The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle
Chapter 484 - 301: The Return of Speedrun Style!_2

Su Qi squatted down and shook the half body that remained, "Buddy, you still alive?"

If the corpse could see this scene, it would probably spit out a string of ellipses.

However.

The vigor of Su Qi's shaking was a bit too strong.

The weapon's magazine fell from the body, hitting the ground with a crisp clinking sound.

A flash of silver-white reflection passed through Su Qi's eyes, raising his eyebrows, he picked it up to take a closer look, murmuring to himself,

"Silver bullets, huh?"

And furthermore,

Su Qi checked the corpse's neck, "There are also bite marks."

"Could it be..."

Su Qi slowly stood up because...

"Dada dada."

He had already heard peculiar sounds approaching from the distant streets, and the black crows occasionally flew over the ruins, making strange calls.

In the presence of such sounds, a dangerous and deadly silence seemed to stand out.

On the cold, dark streets, only the dim streetlights flickered, and a moon as red as blood illuminated the world.

Su Qi stood in the middle of the street.

All the surrounding shadows appeared to stretch out long.

The next moment.

A strange and effeminate voice rose from behind Su Qi, laughing like a specter, "I smell it on you... blood so sweet it's almost unbearable..."

Su Qi turned around.

Yet he saw no such figure.

"Showing up on such a night, truly pitiable; I've nearly lost my appetite to shred you."

Su Qi pointed at the corpses scattered around and said, "Like this?"

"You are a delicacy, they are trash, I won't let you end up like this, at least... it will be quite artistic."

Quite the connoisseur.

It seemed that this whole street was its doing.

"Then how exactly do you plan to make me into a piece of art?" Su Qi touched his chin, "I kind of like... coriander, can you make me into the shape of The Thinker statue and plant coriander all around me?"

"..."

This figure probably hadn't expected Su Qi to say such things, and moreover...

It was getting angry, "What kind of shitty art is that! And that thing called coriander, it's as disgusting as shit!"

"I will drain your blood and then nail you to the wall, so you rot while still alive, letting the crows feast on your decaying flesh!!"

Su Qi could only comment with two words, "Low-end."

"Die!"

The other party was furious! They didn't hesitate to attack!

From behind Su Qi came a ghostly figure, swooping in with a howling assault!

Fast as lightning, fangs gleamed coldly in the light of the blood moon!

Su Qi didn't even turn around.

There was only the sound of a 'click'!

Teeth clashed against metal, and as the figure's fangs neared Su Qi's neck, they were blocked by a palm-sized knife.

And they didn't budge.

The figure was startled for a moment, its claws reaching out and striking towards Su Qi's neck with frightening speed and sharp cold gleams.

Su Qi let go of the knife he had been holding.

His body calmly leaned back, dodging the swipe of the claws!

Another elbow strike!

The blade, which had just been bitten, slashed across the figure's mouth and even pierced through it!

The opponent seemed shocked!

They retreated.

Only then did Su Qi glimpse the true face of this figure, whose skin was colorless and frightfully pale, eyes devoid of white, only deep, dark black.

The cut from the knife was healing effortlessly.

"Vampire..." Su Qi muttered to himself, guessing the creature's race even before it had appeared.

But unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the opponent coldly laughed,

"I'm a great member of the High Order Bloodline!"

The next moment!

His shadow on the ground abruptly elongated, his entire body turned into a blood shadow, rapidly attacking Su Qi!

From all around came sharp, hissing laughter!

The air was also filled with the scent of blood!

This power had reached the Seventh Rank; most of the corpses on the ground seemed only to have the power of the Ninth Rank.

Such was the tier of strength in this world.

"You!"

With a sneer, the figure spoke, "You can't hurt me!"

"And I will turn you into a piece of art!"

Su Qi slowly ejected a bullet from the magazine he had just used, "Let me do it."

A minute later.

A figure was tied to a street lamp, struggling frantically to no avail.

His body and the ground beneath his feet were sprinkled with coriander, and his nostrils and mouth were stuffed full of it!

"Perhaps that's what art is," Su Qi said with a hint of melancholy.

His eyes were filled with anger, staring at the man before him.

"Mmmph, mmmph!"

But at that muffled cry, the flavor of coriander seemed to penetrate his lungs, far deadlier than silver, unbearable to him.

"You'll die a miserable death for doing this to me!"

This feeble voice reached Su Qi's ears.

Su Qi was not surprised; this was the enemy's... previously used sonic stealth.

"What do you mean?"

"You have my scent on you now, no matter where you run, my partners are already on their way," he said with bloodshot eyes, staring fixedly at Su Qi.

"Wait until you are presented to the Blood King! That will be the start of your despair and agony!"

Su Qi replied, "So the Blood King is your big brother, huh."

"Let's go."

Su Qi lifted him.

"What are you going to do!"

"I'm going to pay a visit to the docks."

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Survivor Center.

Bai Yilin and the others had also regrouped.

Long Xun let out a sigh of relief:

"From what we can tell, since this is the outer rim of the Dark Road, it's not as difficult as we imagined."

"The most powerful must be the one the survivors spoke of - the Blood King. He has thousands of Bloodline underlings and should also be Seventh Rank, in possession of the Space Key."

"But," Bai Yilin paused, "it shouldn't be that simple. This Blood King... has extraordinary traits. Silver, which other Bloodline fear, has no effect on him, and with an undying body, a single move from him can take away countless lives."

"And the Blood Moon will provide him with an unending source of strength."

"The survivors have tried to stop the siege several times, but all attempts have ended in failure."

Jiang Zhi added.

"There's nothing we can do," Long Xun said gravely. "The Key is most likely on the Blood King, and it looks like there are no others from the Present World helping, so we'll have to work with these survivors."

This was a normal phenomenon.

There are countless paths to the core of the Dark Zone, and even if the same ripple is chosen, they're different entrances along the same path.

However.

As they came together, they would soon meet up with other people.

"Also, there's another very important point," Long Xun's heart sank, "where's Su Ke?"

"He's been out of touch since just now, and if he's outside, it could be very dangerous."

Outside in the night is a slaughter field for Bloodline.

And today's Blood Moon was especially full and blood-red, according to what the leader of the survivors said, today is the day the Bloodline are most frenzied and at their most powerful.

Many hadn't made it to the Sanctuary in time and died outside.

And even the Survivor Center itself is in danger, constantly defending against the Bloodline's siege.

Jiang Zhi was also somewhat hesitant, although he complained, he had, after all, joined the creed, and was worried: "Brother Bai, you..."

Bai Yilin: "....."

Still caring about these things, he had already gotten used to it.

He coughed, "There shouldn't be any problems, let's handle things here first."

Brother Su's strength had already shown to be very strong a month ago, and they hadn't seen much of Brother Su since.

Although it's unknown how much he has grown, as long as he doesn't encounter a swarm of Bloodline outside, he'll most likely be fine.

Long Xun didn't understand the relaxation of the two.

Aren't they worried?

After all.

Any of the Bloodline outside could be Eighth Rank, not to mention the Blood King and his high-order Bloodline elite underlings.

And on the other side.

The Blood King, clad in a bloody trench coat and standing three meters tall, was full of bullet wounds, though healing, he appeared groggy and unkempt.

A terrifyinng Fire Dragon roaring forth.

A Rubik's Cube crushing space, crumbling.

And a dark figure suppressing a large number of Bloodline.

And the burst of strength that was emanating from Su Qi, overpowering, as he lifted the Desert Eagle in his hand: "My apologies, Lord Blood King."

"Sorry, I'm a bit pressed for time."