Reborn as the Vampire Prince at Server Start, I am Invincible-Chapter 91 : Will to Fight

Will to Fight
The thought of running away flashed through his mind for just a moment.
A second later, Chen Zixuan slowly stood up, took another health potion, and ultimately chose to stay.
If it had been before, he wouldn't have had the slightest mental burden.
If you can't win, just run away and come back when you can—there's nothing shameful about that.
The ancients said, "A wise man submits to circumstances."
It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Chen Zixuan's rational mind also told him that he needed to leave here as soon as possible, to wait until these few monsters lost their aggro, then come back and continue, picking off a lone target.
However, recalling his cowardice just now left Chen Zixuan unable to move his legs.
Instead, his grip on the dagger in his hand tightened.
If he couldn't even face three ordinary level 15 monsters, how would he ever challenge the four archangels?
He couldn't run...
No matter how many times he ran away in the future, it wouldn't matter.
Isn't life just a constant trade-off between escape and acceptance?
But this one time, he absolutely could not run away!
His grip on the dagger grew tighter and tighter, until, in the end, Chen Zixuan could even hear the harsh sound created by friction between his palm and the hilt.
Chen Zixuan had a premonition: if he ran away this time, the seed of fear would take root in his heart forever.
He feared he would never again summon the courage to face the legendary four archangels in this lifetime.
Abruptly raising his head, he saw that the silver-haired girl's expression had become incomparably ferocious!
Cruelty and brutality were spreading and surging from deep within her heart.
Chen Zixuan didn't want to lose his own life.
He didn't want to become just a character in some game.
He wanted even less to become a useless decorative "vase," just a tool to satisfy others' desires.
To protect all of this, he could only become fiercer and more fearless than his enemies.
Only in this way could he see a glimmer of hope and reclaim the life he was about to lose!
Even if the enemy was a god.
Even if he could only crash himself bloody and broken against them, at the cost of his very existence, so be it!
"Roar!"
The first Sawtooth Crocodile, now low on HP, opened its huge mouth and lunged fiercely. Up close, the sharp teeth in its mouth were packed densely together, layers upon layers—there must have been hundreds.
Ordinary crocodiles certainly couldn't have that many teeth. Needless to say, this must have been some special mutation caused by angelic magic contamination.
With only 300 HP left, just a single touch would likely mean Chen Zixuan's instant death.
Yet the silver-haired girl also let out an angry growl. Once again, she used [Wound Tear] to weapon enchant her dagger, which glowed with a bloody light. She didn't dodge or evade, instead stabbing forcefully right into one of the Sawtooth Crocodile's eyes!
Losing 10% HP, Chen Zixuan's health now dropped to half.
[Blood Pool] Current Storage (30/120)
Bang!
Another heavy thud.
-83!
+60!
The girl's figure, once again like a kite with its string cut, was sent flying backward, rolling several times over the cobblestoned ground before finally coming to a stop.
Fortunately, at the last moment, she managed to dodge a fatal bite from the Sawtooth Crocodile—she was only hit by its massive head and knocked away, not killed in one strike.
Chen Zixuan's HP was now at 227.
Meanwhile, the Sawtooth Crocodile raised its head and let out a pained screech—bright red blood spraying continuously from its left eye socket.
Enduring the pain surging through every part of her body, the silver-haired girl pushed herself off the ground with both hands, struggling to get up.
Gritting her teeth, she raised her right hand and targeted the Sawtooth Crocodile, now back in [Bleeding] status, unleashing a second [Blood Drain]!
A blazing ball of blood exploded atop the Sawtooth Crocodile's head.
Deep blue numbers rose again.
-738!
+249!
[Blood Pool] Current Storage (40/120)
At the same time, Chen Zixuan's scant HP first dropped, then climbed—thanks to 20% max HP healing and [Blood Banquet] recovery, Cecilia's HP was nearly back to full.
Just looking at the numbers wouldn't give you much feeling.
Only through real combat did Chen Zixuan truly realize how terrifying the Vampire Prince class was.
As long as she wasn't instantly killed, no matter how many injuries she suffered, this silver-haired girl Cecilia could recover to full health in a very short time.
Her survivability and endurance were shockingly high.
And at the same time, she inflicted tons of mixed damage on her enemies—this too was terrifying.
As everyone knows, in Legend of Kaloran, there are three types of damage: physical, magical, and true damage.
The seven base classes generally only deal one type; melee classes usually do physical, ranged classes do magical, and very few players could combine more than one type.
But Chen Zixuan now possessed the ability to simultaneously deal physical, magical, and true damage.
Although he wasn't particularly skilled at any of them...
[Bleeding] was about to end, and after taking two rotations of Chen Zixuan's skills, the Sawtooth Crocodile's HP finally dropped below Silverflash Pierce's execute threshold.
This time, Chen Zixuan didn't hesitate at all and threw his pitch-black dagger.
A blinding silver flash shot forward, deeply penetrating the Sawtooth Crocodile's body, and true damage ignored all defenses!
-1968!
The massive beast opened its jaws, paused briefly, then toppled heavily to the ground.
In the next second, Chen Zixuan's experience bar, which hadn't moved for a while, suddenly leaped up a huge chunk—he had passed the midpoint between level 8 and level 9 in a single jump.
This result didn't surprise Chen Zixuan at all—killing monsters far above your level always gave more experience, and this is how he'd gotten to level 8 in the first place.
After all, when others were still fighting slimes, he was already in grueling battles with world-class bosses.
No one could envy him for having the world's top ranking.
But now was not the time to relax.
Let's not forget, just nearby, there were still two full-health Sawtooth Crocodiles eyeing him hungrily.
Glancing warily at the two Sawtooth Crocodiles ahead, Chen Zixuan considered for a moment and came up with a new plan.
Both [Silverflash Pierce] and [Blood Drain] had short cooldowns—only 60 seconds—but they weren't suitable for sustained fights.
[Wound Tear]'s cooldown was even shorter, but honestly, not counting the [Bleeding] effect, its damage was too low.
Even when paired with the enhanced [Blood Drain], it still took at least two full rotations of skills to seriously injure a single Sawtooth Crocodile.
Given the current situation, if he wanted to go up against two Sawtooth Crocodiles at the same time, he could only use the skill [Enhance: Claw (Left)].