The time was approaching midnight. Jiang Yan and Jiang Yao appeared beside an auxiliary road of a highway in the remote suburbs of C City, waiting side by side.
The new clothes needed to dry until tomorrow before they could be worn. The two still wore their original outfits, but their hair had been styled at a beauty salon and they had helped each other tie single ponytails, no longer looking unkempt.
At exactly midnight, two headlights appeared in the distance. An SUV with rugged lines appeared at the end of the auxiliary road and began to slow down.
"Xiao Yao, wait here. I'll go alone."
Jiang Yan patted Jiang Yao's shoulder and tightened her grip on the travel bag.
"Brother, I'm going too. You can't do everything alone. I can handle it too."
Jiang Yao shook her head, showing a stubborn and serious expression.
Under the streetlight, a woman with avant-garde clothing got out of the car.
Black T-shirt, short denim vest jacket, tight white leather pants with a peach-like seductive hip curve, straight long legs wearing red high heels.
Lipstick outlined sexy lips, mature and glamorous features, with long curly wavy hair. Just looking at her appearance, her age could be estimated at most thirty years old.
"Introduced by Huang Gu?"
The avant-garde woman looked up, down, left and right at the two girls in front of her with ordinary clothes and inexperienced temperament, taking out a cigarette and lighting it.
"Yes, Uncle Huang said..."
"Big sister... we want to buy some blood!"
Before Jiang Yan could finish speaking, Jiang Yao quickly stepped forward.
The avant-garde woman frowned and was silent for several seconds before exhaling smoke: "Which one of you is in charge? Just one person talk to me—this isn't a marketplace!"
Jiang Yan gave a sideways glance and gently patted Jiang Yao's back. The latter could only retreat resentfully to sit on a roadside stone more than ten meters away.
"Uncle Huang said we could contact you every month to buy a batch of blood and medicine."
Jiang Yan's attitude was very proper as she quickly handed over the note that Huang Gu had given her earlier.
In the distance, sitting on the roadside stone, Jiang Yao stared curiously at the avant-garde woman, quietly activating the lowest state of blood-boiling, trying to probe the other party's background. However, except for a peculiar chaotic feeling of falling into an abyss, she couldn't discern any meaningful information.
Probably sensing Jiang Yao's probing, the avant-garde woman turned her head to look at the light blonde girl under the distant streetlight who acted as if nothing had happened, a trace of killing intent appearing in her eyes.
A surging aura like a landslide and tsunami burst forth, like an invisible scythe of death piercing through Jiang Yan who was close at hand.
Although she didn't suffer substantial physical harm, in that instant Jiang Yan felt as if part of her soul had been cut away, her head experiencing tearing pain. Swaying left and right, she covered her head and slowly bent over, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Seeing this scene from afar, Jiang Yao also burst out with a violent aura, though compared to the avant-garde woman’s, it was like the difference between an ant and an elephant.
Jiang Yao charged, the silver dagger in her hand reflecting alternating bright and dark ghostly light under the streetlamp.
The avant-garde woman watched the overall-wearing girl charging toward her, that furious but reckless desperate killing intent suddenly making her want to laugh.
When approaching the avant-garde woman at about seven or eight meters, the high-speed advancing Jiang Yao seemed to crash into an invisible viscous substance, her speed suddenly dropping, then she stumbled and fell to the ground, blood slowly flowing from the corner of her mouth.
This was the power of a high-level vampire!?
Looking at Jiang Yan collapsed on the ground several meters away, Jiang Yao showed a desperate expression, also regretting her rash and frivolous curious probing.
Just a few seconds felt like a century had passed. Under the dim auxiliary road streetlight, two pale-faced girls curled up on the ground, while the avant-garde woman leaning against the SUV door was still leisurely smoking.
"Really tough lives... You two little girls, Huang Gu should have reminded you earlier not to make rash probes against vampires of unknown background, because the other party might be on a completely different level from you."
