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“Then let’s not delay. Go and tell the blood healers to prepare the equipment for injecting the antidote. I’ll stay here and set up the array for the ritual.”
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After Ye Liu left, Ludwig gently touched the Queen's coffin, and the lid opened with a sound amidst the faint light emitted by the runes.
As Ludwig said, the situation before us is... truly appalling.
Princess Lingxi lay peacefully asleep, dressed in a purple gown. Her body was so transparent that the silk coffin beneath her was visible. Though she had once been a living being with flesh and blood, she now appeared like a fading ghost.
Her true form—the Holy Grail of Greed—can be clearly seen through her translucent waist. They float within her body, several fragments barely piecing together the shape of a broken Holy Grail.
"Lingxi"
.. "
Ludwig murmured.
Lingxi's remains were essentially an empty shell, forcibly maintained in form by the blood curse cast on the coffin and the remaining magical fragments of the Holy Grail. Removing the Grail fragments would only hasten the dissipation of her physical form—
In time, the remains of Princess Lingxi will also cease to exist along with her life.
Ludwig looked at the blonde girl in front of her, and in a daze, she opened her eyes, and that wicked smile appeared as if it were yesterday.
Hehe, cutie, do I look good now?
Don't be so sad. You always look so gloomy; you can't lead a vampire clan like that.
But when she came to her senses from her daze, the departed spirit was still sleeping peacefully, without responding in the slightest to Ludwig's soft calls.
Ludwig looked at her palm and realized that she had taken out all the fragments of the Holy Grail without her noticing.
They floated silently, exuding an evil yet warm aura.
Ludwig sighed softly, presumably because she was affected by the heavy past and intense longing carried on the fragments the moment she came into contact with them, to the point that she hallucinated.
"【A fleeting moment of beauty】".
Ludwig further froze time within the coffin. In this way, Lingxi's remains could be preserved for an even longer period of time.
"So be it."
The fragments of the Holy Grail floated in Ludwig's palm, and she brought them to Siriote's side.
The progenitor of countless vampires, the Eternal Queen who once sat on her throne, looking down upon all living beings, has maintained this weak state, where even thinking is a luxury, for many, many years now.
Her incurable illness touched the hearts of countless people. Not only Lingxi, but also the loyal blood healers, and many others who gave their lives one after another.
Finally, under Ludwig's leadership, after nearly twenty years of effort in the Eternal Pure Land, the fruit of their blood and sweat was finally borne: the antidote to the Apocalypse Plague, which could only be used by her alone.
Everything that remains of the Holy Grail fragments in the Spirit Abode will become Hilliot's "life support device," ensuring that she does not die from the fragmentation of her "origin" during the process of undergoing toxin purification.
Ludwig held the shattered Holy Grail in both hands and began to generate the necessary array for the ritual around herself and Siriote.
"You protected your queen with your life, Lingxi..."
"Now, please protect her one last time."
Chapter 202 Did you miss me?
Eternal Night Castle, Training Grounds.
"Hiss...Aaaaah!"
If Keke grabbed Yin Shang's arm, she could easily knock him to the ground.
Since it was physical training, Coco didn't use her signature weapon, the giant scythe; but that doesn't mean her combat power will be greatly reduced.
With the help of [Void - All Things], she skillfully manipulated her own gravity, allowing her body to perform many unbelievable movements; she could even create leverage points out of thin air, enabling her to unleash fierce punches and kicks at bizarre angles.
This is only the part that affects herself. The full form of her blood energy can affect an entire surrounding area, creating a "gravity field" where she can freely control gravity.
Therefore, the reason she was able to wield that huge, unbalanced scythe so freely was because the scythe had almost no weight or inertia under her control.
"When you and Alexei practiced... you didn't use blood energy on each other, so why did you use blood energy when it was my turn?!"
Yin Shang felt like his bones were about to break.
"You super strong woman... Ahhh—"
If Coco looks relaxed:
"That's because Alexei himself has extensive experience in using blood energy. I was just helping him familiarize himself with the vampire's body. His use of the blood energy [smoothbore cannon] is superb. Didn't we already suffer from this blood energy that manipulates friction?"
"And you, a complete idiot who's just become a vampire. Not only have you lost the power of the Holy Light, but you don't even know how to use your own blood energy. You possess the powerful physique of a vampire, yet you can't use your own blood energy..."
She snorted dismissively.
"With your looks, you'll probably only hold us back. That's why Her Majesty the Queen ordered me to beat you to death. The more you're pushed to the brink, the more likely your blood energy will be unleashed."
Yin Shang was both amused and exasperated: "It's her order again... She's deliberately trying to cause me trouble!"
"drink!"
Bang!
He grabbed Ruo Keke's limbs and pushed her away, then did a backflip and quickly distanced himself from her.
"Hiss...but she's right. I need to know what kind of power lies within this new body of mine..."
