Chapter 971 Grimrace Entering The Stage!

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Virtual World

Atlas World, Frozen Kingdom.

Inside the Frozen Palace, the competition between the retainers of Shin and Dracula was still ongoing. And at this point, Blackie managed to defeat her second opponent after a long struggle.

In this round, her opponent didn't dare to underestimate her after seeing her bloodline awakening, especially when she defeated Earl Cray with much ease in the latter state of their fight.

Her opponent vampire was also an earl just like the previous one but their abilities were somewhat different.

At the start of the battle, her opponent immediately initiated a blood transformation, summoning a blood armor that covered his entire body. And when Shin saw that, he immediately understood that the opponent was a knight-related class vampire.

The battle was already at its peak right at the beginning of the battle. Both sides showcased their powers and combat abilities, benefiting their current realm and level.

After watching their battle, Shin finally understood how strong a peak Tier 3 Ascended Beings could be. Their powers greatly surpassed the previous tier by a great margin. The gap was so large that the two tiers couldn't be compared with each other.

Even though Blackie had the advantage in terms of speed, she still struggled in the battle since the defense of the opposing side was difficult to crack.

It was not only the defensive capacities of the armor but also the fighting style of the vampire which focused on a defensive stance. This greatly countered Blackie's fighting style just like her previous opponent, but in a different matter.

If Earl Cray's techniques covered a large area that could limit the space Blackie could use, then this opponent focused on a solid defense which made her feel helpless.

Fortunately, her growth in battle was not inferior to Shin who was a Battle Genius. She constantly learned in battle, making her opponent feel that they were being hunted by their natural predictor.

Blackie repeatedly attack and retreated her opponent, throwing a powerful attack every time she got near the latter.

At first, her repeated actions seemed to be the usual strategy of hit-and-run. But upon closer inspection, one would notice that she repeatedly struck at the same spot whenever she landed a blow.

And when her opponent thought that her attacks were ineffective, Blackie threw an attack with all of her strength, breakthrough the spot that she repeatedly struck. Due to her constant assault, the defenses in that area gradually weakened and gave her enough opening to land a critical blow.

Before her razor-sharp claws could even strike the chest of her opponent and crushed the heart underneath it, the vampire was suddenly teleported out of the arena, signifying the result of the battle.

The vampire naturally couldn't accept it and wanted to jump back into the arena to fight again. Unfortunately, he knew that it was impossible given that it was Draco who pulled him out.

At the same time, one of the vampires at the side of the battle arena was staring at him sharply, making him tremble.

Their king might be merciful to them, his subjects, but this particular vampire who had a much higher noble status than him was completely different. If anyone of them showed any disrespect to their king, then this vampire would not hesitate to cut them, regardless of the consequences.

In the end, the vampire earl could only lower his head and accept the result of the battle.

From the other side of the arena, the short event didn't escape Shin's eyes. He narrowed his eyes as he looked at the particular vampire that seemed to have the highest noble status among his opponents.

A single glance at that vampire was enough for Shin to understand that he was the strongest among them.

"He must be at least a Duke Rank Vampire," muttered Shin solemnly as continued to stare at that vampire.

Not long after, he turned his attention back to Blackie and saw that she was already at her limit. Fighting two consecutive battles with high intensity naturally exhausted her. Even if she managed to awaken her bloodline and become very powerful, it was impossible for her to face the rest of the vampires from the opposing side.

With a helpless sigh, Shin waved his hand and unsummoned her, not letting her continue the next rounds. He also took a quick glance at her new stats, which were completely different from before.

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Spirit Name: Blackie

Status: Reaper's Retainer – Darkness

Race: Elemental Spirit

Bloodline: Abysmal Penumbra Spirit

Purity: Monarch

Transformation: Abysmal Monarch

Tier: 3

Level: 300

Ability Status: Temporarily Sealed

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Most of her stats were somewhat different compared to what he remembered. Though, there was still the sealed status due to him being much weaker than them. Fortunately, their level would always be double his current level with their tiers corresponding with it.

"Not bad," muttered Shin after reading through the information panel. Though, he was somewhat disappointed that she didn't retain the level that she had during the battle, which was the peak of her current tier.

He could only shrug his shoulders and accept it since there was nothing that he could do about it. If he wanted them to be stronger, then he could only grind more levels, so that they could reach their peak form.

After that, he immediately summoned his next contender. Since his side was currently the winner, he had to send his retainer first before the opposing side.

