CHAPTER 549: CHAPTER 515: THE YOUNG EARL’S SHOUT

Under Jiang Xiao’s tyrannical punches, a trace of despair flashed in the Countess’s eyes.

Ultimately, her body struggled in mid-air for a moment but still fell helplessly to the ground.

Jiang Xiao’s attacks were overwhelmingly strong, each fist and kick containing the power to level mountains and split the earth.

Though numerous, the maids fell one by one under Jiang Xiao’s relentless assault, with no one able to withstand him.

At the end of the battle, Jiang Xiao stood amidst a ruinous wasteland, breathing steadily as if the preceding fight had been nothing but a light warm-up for him.

Really.

At that moment, even Jiang Xiao felt his own strength to be terrifying!

What on earth had happened to his body?

His gaze swept over the surroundings to see the Countess and her maids scattered on the ground, some moaning in pain, others unconscious, not a single one capable of standing up.

The air inside the castle was heavy with dust and the scent of blood, the once grandeur and majesty now gone without a trace.

Jiang Xiao’s hands hung slightly down, his eyes showing not the slightest sympathy, only a faint indifference.

He knew that these vampires’ yearning and greed for humans would never cease.

Shi Shi and the young Earl stood at a distance, their expressions starkly different.

Admiration and awe filled Shi Shi’s eyes, while the young Earl was consumed by fear and disappointment.

They both knew that after today, this castle would no longer be a vampire domain but a historical testament to human conquest.

As for themselves and their parents, it was very likely...

"Whimper..."

Not knowing what had crossed his mind, the young Earl, who had just stopped his tears, began to sob softly again.

The castle’s broken walls and remnants loomed desolate against the dim sky, as if recounting a bloody past.

Jiang Xiao turned, casting a glance at the still trembling young Earl, and said lightly,

"Your parents and kin have been defeated by my hand. You now have two choices: either meet the same fate as them, or let me cripple you and then I will let you leave this place to live an ordinary life."

A glint of resolve flashed through the young Earl’s eyes as he wiped away the tears on his face and stood up.

His body was frail, but in that moment, it seemed unusually upright.

"I don’t want your pity!" The young Earl’s voice was weak but carried an unknowable resoluteness, "I would rather die than live like a homeless dog! My father and mother were right, humans are despicable and shameless!"

Jiang Xiao frowned slightly, not expecting the always weak young Earl to choose death at this time.

The young Earl’s emotions grew more intense as he looked at Shi Shi, his voice becoming shrill.

"It’s all because of you! It’s all your fault! I originally took pity on you, seeing how pathetic you were in the forest, that’s why I brought Shi Shi back!"

His hand trembled as he pointed at Shi Shi, tears welling up again.

"I gave her the best treatment in the castle, the finest food, the finest clothes, I was so kind to her, and what was the result? She brought you, a murderous demon!"

Shi Shi’s eyes held no emotion as her hands clenched tightly, wishing she had torn his mouth apart earlier.

"You little beast, wasn’t it your two old beasts at home who forcibly took me captive?"

"You don’t understand!" The young Earl was almost howling.

"You don’t understand my parents’ gentleness and kindness! They are vampires, but they never harm the innocent! They just want to protect this family, to protect this land!"

His eyes flickered with hatred.

"And you, you’ve destroyed everything! You destroyed my home, hurt my kin, you big villain!"

Jiang Xiao fell silent, looking at the young Earl’s angry yet helpless appearance, and a complex emotion suddenly arose in his heart.

"I... I hate you!" The young Earl’s voice grew lower and lower, finally almost a whisper, "I hate you..."

His body began to sway, as if he could fall at any moment, but his gaze was stubbornly determined, like a wounded beast,

even at the brink of death, it would expend its last ounce of strength to struggle against the enemy.

Jiang Xiao took a deep breath, knowing that the young Earl before him had already made his choice.

He slowly walked towards the young Earl, his gaze no longer cold but filled with a sense of respect.

"You have chosen death, and I will give you a dignified way."

Jiang Xiao’s voice was low and firm; he felt that it was best to get rid of the boy sooner rather than later.

The young Earl didn’t speak; he simply closed his eyes, as if he had already prepared to welcome death.

Jiang Xiao’s palm gently rested on the young Earl’s forehead, his power beginning to gather, ready to grant the other a swift end.

However, at this moment, the heavily injured Earl suddenly rushed up, her tears falling like beads off a broken string.

"No! Don’t do this!" His voice lost the composure it had at the start, "Little Gilles is just a child, he hasn’t done anything, he shouldn’t pay the price of life for this!"

Jiang Xiao’s hand hovered in mid-air, his gaze complex as he looked at the Earl and then at the young Earl.

The atmosphere on the battlefield became incredibly heavy, as if even the air had solidified.

"Father! Don’t beg him, contemptible humans are not worth our submission!"

Looking at the young Earl, standing tall and speaking with conviction, the old Earl’s nose tingled with emotion. The boy had finally grown up, but...

"I beg you, our little Gilles just innocently likes your daughter, he has never said or done anything inappropriate, as for the medicine... that was a decision made by my wife and me, you can kill us, but I beg you, little Gilles is innocent..."

Saying this, the old Earl turned again to Shi Shi.

"Shi Shi, it was my wife and me who forcibly brought you back, you should know the circumstances. Little Gilles never forced us to bring you back; he even repeatedly asked us to set you free. It was all our fault, wasn’t it?"

Was it so?

Jiang Xiao looked at Shi Shi with an inquiring gaze.

Shi Shi nodded; that was indeed the case before she learned that the young Earl had intended to drug her today.

The young Earl hadn’t done anything too excessive.

It was only that his manners were overly effeminate, which Shi Shi disliked, but she couldn’t say she particularly hated.

"Being a father, you, you should be able to understand a child’s innocence."

Jiang Xiao stroked his chin, seemingly deep in thought.

"But he’s a vampire, if I don’t kill him, he will eventually drink human blood, harm human lives..."

"Ah?" The Earls were confused at this turn.

"Ah what? I can’t leave a menace to the world, can I?"

"No! It’s not like that!" The Countess stepped in front of the young Earl, "We have never harmed anyone!"