Late at night, in the basement of a villa in Yin City.
Under the dim light, more than a dozen men were blindfolded and hung upside down in mid-air.
"Mediocre skills, yet so arrogant."
"Since you can buy everything, I wonder if you can now buy your own lives?"
A slender, long-haired young man in a tuxedo, with a cold and elegant face, stared at these reckless individuals, his killing intent growing stronger. If it weren't for needing to interrogate them about the whereabouts of Nora's blood, he would have already chopped them into pieces and fed them to the dogs.
As Nora's guardian in Yin City, he, Luo Qi, bore immense responsibility for her attack.
In truth, he felt innocent—Nora, with her "Daywalker" talent, could move freely in daylight, so he could only send human bodyguards to follow and protect her.
When Nora was attacked during her daytime outing, what else could he have done?
After the incident, he immediately mobilized all the vampire forces in Yin City and finally intercepted these people before they left the city.
To be honest, he really didn't expect that none of these people were extraordinary beings—they were all ordinary.
"Speak up, who did you sell the stolen blood to?" Luo Qi walked up to a young man, patted his face, and slowly asked.
This young man was clearly the leader of the group, and he had almost posed a threat to them during the capture with a silver weapon.
"Don't know. He wore a mask, and I guess he was wearing makeup underneath. There are rules in our line of work—asking about a client's background breaks the rules. That's all I know," the young man replied calmly.
Luo Qi sneered, then suddenly thrust his hand into the neck of a man hanging upside down nearby. The man immediately started convulsing and screaming, and his blood flowed out of the wound, forming a thin, long blood sword in Luo Qi's hand.
"Since you have your rules, I'll use mine. Let's see whose rules are bigger," Luo Qi said with a sinister smile.
Subsequently, the basement was filled with agonized screams and chilling tearing sounds.
By the time the moon set, everything returned to silence.
Luo Qi ascended from the basement, took a white towel from his assistant, and carefully wiped his hands. He said indifferently, "Tang Bo, take some men to investigate. The thief who stole Miss Nora's blood should be around the same age as her, come from a family of modest means, and may have withdrawn over 25 million in funds recently. It shouldn't be too hard to find them."
"Understood, I'll track them down, and then..." the assistant began, but Luo Qi interrupted, "Capture them alive. Let Miss Nora deal with them herself. The Duke has instructed that it's time for her to see some blood."
Normally, even if the bodyguards were killed, Nora herself wouldn't be easily taken down by ordinary people.
As a supernatural being, vampires possess physical abilities far beyond humans. Even with weapons, it wouldn't be difficult for them to escape.
However, at that time, Nora was so panicked by the death of her bodyguards that she was caught off guard, allowing these ordinary people to injure her with silver weapons.
If those people had come for Nora's life, she would have surely died on the spot.
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At Yin City No. 3 High School, in Class 3 of Grade 12, Yu Xian sat in the fourth row by the left window, basking in the sunlight while reading a novel.
After 1:30 PM, the sunlight would stream directly into this seat, making it unbearably hot even with the curtains drawn—Yu Xian used to hate this spot.
But now, he was quite satisfied with it.
With ample food, vampires don't need sleep. During the day, he would faithfully bask in the school's sunlight, and at night, he would practice various combat skills at home following online courses.
Yu Xian was well aware that he had already set foot in the extraordinary realm.
Whether he liked it or not, there would inevitably come a time when he would need to resort to violence in the future. All he could do now was to prepare in advance to avoid being caught off guard.
These days, his physical strength was growing rapidly. Tasks that were once impossible for him were now effortless. For instance, he could perform a thousand one-finger push-ups in a row without breaking a sweat.
His power was surging day by day. With just one finger, he could hang himself on the wall without falling. A single-arm punch of his could exceed a ton of force, truly capable of killing a bull with one strike.
Yu Xian wasn't sure whether his strength was considered strong or weak among vampires. After all, he had never heard anyone discuss the strength of vampires before.
In contrast, werewolves, witches, knights, and warriors were all known for their formidable power.
"I wonder what kind of talent I'll awaken," Yu Xian thought to himself, closing his book and leaning on the desk, basking in the sunlight.
He had already felt his heart beat nine times. If all went well, he would reach ten beats today and awaken his first minor talent.
From what he could gather online—or what the vampires were willing to publicly disclose—common minor talents included: manipulating bats, blood flames, enhanced sense of smell, and hibernation.
In Yu Xian's opinion, manipulating bats and blood flames were the best options, enhanced sense of smell was average, and hibernation was the least desirable.
Actually, hibernation itself isn't bad. Most vampires in the vampire clan acquire hibernation as their first minor talent. This ability allows them to significantly reduce their physical consumption during sleep and maintain stable injuries and repair their bodies.
The problem is that vampires are extremely slow to perceive the outside world while in hibernation, making them vulnerable to sneak attacks.
There have been cases where ordinary people found the safe house of a wild vampire, easily killed the hibernating vampire, and even gained the qualification to join the vampire clan because of it.
Therefore, for a wild vampire like Yu Xian, unless there's an absolutely safe place, he wouldn't dare to use the hibernation talent casually even if he awakened it.
The midday sun was growing fiercer. The students in the front seats had already pulled down their curtains, but Yu Xian deliberately left a small gap to continue basking in the sunlight. The second class was history.
Yu Xian propped up his history book to shield himself and then lay on the desk, basking in the sunlight.
Admittedly, the history teacher's lecture seemed to possess some extraordinary power. Although he wasn't sleepy, the teacher's hypnotic voice made him drowsy, and his eyelids kept fighting against each other.
Suddenly, his heart thumped violently, instantly dispelling his drowsiness.
This heartbeat was even more intense than before, as if a certain power was bursting forth from his heart, surging through his meridians and limbs, and finally striking his brain. He seemed to hear thunder in the depths of his consciousness, and a certain power was condensing in his soul through his blood.
In that instant, he had an epiphany—he had awakened his first minor talent.
His first minor talent was an active ability called "Silver Blood"!