Chapter 1 A Bang and a Rip

"Bang!" "Tear—"

A violent collision followed by an ear-splitting tearing of air: the battle between the werewolf and the vampire continued, and it had reached a point where Hao Ren couldn't interfere—not even with a cheap shot.

Vivian still held a steady upper hand. She flapped her bat wings in mid-air, using her swarm of bats and terrifying blood mist to suppress Cassa Eben. Her aerial and ranged advantages combined to make her invincible. Although Cassa Eben was at a disadvantage, he didn't seem to be easily defeated. The black mist around the werewolf's body could resist Vivian's blood mist, and even if he was accidentally injured, he could recover in the blink of an eye. The werewolf's super-strong stamina and recovery ability seemed endless, and he and Vivian were locked in a stalemate.

But the confusion in Cassa Eben's heart grew more and more uncontrollable as the battle continued: Vivian seemed much weaker than he had imagined, not as strong as the family records indicated at all.

The Eben family had dealt with Vivian long ago. When the long-lived vampire wandered around the world, she basically had dealings with all the famous "others" on this planet. Although most of those other families had disappeared, the remaining families still kept records of Vivian. Cassa Eben learned about the strange title "the Countess who summons the Blood Moon" from the family records, and knew that this was a guy that even his ancestors were quite afraid of. Being so feared by a werewolf family in its prime, and even leaving records specifically about her, this was no ordinary person. Cassa Eben had even been prepared to die bravely while continuing to fight Vivian.

But when he discovered that even a junior like himself, less than three hundred years old, could fight this vampire countess, who claimed to have lived for thousands of years, to a standstill, he immediately doubted whether he had recognized the wrong person—was this really the old monster who had lived for countless years?

However, the hesitation in his heart did not distract Cassa Eben in battle. He knew clearly that even if the countess in front of him differed from the historical records, she was definitely stronger than himself.

Hao Ren knew nothing about Vivian's glorious past, and he had no way to intervene in the battle between the two super-beings. He observed the situation, confirmed that Cassa Eben was entangled by the vampire girl and would not have time to come and cause trouble for him in the short term, and then took action himself.

He looked up at the warehouse wall beside him. Eight or nine meters above the ground, he could see a row of windows shrouded in black mist. Logically speaking, the commotion from Vivian's battle was quite loud, and even if Lily's reaction was slow, she should have known that the two of them had arrived. But now that the idiot hadn't forced her way out, it could only mean that there was something strange about these black mists, and Lily couldn't escape on her own.

He couldn't get through on the phone, so Hao Ren decided to try to climb in and see what was going on.

There was a reason why he decided to climb the wall directly instead of going around to the front or back door of the warehouse—the other werewolf hadn't shown up yet, and might be waiting at some doorway for the "vampire's accomplice" to walk right into a trap. He figured that climbing in through the window might be safer. Moreover, Vivian was watching from this side, so he could get support even if there was an accident. On the other hand, running off to another place might mean fighting the other werewolf alone, and to be honest... Hao Ren, who didn't have much combat experience, wasn't confident about that.

The outer wall of the warehouse was very smooth, with nothing to grip, and the lower half was also frozen with a thick layer of ice. But none of this could stop him. Hao Ren moved his hands and feet, tentatively tapped the outer wall of the warehouse a few times to confirm its hardness, and then gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, trying to imagine himself as a martial arts master. With a "hey," he used his hand as a knife and forcefully inserted his fingers into the reinforced concrete wall!

It hurt like hell.

But you really had to say, he actually succeeded this time. His fingers pierced deeply into the cement wall as easily as poking tofu, and judging by the feel of it, he didn't break any tendons or bones or create a bloody mess. Apart from the pain, this move of his was no different from the martial arts masters on TV. Hao Ren thought that these pains were caused by the unbalanced strengthening of his body (the senses and the strength of his limbs weren't coordinated), so he simply steeled his heart and abandoned all distracting thoughts, gritting his teeth and climbing towards the row of windows step by step. He quickly climbed halfway up, and he heard a series of roars coming from Cassa Eben's direction. Clearly, the werewolf had noticed his movements, but Vivian didn't give him a chance to escape, and all he could do was roar constantly.

