?Lumiere saw the Blood King’s murderous aura turn into a stream of blood-coloured smoke that floated throughout the space and was scared.
“You… you dare to resist?” Although Lumiere was scared, he still tried to shout: “You should know that with just one word from me, all members of the churches and human adventurers will cooperate to destroy the vampire race.”
“You may live, but the entire vampire clan will die. At that time, you will become a sinner for the entire vampire race.”
“Can you live happily? Can you live comfortably?”
“Hahahahaha…” The Blood King suddenly laughed loudly: “Whether I can live happily or not… you can try to live until then, and you will know.”
“You…”
“Blood sword!” The Blood King shouted, and blood spilled out from his wrist, forming a blood sword that radiated a horrifying, murderous aura.
“Impossible! How can you still use that skill?” Lumiere shouted in fear: “No way! You should be dying right now.”
“Hahahaha…” The blood king laughed loudly: “The darkness king was also a coward. I had only used the Zodiac Magic Formation and Blood Sword halfway before he ran away.”
“So…”
The Blood King at this moment clenched his fists, and countless red waves spread out around him, making the Popes in this place so scared that their faces turned pale.
“Our roles have been reversed. I am the hunter, and you are the prey.”
“Lumiere, you are very smart and very careful. You were afraid of me, so you gathered all the Popes to kill me.”
“However… hahahahaha… Thanks to your cautiousness, I will be able to kill all of you at once; no one will escape.”
“If all the popes of the churches on this continent die, there will be no one left to lead the church, and there will no longer be anyone to give orders to destroy vampires.”
“No! Impossible! You…” Lumiere was extremely scared at this moment; he did not think that his caution would eventually become a trap that would put all the other Popes, including himself, in danger.
He didn’t even think that the Darkness King, who was said to frighten the continent and was on par with the Demon Lord, was a coward.
‘Damn it! Darkness King, you are a cowardly bastard.’ Lumiere silently scolded: The ‘Blood King hadn’t even used his full power before you ran away. Are you really the Darkness King? I feel like you’re more like a worm.’
Although he felt angry inside, Lumiere was also startled and afraid of the Blood King’s power.
The Blood King hadn’t used his full power yet, but the Darkness King immediately ran away, so… how strong is the Blood King?
Lumiere didn’t know how strong the Blood King was; perhaps his strength had surpassed his imagination.
However, at this moment… Lumiere could feel the sickle of death pressing against his neck.
“Lumiere, what do we do?”
“You also told me that he is already very weak; as long as we come here to threaten him, he will listen to what we say.”
“That’s right. You said we would definitely succeed this time; in the end, everyone fell into the Blood King’s trap.”
Lumiere heard everyone scolding him, and he immediately shouted: “Shut up! You idiots… Now you and I will fight him. At least we have a chance to survive; otherwise, we will all die.”
Hearing that, everyone knew they had no way back. They all started brandishing their weapons, preparing to fight to the death.
“Oh! Are you sure you want to fight me?” The Blood King said.
His words were extremely gentle, but they made everyone shiver. The killing intent from the Blood King was so terrifying, it seemed as if the entire space were covered in a layer of blood-coloured fog.
“Kill him!” Lumiere suddenly shouted, and everyone immediately rushed towards the Blood King.
However, at this moment, Lumiere stepped back, took out a gem from inside his space bag, and held it tightly in his hand.
He crushed the gem, and a magic circle appeared below his feet.
“Lumiere, you lied to us!”
“Damn it! Are you running away so we can fight?”
“Bastard! If I were still alive, I would kill you and burn your entire church.”
“AAA!! Everyone, hurry up, kill that bastard Lumiere!”
Lumiere saw everyone frantically rushing towards him, and he just smiled contemptuously: “Hahahaha… Goodbye, you idiots. After you die, I will take over your church and turn all the women in your church into my slaves.”
As soon as Lumiere’s words ended, the magic circle emitted a dazzling aura. In just a second, that aura disappeared along with Lumiere.
Everything happened so fast that no one knew how to react.
Suddenly, someone threw his weapon to the ground and said tremblingly: “Sorry, Blood King. I… I… I was tricked by Lumiere.”
