Looking down from a high altitude, you can see a huge irregular crack in the dark land of the Demon World. This is where Thesby Prison is.
This rift covers an area of more than five square kilometers according to visual inspection. This is just the opening. It is said that the entire rift valley is like a trapezoid shape, and the lower part is even wider.
The specific origin of this special rift like a scar on the earth cannot be verified. It should be formed by the geological changes in the demon world. What is strange is that the dark power of this rift is so strong that a thick layer of thick water is formed above the rift. Thick fog, the color of the thick fog is even darker than the surrounding demon world.
It is precisely because of the obstruction of these thick black fog that it is impossible to see clearly the situation inside the rift valley from above.
Although the name is called Thesbe Prison, there are actually no artificial buildings inside the rift valley. According to Cerberus, the rock walls inside the rift valley are full of caves dug by whip demons. , a large number of whip demons live here. In addition, there are many ferocious and vicious monsters and demonic plants that coexist with the whip demons in this rift valley. Once someone breaks in, they will be besieged by these indigenous residents.
"No one knows how deep this rift valley is yet!" Cerberus explained to Roy: "The further you go down, the wider the scope of the rift valley will become, and the roads will become more complicated. Even the whipping demons who live here will probably lose their way. Your Majesty Osiris, are you sure you really want to go down?"
"If there is anything else going on, tell me!" Roy asked directly without answering her.
"Okay... Another thing to note is that these whipping demons may not be suppressed and affected by your rank!" Cerberus said.
"What do you mean?" Bainiya asked with some confusion: "You mean, those whipping demons have the courage to attack a demon lord?"
All three heads of Cerberus nodded, and said with a serious expression: "This is also the real reason why their lair is called a prison. I have said before that these whipping demons are not the demon race of the abyss, but Because of the mutated demon race caused by the demon world environment, the demon blood in their bodies is very thin. They have no respect for high-level demons. Let alone demon lords, it is very likely that even if His Majesty Mundus comes, they will Attacking like crazy? Because for these mutated demons? They are just destroying the intruders who enter their territory..."
"Humph, it's simply heresy!" Bainiya couldn't help but snorted coldly when she heard this.
For the abyss demons who have a very serious sense of hierarchy? Aren't these whipping demons heretics? Even combined with the character of these whipping demons who like sadism and torture? They are simply madmen among a group of demons!
"How many are these whipping demons?" Julie asked with a serious expression.
"It's hard to count!" Cerberus shook his head: "But it may exceed tens of millions!"
"How could there be so many?" Bainiya couldn't help but change her face when she heard this number.
Cerberus also stepped on his forelimbs twice uncomfortably, and said: "Maybe even more! You know? These whipping demons are not actually strong? Most of them are just low-level demons, and a few are stronger. Individuals can reach the level of the average demon, but with such strength, no demon has ever been able to drive them away, thus occupying this rift... Because the reproductive ability of these whipping demons is so amazing, and they are also egg-laying demons. , but they can lay more than twenty eggs at a time, and over the years, they have accumulated quite an astonishing number.”
"There are species like whip demons? Are there many in the demon world?" Roy asked with a frown.
"Indeed, there are many. It has been a long time since demons discovered this world, occupied the purgatory space and turned it into a demon world. It has a history of at least tens of thousands of years. During such a long time, of course, many mutated demons have appeared... ..." Cerberus said: "In fact, you should have discovered that most of the demons here are more or less different from the demons in the abyss world? It's just that groups like the whipping demons are particularly special."
Yes, demons are creatures that are very capable of adapting to the environment and evolving. Back in the world of Darksiders, humans released nuclear weapons all over the world to attack demons and angels. The entire space was filled with deadly radiation. At that time, there were many The demons evolved rapidly and adapted to the radiation environment and survived. It is natural that a large number of mutations would occur in the demon world here.
Only powerful elite demons like Cerberus can survive long enough and still maintain the morphological characteristics of the abyss demons.
"Let's go, no matter how many there are, we will kill anyone who dares to stop him!" Roy said as he spread his wings, left Rafalo's back, and landed from high altitude.
