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Chapter 1148 - 519 Blood Clan Mass Grave_2

Chapter 1148: Chapter 519 Blood Clan Mass Grave_2

Mu You casually asked around and was able to get the location marked on the map—Yellow Stone Desert, Water Silent.

The Yellow Stone Desert is the driest among the nearby deserts and is known for its constant yellow sandstorms.

And "Water Silent" is an extremely arid area at the core of the Yellow Stone Desert. Even the most advanced water wizards can’t summon a single water element, hence it is called the "Land Without Echo of Water."

Such an extremely arid land naturally cannot sustain human life. In fact, the entire Water Silent area and its surroundings are devoid of any human presence, making it the only place in the No Return Desert that has remained completely unexplored by man.

Mu You hadn’t expected the origin of the vampires to be in such an eerie place. Finding no one to accompany him, he had no choice but to drive the landship alone deep into the desert.

After a journey of a few hours, Mu You reached the location.

The landship ceased its roaring; you’ve arrived at "Water Silent."

You leave the landship, only to be faced with a barrage of sandy wind. The corners of your eyes and mouth feel parched, and your nostrils burn as if on fire. Instinctively, you reach for your water bottle to quench your thirst, but before you can even lift it, you find the water has already evaporated without a trace...

Indeed, as the rumors said, this ghastly place is so dry that even tears and saliva would instantly be desiccated. No wonder it’s scarcely visited.

Mu You didn’t want to linger in this eerie place and immediately took out the Moon Scepter, activating the divine artifact right then and there.

You activate the Moon Scepter, and the originally bright skies turn pitch black in an instant. A moon quietly appears high above, its mercury-like moonlight spilling over the desert, doing little to alleviate the occasional hot waves that sweep over this place...

You switch to the Boiling Blood Wolf skin.

The Boiling Blood Wolf was a skin Mu You had gotten previously from a young werewolf. It had the most heightened awareness to vampires of any werewolf. On a night with a full moon, its sensing abilities would peak, allowing it to detect vampire tombs buried hundreds of kilometers underground.

With the desert bare, if there was anything related to vampires, it surely had to be buried underneath, only detectable by using the werewolf skin.

Next, Mu You took advantage of the full moon’s blessing to wildly traverse the desert in werewolf skin. If the map from the logs was accurate, the skin should sense something.

Sure enough, he had been searching for only a few minutes when the game popped up a notification.

You sense a strong scent of blood, seeping from the ground not far ahead!

The boiling blood in your body is a reminder—the vampires hidden underground might not be few in number and are incredibly powerful!

"Oh?"

Mu You was surprised; a warning notification had even popped up... More than one, could it be that there’s a gathering of vampire tombs here?

Without further ado, Mu You quickly continued his search.

You’re approaching the Land of Blood...

You’re moving away from danger...

...

Guided by the text feedback, Mu You continuously adjusted his direction and after about fifteen minutes, finally found the right spot.

This is it! Below your feet is where the scent of blood is strongest. As a werewolf, you had better leave this place quickly! But as a vampire, you might want to go down and take a look!

Mu You immediately switched to Mechanical Armor Skin, equipped an Alchemy Device called "Pangolin Drilling Machine", and began digging downwards.

The drill spins wildly, with countless sand pebbles flying out from underground. The mechanical body is rapidly burrowing deeper...

Digging in progress...

What followed was a lengthy digging process. About ten minutes later, the Mecha broke through the sand layer and reached the mineral-rich rock zone, which contained plenty of metal and was incredibly hard—earth-piercing magic couldn’t even penetrate it, making drilling the only option.

The roar of the alchemy engine echoed across the desert skies. After an indeterminate amount of time, you suddenly feel a cavity beneath your feet, as if you’ve reached some hollow area. You lose your foothold, and the entire Mecha drops down.

Amid a cloud of dust, you suddenly find solid ground under your feet again. You open your eyes and discover you’re in an ancient underground palace.

Odd, stylistic frescos are carved on the surrounding stone walls, and in the corridors, there are corpses strewn about in all directions, their poses varied in death...

As he was falling, Mu You already had his Pocket Watch in hand, ready to face a battle at any moment.

