"Zzzzzzt——!!!"
The high-frequency vibration of the tungsten steel drill bit pierced into the decayed gums.
A shrill scream rent the air, stabbing at the eardrums.
The air grew heavy with the scorched scent of bone friction, mixed with the metallic stench of rotten blood.
"Wuuu!!!"
Strapped to the treatment chair, Elizabeth’s body went into violent convulsions.
It was too brutal.
This wasn't a tooth extraction; it was a mining blast! Every time the drill in that man’s hand vibrated, her very soul trembled along with it.
"Stop moving! It’ll just be a second!"
Victor barked the order, increasing the pressure in his hands.
His goggles were covered in bone fragments, and his refined, yet villainous face was flushed with the fanatical zeal of a master craftsman.
"The roots are fused; I have to shatter the bone tissue. Bear with it!"
He pulled the trigger hard.
Crack!
A crisp snap echoed.
The rotten fang that had plagued Elizabeth for centuries finally broke.
"That's one done."
Victor switched off the drill and tossed it to Alice.
Immediately after, he snatched up a half-meter-long, heavy-duty pair of pliers.
The cold glint on the jaws of the tool made Elizabeth’s eyes roll back, nearly fainting from terror.
"Open wide."
Victor shoved the pliers into that bloody maw, precisely clamping onto the root.
"One, two, three—and there she goes!"
He braced his feet against the base, his strength flowing from his core.
Squeltch!
A geyser of black, foul blood erupted, drenching Victor.
The rotten tooth, looking like a piece of withered wood, was wrenched out by force.
"Awoooo——!!!"
Elizabeth unleashed a scream of ultimate agony.
Pain.
A pain that transcended physical limits.
It felt as if someone had reached into her skull and stirred her brains.
"What are you screaming for? You’ve got plenty of energy, I see."
Victor tossed the rotten tooth into the tray with a loud clang.
He stuffed gauze into the bloody hole.
"Stop the bleeding! Alice, get the saliva ejector!"
"As you wish, Director."
Alice approached with a tube that looked like an industrial vacuum cleaner.
Slurp——
The powerful suction instantly drained the blood and fluid.
"Very good, all cleaned up."
Victor looked at the bare gums and nodded in satisfaction.
The current Blood Queen looked like a toothless old crone, devoid of any intimidation.
"Now for step two, the main event."
Victor walked to the refrigeration unit and brought out a blood bag labeled 【BIOHAZARD】.
The liquid inside was an eerie dark gold, writhing as if it were alive, radiating violent energy.
【High-Energy Concentrated Synthetic Blood (Type-V)】
【Description: Synthesized from dragon and demon factors. A single drop brings withered wood back to life; a bag brings the dead back to life.】
Victor’s heart ached as he looked at the bag.
This had cost him 80 points to exchange!
"Old lady, you’re getting a hell of a bargain,"
Victor muttered as he hung the blood bag.
"One sip of this adds ten years to your life. If this doesn’t cure your anemia, I’ll tear down the clinic myself."
He grabbed Elizabeth’s withered arm.
The veins were as shriveled as dead twigs; there was no way to insert a needle.
"The vascular condition is too poor."
Victor shook his head and pulled out a puncture needle as thick as a pinky finger.
"We’ll have to go with an intraosseous infusion."
Before Elizabeth could even register fear, Victor raised the absurdly thick needle and slammed it into her sternum.
Puch!
"Ugh——!"
Elizabeth’s body arched like a shrimp, her eyes bloodshot.
Pain!
If the extraction earlier was a tearing sensation, this was a burning one.
As the dark-gold liquid was injected, she felt as if she had swallowed a sun.
Flames spread from her sternum, igniting the withered network of her blood vessels.
"Aaaahhhh!!"
She struggled frantically, wanting to tear herself apart.
"Hold on! This is a good sign!"
Victor held her down firmly, eyes fixed on the monitor.
"Heart rate is up! Blood pressure is recovering! The body is absorbing the energy!"
A miracle occurred.
Elizabeth’s shriveled, ashen skin began to glow with an eerie red light.
The withered subcutaneous tissue puffed up like a balloon.
Wrinkles were smoothed away.
Her sparse white hair rapidly turned black, then shifted into a dazzling scarlet, growing wildly until it draped over the treatment chair.
Snap! Crackle!
Bones popped loudly.
The hunched skeletal frame underwent a second growth spurt.
Her spine straightened, and her withered chest filled out, straining against her tattered cloak.
"Hot... so hot..."
Elizabeth’s consciousness blurred.
Every inch of muscle was being dissolved and recast.
A long-lost sense of power surged through her limbs.
