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Chapter 116 Vampire Earl_1

Chapter 116: Chapter 116 Vampire Earl_1

One after another, the advanced monsters lined up to meet their demise at the hands of the Shadow Ghost, making this long-silent tomb lively once again.

The Shadow Ghost wreaked havoc, slaughtering creatures for a full half hour, until the updates in the game text finally slowed down. From every four or five seconds, it extended to nearly a minute before the next update popped up, indicating that there weren’t many monsters left.

After around another ten minutes, the kill notifications finally came to a halt!

Mu You wasn’t certain if all the monsters in this instance had been wiped out. As far as he could tell from the game text, the Shadow Ghost darted around every corner of the tomb but hadn’t encountered any new creatures.

Frustrated by its inability to find more targets, the Shadow Ghost started attacking its surroundings with immense destructive power, seemingly attempting to escape the tomb.

This action scared Mu You quite a bit. What if it managed to escape?

Fortunately, the tomb’s owner wasn’t mundane either. The walls of the tomb were made of some incredibly tough material. Even the Shadow Ghost couldn’t break free in a short timeframe.

Mu You read the latest game text, ’The entire tomb is being ruthlessly devastated by the Shadow Ghost. It’s gradually falling into ruins, and even the whole mountain seems to be on the verge of collapse’, and couldn’t help but sweat a little.

In this state of high tension, he finally made it through the last moments. After fifty minutes, his game character’s health also depleted fully.

[Your HP has reached zero, you have died, lifespan -1, remaining lifespan 142 years.]

[After the agony of death, you are resurrected in the grand hall at the tomb entrance.]

[At the moment of your death, the Shadow Ghost detached from your body turning back into its original black mist form. Not finding a host, it has quickly noticed your presence, approaching you at high speed, about to infiltrate your body again...]

"Here it comes!"

Seeing the latest prompt, Mu You took a deep breath, holding the pocket watch in one hand and hovering his other hand over the phone.

As soon as his character died, the game interface became controllable again. Mu You promptly accessed the inventory to click on the ’Sealing Box’, with his finger hovering over the [Capture] option that appeared, ready to press it at any moment.

[The Shadow Ghost draws closer, but halts when you suddenly take out the Sealed Box. Sensing the presence of the box, it escapes in the opposite direction at full speed.]

[Your capture attempt failed!]

The first attempt ended in failure. Undeterred, Mu You promptly used his ability to rewind time.

[As time flows backward... The Shadow Ghost charges at you once again.]

[You attempted to retrieve the Sealed Box, but the Shadow Ghost took over your body before you could do it...]

"Rewind!"

...

As this was a text-based game, Mu You couldn’t see what was happening visually but needed to estimate when the Shadow Ghost would reach him based on when the last piece of text popped up.

With every time rewind, he worked to seize that hard-to-catch moment.

Mu You initially thought he was up against a battle of attrition again. However, he was pleasantly surprised by his good fortune. It only took ten rewinds to catch the best possible moment.

[The Shadow Ghost charges at you head on and is about to infiltrate your body when you swiftly take out the Sealed Box. The Shadow Ghost fails to dodge in time and, carried forth by inertia, drifts into the box. You quickly close the lid.]

[The Shadow Ghost has been caught by you!]

"I did it!"

Only after seeing the final piece of game text did Mu You finally breathe a sigh of relief, filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Unbelievably, he had successfully executed a complex strategy. Not bad for a day’s work!

This way, whenever he encounters similar high-level instances in the game, he can repeat the process, using the Shadow Ghost as a temporary helper.

Of course, this strategy is only applicable in the game world, as no such resurrection rules exist in reality. Unless Phoenix Feather or similar items are used, death is permanent; there is no second chance to tame a Shadow Ghost.

Snapping back to reality, Mu You returned his attention to the game.

The monster respawn mechanism differed from human resurrection. According to a strategy post he had read on a forum, a cleared monster spawn point would take at least a week to respawn new monsters.

Therefore, no monsters would be blocking his path in the tomb. His path was now unobstructed!

Mu You immediately directed his game character to search the tomb.

What frustrated him was that due to the brutal fighting style of the Shadow Ghost, the monsters it killed were basically torn to shreds, eliminating any chance of loot drops.

Mu You controlled his avatar, stepping over the monster fragments scattered everywhere and searched for a while, only to find no dropped monster materials...

[After lengthy searching in the devastated tomb, you ascend and finally, you find a secret room at the top level of the tomb that appears to be the resting place of the tomb owner.]

[At this altitude, you are close to the summit of Foggy Mountain. The temperature plummets sharply and the air becomes extremely thin, making your breath more struggling.]

[You quickly pulled out the Mermaid Mask and put it on which, so you were finally able to alleviate some of the breathing problems.]

[Upon entering the room, you see that the secret room is empty. In the middle of the floor lies a cross-shaped ice coffin.]

[You go up and lift the frost-covered coffin lid, inside lays a corpse with pallid skin, but its flesh and clothes are all well preserved. From the fangs that faintly protrude from the corpse’s mouth, the pale skin, and the exquisite dress and high-collar cloak on the body, you have determined the identity of the grave owner: He is a vampire!]

[Count Liston of the Night, one of the oldest vampires in the clan, a Night King with tremendous strength at night. However, due to an accidental incident, his energy and lifespan were exhausted. On the brink of death, he had no choice but to seal himself in this mountain, relying only on a contracted Gargoyle to suck the blood of creatures that occasionally wander into the tomb, to supply him with energy. This preserved his corpse from rotting, keeping him young. If he could keep his body for over ten thousand years, he might have resurrected, but your intrusion ruined his plan.]

[As you open the ice coffin, the vampire’s body quickly withered and turned into a mummy in the blink of an eye.]

Even the owner of the tomb turned out to be a vampire!

Mu You was quite surprised. Judging from the game’s description, it seems that this vampire had planned to resurrect itself by receiving blood transfusions from something like a Gargoyle.

Unfortunately, the tomb had already been rampaged by the Shadow Ghost earlier, and there were no living beings left except for Mu You. Regardless of where the Gargoyle was, it was surely shattered by now. And with the loss of its source of energy, the vampire has completely died out.

Shaking his head, Mu You clicked on the ’Vampire’ text.

[After searching in the ice coffin, you obtained a set of ’Vampire Skin’, one ’Ghost Cloak’, and a pair of ’Vampire Claws’.]

As expected, he obtained skin. Sadly, he only found two items apart from the skin, which was somewhat pitiful considering the Vampire’s status.

Mu You couldn’t wait to check the attributes of the skin.

[Vampire Earl Skin: The skin left by Count Liston of the Night after his death. It inherits some of Liston’s power, but also carries some of the curses he once suffered.]

Inherent talent:

Night King: You will become weak during the day and stronger at night. The closer it gets to midnight, the stronger you become, with up to a 100% increase in all attributes.

Giant Slayer: Damage inflicted on creatures over three meters tall increases by 500%.

Talent Absorption: You can merge with other ownerless skins to obtain the talent of that skin and randomly get a curse. There’s no limit to the number of merges.

Bloodlust: You need to feed on fresh blood every day; otherwise, your blood will become bitterly cold.

Scorching Sun: If you come into contact with sunlight, your body will feel as if it’s being burnt by flames, and your vitality will continuously decrease. It’s best if you stay in the darkness!]