The other werewolf hadn't shown up yet, and Hao Ren was curious about what that guy was doing. But the most important thing right now was to deal with the black mists that shrouded the windows. He huffed and puffed as he continued to move along the wall, and the pain caused by his fingers constantly piercing into the cement wall gradually became numb. Soon, he came to the first window. The data terminal floated out of his pocket on its own, hovering near the black mist while saying very seriously, "Idiot, does your hand hurt? Do you remember you have a rigid shield?"

Hao Ren: "..."

If his fingers weren't stuck in the wall and he couldn't pull them out, he would have fallen down on the spot!

"Why the hell didn't you say so earlier!"

"Who knew you could be so stupid?"

Hao Ren felt that he must be the first Earthling in the world to argue with his personal digital assistant every day. Not only that, but he couldn't win an argument with his personal digital assistant... It was a sad thing no matter when he thought about it.

"It's okay, it's okay, normal Earthlings wouldn't have high-tech gadgets like shields on them," Hao Ren comforted himself while actively activating the rigid shield. "I'm just not used to it. Wait until I get used to it and see, I'll be picking my nose with a shield on!"

The data terminal plopped down on the windowsill without saying a word. It probably felt ashamed to continue talking to Hao Ren.

"Lily!" Hao Ren hung on the outer wall like Spider-Man, shouting at the window with all his might, "Where are you?!"

Of course, his shout didn't get any response.

"What exactly are these black mists?" Hao Ren had come to the window, and the thick, ink-like black smoke was swirling inches away from him. These black mists not only completely blocked the window, but it was also obvious that they had penetrated into the outer wall of the warehouse. Looking closely, one could see very fine smoke seeping out of the cement cracks in the outer wall of the warehouse. From this, one could guess that the entire second floor of the warehouse was probably sealed off by smoke, and Lily must have been trapped inside because of this.

After all, with the brute strength of that idiot werewolf, it probably wouldn't be difficult to smash through the cement wall here. Even Hao Ren could dig open reinforced concrete with his bare hands, so there was no reason why Lily couldn't.

But Hao Ren quickly noticed one thing: even though the entire second floor of the warehouse was sealed off by black mist, his fingers still easily pierced into the cement outer wall of this floor.

"Tsk... could it be that 'magic immunity' again?" Hao Ren looked curiously at the cement outer wall covered with a thin layer of smoke, and knocked on the wall a few times with his hand. Some cement chunks were easily dug off.

The black mists were as if they didn't exist.

This reminded him of the Laita runes he had seen in the basement of the Yoford castle. It seemed that the werewolf's black mist, like those runes, was ineffective against Hao Ren.

"I'm going all out." Hao Ren looked at the window shrouded in black mist in front of him, held his breath, closed his eyes, and threw himself inside.

"Bang—crash!"

"Damn, the window was closed!"

The sound of shattering glass also alarmed Cassa Eben, who was entangled with Vivian. He was shocked to see that the strange man who had appeared earlier had directly penetrated his black mist blockade and had already entered the warehouse!

The werewolf subconsciously exclaimed, "How could..."

Cassa Eben had noticed Hao Ren, who had appeared with Vivian, before, but the latter had never joined the battle and didn't seem to be very powerful. In addition, the huge pressure from Vivian made it impossible to be distracted, so he didn't pay too much attention to him. Even when he saw Hao Ren climbing towards the second floor of the warehouse, he thought that the entire second floor was sealed off by black mist, so he wasn't too worried. But the scene that was happening now made Cassa Eben feel like his worldview had been refreshed.

If his black mist blockade was broken by brute force or skill, that would be fine, and he would be convinced. But the current situation... how the hell did he just drill right in?! He drilled in like nothing happened!