Volume 4: The Rise of the Dragon Chapter 420: Changes in the Situation
Volume 4: The Rise of the Dragon Chapter 420: Changes in the Situation
(I finally got two good naps on the weekend and I felt so refreshed when I woke up! Now for me, there is no way to make my body more comfortable than sleeping. Haha, my request is really easy to meet.)
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Just as the leaders of the righteous sects in the world of cultivation were discussing matters in Shushan, a huge crisis was brewing in another distant time and space.
The blood-red and smoky gray sky is dry, and the red-black earth is full of cracks. Lava flow is faintly visible in the deep crack-like pits. From time to time, a tongue of fire comes from the depths of the cracks to lick the already dry earth. Occasionally, yellow or red fire rain falls from the dark sky, and when it falls on the ground, it burns into pieces of flames, adding a sense of heat to the air.
There are no large creatures at all in the vast dry land. Only sporadic magic insects and some sparse black magic tongue grass gather into small bushes and grow on the ground without cracks around them. These tenacious magical plants have evolved unique structures in the long and difficult environment. They only need to absorb enough energy and a little water-based component in the soil to grow. Occasionally, they will use their snake-head-like flowers to prey on those passing by. Magic bugs to replenish moisture and nutrients. There are often gusts of hot wind blowing in the sky. At this time, countless bone-gray dust will be blown up from the ground and sweep across the sky, becoming a unique scene here.
This is the abyss of the demon world. Only demons can survive in such a harsh and barren environment. And this space is one of the most barren levels in the Demonic Abyss, the Burning Wasteland. According to legend, this place was originally one of the largest battlefields in the demon world. However, 30,000 years ago, Archimonde, the Lord of the Twisted Void, led his army, the Burning Legion, to fight here against the tens of millions of angels sent by heaven to conquer it. The powerful force that destroyed the world not only caused the collapse of the entire level environment, but also broke the rule system that maintained the level, ultimately leading to the destruction of the entire environment.
The forests and swamps that were originally relatively fertile and could provide a large amount of demon meat were burned and evaporated. The plains were broken, and the mountains were destroyed and turned into today's deserts and wastelands. Moreover, tens of millions of demons and angels died in this battle, and their corpses were blown to powder in the big explosion after the plane collapsed. Most demons who know this history believe that the sky is often blown by strong winds in the Burning Wasteland. The dust is the ashes of the army of demons and angels from that time. Because the Burning Wasteland was relatively rich at the beginning, there was never any sand of this color, and it was only after the war that this dust began to appear.
It's just that this statement will always be scorned by demons who think they have knowledge. Everyone knows that the demon's body is full of magic energy. Even if it really dies and leaves a corpse, if it is not kept properly for more than a week, the magic energy in the corpse will be destroyed. Due to the exchange of magical energy with the outside world, spontaneous combustion occurs and the demon's corpse is burned to the ground without leaving any ashes. Therefore, most demons do not have corpses. Only those demonic beings who have demonic nature but are not demons will leave corpses after death because they are too weak and the residual magic energy in their bodies is not enough to ignite the corpse. This is also the reason why monsters become the food and materials of demons. .
In addition, only those high-level demon lords and demon gods can condense immortal divinity into their bodies. Even after death, the divinity will keep their corpses alive and will not deteriorate or spontaneously ignite. Even if the corpse of this powerful demon loses its divinity, it will remain in a material state due to the powerful power left behind, and can be burned and leave behind "ashes"-like remains. However, it should not be called ashes but should be called demon ashes. It is the condensed essence of the demon's body. Therefore, even if the entire demon's corpse is burned, only one ten thousandth of the original weight will be left. It is a very precious alchemical material.
And now there are more than 10,000 tons of ashes-like dust filling the burning wasteland? If calculated according to the proportion, at least one million high-level demon lords or demon gods would have to die to produce so many "demonic ashes". Not to mention that there were not such a large number of high-level demon lords and demon gods in the battle at that time. Even if there really were such Haven't all the ashes on this level been removed by the greedy demons? Demons are not people who respect the old and care for the young. They think that robbing the ashes of their predecessors is an immoral act. Although demons worship the strong, they are creatures with chaotic evil attributes. Their nature is extremely selfish, greedy, and violent. If these dusts are really If it's good for them, they will snatch it even if it risks their lives.
