Modern Cultivation : The Strongest Couple Bonded by Vampire System-Chapter 553: Reckless

Without waiting for the smoke to dissipate, MingYue leaped forward, her qi churning and turning into an ice dragon that flew around her. Alice clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Seems we have no choice. The governor should be coming here now."

Alex tilted his head. "The governor?"

Alice didn't reply. Her wings started fluttering and then glowing with golden light. The fairy dust began swirling, creating a new pattern on top of her wings. The pattern was beautiful, but Alex recognized it. It was a rune, albeit with some changes.

Meanwhile, outside, MingYue was facing an army of drones. The ice dragon roared, creating waves of absolute zero that turned each of them into ice sculptures. She brandished her sword, intending to shatter them into pieces, but just inches away, she quickly leaped backward. Then—BOOM!!! The drone exploded like fireworks, and soon, all the other drones followed suit.

MingYue's eyes narrowed as she observed this. Her instincts told her this wasn't just a desperate move. As she expected, when the smoke dissipated, the drones were not completely destroyed despite the explosion. Instead, they had turned into some kind of liquid metal floating in the air. The liquid then began flying at high speed, gathering into one huge sphere. But before it could finish—BAM!!! An air cannon exploded, splattering the liquid metal all around the area.

"Freeze it!" Alice called out as she flew out from the opening, her palm pointed forward with smoke coming out from it. Soon, wind started swirling again as she prepared to shoot another spell.

MingYue nodded. Since Alice had more experience fighting this type of enemy, she knew it was better to follow her suggestion. She slashed her sword horizontally, shooting concentrated ice qi and freezing all the liquid to absolute zero.

BAM! Another air cannon shot, but this time, it wasn't targeting the drone leftovers. It flew further, hitting the weird robot that had come out from the building.

All of this happened in quick succession, before the robot could even lock onto their location. Alice's air cannon hit the robot with a loud bam, but it barely left a scratch. Despite this, Alice had already moved to target another robot, shooting another air cannon.

Her actions made Alex, who had just come out, raise an eyebrow. 'Does the air cannon have another effect?' As Alex thought about this, the robot's metallic surface started to crack. Its shiny exterior quickly transformed into the ragged texture of rock. 'Petrification…'

Alex quickly realized what Alice had achieved. She had created a new way to fight, mixing two spells to gain two benefits at once. Usually, spells that gave negative side effects like blindness or petrification lacked offensive power, allowing the enemy to resist them easily. But fusing them with her air spell had turned it into a deadly weapon. The moment the air cannon hit, it became particles that merged with the robot's exterior, starting the effect from the inside.

Meanwhile, the liquid metal that MingYue had frozen started to crack, making her frown. She tried to infuse more qi, but no matter what she did, the liquid metal refused to freeze.

Alex's eyes locked onto it as his mind quickly ran through the possibilities. 'It's rejecting freezing,' he thought, narrowing his eyes. 'Even at absolute zero, its particles are still moving. This isn't normal matter—it's using its own energy to keep the particles in motion, generating kinetic energy internally. Like a self-regulating system. It's not just resisting the cold—it's actively fighting it. The moment the temperature drops, it channels energy to vibrate its molecules faster, preventing them from settling into a solid state. That means it's essentially unfreezable unless its internal energy runs out.'

But they didn't have time to wait for the energy to run out. They needed to reduce the enemy as much as possible before the so-called governor came out. Alex turned his focus outward, spreading his qi to feel the entire area and determine how far they needed to go to leave the city. "Twenty-five kilometers. Seems them ganging up on us like this has its benefit."

Since the city had moved and concentrated to encircle them, its size had become much smaller than before. But twenty-five kilometers was still quite a distance. If Alex wanted to execute what he had in mind, he would need a lot of energy. 'Now seems like a good way to test things out. Vesa, help create a rune to absorb their lifeforce.'

'You sure, King? Don't you want to stay hidden? Even with this commotion, no one should have guessed you're a vampire. If we do your plan, there will be clues all over.'

'Yes. Since the progenitor has a hand in this, it will be better for us to do this. They will then focus on looking for us rather than Alice's hideout,' Alex replied in his mind. He had already decided to just gather information from Alice and then move separately, as he wanted to bait whoever was behind the scene. Despite his calm look, deep down Alex was angry. Seeing his world turned into this, with humans likely being used only as batteries, made him want to spare no expense in finding out who was responsible. 'And that's not all, Vesa. If they really use humans as the source of this lifeforce, we should be able to get more answers.'

'I see, King. Seems your control over lifeforce has evolved again,' Vesa replied, quickly understanding what Alex meant.

With Vesa's agreement, Alex quickly sent his plan to MingYue. Hearing his plan, she smirked. The ice dragon then flew toward her, fusing into ice armor. With dragon wings extending from her back, she flew toward Alice. "Follow me."

Alice was confused, but as her gaze darted, seeing what Alex was doing, she quickly understood. "This is reckless."

"Did you just meet him? He always does reckless things."

Remembering what had happened in the fairy world, Alice agreed with MingYue. Even there, Alex had been very reckless, charging toward the enemy castle alone and creating havoc everywhere, not afraid of incurring the sentinel's wrath.