Behind him, Julie and Bainiya landed with Cassandra and Silas, but Dante, the three of them, and Cerberus were taken down by Fat Tiger.
Since there are so many whip demons, Roy alone cannot do it. At this time, the more combat power the better.
During the process of landing from high altitude, you can see that the dark crack is getting bigger and bigger, covering an area of five square kilometers. Compared with Roy and the others, they are as inconspicuous as a sesame on the pie. After passing through the thick layer of dark elemental mist, the vision suddenly became brighter.
Flapping his wings, Roy controlled his speed and looked around while flying downward.
Just like Cerberus said, dense black caves can be seen in the rock walls inside the rift valley, as if the entire rift valley has been hollowed out. And when Roy and the others entered, these caves were filled with holes one after another. A pair of faint green lights appeared on the ground.
Needless to say, this is the whipping demon living in the cave!
Accompanied by a shrill roar like a jackal, the entire Rift Valley suddenly boiled, just like drops of water dripping into a hot oil pan. Thousands of whip demons emerged from their caves. After flying out, the overwhelming scene was simply shocking.
Until this time, everyone finally saw the appearance of these whipping demons clearly. They were said to be demons, but in fact, these whipping demons looked more like monsters. They had a pair of weird demonic wings with membranes, but their bodies were like huge Like a mosquito, there are two rows of symmetrical eyes on their foreheads, each row has four, arranged from front to back from large to small. Their faces look very strange, and on their mouths, there is a stinging needle. It has a sharp tone, and it seems that its main method of hunting prey is to suck blood.
The reason why they are called whipping demons is because the six legs under their abdomen are like whips with flesh thorns. Those long flesh thorns have a dim light of black and purple, and they are highly poisonous at first glance. appearance.
When hunting prey, they will use these whip-like legs to wrap around the prey tightly, relying on the toxins on them to make the prey lose its ability to resist. Then the whipping demons will not eat the prey immediately, but They will take it back to their lair and torture the prey repeatedly with stinging whips until the prey dies of fear and pain. Then they will use their sharp mouthparts to slowly taste the blood and delicious soul of the prey.
The intrusion of Roy and the others alarmed the whipping demons living in groups. The flogged demons flew out of the cave and gathered together. The terrifying scene could make people suffer from trypophobia.
Perhaps because of their huge numbers, these whipping demons are always in a state of scarcity of food. Once they find prey, they are hungry and will rush forward to snatch it at all costs, even if Roy has released his magic pressure to the maximum. , these whipping demons are still constantly surrounding them. Although they don't dare to attack directly yet, anyone can detect their greed for food. This greed and hunger will eventually make them lose their minds.
"Let's take action. It seems like we can't go down without reducing their numbers!" Roy said.
After getting Roy's order, Julier and Bainiya immediately launched the attack first. Flame became very useful when facing this kind of social creature. Julier's destructive flames shot one after another. This kind of The extremely violent flames exploded into a large area every time, and the whipping demons that were hit by the explosion were not even able to leave ashes.
Bainia activated her charm magic, causing the whipping demons to kill each other. Although the charmed whipping demons would soon be eliminated by other whipping demons, they would be charmed by Bainia again as soon as they turned around. New batch.
Cassandra also took action, but she used undead control. The whipping demons who were charmed by Bainiya turned into corpses after death, and naturally became Cassandra's best casting targets.
Fat Tiger and Cerberus on his back continuously sprayed out flames, frost, toxins and lightning from each head, while Dante, Nero, Virgil and Silas continued to use their firearms to fill in the gaps. Kill those fish that slip through the net.
Facing such a huge number of enemies, no one in the group dared to relax and could only cooperate with each other.
Their killing efficiency is actually very high, but the number of whipping demons has not decreased, because if some of the whipping demons die, more whipping demons will join in. At this moment, everyone has been shrouded in a huge, Looking from the outside, there is even a sense of airtightness in the cage composed of whipping demons.
Roy has not taken action yet. He knows very well that facing such a large number of whip demons, even if he is a demon lord, he will probably use up all his magic power in constant battles, so he must think of a once and for all method. OK.
