I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

The problem is that Li Mo obviously doesn't care as much as the three True Ancestors. He saw that the Fourth True Ancestor and Aurora were one body with two souls. If he really killed the other party, it would probably cause Aurora and the other eleven original bodies to die. The consequences would probably be too troublesome for him. He would have considered a solution once and for all. The current plan to break through the other party's soul protection and turn him into a slave is his solution.

But for the Fourth Progenitor, this was absolutely unacceptable. If she were more tactful or even slightly more diplomatic, she would have become the fourth Night Empire's queen long ago, instead of remaining sealed away until she was released by someone else.

No, no... let that imposter die...

After the Fourth Progenitor screamed for more than ten seconds, he realized that his soul defenses were getting weaker and weaker. He hardened his heart and made a decision to deliberately enter a state of soul hibernation, letting the sleeping Agurora take the blame.

Even though the Fourth True Ancestor was unaware of the various soul-contracting techniques Li Mo possessed, she instinctively had a bad feeling after hearing what Li Mo said. Moreover, the opponent's strength was unprecedented. How could she dare to gamble her safety on the opponent's failure? It would be better to just awaken Aurora. In any case, in the eyes of the Fourth True Ancestor, the consciousness of Aurora's original body was just a so-called fake thing, and she didn't care whether it lived or died.

Therefore, the Fourth Progenitor realized that something was wrong with his current situation and simply chose to escape. He began to awaken Aurora's soul to take the blame while preparing to shrink his soul power and enter a dormant state to heal.

"Tsk tsk, trying to play tricks? You really think you can escape?"

Li Mo had already discerned the Fourth True Ancestor's intentions from his actions at the very beginning. Naturally, he wouldn't let this opportunity slip by, and directly used his soul power as the sharp edge to encircle the Fourth True Ancestor's soul in one fell swoop.

In this regard, the Fourth Ancestor underestimated Li Mo. She believed that the premise for Li Mo's ability to escape unscathed by concealing his consciousness instead of confronting the enemy head-on was that Li Mo himself was not skilled in the subtle manipulations of the soul. However, she had no idea that while the Strike the Blood world was not particularly outstanding in the realm of the soul, Li Mo from other worlds connected through the [White Mist Space] had considerable expertise in the soul realm.

As you can see, the [Seed of the Extraordinary] and [Shadow Legion] that Li Mo used in various worlds actually incorporated their expertise in the realm of the soul. Apart from high-level worlds or special worlds such as Hunter x Hunter, D&D, and DNF, it would be very difficult to find someone in other worlds who surpasses Li Mo in the realm of the soul.

At the very least, there are very few top experts in the Strike the Blood world who have this kind of expertise. Even the Fourth Progenitor had never encountered it before, which is why he wanted to make Aurora take the blame. However, Li Mo has unique methods in this regard.

It must be said that Li Mo's extraordinary powers from other worlds, obtained through the cheat of the [White Mist Space], and the combination of Human Immortal Martial Arts and True Essence Martial Arts, are a superhuman power system that can be described as a bug-level problem. However, what Li Mo finds even more important is the research and development achievements of Li Mo in many different worlds regarding the native extraordinary powers of his own world. Not to mention the research on extraordinary powers themselves, subjects such as divination and anti-divination, soul domain research, and analysis of the essence of extraordinary powers, any achievement would be of immense value.

In particular, the research on spirit particles in the Bleach anime world, the research on souls and spirits in the Ga-Rei Zero world, and the research on souls and contracts in the D&D world have allowed Li Mo from the Strike the Blood world to easily reach a level in the realm of souls and contracts that many legendary wizards in the D&D world could not achieve. For example, the Fourth Progenitor, the Primal, would absolutely not be able to resist his soul contract.

In less than a minute, Li Mo happily captured the original soul of the Fourth Progenitor and directly used a modified version of the Contract from the D&D world. The prototype is the Felguard Contract of the wizards in the D&D world, which allows wizards to sign contracts with certain magical creatures and even share some of their talents and abilities or spells.

In this regard, Li Mo felt that signing a soul contract with the Fourth True Ancestor might actually be a good thing for him. At least the Fourth True Ancestor's innate abilities, such as summoning familiars, should be able to achieve that, right?

"...You, you must release those demonic claws! I will not submit to you!"

When Aurora's consciousness took control of her body and she discovered a very strange connection with Li Mo, she was shocked to see Li Mo reaching out to rub her golden hair. Even the blonde loli, who didn't have much common sense, felt something was wrong and tried her best to stop Li Mo's teasing.

