Chapter 1 Kaiser Tzimisce

Kaiser Tzimisce stood up from his chair and lazily stretched, his joints popping and cracking.

This room was located on the tenth floor of the Lexler Building and was his private bedroom, decorated with gold and splendor, an epitome of luxury.

Bang, bang—

The sound of banging on the door rang out. Through the LCD screen above the door frame, Kaiser Tzimisce could see the vampire guard unit, most trusted by his father, frantically pounding on the door outside.

"Tch."

Kaiser walked over unhurriedly and casually asked, "What's wrong, William?"

"Young master, someone attacked the Iceberg Club, eliminating all the vampire guards stationed there by the Miller family,"

William said urgently, "Your friend, Felix Miller, has disappeared."

"What?!"

Kaiser Tzimisce was quite astonished, even abandoning his usual calm and composed expression.

It wasn't that he was worried about Felix Miller's fate—the life or death of such friends was not within his range of concern.

What he was considering was who could and would dare to attack a legitimate vampire noble.

Even if the Miller family were losers exiled to the New World after losing the power struggle in Europe, they still had an extremely strong power base in the New World.

Anyone, whether they were a demon hunter, a dark creature, or a newly emerging super-powered individual, had to consider the uproar caused by harming a vampire noble—

This was not only a provocation to the Miller family but also a test of all the vampire families in the New World.

Kaiser Tzimisce's expression instantly turned serious, and he asked urgently, "Do you know who did it?"

This rising star of the Tzimisce family had to set an appropriate example, such as commanding the extermination of the unknown murderer who harmed his friend, in order to gain favor from the elders of the clan.

"We don't know yet."

William cautiously replied, "The Miller family has already begun mobilizing combat teams, determined to find the murderer. However, they have not yet issued a bounty in the dark world, nor have they asked us for help."

"Heh, too proud to admit defeat."

Kaiser Tzimisce sneered and said, "Whether the murderer is simply seeking revenge on Felix or something else, we have reason to help the Miller family find the murderer and maintain order in Frankfurt."

William nodded, listened to his wireless headset for a while, and said to Kaiser, "Young master, the master wants to see you."

"Okay, I understand."

Kaiser Tzimisce nodded, and just as he was about to pick up his robe from the table to put it on, he saw William's face change drastically. He switched directly from human form to a half-human, half-bat state and pounced on him.

In the blink of an eye, Kaiser Tzimisce only had time to lean back, shocked and confused as to when William had betrayed him.

At the same time, his mind raced, doing his best to transform himself into a swarm of bats.

"Bang—"

A 12.7mm bullet, fired from a great distance, easily penetrated the so-called "unbreakable" explosion-proof floor-to-ceiling glass window, and shot towards Kaiser Tzimisce's head.

At the critical moment, William's tackle caused Kaiser Tzimisce to deviate slightly from the original trajectory, hitting and shattering the latter's scapula, blasting half of his left arm directly into mincemeat.

The arm flew through the air, as if giving a thumbs up to the 12.7mm bullet.

"Pa—"

The bullet, with unabated momentum, hit William's head, directly blowing the half-human, half-bat monster's head off.

The sound, like a watermelon shattering, echoed in the room.

Blood and bone fragments splattered on Kaiser Tzimisce's body. The young master of the Tzimisce family lay on the ground, looking dazed.

He had never felt death so close. Those so-called vampire trials and arena fights were all worthless jokes at this moment.

If a person is killed, they die, and vampires are no exception.

"Bang—"

The gunshot rang out again. The bullet fired from the Barrett m82a1 sniper rifle once again penetrated the floor-to-ceiling glass window of the room on the tenth floor of the Lexler Building.

Kaiser Tzimisce, who had received strict training from the Tzimisce family, transformed into a dense swarm of hundreds of bats in the last half-second before the bullet arrived, avoiding death at the cost of several bats.

That shot missed.

Flutter, flutter. The swarm of bats with crimson eyes desperately flapped their wings, flying through the explosion-proof door and into the corridor, ignoring the bodyguards who were still in the room.

He was safe, Kaiser Tzimisce thought, the matrix vision composed of hundreds of bats was a bit shaky—it had been a long time since he had transformed into a swarm of bats.

As long as he escaped this corridor and reached the vampire Jihui Hall downstairs, his life would be completely out of danger...

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On the rooftop of a high-rise building across the street from the Lexler Building, Li Ang lay prone along the edge of the rooftop, the tripod of the Barrett m82a1 sniper rifle in his hand propped up in front of him.

"Didn't kill him directly..."

Li Ang stood up and put away the Barrett sniper rifle.

Chai Daxiaojie said with disdain, "Your marksmanship has regressed. How can your body be failing at such a young age?"

"How can you blame me for this? I haven't even touched this gun before."

Li Ang protested, took out the Heartless Cannon, which hadn't been used for a long time, from the backpack slot, aimed slightly, and bombarded the tenth floor of the Lexler Building.

The Heartless Cannon's shell traversed the long distance, easily smashing the floor-to-ceiling windows of that floor's rooms and blasting several vampire bodyguards in the room until they bled from all seven orifices. They stood up swaying and staggered out of the door.

"The power is still too small. It would be great if I had a railgun."

Li Ang muttered, took out a pillow-sized portable speaker from the backpack slot, tied it to his back with straps,

Then, he had Chai Daxiaojie summon a narrow arm, braced himself back a few steps, and began sprinting on the rooftop.

Tatatata,

The spider claws scratched the ground, compressing and tightening like springs just before falling off the rooftop.

Then, they suddenly sprang up!

Li Ang's body drew an arc in the air. He looked down at the vehicles and pedestrians on the street below like ants, reached out, and pressed the button on the portable speaker behind him.

"When you spread your wings to fly, please resolve not to look back—"

The Naruto Shippuden song "Blue Bird" rang out in the high altitude. An unnamed airflow rose from beneath him, making him glide toward the Lexler Building like a dark raven.

Driven by the Bgm skill, although this song couldn't make Li Ang take off on the spot, it could greatly improve his gliding ability.

Like, right now.

Pa—

Li Ang swooped into Kaiser Tzimisce's room, rolled a few times to dissipate the inertia, and then his body popped up like a carp, the pale arms behind him each holding a gun, naturally unfolding like a thousand-handed Guanyin.

This was Chai, Arm-Naga, Valkyrie Form.