Bang!
Another person threw his weapon on the ground: “Me too. Please, don’t kill me… I… I will…”
Bang!
“Me too. I swear… I didn’t want to come here. Lumiere tricked me. You… don’t kill me. I have a lot of gold coins and beautiful women; I can bring them to you.”
The five people who had followed Lumiere here all dropped their weapons, trembling and begging for the Blood King’s mercy as if they had completely forgotten what had just happened.
“Hahahahaha… hahahahaha…” The Blood King suddenly laughed loudly, his laughter filled with contempt.
“When you came here, didn’t you say that you would kill me and force me to kneel at your feet, right?”
Those five people trembled; they could only remain silent while bowing their heads in silence.
“Kneel!”
The Blood King shouted, and the crowd was scared. They were all popes of great churches, but when standing in front of this man, they were just small ants.
Hearing the Blood King’s voice, the five Popes completely abandoned their arrogance.
They slowly knelt on the ground, their teeth clenched and their bodies trembling a little, not knowing whether it was because of anger or fear.
“Very good… then… you can die.”
“What?!” When they heard what the Blood King said, they were startled.
But their reaction was too slow; five blood swords immediately pierced their chests, quickly draining the blood from their bodies.
The Five Popes were people who were praised by others as omnipotent beings, as people who could connect ordinary people with the Divine.
However, in the end, they were easily killed by the Blood King. Their bodies were drained of blood, becoming five corpses as dry as tree branches.
The five popes were easily killed in a shameful way.
The Blood King now looked into the distance, then… his body turned into a blood-coloured mist, then flew outside.
Lathel also immediately flew after him.
Outside, in a place more than 1,000 kilometres away from the Blood King’s castle, a brown-haired young man suddenly appeared. That’s right, it was Lumiere.
“Hahahaha… I’m still alive.” Lumiere laughed fiercely: “Huh! You fools, do you think I entered the Blood King’s castle without preparing a method to escape?”
“Surely those idiots are all dead now, hahahahaha… That’s even better. Then I will take all five churches of those five idiots.”
“Wait until I climb the stairs of the gods; I will turn around and kill that bastard.”
“Do you want to kill me?” A cold but extremely familiar voice rang out, scaring Lumiere.
He raised his head and saw a cloud of blood mist slowly condensing into the Blood King.
The Blood King threw off his cape and slowly landed on the ground, looking indifferently at Lumiere.
“Impossible!” Lumiere was scared and trembled backwards: “How can you know where I am? This place is more than 1,000 kilometres from your castle; how did you get here so quickly?”
“Where are the other popes? You… you killed them?”
“Do you have the right to ask that question?” The Blood King frowned and asked.
“You…”
“You can meet them and ask. Of course…” The Blood King waved his hand, and a blood sword immediately appeared: “You have to go to hell to meet them.”
“What?!” Lumiere turned around and tried to run away with all his might.
Whoosh!
Smack!
Lumiere just turned his head, and before he could use any magic, he paused. He slowly lowered his head and saw the Blood Sword’s blade piercing his chest from behind.
Fresh blood flowed from the wound like a stream. Lumiere trembled and took each step forward as if wanting to hold on to his last chance to live.
However, his body slowly dried up like a withered tree branch, and his fate seemed to be the same as that of the other five popes.
“No…” Lumiere muttered: “Even if I die, I will… let your entire vampire clan die with me…”
Lumiere opened his mouth, and a particle of light the size of a thumb flew out of his mouth, then rushed into the distance at the speed of a bullet.
The Blood King raised his head, saw that particle of light disappearing in the distance, and sighed. He raised his hand, and the blood sword embedded in Lumiere’s body immediately trembled.
Immediately after, it flew back into the Blood King’s hand. Lumiere’s body also broke into countless pieces, falling to the ground.
Without any blood, his body looked like it had been exposed to the sun for hundreds of years, rotting and disintegrating into ash.
“Pfff!” The blood King suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood; his face turned pale.
He staggered as if he were about to fall, but he quickly used the blood sword to support his body.
The Blood King raised his head, took a deep breath, and then said softly: “Have you seen enough?”