Chapter 1001: Realizing the Situation

A small portion of mist condensed into the woman’s head, which still showed a crazed expression. Even with her head severed, she still did not know what had just happened. As for the rest of the red mist surrounding Aldrian, it slowly condensed into a headless body.

’What just happened? Why can I not move my body?’ the woman thought.

She did not instantly die because of her special vampire body, which had already transcended into the immortal realm. She could see her vision turn upside down, along with Aldrian and the dragon’s calm expressions.

’Did he get me?’ she thought as she saw how unbothered they were.

The vampire king narrowed his eyes. As for the others, they were truly shocked. They were from the higher heavens and possessed far sharper senses and comprehension, yet they still did not understand what had just happened.

They had only seen the dragon move his hand in a sweeping motion before the mist condensed into her head, which already severed.

They knew how strong that crazy woman was, so they had expected to witness an intense fight. That red mist technique would normally give any opponent great difficulty in catching or harming her, as her body could truly turn into mist.

The red mist itself was not ordinary mist, but one that could hide within different layers of space.

As long as her body was turned into mist, they could neither hurt nor catch her, since she could hide behind different spaces. And as long as there was even a small remnant of the mist, it could condense back into her complete body without any loss.

With the mist, she could also attack her opponents from anywhere. She could condense her physical body entirely, or form only parts of her limbs, to launch attacks.

A technique that made her difficult to attack, yet easy for her to attack others. This was one of her techniques that became a horror to many of her opponents. There was almost no one who could escape it.

But the reality was that she did not last for more than five seconds before her head was severed from her body the moment she turned into red mist.

The vampire king still narrowed his eyes as he thought about what had just happened. In that split second, when the dragon made a sweeping motion, he sensed the space surrounding the dragon turn into a kind of sharp blade for a brief moment.

This effect even reached into the dimension where physical attacks could harm that woman.

That space also hardened for a split second before returning to normal.

Such mastery of space laws was truly extraordinary.

In that short moment, the vampire king reached a conclusion. Ao Tianhai was most likely like them. He was from the higher heavens.

However, Ao Tianhai was not done yet. He then created two small black balls from his palm and threw them toward the headless body and the severed head. The balls instantly generated a powerful suction force that pulled in both the body and the head.

’No!’ the woman screamed within her mind before she completely disappeared from the world.

After absorbing the body and the head, the black balls vanished.

Those who witnessed this narrowed their eyes. Their expressions turned solemn. The vampire king showed the same expression, as he seemed to recognize what those were.

’Is that absorption laws? No. Although it carries a similar feeling, I can sense a far more terrifying force hidden behind those small balls. It feels darker and colder,’ he thought.

’Then is that devouring laws?’ His expression turned grim. If that was the case, then this dragon was truly dangerous.

Cultivators who comprehended devouring laws were extremely rare, with only a few appearing across many generations. They were slightly different from absorption laws, which did not always result in pure destruction, as absorption laws had limitations in capacity and in the number of objects they could absorb.

Devouring laws, on the other hand, were laws of pure destruction. They sucked in everything without exception, and the only thing left behind was nothingness. It was as though they fed a bottomless abyss that would never be filled.

The laws that feared by many, but fortunately, very few were able to comprehend them.

Even the vampire king had never encountered one before. He only knew of such laws from the records of the higher heavens.

In the past, he had met two individuals who could use absorption laws, which allowed him to clearly sense the difference in Ao Tianhai’s technique.

Another thing that troubled him was that he had never heard or read of a dragon who had comprehended devouring laws.

What kind of dragon was he facing right now?

While the others who witnessed the scene were still uncertain about what they had just seen, Aldrian simply nodded to himself.

’The devouring laws, the laws that could devour everything without exception,’ he thought. If Ao Tianhai used his full power as a god, then he could devour even time and space themselves.

He could devour even the past if he were brave enough to face the divine punishment from the heavens.

