Evolution game, nothing more than that!

Yi Shen turned his head and looked at Van Helsing beside him:

"You're right..."

"Yes, it seems that this Count Dracula is really confident in his strength."

As Van Helsing spoke, he pressed the hammer of the revolver in his hand, and his other hand was placed in a position where he could take out the crossbow at any time.

After exchanging a glance with Yi Shen and the others, the four of them stepped forward together and followed the "butler" into the castle.

At the beginning, there is a long corridor, dark, gloomy, and with the cold atmosphere of the snow-capped mountains.

But when Yi Shen and others gradually went deeper into it, they heard a "crash" sound, and one torch after another inserted in the wall lit up out of thin air, as if the owner of the castle had specially lit up the path they were walking on to welcome the guests.

So caring, so confident, and so... chilling!

As they advanced step by step, the vigilance in the hearts of Yi Shen and others gradually increased to the highest level.

When they finally walked through the corridor, the "housekeeper" leading the way reached out and pushed open two heavy wooden doors.

In an instant, a burst of noise rushed into the ears of several people.

Chapter 98: The Legion of the Dead

What greeted everyone's eyes was a magnificent and bustling scene of aristocratic ball?!

In the brightly lit hall, gentlemen and ladies in gorgeous clothes were either drinking from their glasses or dancing together. Waiters carrying drinks and desserts were moving among the crowd, providing services to any guests in need.

There are also circus performers performing all kinds of wonderful tricks and acrobatics in the most conspicuous place in the hall, creating a lively scene.

However, whether it was Van Helsing or Yi Shen and others, their expressions became serious when they saw the scene before them.

Because they all saw that none of the "people" in the hall were real living people!

No matter whether they were the noble men and women in gorgeous clothes, the servants working diligently, or the nimble circus members, their faces were pale and stiff, like those of the dead, during their seemingly ordinary actions.

From the perspective of the Five Visions Universal plus Elemental Vision, Yi Shen discovered that these people all had the same eerie energy in their bodies as the old butler who led the way, and there was no trace of life in them.

Even through the mirrors in the hall, no reflection of any "person" could be seen. One could only see Van Helsing, Yi Shen and a few other visitors standing in the "empty" hall.

"These...are all vampires?"

Yi Shen asked in a low voice.

"No, they are not vampires, but dead people controlled by vampires!"

Van Helsing replied, his weapon pointed at the group of "people" before him. The dead, this is another kind of existence different from ghouls, zombies, and vampires.

In essence, they are not independent individuals, but exist only by relying on the vampires that created them, similar to puppets or familiars.

They are generally used by vampires as hunting tools. Although they will attack humans and suck blood driven by instinct, the blood that enters their bodies will be sent to the host's body. They are just a moving blood delivery channel.

However, in the past, the "dead" that Van Helsing had seen were basically like mindless ghouls, covered in blood and moving stiffly. He had never seen anyone who could imitate the postures of the living so vividly as the one in front of him.

After hearing him briefly explain the concept of "the dead", Yi Shen and the others felt a little relieved.

Is it just a puppet similar to a ghoul? It doesn't sound difficult to deal with...

Just when I was thinking about this.

Bang!

The door behind them suddenly closed.

Then, the originally noisy hall suddenly became quiet, and all the "guests" and "attendants" attending the ball turned around and stared at them.

Seeing this, Yi Shen and the others immediately gripped their weapons tightly.

at this time--

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

A round of applause sounded in the corridor on the second floor. Looking up, two figures, a man and a woman, appeared in front of everyone.

The man was dressed in black aristocratic clothes, with long black hair and a little stubble on his face. There was always an indelible melancholy in the corners of his eyes. At first glance, he looked like a handsome uncle with a complicated past.

The woman next to him was wearing a luxurious evening gown made of layers of tulle. Her shiny blonde hair was adorned with equally shiny jewelry, making her look incredibly gorgeous.

The common feature of the two is their identical scarlet eyes and the protruding canine teeth slightly exposed between their lips.

They are the real vampires!

Dracula, and his wife Minnie Harker!

"Everyone, do you like the welcome celebration I prepared for you?"

Dracula Langsheng said to the people below.

Yi Shen and the others remained silent, and it was Van Helsing, the team leader, who responded:

"...Huh, being surrounded by a bunch of puppet-like dead people, you call that a welcome?"

"Hehehe, I'm really sorry."

Dracula apologized very politely:

"There are no living people in my castle, so I can only invite these former subjects of mine to come out and liven up the atmosphere."

"Your former subjects..."

Van Helsing's face darkened slightly, and he said:

"It seems the legend is true. You are indeed the Grand Duke of Wallachia, Vlad III, who was overthrown and executed by his own people. He then returned as a vampire and devoured his enemies, his army, his ministers, and even his subjects!"

"Vlad III...what a nostalgic title."

Dracula smiled upon hearing this and nodded approvingly at Van Helsing and the others:

"It seems you have done your homework and are not foolish people who come here blindly."

"……so what?"

Van Helsing said coldly:

"After devouring everything you once possessed, what are you left with? An empty castle, a group of puppets that only dance at your command, or perhaps, a woman who has fallen into depravity and is now in cahoots with you?"

"Watch your words!"

Dracula responded to the previous words with a smile, but when Van Helsing mentioned his wife, Dracula instantly showed an angry expression:

"I think I need to teach you the etiquette a gentleman should have when dealing with women!"

