At this very moment.
Deep within Yongye Hall, there was a massive cylindrical space, several tens of meters deep.
At the bottom was an altar-like circular platform, adorned with strange runic patterns, surrounded by twelve stone pillars also inscribed with runes.
And beneath each stone pillar, twelve Vampires were bound, all of them pure-blood Vampire Elders without exception.
"Release us!"
"Frost, we are pure-bloods! How dare you treat us like this!"
"Frost, you bastard, you will regret this!"
The Vampire Elders cursed.
They had been sleeping soundly in their coffins when Frost suddenly showed up with his subordinates, flipping open their coffin lids.
The Vampire Elders were instantly enraged and immediately resisted.
Then they were defeated.
There was no other way; the Vampire Elders had lived too long, and their thinking was too outdated.
While they were still using traditional Vampire attacks, biting and gnawing, Frost and his young Vampires had already adopted firearms, directly demonstrating what it meant to have a fast and accurate gun within seven steps.
Moreover, these young Vampires had no sense of martial ethics.
They were even using silver bullets!
Frost, however, scoffed, "Who says Vampires can't use weapons against Vampires?"
No matter how much the Vampire Elders clamored, Frost, standing in the center of the altar, remained unmoved.
He gazed at the blood gradually coalescing in the dome, a look of excitement on his face.
"This moment is finally coming!"
According to ancient Vampire texts, there was a forbidden ritual called the Blood God Sacrifice.
Through the blood of a half-human, half-Vampire as an intermediary, the power of twelve pure-blood Vampires would be gathered into a single Vampire, thereby gaining power far exceeding that of an ordinary Vampire.
Years ago, Frost specifically sought out a pregnant woman about to give birth, infected her with vampirism, and had her bear a half-human, half-Vampire child.
And that child, needless to say, was Blade, that unlucky fellow.
Frost had been preparing for this ritual for a long time, investing countless thoughts and efforts in the process.
"Once the ritual is complete, I will become the God of Vampires and control the entire World!"
Frost spread his arms wide in a frenzied embrace.
Soon, the blood in the dome gathered together and, following inertia, dripped onto Frost' forehead.
Outside Yongye Hall, the night sky suddenly changed.
Dark clouds gathered above Yongye Hall, and thunder rumbled within them.
Boom!!!
In an instant, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly struck Yongye Hall!
Terrifying lightning power surged down the twelve runic stone pillars, fiercely striking the bound Vampire Elders!
"Ah ah ah!!!"
The Elders let out heart-wrenching screams!
Amidst the violent lightning, their bodies rapidly disintegrated into ashes, and twelve gray skeletal frames with bat wings broke free from the ashes, like undead beings from hell, flying and crashing wildly above the altar!
This was truly seeing a ghost!
Seeing such a horrifying scene, the Vampire subordinates guarding the edge of the altar couldn't help but shrink their heads.
Although they were Vampires, they still feared ghosts when appropriate.
After flying around in the air for a few circles, these gray skeletons, as if drawn by an invisible force, suddenly changed direction and rushed towards the center of the altar, frantically burrowing into Frost' body!
Frost' eyes widened, his pupils and whites instantly completely stained with a deep bloody red, appearing exceptionally eerie!
"Frost!!"
A roar, filled with monstrous hatred, exploded!
Blade descended from the sky, crashing heavily onto the edge of the altar, his eyes angrily fixed on Frost.
Frost was already his enemy, and now with the added identity of a stepfather, Blade's killing intent towards Frost boiled to its peak!
Blade had now retrieved his equipment, brandished his silver longsword, and without a word, charged towards Frost!
"Damn it, it's the Daywalker, stop him quickly!"
Seeing Blade's appearance, the Vampires were startled at first, then immediately intercepted him, engaging in a fierce battle.
On the platform above the altar, some Vampires simultaneously raised their firearms, aimed at Blade, and prepared to pull the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Silver bullets shot out, instantly piercing the heads of several Vampire gunmen.
Immediately after, several concentrated garlic essence grenades were thrown from a higher position, arcing down to various parts of the platform!
Sizzle—!
Dense yellow smoke violently erupted, rapidly spreading!
The Vampires enveloped by the garlic essence mist let out shrill screams, their bodies sizzling as if splashed with strong acid, instantly turning into piles of charred ashes!
"He's up there!"
A sharp-eyed Vampire spotted the source of the attack, pointing to Daniel, who was standing upside down on the highest ceiling.
What the hell was this again!?
The Vampires were all stunned.
First ghostly skeletons, then a human hanging from the ceiling.
In comparison, they, the Vampires, seemed incredibly normal.
They reacted, frantically turning their guns and wildly firing at the strange figure on the ceiling!
Relying on his gravity boots, Daniel moved like a phantom, freely traversing between the ceiling and vertical walls, maneuvering while taking aimed shots, eliminating the Vampires within his line of sight one by one.
In no time, the platform's Vampires had been cleared.
Daniel looked down at the platform, finding Blade still locked in intense combat with over a dozen Vampires.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Accompanying five gunshots, the heads of several Vampires about to pounce on Blade burst open, instantly turning into ashes!
"I've cleared my side, why haven't you finished yours yet?"
Daniel executed a perfect hero landing, gracefully leaping in front of Blade.
Blade cleaved an attacking Vampire with a sword, retorting, "Give me a few more seconds, and I'll deal with them!"
Seeing Daniel and Blade approaching together, the remaining Vampires retreated in terror, backing all the way to the center of the altar.
Suddenly, a pale, bloodless hand gently rested on a Vampire's shoulder.
The Vampire subordinate turned his head; the owner of the hand was Frost.
Frost' appearance had already drastically changed; his face was an inhuman pallor, his two eyeballs glowed crimson, and his entire body exuded a chilling, eerie aura.
The Vampire subordinate exclaimed in surprise, "Boss, you succeeded?"
Frost' lips curved into a sinister, eerie smile: "Yes, but now I feel very hungry, extremely hungry."
"I'll go find you some fresh blood bags right away!" the Vampire subordinate said hastily.
"No need to trouble yourself."
Frost' crimson eyes locked onto the Vampire subordinate: "Here. There's already some ready!"
As his voice fell!
Frost suddenly pounced, moving too fast for the naked eye to discern, his sharp fangs sinking fiercely into the Vampire subordinate's neck!
"Ugh!"
The Vampire subordinate only managed a brief gasp before his body rapidly shriveled at a visible rate!
In less than half a second, he became a skin-and-bones mummy.
"A Vampire drinking a Vampire's blood?"
Daniel's expression was very strange.
Some time ago, he had curiously asked Blade if Vampires could consume the blood of other creatures.
Blade's answer at the time was that while blood was the Vampires' only food, they only consumed human blood, whether chilled or fresh.
As for the blood of their own kind or animals…
For Vampires, the taste and texture were no different from eating excrement.