Chapter 54: Calm and Collected Murder (Seeking Recommendation Tickets)

  In the mansion's great hall, Lawrence stood at the center of the altar, his face twisted in agony yet alight with a mad fervor and excitement.

  He could clearly feel that with the fusion of the virtual shadow behind him, his blood was boiling, cheering, and slowly transforming his body.

  Is this the prelude to unleashing the power of blood?

  Is it going to start now?

  Is my 40-year pursuit and expectation finally going to succeed?!

  In Lawrence's ears, the intermittent and thought-provoking moans around him seemed to be the applause and cheers of the crowd at the knight's ceremony. But just then, he found himself swaying back and forth, feeling unsteady on his feet. The sound of creaking and crashing came from all around the villa, and a cloud of dust fell from the ceiling.

  Was there an earthquake?!

  At this time, an earthquake occurred! Is it the Lord's punishment?! Lawrence, who changed his faith in pursuit of power, still had a lingering fear of the God of Truth in his heart due to the short time. At this most critical moment, the sudden earthquake inevitably made him think of the various mighty powers of the God of Truth in myths and legends.

  No way, it's just the last step, I've waited for 40 years and I'm about to awaken my bloodline power. How can I give up now? As long as I can awaken my bloodline power and become a knight, even if the mansion collapses, I'll still have a chance of survival!

  The shadow that had merged into his back seemed to know Lawrence's thoughts, and spoke in a voice that pierced his soul: "The magic circle and traps won't be able to withstand the earthquake. You've already merged with my shadow, but it'll take six or seven more minutes for you to fully merge. The shaking is getting more intense by the minute, and if the entire building collapses, you won't survive. Lawrence, stop now. You've already merged with half of my shadow's power and reached the peak of a high-ranking knight attendant. There will be another chance next time."

  The speed of Hell's language was extremely fast, and in just a few seconds, he conveyed his thoughts to Lawrence.

  Lawrence was extremely angry, on the verge of success but being blocked by a disaster, making him want to vent but not knowing who to vent to, so depressed that his chest was about to explode: "No way, this earthquake is probably going to stop soon!"

  He still refused to give up.

  But suddenly, the sound of crashing came, and the window shattered in intense shaking, dispersing the gloom, a fierce gust of wind blew in, sweeping away the sweet and bitter smell of lust, making the men and women who were still entranced in their love-making in the villa suddenly come to their senses.

  "Oh no! An earthquake!"

  "Run quickly!"

  "Help! Ah!!"

  Some people hastily put on their clothes, while others rushed to the gate naked. Some even crashed into the windows... For those who didn't have the strength of a knight, and some were even frail young ladies, if they were buried under the collapsed villa after an earthquake, they could only pray for God's protection.

  Their bodies drained of vitality and strength by the evil ritual, they stumbled and staggered as they ran. One woman fell to the ground, so exhausted and frightened that her legs had turned to jelly and she couldn't get up, all she could do was crawl towards the gate. The man who had shared love and joy with her just moments before didn't even glance at her as he ran past her side.

  The sacrificial lambs left one by one, the lines on the altar quickly went out, and the shadow gradually disappeared. Baron Lawrence let out a loud roar, venting his frustration and anger.

  After shouting, he quickly came to his senses from the frenzy of expectation and suffocation, saw that his villa was still shaking violently, and cursed: "Damn earthquake!"

  Then he hastily ran out of the villa and removed all the magical traps that blocked his way.

  And behind him, a man in a black suit who seemed to be entranced by the debauched dance party earlier was staring solemnly outside the villa.

  …………

  In the shadows outside the villa, with eyes wide open and mouths agape, unable to speak, Xianzhe, White Honey Sugar, and Smiley stared as Professor Terror's hands retreated back into the shadows. In a still ominous tone and extremely calm voice, he said: "They're starting to run outwards, you all get ready, we'll hunt down that evil creature."

  "Professor, won't the villa just collapse directly?" White Sugar looked at the villa which was still shaking violently due to inertia, seemingly not yet awake, and subconsciously asked out loud.

  Lucien chuckled twice: "If the villa collapses, and the evil creatures are crushed to death inside, how can I quickly collect the blood of the evil creatures? The sound of the villa collapsing is very loud, it will definitely alarm the Night Watchmen wandering around, or even the nearby church."

  These two reasons are only part of the story, the real reason is that although the house's inherent frequency is not like ultrasound and high-intensity infrasound, which Lucien can currently produce with "Professor's Resonant Hand", but the house is a structurally complex building, its inherent frequency is not one, but many. According to vibration feedback and mental arithmetic adjustments, Lucien can only simulate the first inherent frequency, making it sway, but cannot make all of them resonate and collapse. Moreover, Lucien is just an apprentice magician, and the energy of this magic is still insufficient to make a solid house collapse.

