Selina watched her Family's Elder being threatened like this, yet she showed no reaction.
Having experienced all this, she had come to understand one truth: only the strong can decide everything.
And here, the strong were clearly not them.
As for Emilia's loyal subordinates, they were now furious but dared not speak.
Their Master's life and death were in Zhou Yi's hands, so they dared not act rashly.
Moreover, the power Zhou Yi had just displayed was not something they could contend with.
Seeing all this, Emilia abandoned her naive thoughts.
Now, to live for a moment was to live for a moment; as for the future, she could only think of another way later.
"I can give you the holy blood, as long as you let me and my subordinates go."
Hearing Emilia say this helplessly, Zhou Yi grinned and laughed.
"Madam, you should have made this choice earlier.
Perhaps then we wouldn't have to be in such an awkward situation."
After speaking, he released Emilia, who immediately distanced herself from him.
Clearly, she was utterly and genuinely terrified of the unpredictable Zhou Yi.
Rubbing her throat, which had almost suffocated, Emilia whispered, "Come with me, the holy blood is hidden in a certain place."
With that, she led the way deeper underground.
This greatly surprised Selina.
She only knew this was the resting place of the Elder, but she didn't know there was a secret room for treasures beneath.
She remembered coming here with Victor as a child, and there was nothing but tombs and coffins below.
And just as Selina had thought, Zhou Yi followed Emilia deep underground and saw coffin after coffin made of stone.
These coffins were neatly arranged, giving a deeply oppressive feeling at a glance.
Some coffins were even overturned on the ground, revealing incomplete skeletons, which added to the terrifying atmosphere.
"You hid the thing here?" Zhou Yi was a little unsettled by this.
He made up his mind that if he got that holy blood, he would definitely disinfect it first.
Hearing Zhou Yi's question, Emilia's expression darkened a little.
She looked at the coffins and, after a long moment, said, "This is our Family's cemetery.
Every warrior who died in battle, if we could find their remains, would be brought here to rest."
"It seems they won't be resting anymore.
Even their home has been turned upside down by someone."
Pointing at the scattered bones all over the ground, Zhou Yi said with a smile, "I don't mean to disrespect the dead, but I think you should be doing something proper now, instead of mourning them."
At these words, Emilia's chest tightened, filled with a great surge of frustration.
However, circumstances were against her, so she could only do as Zhou Yi said.
Stepping over a pile of remains on the ground, Emilia walked to the deepest part of the tomb.
At the very end of the tomb was a female statue, looking somewhat like a Madonna in a church, but her smile was not benevolent; instead, it exuded an inexplicable ruthlessness.
What she held in her arms was not a Saint, but a stone carving of a child's skeleton.
In short, this statue was full of dark colors and a completely non-mainstream style.
It was estimated that besides Vampires, no one would like such a monstrous thing.
Emilia went straight to the sculpture.
She picked up the child's skeleton statue from the hand of the eerie Madonna.
Then, holding this small statue, she walked step by step to a dried-up Water pool.
At the bottom of the pool were many strange reliefs, all carved with bones and skeletons.
Emilia placed the statue she was holding into the pool, manipulating it in some unknown way so that the protrusions on the statue perfectly fit into the reliefs at the bottom of the pool.
Then, rumbling sounds came from deep underground.
"This is a mechanism to open the underground spring.
We sank that thing into the Water.
Only by using this mechanism can we use magnetism to draw up the box containing that thing.
And because the underground Water is flowing, there is only one hour each day when this can be done.
Without the correct method, or not at the correct time, you won't get this thing.
You came just in time!"
As Emilia explained, the underground sounds grew louder.
Finally, gurgling Water pushed a metal iron box, slowly rising from beneath the pool.
And looking at this thing, Emilia let out a long breath.
The item was still there, which meant her safety was not an issue.
At the very least, Zhou Yi would not, in a fit of rage, kill her.
"This is what you want.
More than a hundred years ago, a powerful Vampire entrusted us with the holy blood, and it is in here."
Emilia, holding the box, came before Zhou Yi and respectfully handed him the box.
Zhou Yi took the item from her hand.
The metal exterior was like a gift wrapping in his hands, torn to shreds in two or three moves.
And after tearing open the box, Zhou Yi saw what was inside.
A crystal Pyramid, with four Archangel reliefs carved on its four sides.
One side was Michael, holding a long sword and scales; one side was Gabriel, all silver-White, holding a spear; one side was Raguel, blowing a horn; and one side was Uriel, wreathed in Fire.
The images of the four Archangels were vivid, as if Zhenren (Immortal).
There was even a faint light, surging forth from between the lines of the Archangel reliefs.
This light made Emilia, the Vampire, retreat three steps, wishing she could hide in Zhou Yi's Shadow.
