Unlike Mike's composure, the Vampire opposite him felt like the sky was falling.
The powerful grip on its wrist made it impossible to break free, and the light words in its ear caused its mentality to explode.
This was truly, not very harmful, but extremely insulting.
'Are humans this powerful now?'
Deacon recalled his century-long Vampire life; no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't remember any human who, by their own strength alone, could exert such a suppressive force on a Vampire.
Therefore, it wasn't that humans were strong, but that there was something strange about the young man in front of him.
Of course, understanding these issues didn't help Deacon at all at this moment.
Mike, on the other hand, casually crushed the Vampire leader's wrist, then sent the opponent flying with a straight punch.
Deacon, who lay like a broken sack in the rubble, had his facial features twisted into a mess from that punch.
Yes, it wasn't that humans were strong, but that Mike, who had already transcended, was strong.
After completing the initial bloodline fusion, his overall strength had roughly doubled compared to before.
In addition, after arriving at the ancient castle, Mike had picked up numerous Vampire attribute light clusters.
Among them, Deacon's Blood Rebirth characteristic had already been obtained and integrated into him.
Furthermore, the twelve pure-blood Vampire elders who were sacrificed earlier also dropped several bloodline light clusters before they died.
Moreover, under the superposition of bloodline power, Mike himself had even awakened a bloodline talent: Aerial Flight.
This talent meant he no longer needed to use Power of Transformation to create a thruster and fly using reactive force.
Now, when he wanted to fly, it was like humans walking and running, or fish swimming in water—it had become an instinct.
Therefore, judging from his self-awakened bloodline talent, Mike's single bloodline power now already exceeded that of a Count-level Vampire.
Combining his previous abilities, his strength at this moment was estimated to be more than double, not far from Transcendent Level 3.
If one were to find a reference, he was probably slightly stronger than the bully Maguire in "Amazing Spider-Man 1."
Inside the ancient castle, Mike, who had used only 50% of his strength and almost blew off the Vampire leader's head with one punch, looked at his hands and realized: it wasn't that the Vampire leader was too weak, but that he was too strong.
At this moment, if he were to face the Green-Faced Monster again, the other party probably wouldn't be able to withstand his violent punch.
After all, although Power of Transformation was miraculous, it ultimately relied on the host's physique.
Once the attack reached its limit, Power of Transformation would naturally be broken.
In other words, with Mike's current punch, Power of Transformation might be able to withstand it, but Stanley might be directly killed.
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In the rubble pit, Deacon, who had just gotten up after being sent flying, saw his opponent walking towards him with a smile.
For the Vampire leader, there was nothing more terrifying than this.
Even the slight smile on Mike's face was taken by Deacon as the smile of a demon.
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Deacon, who had recovered from the injuries on his wrist and face using the Blood Rebirth talent, seemed to have been scared by Mike's previous power.
This Vampire leader secretly retreated while saying, "I have La Magra's blessing; you can't kill me…"
La Magra's blessing it spoke of was probably the newly awakened Blood Rebirth talent.
However, even though Deacon believed he still had a trump card, his overall demeanor was still a bit timid.
"Really? I don't believe it—"
Mike suddenly flashed in front of the Vampire leader and, before it could react, grabbed its neck.
Under the immense disparity in strength, this Count-level Vampire had no ability to resist at all.
Then, with its terrified expression, Mike pulled out a UV bomb from his body.
Even if it realized what was about to happen, the Vampire leader, whose neck was choked, could do nothing.
Immediately after, Deacon, who had swallowed an entire UV bomb, appeared to be scorched from the inside out, with many burn marks appearing all over his body.
Then, his entire body, like porcelain, developed many cracks on its skin, with blue light flickering within the cracks from time to time.
During this process, Deacon's expression became increasingly twisted and painful.
Finally, as the UV bomb exploded inside his body, the Vampire leader, as if liberated, was scattered everywhere.
Actually, the power of the UV bomb wasn't that great; its effect was similar to a flashbang or stun grenade.
But it had a special attack effect against Vampires, and even a Count-level Vampire was blown to smithereens.
Of course, Deacon, who possessed the Blood Rebirth talent, did not die completely in this explosion.
Soon, the shattered pieces turned into blood, then slowly gathered together.
Finally, the blood solidified into a human form, and Deacon was reborn from it.
Upon reviving, it immediately saw Mike observing the situation from not far away.