  So, relatively speaking, it may still be possible for Lucien to destroy a bridge.

  Lucien's words truly awakened Xian'er, Smiley and White Sugar. The magic just now that didn't use any materials or incantations should be Professor's true strength. It was terrifying and awe-inspiring strength.

  They looked at Lucien with eyes thoroughly filled with respect and awe for the powerful, omniscient magician.

  Bai Mitsuba regained her composure and entered a state of spellcasting focus, sensing the crowd running outside the villa through a magical item on her body. In a husky voice with a hint of sensuality, she said calmly and coldly:

  "There is an object with evil creature's aura fifteen meters away from the nearest window. Let's move one meter to the left, it will be better for releasing magic."

  The sage moved on, keeping his focus: "Smile, 'Hormazd's cough'."

  "Homunculus's Cough" is a high-pitched sonic wave attack magic, people who are directly hit will lose their balance, get injured, or even die, while those around them will have their eardrums shattered and be knocked unconscious.

  "Wise one, soundproof walls, beware of the black glove." Smiley replied calmly.

  "Shirohime continued to report the position of Baron Lawrence: 'The power of a high-ranking knight attendant, and five meters away, a low-ranking devil's shadow fusion, do not use acid and fire magic, and one meter away, prepare, I will use 'shooting technique'." She judged the strength of Baron Lawrence from his running speed, agility to dodge falling small stones, and the power to knock open people in front.

  A brief, chilly exchange of just a few seconds had already determined the position and strength of Baron Lawrence, as well as his first round of attack, allowing Lucien, who was quietly standing beside them, to experience for the first time the combat style of a formally educated magical apprentice.

  Baron Lawrence, to escape the earthquake, pushed forward the guests in front of him one by one, rushed to the window in a few seconds, then hugged his head and violently smashed the unbroken glass and jumped out.

  Just as Baron Lawrence sprang up, a deafening crash of thunder burst forth from the ear, just like a storm that had been brewing for a long time finally began its fierce rumble.

  His ears buzzed with a loud noise, his head was chaotic and seemed to be about to explode, he had a rolling feeling inside his body, unable to maintain balance, and directly fell down, barely landing on both feet.

  Then, an arrow shaft flashing with a metallic sheen accurately shot into the right eye of Baron Lawrence who was still in a daze and hadn't come to yet, deeply embedding itself, dark red blood with a sulfurous smell flowed out, caught by an invisible hand.

  To maintain his image as a powerful magician, Lucien used the incantation-less casting method. Just this alone consumed nearly half of Lucien's spiritual power. Adding to that, he had just used "Professor's Resonance Hand" earlier, so now Lucien only had enough remaining spiritual power to cast two apprentice-level spells.

  "Ah!" Lawrence let out a miserable cry, but it was cancelled out by the 'soundproof wall'.

  It wasn't until then that Baron Lawrence realized he had been ambushed!

  But it was too late. Another arrow followed the first, flying straight into Lord Lawrence's mouth as he let out a blood-curdling scream.

  The sound stopped suddenly.

  A baron with the strength of a high-ranking knight's attendant, merged with the shadow of an evil creature, was killed in just a few seconds without any attempt to dodge or resist, thanks to the cooperation of several magic apprentices.

  Lucien saw this scene and wanted to say: "The combat power is not even worth five."

  Around the lawn where Baron Lawrence was lying, there were several disheveled men and women who were stunned and lying there. People coming from other directions, busy avoiding the earthquake, didn't notice the situation here at all, and continued to run frantically outside the villa wall.

  The shaking of the villa gradually subsided, and those who had been knocked to the ground finally crawled out. The body of Ake was covered with dust that had fallen from the ceiling. As for the servants, how could they have still been in the villa when Baron Lawrence held such a depraved ritual? They had long since fled to the small house on the other side of the garden.

  Lucien took the vial of dark creature's blood back from the wizard, and ceaselessly filled a glass tube with magic runes, filling up one and a half tubes. Meanwhile, Smeyer, the sage, and others saw that Baron Lawrence was dead, so they helped to collect the blood, which could also be used for magical experiments or spellcasting.

  Lucien inserted three glass tubes filled with the blood of evil creatures into a specially designed pocket in his black robe, looked at the men and women who had recovered from the "earthquake", and said in a low voice: "It's time to leave."

  "Yes." Xianzhe, Bai Mitang, and Simai put away the extra blood-filled test tubes and were about to follow Professor Sir.

  Just as the four magic apprentices turned around, a black shadow suddenly emerged from the window about ten steps behind them, holding a pitch-black dagger and viciously stabbing towards Lucien's back.

  He had been quietly waiting in the villa before, finally waiting for the opportunity to assassinate this powerful magician who ruined his own plan.

  From the magic that can shake down a villa just now, I have only this one chance!