"Hmm, Aurora, your tone of voice is a bit too old-fashioned now. Your current speaking style should be like this..."

Listening to her speech, which sounded like someone who had watched too much anime and games and was considered delusional in the modern world, Li Mo gave the blonde loli's beautiful golden hair a good rub. While using [Divine Refinement] to dress her in a Japanese junior high school uniform, he also used a soul contract to impart modern daily knowledge to her.

Indeed, when Li Mo discovered that he had formed a contract with the original soul of the Fourth True Ancestor, he also made contact with Aurora and the other eleven original bodies. However, the contact with those eleven original bodies did not receive any response for the time being. Aurora, who was in front of Li Mo, was different. She and the original soul of the Fourth True Ancestor were one body with two souls. In the past, the original soul of the Fourth True Ancestor could use this to slumber and heal his injuries, and even use the familiar [Demon Queen's Azure Ice]. But after being branded with a soul contract, it became a buy-one-get-one-free deal.

For Li Mo, this was naturally something to be happy about. He didn't particularly like the tyrannical loli, but it was different with the cute blonde loli Aurora. Whether he had read the original anime of Strike the Blood or seen the real person who looked so easy to bully, Li Mo had developed a fondness for the blonde loli and naturally treated her with great kindness and friendliness.

Soon, Aurora finished receiving the modern common sense that Li Mo had instilled in her, which finally made her tone of voice less childish. However, Aurora still remained loyal to the Fourth Progenitor and helped relay his words!

……

"Originally, I said you were a complete bastard!"

"Thank you for the compliment. Tell her that if she doesn't behave, the soul contract will punish her. Just don't make her kneel down and beg for mercy in pain!"

"I was originally told to be mean to you! Awooo~!"...

Later, in the middle of the underground palace, Aurora tilted her head and looked at Li Mo, happily eating the delicious ice cream he had manifested. Then she relayed the Fourth Progenitor's complaints about failing to obtain blood from Li Mo in order to heal his injuries.

Li Mo responded sharply to Aurora's relay of the Fourth Progenitor's words. He knew that the vampires in the Strike the Blood world could obtain the memories of the victims by absorbing their blood. Even if Li Mo had the means to erase blood memories, he would not rashly give the Fourth Progenitor's blood to restore the Tyrant Lolita, who had not yet recovered, to her full strength. That would be simply asking for trouble.

To be honest, Li Mo wasn't entirely at ease with the Fourth Progenitor. Even though this tyrant loli was now branded with a soul contract, it was hard to believe that she would truly be completely devoted to Li Mo. Perhaps only the blonde loli Aurora would believe it. Moreover, Li Mo was very blunt, directly laying out the punishment methods of the soul contract in the open. He didn't believe that after experiencing the punishment of the soul contract once or twice, the Fourth Progenitor would still be so arrogant.

In this regard, Li Mo has great faith in the achievements of the D&D world's Li Mo and other worlds' Li Mo regarding the modification of soul contracts. It's not a widespread control method like the [Seed of the Extraordinary]. The mage's summoned creature contract in the D&D world is already quite domineering. Once the modified version of the soul contract is successfully signed, even if the latter is stronger than the signer, they cannot escape the influence of the soul contract.

Li Mo still had great faith in the binding force of the soul contract. After talking with Aurora for a while, and letting the blonde loli who had entered a dormant state due to her increased strength through the soul contract enter his [portable world] to recuperate, Li Mo released his familiar [Demoness's Azure Ice] to test its power and methods.

As Li Mo was testing his familiars, he suddenly heard a faint sound coming from the passage created by the aftershock of his punch not long ago. When he slightly raised his head and looked in the direction of the passage, several figures were staring at him and his familiars in disbelief, letting out exclamations of surprise:

"The Fourth True Ancestor has truly awakened?!"

Chapter 10 The Uninvited Guest

Rewinding to a dozen minutes earlier, when Li Mo had a "friendly" and "kind" conversation with the Fourth True Ancestor, using force and a soul contract to make this irritable tyrant loli obey, the archaeological team finally calmed down.

Indeed, after experiencing an earthquake and extremely low temperatures, the oppressive aura of the familiar [Demon Queen's Azure Ice], and witnessing from afar that the aftershock of Li Mo's punch pierced through a hundred meters of ground and stirred up a gust of wind in the sky, the archaeological team organized by Liana*Kalyana was thrown into chaos. It took the vampire countess and Xiaoya City a lot of effort to calm the archaeological team down.