"You're a devil!"
Leaving only that sentence, the resurrected Vampire leader turned and ran.
It just wanted to get away from that devil now.
"Your recovery ability is quite strong, but you look a bit weaker than before…" Mike didn't finish off his opponent immediately because he wanted to see how effective the Blood Rebirth talent was.
Now it seemed the effect was indeed not bad.
As long as the Vampire's vital blood wasn't exhausted, that Vampire should be able to keep regenerating.
At the level of death just witnessed, the opponent could probably withstand five or six more times.
That was enough; if this talent were applied to Mike, with his energy level of 2000+, he could probably revive more than twenty times.
And the energy consumed could be restored.
In other words, Mike now had the capital to act recklessly.
"Let's try the effect of the anticoagulant…" Mike knew that the Vampire race, which had existed for thousands of years, didn't just consist of Deacon, a mere mixed-blood.
Those older and more powerful Blood Race members were just temporarily hiding.
Among them was Marcus, the First Vampire, who once went by the name Dracula.
Count-level? In the rampant age of Vampires, they were only the middle to lower ranks within the Blood Race, similar to larger minions.
And to deal with those older Vampires, more powerful strength and means were needed.
Immediately, Mike, holding the anticoagulant test tube, chased along Deacon's escape route.
Next, it was time to test the effect of the anticoagulant.
Meanwhile, back in the ancient castle, although there were still dozens, even hundreds, of miscellaneous Vampires remaining, they were still no match for the powerful X Squad.
Cross and Wesley, moving in the hidden corners of the periphery, might not be able to deal with Deacon, the Vampire leader, but the specially silver-plated bullets fired from their sniper rifles were one shot, one kill against other miscellaneous Vampires.
There was no possibility of a miss.
"As snipers, what we need to do most is first ensure our own safety.
Then we will have the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy…"
During breaks in firing, Cross didn't forget to teach his son through practical actions.
He was doing exactly that, not pursuing kill speed, but prioritizing killing the most threatening enemies.
In the frontal battlefield, any Vampire attempting to ambush John and Needy would receive a silver-plated bullet courtesy of Cross.
Compared to the supporting Cross and Wesley, John and Needy, who were in the center of the battlefield, were much more violent.
Under the cold-faced woman's dual blades, there were only severed arms and legs.
John, on the other hand, transformed into a weapon master, with a UV bomb in one hand and continuously firing curving bullets in the other, making his harvesting efficiency very fast.
Afterward, the miscellaneous Vampires and Half-Vampire, who were already being suppressed by them, lost much of their will to resist upon seeing the Vampire leader incredibly and decisively defeated by Mike.
It is said that the Half-Vampire, which had the largest remaining numbers on site, had very little combat power; many of them didn't even know how to use weapons and were completely a disorganized mob.
At this moment, many of the Half-Vampire, seeing the unfavorable situation, had secretly left the battlefield and fled towards the outside of the ancient castle.
At first, there were only a few scattered ones, but soon, having lost their will to fight, they formed a fleeing army.
They looked as if they wished they had two more legs.
Under the herd effect of this situation, many quick-witted miscellaneous Vampires also joined the fleeing army.
The team of over a thousand people looked mighty, forming a unique spectacle.
Then, they were blocked at the ancient castle entrance by the MIB in conjunction with the NYPD.
Yes, the MIB's sweepers had already arrived at the scene, and Agent O and Agent Z were overseeing from the rear.
"Put down your weapons… come out with your hands on your head…"
The NYPD's warning sounded from the loudspeaker, clearly intending to take prisoners.
Due to human rights, the Half-Vampire members would not be directly shot.
Of course, the premise was that they did not make dangerous moves.
The MIB's sweepers, on the other hand, each held a UV flashlight, guarding against Vampires mixing in with the Half-Vampire.
For Vampires, who weren't even human, there was no need to talk about human rights; find one, eliminate one.
At this moment, Agent J and his partner, Agent L, were also among the MIB team, using their UV flashlights to shine into the eyes of the surrendering Half-Vampire members.
Especially those with thick powder on their faces and wearing loose robes were their primary focus.
"This mission is no fun at all~" Agent L, who had just completed over two weeks of MIB agent professional training, didn't expect her first mission after joining the organization to be such a big spectacle with no difficulty at all.
Compared to fighting alien cockroaches, the Half-Vampire certainly couldn't give a MIB agent any surprises.