Reality check

"HOW DARE YOU- " Dracula roared in anger as he sent a counter- attack on every single ship in front of him. ↑

It was a full blown assault driven by anger, however, it was power that no ordinary god could ever hope to trifle with as millions of small blood droplets sped towards their targets with incredible velocity since there was nothing to slow down their acceleration in the vacuum of space.

[ Blood Manipulation ]

Max used blood manipulation right back to contest over Dracula's control of blood making the blood bullet barrage slow down considerably to the point that they could only splash harmlessly against the hard exterior of the ships like a droplet of water.

In terms of blood mastery, Dracula was stronger than Max. However, what Max could do was to reduce the power of Dracula's attacks by close to 90% which meant that they were left with only a fraction of their true abilities.

Although he could not completely neutralise it, he could do just enough to give Dracula a hard time.

"Damn you, Max Rajput!" Dracula cursed as his attack being neutralised gave yet another opportunity to Max's troops to attack with yet another barrage, however, this time around Dracula weaved through the attacks and anticipated the attack pattern beforehand as he closed in the distance between himself and Max.

The one failed attempt on Max's men gave him all the knowledge that he needed to understand that fighting based off blood skills against Max was not going to be effective when deploying AOE attacks.

If there was only a fine margin separating the two then it was better that he use that margin in one vs one combat to his advantage instead of wasting energy on AOE control.

Dracula understood that focusing on Max was akin to giving his troops a free pass to do whatever they wished for in his absence, however, he felt confident in making short work of the new vampire king and returning to obliterate his fleet after.

His plan was to get close to Max and pull him away from the support of the lord's before dragging him to the dark dimension for an isolated fight.

However, what he did not expect was for Max to willingly charge towards him as he moved towards his location which led to a very surprising punch to land squarely on his jaw.

-1,200,000

[ System Notification - Your enemy is stunned for 0.2 seconds]

Dracula never saw that punch coming. One moment he was weaving through the countless energy beams coming towards him from the Bloodfall fleet and the next he saw Max right in front of him with his fists balled and his arms pulled back.

In his mind he was planning to approach Max, however, never did he imagine that his weaker opponent would actively confront him.

Although the punch did not break any teeth, Dracula felt the shockwave rattle his very skull as he momentarily lost body function.

For Max, it was an unexpected gain. Something he could not have possibly hoped for, as an opponent of Dracula's calibre becoming stunned was almost unheard of-

Nonetheless, he made the most of the opening and managed to follow up with a critical punch to his neck and to his ribs as he sent Dracula flying backwards.

*CRACK*



-45,000,000 CRITICAL HIT!

-20,000,000 CRITICAL HIT!

Dracula felt one of his ribs crack in while his throat felt like it was ready to come clean off his shoulders.

He hadn't felt such a brutal beating being dished out to him since his days as a mortal and yet he was on the receiving end of one from a tier7 opponent.

[ Ixtal's Supremacy]

In a desperate attempt to gain back the control of the fight, he brought out Ixtal's Supremacy.

The tiers move that was the ex-vampire king's strongest move and one of his self created attacks that he had mastered.

It was a move strong enough to kill a tier8 opponent at 100% HP and was nothing to laugh at.

Dracula hoped that the attack would either push Max back or take his arm off.

He even wondered if he had fucked the whole plan up by going too far and that Rudra and the queen had taken notice?

He wondered if the queen would suddenly descend and intervene in this fight even before he had the opportunity to take Max to the dark dimension, however, what he did not expect was for Max to face his incoming attack ever so calmly.

Ixtal's Supremacy was a move that could slice planets and moons in half.

It was a peak tier8 move that no tier7 individual should be able to face, yet Max just extended his palm against it as if it were a gust of wind and blocked it with his bare hands.

[Void Neutralisation]



The ultimate defensive move given to him by the celestials themselves was the technique that Max used to deal with Ixtal's Supremacy.

It was a move that could potentially neutralise any magic attack of any nature, however, Dracula did not understand the fundamentals behind it.

To him, Max had stopped one of the strongest attacks with his bare palms and had managed to break one of his ribs.

This fight was no longer a child's play and Dracula could no longer afford to underestimate Max.

He had not expected Max to be a serious opponent. He had not even considered Regus to be a particularly difficult challenge, however, his opinion was shifting fast.

If he did not take this fight seriously then in the next twenty minutes his HP would hit 0 and he was sure of it.

Although he could not fathom how a tier7 warrior could stand up to him, he intended to give Max the respect he deserved in the fight going forward as he calmed his mind and stopped attacking recklessly.