In the distance, the vampire king, having finally reached the conclusion that this was a dangerous encounter, decided to make a move first.

“The rest of the troops, continue to attack the central star cluster. I will face them,” he ordered.

His eyes suddenly turned red, and countless balls of blood appeared in space.

The other commanders obeyed his order and returned to their vessels, while the remaining vessels began to move again.

But Aldrian’s voice resounded.

“You will not leave this space.”

He activated his avatar technique. A giant golden avatar appeared from his body, instantly covering Ao Tianhai and Xarz.

The vampire king and the others widened their eyes at the appearance of the giant avatar, utterly astonished.

The size of the avatar was already far greater than the avatars usually created by peak pseudo immortal stage cultivators. The golden avatar made even giant interstellar vessels look like toys.

Was this truly an avatar formed by someone at the pseudo immortal establishment stage?

The vampire king was not shocked for long, as he decided to unleash his own technique. The countless balls of blood changed shape into tiny needles that could not be seen with the naked eye. He sent those needles toward Aldrian, and almost instantly, they struck the avatar’s body.

The moment the countless blood needles touched the avatar’s body, the blood vanished. However, Aldrian could feel his soul tingling. Something was trying to enter his soul, making him uncomfortable.

He instantly knew that this was a powerful curse that would embed itself into his being, with the blood acting as the medium to deliver it. Even though it did not touch his physical body directly, touching his avatar was enough.

This showed that the technique could still take effect as long as it touched anything connected to the victim.

It was a deadly curse, one that could touch his soul for a moment before being obliterated by his golden energy.

With countless cursed blood needles raining down on his avatar’s body, Aldrian could feel the sensation in his soul continuously, and his avatar’s body was also affected. The areas where the needles pierced began to deteriorate in durability.

Aldrian was truly amazed by how the vampire king’s technique could affect his avatar and touching his soul.

’As expected from cultivators of the higher heavens,’ he thought. If the vampire king fought with his full power at the immortal saint stage, Aldrian did not doubt that he would die.

Fortunately, in the First Heaven, cultivators like the vampire king were limited to the peak pseudo-immortal stage.

Aldrian ignored the curse and instead clasped his hands together. His avatar mirrored the exact movement, and his eyes became sharply focused.

The vampire king was truly surprised when he saw that his technique had no effect, but he did not remain surprised for long. Suddenly, from beneath his feet, a pool of blood appeared. The blood rose and changed shape into two knight figures.

Blood Knights.

The two Blood Knights instantly dashed toward Aldrian, each grasping a sword formed from blood. Each Blood Knight possessed peak pseudo immortal stage cultivation and could unleash the attack power of that realm. They were like separate entities from the vampire king.

However, before the Blood Knights reached Aldrian’s position, their speed began to slow. They tried to push forward, but their movement continued to decelerate.

In fact, the vampire king could feel a strange force surrounding him, making his body feel heavy.

He narrowed his eyes as he tried to sense the source of the disturbance, only to discover that it came from all directions around him.

It was as though something was pulling his body in multiple directions at once, and the force was so strong that it even affected the speed of the Blood Knights. The pull also affected the vessels that were trying to move forward, causing them to slow down, with some even beginning to be dragged backward.

The vampire king, frowning in confusion, suddenly felt a bad premonition, which left him alarmed.

He returned his focus to Aldrian, who seemed to be in the middle of doing something. The Blood Knights had already reached the avatar’s body and begun attacking it, but their power seemed insufficient.

This strange gravity-like pull affected their strength, weakening them.

The vampire king unleashed another of his techniques to stop Aldrian from whatever he was trying to do. He slashed his palm, and from the wound, a line of blood appeared. From his own blood, a giant spear slowly began to take shape.

But before he could finish the technique, he suddenly felt the disturbance grow rapidly more chaotic, and the gravity intensified. With the stronger disturbance, he was finally able to sense its source.

He looked to his right and was stunned by what he saw.

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