Chu Tian halted his steps and saw a debuff appear above his head.
The duration was infinite.
He slowly retreated from the castle gates.
The Blood Curse debuff disappeared.
Chu Tian frowned. When he had come before, this curse hadn't existed.
Had it disappeared after the Blood King was slain?
Despite his curiosity, he didn't hesitate and re-entered the castle.
A twenty percent reduction in all attributes was a significant debuff for him, but Chu Tian's attributes were powerful, and he didn't care about this minor reduction.
If it were another player, they would likely not dare to proceed after a twenty percent attribute reduction.
Upon entering the castle, he was met with the sight of four massive werewolves, three meters tall, their imposing figures appearing before Chu Tian.
Their skin was a deathly gray, their eyes glowed with bloodlust, and their matted fur looked like patches of rotten, leprous skin.
The claws on their paws were over ten centimeters long, glinting with metallic coldness.
They patrolled back and forth at the entrance, guarding the path before the gate.
Chu Tian scanned his surroundings, spotting twenty-seven werewolves within his line of sight.
He cast Advanced Detection.
【Bloody Werewolf】
Grade: Leader
Level: 55
Health: 550000/550000
Attack: 5500
Defense: 5500
Skills: Bloodlust, Bite, Claw Attack, Rend, Enrage, Lifesteal.
Bloodlust: Increases melee, ranged attack, and spell casting speed by 30% for 40 seconds.
Bite: Fiercely bites the enemy, dealing 300% of physical attack.
Claw Attack: Basic attack skill, dealing 100% of physical attack damage.
Rend: Deals 200% of physical attack as bleeding damage, lasting 8 seconds.
Enrage: Increases own attack power by 80%, critical hit chance by 20%.
Lifesteal: When attacking enemies, 30% of damage dealt is converted into healing.
Description: Bloody Werewolves are the loyal guards of the Blood King. As long as the King exists, they can revive after a certain period.
Seeing the returned information, Chu Tian's eyes narrowed.
This...
They were all leader-grade creatures.
Possessing extremely high health, attack, and defense.
And six skills, two of which were buff skills.
The most terrifying was lifesteal...
It seemed his previous intention of coming here was utterly foolish.
Although his attributes weren't low back then, if he encountered these creatures, let alone if they swarmed him.
Even a one-on-one fight, with their lifesteal attribute, they could completely dominate him.
Thinking of his pathetic 3% lifesteal compared to their 30%.
What was there to fight for?
Information about this castle in his previous life was scarce.
He only knew that on the Slaughterer's side, the guild leader Shenfa had obtained the Undying Talent.
That was the only piece of news; they hadn't released any guides.
It seemed they had cleared this place and killed the Blood King, and then monsters no longer spawned here.
Otherwise, why were there no monsters when Chu Tian came here previously?
This should be a one-time map.
Places like this always yielded good loot.
However...
Even with Chu Tian's current strength, facing these bloody werewolves would be suicide.
Fortunately, his purpose for coming here was solely to obtain the God-Tier Undying Talent Scroll.
But God-Tier talent scrolls always had guardians.
And the guardian of the Undying scroll here was the Blood King 'Osrock'.
Taking the scroll from his hands would not be easy.
The most pressing issue now was how to bypass these bloody werewolves.
Because Chu Tian, while in stealth, saw that they all had the mark of True Sight above their heads.
This meant they could counter stealth.
Even if their level was higher, upon entering their anti-stealth range, their stealth state would be immediately broken by True Sight.
From the main gate to the opposite side was over ten meters.
Only after exiting the opposite doorway could one truly enter the castle's interior.
And in this ten-meter long, four-meter wide corridor, there were twenty-seven guards.
Their True Sight ranges were almost seamlessly covered.
How could he get through?
Chu Tian crouched in the corner by the gate, carefully observing their patrol routes.
While in stealth, he could see the coverage circles of their True Sight.
He could see the alert circles moving as they patrolled.
After watching for over an hour, Chu Tian was about to give up.
