failed.]
["Qiu Huo's" innate skill 'All the World's Evil' will be sealed for 30 seconds.]
Seeing the system prompt indicating skill release failure, Cheng Tian clicked his tongue, but it was within expectations. After all, the puppet control authority of All the World's Evil was no lower than Cheng Tian's, and the current environment was the core of the polluted Spirit Vein. It was equivalent to Cheng Tian casting this skill on Qiu Qiu + All the World's Evil + the entire Fuyuki City Spirit Vein simultaneously.
One can only say that not having skill backlash was truly civilized.
The first attempt failed, unable to forcibly modify the personal reputation between Angra Mainyu and himself. This was seamlessly followed by "Hundred Demons' Night Parade."
Without surprise, it also failed. However, this time, Cheng Tian was aiming for failure.
The backlash effect of Hundred Demons' Night Parade began to act on Cheng Tian. It was at this moment that Qiu Qiu, who didn't know what specific means her progenitor had used, suddenly felt a very strong metallic taste emerge from deep within her throat.
And for no reason, Qiu Qiu instinctively believed that the source of this anomaly was Cheng Tian!
Among the rewards obtained in the King of Fighters dungeon, Cheng Tian allocated all 15 free attribute points to Spirit, and all 6 free skill points were used on "Hundred Demons' Night Parade," raising it from Lv4 to Lv7.
[Hundred Demons' Night Parade: B-rank Skill / Lv7, Active Skill, omitted.
You can cast 'Hundred Demons' Night Parade' on yourself as the target, taking effect directly without judgment.
After the skill takes effect, you can choose to transform the target into a "Demon Unit" or "Yokai Unit." This transformation will manifest in different ways such as "Template Transfer," "Template Stacking," or "Template Overlay." Enemy units cannot actively unload it.
If it takes effect on yourself, you can sacrifice the "currently loaded character template" to gain 1 instance of "double template loading of a character template with the same name" that fits the current situation. The template is limited to "Demon" or "Yokai." Limited to 1 use per dungeon. Templates loaded in this way can participate in normal main quest settlements. (Lv7 additional enhancement)]
The attributes of Hundred Demons' Night Parade were influenced by Cheng Tian's talent. Although its essence of forcibly changing the target's race remained unchanged, its manifestation had become "template loading," and it was a forced loading on the target, making resistance impossible.
Of course, for Cheng Tian himself, the most important thing was actually the Lv7 double template enhancement.
Previously, when Cheng Tian decided to abandon the OMG mode of sacrificing the original genes of Orochi, it would certainly be a lie to say he didn't care. So, it was highly probable that Cheng Tian's constant internal musings influenced the final direction of the skill enhancement, granting him one opportunity to actively change templates within the dungeon.
In terms of strength increase, a double template is definitely stronger than a normal template, but in terms of settlement, a double template may not necessarily be a good thing.
As the template of Valachia's Night burned, the three crescent moons representing Valachia drifted away with the wind, replaced by an even stronger scent of blood.
Using the local Type-Moon description, Cheng Tian emitted a more authentic vampire essence than even the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors.
[You burned the "Valachia's Night / Valachia's Night" template through 'Hundred Demons' Night Parade'.]
[Double template regenerating —]
[You loaded the double villain template from the "Castlevania" series blueprint — "Vampire Count / Dracula Vlad Tepes + Soma Cruz."]
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