The sixth level of the abyss, the Molten Sea Hell.
In the dark sky, black clouds filled with poisonous dust surged in the bloody sky. In this long-dead world, the sun went out, the stars and the moon lost their light, and only the red light of lava shot out from countless huge gaps on the earth. .
This world is sultry, but not dry. From time to time, huge amounts of hot water vapor mixed with metallic solutions are ejected from the ground. They rise into the sky, mix with the poisonous clouds in the sky, and then turn into acid rain that can corrode everything. The land then pools into patches of highly concentrated acid lakes that last for at most a few hours.
But even so, it is one of the few sources of moisture in the world, except for the Styx.
Molten Sea Hell, Black Sea Plain, next to an acid lake that had just appeared due to rainfall, along with the sound of trampling, countless traces of creatures suddenly appeared on the originally empty land, and low howls began. echoing around the lake.
Legend has it that the Black Sea Plain was indeed an ocean two thousand years ago. What was churning in this sunken plain was not the thick haze, but the sea water that was barely drinkable even though it contained a lot of toxicity. However, because of the Sixth Abyss and other A war in the abyss, where multiple demon kings fought, caused the sea to evaporate out of thin air, and most of the water vapor seeped into the earth, and then erupted from time to time along with underground movements.
But no matter what the truth is, life will always continue to reproduce, no matter how difficult it is.
Thousands of small holes were drilled out of the gray corroded earth, accompanied by the rustling sound of carapace friction, while densely packed abyss worms crawled out of the earth, enjoying the long-lost acidic air. This scene was so... It was disgusting. Tens of thousands of grey-white fat maggots were squirming and tumbling together. They would definitely make any trypophobia patient faint on the spot. However, the chaos did not last long. After about a few seconds, there were strange sounds. The worms seemed to hear the sound of the flute or the sound of the horn, and began to scramble towards the acid lake not far away.
Not far away, a six-legged insectoid demon that resembled a mantis had just emerged from the ground. It slowly put down the strange bone flute in its hand and watched silently as these worms rolled into the water one by one. Most of these worms are easily corroded by the acid, but there are always a few among the hundreds that have evolved corrosion-resistant shells and acid-friendly internal organs through rapid mutation, and they happily drink the lake water. of water, and then quickly grew with the help of the corpses of its own kind, formed shells, pupated, and finally turned into crimson eggs floating on the water.
"The hatching success rate this time is good."
Looking at this scene, the insect demon thought in his mind: "One hundred and twenty thousand worms should be able to hatch nearly a hundred demon eggs. It seems that the quality of this batch of worms is very high."
While thinking this, it bit the flute with its ferocious mouthparts, and emitted a flute sound that contained magical power to drive away the abyssal beasts and monsters that were approaching. As a herder, its duty was to drive away the abyssal worms. Enter the acid lake to hatch, and then bring the demon eggs back. During this process, you must be wary of the surrounding beasts, because for them, the demon eggs are a great tonic that can promote their advancement.
Because these demon eggs contain pure soul fragments.
In various legends and records, demons always appear as soul predators and destroyers. They occasionally invade a world and then completely destroy it, plundering all the souls and resources in it, but they never Most of the time, they suppress their chaotic and evil nature, patiently making deals with some worlds that they are unable to attack, and trading souls from creatures that desire demonic power.
Most of the middle and low-level demons don't know the reason. Even the powerful demons may not be able to understand the reason. However, as the closest subordinate of a demon lord, the insect demon'Herder Ka Sen' will know the truth of everything.
The reason for everything is because the abyss is a dead world.
What exactly is death in a world? The elements collapse and the power of steel dissipates? This is certain. Such a world has long since been wiped out and returned to the void. However, many worlds clearly still have a complete cycle of elements. Although the power of steel is silent, it still exists. So why is this kind of world judged to be dead? The reason is this - the reincarnation of souls within this world has ended.
