Free Web NovelChapter 255: Chapter 255: Essential for Use in..._1
Under the effect of the "Return" divine word, the bloodline’s blood magic and shape-shifting abilities were sealed. Even a prince-level vampire couldn’t possibly possess the physical strength to puncture through rib bones and extract a heart by hand.
However, Aiden immediately understood how the other had managed to do it—this lunatic, who derived pleasure from killing, must have used the "Death Rip" divine power on himself, forcibly extracting his own vital organ. And because the "Undying" power was in effect, he wouldn’t die from the "Death Rip" power.
What Aiden couldn’t figure out was why the other party would make such a meaningless suicidal move at this critical juncture.
Could it be that, since his feet were crippled and his movements were hindered, he was planning a desperate throw of his heart as a projectile weapon?
Even if that was the case, it would be futile. Not to mention that the "Return" divine word could suppress the effect of the "Death Rip" power, within the domain where the divine word was effective, any action deemed by him as an attack, if not reaching the level of Divine Power, would all be forced to return.
Just a few more shots into that heart—although this fellow couldn’t die, without blood, he also couldn’t heal his injuries. As long as Aiden weakened him to the point where he could only surrender, he would win.
Determined, Aiden immediately began to reload his handgun; the previous round of combat had emptied his magazine.
At that moment, the woman in black lying on the ground suddenly sprang up and charged at him. An agent, upon emerging from the underworld, could directly use the "Necromancy" power to control the dead, and this power wasn’t completely sealed by the "Return" divine word.
But under the effects of both the "Return" divine word and the previous Demon Devouring bullet, the movements of the dead became exceedingly slow, resembling a drunkard with uncoordinated limbs. Not to mention posing a threat to Aiden, it wasn’t even a decent sneak attack for an ordinary person. Aiden calmly reloaded and then kicked the approaching dead body away with his foot.
The dead summoned by the agent were only ordinary people in their lifetimes. Even if controlled by the "Necromancy" power, they were at best ordinary zombies. The extra processing the agent did to her only made her outward appearance more similar to a living person.
After kicking the zombie down, Aiden saw that behind the agent, the door to the underworld had opened, and countless pale hands were grabbing his body and dragging him inside.
Aiden’s first thought was that the other party wanted to hide in the underworld to buy time, but this wasn’t actually a useful tactic.
The door to the underworld must have the user of the power present, or a dead person summoned by them existing on this side as a basis to be open. After being dragged in, the door of the underworld could only rely on the woman in black’s corpse.
But now the agent couldn’t manipulate the dead through the door of the underworld, plus this corpse had been hit by a Demon Devouring bullet specialized for the undead, making it like fish on a chopping board. With just one more spell to dispel the undead, the characteristics of the undead could be completely dispelled. Without a basis, the agent as the physical body would still be expelled by his own created underworld.
Even if he could delay for ten or so seconds, he still couldn’t escape the range of the "Return" divine word.
The abilities of a ruler possess great limitations in the hands of a mortal. Aiden estimated the agent couldn’t possibly open the door to the underworld an unlimited number of times.
But in the next moment, he realized that the other’s right hand was empty; the heart he had extracted from himself had disappeared without a trace.
The door to the underworld rapidly closed, and the agent entering the underworld made a provocative gesture at Aiden with a ferocious expression.
Then, almost simultaneously, a new door to the underworld suddenly opened about fifty meters away.
Aiden instinctively shifted his gaze there, startled, and for a moment didn’t understand how the other had managed to open the "door" from such a distance.
Then he noticed that, above the dark fissure, something was tracing a parabolic arc downwards. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
It was... that missing heart!!
During those few seconds when Aiden was reloading his bullets and being delayed by the corpse of the woman in black, the proxy threw the heart out—not aiming at Aiden, but throwing it far away from him!
In that instant, Aiden understood the opponent’s true purpose. After resetting the magazine, he raised his gun to shoot; however, at that range, it was nearly impossible for a pistol to accurately hit a target, especially one the size of an apple falling in a parabolic trajectory. Even with the shooting skills of his predecessor, which were said to be godlike, it was just too difficult.
Pale hands reached out from the crack, firmly catching the heart. The proxy emerged once more from the underworld, giving Aiden a mocking smile.
That was the proxy’s goal. He clearly had some understanding of the power of the Divine Words and deduced that Aiden’s Divine Words had limitations in their range.
Within the effective range of the "Return" Divine Words, he stood absolutely no chance against the warden in front of him.
So, in his condition with his shapeshifting ability sealed and his knees destroyed by Aiden, he thought of using the power of "Necromancy" to open the gates of the underworld and move his body out of the influence of the Divine Words.
He carved out his heart, opened the gates of the underworld to retrieve his body, and used the woman in black’s corpse to launch a futile attack, providing himself a slim window. Then, he threw his own heart tens of meters away.
At this moment, the underworld he created relied on his heart as his true form. When the gates of the underworld opened again, the "door" would appear where the heart was located.
Aiden realized he had underestimated his adversary. With the "Immortal" power as a safety net, he did not hesitate to use the "Soul Snatching" power on himself and finally used "Necromancy" two times to open the gates of the underworld and escape from the influence of the "Return" Divine Words—this was the vampire’s escape route!
By using the power of "Death" for rapid movement after severe damage, in terms of combat experience, the adversary was clearly on a higher level. freewebnovel.cσ๓
But... the exorcism bullet was still inside the opponent’s body.
Just as this thought occurred to Aiden, he saw the other party grimace, insert a hand into his heart, and forcibly pluck out a bullet.
Aiden couldn’t help but take in a sharp breath.
Vampires do feel pain, and they would scream horribly when burnt by the sun. To forcibly dig out a bullet like this, even for an immortal body, seemed too extreme.
Although this guy was a psycho killer, Aiden had to admit, he was indeed ruthless.
Aiden quickly rushed forward. The effect of "Return" Divine Words was still active; he had to shoot the adversary several more times before the latter could dig out another bullet.
"Come out, my beautiful and tragic collection, help me buy some time!" the proxy shouted.
Aiden noticed that the gate to the underworld behind the opponent had not closed, realizing that the proxy was preparing to summon the rest of the deceased.
But those deceased... what kind of fighting power could they have?
Then, an uncountable number of bats flew out from the gates of the underworld.
