Victoria's defeat

Victoria launched the first attack. She moved as swiftly as lightning and rushed towards Lucas in an instant. Her slender fingers transformed into sharp claws, glinting with a cold light in the night, aiming straight for Lucas's throat. Lucas reacted extremely quickly. He dodged sideways and avoided this fierce strike. At the same time, he kicked out towards Victoria.

Victoria flipped in the air and nimbly evaded Lucas's attack, landing steadily on the ground. As her dress fluttered, her eyes grew even fiercer, and a cruel smile curved her lips. "Lucas, it seems your skills haven't deteriorated in the past few days. However, don't think you can get away easily today."

Lucas didn't respond to her provocation. He just focused intently on her every move. He knew very well how powerful Victoria was and didn't dare to be careless at all. At this moment, the air around them seemed to be stirred into chaos by their powers. The wind howled, blowing the flowers and plants in the garden askew.

Evelyn stood aside, watching the two of them fight anxiously. She really wanted to help, but she also knew that she was too weak in the face of such powerful forces. Suddenly, she saw a black-robed figure quietly approaching her while Lucas and Victoria were in the heat of the battle. There was a sinister glint in the black-robed figure's eyes. Obviously, he wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack her.

Evelyn's heart leaped into her throat. She subconsciously took a few steps back, her eyes eagerly searching for something around her that could be used for self-defense. Just as the black-robed figure was about to pounce on her, in a panic, she picked up a branch from the ground and swung it at the black-robed figure. Although the branch couldn't cause any substantial harm to the black-robed figure, it still made him pause for a moment and slow down his steps.

Out of the corner of his eye, Lucas caught sight of the situation on Evelyn's side. He was shocked in his heart. With a momentary distraction, Victoria found an opening. She slammed her palm hard against Lucas's chest. Lucas let out a muffled groan, and his whole body flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Lucas!" Evelyn exclaimed. Ignoring the black-robed figure in front of her, she rushed towards Lucas. Lucas struggled to get to his feet, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and comforted Evelyn, "I'm okay. Be careful."

Seeing how affectionate the two of them were, Victoria's jealousy was almost consuming her. She roared furiously, "Alright, you two are really deeply in love. Then I'll help you today. Let's see you go to hell together and be a pair of ill-fated lovers!" With that, she exerted all her strength again. The dark power on her body surged like waves, converging into black light blades that shot towards Lucas and Evelyn.

Lucas gritted his teeth and tightly protected Evelyn behind him. Then he quickly waved his hands, releasing his own power to form a transparent shield in front of him, trying to block Victoria's attack. The light blades hit the shield, making rumbling sounds and sending out dazzling bursts of light. The entire garden was illuminated by the powerful energy fluctuations.

However, Victoria's power was truly too powerful. Lucas gradually felt it was getting more and more difficult. Cracks began to appear on the shield and spread continuously. Evelyn looked at the cold sweat constantly breaking out on Lucas's forehead and felt extremely distressed. She knew that this couldn't go on like this. They had to think of another way.

Just then, Evelyn suddenly remembered the records about the weaknesses of vampire powers that she had read in an ancient book. It was said that vampires' powers would be restrained when facing some pure natural things. She looked around and saw a fountain in the garden. An idea came to her mind.

Evelyn quickly ran towards the fountain. Ignoring the danger, she reached out and scooped up the water from the fountain and splashed it forcefully towards Victoria. The moment the water touched Victoria, she let out a painful scream. The dark power on her body was like being doused with a bucket of cold water and instantly weakened a lot. Those light blades that hadn't been launched yet also dissipated in the air.

Victoria was both shocked and furious. She glared at Evelyn and roared, "You despicable human! How dare you use such a cheap trick against me!" As she spoke, she wanted to launch another attack again, but being hit by the water just now made her feel a bit powerless for a while.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lucas rushed towards Victoria with all his might. This time, he used all his strength and gathered his strongest strike, hitting Victoria hard. Victoria couldn't dodge in time and was hit by this blow. Her whole body flew backward again and crashed heavily to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

Seeing that Victoria was defeated, the black-robed figures looked at each other. Not daring to stay any longer, they quickly went forward to help Victoria up and then disappeared into the night as if they had never been here.

Lucas looked in the direction they had left and let out a sigh of relief. However, due to the fierce battle just now, his body was also on the verge of collapsing. Evelyn quickly supported him and asked anxiously, "Lucas, how are you? Are your injuries serious?" Lucas looked at Evelyn and showed a weak smile. "I'm okay. Thanks to you, Evelyn. If you hadn't thought of a way to deal with her, we would have been in danger today."

Evelyn hugged Lucas tightly, tears glistening in her eyes. "I don't want to lose you. No matter what happens, I'll face it with you." The two of them hugged each other in this messy garden. After this fierce battle, they understood even more clearly how important they were to each other in their hearts. They also knew that the road ahead was still full of bumps and hurdles, but their love had become even stronger and more unshakable through these trials one after another.

However, after this defeat, Victoria's resentment and jealousy would only grow deeper. She will definitely not give up just like this.