Since the birth of life, the soul has appeared. As life reproduces and dies, the reincarnation of the soul becomes stronger and stronger. The invisible and immaterial power will circulate in the heaven and earth, forming a huge reincarnation of souls. Its power will Let the newly born souls become more powerful with each generation, making it easier to master the mysteries of magic and fighting spirit. As long as the end does not come, this cycle will continue to grow, because it is a symbol of the world's 'aliveness' and represents The flame that unites consciousness with civilization and life.
It is the power of fire, and it forms a cycle called existence with the power of steel, which represents the world itself.
Destroying most of the life in a world in an instant can weaken reincarnation, dim the flame, or even end it. The destroyed reincarnation of souls will not only fail to nourish new souls and make them stronger, but will also inhibit new souls. The birth of the baby has made all the newborns in the world stupid and blind, or even vegetative. Living in such a world, unless they constantly plunder souls from the outside world, there will never be a future.
This is the reason why the Abyss keeps launching invasions towards the outside world, and even launches plundering and bloody wars with each other. In a world where the soul stock is fixed, only constant plundering can strengthen itself and maintain its own world. .
Herder Anson's job is to transform the plundered soul fragments into abyss worms and then herd them. This creature at the bottom of the demonic creature chain will spontaneously devour the soul fragments of the dead of its kind, and then continue to advance. Those red demon eggs contain enough soul fragments to support the sanity of a little demon, and The soul fragments of dozens or hundreds of little demons can be fused into a complete soul that can support the mind of an intermediate demon. In the process of devouring and plundering each other, the demons will become vicious and cruel, and become abyss lords to attack other worlds. The best soldier ever.
This is both the cycle and order of the abyss. Pillage others, or die.
-certainly.
The herder Anson thought of this, and the bug-man demon couldn't help but feel unwilling to do so - a complete soul fused from fragments could not compare to those complete souls obtained through transactions or other means, full of resentment and anger. , those souls are the raw materials for the abyss lords to transform big demons like the Balrog. No matter how trusted the lord is by a mere herding insect demon, it will never know the steps involved.
If it can know the secret... then maybe it can become a lord.
And just when the insect demon's heart was churning with the demon's unique heart of betrayal and backlash, a violent roar that sounded like lava exploding suddenly sounded in its soul.
"Anson!"
The sound was so harsh, and the power contained in it was so heavy that the bug-man demon put down the bone flute in his hand in an instant, knelt on his six limbs, and quietly waited for the master of the sound, his lord. , [Great Demon Carlo], a corrosion demon with king-level potential issued further instructions.
—Could it be that I swallowed some of the devil eggs before and was discovered? The demon's simple mind did not have too many twists and turns. The insect demon's thoughts at this moment were immediately sensed by the great demon Carlo, but what is surprising is that the Corruption Demon Lord, who is known for his tyranny and cruelty, was not punished His subordinates continued to use its violent roar to issue instructions: "Get out of that acid lake quickly—I don't want those batch of devil eggs anymore! Leave quickly!"
Anson was stunned for a moment.
A herding insect demon that specializes in hatching can increase the probability of worms hatching by more than half, which is a great asset for any demon lord. Even if they swallow some demon eggs, as long as it is not excessive, most lords will not Inflicting any life-threatening punishment would at most tear apart part of their souls and let them spit out what they had swallowed. However, the lack of punishment this time still made the insect demon feel unbelievable. It knew how powerful its lord was. Stingy and stingy, of course, it is unbelievable that it stood up immediately, followed the instructions, abandoned the eggs and quickly burrowed into the earth. Its specialized exoskeleton limbs and sharp body structure can quickly excavate underground in just a moment. , it has already escaped a hundred meters deep into the ground, and the entrance of the cave is buried deeper than the soil.
Any demon may not be proficient in combat or have little intelligence, but they must be good at escaping and hiding. Those who are not good at these two will have been eaten as snacks by other big demons in their little demon days. The insect demon has this skill. The secret skill of digging hundreds of meters in an instant is considered top-notch among all races in the multiverse. It has used this skill to escape countless pursuits.
And not long after, the ground shook.
