American Comics: Tales of Cultivator

Chapter 98: Slaughter, Capture, Invitation

Inside the hollowed metal Upright Coffin, the dried corpse slightly opened its eyelids.

Victor's lips, shriveled like orange peel, greedily licked the bloodstains at the corners of his mouth.

Through the blood dripping from above these Upright Coffins, Victor clearly knew what was happening in the Ancient Castle.

Blood Tracing, a technique originating from the Vampire Clan Progenitor Marcus, allows one to obtain memory fragments from the person whose blood was consumed.

Listening to the sounds of fighting and screams outside, Victor quietly maintained his dried corpse state. Only his rising and falling shriveled chest proved that this Vampire Clan Elder had awakened.

Inside another metal Upright Coffin less than two meters away from Victor, another Vampire Clan Elder, who was also the Progenitor of this branch of Vampires, Marcus, seemed to have made the same choice.

Victor calmed his breathing. As a vampire who had lived for a thousand years, Bloodline, Family/Clan - these so-called human emotions could no longer affect him.

Through the memory fragments from the blood he had just consumed, Victor witnessed the terror of that green-skinned monster.

With his strength, he could barely handle one or two, but it was clear that this green-skinned monster was not as simple as just one or two.

Victor planned to wait until that group of green-skinned monsters left. Bloodline, Family/Clan, and so on – as long as he and Marcus were present, it wouldn't take many years to develop another Bloodline.

Da da da...

Just as Victor slightly opened his mouth, catching the blood dripping from above the Upright Coffin, a sound of unhurried footsteps stepping on the ground rang out.

The sound grew closer and closer, finally stopping above Victor's head.

Through the gaps in the hollowed metal Upright Coffin, Victor felt the shadow above his head. His withered and shriveled palm extended sharp claws.

But before Victor could erupt, two white lights circled above his head.

The hollowed metal Upright Coffin covering Victor was directly pulled up by a huge force.

Victor's dried corpse-like body was nakedly exposed to the air. With shriveled, fleshless cheeks, he opened a pair of hawk-like blood-colored eyes and stared intently at the human before him.

"Selene, you betrayed me!"

Victor looked at Selene, who was held in Tang Song's arms, and let out a hoarse roar from his throat.

"Father, I didn't!"

Selene struggled hard, wanting to give an explanation, but was held tightly in Tang Song's arms. The famous Death Dealer, Goddess of the Night, could only let out a low sob like a helpless young girl.

"I should have killed you long ago, huh. If I had known, I wouldn't have been soft-hearted back then. If I had sent you to join your damned parents early on, there wouldn't be today's disaster!"

Victor naturally wouldn't believe Selene's words. As an old Hungarian noble and a Vampire Elder who had lived for a thousand years.

He only believed his own eyes. What he saw now was his adopted daughter, bringing humans, to destroy the dynasty he had built over a thousand years.

Revenge, this was the only explanation Victor could think of. He shouldn't have adopted their daughter after killing that pair of artisans back then.

"Human, perhaps we can cooperate. What do you want? Wealth, fame, rights, or immortality? I can satisfy you!"

Victor ignored his adopted daughter, who was full of disbelief, and looked at Tang Song, casually throwing out a few tempting conditions that he felt no one would refuse.

Tang Song paused, tapping his cane, and stroked the white jade beast head on the silver cane's tip.

"Truly ugly!"

"What?" Victor was startled, seemingly not hearing Tang Song clearly.

Tang Song tapped his cane downwards. A Blood Shadow leaped out from his shadow.

The Blood Shadow pounced towards Victor, who had no time to react.

The Blood Shadow passed through his body. Victor's original dried corpse-like body was instantly reduced to just a sheet of human skin, swaying empty in the air.

After devouring Victor's blood and flesh, the Blood Shadow flickered in the air before finally condensing into the appearance of a beautiful Eastern European young woman.

"Master! How should Marcus be dealt with? It is the source of the Hungarian Vampires, the Progenitor of this branch!"

Amelia licked the corner of her mouth, her scarlet eyes greedily watching the ground below.

"Keep it!" Tang Song glanced indifferently at Amelia, reprimanding the vampire he had refined into a Blood Shadow:

"You need to understand the difference between being full for one meal and being full for every meal!"

Ding dang!

Before Tang Song finished speaking, Amelia was directly blasted away by the metal circular cover beneath her feet.

A figure flapping bat wings flew out from the ground well, directly flying past Tang Song towards the Basement's entrance.

Amelia was in mid-air, watching her old friend flying towards the entrance. Her figure moved, transforming into a Blood Shadow, about to pounce towards Marcus.

Dang dang dang! A series of dull, ancient bell sounds suddenly echoed throughout the Ancient Castle.

Plop! The figure flying in mid-air stiffened all over. Its two bat wings seemed to have lost command, and the entire figure directly plummeted from mid-air.

A shriveled dried corpse landed in front of Tang Song. Its appearance seemed very similar to Victor, but it had a pair of bat wings, looking like a giant human form bat.