"Go, catch him!"

He gave orders to the dead.

In an instant, the "guests" and "waiters" in the hall, who had been very quiet at first, roared and tore off their false disguises. They opened their bloody mouths wide and pounced on the few people like mad hounds.

However, what greeted them was the counterattack that Yi Shen and his men had prepared long ago!

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The first to come out was Yi Shen's lightning. The bright purple lightning turned into a chain of lightning, bouncing back and forth among the zombies.

Even though it was not real thunder from the sky, the extremely yang and powerful thunder still caused great damage to these dead people who were filled with dark power.

Almost in an instant, all the dead bodies that flew over were electrocuted and twitched all over, unable to move. Then, the strong electric current and the accompanying high temperature began to destroy their bodies. Their muscles were cracking, their skin was carbonizing, and their limbs were turning into charcoal bit by bit.

However, Yi Shen knew that this alone would not kill these dead people.

Their existence is similar to that of vampires and must be completely destroyed using targeted methods.

Fortunately, his teammates were prepared for this.

Van Helsing and Yamasaki An almost simultaneously took out their crossbows and fired at the motionless dead.

The dead who were hit by the silver arrows were like firewood doused with gasoline. They instantly started to ignite from the wounds and then burned to ashes in just a few seconds - this is the state that all vampires and their derivatives should be in when they are killed.

After seeing that he had interrupted the enemy's first wave of attack, Yi Shen had an idea and transformed part of the thunder into a shield, covering himself and his teammates so that they could have a safe output environment.

Seeing the shields protecting them, Van Helsing and Yamasaki An immediately felt more reassured. Without having to worry about defense, they gave it their all, using up one quiver after another of silver arrows. In just a few minutes, they had killed almost all the dead in the hall, leaving only ashes that were still warm on the ground.

"Huh, huh-"

Van Helsing looked at the empty hall, raised his head to look at Dracula, and said provocatively:

"Is this all you can do?"

"...Okay, then it's as you wish."

Dracula snapped his fingers.

The next moment, with a loud bang, several other doors in the hall burst open, and a group of knights wrapped in iron armor and holding fine steel swords walked in in a line.

Van Helsing looked at the other man's armor, then looked down at the crossbow in his hand, and couldn't help cursing:

“F*ck!”

Not to mention that he didn't have many silver arrows left, even if there were still a lot of them, this kind of pneumatic crossbow arrows would hardly penetrate these armors that looked very defensive.

In desperation, he had to throw away the crossbow, take out the revolver, and try to fire a shot to see if the hot weapon could break through the opponent's defense.

However, a scene that made Van Helsing's scalp tingle happened immediately afterwards. The knight swung his sword and actually split the bullet shot at him directly!

"Are you kidding..."

In Van Helsing's understanding, the dead, like ghouls, are beings without any mind. Even if they can perform some seemingly precise movements under the control of their vampire master, there should be a limit.

He had never seen a dead person like the one in front of him who could use a knife to cut bullets!

Chapter 99: Accidental Injury

"Don't worry, leave it to us."

Just when Van Helsing was surprised at the strength of the enemy, Yi Shen patted him on the shoulder and walked to the front.

He took off the backpack on his back, opened the bag, and then took out the heavy machine gun that Van Helsing had almost forgotten.

With a clang, the heavy machine gun and its mount fell to the ground, cracking the shiny bricks and stones in the hall.

Without Yi Shen's instructions, Yamasaki An, the fireman, immediately stepped forward, skillfully loaded the bullet belt into the machine, turned on the safety, then pointed the gun at the knights who had already charged towards them and pulled the trigger.

Dadadadadada——!

Deafening gunfire rang out. The rain of bullets, which was denser than a crossbow and more powerful than a revolver, instantly covered the entire front, turning those fully armed knights, who were as tough as tin cans, into sieves!

Under the firepower of heavy machine guns, even the plate armor of the peak of the knight era would be torn apart like a piece of paper with a single poke, and the superb martial arts that could cut bullets with a knife were meaningless at a firing rate of hundreds of rounds per minute.

Deadly silver bullets shot into the bodies of these knights one after another, and flames like those of the "guests" and "waiters" before suddenly surged on their bodies, burning their bodies to ashes in the blink of an eye.

Times have changed!

The roar of the heavy machine guns spoke volumes about this.

From the moment it was invented, all the old-age defenses and so-called martial arts lost their meaning. Even the army of the dead created by vampires was no different from straw to be harvested in the face of such firepower.

"interesting."

Dracula, who saw this scene in the corridor on the second floor, commented like this.

"Humanity's weapons have actually developed to this point..."

He sighed, and his figure flashed in an instant, appearing in front of Yi Shen and others.

Yamasaki An almost immediately turned the gun around and pointed it at him.

Da da da da da—!

He pulled the trigger without mercy, and a dense rain of bullets instantly covered Dracula's figure.

The bullet with incredible destructive power hit the unprotected body, tearing it apart almost instantly.

"This……"

Van Helsing, Yi Shen and the others were all shocked and surprised when they saw this sudden scene.

what's the situation?

Dracula came here to die?

Van Helsing subconsciously looked up at Minnie Harker who was still on the second floor, but saw that there was no expression of surprise or sadness on her face.

"No, he shouldn't be dead yet!"

"I saw."