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At the same time.
At the altar on Belle Isle.
As the extreme fear shrouding the dark sky continued to pour in, the ancient magic runes in the evil hexagram magic array were finally all "lit up."
Immense energy had already accumulated in the altar, ready to be unleashed.
Now, only one final step remained to successfully activate the passage to the Hell Dimension.
And the key to opening this door, naturally, was a sacrifice of blood and life!
"Thank you for your dedication, I will remember your sacrifice!"
Lilith, possessing the female Vampire follower, used her sharp nails to cut open the chest of another Vampire follower, then dipped her fingers in the blood and smeared a string of mysterious runes on his forehead.
This was a dimensional coordinate specifically for guiding the magic array's transmission direction, ensuring that the energy in the altar precisely connected to the target dimension!
"It is my honor to offer my life for My Lord... Ugh ahhh!!!"
Before the Vampire follower could finish his sentence, he was directly swallowed by the violent energy in the altar. His body was instantly torn to shreds, then transformed into a bloody vortex that connected heaven and Earth.
And just as the vortex was about to dissipate, a special doorway, resembling a giant abyss mouth with jagged teeth along its edges, successfully opened on the ground at the center of the altar!
Meanwhile, in the Hell Dimension, which was a mirror image of the real World, countless Demons stood silently before a cliff, waiting.
"Look, the dimensional passage has opened!"
"Hehehe, now's the time... To make Maduk Kurios's Hell more prosperous, everyone, go to the real World and hunt to your heart's content!"
"While enjoying delicious humans, don't forget to sacrifice their souls to our King!!"
Countless Demons, like dumplings falling into a pot, leaped from the cliff face into the dimensional passage below—the next instant, they appeared directly on the altar in the real World.
The hunting time officially began!
The Demons did not linger. Smelling the scent of humans in the air, they immediately rushed towards densely populated areas on the island, such as bars, holiday hotels by the beach, and luxurious Villas.
That scene was as terrifying and chilling as a hundred ghosts parading at night.
...
In a bar on Belle Isle.
Accompanied by explosive DJ music and rhythmic flashing lights, nearly a hundred men and women, numbed by alcohol and drugs, wildly twisted their bodies on the dance floor, releasing the surging passion in their hearts.
No one noticed the changes happening outside.
And danger descended quietly!
Crack—
The previously noisy bar suddenly fell silent. Pirate, the DJ at the mixing console, took off his headphones and roared in anger:
"Damn it, which bastard unplugged the speakers?"
Pfft—
The next second, a bull-headed Demon pierced his chest with its thick arm, pulled out his heart, and threw it into its mouth, chewing it with an expression of enjoyment.
"Don't worry, my human friends, once I've eaten all of you, I'll plug it back in for you!"
Ah ah ah...! !
After a brief few seconds of silence, a series of heart-wrenching screams of terror immediately erupted in the bar.
People began to flee in panic, covering their heads.
But from the surrounding darkness, strange-looking Demon figures emerged one after another, then rushed towards them with sinister laughter.
In an instant, blood flowed like a river in the bar, and wails and screams were incessant!
And such a bloody and tragic scene was continuously unfolding across the entire Belle Isle...
...
On the altar, Lilith's figure soon emerged from the portal as well.
She casually grabbed a Vampire follower and directly infused a special soul into his body.
"Ugh ah... Lilith, I've long grown tired of this long life. You shouldn't have reawakened me."
From the Vampire follower's mouth came an old and weak voice that did not belong to him.
"My Lord Varna, I apologize for disturbing your deep slumber."
Even though Lilith was now a Demon Lord, she still maintained due respect when facing the first Vampire in the World, Varna, also known as the Original Vampire.
After all, in a sense, all Vampires were his descendants.
"This time, I took the liberty of waking you from My Lord Satan's grasp only to ask for a small favor... Could you please reclaim the Immortality Trait you bestowed upon Dracula?"
"Alas..."
Varna sighed meaningfully upon hearing this. "Have you found a new successor?"
"Huh? What successor?"
Lilith was first stunned, but then immediately realized that he was referring to the Immortality Trait.
A hint of wariness flashed imperceptibly in her eyes, then she tentatively asked:
"Aren't you planning to reclaim that power?"
"I told you, I've long grown tired of this long life... Otherwise, I wouldn't have actively bestowed that power upon Dracula back then, nor would I have chosen to expose myself to sunlight and commit suicide!"
Varna clearly caught the fleeting change in her eyes, but he didn't take it to heart... or rather, he simply didn't care.
He slowly turned around and looked at the figure in the distance, who was rapidly approaching the altar, carrying a human head. He spoke astonishingly:
"Actually, that power doesn't belong to me; it originates from the dark book..."
When mentioning the dark book, Varna's face subconsciously revealed a deep-seated fear, clearly knowing many of its secrets.
But he dared not say anything more to outsiders, so he immediately changed the subject: "Therefore, ordinary people simply cannot control that powerful force."
"If one tries to forcibly merge with it, they will only be mercilessly devoured and absorbed in the end."
"Only those chosen by this power can become the new vessel to carry the Immortality Trait!"
"What?" Lilith's eyes widened sharply, her face filled with incredulous surprise.
As a Demon Lord, there was no way she wouldn't know about the dark book.
Because the book's reputation was simply too great.
It's no exaggeration to say that the dark book is the most powerful Black Magic tool book in the Universe to date, and there is no other like it!!
The knowledge and power recorded in the book are vast and boundless. Even many Hell Demon Lords and Dimension Lords still use some of the Black Magic within it.
Can you believe how incredible that is?!
Lilith never expected that the Immortality Trait would come from the power within the dark book?