A red rope hung from Tang Song's index finger, with a small brass bell dangling beside his cane. The bell made a light sound, but what came out was a series of bell sounds. Tang Song raised his cane and pointed it at Marcus's bat wings, which were entranced by the Great Desolation Bell Sound. The silver-gilt layer left burn marks on Marcus's bat wings, looking like cigarette burns.

This vampire was the Progenitor of this branch of vampires, an ordinary human bitten by a bat, who became a vampire after gene mutation.

In this regard, it was quite similar to Peter Parker. However, one underwent later gene modification, while the other was purely Family/Clan gene inheritance.

Although for a Vampire Clan, this Progenitor's strength was a bit weak, as an experiment subject, Marcus's research value was immeasurable.

"Take it down and watch it carefully!"

Tang Song raised his cane, swinging the red rope to retract the bell, which was transformed from the Great Desolation Bell, back to his wrist.

At his order, several regular soldiers walked in. After saluting Tang Song, they used rope mixed with silver threads to tie Marcus's hands and feet. Finally, they didn't forget to insert a Coffin Nail into each of his four limbs, as was customary.

Several soldiers carried Marcus, who was tied up like a zongzi, out. Under a single look from Tang Song, Amelia obediently transformed into a Blood Shadow and shrank back into Tang Song's shadow.

At this moment, only Tang Song and Selene, who was on the verge of collapse in his arms, remained in the Basement.

Tang Song placed his palm on Selene's shoulder. A Heaven River Sword Qi was about to be activated.

Selene suddenly raised her head at this moment. Her fair and beautiful face carried a look that was almost pitifully moving.

"Kill me!"

The fact that her adoptive father had become her father's murderer made Selene almost collapse.

After she became a vampire, the only motivation supporting her life was to take revenge on that group of werewolves, because her adoptive father had told her that her parents had both died in that wolf disaster.

Now, she suddenly heard her adoptive father personally tell her that everything was a lie, that the person she trusted most had personally killed her parents. For a moment, she didn't know what the meaning of living was.

Looking at the female vampire who only sought a quick death, Tang Song raised his hand and rubbed his nose. In the turn of his palm, a Snake Belly Skin Scroll appeared in his hand.

"Sign it!"

......

Inside the Vampire Castle, several soldiers who had transformed into lizardmen quickly slaughtered all the vampires who dared to resist, relying on their absolute strength, speed, and nearly undying body recovery ability.

A group of soldiers, in teams of three, rounded up any stragglers while also moving the valuable items within the Ancient Castle.

For long-lived species like vampires, they had long learned to enjoy themselves during their long lives.

On the contrary, Death Dealers like Selene, who were focused on revenge and diligently practiced their skills and marksmanship, became others.

Celebrity oil paintings and antiques were everywhere in the Ancient Castle. Even the cups, knife and fork used by this group of vampires for their meals were antique sets.

"Boss, the Brotherhood of Mutants sent information. The first batch of Gold Sand is ready, a total of five tons. It can be delivered to New York tomorrow!"

On the second floor of the Ancient Castle, Tang Song rested his hands on the walnut railing, looking down at his Subordinate busy moving the Ancient Castle's wealth.

His phone suddenly rang at this moment.

"Five tons of Gold Sand. Magneto's speed is quite fast. Choose a suitable location as soon as possible!"

Five tons of gold, with a value of about 300 million US Dollars. This money was nothing to Boss Tang now.

However, this was just the first transaction with Magneto. With Magneto's ability, the subsequent gold transaction volume would definitely increase significantly, and Tang Song's daily Cultivation also required large quantities of gold as Cultivation Resources.

During this time, Boss Tang built a Base, acquired shares in Stark Industries, and invested in Oscorp. It could be said that money was spent like water.

The money earned from the Super US Dollar Business was almost entirely invested.

Although the return rate of these businesses was very high in the later stages, they were needed to maintain the operation of the massive Organization and Boss Tang's extravagant Cultivation Life.

Tang Song still needed a huge cash reserve.

Under Boss Tang's order, after finishing the imitation of the Euro, Li Wen was now trying to imitate the British Pound...

Tang Song was naturally extremely happy with the gold transaction with Magneto. Although a fly's leg is small, it's still meat to Boss Tang.

"Boss, Mr. Charles from the Weyland family has sent you an invitation. It's about the Antarctica expedition you mentioned last time..."

Antarctica expedition. Tang Song rested his arm on the railing. This matter of clearing out alien forces, as Charles Bishop Weyland called it, had been postponed again and again. Was there finally some movement now?

"The research vessel heading to Antarctica will dock in Ushuaia for three days, but Charles Bishop Weyland invites you to go to Isla Nublar first!"

Isla Nublar. Boss Tang listened to this somewhat familiar name.

"Red Queen, search for information on Isla Nublar!"

"Isla Nublar, coordinates..., purchased by John Hammond two years ago, currently not open to the public!"

A clear loli voice accompanied by a virtual projection appeared before Tang Song.

Tomorrow might take another day, after dealing with the funeral, I'll accompany my aunt to the hospital. She's overly sad and can't move one hand. Doctor said it's wrist syndrome and requires minimally invasive surgery.

(End of chapter)