Chapter 367: Chapter 367: Above an Earl, Below a Marquis (19th Update) Subscribe Requested
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Boom.
The statement exploded like a bomb, sending shockwaves throughout the room.
Many members of the Blood Clan’s expressions turned cold.
Arnold’s visage grew even darker, “Human, you have enraged me. Prepare to face the wrath of a Blood Clan Earl!”
With those words, Arnold lunged forward.
He had been coveting Quintina for a long time and now planned to kill Xue An before taking Quintina for himself.
But just as he reached halfway.
Xue An flicked his finger.
A streak of Sword Qi flew past, instantly shattering Arnold’s body.
Blood mixed with chunks of flesh fell like rain, filling the room with a nauseating stench of blood.
There was dead silence throughout the room.
After a moment, the flesh and blood on the ground began to wriggle, attempting to reconstitute itself.
This was the racial talent of the Blood Clan.
As long as they were not ground to dust, as long as there was still essence blood, they could be reborn.
At this moment, Arnold, now reduced to a puddle of flesh, was filled with fear and struggled to control his flesh and blood, trying to recover as quickly as possible.
But no matter what, he could not regenerate.
For as soon as his flesh and blood tried to converge, tiny Sword Qis would gleam, cutting everything up again.
Therefore, everyone could only watch as the flesh on the ground continuously tried to come together, only to be endlessly impeded by the white light.
Soon, Arnold’s essence blood would be exhausted.
Arnold finally felt true fear.
“No! Don’t!” he cried.
All the Blood Clan looked on with frightened expressions at this scene.
Just then, a middle-aged man with a proud demeanor suddenly appeared in the middle of the room, casually flicking his finger, and a drop of pale golden blood fell into Arnold’s flesh and blood.
With this drop of blood, Arnold’s rate of rebirth increased many times, ultimately exhausting the Sword Qi and barely managing to be reborn.
“Family Head!” a terrified Arnold said with a trembling voice.
The Blood Clan members in the room all bowed respectfully.
“We’ve seen the Family Head!”
The person who had arrived was none other than Marquis Cecil.
He glanced at Quintina.
Quintina shivered and took a step back, shrinking away.
Then Cecil smiled at Xue An, “A strong human, why do you strike at my descendants?”
Xue An looked at Cecil with amusement, “Blood Clan Marquis?”
Cecil nodded with pride, “Correct, I am the Blood Clan’s Marquis, human. You still haven’t answered my question, why do you strike at my descendant?”
At this moment, Arnold spoke with a venomous look, “Family Head, this Quintina actually submits to this human as her master!”
“Hmm?” Cecil’s face darkened.
“Quintina, you dare betray the family?”
Quintina lowered her head, her expression blank and pained.
This was due to the suppression at the level of lineage; as a descendant of Cecil, she was completely powerless to resist.
At this time, Xue An spoke indifferently, “Let me answer your question. There are but two reasons I am here!”
“Oh? What are they?” Cecil asked in a deep voice.
“The first is to kill all of you, the second is to use you to refine a Blood Pearl!”
Xue An’s calm tone was filled with intense killing intent.
These words made Cecil pause, then he could not help but feel enraged.
“Such arrogance. Today you will taste the might of the Cecil Family!” he declared.
With that, he waved his hand.
Blood Clan members throughout the banquet hall revealed their wings and swooped toward Xue An.
The entire banquet hall roiled with demonic energy.
Cecil too revealed his three pairs of pale golden wings, standing proudly in midair.
He had some apprehensions about Xue An.
But he never believed that a human could win against so many members of the Blood Clan on his side.
Unless he was a deity.
Moreover, once I defeat this human, I’ll drain all his blood essence.
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His abundant blood essence could advance my cultivation level.
With this thought, a smug smile appeared on Cecil’s lips.
But his wishful thinking was soon to be dashed.
All of a sudden, Xue An looked up sharply, his eyes ablaze with twin fires.
Wherever his gaze landed, the Blood Clan members burst into white flames that followed them like shadows, causing these powerful vampires to let out earth-shattering screams.
And then, bit by bit, they were burned into nothingness.
Cecil, who was standing midair, almost fell, his face full of horror as he yelled, “Flames of Light, what position do you hold in the Church of Light?”
Xue An couldn’t be bothered to pay him any mind.
To deal with these trashy Blood Clan members, he didn’t need to resort to any martial arts, a mere strand of Sword Qi flew past them.
Cecil barely dodged, his face showing terror, and then he turned to run.
Xue An stepped forward and immediately appeared behind him, kicking him to the ground and then stepping on him.
Cecil let out a piercing scream.
Quintina trembled all over, shouting, “Master, be careful!”
A cascade of dazzling blood light surged straight towards Xue An.
This was Cecil’s life-saving trick.
But Xue An wasn’t flustered at all, casually waving his hand.
The blood light was instantly scattered.
Cecil almost popped his eyes out.
This move of his was so powerful that even a Duke would have to handle it with care.
Yet this man broke through it with a flick of his hand?
“Who on earth are you?” screamed Cecil in fright.
Xue An smiled faintly, “Someone here to reap your Blood Clan!”
With that, a ball of white flame rose from beneath Cecil’s feet, quickly engulfing him.
Cecil began to scream miserably.
“No… don’t…”
The screaming abruptly stopped.
This Blood Clan Marquis, who might have lived for thousands of years without any mishaps, was burned into nothingness by Xue An.
And a single crimson Blood Pearl appeared in Xue An’s hand.
This was the condensed Blood Pearl of Cecil.
Xue An picked it up and looked at it before shaking his head in disappointment.
“The energy is not bad, but it lacks Rule Power.”
He then tossed it to Quintina.
Quintina caught it in a fluster.
From the beginning to the end, her mind had been in a daze because Xue An had moved too quickly.
In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, all the Blood Clan members who had filled the room were now eliminated.
Cecil himself had been condensed into a Blood Pearl.
Quintina had already elevated Xue An’s power in her mind as much as possible, but in the end, the shock she experienced was still tremendous.
And when Xue An gave her the Blood Pearl, she became even more bewildered.
“Master, you…”
“This Blood Pearl is useless to me, eat it,” said Xue An indifferently, before turning to leave.
Quintina stood dazed for a long time, then looked at the Blood Pearl in her hand with complex emotions.
Years of exploitation had left her with no fondness for this family.
Now that the Family Head was dead, she had the chance to inherit his power!
After pondering for a moment, Quintina swallowed the Blood Pearl.
Boom.
A formidable aura began to radiate from Quintina.
Then two pairs of pale golden wings unfolded from her back.
The third pair of wings grew only halfway before stopping.
Quintina slowly opened her eyes, which flashed with a hint of crimson.
Above an Earl, yet not quite a Marquis!