"Shadow Reaper!"

Summoning Grimrace, Shin couldn't help but feel a little strange. This particular elemental spirit was supposedly an Abomination Shadow Spirit, but after absorbing the curse that was cast on him by the elder of the Corrupted Cult, this problematic spirit evolved alongside Vladimir.

No matter how he thought about it, he felt that the current reaper's title of Grimrace was somewhat inappropriate.

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Spirit Name: Grimrace

Status: Reaper's Retainer – Shadow/ Psychic

Race: Elemental Spirit (Abomination)

Bloodline: Eldritch Psychic Spirit

Purity: Supreme

Transformation: Yaksha Transformation

Tier: 3 – Peak (Temporary Adjusted)

Level: 499 (Temporary Adjusted)

Ability Status: Partially lifted

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Looking at the current status window of Grimrace, Shin couldn't help but feel satisfied. This was how Blackie's stats were supposed to be. Unfortunately, it was a temporary boost from the system.

Swoosh!

Right after Grimrace appeared, Shin couldn't help but look at the elemental spirit intensely. It was because his abomination of an elemental was resembling a human appearance. He was more human-like compared to Shin who had encountered him. Though his attire was somewhat odd.

Grimrace was currently wearing a dark green butler's outfit with a white ruffle collar that was usually seen worn by clowns.

Both of his hands were covered by clean white gloves while A cylindrical gentleman's hat was sitting on top of his head with a color similar to his outfit.

Other than the outfit that Shin found odd, Grimrace seemed to look more like a human being. Even his face was somewhat handsome by human standards.

Lifting Grimrace's head, Shin saw a black tear tattoo under his eyes.

Aside from Grimrace current appearance, Shin also found that the attitude that the elemental spirit was showing him was completely different from what he remembered.

The violent and aggressive attitude seemed to have disappeared.

"What are your orders, my liege? Do you want me to dispose of those mosquitos for you?"

Or so he thought.

Those words sounded respectful given the tone that Grimrace had. But Shin could tell that this guy was only suppressing the excitement in his heart. His trembling body was proof that he was itching to stand at the center of the battle arena.

With a twitching mouth, Shin gestured to Grimrace to step into the arena. "Do whatever you want."

It didn't take long for Shin to regret saying those words.

Right after Grimrance stepped on the arena and stood at the center of it, he quickly said to the opposing side. "Send all of your remaining representatives together. I don't like wasting too much time squashing mosquitos."

Boom!

Powerful auras immediately exploded right after Grimrace said those words. Not only were the six vampire retainers standing at the other side of the arena was enrage, but even the other vampires watching the competition also wanted to jump to the elemental spirit and rip him apart.

The Duke Rank Vampire was also glaring at Grimrace coldly, suppressing himself from walking forward without his king's permission.

He might want to step on the arena and cut the head of this particular elemental spirit who showed great disrespect in front of their king. But he couldn't make his move without his king saying a word.

Seeing the duke vampire, Grimrace seemed to remember something and suddenly added. "Oh! Yeah! Our house mosquito wants to face that huge mosquito personally, so I will be sparing him to let that guy take care of it later."

Hearing Grimrace repeatedly calling them 'mosquitoes', all of the vampires couldn't hold any longer and showed a violent reaction.

Boom!

But before they could even make their moves, the duke vampire suddenly released his aura, suppressing all of them with it. He was the one who was most enraged at the moment but he kept restraining himself since their king was giving them a warning look.

After that, Dracula looked at Grimrace with great interest. He knew that Shin had quite a number of special elemental spirits. He could even feel that a few of them were as powerful as him at their peaks.

One of them was currently gravely injured, making them unable to showcase their real powers. The others were currently in the process of evolution while one was in the middle of regaining its strengths.

Unfortunately, their real powers were currently being suppressed by the rules of the world, not letting them achieve their peak forms.

"Interesting~!" muttered Dracula while looking at Grimrace before responding. "I will grant your wish and send three of my Marquesses. But it will look like we are bullying you, so I will be suppressing their strengths and match your level to make it fair."

Grimrace was about to say something but he immediately shut up his mouth when he received the voice transmission from Shin.

In the end, he silently nodded his head.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Right after he agreed, three vampires suddenly appeared in front of him while wearing cold gazes. From the looked of it, they couldn't wait to rip this arrogant elemental spirit into shreds.

Completely unfazed, Grimrace looked at them and grinned widely. "I hope you will give me an entertaining show."

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