As mentioned before, the archaeological team was established by Liana Kalyana, who had almost exhausted her family's connections and wealth, drawing upon the Night Empire and the Neon Ra people of the First Progenitor. While the quality of the team members might not be top-tier, they were certainly a reasonably capable team. However, apart from Xiaoya City, who had seen many dangerous situations, and Liana Kalyana, who had at least experienced several small-scale wars, the rest of the archaeological team did not possess the same mental fortitude to remain calm and composed when repeatedly encountering unexpected dangers.

What a joke! The members of the archaeological team all possessed a certain level of supernatural knowledge. First, they encountered an earthquake upon landing on the island, followed by an unexpectedly low temperature. They were able to maintain some composure rather than completely panic. Later, when the pressure from the True Ancestor's familiar beast and the sky were covered by the attack, the guards of the archaeological team were filled with trepidation. They did not believe they had the ability to face such a powerful enemy that made them lose all will to fight. There would be no other outcome but death.

In particular, the guards sent by Japan were even less capable than the guards that the Kalyana family had put together with all their might. They had no intention of fighting that strongman to the death. If they weren't protecting Xiaoya City, they would have already made a tactical retreat!

“Ms. Karjana, now can you tell me what exactly is hidden in this place?”

Seeing that the archaeological team had been somewhat calmed down, Xiaoyacheng turned to look at Liana Karyana. He had no intention of striking up a conversation with any pretty woman he saw, as he usually did. Instead, he stared at her with a cold face, preparing to extract more information from her.

"That is the sealed location of one of the Fourth True Ancestor's original bodies, and that's why our Kalyana family came here!"

Faced with Xiaoya's direct questioning, Liana Karyan readily revealed what she knew. She understood that if she didn't tell the truth, she couldn't expect any further help from Xiaoya. After recounting her information, she gazed in the direction where she had just felt the pressure of the True Ancestor's familiar, a strange, uncertain light flashing in her eyes: "Now it seems, it really is the sealed place of the Fourth True Ancestor. The familiar that wields the power of ice seems to be..."

Well, Liana Calyana isn't panicking at all right now. Or rather, she's staked everything on this archaeological expedition, going all in and waiting for the outcome. It seems she hasn't lost completely yet. Gozo Island did indeed seal away a body of the Fourth Progenitor, but for some unknown reason, an accident occurred.

In any case, Liana Kalyana was quite wise. She didn't think that the seal on the Fourth True Ancestor's body on Gozo Island would inexplicably malfunction. The oppressive aura of the True Ancestor's familiar and the sudden gust of wind that dispersed the clouds in the sky all proved that other powerful beings had definitely arrived on Gozo Island. As for their purpose, even a fool could tell that it was for this sealed Fourth True Ancestor's body.

Therefore, Liana Kalyana had to tie herself to Xiaoya City. She was quite aware of her own combat strength. Being close to breaking through to the upper-level vampire and being a true upper-level vampire were two different concepts. It was foreseeable that she would definitely not be able to defeat that unknown powerhouse. So, if she wanted to achieve her family's goal of clinging to a powerful figure, she naturally had to seek help from outsiders.

As for whether Xiaoya City would agree, Liana Kalyana, who had some understanding of his situation, was very confident in the influence of Japan on him. Given the opportunity to come into contact with the Fourth True Ancestor's body, Japan would never let it go!

"This is troublesome! We have to go check it out no matter what!"

Upon hearing Liana Kalyana's words, Xiaoya Cheng, knowing the true nature of the Progenitor's body, turned pale. He couldn't refuse because he owed the Japanese government a favor. He sighed helplessly, then gestured to his guards and calmly replied to Liana Kalyana, indicating that she should follow him to the sealing location of the Fourth Progenitor's body.

Xiao Yacheng even brought his two children with him. He didn't think that if they encountered real danger, the archaeological team could still worry about the safety of his children. It might be safer to bring them with him, although it was also possible that it would be more dangerous!

……

"The Fourth True Ancestor has truly awakened?!"

When the archaeological team arrived at the site of the ruins' palace, they didn't even need to think about excavation or breaking the sealing spell. They went straight through the new passage opened up by the aftershock of Li Mo's punch. When Xiao Yacheng looked down and saw the interior of the palace, he felt his scalp tingle and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Inside the underground palace, in the icy space still surrounded by a layer of ice, a handsome and tall man with black hair and black eyes, wearing a trench coat, stood in the center, looking at them curiously.

Behind Li Mo, a winged, mermaid-like demon bird held a treasure bottle, gazing at everyone in the new passage.

Beside her, Liana Karyana trembled uncontrollably as she stared intently at the distinctly recognizable True Ancestor Familiar, muttering to herself:

"That's the twelfth familiar, the Demoness's Azure Ice! There's no mistake, it's definitely the familiar of the Fourth True Ancestor as recorded..."

