[Dormitory Broadcast: Seven polar nights, seven cycles of day and night, the king hidden in the darkness has awakened. In his frenzied state, his desire to kill surges dramatically. Players, be careful.]

"A king in the darkness, sounds quite intimidating," Xu Lang muttered.

"From this description, it seems there's only this one monster this round," Wang Yazhi speculated.

"Lang, quickly check the chat room," Sherry said with dazed eyes, reminding them.

Xu Lang casually opened the chat room.

[159 Zheng Kai: Brothers, this is the information slip I just found (Information Slip)]

[Information Slip]

[Type: Item]

[Content: Julian is a pure-blood vampire slumbering in a bunker. He awakens once every seven cycles, and after drinking the blood of 33 people, he returns to the bunker to continue sleeping]

[Introduction: This kind of thing has no level, cannot be decomposed or upgraded, just look at it and that's it]

Information slips were different from dormitory broadcasts; they were basically one hundred percent accurate.

When players saw this information slip, they knew things were serious.

An information slip specifically detailing information about a single monster was no different from biographies in ancient times!

One could imagine how powerful this vampire named Julian was!

[159 Zheng Kai: Brothers, this is a certain death situation! We must sacrifice 33 players before Julian will leave]

[88 Qian Haotong: Damn, when I was in the 'Blood Sprout Dormitory Building', I also encountered this type of monster!]

[179 Yun Yun: Things might be more complicated. In his frenzied state, I don't know if he'll kill even more people]

[33 Ye Fan: Speaking of which, even if there's such a monster, wouldn't he go after Lang Ge first?]

[98 He He: Lang Ge, be careful!]

...

"Lang Ge needs to be careful, hahaha~" In Dorm 178, dorm owner Yu Yang saw the chat room messages, his face full of sarcasm.

"Damn, finally there's a monster that can deal with him!" a male player laughed excitedly. "I always said his Blood Grudge playstyle would eventually backfire!"

Previously, the players from their dorm hadn't managed to blow Xu Lang up and were instead killed with a single sword strike.

This grudge was firmly established.

It's either you die or I perish.

They had been living in constant anxiety these past few days, but now they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Is this monster really that powerful? Xu Lang did kill the Frost Ghost King after all," a young man hesitated to ask.

"Ah Bing, you don't understand this," Yu Yang looked at this player who was native to the Mad King Dormitory Building and smiled. "Mechanism monsters placed in dormitory buildings are basically invincible; no single dorm room can withstand them alone."

Another player nodded in deep agreement:

"These kinds of monsters are used by the dormitory building to clean up those BUG dorms. Many arrogant floor leaders, once targeted by mechanism monsters, can only abandon their dorms."

"Unless you can figure out their mechanics, only then can you resolve the crisis."

"But look at this vampire's mechanic - he has to kill 33 people. Xu Lang definitely won't be able to avoid this calamity."

Yu Yang laughed heartily: "We should keep a close watch. When Xu Lang dies, we'll go scoop up his equipment, quick search and quick retreat, so we don't get targeted by the mechanism monster too."

Seeing these veteran players so confident, Ah Bing also laughed.

...

In Dorm 200, Xu Lang suddenly opened the door.

Cao Yaxuan and the others looked completely shocked.

Tong Qi immediately summoned her ghost pet and was about to follow him out when she saw Xu Lang place a Frost Flame Torch at the doorway, then return inside.

Xu Lang explained: "Testing to see if we can get information about that monster."

"So that's what you're doing, Xu Lang, you're so clever!" Cao Yaxuan's eyes lit up.

Xu Lang shook his head without responding, instead saying: "This level will probably be difficult to pass!"

What other players could see, he naturally could see too.

That pure-blood vampire might be the same level as the Frost Ghost King, and possibly not suppressed.

"Let fate decide," Wang Yazhi said with a faint smile.

The terror of the second round Ghost Officials was still fresh in everyone's memory.

Xu Lang opened his mouth, about to say something, when he suddenly noticed Tong Qi's pupils constrict. He quickly turned to look.

On the surveillance screen, a pale-skinned man picked up the Frost Flame Torch, his eyes showing curiosity.

He seemed to have detected someone watching him and also looked up at the surveillance camera.