Looking down from the black sky of the Molten Sea Hell, one can see a huge smoke column rising at the edge of the Black Sea Plain, moving rapidly, and all the abyssal beasts and monsters along the way are fleeing in panic. These cunning and cruel monsters would try to bite a giant dragon once or twice, but at this time they would run away like a dog with its tail between its legs.
Boom boom boom!
Along with the rapid footsteps, it was possible to see what creature was moving in front of the huge smoke. But strangely, the first thing that caught the eye was a humanoid Balrog about five meters high.
Judging from the size of this Balrog's body, it can be seen that its strength has reached the peak of the Great Demon, which is equivalent to the ultimate realm of the human world. Its whole body is spraying flames of more than a thousand degrees, which is enough to melt steel. It turned into rocks, but at this time it was running rapidly, and the flames all over its body were suppressed in front of it by the strong wind, and dragged behind it, causing it to bring out a long tail flame.
It looks very bad. No Balrog has ever run like this on the earth. They have always lived in abyss volcanoes or high-heat poisonous soups, absorbing the power of nature to grow. They rarely need to hunt, only when they are close. As you advance, you will go to other areas only when you need new supporting bones.
What on earth could make a great demon-level Balrog run so awkwardly? Not far away, many wild little demons or mid-level demons wandering in the plains were running away with doubts.
And then, the doubt was solved - in the huge smoke column behind the Balrog, a huge figure emerged from the dust and mist, revealing its huge and ferocious body.
Golden red, like lava, like molten steel dragon eyes, raised high, as if it can penetrate the sky's big horns, jet black, like crystal-like carapace layers on top of each other, covering its body like scales, red fire The elemental mist wraps around its bone-spurred wings and limbs, causing terrifying explosions with every step it takes, causing smoke and dust to billow up into the sky.
A powerful black dragon. There is a string of golden crystal cores on its chest, which are flashing with light like the sun. Its existence itself makes the temperature of the already sweltering abyss rise by at least thirty degrees.
The black dragon followed behind the Balrog. Its speed could exceed that of the Balrog at any time, but it followed the other side obediently and did not dare to cross. The fire element surrounding the black dragon echoed with the Balrog's tail flame. Let the surrounding earth, which originally contained strong acid and various combustible substances, ignite large swaths of flames, spreading like a nova of flames.
Deep underground, the herding insect demon Ansen curled up nervously underground, its six limbs hovering in front of its chest, turning itself into a ball. The herding insect demon's strong mental power is powerful enough to control hundreds of thousands of abyss worms at the same time. He leaned out and observed the movements of the outside world.
It saw the running flame demon, which immediately shocked the insect demon, because this unfamiliar flame demon was as powerful as its corrosion demon lord, and in terms of personality alone, the flame demon was The blazing demon incarnated with poison is far more powerful than the corrosive demon whose body is composed of high-concentration acid. The former can even completely defeat the latter. The corrosive demon can only exert its full strength when facing the flame demon without flesh and blood. one part.
No wonder the lord asked me to hide quickly. It thought silently. A new Balrog can definitely break the pattern of demon lords in the Black Sea Plain, especially since the Lord of the Abyss and his core army have already invaded the outside world. At this time, no one is coming to adjust. The result must be that one of the original demon lords in the Black Sea dies, the territory is inherited by the Balrog, or they all join forces to kill this foreign stranger.
But then, a ferocious black dragon made its brain temporarily stop thinking.
—Demonic Black Dragon? Those five-color dragon demons who have recently settled in the abyss? Is it chasing that Balrog
Unlike, although this black dragon is not bad in strength, it is still far behind the big Balrog. The difference in size is nothing to the Balrog, and it doesn't look like a pursuit. Instead, it's like... leading the way
Leading the way for whom
The herding insect demon subconsciously raised its head. It wanted to continue to use its external mental power to perceive this strange combination, but for some reason, Ansen looked straight at the head of the black dragon.
Between the horns of the black dragon, there was a figure wearing ferocious black full-body armor. He had no reins and no need for reins. He just stood upright in the strong wind, letting the wind blow at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour. Wearing his own armor.
The black figure seemed to realize that someone was peeping at him. He lowered his head slightly and looked towards the ground where the insect herding demon was.