Their movement speed was too fast, although there were gaps in their alert circles.
Several times he wanted to rush forward and try, but he held back.
Just as he was about to try again.
It was already three in the morning, and continuing to stall wasn't an option.
Suddenly, all the werewolves stopped moving.
Then, they lined up along the right wall.
Chu Tian was stunned, seeing that the left side of the wall was completely cleared.
True Sight also didn't cover that area.
His heart rejoiced, he stood up and started to move along the wall, intending to go inside.
Suddenly, another team of werewolves appeared at the exit opposite him.
They directly blocked Chu Tian's path.
What was going on?
He retreated to a safe distance again.
He then saw two teams of werewolves, standing on the left and right, bow their heads in unison.
Then, the left team collectively turned right and walked inside.
Seeing this, Chu Tian's eyes widened. Was this a shift change?
Monsters even changed shifts to rest?
It completely shattered his understanding. Seeing that the werewolves that came from the right hadn't moved.
He quickly followed the left team, staying outside the True Sight range of the last werewolf.
Chu Tian urged them internally: Hurry up... hurry up, you're going to rest, can't you run faster?
He noticed that the team of werewolves on duty began to move one by one.
With each werewolf's movement, their True Sight range brushed past his backside.
With obstacles in front and constant danger behind, he couldn't move too fast or too slow.
He could only urge them internally.
Within a few short seconds, Chu Tian was sweating profusely.
It was incredibly perilous.
He was so scared he tucked his leopard tail between his legs.
Even a little more of his tail protruding would have been discovered by the moving werewolves behind him.
In his entire life, he had never experienced what it was like to live like a mouse.
Earlier, he had arrogantly thought that a head-on confrontation could wipe out a large player team.
At this moment, he was being slapped in the face.
A leopard with its tail tucked must be a rare sight.
If he were discovered at this moment, seeing that De Shen also had moments of being this cowardly.
It would likely become major news in the Heavenly Dao world once again.
Finally entering the castle, the darkness here was even more profound than outside.
Inside the castle, besides the footsteps of the werewolves at the front, it was eerily silent.
Occasionally, he could hear the plink of unknown liquid dripping onto the ground...
A strange atmosphere enveloped him.
This was even with him wearing the No. 207 virtual helmet, which wasn't at its highest realism.
If he were using a virtual pod with extremely high realism, it would likely be even more terrifying.
He recalled the location where the guild leader of Shenfa Guild had obtained the Undying scroll and broadcast it worldwide.
It was on the sixth floor of Blood Castle.
This meant Chu Tian first had to reach the sixth floor.
However, getting up there wouldn't be easy.
After a few steps, he saw patrolling monsters in stealth.
And small bats hanging upside down from the ceiling.
Don't underestimate these small creatures. Although they had very little health.
Once discovered, they would let out a scream, calling for guards.
The last time Chu Tian came, he was a rogue.
Using throwing knives, he attacked from a distance, taking down these small creatures one by one.
He had even accidentally missed one, which led to over a dozen monsters, nearly killing him.
Back then, they were all ordinary monsters.
He wondered what the grade of the monsters here would be, now that the Blood King hadn't been killed yet.
If they were all like the ones at the entrance, he feared this trip would be in vain.
Standing in a safe position by the wall, he transformed into an owl-bear, revealing his form. Da Feng Novel Network
Moonlight Fire was cast, aiming at the bat overhead.
Release...
Swoosh...
A bright streak of Moonlight Fire struck the bat.
It was instantly killed, falling to the ground with a splat.
However... Chu Tian's heart sank, and he thought: This is bad.
He had overlooked the special effect of Moonlight Fire.
Dark creatures were extremely sensitive to light.
Chu Tian immediately transformed into a leopard and entered stealth.
As expected, all the patrolling stealth monsters in the entire first-floor hall instantly looked towards the ceiling, at the spot where the small bat had been.
Roar...
Growl...
Continuous roars emanated from them.