And at this moment, Roy was also very confused. Although the projection of Sparta's soul was pointing down here, would Sparta's body really be here? ? How can Sparta stay here alone when a group of people like him have made such a futile effort? Especially the crazy characters of these whipping demons. Even if Sparta is really imprisoned by Mundus, how can Mundus guarantee that he will not be torn apart by these whipping demons?
Roy reached out and grabbed a whipping demon that rushed towards him through the fire net. He pinched the head of the whipping demon, and the magic light in his hand kept changing and flickering.
"The magic virus... seems to have little effect."
"The desolation virus... doesn't seem to be able to kill them. That's right... these guys are mutants!"
"Black Death? This effect is not very good..."
"Ebola? Anthrax? That's not quite right. This kind of virus is targeting humans or primates. These guys are demons and have different resistances... Then try viruses like foot-and-mouth disease!"
Roy now has a large number of different plagues and viruses in his hands. These viral abilities were obtained from Beelzebub's legacy. Roy constantly captured whipping demons one by one and tested the effects of various viruses on them. effect, hoping to find a virus that is more effective against the whipping demon.
During Roy's experiment, it was Julie and the others who resisted the attacks of these whipping demons. Most of the whipping demons that rushed to attack him were blocked by Julie and Bainiya. .
Time passed bit by bit, but gradually, Julie and the others couldn't bear it anymore. The magic power was consumed too fast, so the group of people gradually began to suffer injuries.
This can be regarded as a representative of quantity overcoming quality. Facing such a huge group of low-level demons, even high-level demons will feel a huge headache.
"Hey! Osiris, aren't you done yet!?"
Dante finally couldn't help shouting. Although he didn't know what Roy was doing and why he didn't take action, at this time he really couldn't hold on anymore. Even the sin demon form was revealed, but in the face of The whipping demon, who was not afraid of death, kept rushing forward. His magic power was still being consumed rapidly, and he even had several wounds on his body.
Roy ignored his call and concentrated on testing. He was also a little annoyed at this time, because he had tested hundreds of viruses, but the effects were not very good. Although some viruses could kill the whipping demon, they were not contagious. However, the virus is not very strong and cannot quickly kill the whipping demon. Some viruses are more contagious, but they may not be able to kill these guys.
But at this time, Roy saw a very special phenomenon in a newly captured whipping demon. After he injected the virus into the whipping demon, it actually developed manic symptoms with its eyes turning white.
"Huh?" Roy's heart moved and he threw the whipping demon out. As a result, he saw that the whipping demon went crazy and attacked its own kind. He kept whipping his thorn whip at the same kind, and at the same time, he kept They use their mouthparts to prick their own kind, and it feels like they are biting each other.
The same kind that was poked by his mouthparts soon developed the same symptoms, became manic and restless, and then attacked other similar kinds.
"That's it!" Roy grinned with a ferocious smile, and then suddenly a hurricane blew up around his body. Some black light mist spread from his body, merged into the wind, and was blown towards in all directions.
Soon, the whipping demons who kept rushing toward everyone suddenly fell into huge chaos, because many of them were constantly attacking their own kind.
This manic behavior soon expanded to the entire group. For a while, the whipping demons didn't even care about attacking Roy and the others. They just frantically pounced on their own kind and fought with them.
Julie and the others were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and Bainiya asked Roy curiously: "Dear, what did you do?"
"It's nothing, I just found a virus that is very effective against them!" Roy snorted coldly, looking at the whipping demon corpses that kept falling, and explained to everyone: "The rabies virus is used !”
"Rabies virus??" Dante and Nero looked at each other in confusion, never expecting that this virus would have a miraculous effect on the whipping demon...
The whip demons were already acting very crazy. When the rabies virus spread among their group, it was like poison on top of poison. Their madness had become uncontrollable and they were indistinguishable from their own kind.
As time goes by, this crazy biting of each other shows no signs of stopping at all, and it spreads more and more fiercely.
"Your Majesty Osiris!" Cerberus saw something and couldn't help but exclaimed: "You...are you planning to exterminate these whipping demons!?"
