Chapter 1390: War Begins

Chapter 1390: Chapter 1390: War Begins

Watching the seven avatars split from Delacuri, Pei Yan was somewhat stunned. Could this be one of the Blood Race’s secret techniques? From these seven individuals, Pei Yan could discern that they were not duplicates of Delacuri; each was an independent existence. The seven hidden within Delacuri’s body were like one person. If the other party had not proactively released them, even someone like Pei Yan, who excelled in discerning auras, wouldn’t have noticed any flaw.

Amongst the seven, one had reached the pinnacle of the Heavenly Dao Realm, though their aura felt much weaker than that of Delacuri. According to Pei Yan’s judgment, their strength should be comparable to that of Wan Qianli from the Celestial Sword Manor, having just breached the bounds of ordinary Heavenly Dao nearing the pinnacle, yet not fully stabilized. The other six were mere Tier Nine in the Heavenly Dao Realm.

According to Blood Race classifications, they could already be regarded as Grand Dukes; six Grand Dukes and two Princes. Delacuri certainly didn’t deploy his full force on this occasion, which means there might still be Tier Nine experts stationed within the family. Such numbers and strength are indeed undeserving for a single Vlad family. Perhaps the gifts from the Blood Sea were the reason this family has grown to this extent?

As Pei Yan is still perplexed, Delacuri on the other side continues his speech relentlessly: "If I had known you would possess such strength then, I would’ve seized the opportunity to eradicate you completely, denying you the chance to grow. If there wasn’t such an opportunity, I would certainly avoid provoking your kind of being, but now, it’s too late! Both sides have formed a deep enmity, impossible to untangle. Might as well take this chance to resolve the root of the problem once and for all."

"Are you so confident you can kill me?" Pei Yan unbuttoned his shirt. He and Delacuri were engaged in idle talk here, merely to buy time. The opponent had already fallen into the trap, making the agents used as bait no longer necessary in this place. Though they were stronger than his parents and the usual family members, possessing a degree of self-protection and counterattack ability, they would inevitably be caught in the impending battle as burdens. Thus, they should best use the specially arranged teleportation array at each of their homes to leave before the battle begins. Once all have safely evacuated, seal the teleportation array from the outside, eliminating the last loophole in this trap.

While the others were evacuating, Jin He Xuan, Hu Jiu, Long Jin, Xia Yu, and seven Tier Nine superpower users from the Investigation Bureau appeared successively in the family zone. They each took a position, encircling Delacuri and his people, preventing sudden attacks on the regular agents.

Delacuri was aware of all these happenings, yet for some reason didn’t act to stop them. Facing Pei Yan’s question, he smiled and replied confidently: "Though I can’t kill you, I can stall your Investigation Bureau people long enough for the Blood Sea to execute their plan. My family will receive substantial rewards from this — rewards worthy of sacrificing even two sons and part of the clan’s blood kin as the price."

Those seven Blood Race members being practically listed as expendable showed no discontent on their faces, as though Delacuri’s words were entirely justified. Seeing Delacuri put forth such a statement, Pei Yan ceased the chatter. As Xia Yu signaled with a nod that the last agent had successfully transferred, Pei Yan pulled out a handgun from his underarm holster, aimed at Delacuri, and stated coldly: "I hope you will feel that all you’ve done was worth it, even when you face death."

Bang!

A gunshot marked the official commencement of the battle! Jin He Xuan swiftly locked onto another Blood Race member besides Delacuri, while the seven Tier Nine superpower users, along with three Children of Origin, launched attacks on the remaining six Blood Race Grand Dukes.

Regarding the pinnacle level of the Heavenly Dao Realm, both sides were relatively equals. However, in terms of ordinary Heavenly Dao experts, the Investigation Bureau had an overwhelming advantage, boasting four more individuals compared to the opposition. Among these, three were Children of Origin with even higher power levels.

Nonetheless, Pei Yan and Delacuri were too focused on one another to regard other warriors. In today’s battle, both held the resolve to thoroughly eliminate future threats. Thus, once they commenced action, neither held back; Pei Yan’s initial shot was directly imbued with the force of annihilation and purification power—he aimed to catch the opponent off guard! If Delacuri underestimated him and didn’t evade, this bullet striking his forehead would end his life. A strike hit by the force of annihilation means the vanished portion cannot be reconstituted by any means.

Perhaps Delacuri had obtained intelligence on Pei Yan’s newly acquired divine artifact from somewhere else, for he didn’t underestimate the seemingly ordinary shot. As Pei Yan drew the gun to fire, Delacuri’s forehead began to split. As the gunshot rang out, the bullet passed through the already split void in his head; Delacuri had transformed into a pool of blood mire descending to the ground.

Pei Yan didn’t rush to chase Delacuri but instead activated his domain while standing ground! The characteristic of Pei Yan’s domain is that once opened, his neural network merges completely with his brain, enhancing computational abilities by a hundredfold. This change came after a Tier Four awakening. However, as he absorbed a supercomputer and diversified his attack methods, he seldom used this power. Today, by activating his domain, he could perfectly utilize the newly evolved mechanical eye as a divine artifact with Suzi as the artifact spirit. Utilizing less than fifty percent operational load revealed all possible weaknesses in Delacuri’s changes to Pei Yan’s mind.

In mere moments, the blood mire that was Delacuri swelled into a vast sea of blood, engulfing the entire family zone. Surges of blood waves momentarily made villa roofs appear and vanish. Without needing to see, Pei Yan could detect just through the sound that the houses consumed by blood couldn’t hold for long before starting to deform and collapse due to corrosion.

Due to Delacuri’s transformation, the scene of the ambush reversed roles. The blood aura emitted by the sea of blood caused varying degrees of discomfort among the seven Tier Nine superpower users within the Investigation Bureau. Meanwhile, the Blood Race side, seeming like they were on home ground, dramatically shifted from being suppressed to initiating continuous offensive actions.

If others were to face such a situation, they’d find themselves truly helpless. Merging into and transforming within a vast sea of blood, faced with losing critical target points, the only way to deal substantial damage is to use wide area effect moves—a strategy that consumes energy, while the opponent disperses damage through the blood sea. When pushed to the brink, they can resort to other means to evade damage.

Yet all these are mere illusions in Pei Yan’s eyes now. In his view, Delacuri has become a massive moving target, presenting no better opportunity for a strike.