Dragon Hermit

“My master has taken a liking to your friends, and it’s their greatest honor,” the man from Nanyu said.

“Should I thank you for this?” Xia Yan sneered and said, “Who are you?”

“You will get to know shortly,” while the man from Nanyu spoke, he exerted his power on his leg and launched a surprise attack. As a ‘swooshing’ sound echoed, he thrust his leg at Xia Yan’s head. It was obvious that his kick contained tremendous power!

Xia Yan wasn’t good at wrestling, but his body had already reached a human’s upper limit, and it was further strengthened by the Vampiric Curse. All of his body’s aspects and functions were reinforced by several folds, and this obviously included his reflexes. He swiftly blocked the kick of his opponent with his left arm and quickly closed in and thrust his fist at him.

The man from Nanyu was surprised and he quickly blocked the strike with both arms. But, he still got pushed back by five steps, and his shock was written all over his face.

Xia Yan felt like he had just struck thick leather, which absorbed most of his strike’s power. If an ordinary person took this strike, then his bones would be broken, yet the man from Nanyu didn’t suffer any injuries and he had only moved back by several steps.

[Is a wrestling expert’s body so strong?] Xia Yan was quite surprised. He had already tested his power with the Vampiric Curse, and even though he couldn’t break hard cement into pieces, he could still punch a hole through a wall. No matter how strong a wrestling expert’s body, it still wouldn’t be able to surpass a human’s limits. Moreover, his opponent’s body felt like leather and it was quite strange.

“Hehehe…” The man from Nanyu stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his arm which had been by Xia Yan’s fist, and swept the vicinity with his sharp gaze.

The street girls watching this fight were good at reading body language and they realized that something terrible would shortly occur. They quickly went back to their houses and shut the doors tightly. In the twinkle of an eye, only Xia Yan and his enemy were left on the street.

Upon seeing this, the customers seeking sexual services had also escaped and left quickly.

“You are very strong and I really wish to have a taste of you, hehe!” The man from Nanyu let out a burst of queer laughter.

“I’m not gay!” Xia Yan shouted and rushed toward him. He must capture this guy and get the secrets of the Caucasian man and black gas off him.

At this moment, the man from Nanyu clenched his fists and his body started shaking intensely. His skin-tight t-shirt, and his arms’ muscles started bulging. This was a shocking sight!

Thud!

Xia Yan struck the man’s chest with his fist, yet he felt like he hit an elastic tire. He suddenly realized that his situation was anything but reassuring and wanted to move back, but his arm got held by his opponent and he was pulled into his embrace.

“What the f*ck! Is this guy really gay? Why is he trying to hug me?” Xia Yan was astounded and he wanted to break free, but the man’s power suddenly got stronger by several folds and it wasn’t any lower than Xia Yan’s physical power. He couldn’t break free of him, and he was pulled closer to the man.

It could be seen that the man had opened his mouth and lowered his head to bite on Xia Yan’s neck. He had four sharp and deathly pale one-inch long fangs. They looked quite terrifying!

[What the hell is this man?!]

Xia Yan was scared. If he got bitten by those fangs, his neck would surely be broken.

He moved his head aside in a fluster and managed to protect his neck, but he still felt a sharp stab of pain. The man from Nanyu had bitten his left deltoid muscle and sucked in a mouthful of blood.

“A vampire?” Xia Yan kicked the man’s belly and finally managed to break free of his hold. Upon taking another look at him, he found out that his face had already turned deathly pale and his eyes were bloodshot. He still had two pairs of fangs and he really seemed like the vampires described in legends.

[It turns out that he was serious when he said that he wanted to have a taste of me.]

Xia Yan moved back by seven steps before he came to a stop and took a look at his shoulder. His sleeve had already been torn apart and four bloody holes were left in his deltoid muscles. But the man didn’t touch any veins and his injury wasn’t grave.

Moreover, he had only felt an instantaneous stab of pain when he got bitten, and he didn’t feel any more pain from this injury, rather, he felt some faint pleasure.

“How is it? Is it pleasurable?” The corners of the man from Nanyu’s mouth and his vampiric fangs were stained in blood. He laughed and said, “Lad, my master has already left his mark on your three friends and they will be shortly embraced by him and turned into noble vampires.”

Xia Yan finally understood everything. It turned out that the three wisps of black gas were tracking marks, and it was obvious that An Xiaoru, Anna and Xiaoyu would shortly face great danger.

“Am I also gonna turn into a vampire?” Xia Yan felt like a certain substance was spreading from the injury and invading his blood and was trying to spread into his whole body through his bloodstream. But, it wasn’t so easy to invade a necromancer’s body. A current of Magic Power flowed into his shoulder, surrounded that unknown substance and extinguished it instantly.

He could feel pain from his injury again, and he felt quite relieved due to this. The virulence of a vampire’s saliva was too weak in comparison to a necromancer’s Magic Power.

“You don’t have the honor to turn into a vampire, hahaha.” The vampire wasn’t aware of the short battle that occurred within Xia Yan’s body and he laughed in a sharp voice. “None will embrace you and you will shortly die in pleasure.”

“Do you want to kill me?” Xia Yan put his hand on the Skeleton Horcrux and asked calmly.

“You should have prepared yourself for death upon pursuing us,” The vampire said complacently .

“This means that I have the right to strike back and kill you, don’t I?” Xia Yan said.

“Go on, kill me!” The vampire laughed loudly. “Are you feeling that your body is slowly losing its power? Let me tell you clearly, you are at the brink of death and you aren’t able to kill me. Resign yourself to fate!”

“I’m really sorry, but I have to disappoint you.” Xia Yan quickly chanted an incantation and a skeleton soldier appeared between them. The skeleton clad in a black magic robe assaulted and attacked the vampire right away.

“What the hell is this?” The vampire was surprised by the black-robed man that showed up suddenly. He got caught off-guard and he suffered two heavy strikes; even his abnormally robust body got sent flying by the skeleton soldier’s punches and he spat a mouthful of blood.

The skeleton soldier couldn’t reply to his questions and it continued attacking without a pause. It strode forward and raised its leg to kick the vampire, at which said moment, the vampire sighted upon what was hidden beneath the black robe.

He sighted upon white leg bones, and even the mind of a vampire wavered upon seeing them.

He cried in surprise and quickly rolled on the ground to dodge the skeleton soldier’s strike. At this moment, Xia Yan had already finished chanting another spell and he cast the Vampiric Curse upon the skeleton soldier’s body.

The skeleton soldier’s speed increased greatly and he quickly overtook the vampire, which was rolling on the ground. It kicked his waist and sent him flying like a ball. The vampire struck against a tree on the side of the road and the thick plane tree got broken into two, but the vampire also didn’t get through this unscathed and his lower backbone got fractured.

“Ah, damn!” The vampire struggled on the ground and tried to stand up, but couldn’t do so even after a long while. Upon seeing the skeleton soldier closing in on him to kick him again, he let out a pained cry and two pairs of thin wings emerged from his back. He quickly flapped his wings and started flying.