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Chapter 10 Vampires

When S.H.I.E.L.D.'s space carrier arrived at the Palace of Eternal Night, the battle to eradicate the vampires officially began.

The space carrier sailed directly above the Palace of Eternal Night, with dozens of high-intensity ultraviolet irradiation lamps mounted on its deck.

Ultraviolet rays shone down, enveloping the Palace of Eternal Night and all the surrounding buildings.

Outside the Palace of Eternal Night, the vampires were caught off guard by this sudden attack.

Thousands of vampires turned to ashes under ultraviolet light.

Only a few quick-reacting mixed-blood vampires and pure-blooded vampires with high resistance to ultraviolet radiation managed to escape unharmed by hiding in nearby buildings.

One drone after another started up, continuously spraying concentrated garlic extract liquid downwards.

The garlic extract liquid quickly atomized upon landing and seeped into the building.

The agonizing screams of the vampires echoed from the building.

The pain of having one's internal organs corroded is something most people cannot bear.

Garlic gas is not enough to kill vampires, but it can temporarily incapacitate them.

Some vampires wearing protective suits and garlic-proof masks attempted to escape but were also shot dead by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents using silver bullets.

The very few vampires who, unaware of their extraordinary strength or simply blessed by Lady Luck, manage to break through the hail of bullets, will face their final judgment—an arrow.

He's the man with a 100% win rate when he joins a team.

Hawkeye, Clinton Francis Patton.

Russell noticed that while Clinton was picking off elite vampires, he also took the time to shoot specially made arrows into the buildings where the vampires were hiding from various tricky angles.

As expected of an ADC, the damage output is incredible.

But then, wouldn't I just be a bystander?

How come these vampires are so weak? Knowing their own racial weaknesses and that they can't fight head-on, why don't they dig some tunnels and fight a guerrilla war?

"Tony, Gwen, Russell," Hill's voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"Your mobility is high, so you can provide timely support should any vampires emerge from the tunnels."

I've sent the terrain scan map to Jarvis; all the exits are marked.

"Received." x3.

Finally, I have something to do.

"Whack-a-Mole" is such an easy and enjoyable activity.

Russell's powerful senses allowed him to clearly hear the vampire's footsteps in the tunnel.

One, two, three.

For a time, outside the Hall of Eternal Night, the situation was very favorable for S.H.I.E.L.D.

But Russell knew things weren't that simple.

The power of the Blood God continues to flow into the Eternal Night Palace.

At that moment, a handsome young man rushed out of the Eternal Night Palace and ran wildly towards the blockade line.

He was unharmed, bathed in ultraviolet light and breathing air filled with garlic extract.

As for the specially made silver bullets, they were helpless against him.

Clinton drew his bow and arrow, but upon seeing who it was, he lowered his hand.

This handsome young man is none other than the Blade Warrior who escaped from the center of the Eternal Night Temple altar.

"I have important intelligence."

In short, the blade attracted everyone's attention.

"Inside the Palace of Eternal Night, the Blood God's Descent Ceremony is still ongoing. Several hundred vampires have already been converted into blood beings, and several thousand more are in the process of conversion."

Vampires are stronger, faster, and more physically robust than bloodlust.

Moreover, it is resistant to silver, garlic extract, and ultraviolet rays.

It has a super self-healing ability; injured limbs will decompose into blood and then quickly regenerate.

Its only weakness is anticoagulants.

"Are all the vampires outside just discarded pawns, used to distract us?"

Hill frowned, and as the commander, she quickly realized Deacon Flowerster's strategy.

"Director Fury, I request fire support to destroy the Temple of Eternal Night. Also, I request the delivery of a batch of anticoagulants."

Despite efforts to control the scale of the fighting, as the battle began, more than a dozen media outlets still rushed to the scene by helicopter or car, but were all intercepted.

A large-scale military operation took place in the suburbs of New York, which even used high-powered missiles.

Nick Fury can already imagine how the New York media will report on it tomorrow.

This decision was not easy to make.

"approve."

Regardless of the consequences, Nick Fury agreed to Hill's decision.

The artillery fire razed the Eternal Night Palace to the ground, and incidentally, they also probed the strength of the vampires.

We'll discuss the New York media's reaction later.

If the vampires are really as Blade said, there might not be a New York City after tonight.

A missile was launched from the space carrier, its target being the Palace of Eternal Night.

Jericho missile!

Tony recognized it as a Jellicoe missile manufactured by Stark Industries.

"Lie down!"

"Boom boom boom!"

A shockwave swept across the surroundings, followed by billowing dust.

As the smoke and dust cleared, the ruins of the Eternal Night Palace came into view.

Having lost the protection of the Eternal Night Palace, they were exposed to ultraviolet searchlights.

Thousands of unconverted vampires howled as they slowly turned to ashes.

The Jericho missile lived up to expectations in its power.

But another scene is even more chilling.

There are still nearly a thousand surviving vampires, no, vampires.

Many of them lost limbs or even only half of their bodies in the recent explosion.

Without exception, they are all recovering rapidly at this moment.

A clump of blood foam coalesced, and the severed limb reappeared completely in just over ten seconds.

"The good news is that at least we haven't seen anyone recover from being blown to bits."

Tony told a lame joke, and everyone just found it lame, not funny.

Apart from Russell.

"That's definitely good news."

[Energy Extraction] It can extract energy from blood foam.

Although the distance is too far and the absorption rate is not high, there are a lot of people.

The hundreds of injured vampires just now provided a total of more than 400 attribute points.

Can I directly absorb the Blood God's energy? I'll try it later.

"See that? This is the vampire race! This is the power bestowed upon us by our gods! Human weapons are utterly useless against us."

Deacon Flower stepped forward, pointed to New York behind the S.H.I.E.L.D. team, and swung his hand down heavily.

"Now, kill them all and drink their blood."

"Then, I will dedicate New York to my God."

"Rush!"

Nearly a thousand vampires charged toward the S.H.I.E.L.D. blockade like ghosts, bullets only leaving fleeting bullet holes in their bodies.

"Under the cover of air and space carrier fire, ground personnel board vehicles and evacuate."

Seeing that the prepared weapons were ineffective against the vampires, Hill quickly gave the order to cover the retreat.

Hill had no intention of using the lives of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to temporarily delay the vampires' advance.

The immediate priority is anticoagulants and finding other weaknesses in the vampire clan.

While the SHIELD crew evacuated, Russell, Gwen, and Tony went against the tide.

Gwen used her spider silk to trip the vampires' legs, hindering their pursuit, but found they couldn't break free immediately.

Gwen immediately shared the message on the combat channel.

"Mr. Russell, Mr. Stark, let's weave a wide net to deal with them."

"Hey, Russell, where are you?"

"Why did you barge in like that?!"

(End of this chapter)