It was youth.
"Function restored to 80%."
Victor checked the data and nodded.
"While her activity is at its peak—final step: the implants."
He picked up the "dentures" from the tray.
Eight mechanical fangs forged from aerospace-grade titanium alloy, shimmering with a cold silver light.
Their surfaces were etched with tiny runes, and the roots featured a precision threaded structure.
【Enchanted Titanium Alloy Fangs】
【Hardness: 100 (Armor Piercing)】
【Trait: Indestructible, Lifetime Warranty.】
"If we're replacing them, we might as well use the best."
Victor held a fang up like a work of art.
"Screw-fixed. From now on, forget biting through veins—you could bite a steel plate and take two chunks of iron with you."
He stepped in front of the now-dazed Elizabeth.
At this moment, though she was still twitching, one could catch the silhouette of a peerless beauty.
She just looked a bit ridiculous with a toothless mouth.
"Open up."
Victor picked up a miniature electric screwdriver.
He aligned a titanium alloy fang with the socket in her gums.
"This might feel a bit tight. Bear with it."
Zzzzzzt——!
The screwdriver whirred.
The cold metal threads ruthlessly spiraled into the alveolar bone, locking the fangs in place.
One, two, three...
Victor’s movements were as efficient as an assembly line.
Every time he implanted one, the runes flared with red light, and the surrounding soft tissue healed automatically.
As the final canine was screwed into place,
The blood bag on the IV stand finished its last drop.
Boom!
A terrifying shockwave of air suddenly erupted.
Victor grabbed Alice and retreated quickly.
Leather straps snapped, and the searchlights shattered.
Within the swirling dust,
The corpse-like old woman had completely vanished.
In her place stood a tall figure enveloped in a red mist.
The mist dispersed.
A sultry woman with a smoking-hot figure stood barefoot atop the wreckage.
She had wavy, wine-red hair and skin as white as ivory.
Her tattered cloak barely covered the essential areas, accentuating her breathtaking S-curve.
She slowly opened her eyes.
Her previously cloudy pupils had turned a magnificent crimson.
She raised her hand, looking at her slender, elegant palms.
She flicked her tongue out, licking her upper lip.
She brushed against two cold, razor-sharp fangs.
Clink—
Her teeth clicked together, producing a crisp metallic sound.
Power.
Infinite, boundless power.
The hunger that had tortured her for centuries had vanished.
She felt as though she could punch a hole through a dragon.
"Hah..."
Elizabeth took a deep breath; even the smell of disinfectant felt fresh.
She turned and looked at the man in the corner.
Her gaze was incredibly complex.
Shock, fear, and a deep-seated reverence stemming from her very bloodline.
This man...
Using those torture-like methods, he had reversed death and made her stronger than she was at her peak!
This was a miracle.
No, this was an "applied medicine" far more terrifying than any miracle.
Victor pushed his non-existent glasses up and calmly tossed the screwdriver aside.
Clang.
He ignored the visual impact of the beauty before him, instead pointing sternly at her mouth.
"Stop basking in yourself."
"Open your mouth. Let me check the occlusion. These are titanium; it's a huge pain if the alignment is off."
Elizabeth blinked, stunned.
Her domineering aura instantly deflated.
Subconsciously, she obeyed and opened her mouth, revealing two rows of cold, gleaming metal fangs like a student waiting for an inspection.
"Aaah——"
Victor leaned in to look and nodded.
"Perfect occlusion."
"Congratulations, lady."
He took off his lab coat and casually draped it over her half-naked body.
"The surgery was a success. With your new teeth, you could chew through a tank."
"However..."
Victor’s tone shifted as he pulled a long bill from his pocket.
A smile appeared on his face—a smile that would make a devil tremble.
"Treatment is over. Time to settle the tab."
"High-energy plasma: eighty points. Titanium alloy teeth: fifty points. Plus the specialist surgery fee..."
"That’s a total of five million gold coins."
"So, card or cash?"
Wrapped in the coat that still held the man’s warmth, Elizabeth stared blankly at the bill.
Five million?
Her castle had collapsed, and her treasures had long since been looted.
Right now, from head to toe, aside from her new teeth, she didn't even have a pair of underwear.
"I... I don't have any money."
The great Blood Queen’s face turned red as a tomato, her voice as thin as a mosquito's buzz.
"No money?"
The smile at the corners of Victor's mouth grew even more radiant.
It was the smile of a capitalist who had just found free labor.
"No money is fine."
He pointed toward the counter piled with miscellaneous items.
"As it happens, the clinic is short a receptionist and an accountant."
"Since you can't pay..."
"Then you'll just have to use your body to work it off."
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