Even after transforming, they still weren't a match for him in a single move. Cici and Joy couldn't help but feel a wave of despair in their hearts.
"Who are you, and why are you doing this?" Joy asked.
"What, you still haven't guessed my identity by now?" Ian said playfully.
"Are you that city guardian?" the two women exclaimed in surprise. According to the information they’d gathered, the city guardian was strong, but only a bit stronger than a typical earl. Both of them were late-stage earls, each able to handle at least two earls alone. Yet even working together, they couldn't withstand a single move from him. That meant this guardian must have at least duke-level strength.
Ian clapped his hands and let his gaze roam brazenly over the two women, making them feel both embarrassed and angry.
"Bingo, you finally guessed it. So, are you going to keep resisting, or surrender obediently?"
"You may have defeated us, but you're definitely no match for our Master!" Cici declared loudly, though her voice betrayed a hint of false bravado.
"That's right! I'm indeed no match for that vampire prince!" Ian admitted without hesitation.
Joy's eyes lit up. "Since you're not our Master's match, how dare you lay a hand on us!"
Ian chuckled. "True, I'm not your Master's equal, but your Master can't do anything to me either. All right, enough pointless chatter—let's get down to business!"
As he spoke, Ian stepped forward toward the two women.
"What are you trying to do?"
The two women once again grabbed the bedsheet to cover their beautiful bodies, making Ian feel a bit regretful.
"I'm warning you, our bodies belong to our Master. If you dare lay a finger on us, our Master definitely won't let you off!"
"Oh, really?"
Ian let out a soft laugh, then, moving as fast as lightning, tapped each of their brows and sent a Puppet Mastery Divine Art sigil into them.
Immediately, a look of confusion appeared in the eyes of the two women.
About two seconds later, their eyes cleared. Then, they flipped over and knelt on the bed, respectfully saying, "Cici greets Master."
"Joy greets Master!"
As they rose, the bedsheet naturally slipped off, and their perfect bodies were once again exposed to Ian's gaze.
Cici and Joy both had petite figures, yet their bodies were incredibly hot—especially their very full chests. Combined with the four pairs of blood-red wings on their backs, they looked just like anime-style 2D beauties come to life.
Gradually, Ian's gaze grew a little heated.
At that moment, the two women happened to lift their heads and catch the heat in Ian's eyes. They exchanged a glance, then carefully crawled over to Ian, looking up at him pitifully and saying, "Master, how about we serve you instead?"
Hearing this, Ian couldn't help but shiver, feeling tempted. But then he remembered they were vampires, and hesitated. More importantly, these two had once been the vampire prince's personal maids—who knew how many times they'd been favored? Ian had no habit of using someone else's cast-offs.
Both Cici and Joy were experts at reading people; otherwise, they couldn't have become Mason Hu's most trusted maids and subordinates. So, they vaguely guessed what Ian was thinking.
Cici said, "Master, please rest assured. Joy and I are both still virgins—you can enjoy us without worry!"
"No way," Ian blurted out. "Are you saying that vampire prince is some kind of saint, leaving you two untouched?"
Although the two women didn't know who 'saint' referred to, they got Ian's meaning. Joy explained, "Master, we wouldn't dare hide anything from you. Although both Cici and I wanted to climb into our former Master's bed, he said we had special physiques and shouldn't be 'broken' too early. Only when we reach prince level should we lose our virginity—at that point, it would be hugely beneficial for both him and us."
"So that's how it is!" Hearing their explanation, Ian nodded to himself. "You two get up and put your clothes on."
"Why?"
The two women were stunned. If their Master already knew they were virgins, why was he still unwilling...
"There will be plenty of chances in the future. For now, just put your clothes on!" Ian urged again. He liked beauty, but he wasn't the type to jump into bed the moment they met.
"Yes!"
The two women didn't dare defy Ian's order and quickly got up to dress.
The process was pure torment for Ian, since the two women didn't care about his presence at all.
Once they were dressed, Ian began to question them: "How much do you know about that vampire prince?"
Cici replied, "Master, our former master is named Mason Hu, and he's already reached mid-prince level."
Joy added, "Our former master is very mysterious, and he has some powerful tools and weapons we don't know about!"
Cici continued, "Our former master's advancement is also unusual. Besides drinking blood, the more citizens he develops, the faster his cultivation grows!"
Gaining cultivation by increasing followers—this had to be a system benefit.
Next, the two women took turns explaining, giving Ian a much clearer understanding of the vampire prince—and confirming that he was indeed one of the system hosts.
How could he allow another to snore beside his bed? Now that Ian was sure Mason Hu was a system host, he resolved to eliminate him by any means necessary. After all, all hosts were competitors: if you don’t take out the other, the other will take out you.
In a direct confrontation, he still wasn’t a match for Mason Hu.
However, from what Cici and Joy had told him, Mason Hu had expended a lot of energy setting up the Domain Barrier. Later, while still recuperating, a Righteous Master broke through the barrier and forced him to reveal himself. Even now, he hadn’t recovered his peak strength.
Since Mason hadn’t recovered his full strength yet, this was an opportunity. If he waited until Mason was back at his peak, he’d be much harder to deal with.
Ian quickly came up with a plan and decided to head to Roxon City overnight to take care of Mason Hu.
But before going, he needed to enslave the other six vampire earls.
These six earls were at most mid-earl level, much weaker than Cici and Joy. It didn’t take Ian much time to enslave them, and then he brought them straight to the outskirts of Roxon City.
"Master, are you really going in?" Joy asked worriedly, looking at Ian.
"If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you get the tiger cub? Let’s go—into the city!" Ian waved his hand.
Roxon City was now a ghost town, with almost no humans left.
Led by Cici and Joy, the group quickly arrived at the central manor.
There were guards around the manor, but seeing Cici and Joy, none of them came forward to question, letting the whole group enter without issue.
As soon as they entered, Ian gave the six earls a look—they would stay behind to block any guards that rushed in, while he, Cici, and Joy would go deal with Mason Hu.