Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 277 Bat Shadow
Their mission is still inseparable from the vampire nobles, or it can be said that in this era, there are few things that have nothing to do with vampires.

Old Man Shearribs is controlled by the vampires and guarded by a monster called Shadow Demon.

The Shadow Fiend is a creature that only exists on a flat surface. It moves freely along the surface like a shadow and attacks the shadows of other people or objects.

In common sense, shadows are darker areas formed when objects block the propagation of light and prevent it from passing through opaque objects. It is an optical phenomenon, and naturally there is no possibility of being attacked or injured. In other words, their "injury" can only come from changes in the state of the real entity.

But shadow demons are anomalies, so common sense cannot be used to measure anomalies. They can attack shadows, and when they attack the shadow of their prey, the shadow of the prey will be injured, and the injury to the shadow will in turn be transmitted to the entity of the shadow in reality.

It is said that the attacks of Shadow Fiends have their own unique effectiveness rules, but because this abnormal entity was basically extinct at the end of the Blood Dynasty, the data files preserved by the Control Bureau to this day are not comprehensive. It only says that Shadow Fiends have different forms, and most of them have intelligence that is not inferior to that of humans.

The shadow demons in the dark are the most powerful. They are not unable to move due to the complete darkness. On the contrary, they are more elusive because of the complete darkness. In the shadows, their movement speed is beyond imagination, almost teleportation.

"To rescue Old Man Shear-Rib, we have to deal with the Shadow Demon first. It's best to act during the day. The Shadow Demon is relatively weak during the day, and the movements of vampires are also restricted in the sunlight. Even for an Count-level vampire, his strength will be greatly weakened in the sunlight." Jack analyzed.

Xia Shou nodded again: "Don't rush to do anything, settle down here first, rent a house, disguise your identity, and think about the specifics after you are settled."

After saying that, Xia Shou looked at Rhodes who was dumbfounded and said, "Let's just kill this vampire. We can't just leave him here."

"But how do we deal with the cursed energy that will be lost after the killing?" Tobeka asked worriedly.

Fal walked up to Tobeka and tried to pat her shoulder, but Tobeka dodged him swiftly. So he could only shrug in dismay: "This is the past that keeps repeating itself. Don't think about the civilians here. You think too much."

Tobeka rolled her eyes. "I'm not worried about that. I'm afraid it will attract something bad. Captain Xia seems to have a way to deal with the bloodhounds, but there are more than just bloodhounds wandering around this city, right? Some things are very sensitive to abnormalities."

"Don't worry about this, leave it to me. You guys clean up the scene first, I'll be back soon." Xia Shou said. When he was alone, he never considered the problem of the escape of cursed power because he would let the black shadow eat it.

"Let me go with you." Lin Rize said.

Xia Shou waved his hand: "No need, you stay here with them, I can handle it alone."

After hearing what Xia Shou said, Lin Rize didn't say anything more. Although Xia Shou's resume could only be described as mediocre in missions of this level, he had heard his brother's evaluation of Xia Shou. The fact that that wooden brother could say such words proved that Xia Shou was trustworthy and reliable.

The others had no objection to Xia Shou's arrangement. They quickly divided the work and began to clean up the bloodstained scene.

Xia Shou carried Rhodes on his shoulders, called Su Weiyu and went out.

It is not difficult to kill a vampire who does not resist. There are many ways to do it, such as driving an oak stake into the heart, chopping with a holy mercury sword, and suppressing with Bible recitation. A viscount-level vampire can be easily killed after being subdued unless he casts any tricky spells.

Xia Shou carried Rhodes on his back for four or five miles and was very careful along the way.

Night is the time of vampires, and you never know when you will encounter a vampire on the road.

But Xia Shou was lucky tonight. He found a secluded alley, put Rhodes down, then took out the blood hunting weapon he carried with him and stabbed it into the opponent's heart very easily. When the blood hunting weapon engraved with sacred runes pierced the body of the vampire, not a drop of blood flowed out, only a faint smell of burning spread in the air.

Xia Shou had undergone many days of rigorous training on how to deal with vampires, and had acquired a wealth of theoretical knowledge. Although this was his first time doing something practical, he was neither nervous nor unfamiliar with the technique.

He stabbed Rhodes' body with several daggers in succession, and the vampire's skin began to crack like dry land. His body shattered from the inside out, and his skin fell off like broken porcelain, revealing the bright red muscles underneath. Then, the muscles fell off his body like cracked mud, clattering to the ground and breaking into powder.

Xia Shou continued to cut the opponent's body with the blood hunting weapon, and the black shadow under his feet began to automatically devour the delicious food. The familiar words appeared in front of him again after a long absence.

[Degree of Devouring: 5%…]

[Degree of Devouring: 8%…]

While Xia Shou was dealing with the corpse, Su Weiyu was keeping watch at the entrance of the alley. She looked back from time to time, curiously watching the death process of a vampire that she had never seen before.

Su Weiyu felt that the death of a vampire was like pottery cracking and shattering under extremely high temperature.

How should I put it? He died very cleanly.

Not long after, the Viscount of the Redthorn family completely disappeared from the world.

The black shadow under Xia Shou's feet shrank back to its original shape, and new content appeared before his eyes.

[Swallowed, you gain the permanent skill - Bat Shadow]

【Introduction: We fly, suck blood, hide during the day and come out at night, so people regard us as bats.

But my elegance cannot be tarnished by such an ugly thing, so I erase its form and turn it into a formless shadow. 】

[Abnormal Level: Level 4]

[Effect: At night, you can split yourself into a large number of intangible bat shadows. In this state, you will gain the ability to fly, your movement speed will be greatly increased, and ordinary physical attacks will not be able to cause damage to you. However, constantly reorganizing the bat shadows will shorten the time you can maintain the bat shadow state.

In the bat shadow state, you can cover the animal and gradually extract the animal's blood from its body. The extraction speed will gradually increase as the covering time continues.

During the day, the bat shadow will not be able to suck blood. The stronger the light, the slower the movement speed and the shorter the duration.

[Price: None]

[Note 1: You can only perceive the characteristics of time and space in this era. ]

[Note 2: There is already a certain amount of power in the container of the second self. You can choose to invest this skill into the second self. When the power is full, some unexpected changes may occur.]

Finally, he had an extra skill that he could use, and Xia Shou felt a little relieved.

Although he had many skills before, there was only one that could be used directly in actual combat: [Mirror Magician's Intelligence Scissors].

Other abilities like the Power Bank, Stand, Self-Destruction, and Reaching the Top in No Man's Land are strategic abilities that are difficult to use directly in a battle.

Now, he finally has another practical skill.

(End of this chapter)