My teacher is a deity.

"Whoever says this is doomed, understand?"

"Understood! We'll keep it a secret!"

Inside the harpy cave, Gapoel and Ross looked extremely uncomfortable.

What a joke! One sword strike and they were dead, the Blood Puppet they couldn't beat even if they fought to the death.

Asking them to betray Vichy's whereabouts? That's ridiculous.

Gabo and Ross were unaware that Vishi, despite his immense strength, was pretending to be so ordinary.

He himself had no idea what kind of magic Vichy had just used.

But they knew very well that they had just been saved by Vichy, and whatever this man said was right.

"Very well, see them out."

Vichy snapped his fingers, and Gabo and Ross suddenly felt dizzy and fainted on the spot.

Only then did 'Vichy' revert back to Vichy.

"Ugh! Teacher, I don't feel well..."

"That's normal, just drink more hot water."

Vixi felt that Shi Qing was trying to fool her.

In fact, Shi Qing was indeed deceiving Vichy.

The sword move he just used was called Flowing Light Slash, a killing move for sword cultivators in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

In the past, even if he wasn't a sword cultivator, it would have been incredibly easy for him to unleash this move with his Nascent Soul cultivation level.

But not now.

Of the three paths of his Dharma Body, only some of the Dharma path remains, while the Treasure path is under reconstruction, and his strength is not what it used to be.

Even such a simple move requires a large number of talismans and the combined energy of Vishi's blood.

When he possessed Vishi's body, he could only unleash a maximum of three sword strikes, each strike leaving Vishi feeling as weak as if blood was being drained from her body.

If Vishi were to forcefully unleash the fourth sword strike, he would at best suffer a depletion of vital energy, affecting his foundation, and at worst, die on the spot.

This is also why he has been helping Vishi improve his strength; a cultivator who practices the Blood Python Fist can unleash more of his power.

Just as Shi Qing was lamenting the many inconveniences of losing his physical body, Vichy recovered and was quite envious of the sword strike Shi Qing had just unleashed.

Sure enough, sword cultivators are the coolest!

I'll try to get a longsword someday.

Shi Qing turned to look at Wei Xi, smacked Wei Xi on the head with his claw, and said in a stern voice.

"If I told you that that sword strike just now burned nearly a hundred gold coins, would you still want to learn those deadly sword techniques?"

"Huh!"

"I don't want to!"

......

The first clash between the city's defense forces and the Sons of Shadow came quickly and ended just as quickly.

Edith sat in the camp, reviewing the battle reports.

To be honest, the situation was better than she had imagined.

Fourteen of the eighteen caves were destroyed, two fell to the enemy, and two were taken over by them. The area surrounding the Green Valley Underground City was basically cleared.

Strictly speaking, it can be considered a victory.

"What's wrong? Isn't it good that we won?"

Edith looked at Quinn and said calmly, "Okay, but something's not quite right about it."

"To be honest, I don't have much faith in the adventurers in this raid. They're like a disorganized mess, rushing in recklessly."

If it weren't for the Blood Demon's madness this time, pulling him away from the main battlefield to chase after two cats and two mice, which also led to his own death.

I don't think any of these eighteen caves can be occupied.

Quinn paused, his expression turning strange.

Blood Demon is indeed a madman, but he's not stupid.

How could that serial killer lose to an adventurer?

"Have you questioned those two adventurers?"

"I asked around, and there's a guy named Gabo, a second-tier Araki Walker, who doesn't have any direct combat ability."

The other one was even more outrageous, named Ross, who was a complete newcomer and not even a first-tier player.

They say Sargeras died by crashing his head into a tree stump..."

"ha?!"

Quinn's expression immediately became quite interesting.

Blood Demon, a powerful, god-given, third-tier vampire.

Will he crash into a tree stump and die?

Is he a rabbit?

"Who would believe such a lie?"

Edith shrugged: "Yeah, I don't believe it either, but they're heroes, and the Blood Demon's Blood Puppet died in the lower levels, so whatever they say goes."

Quinn sighed, "This lie is less true than saying that a passing fifth-tier expert took a liking to them and helped them kill Sargeras."

For a moment, the atmosphere in the camp was extremely awkward.

In the end, Edith changed the subject.

"Have you finished with your work?"

Upon hearing this, Quinn's expression turned serious; he knew what Edith was referring to.

During this time, the Law Knights have been busy hunting down the traitors among them.

He poisoned Hegras and revealed inside information.

All of this proves that this mole is of a high rank.

To avoid danger and to prevent the leakage of more internal information, the Law Knights did not get too involved in the affairs of the dungeon.

Fortunately, their efforts paid off.

"We've found the mole."

"Who?"

"Herm".

Edith raised an eyebrow; this answer was quite unexpected.

As the commander of the city's defense forces, she knew very well that Hem, while ostensibly the manager of the official dueling arena, was actually a liaison for the Knights of Law.

Edith didn't expose it, because it was a necessary tacit understanding.

But it was precisely this necessary tacit understanding that led him to take things for granted, assuming that Hem was merely a liaison for the Law Knights, thus overlooking many other possibilities.

After all, Hem is a powerful individual, not a vampire.

It seems impossible for them to have any connection with the Children of Shadows.

"You didn't catch him?"

"That's just an empty shell."

Upon realizing this, Quinn immediately felt annoyed: "Hem is not just a simple eye; he is a bloodline puppet planted by the Shadow Bishop."

"When not activated, Hem was perfectly normal and had no recollection of being a spy for the Shadow Children."

But if activated by the Shadow Bishop, he will transmit all his observations back to him, becoming an avatar.

Edith: "Blood Puppet, a fifth-tier blood magic, to actually cast such a curse on a minor character, how ruthless."

"The effects will probably be far more severe than you and I imagine," Quinn sighed. "The fact that the captain has fallen can no longer be kept secret. The Empire is preparing to send people."

"Who?"

"Candice, a professor at the Imperial Academy of Mage Arts, a senior at the Imperial University, and a fifth-tier mage."

Edith's pupils slowly widened, already knowing that things were about to become very difficult.

She had heard of Candice; he was a high-ranking mage, a pure-blooded imperial citizen, and a descendant of a founding hero.

The fact that the Empire sent him indicates that opinions within the Empire regarding vampires are beginning to lean towards danger.

We need an accurate explanation.

If he didn't get a satisfactory response, Edith had no doubt that this iron-blooded empire man would personally go down and blow up the dungeon, dragging out the Blood Demons and the Children of Shadow.

But once it reaches that point, the internal divisions within the vampire clan will no longer be able to be concealed, and the vampire territory will inevitably be torn in two.

The fuse is being lit in a civil war far exceeding the scale of Green Valley Underground City.

After much deliberation, Edith dismissed everyone, picked up her pen, and began to write a letter.

"My dear princess, the puppet performed exceptionally well in the dungeon, greatly suppressing Night's Blessing."

Introducing puppet technology is the right path, and I hope Your Highness can lend a helping hand to prevent the vampires from returning to their old ways...