After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 246 From the very beginning, I was not Feng Li
Hundreds of years ago, the vampires experienced a power struggle between the old and new masters. Before they could recover, a second war between the old and new masters broke out on this day!

All the clansmen hid in secluded and safe places, while those like the eldest elder, who were not afraid of trouble, chose a safe angle and gathered together to watch the battle.

After several hours of fighting, the main hall collapsed, the side halls collapsed, and the temple collapsed. Many of the already low and dilapidated vampire civilian areas also suffered unprecedented damage. In just a few hours, the entire vampire clan seemed to have experienced an unprecedented catastrophe. Apart from the clan members, all other infrastructure was reduced to ruins...

The dean of the Holy Spirit Academy exclaimed, "Every time they attack, they avoid my Holy Spirit Academy."

The elder said in a low voice, "Don't you even know who founded the Holy Spirit Academy? She's the young lady whom both the new and old masters cherish."

The dean of the Holy Spirit Academy coughed lightly: "After the battle, when everyone is homeless, let's all go to the Holy Spirit Academy to rest."

The Second Elder pondered, "The newest of these buildings belonging to the vampire clan are several hundred years old, and some are even thousands of years old. Whether it's the new or old owner, they're all so wealthy; perhaps they can rebuild them for us..."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the other spectators softened considerably.

High in the sky, the battle between the old and new masters reached its climax. The azure blade light and the strange energy rainbow of the old master complemented each other, and occasionally red blood mist splattered out, making it difficult to tell whose it was.

Among the spectators, the vampires gradually showed expressions of astonishment.

The Grand Elder muttered to himself, "Why do I feel like the old master's moves are more ferocious than before..."

The Second Elder muttered, "After all, several hundred years have passed; things are bound to change. The old master never destroyed the vampires' houses before, but look at them now, more have been destroyed by him than by the new master..."

The Dean of the Holy Spirit Academy rubbed his temples: "I still can't figure it out... How did the former master, who had lost all his cultivation, suddenly return to his peak? Such a bizarre thing has never happened to the vampires in tens of thousands of years."

It wasn't just the group of spectators who couldn't understand it.

Ning Yunzhan couldn't figure it out either.

He was covered in blood, his delicate features completely drained of color beneath a half-mask, his eyes gleaming with a bloodthirsty rage as he coldly stared at his opponent.

"Impossible! You can't be Li Yubai. He burned away all his life essence, and I personally watched him vanish into nothingness... Who are you?!"

The former master's expression was cold, but his attacks on Ning Yunzhan were all deadly. He glanced at Ning Yunzhan indifferently and said, "I am naturally Li Yubai."

"No, you're not. He's dead!" Ning Yunzhan forced himself to remain calm. "He couldn't possibly possess the power you have now..."

The former master stopped wasting words: "However, several hundred years have passed, have you forgotten... just how strong Li Yubai was back then?"

Ning Yunzhan naturally knew how strong Li Yubai had been. So strong that even with a butcher's knife, he couldn't gain the slightest advantage. If Li Yubai hadn't exhausted all his cultivation to revive the young lady, he wouldn't have been able to seize the position of the new master.

“I don’t care if you are Li Yubai or not…” Ning Yunzhan wiped the blood from his mouth, his eyes as cold as ice, “Today, I will make you bury your bones here.”

After saying that, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood from his heart. The blood dripped onto the butcher's knife, and the already eerie knife instantly radiated red light, staining half the sky red!

In the distance, the tribesmen who witnessed this scene all changed their expressions!

"The old master is that strong! The new master was actually forced to sacrifice half his life! This is terrible, the energy of the Butcher's Blade has increased thirtyfold, the old master is in danger..."

The next moment, the former master, who was as cold and aloof as jade, stood lazily in the sky, while the butcher's knife, which looked like a horde of countless evil spirits roaring, slashed down at his body from above!

"Boom—" After the blood-red light filled the sky, countless azure fragments and phantom images appeared...

The executioner's blade shattered. The former master, who should have been reduced to ashes, stood calmly in place, a hint of mockery in his eyes as he glanced at the new master.

At that moment, all the clansmen stood up in unison, horrified and shocked!

The Grand Elder stammered, "The sacrificial blade, for ten thousand years, no one in the vampire clan could withstand it, but the former master... he actually..."

The Second Elder's voice was hoarse: "The Butcher's Blade can kill everything, but it cannot kill the Demon, the foremost of the Three Sacred Artifacts..."

At that moment, a fanatical light shone in the eyes of all the vampires, and they all knelt on one knee: "Lord Puppet!!"

The Grand Elder, tears streaming down his face, exclaimed, "Lord Puppet is back! With Lord Puppet here, that plague can finally be suppressed!"

At the heart of the battle, the moment Ning Yunzhan's butcher's knife shattered, his entire body suffered a violent backlash, and he instantly weakened!

He coughed up mouthfuls of blood, slumped against the wall, his gaze fixed on his former master who was slowly approaching and looking down at him.

"You...you can actually withstand my butcher's knife! You're not Li Yubai...even Li Yubai at his peak couldn't withstand it! Who are you? Who are you really?!"

The former master leaned slightly closer to him, his voice gentle: "I'm not Li Yubai, so who could I be, hmm?"

He was clearly gentle and refined, yet there was a hint of playfulness about him. Ning Yunzhan scrutinized him, his gaze unexpectedly falling on his neck.

A red string was around her neck, and as the former owner slightly bent over, a red ring flashed briefly at the end of the string.

A flash of insight seemed to strike Ning Yunzhan's mind, and he suddenly asked, "Feng Li?"

Ever since returning from Misty Continent, that arrogant young master has had a red obsidian ring on his ring finger. He touches it all the time, loves it dearly, and never takes it off.

But... the person before me clearly looks like Li Yubai...

Seeing Ning Yunzhan's blank look, the former master laughed: "Feng Li? Feng Li died of illness five years ago, at the most beautiful age of eighteen. How could I be Feng Li? Guess again."

A terrifying thought began to surface in Ning Yunzhan's mind: "You are not Feng Li, yet you look exactly like him, and even a DNA test cannot identify you; now you are not Li Yubai, yet you look exactly like Li Yubai..."

The former owner casually wiped away the bloodstains that had gotten on his body.

Ning Yunzhan felt a chill run down his spine and said, slowly and deliberately, "So, you are a sacred artifact puppet, and the reason you were able to become one of them is because you absorbed their blood?"

The former owner gave a noncommittal smile.

Ning Yunzhan's despair could no longer be contained...

The former master gently placed his hand on his meridians, speaking softly: "Under the Devil's Triangle, you killed Li Yubai three times: the first time you were stopped by the beads on his wrist, the second time I stopped you, but the third time you left him with no remains... So I will repay you with three punishments: severed meridians, burned internal organs, and utterly destroyed mind."

Ning Yunzhan reached out and slowly removed the mask from his face. Facing imminent death, he became somewhat calmer.

"Don't forget, our fates are intertwined, we'll live and die together. And I've never intended to hurt her."

"I will spare your breath until the life-and-death curse she placed on you is lifted." A cold, sinister aura emanated from the former master's hand, like a snake slithering into Ning Yunzhan's body. "Until then, you will return to your original, lowly, and wretched life, living in a daze, barely clinging to life..."