The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 913: Karl vs Vampire

Karl stared at the undead that had come to face him. The vampiress was tall and statuesque, bone white with long raven hair and not a stitch of clothing on.

[They have found your kryptonite and just directly sent you a naked woman.] Rae laughed hysterically as she moved into position.

[Laugh all you want. Just make sure that youʼre ready to move when the time comes.]

The Vampire circled Karl, looking increasingly perplexed as whatever mental skill she was trying to use had no effect on him.

Then she seemed to vanish, moving so fast that only instinct put Karlʼs blade in place to parry the first attack. But not the second, third or fourth.

The vampireʼs claws smoked from contact with the holy energy of [Eternal Lightning], but Karlʼs barrier was nearly gone, and he hadnʼt even landed a strike.

The Undead smirked, and Karl winked at her, confusing the Totem Ranked undead even more.

Then he centred [Void Blast] on himself.

The explosion of black energy sent her flying backward into Raeʼs zombie spiders, which were rapidly torn apart by the enraged undead.

Even Rae wasnʼt safe from the fallout, and suffered a shattered forelimb for a few seconds before it mended itself.

[That thing is too fast. Even I canʼt attack fast enough to get a clean strike.] Rae complained.

She was also incorporeal and invisible, so if she couldnʼt land a strike, not many others would be able to.

Fortunately, they didnʼt actually need to hit the vampire.

Cara retreated to her space where she could get a full overview of the battlefield and prepared for her counterattack. Setting off [Void Blast] in a shotgun pattern should be able to hit, no matter how fast the target was.

Rae had the same idea, and sprayed out a net of sticky silk to slow down and locate the target.

Vampire claws flashed with some sort of attack skill that created a minefield of rend attacks around her. Not moving, they just rotated into existence like claw strikes, then vanished.

Karl had never thought of using Rend that way. He sent it out in a wave, but he could likely create hundreds of attacks in a split second. The damage would be low, but a hit would be nearly guaranteed.

The undead Totem looked at Rae, obviously able to see her, even in [Night Haunter] incorporeal form, then returned her attention to Karl.

”You are a tricky little blood bag.” She hissed.

”And you got a bit too excited about sucking me, showing up without clothes and all.”

The vampire vanished and Karl felt her power approaching, so he detonated [Void Blast] around himself again, a split second before claws tore through his forearm.

He was slammed to the ground on his back, and the claws moved to both sides of his chest.

Karl grabbed her wrists, trapping her hands as the vampireʼs claws ripped into his chest and [Void Blast] flayed her skin.

In the battle of strength, they were closely matched. Karl couldnʼt throw her off without leverage, and she was unable to push her claws into any vital organs, so their battle was one of regeneration.

Even with attacks raining down on her, and Rae repeatedly stabbing her in the back with poisoned daggers, the Vampireʼs wounds closed in a split second, while Karlʼs chest was covered in black mist as [Void Body] regenerated him.

”Why donʼt you die?” The vampire demanded.

”Thatʼs my line. You showed up for naked wrestling in a [Consecrated Ground] zone. Just turn to ash already.” Karl replied.

Pain wracked his body as the Vampire blasted him with repeated attacks, shattering the remains of his armour. Most of his body had lingering black mist over it now as [Void Body] regenerated him, and Karl spat blood as the Vampire smiled.

”Good try, but thatʼs not going to be enough for you to win.”

Karl added [Ghostfire Body] to the next [Void Blast] and the vampire briefly lit with ethereal fire before it was snuffed out. But Karl could feel the Haint Claw draw a bit of vitality before that happened.

That seemed to be the answer. Just a little more stolen at a time.

Karl equipped the Haint Claw to his hands and lit them with Ghostfire as he continually channelled [Void Blast], which was the only skill he had that bypassed the Totem Rank damage reduction ability.

From fifty metres away, Rae stared at their battle in annoyance. The unstable energy of their battle now made it unsafe for her to approach and attack. The last time she did, she got two of her legs vaporized before she even made it to them.

She wasnʼt even attacking with ranged skills anymore, as whatever the Vampire was doing destabilized all attacks that came near them. So her attacks joined the general miasma of power, and they were damaging Karl as well.

But with [Void Body], [Consecrated Ground], [Behemothʼs Vitality] and [Impenetrable Bulwark] active, Karl had an absolutely ridiculous amount of damage reduction and regeneration.

Quick math said fifty percent, plus numbers damage reduction. With three times [Void Body]ʼs usual regeneration.

Rae leaned over to whisper to Dana, who had already realized none of their attacks were reaching the stationary battle of wills.

”Do you think weʼre flirting wrong? Is that why we donʼt have mates?”

”Do you think that showing up naked and pinning them to the ground while you try to kill them is a seduction technique?” Dana countered.

Rae shrugged. ”I canʼt rule it out.”

Flames were slowly climbing up the vampireʼs arms as the Haint Claw stole more power and its regeneration rate slowed. But the chaotic energy whipping around the area was getting worse as well, and nothing else dared to come near them.

All of the surrounding plant life was destroyed, and Rae wasnʼt sure if the combatants even realized that they were floating in place, as the ground had been obliterated beneath them while the energy flows were too thick to let them fall.

The real question was, who was losing faster? The vampire against the fire, or Karl, whose body was slowly becoming more energy than flesh.