"If paying this price doesn't make me any better than before, wouldn't I look like an idiot?"
He jerked his arms and then resumed his fighting stance.
"Come again!"
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In the eternal Pure Land.
With the help of the blood healers, Lu
Devi and Ye Liuli completed all the preliminary preparations for the detoxification.
Hiriote was connected to numerous IV tubing tubes in the coffin. Her face was as pale as paper, and her body was emaciated; the tubes were connected to almost every part of her body that needed blood, because her body could barely even circulate blood.
Such a shocking scene made Ye Liuli turn her head away, unable to bear looking at it.
"For most of her life, her soul has been tormented by loneliness. Her once warm heart has become so cold and icy over the past thousand years. Now, her body has also been ravaged to the point of near death... This matter must be settled today, whether she succeeds or not."
Ye Liu left the road.
“We all know that time in the Eternal Pure Land is not truly completely still. Little Hilly will still face her final death as time slowly passes. The research on her for 'twenty years' has undoubtedly accelerated her decline. Even in the Eternal Pure Land, her life is already in danger. There is no second 'twenty years' to wait.”
Ludwig nodded slightly:
"Success or failure hinges on this one move."
She glanced sideways at the blood doctors around her.
"My beloved ministers, your research over the years has been arduous. Now, please move outside the tomb so that Minister Ye and I can complete the detoxification for her. The energy fluctuations generated when I cast the spell are beyond the capacity of those of you with weak bloodlines."
...
The blood healers exchanged glances, then lowered their heads and didn't move an inch.
Ludwig raised an eyebrow.
She immediately understood what was going on.
These people still maintain great loyalty to the Eternal Queen. They are able to carry out this mission in the Eternal Pure Land regardless of time or cost because their faith in the Eternal Queen drives them.
And... to them, Ludwig, the Queen of Eternal Night, was merely a "vampire queen".
Therefore, they remained uneasy about Ludwig's risky detoxification ritual, as it concerned the life of the Eternal Queen, and a single mishap could lead to her demise.
despair!
Ludwig stomped her foot hard, the heel of her high heel striking the floor with a crisp sound.
"Get this straight, who is your queen now?"
"Your mission is complete. To ensure the smooth implementation of the treatment, please leave immediately."
"Don't make me repeat myself."
...
Watching the blood healers leave dejectedly, Ludwig closed the tomb gate with a look of dissatisfaction and snorted.
"It seems that I have been too gentle. Anyone can give me a hard time."
She turned to look at Ye Liuli and sighed softly.
"let's start."
...
Driven by Ludwig, crimson magic lit up around the Queen's coffin, formed, and then unfolded—
Ye Liuli operated the sophisticated instrument beside him, her eyes fixed on the constantly changing pointer.
She only nodded to Ludwig after all the unruly pointers had pointed to a suitable value.
With her approval, Ludwig gently pushed the floating Holy Grail fragment forward.
"Go."
The Holy Grail fragments, enveloped in a crimson light, floated closer to Siriot.
Then, it emitted a strange and intense energy that quickly enveloped her entire body...
Ludwig tirelessly operated the complex array, maintaining its operation without flinching despite her depleted blood energy.
"I am... the Vampire Queen!"
Her eyes did not tremble at all.
“Temperature overexertion... Yang Jin’er could do it before... I, Ludwig, can do it too!”
"constitute!"
hum-
Hiliott's body underwent a change, becoming like an unstable form. Then, the restless fragments of the Holy Grail were gradually swallowed up by her body and disappeared.
"Her body has been transformed into a pseudo-spirit. The transplant was successful, Minister Ye!"
"Yes!"
Ye Liuli quickly operated the instrument according to the instructions given by the blood healers, injecting a solution that stabilized the energy.
Nourishes—
The restless energy quickly calmed down, but it was far from over.
Ludwig closed her eyes, sensing the location of the Holy Grail fragments, and then guided them to connect with Siriot's dying "soul"—the source of consciousness.
Hiriote lost her soul long ago; therefore, the faint, almost disappearing dark aggregate within her body is her origin, her soul.
That is why the specialized toxins that can destroy the structure of dark forces so seriously endangered her life.
Now, the Holy Grail fragment, also imbued with dark consciousness, has merged into Hiriote's body, subsequently becoming a new "battery" and connecting with her original consciousness...
Now, finally
She's been disinfected!
"Inject the antidote!" Ludwig commanded.
Ye Liuli's forehead was covered in cold sweat. Her fingers trembled slightly as she stared at the red button labeled "Inject Antidote," hovering in mid-air.
What will happen if I press it?
Anything can happen. Hilliot might die, or she might be saved... the risks are simply unbearable!
"Minister Ye!!" Ludwig exclaimed in surprise.
"What are you doing!"
But now there's no time for me to hesitate!
Ye Liuli gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and pressed the "inject antidote" button.
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