?us doesn''t have time to remember old memories or enjoy that moment with Irina as the bizarre skeletal footsteps sound closer and closer, echoing within the great hall.


    "They''reing..." Hemends as he hugs the fairy tighter.


    "So let''s fight our way out of here!" Irina''s eyes glow with white sparkles while she is so excited to fight.


    But us still seems concerned about her condition. "You better take it easy; we still don''t know what negative effect my blood may have on your body."


    "Negative effect? Impossible!" She smiles at him. "I''ve never felt so good before; I feel this mysterious, incredible power within me, increasing my strength beyond what I could have imagined... and you''re the one who gave me this power!"


    us can''t help but looks pessimistic about that; almost everything in that world is new to him, but that''s not the case with the sparkles in Irina''s eyes.


    Irina can see that us isn''t telling her something, but she doesn''t think about trying to force him to say it and instead waits until he''s willing to say that. "I''m fine, for real; as long as we stick together and support each other, we can do anything!"


    "You''re right, sweetie." us caresses Irina''s face, making her blush more. The approaching undead army doesn''t leave her nervous, but the vampire''s praise makes her heart beat faster.


    After kissing once more, the couple runs towards the great hall arc; on the other side, enormous staircases can be seen, and the sound of skeletal footstepses from upward.


    "Wait!" Irina stops before they can cross the arc and leave the great hall; she looks at us'' face, especially his lips, with a shy expression. "Isn''t it better if we exchange some blood before the battle? I mean, since undead doesn''t have blood, you can''t drain their hearts; and I wouldn''t mind getting stronger either."


    He takes a good look at Irina and notices some very specific symptoms; her skin is wet with sweat, her face is growing flushed, her breathing isbored, and there is that excited sparkle in her eyes.


    "We can''t just keep exchanging blood indefinitely." He exins. "I can transform the blood of others into more power and blood for myself, but my blood only gives you power, so you still have to regenerate your blood naturally."


    Before Irina can argue, us continues. "Also, my blood doesn''t be power right away, it takes some time for your body to absorb the full power of it, so I don''t think more of it would do you any good right now."


    She can''t help but pout. "I feel this desire growing inside me along with the power... there''s so much energy, and I need to push it out, otherwise, I''ll go crazy... but there''s also this insatiable desire!"


    Her expression bes more and more desperate until she bes apprehensive. "Wait, don''t tell me that''s the damn bloodlust already???"


    "It''s not the bloodlust yet." us tries to look serious as he answers, yet, he can''t help but smile. "I think I know what that desire inside you is... and it can only be satisfied in a particr way."


    A part of Irina knows what us means; she can feel it, not with her mind or heart but rather with her most private part, which is burning with desire right now, a desire that only he can satisfy.


    "That''s fighting, isn''t it?" How could Irina admit what she wants to do with us right now, in the underground of the Bronze Skull Sect and about to face an undead army? Of course, she won''t admit that.


    "I feel like this is something physical; my body needs it so badly... a fight! I''ve never wanted a good fight so much in my life!" She tries to sound as honest as possible.


    us can only smile at Irina''s obvious denial. "You can call it fighting if you like."


    She is even more embarrassed and doesn''t know how to act, but luckily for her, the skeletal footsteps are already too close, and they can''t ''fight'' right now.


    "They are here!" Irina ps her thin, delicate wings as fast as a hummingbird and flies off towards the great stairs; her eyes shine more and more with white sparkles, and her whole body also seems to glow with the same white light.


    us smiles as he runs after Irina.


    She arrives at the stairs first and looks up with an impressed expression. He quickly arrives at her side and is also impressed by what they see.


    Thoserge stairs connect to several other simr stairs that create different paths in what can only be described as arge gorge in the depths.


    The ce is so huge that even with his keen eyesight, us can''t see the ceiling, bottom, or any end of that ce; there are only ck rock walls, stairs, and cages everywhere.<novelnext></novelnext>


    Those steel cages are indeed everywhere, whether fixed to the rocks or suspended by chains, and inside each of them, there are one or more skeletons that are now bing alive, trying to join the undead troops thate from everywhere in the darkness.


    Hundreds of skeletons, all carrying old rusty weapons, marching toward us and Irina. Those creatures have no feelings and only one purpose, to follow their masters'' orders.


    "So many enemies but not a drop of blood..." us can''t help but feel a little sad; what motivates him to hunt enemies down is mostly bloodlust, so bloodless enemies are, without a doubt, the least exciting ones.


    "Skeletons are the necromancers'' weakest undead servants, so let''s destroy them all and hunt their masters down next." Irinaments as she tries not to look at us to prevent her body from getting even more aroused.


    us nods to Irina, and the fairy again ps her wings hard, flying towards the skeletons with an excited smile on her face.


    *Whoosh*


    She punches the first skeleton, which explodes into pieces, and her fist goes on, smashing other skeletons in the row.


    *BAM* *BAM* *BAM* *BAM* *BAM*


    Irina is surprised by her current strength; she still feels like she''s in thete stages of the Martial Novice Realm, but that doesn''t seem to mean much since her power is far greater than anyone with the same cultivation and even Martial Warrior people.


    Skeletons surround her,unching slow but numerous attacks. us almost runs to protect her, but Irina spins in the air, releasing powerful wind waves that destroy dozens of skeletons at once.


    *Boom*


    Bones, dust, and old weapons fly everywhere as Irina''s body seems to glow even brighter. The fairy is really excited by so much power and flies around with extreme speed, creating more and more wind waves and destroying hundreds of skeletons.


    "Hahaha..." Sheughs while crushing her enemies. "You can''t touch me, disgusting creatures!!"


    Irina continues to destroy skeletons until her count reaches a thousand easily; just then, she notices that us has not joined the fight but is instead watching her from the bottom of the stairs with an affectionate smile on his face.


    "Aren''t you going to help me with this??" She asks as she continues to p her wings in the air and dodge the skeletons'' attacks.


    "You don''t seem to need any help with that." He responds. "Actually, you look so beautiful and graceful fighting like that... I didn''t want to get in your way but rather watch the show."


    Even amidst a rain of attacks, Irina still blushes at us''s praises, but she doesn''t n to keep passive forever. Then she ps her wings hard and flies at him quickly; she tries to grab him by the arm, but he acts faster and hugs her waist before kissing her lips.


    "This is no time for flirting, stupid vampire!" She breaks the kiss before taking us flying toward the undead horde.


    Flying with Irina is a new sensation for us. He can move as fast as shadows and jump so high that reaching the clouds wouldn''t be a problem, but he''s never flown before.


    But the flight onlysts a few seconds because as soon as he is over the undead army, us lets go of Irina''s hand and fall over the skeletons. He runs over the creatures'' heads, stomping their skulls.


    Any skeleton us touches explodes into dust due to his strength, and with unbelievable speed, he runs through the undead lines, destroying hundreds of them in a few seconds.


    Now it''s Irina''s turn to stand and watch; no matter how powerful she feels thanks to us''s blood, he still seems to be on an entirely different level, and that is without having even half of her cultivation yet.


    "Any help here, sweetheart?" us asks as he continues to destroy the skeletons.


    Irina really enjoys the loving ways that us calls her, which makes her wonder if she should do the same to him. [Should I call you honey or something?? Nah! You haven''t even made the damn proposal yet, stupid vampire!!]


    Even without calling us by some loving nickname, Irina joins him in the fight against the undead. But she tries to keep some distance from the vampire because whenever she gets closer to him, her desire for another kind of fight grows stronger.