After speaking, the avant-garde woman threw down her cigarette butt, walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk, revealing an obviously custom-made vehicle-mounted constant temperature refrigeration equipment.
The terrifying aura oppressing their entire bodies instantly dissipated. Only then could Jiang Yan struggle to get up, gently wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth, her expression gloomy. As for Jiang Yao, her face alternated between red and white, with annoyance, anger, shame, and fear taking turns on her face, a complex mix of emotions.
"Being able to withstand my pheromone stimulation shows you're not the kind of low-level animals that collapse at the first blow. Alright, stop dawdling. I have limited time—come over and choose what you need."
The avant-garde woman unlocked the refrigeration equipment's password and turned around smiling to watch the girls supporting each other as they staggered over.
"Sorry... senior, we really don't understand the rules here."
Looking at the blood bags on several refrigerated shelves, then at the woman whose strength was unreachably high, Jiang Yan slightly lowered her head.
The internal materials of the Shadow Arrow Force had strict multi-level confidentiality mechanisms after all, plus the detailed content classifications were vast as an ocean. With Xia Yan's former captain military rank, her understanding of the entire vampire world was actually limited to very low levels.
"That's the proper attitude... Alright, don't call me senior, it sounds silly. I'm called Wan Yue—Wan as in graceful, Yue as in moon. Call me sister, auntie, or even grandma—I can handle it all."
Wan Yue casually leaned against the edge of the trunk, pointing at the refrigerated shelves with her hand: "Regular blood type refrigerated fresh blood is cheapest—2,000 yuan per 200ml bag, rare blood is 100 times that price. At your current level, if just maintaining blood thirst intervals, 200ml at a time is sufficient."
"Of course, if you have money to burn and want to accelerate your growth, you don't need to consider blood thirst intervals—daily intake has no upper limit. Frozen plasma has the best effect, but it's somewhat wasteful for low-level vampires."
Jiang Yan nodded silently. Although she had been mentally prepared, this price still made her feel tight financially.
"Don't think it's expensive. All medical institutions nationwide with blood collection qualifications have their data connected to the Shadow Arrow Force's intelligence monitoring center—management is very strict. Of course, you could also attack ordinary people, then you wouldn't have to spend money. But taking roundabout ways to buy from me shows you haven't decided to consider yourselves monsters yet."
Wan Yue spoke very casually, but her gaze intentionally or unintentionally flowed over Jiang Yan and Jiang Yao's faces, probably understanding the expression changes on Jiang Yan's face.
"Thank you, Sister Wan. I'll take six 200ml bags—enough for one month."
Jiang Yan calculated the money on hand and future living plans, immediately making her choice.
"Just this? You two blood servants can last a month?"
Wan Yue smiled very mysteriously, slowly and interestedly walking around Jiang Yan and Jiang Yao in a circle, her sexy red lips slightly upturned, her nose tip slightly twitching as if smelling something.
"I'm wondering... how were people with your rare blood type, who are watched like pandas by certain institutions, blood infected?"
Wan Yue revealed a meaningful smile, then pulled open the driver's door, took a wine bottle and cup from the front rack, poured a small cup, and brought it directly to Jiang Yao.
"Ordinary blood—drink it!"
Wan Yue's expression suddenly changed, that terrible aura once again enveloped everyone present, making Jiang Yao, who was already trapped in confusion and fear, start trembling again, involuntarily looking to Jiang Yan beside her for help.
"Sister Wan... she's not in a blood thirst interval, she doesn't need..."
Jiang Yan desperately resisted the oppressive aura emanating from Wan Yue, struggling to lift her head and speak softly.
"I'm not asking for your opinion—I'm ordering you!
"Drink it!" Wan Yue's expression grew colder.
"Fine, I'll drink! What's the big deal..."