Even though the Calyana family is currently in a bad situation, and its position in the Night Empire of the First Progenitor is precarious, Liana Calyana, as one of the family's key talents, knows information that outsiders cannot match.

Especially information related to the True Ancestors is a top secret in the world. There are very few people and vampires who truly know the names of the three True Ancestors. The familiars and special abilities of the True Ancestors are also rarely known to others. Even those who know this information will not easily reveal it.

Liana Kalyana only learned about the Fourth Progenitor's familiars by using her family connections and her background as a former countess.

At this moment, Xiaoya Cheng finally came to his senses. Looking at the underground palace that had lost its sealing technique, he gritted his teeth and said helplessly:

"Really? The Fourth Ancestor actually broke free of the seal and is practically delivering himself to our doorstep..."

The world's strongest vampire progenitor was waiting for them to come to him, a treatment so extravagant that Xiao Ya Cheng wished he never had to encounter it. Xiao Kojou, Xiao Nagisa, and even the guards who had come with him were all pale-faced, their fear growing with each newfound knowledge of the situation.

After all, those in the know understand how valuable a true ancestor of the vampire clan is. Yet they themselves have willingly delivered themselves to his doorstep. Is this a voluntary suicide mission, or a death sentence?

"That's right, the one controlling [The Demoness's Azure Ice] must be the Fourth True Ancestor..."

Compared to Xiaoya City and the others who were deathly pale, Liana Karyana, after a brief moment of shock, quickly composed herself, her mind racing as she made a decision. She swiftly landed on the floor of the underground palace, knelt on one knee, and respectfully bowed to Li Mo, saying, "Liana Karyana, the sixth head of the Karyana family, greets His Majesty the Fourth True Ancestor!"

Well, whether the "Fourth Progenitor's physical body" remains sealed or not, Liana Calana will do everything in her power to gain control of it, even if it means being forced to participate in the "Feast of Flames," the true resurrection ceremony of the Fourth Progenitor.

Even if the Fourth Progenitor were to truly resurrect, only one victor among the various factions possessing the twelve original bodies would have the chance to become the Fourth Progenitor's [Blood Servant] or [Blood Companion]. However, for the Kalyana family, which is on the verge of being removed from the ranks of the nobility, that is something they can think about later. It is far more important to gain control of one of the Fourth Progenitor's original bodies now in order to prevent the Kalyana family from declining.

Now, Liana Kalyana has chosen to change her approach without much thought. She doesn't think she can face a Fourth Progenitor who commands a Progenitor's familiar directly, even if the other party is in its original form, the outcome will be the same. However, she is certainly not foolish enough to call the other party a fake and directly address him as the Fourth Progenitor.

"Oh? Is he a descendant of Juran?!"

Seeing Liana Karyana's respectful posture, Li Mo glanced down at her slightly and said in a very calm tone.

Li Mo's words caused Liana Karyana's pupils to shrink slightly, and she lowered her head even further, adopting an even more respectful posture.

In the world of the anime Strike the Blood, the First Progenitor, who occupied a large area of ​​Eastern Europe and established the first Night Empire of the vampires, was named Kai Juran Barada. The First Progenitor's real name is also rarely known. Even among the vampires of the three Night Empires, only vampire nobles with lineages know the Progenitor's full name.

Most of the time, no vampire noble would dare to directly utter the name of the True Ancestor. They would address him as "Your Majesty XX" without any sense of offense, as that would be a death wish.

At this moment, upon hearing Li Mo address her ancestor by his surname, Liana Karyana disregarded any reprimand and inwardly screamed:

[That's right! The man before me is the twelfth prototype of the Fourth True Ancestor!]

The full name of the First Progenitor is known only to the direct descendants and vampire nobles of the Night Empire. Liana Calyana does not believe that just any vampire, demon, or even human would know it. Even if there were humans or demons who knew the full name of the First Progenitor, they would not dare to joke about this and impersonate the Fourth Progenitor's body.

Moreover, the Fourth Ancestor's physical form is not something that can be easily faked. Even if someone has the special ability to imitate appearance, it's easier to imitate humans or demons, but imitating vampires is much more difficult. The vampires' innate abilities alone are not easy to imitate, not to mention the vampires' signature ability in the Strike the Blood world, which is to summon familiars, something that is not something that ordinary people can do.

