"Splash!" Accompanied by the sound of water, two drowned Holy Knights were lifted onto the shore.
The vampires carrying them had throats twitching, seemingly struggling to restrain their bloodthirsty desires.
But under the threat of death, no one dared to make any move.
Abraham became increasingly flattering; originally just bowing his head, he now even slightly bent his waist to express his reverence for the Progenitor.
He desperately suppressed his bloodthirsty impulse, even though the bloody scent dispersing in the air was so exquisite it nearly made him succumb, even though he clearly sensed that drinking the Holy Knight's blood would bring him great benefits. But he could only endure stubbornly, not even daring to show the slightest hint on his face.
During this hunt for these two Holy Knights, although the Church Knights' combat performance was still excellent, they were inferior to the Holy Knights in strength, speed, and resistance.
One Church Knight who went to awaken the Holy Knights even had his head chopped off on the spot.
For some unknown reason, the wounds on the vampires injured by these Holy Knights couldn't heal. The vampire whose head was chopped off died instantly.
The vampire stabbed in the chest was temporarily fine.
Fortunately, it didn't stab his heart, otherwise according to Norton's estimation, this vampire knight would have died instantly too.After all, these new-style vampires were born according to his ideas, and the heart was obviously a major weakness for vampires.
Besides, through this observation, Norton roughly estimated his own strength.
If he also couldn't recover after being slashed, he should be able to overpower one Holy Knight, but fighting two together would be more strenuous.
If fully armored, he estimated he could fight two more. After all, Norton no longer had any internal organs, even his heart had degenerated. Now besides being beheaded, Norton didn't know any other way to kill himself.
These Holy Knights were completely suppressed by him in all aspects, but this special attack method of making wounds unable to heal really made Norton's scalp tingle.
But after drowning those two Holy Knights in the cave, he had tried using their great swords to slash himself, and he could still recover instantly! Could it be that all these special attack effects relied on the holiness of God imbued on the Holy Knights?
Norton couldn't figure it out, but he could experiment.
Norton waved his hand.
"Progenitor, I'm here!" Abraham instantly bent his waist, his face showing piety as if beholding a god.
"Bring me one of their great swords!" Norton's crimson eyes fixed on Abraham's face, the withered skin and terrifying appearance combined with crimson, emotionless pupils made Abraham infinitely nervous.
"Yes!" Blood Ancestor Abraham quickly waved his hand, and a Church Knight jogged over, handing over a golden great sword with both hands.
"Thud!" Norton took the golden great sword and immediately stabbed it into the thigh of a third-generation missionary vampire nearby, then pulled the sword out.
The stabbed missionary didn't even dare to grunt, standing silently throughout, watching Norton's actions.
As Norton pulled the sword out, his pierced thigh rapidly recovered at a visible speed, returning to perfect condition within seconds.
Now Norton could finally confirm that the special attack against vampires wasn't on the weapons, but on these Holy Knights cultivated by the Church through some mysterious means.
Watching Norton's actions, Abraham became even more humble, his heart chilling.
Stabbing without hesitation, cruel and merciless—this Progenitor really didn't see them as human!
"Do you know the fundamental reason why these Holy Knights can harm our kind?" Norton placed the great sword back into the hands of the waiting Church Knight, then asked Father Abraham beside him.
"I don't know, Progenitor. The Holy Knights are the Pope's greatest secret; even Bishop Doxia or cardinals can hardly access their mysteries."
"Forget it."
Under the circumstances, it's better to eat first!
Norton looked at the two Holy Knight corpses lifted ashore, then strode toward their location.
The bloody scent in the air couldn't bring him any so-called unbearable desires, but the leap in strength was quite appealing to him.
Norton opened his mouth wide, his full mouth of sharp teeth biting down hard, severing the Holy Knight's neck.
Thick blood trickled out, not a single drop wasted, all gulped down by Norton.
It was hard to tell whether the still-warm blood entered Norton's abdominal cavity or was absorbed by his skin immediately upon entering his mouth.
In any case, a familiar warmth generated in his stomach, then spread throughout his body, growing increasingly warm.
As Norton fed, a strange, faint sound arose from his body.
"Crack..."
Subtle bone movements were barely audible, but if one looked carefully at Norton, they could see his body seemed to be gradually growing taller, or rather, his bones seemed to be lengthening.
This change was extremely slow and hard to discern without close attention.
But only after Norton finished feeding on the two Holy Knights' blood and stood up again...
Did Abraham suddenly realize that this Norton Progenitor had grown ten centimeters taller in just a short moment!
Originally, Norton had noticed his body gradually growing taller over the past few years, and now suddenly growing another ten centimeters made his body height reach nearly two meters.
His physique was slender, appearing elongated and thin due to his still-withered skin. Such great height combined with such an emaciated physique made him begin to exhibit an abnormal, inhuman weirdness even when clothed.
Norton closed his eyes and raised his head, feeling the wonderful sensation brought by the scorching blood within his body.
At the peak of pleasure, he even spread his arms, assuming an embrace-the-sky posture, venting the exhilarating feeling brought by his evolution.
"HA!!!"
Norton roared at the sky.
A much stronger oppressive aura than before feeding spread from Norton, filling Abraham's heart with despair.
With such a terrifying God-like existence, how were these newborn vampires supposed to survive?