Jiang Yao's temper also flared up. Staring at the wine cup in the other's hand, she snatched it and tilted her head back to drink. A second later, the light blonde girl curled up on the ground with an exaggerated expression, vomiting violently.
"Rare first blood dependency syndrome... The target of first blood intake wasn't an ordinary person—could it have been you? That's too extravagant."
Wan Yue turned her body, withdrawing her gaze from Jiang Yao and refocusing on Jiang Yan's face.
"We had no choice at the time, or she might not have made it through. Sister Wan, can this condition be changed in the future?"
Jiang Yan frankly nodded in acknowledgment, not feeling there was anything improper about it.
"Mm, from now on she can only drink your blood or other vampires' blood. As for ordinary human blood, before she advances to Baron, I'm afraid even smelling it will be unbearable. As for you, whatever."
There were other things Wan Yue didn't say, just smiled and closed the refrigeration equipment.
Besides six 200ml bags of regular fresh blood, Jiang Yan added a box of warming medicine, paying a total of fifteen thousand yuan in cash. As for the precious internal and external hormone suppressants, Wan Yue had no stock and made no promises about when they might be available.
With this, plus the rental apartment and various living supplies expenses, of the one hundred thousand yuan obtained from Zhong Jing, nearly thirty thousand had been spent in just one week.
Wan Yue was too lazy to count and directly threw the money into the driver's seat. Behind her, the two girls supported each other and disappeared into the night.
Wan Yue sat back in the driver's seat but didn't start the car, as if still waiting for something. A few minutes later, the phone rang. Wan Yue didn't even look and put it to her ear.
"Sister Wan, this is Huang Gu. Did they come today? How do you feel about them?"
"Mm, interesting. Rare blood type, very high future potential. I can basically confirm they're Shadow Arrow Force people."
Wan Yue recalled the tactical movement details when Jiang Yao launched her attack, and the behavioral habits Jiang Yan unconsciously revealed, involuntarily adding a mysterious smile to the corner of her mouth.
"Sister Wan's eye is sharp! What do you think—can we bring them in?" On the phone, Huang Gu breathed a sigh of relief. "If you have no objections, I'll observe them for a while longer to check their character."
"Don't celebrate too early... These two little girls are already mid-level blood servants. Are you sure they were only blood infected less than ten days ago? Especially that blonde girl—her explosive strength is almost approaching Knight level. This is very abnormal."
Speaking of this, Wan Yue's brow slightly furrowed, seeming to still recall previous events.
Facing Jiang Yao's probing and subsequent attack, she had actually instinctively felt some killing intent—a sixth sense that wanted to nip danger in the bud, which had almost influenced her at that moment.
"Mm, I also find this point very strange, which is why I wanted you to see them personally. Oh, today people from the Hermit Alliance found me and asked me to pass along a message—they still hope you'll return..."
"What qualification do you have to pass messages for them? I don't have time to chat about this now! First keep a close eye on the D City situation and don't cause me trouble! Hanging up!"
Wan Yue's face suddenly changed, her tone instantly turning ice cold.
On the phone, Huang Gu was so frightened that his breathing stopped for several seconds.
After hanging up, on the auxiliary road of the dark highway, calm was restored once again. Wan Yue lit another cigarette, resting her arm on the rolled-down car door window, lost in thought.
After taking a few puffs, Wan Yue's gaze quietly swept toward a certain direction in the distance, a trace of barely perceptible disgust appearing on her lazy and seductive face: "So many troublesome things tonight... even in a place like this I can encounter some trash."
Shifting into gear and starting up, with a press of the gas pedal, the engine let out a low roar as the SUV shot forward. More than ten seconds later, Wan Yue seemed to sense some change, suddenly glancing at the rearview mirror with a strange smile on her face.
"Being targeted by dark vampires... you two little girls have such bad luck. Let's see if you can get through this test."
The vehicle turned onto the highway and continued accelerating, racing away at lightning speed amid the navigation system's hoarse warnings about speeding