If it weren't for the terrifying power contained within, she would have genuinely wanted to try and see if she was the "chosen one"!
"Don't worry, My Lord Varna, someone will help me solve this problem then."
The person Lilith referred to was naturally the silver-haired Clea!
Although she didn't know how Clea would do it, Clea had indeed said before that she would reclaim the Immortality Trait from Dracula.
So from the very beginning, Lilith had never intended to covet the Immortality Trait.
"Alright then."
Varna didn't ask much. When the old butler Alfred brought Dracula's head closer, he spoke faintly:
"Dracula, you should be able to understand how I felt back then, right?"
Dracula, who had kept his eyes tightly closed the entire way, slowly opened them upon hearing his voice and responded with an incredibly complex expression:
"Yes, My Lord Varna, you are right. Long periods of time do indeed wear away all ambition and passion... I truly regret now that I agreed to accept this power back then!"
However.
Before Varna could speak again, Lilith, laughing sinisterly from the side, interrupted: "Heh heh, well, that's perfect. Today, I'll personally help you find liberation!!"
"It really is you?"
Dracula seemed unsurprised by Lilith's presence here.
Similarly, he had no affection for his nominal daughter.
In fact, as early as when Salus said someone could kill him, he had already guessed that person was most likely Lilith.
Although he still hadn't figured out why Lilith, whom he had personally killed in London, could "resurrect."
But one thing was certain: after becoming a Demon, her power was enough to easily crush him.
So after being "killed" by Lilith several times, Dracula decided to "hole up" in Impossible City from then on and no longer venture out.
What he didn't expect was that she would bring him out in this way, and even found a way to summon Varna from Hell. She truly put a lot of effort into this!
However.
Dracula, who had been "holed up" in Impossible City for nearly a thousand years, had long grown tired of such a monotonous and boring long life.
Now, he no longer feared death.
Instead, he felt an impulse to use her to successfully break free from the "immortal curse" and find liberation.
So, after glancing at the Hell Demons still continuously emerging from the teleportation array behind him, he sneered and said:
"If you've made such a big fuss just to kill me, then I can only say... you will soon reap what you sow!"
With that, he closed his eyes again, adopting an expression of facing death without fear.
"You..."
Seeing this, Lilith was instantly enraged, her eyes practically spitting Fire.
Not only did the expected scene of him begging for mercy not appear.
But she was also lectured by this old man instead?
Lilith wished she could immediately smash Dracula's head on the spot.
So at her urging, Varna finally began the ritual to extract the Immortality Trait.
As a human wizard born in ancient Atlantis, Varna's greatest skill before becoming the Original Vampire was necromancy.
He even once fought against the "All-Seeing" Agamotto, who had not yet become Sorcerer Supreme or joined the Trinity of Vishanti.
Attempting to usurp his position as Earth's supreme mystical protector!
From this, one could see how powerful Varna was back then!
#￥%@&$...
As Varna uttered a series of obscure and mysterious incantations, a mysterious power originating from Black Magic instantly transformed into a large hand that enveloped Dracula's head.
"Ugh ah..."
Dracula let out a shrill scream.
It felt as if something was being forcibly ripped from his soul.
Before long, an ancient parchment scroll, inscribed with mysterious characters, slowly emerged from Dracula's head.
Boom—
A chilling and terrifying fluctuation instantly swept across the entire area.
Even the powerful Demons who had just crossed over from the Hell Dimension, upon feeling the terrifying pressure emanating from the ancient parchment scroll, trembled in fear and scattered in panic, fleeing into the distance.
"This... is this the power of the dark book?"
Lilith forcibly suppressed the urge to turn and flee. Looking at the ancient parchment scroll floating in mid-air, she felt a pressure far stronger than that of Satan Maduk Kurios.
It was truly hard to imagine how powerful Chthon (also known as the God of Black Magic), the Nether God who created the dark book, truly was!!
However, since the Immortality Trait had now been successfully extracted.
That meant she could finally kill Dracula completely, as she wished!
And as Lilith grinned sinisterly and stepped forward, picking up Dracula's head that had rolled to the ground, preparing to torture him to death, Clea, her entire body shrouded in a large cloak, reappeared from a Shadow.
Then, she raised her hand and released a surge of dark magic, guiding the ancient parchment scroll in mid-air towards her.
Varna, seeing this, shook his head disinterestedly and muttered to himself:
"Since my task is over, how they choose to deal with this page of the dark book now has nothing to do with me."
With that, he turned and walked towards the portal on the altar, intending to return to the Hell Dimension.
Whoosh—
However.
Just as Clea was about to succeed, and the ancient parchment scroll had slowly flown in front of her, an iron chain burning with Hellfire suddenly descended from the sky.
While snatching the ancient parchment scroll, it also struck and killed Varna, who was parasitic in the Vampire follower's body!
Whoosh—
Varna didn't even have a chance to struggle. His body was instantly incinerated into a pile of ashes by the Hellfire.
...
Detected collectible Demon soul fragments, Warp soul count +1.
...
The one who struck was naturally Karl, who had been waiting here for a long time!
At this moment, he had transformed into his Ghost Rider form.
His head, exposed outside his neat suit, had directly transformed into a skull burning with raging Fire.
And the yacht beneath his feet, under the demonization of Hellfire, had directly been upgraded to a "yacht version of the Ghost Rider's Hell Cycle."
Although he was a thousand meters away from the altar on the island, the chain in his hand, enchanted with Hellfire, possessed the special magic ability to extend and retract at Karl's will.
So he didn't need to foolishly rush over and confront Lilith and the countless Hell Demons directly.