In this regard, summonable beasts that require life force are exclusive to vampires and a very small number of extraordinary individuals who don't care about spending their lives. As for True Ancestor-level beasts, there are very few to be found anywhere in the world. Liana Kalyana only learned about the Fourth True Ancestor and his twelve beasts by using the extensive connections accumulated by her family and by consulting all the stored information.

Although she didn't understand why the Fourth True Ancestor's physical form, which she knew was supposed to be female, had become male, Liana Kalyana was absolutely certain that Li Mo was the Fourth True Ancestor's physical form!

"Congratulations, Miss Liana, on achieving your wish. We will not disturb His Majesty the Fourth Progenitor's meeting with Miss Liana any longer, and will take our leave now..."

At this moment, at the entrance to the new passage a hundred meters above, Xiao Yacheng chuckled dryly a few times, respectfully bowed to Li Mo, and gestured to his son Xiao Gucheng and daughter Xiao Nagisa to follow him and prepare for the evacuation.

Okay, so Xiaoya Cheng saw the situation was turning bad and wanted to run away. Even though he owed the Japanese government a favor, it didn't mean he was going to risk his life to repay it. When he was sent by Japan, he did receive hints from the Japanese government that if the "Heavenly Ruins" were valuable, he could fight for it, and they even gave him an emergency aid item, but they definitely didn't consider this kind of danger!

The original body of the Fourth True Ancestor!

It's the kind of situation where it has clearly broken free of its seal and even summoned a True Ancestor's familiar. To put it bluntly, it's probably quite confident that it can conquer Japan.

This is no joke. With Japan's extraordinary power, it would be truly difficult to defeat a True Ancestor Level 1 expert unless they obediently ask the Celestial Empire for help. Otherwise, even if they were to defeat a True Ancestor Level 1 expert, the price they would pay would be extremely heavy, and it is not impossible that they would even lose all of their extraordinary experts.

Xiaoya City was well aware of his own strength. Even if he and a few guards went together, it would be good enough if they could hold back the vampire countess. As for hoping to defeat a mere physical body of the Fourth True Ancestor, it would be better to hope that reinforcements would arrive immediately.

Unfortunately, Xiaoyacheng and the others wanted to leave, but Li Mo had already focused his attention on them, and naturally he wouldn't let these guys, who had some role to play, go!

……

As Xiaoyacheng, along with his two children and several guards, attempted to leave, he turned around and saw Li Mo and Liana Karyana suddenly appear before him. His and the others' expressions turned extremely grim.

In reality, even Liana Kalyana looked completely bewildered. She, too, had no idea why she had been teleported to the ground with this "Fourth Progenitor."

Fortunately, Liana Karyana had already accepted Li Mo's identity as the "Fourth True Ancestor." In her eyes, a True Ancestor-level expert was omnipotent. Techniques like spatial teleportation, which were actually quite difficult, were no challenge for a True Ancestor. Moreover, she wisely made her position clear, signaling the two family guards to stand aside.

At this moment, the guards of the Kalyana family would naturally not misjudge the situation. Not to mention that they were on the same side as their family head, even if there was no family head in front of them and the Fourth True Ancestor was present, it was not hard to guess which side they would stand on as vampires. They immediately ran behind their family head and respectfully became his followers.

Xiaoya City and several Japanese guards did not say anything about Liana Kalyana's actions. Xiaoya City even shielded his son Xiaogu City and daughter Xiaonagisa behind him, looking at the "Fourth Progenitor" in front of him with trepidation!

"Oh? Cursed by a special curse spell, becoming an immortal?"

Seeing the stunned expressions of Akatsuki and the others, who dared not retreat or attack, Li Mo casually glanced at Akatsuki to assess the situation. He then disdainfully looked at Akatsuki Kojou and Akatsuki Nagisa, before glimpsing the now completely insignificant male protagonist and instantly teleporting to Akatsuki Nagisa's side. He looked at the black-haired little girl with interest, recalling her all-powerful little sister persona from the original story, and said in a calm tone, "There is also a young shrine maiden with considerable potential..."

Seeing Li Mo commenting on his sister, Xiao Gucheng almost rushed over, but his father grabbed him and covered his mouth, clearly not wanting his son to be easily killed by the "Fourth True Ancestor".

Even the few Japanese guards who were ordered to protect Xiaoya City and his family adopted a pacifist stance at this moment. The reason was that they knew that even if they were all together, they wouldn't be able to defeat that vampire countess. Challenging the strongest Fourth Ancestor would be like asking for their own demise. Xiaoya City, on the other hand, still had some sense of responsibility. At least when he told his son not to act impulsively, his eyes were fixed on Li Mo and Xiao Nagisa, and one hand unconsciously gripped the gun handle.