As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 209 The Song of Silence
【Hero's Tombstone】, the remnant soul of an old artifact.

As a spirit that has developed self-awareness over time due to the influence of human spiritual power, the "Hero's Tombstone" is essentially the remains of an ancient tomb or even a tombstone in the literal sense.

The graves and tombstones of the powerful of the past are directly influenced by the remains of those powerful figures.

On the other hand, the real names, birth and death dates, and epitaphs engraved on tombstones also possess a mysterious spiritual power.

People who come to the cemetery year after year to worship, mourn, and make offerings will also mix their sorrow and prayers into the spiritual ripples, infusing them into the tombstones and graves.

Over time, tombstones became the embodiment of corpses, with a certain chance of surviving in the cataclysm of annihilating civilizations in the form of pure energy.

Each of the four eras has its own "hero's tombstone".

The family cemeteries of old noble families, the royal mausoleums of royalty, and even higher-level places—the final resting place of martyrs who saved the world—the tombstones originating from these places can even contain the power of several generations of strong individuals, far more powerful than a single guardian spirit.

Sheikh Krat's "hero's tombstone" is certainly not a fragment of a legendary strongman's grave.

However, in order to resonate with the "Crimson Deck" from the vampire clan.

He also went to great lengths to collect a Gothic tombstone belonging to a vampire count.

At this moment, the tombstone stood before him like an indestructible shield, its ancient and intricate characters radiating wisps of red light that perfectly enveloped him.

Not a single crimson blade could penetrate this defensive line.

Chu Zhifeng's attacks were intercepted by "Gargoyle" and "Crimson Noble" in two consecutive rounds. He also inhaled a large amount of dizzying and hallucinogenic "Mist Mushroom" spores, and completely lost his mind.

However, the gap between a newcomer and the boss is not so easily bridged by uncontrolled murderous intent.

The crimson light swirling around him flew faster and faster, its attack angles becoming increasingly cunning, yet it could only cut wounds no deeper than half a finger on the gargoyle's gray skin, which shone with a rocky luster. The flesh inside the wounds still retained the texture of rock, without a single drop of blood seeping out, nor affecting the gargoyle's increasingly ferocious counterattacks.

The "Crimson Noble" was even more like a ghost, dancing gracefully amidst the crimson light.

Vampires have always considered blood as a delicacy.

Chu Zhifeng's blood transformed into sharp blades, hitting the opponent's target exactly where it wanted. Often, while piercing through the "Crimson Noble's" cloak and body, it would be absorbed into the opponent's body, healing the insignificant wounds.

Even if a few manage to slip through the net and penetrate the creeping gray fog, they are often weakened, broken, and annihilated under the intimidation of the "Hero's Tombstone," unable to even cut off a single hair of Sheikh Krat's head.

Despite this, the owner of the Shattered Star Club still looked extremely solemn.

He doesn't have time to waste on a crazy loser.

Heaven knows if the hospital discovered Chu Zhifeng's escape, or how many people will follow his trail all the way here.

If he can't escape with all the cards and coins before the club is surrounded by all sorts of people, then he's doomed!

Thinking of this, Sheikh Krat gritted his teeth, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and his hooked nose grew longer at a visible speed. Under the shroud of gray mist and blood light, he seemed to have transformed into an evil wizard from the Crimson Magic Tower of the Illusionary Demon Era.

He muttered incantations, each syllable he uttered low, obscure, convoluted, and eerie, like menacing worms crawling out from the depths of his throat.

With the surge of the incantation, both the "Gargoyle" and the "Crimson Noble" seemed to have been injected with stimulants or even accelerants, their speed suddenly increasing to a new level. Propelled by the gray mist, they transformed into two afterimages, fiercely attacking Chu Zhifeng. Chu Zhifeng let out a hysterical scream, and more than a dozen streams of blood-red light coalesced into a devastating blood-red battle blade, severing the "Gargoyle's" head in a single strike.

The headless gargoyle remained unaffected, still spreading its arms wide and firmly embracing its target, which was almost drained of blood.

Its ten fingers have ten sharp barbs at their tips, which hooked Chu Zhifeng's blood vessels, bones, fascia, and even nerves.

From the headless cavity, a large amount of grayish-white gelatinous gas gushed out, spreading rapidly across Chu Zhifeng's body surface.

Soon, Chu Zhifeng's right arm, right shoulder blade, right chest, and even the right half of his body turned a rock-like grayish-white, rendering him completely immobile.

This is the Gargoyle's core skill: Petrification!
Chu Zhifeng was filled with shock and anger.

The desperate struggle resulted in the petrified half of the body making a "crackling" sound. Spiderweb-like cracks continued to expand from the shoulder and elbow joints, and the skin and flesh continued to crack, soon revealing the white bones.

The gargoyle's head chuckled eerily from the ground.

The gelatinous gas gushing from the cavity continued to flow towards the left side of Chu Zhifeng's body.

Chu Zhifeng stopped struggling.

After flying above his head, the "Crimson Noble" transformed into an enormous bat under the cover of gray mist and blood-red light.

The bat flapped its spiky wings desperately, its gaping maw opened to an unbelievable degree, emitting a howl that was inaudible to the human ear but powerful enough to stir up a monstrous storm in the depths of its target's soul.

This is one of the core skills of the "Vacuum Nobles", "Song of Silence".

Ultrasound waves of a specific frequency can penetrate most physical defenses, directly causing severe concussions and internal bleeding in the target.

When "Song of Silence" and "Petrification" are cast simultaneously, there is a certain probability of triggering a synergy effect, just like what's happening now—

“Crack, crack, crack!”

Chu Zhifeng's petrified skin emitted a terrifying cracking sound.

He was like a vase that wasn't particularly exquisite, with holes constantly being poked into it by forces from within.

Grayish-white skin and flesh exploded like a shower of flowers, only returning to a mess of blood plasma after they landed with a clatter.

In just over ten seconds, his skin and most of his flesh were peeled away.

All that remained was a gruesome skeleton, still standing alone and trembling in the center of the gray fog, sustained by incomprehensible ambition, obsession, and regret.

Sheikh Krat raised his arm high behind the "Hero's Tombstone".

The "Gargoyle" and the "Crimson Noble" who had returned to human form were like puppets in his hands, making the exact same movements.

Their claws gleamed with a light powerful enough to tear souls apart.

(End of this chapter)