"Heh!"

He suddenly gave a ferocious smile, clenched his hand violently, and the entire Frost Flame Torch instantly shattered into pieces.

In the moment the light went out, Xu Lang managed to check this monster's information.

[Vampire (Julian)]

[Type: Dark Creature]

[Level: 8]

[Skills: Immortal Body, Blood Clan Energy, Blood Bat Doppelganger, Dark Affinity, Blood Escape]

[Introduction: An ultra-rare pure-blood vampire who dreams of becoming nobility, possessing super explosive power and super recovery ability. Do not engage him in prolonged battles]

"This is a genuine vampire, and he actually has five skills!"

Xu Lang was shocked internally.

Just as he was processing Julian's information, the door was attacked.

Boom!

[Durability -8]

Dealing 8 durability damage in one hit - this was the true value of a level 8 monster!

Although Julian and the Frost Ghost King were both level 8 monsters, their natures were completely different!

The Frost Ghost King was a magic type and a command monster, while Julian was purely a combat monster!

"Yaxuan, you repair the door's condition!" Xu Lang shouted urgently and began operating the turrets.

Under his control, three turrets fired their attacks almost simultaneously!

However, Xu Lang's expression darkened.

All attacks had passed right through Julian's body!

"What fast reaction speed!"

Xu Lang took a deep breath, gave up controlling the Void Splitter and Thousand Jun Dragon Hunting Crossbow, and focused entirely on controlling the Golden Eagle Wing Crossbow.

Julian's attack frequency was fast and frenzied, seeming to have lost some rationality as well.

The Super Alloy Steel Door's durability plummeted rapidly, and Cao Yaxuan began sweating on her forehead.

After all, Julian was a level 8 BOSS, while the Super Alloy Steel Door was ultimately only a level 4 door.

Xu Lang seized the right moment and fired a golden crossbow bolt.

The bolt wasn't aimed at Julian's head but rather at his fist!

"Ah!!!"

Julian's figure staggered back as he pulled out the golden crossbow bolt, his fist smoking from the burn.

Xu Lang perceived all of this through his Sixth Sense.

"It works! His Blood Escape isn't constantly active!"

Xu Lang had captured a key piece of information, but he didn't relax his vigilance.

Because Julian had launched another attack!

"Xu Lang, we're running out of raw materials!" Cao Yaxuan reported loudly.

Hearing this, Xu Lang didn't hesitate at all and directly chose to upgrade the Super Alloy Steel Door.

At this point, being greedy about that little bit of durability was meaningless, and scraping a couple more arrows against Julian was similarly pointless because it couldn't fundamentally change anything.

If during this time period, Julian suddenly decided to use a big move and directly broke through the door, then there would truly be nowhere to cry.

[Nightmare Coins -1200]

[Please choose from the following upgrade directions and make your selection within one minute]

[One, Diamond Door: Extremely high defense, extremely high durability, small probability of reflecting damage back to enemies]

[Two, Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door: Medium defense, medium durability, the jade toad creates a "Treasure Light Shield" every ten seconds that blocks one attack, the golden pillar automatically collects gold, silver, and copper coins in front of the door, gold/silver/copper coins can repair the door]

[Three, Five Ghosts Carrying Coffin Door: Extremely high defense, medium durability, when door durability reaches zero, applies "Level 7 Curse" to all non-dorm targets within ten meters]

Without further thought, Xu Lang chose the Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door.

In an instant, the Super Alloy Steel Door's form underwent a dramatic change, becoming resplendent and magnificent, radiating luxury.

[Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door]

[Type: Facility]

[Level: 5]

[Defense: 130/130]

[Effect 1 (Wealth Energy): Gold/silver/copper coins can repair durability]

[Effect 2 (Treasure Return): Automatically collects gold/silver/copper coins in front of the door]

[Effect 3 (Treasure Light Shield): Jade toad creates one shield layer every ten seconds that can block one attack]

[Durability: 240/240]

[Decomposition yields: Jade X25, Gold Thread X25, Gilded Treasure Paint X3, Jade Spirit X1]

[Upgrade condition: 2400 Nightmare Coins]

[Introduction: Money money money, so much money flying toward me... The poor aren't worthy of possessing me!]