Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse

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With each group of Vine Monsters dying, large quantities of A-Rank Attribute Value Cores were dropped, alongside Ability Cores and even Dropped Items, which even included pieces of equipment, such as large rapiers, or armor themed after roses and vines.

Noah even saw items he had never seen before dropped, such as vials filled with red liquid and blue liquid, Health Potions and Mana Potions, incredibly rare items dropped rarely inside Dungeon, however, as he had investigated, it seemed that the drop of such items increased at higher Ranked Dungeons.

This plus the boost in dropped items provoked by the Blood Cores of most people present made the monsters drop piles of valuable items!

But the most precious one was the sphere Noah was holding with his hand, an Attribute Value Core!

With enough of these… he would soon reach S-Rank!

However, he quickly saved it inside his Dimensional Storage Ring, as he kept fighting against the hordes of monsters.

As their group advanced through the labyrinth, decimating the puzzling structure, and leaving enormous craters and wastelands everywhere, larger, and stronger monsters appeared.

Monsters that resembled carnivorous plants appeared, with gigantic gaping mouths, slimy vine tentacles, and sharp teeth.

There were also large Accursed Trees, which were trees that moved on their own and attacked with their sharp wood, which they shaped as large claws or spears.

And alongside them, enormous car-sized, black-colored flying bugs that resembled a mix between a bee and a fly appeared, having sharp stingers and large crimson eyes, coupled with a long mouth that seemed to be able to be filled with spiraling razor-sharp teeth!

And because Noah's party was simply attacking everywhere and devastating anywhere they went, all the monsters hidden within the dungeon were triggered, constantly rushing towards them!

"GROOOOOOHHH!"

A group of twenty Accursed Trees charged together against a beast made of shadows with glowing crimson eyes.

Her sharp teeth formed a demonic, malefic smile that would make anyone that watched her have chills run through their spines.

"You have no meat…! I hate your flavor! GRAAAWR!"

The shadow beast, Adamantine, leaped into the air as she suddenly began to… divide?

No, she was not dividing, she was summoning three wolf-shaped shadow beasts as her companions, following her through the air as if she were their pack leader!

"Awwoooo!"

"Graawr!"

"Rooarr!"

The three Shadow Beasts roared, each one jumping over an Accursed Tree, using their sharp claws to tear apart the hard bark and using their strong jaws to bite and swallow the tender wood inside!

Crunch! Slash! Crash!

"GRRAAWWR!"

Meanwhile, Adamantine was the most beastly of the four, as she leaped over the Accursed Trees while using her gigantic shadow claws and her enormous shadow maw, slicing the enormous monsters whose sizes varied from 7 to 15 meters!

CRASH!

With a single combination attack of her claws in both her feet and hands, Adamantine slashed through the log bodies of the Accursed Trees, tearing them into pieces one by one!

Their motionless bodies fell over the ground one by one, as Adamantine kept pushing through, as she practiced some of the magic her master had taught her!

"Solid Shadow…!!!"

Flash!

Suddenly, her ethereal shadow body became as solid as steel, as she kept expanding her shadows, slashing through things with the gigantic claws she could generate, alongside her monstrous abyssal shadow maw, which ate literally anything she came through!

However, she was quickly pushed back by a larger than usual Accursed Tree, which was an Accursed Tree King, its bark was darker than usual, and it even possessed a human-like face stuck into the center of its body, with glowing crimson eyes!

In fact, it even spoke!

"I won't let you pass any further, shadow demon! I will never let you touch my Lord!"

"GRRAAAWR!"

Adamantine, however, was completely wild, as she began to bite the enormous wooden fist that pushed her into the ground, the Accursed Tree King quickly took a humanoid-like shape, and had two enormous fists and the size of a skyscraper!

CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!

Adamantine, however, kept expanding her gigantic shadow maws, as she continued to devour the bark that made the strong fists of the Accursed Tree King!

However…!

"Quite the fierce fighter… But you need thousands of years of knowledge and experience to even match me, shadow demon!"

The prideful Accursed Tree King generated hundreds of magic circles in a split of a second, which generated car-sized, purple-colored fireballs!

Yes, a tree conjuring fire!

"This is my special Magic, Soul Fire! It will burn through your soul and consume your very being! Perish!"

Adamantine kept struggling as she fought against the enormous fists, but the purple-colored fireballs began to shower her entire body!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"GRAAWRR…!"

Adamantine roared monstrously, devouring the fire itself and surprising the Accursed Tree King!

"Oh? Interesting… But not enough! Soul Fire Whip!"

The Accursed Tree King smiled wickedly, as he generated an enormously long whip made of purple flames, entangling Adamantine with it and then throwing her into the ground!

BOOM!

"NNNGRAAGHH…!"

Adamantine felt her entire body crushed by the enormous force, as she vomited a mouthful of blood, and all of her bones shattered!

Meanwhile, the soul flames began to eat away her soul!

The Accursed Tree King glanced at the struggling Adamantine, who he had given for death already.

"Outstanding, your generation abilities are similar to the Blood Demons… But not even the Blood Demons were able to withstand my flames when they tried to invade my lord! Hah!"

The Accursed Tree King laughed once more, as he raised his Soul Fire Whip into the air, aiming to whip Adamantine until he crushed her into a puddle of blood and consumed her entire soul in the process!

"DIE!"

FLASH!

The whip rushed towards Adamantine, as she was barely standing up while regenerating…! She was not going to be able to evade in time!

However, a sudden burst of blue flames emerged from behind her, clashing against the purple soul fire!

BOOOM!

Both flames negated each other, as they dissipated into nothingness!

The Accursed Tree King was shocked!

"This… Impossible! My Soul Fire has no match!"

"Do you think I would let you kill my dog in front of me?" asked Iris, glancing from above.

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