The formidable adversaries and various lethal traps he had imagined did not appear. It seemed there was not a single living soul in this underground palace.

Mu You furrowed his brows, controlled his mecha to detach the drill, and equipped a shotgun before continuing to explore.

"You approach the nearest corpse with a terrifying death pose. Judging by the dried blood around it, this person was at least a Vampire Duke in life..."

"The second corpse was just as gruesomely dead, seemingly having had its heart and lungs ripped out. From its aura, this person was also a Duke..."

...

As Mu You searched further, he grew increasingly horrified.

The palace was littered with vampire corpses. It was less a vampire tomb and more a mass grave!

What’s more, all the deceased vampires were Dukes without exception!

"So many Dukes?"

Mu You’s face took on a strange expression. He had been worried before arriving that he wouldn’t find enough vampire tombs to use. To advance from Marquis to Duke alone, one required ten drops of Ancestor’s Blood. Based on the extraction rate of the Blood Shrine, he would need to find the tombs of at least ten Vampire Dukes to succeed.

Vampire Dukes were such noble beings. All the Dukes in the history of the Blood Clan probably didn’t add up to three figures. The thought of finding ten seemed farfetched.

However, the scene before him completely overturned his assumptions. Right beneath his feet lay the remains of at least several hundred Vampire Dukes, and there would only be more in the unseen depths beyond.

Were Vampire Dukes, who stood at the pinnacle of the Blood Clan, really so common in the past?

"You extract the Blood Shrine and place it on the remains at your feet."

"The Blood Shrine lights up automatically, beginning to absorb the residual energy from the remains..."

"Absorption complete. You have gained a small drop of ’Ancestor’s Blood,’ which has only one-tenth the energy of normal Ancestor’s Blood..."

The absorption process was quicker than expected, taking about half a minute to absorb one corpse. However, perhaps due to the severe mutilation of the bodies here, the obtained Ancestor’s Blood was only a tenth of a drop.

Fortunately, there were plenty of corpses at the scene.

Mu You continued to absorb with the Blood Shrine in hand.

An hour later, after absorbing more than a hundred remains, the Blood Shrine finally contained ten drops of Ancestor’s Blood.

"You have collected ten drops of ’Ancestor’s Blood.’ Do you wish to merge now?"

"Note: After merging, your Vampire Marquis skin will advance to ’Vampire Duke,’ your previously awakened Blood Clan talents will be enhanced, and you will automatically comprehend a brand-new talent ability."

"Yes."

There was no hesitation, Mu You commenced the upgrade on the spot.

"Promotion complete, your Vampire skin has advanced to ’Vampire Duke.’"

"Your Titan Slayer, Talent Absorption, and Godspeed talents have been enhanced."

"You have awakened a new talent: Hyper Sensitivity."

The promotion was smoothly completed, just like last time, with only a few Blood Clan talents being strengthened, while the talents he had Devoured remained unenhanced.

Mu You briefly checked and saw that the enhancement of the three talents was not significant. Titan Slayer had increased in multiplier; Godspeed’s multiplier remained the same, but the cooldown had been halved from once per minute to once every thirty seconds.

As for Talent Absorption, the side effects had been further reduced by one level. From now on, the curse obtained after absorbing a talent would decrease by two levels. Some ordinary curses would disappear entirely, while even the potent curses would be significantly weakened.

Lastly was the newly acquired Hyper Sensitivity. No need to say much about it; his sister, May, had initially awakened this talent. Having seen her use it numerous times during their time together, it was comparable to having foresight, significantly enhancing field of vision, anticipating enemies, evading tracking, countering ambushes, and so on. The effects were quite impressive.

In this instance, he could roll for a new talent using the pocket watch, but the other talents in their family lineage, such as Charm, Herculean Strength, Mistify, Deflection, Iron Mass, didn’t seem to be obviously more practical than Hyper Sensitivity, so Mu You decided it wasn’t worth the effort to roll.

After choosing his talent, Mu You looked back, glanced at the Blood Shrine in his hand, then at the remains scattered across the ground.

Originally, advancing to a Duke in one go had already far exceeded his expectations, but the current situation couldn’t help but stir more greedy thoughts in him: maybe he could keep advancing...