But to Zhou Yi, he felt this light was very familiar.
However, this was clearly not the crucial issue.
Zhou Yi toyed with the item in his hand, his gaze penetrating into the interior of the Pyramid.
Inside was indeed a pool of divine blood.
Zhou Yi, who also possessed divinity, could sense this.
But the power emanating from this blood did not resemble Jehovah's.
What he felt from within was darkness, tranquility, and the power of life, like flowing Water, or like the earth, and even more like the aura of some animal.
But no matter which one, it had little to do with that God.
Moreover, feeling the Archangel reliefs' restraining and Seal effect on the divine blood within, Zhou Yi was even more unconvinced that this was God's blood.
If this were God's blood, unless those Archangels didn't want to do their job anymore, how would they dare to create such a Seal?
However, one thing was certain: this was what he was looking for.
So, Emilia had not lied to him.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi felt a headache coming on.
He believed in equivalent exchange; since he had obtained this from Emilia, he naturally had to give them some return.
"Well, Madam.
I have obtained what I wanted.
I am willing to pay a certain price for it.
So, can you tell me what you want?"
"What can we ask for?" A mournful expression appeared on Emilia's face.
"It's just a matter of living one day more, or one day less.
What is already destined cannot be changed by you."
"Are you afraid of the Dark Council?" Zhou Yi still played with the crystal Pyramid in his hand, but a strange smile appeared on his face.
"Actually, they aren't that scary, don't you think, fellow hiding in the Shadow?"
After he finished speaking, the Shadow on the ground suddenly moved like a living thing, viscous.
Countless dark figures swiftly moved across the walls of the tomb, so fast that it was dizzying, and it made those who watched tremble with fear.
Emilia was greatly alarmed and quickly moved closer to Zhou Yi's position.
And at this moment, a dark figure suddenly shot out from beneath her feet, aiming directly at the Pyramid in Zhou Yi's hand.
The dark figure was very fast, so fast that Emilia didn't even have time to react.
But for Zhou Yi, it was still a little too slow.
A spark of Fire suddenly spread from beneath his feet, forming a golden Fire ring.
As soon as the dark figure crossed the boundary of the ring, a Fire serpent suddenly shot out, biting the dark figure in half mid-air.
Immediately, painful roars and screams came from the dark corner.
Then Emilia saw the dark figure turn into a severed arm in mid-air, which was instantly burned to ashes by the flames.
This magical scene immediately made Emilia stop in her tracks.
She looked at the golden Fire ring beneath Zhou Yi's feet, her eyes filled with deep fear, yet she dared not take another step forward.
Who knew if that Fire ring would attack her?
If she accidentally got infected with such a thing, it would truly be a wrongful death.
Watching Emilia stare at the Fire ring beneath his feet as if she had seen a ghost, Zhou Yi had no intention of comforting her.
He just narrowed his eyes, staring at the mass of dark figures deep within the tomb, and chuckled, "It seems you're the fellow from the Dark Council, huh?
How does my little Fire feel, comfortable?"
A fierce low growl suddenly came from the darkness.
"Don't be too smug, you fellow.
If you provoke us, you won't have any good end."
The voice sounded quite formidable, but both Zhou Yi and Emilia heard only fear and cowardice in his words, a complete facade of strength.
"Many people have told me that, but I'm still standing here perfectly fine.
So, Mr. Shadow, you can't scare me.
I think if you don't want any problems, you'd best come out of the Shadow.
Let's have a good chat!"
"I have nothing to talk about with humans."
The person in the Shadow was very stubborn, not accepting Zhou Yi's goodwill at all.
"Unless you hand over the item in your hand, otherwise you are against the entire Dark Council!"
"So what if I'm against you? What can you do to me?" Hearing this, Zhou Yi immediately scoffed.
Threatening him, these people really weren't qualified enough.
"No one can escape the pursuit of the Dark Council.
You have made a wrong decision.
Your friends, your Family, will face our endless pursuit until blood washes away all the hatred between us."
The Shadow's voice was sometimes near, sometimes far, clearly he had started moving again.
And his gloomy and malicious tone was like daggers piercing directly into people's hearts.
He was like a devil hiding in the dark, using the most evil curses and foul language against his enemies, making people fear, making people helpless, making people finally die in regret.
For many years, he had done this, but now, this method was useless.
The flames were like surging waves in the sea, layer upon layer, spreading in all directions.
The Shadow moved swiftly, but it simply couldn't compare to the speed of the flames.
In virtually two or three breaths, the entire tomb was surrounded by layers of Firelight.
Someone was screaming, someone was roaring, but Emilia saw nothing.
She stood cowering between the Fire rings, but she didn't notice a pile of ashes scattering in the wind in the corner.
The game was over.
In this round, Zhou Yi had won.