Bloodline Vol. 11

Bloodline is a long-running fantasy manhua by Ai Ou (real name Ge Chongwei) that builds a supernatural world on a real-world foundation, where vampires, the Holy Land, the Black Tower wizards and other factions coexist. The story centers on the vampire girl Lilo Ai: her father Last, the last vampire elder, casts the forbidden spell "Daydream of White" so his daughter can walk in sunlight, sparking a protracted war between the vampires and the Holy Land. The main storyline, the Heretic Image Arc, shifts to an ordinary middle-schooler named Ye Ren, whose sister Ye Lai is drawn into the vampire–Holy Land conflict; he volunteers to become Lilo's blood servant and, on the brink of death, is transformed by her first kiss into a newborn vampire, "Yeren," and from then on survives and grows alongside Lilo under the Holy Land's pursuit. This volume is the eleventh in the series, covering chapters 66–70 of the Heretic Image Arc. The plot focuses on the fierce Battle of the Red Gate: the vampire girl Lilo Ai faces alone the Holy Land's centurion, who possesses the "undying body," and a duel between two immortals unfolds, revealing the secret of the centurion's century-long deathlessness and his sorrowful past on the battlefield. Besides the main story, this volume collects unreleased character designs, four-panel bonus comics and creation notes, making it an important installment for fans completing the worldview and character details.