Underground, Anson's body froze, and his ferocious limbs were shaking wildly uncontrollably.
Thousands of sounds echoed in his ears, just like thousands of undead souls howling, and the devil seemed to see a pair of scarlet eyes at this moment.
Then.
Darkness spreads.
And far away.
In the center of an underground fortress in the Black Sea Plains, a huge humanoid demon with rolling black bubbles all over its body, looking like a black water element, sat slumped on its gray stone chair and let out a painful roar. Countless bubbles containing sound waves surged from the core of its body, bringing out countless ear-covering violent wails.
After almost five minutes, this powerful demon slowly sat up from its seat. The stone chair under it had been completely corroded by its uncontrollable body. After a long silence, it murmured to itself. : "Anson is dead..."
"What happened? How did it die? Where did the violent mental shock come from... I have never heard that the Balrog has such a talent as mental shock."
The demon's fear would only last for a short moment. After a while, the Great Corruption Demon's heart immediately ignited an uncontrollable desire for destruction. Its precious herder died. This was a great loss equivalent to losing an arm. It roared angrily. It waved its hands composed of high-concentration acid, destroying the structure in the hall wantonly. It was not until a long time later that it calmed down slightly, and then called out to several trembling mid-level demons outside the hall that was already full of holes. He gave the order in a cold tone that seemed to be frozen by the freezing cold.
"Assemble my army." It said: "Notify other lords around that the Balrog is too dangerous."
"Before fighting among ourselves, let's kill the outsiders first."
As the order was issued, demon armies belonging to the [Corruption Fortress] began to slowly gather, and armies belonging to other demon lords also started to move towards the northeast of the Black Sea Plain soon after.
That was exactly the direction in which the Balrog and the Black Dragon were moving.
At the same time, Joshua, who had just glanced at him curiously before, had already put behind him the little incident of being spied on. He didn’t care about other people’s prying eyes at all. It would be better to say that his high-profile actions were originally intended to make people peep.
Many people come to the abyss and all they want to do is be cautious, cautious, and more cautious, trying to hide their identity from other people and other demons.
This is indeed true. If he wanted to have a long-term adventure in the abyss, even Joshua would do it. After all, fighting all the way would be too tiring and boring, and he would not be able to enjoy the fun of adventure.
But it's different now. All he wants to do is to see the current situation in the abyss and find the two missing legendary archmages. At this time, there is no need to keep a low profile.
Standing on the black dragon, Joshua watched the scenery on both sides fly by. As the mount moved rapidly under his feet, he couldn't help but show a wild smile unique to racing. The man recalled some relevant matters a long time ago. He had a racing experience, but it was different from his previous life. Now, there was a huge abyss plain for him to run wildly.
The high profile logic is simple. The higher the profile, the more demons will pay attention to him. Powerful demons will challenge him, and weak demons will avoid him. Before the great lord of this abyss takes action, his reputation will definitely spread throughout the abyss. In this way, hidden The two legendary mages in this abyss will naturally know that he has arrived and the trouble their disappearance has caused, and then they will go back with him.
If a legendary demon king or abyss lord takes action, then let's fight. Joshua wants it. If he is besieged, he has the Book of Ebon in his hand and can teleport back at any time. At most, he will have to go back and forth a few times. Anyway, teleportation The power consumed is this Abyss Magic Book, which he can waste as he pleases.
"black."
Thinking of this, Joshua patted the dragon horn beside him and said, "Blow out a few mouthfuls of fire, like fireworks. How conspicuous it is."
"Roar!" With a low dragon roar, Black immediately understood what his master meant. The dragon brewed for a moment while running wildly. Then, a ball of blazing golden flames was sprayed into the sky by the black dragon, and the warrior casually With one finger, the flame formed a huge and eye-catching logo on the black and red cloud curtain of Molten Sea Hell.
A strong arm wrapped in chains and holding a sword.
That was the coat of arms of the hand holding the sword, the coat of arms of the Radcliffe family. It shone brightly in the sky, showing its existence like a sun.
Just like its owner.
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