He was resurrected indefinitely and handed over to the state by the headmistress.

"Aaaaaah!!"

"Go to hell!!!"

The last black-robed man, surrounded by Canglong, Shangguan Hong, and others, let out a frantic roar in despair.

He knew he had no way out.

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

The demonic energy within his body suddenly became violent.

"Oh no! He's going to self-destruct!"

Shangguan Hong's expression changed, and she shouted sternly.

However, it was too late.

The self-destruction of a level 40 powerhouse

Its power is far beyond what those low-level professionals could achieve.

A violent burst of demonic energy erupted from his body like a runaway volcano.

Instantly, a black energy ball with a diameter of over ten meters was formed!

"BOOM—!!!!"

The deafening explosion echoed through the underground cavern.

The violent shockwave spread wildly in all directions!

Rocks crumbled, the ground cracked.

The entire cave was shaking violently, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Canglong and the others were instantly swallowed by the energy, and before they could even scream, they were reduced to ashes.

"Snapped!"

Lu Chen snapped his fingers expressionlessly.

[Ding! Hidden Dragon successfully revived, all attributes +1 (stored)!]

[Ding! Shangguan Hong successfully revived, all attributes +1 (stored)!]

[Ding! Resurrected...]

A green light shone, as if time had reversed, and the Hidden Dragons quickly regrouped and returned to their peak condition.

"Fun! So fun!"

The head steward by the blood pool witnessed all of this, clapping excitedly, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism.

"Reverse life and death! Ignore the rules!"

Young man, your abilities are truly a treasure tailor-made for our Holy Church!

He sincerely extended a hand to Lu Chen, making an inviting gesture:

"I, Blood Bat, the deacon of the Blood Demon Cult, sincerely invite you to join us!"

Your abilities are a tremendous help to our cause!

Think about it, with you, we won't have to go through the trouble of 'collecting' offerings anymore.

We can have them "voluntarily" provide us with fresh blood and soul time and time again!

What a magnificent artistic innovation this is!

Lu Chen's face grew darker and darker as the other person spoke, and the coldness in his eyes could almost freeze a person.

Joining this evil cult that revels in torture and blood sacrifice?

He'd be better off just dying!

"Have you finished your nonsense?" Lu Chen's voice was icy cold. "Then die!"

Since we can't get any useful information out of this madman,

Then there's no need to listen to his foul language anymore.

Before he finished speaking, Lu Chen lightly stepped down, and his figure disappeared from the spot as if he had teleported.

With nearly 10,000 points of agility fully unleashed,

It moved so fast that it left only a faint afterimage in place!

"That speed...it's terrifying!"

The chief steward, Blood Bat, suddenly narrowed his pupils to the size of pinpoints.

His dynamic vision barely caught a glimpse of Lu Chen's movement.

But the body simply doesn't have time to make a complete dodge maneuver.

In his haste, he could only cross his arms in front of him, and demonic energy surged out wildly in an attempt to build a defense.

"Bang!!!"

A deafeningly loud bang!

Lu Chen's fist slammed solidly into the blood bat's crossed arms.

That seemingly solid demonic energy defense was as fragile as paper in the face of absolute power.

With two crisp "crack" sounds, the blood bat's arm bones snapped and twisted into an eerie angle.

Immediately afterwards, an overwhelming force penetrated his body.

Blood Bat felt as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding train.

He spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

His body flew backward like a tattered sack.

With a "plop",

It crashed straight into the churning, dark red pool of blood.

A high wave of blood splattered.

"Um?"

Lu Chen frowned slightly.

In his perception of life, the blood bats that fell into the blood pool...

Its life energy not only did not diminish,

Instead, it seemed to have been stimulated and began to swell violently!

"Gurgle—"

Numerous bubbles rose from the center of the blood pool.

It seemed to be boiling over.

"Splash!"

A figure suddenly shot into the sky from the blood pool.

It brought forth a rain of blood.

That was no longer the well-dressed, refined person he once was.

Instead, it was a three-meter-tall humanoid bat monster with huge fleshy wings on its back, covered in dark red scales, and with a ferocious face!

It was the true form of the Chief Steward Blood Bat—the Blood Demon form!

"Hahaha—hahahaha!!!"

The blood bats hovered in mid-air, flapping their enormous fleshy wings and emitting piercing laughter.

His severed arms have been fully restored thanks to the nourishment of the blood pool's power.

"That was exhilarating! Absolutely exhilarating! It's been so long since I've experienced such a close brush with death! Young man, you're strong! Extremely strong!"

His gaze toward Lu Chen was full of admiration.

But more than anything, it reflects a greedy view of "top-quality ingredients."

"roar--!!!"

The next second, the blood bat suddenly opened its huge mouth full of fangs and let out a piercing roar!

The invisible sound waves centered on him.

It spread rapidly outwards like ripples on water!

This sound wave contains a strange magic that can resonate with the blood in a living organism!

"Ugh! It sounds awful! My head hurts!"

Ran Ruhua, Chu Yu, and the others felt a sharp pain in their eardrums, as if their heads were about to explode, and they hurriedly covered their ears in pain.

"Pfft!"

Qian Mengmeng, who was relatively weaker, was the first to be hit, and her face instantly turned pale.

He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood; his internal organs had been damaged by the sound waves.

"Bang bang bang!"

The minerals on the cave walls that emitted a faint glow...

They also exploded one after another under this high-frequency sound wave, turning into dust.

The entire underground cavern was instantly plunged into absolute darkness, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.

"Swish—swish—"

In the darkness, only the sound of the blood bats flapping their fleshy wings cutting through the air could be heard.

Sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, unpredictable and elusive.

"Watch out! He's coming towards us!"

Despite her headache, Shangguan Hong issued a warning based on her fighting instincts.

However, her warning was still a step too late.

"Ugh!"

"puff!"

"..."

In the darkness, short, muffled groans and the sound of sharp blades cutting into flesh could be heard one after another.

For the blood bat, which possesses night vision, the darkness is its perfect home ground.

He moved through the darkness like a ghost.

The sharp claws easily tore open the hearts of Canglong, Shangguan Hong, Ran Ruhua, and others.

They greedily sucked the blood that contained the power of their innate talents.

"Gurgle—"

"Delicious—it's so delicious—"

"I didn't expect that besides that kid, there are several other people with S-rank potential here... What an unexpected windfall!"

The blood bat drank heartily while letting out a satisfied and maniacal laugh.

He could feel that with each dose of high-quality blood he ingested, his internal strength increased.

Soon, he casually tossed aside the corpse of the Hidden Dragon, which had been drained of blood and become shriveled like a skeleton.

Below, the corpses of Shangguan Hong, Ran Ruhua, and others had met the same fate, drained of their life force until only skin and bones remained.

"It seems that the opponent is healing from injuries and increasing their strength by absorbing blood."

Lu Chen silently "watched" all of this in the darkness.

Through the realm of life, he clearly sensed that the blood bat's life energy increased slightly as it drank blood.

His mind raced, but this time he didn't immediately activate the resurrection.

He needs to deal with this monster that can regenerate through blood-drinking first.

Otherwise, reviving your teammates will only turn them into a constant source of "health packs" for the enemy.