But even after tens of thousands of years, the dust in the burning wasteland has still not been snatched away. This only shows one reason, that is, these dust are not "demonic ashes" at all, so the demons did not collect these useless dust. In fact, when it was discovered that dust suspected to be the "Ashes of the Demon God" appeared in the Burning Wasteland after the war, it indeed caused a sensation and attracted a large group of demons to fight for it, resulting in a lot of killings. But this wave of commotion automatically subsided in a short period of time, because after the demons who took away a lot of dust went back to test it, they found that these dusts were not "demon ashes" at all. They could not be enchanted or used as alchemical additives. The properties of the combination are extremely fragile. Even if they are fixed together with mud and water, they will have no defensive effect. They will break with a light blow and are completely useless.
If I had to say what characteristics they have, it would be strong resistance to magic and wear resistance. I don’t know why these strange dusts have very peculiar properties. No magic energy can penetrate them or circulate inside them. Moreover, these dust particles are very hard. Although they are extremely small and have a diameter of less than one micron, they are harder than diamond and will not melt even if they are calcined with the magic fire of the abyss.
From this perspective, these dusts can be viewed as potential magic-forbidden and defensive materials. However, because of their inability to melt and fuse into any material, they cannot be used to cast equipment and buildings. If they are to be embedded somewhere as a barrier to protect vital parts, the dust particles are too large. It is too small to be the director and one is probably the tiniest vital part. Unless it is used for bugs, after all, there is no such thing as the devil's vital part, which is only one micron in size.
It is precisely because of this that although these dusts are indeed of unknown and special origin, they are really unusable, so not many demons will collect these dusts at the "risk" of being laughed at as idiots. Therefore, even after tens of thousands of years, the bone-gray dust of this former battleground between gods and demons is still floating in the sky.
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Within a hundred miles of the vast expanse of the Burning Wasteland, there is only one reddish-brown hill sitting alone on the ground. The top of this hill, which is less than a hundred meters high, strangely extends to both sides to form a platform that is not naturally formed at first glance. There is a transparent light film on the periphery of the platform. From the outside, the platform is empty. If you want to enter the platform, you will fall into an illusion and eventually leave in ignorance as your memory is modified.
A virtual world of illusion and magic! It can simulate any environment and have a dual effect on the subject's body and mind. It is famous for being weird and mysterious and is often used as a protection for some major but private secrets.
At this time, a more private discussion was taking place on the platform with three seats.
"~~~~~~So this is the latest situation in the human world in the recent period. Our demonic power in the human world has suffered a heavy blow and has shrunk to a very dangerous level. If those hateful cultivators launch another attack of the same scale, I will I have to pessimistically predict that our power in the human world will be completely eradicated." A black-gold throne with a dragon head and a demon body, a dragon-headed man with a calm momentum, said in a heavy tone. It was the original meeting in the subspace of the main material plane of the human world. The dragon-headed man Tias.
However, judging from the tired state on its face now, it seems that the cultivators' large-scale siege against demonic forces during this period has indeed involved a lot of energy and trouble for it. And judging from the final results it was clear that it failed.
Opposite him was a throne carved from rubies. A black-haired man covered in a scarlet armor with only his head exposed lazily put his left hand on his forehead and his right hand on a red giant sword stuck on the ground. There was a wisp of hair on the corner of his mouth. With an evil smile, he asked with interest: "Oh? Even you have this look. Where has the 'Black Gold Dragon King' Tias, who is always strategizing, calm and confident, gone? Could it be that the one who has been in decline for a long time is the only one left? Does the plane where some indigenous humans rely on the legacy left by their ancestors to show off their power scare you so much?"
"Blood red? Yang! You should know better than me how powerful the potential of the human world is, because you are the one who escaped from there!" Tias suddenly raised his head and glared at the black-haired blood-armor with a pair of dragon eyes shining with golden light. man. "Now I admit that I did underestimate the power of the human world at the time. I didn't follow your advice and didn't take too much precaution against those immortals, which led to my current end. But you are also the commander of the demon army under Demon King Julien Wei'an and lead us. If your plan fails completely, will you gain anything?"
"Don't mention that name! My current title is 'Bloody Earl' or you can also call my demon name Mostema? Blood Demon! Yang Xuehong was killed by those shameless bull-nose people as early as three thousand years ago because of his obsession with evil. Dead!" A flash of blood suddenly flashed in the black-haired man's eyes. His right hand did not move, and the red giant sword appeared inexplicably in front of Tias. The tip of the sword was pointed directly at its throat.
"What? You are so embarrassed that you are angry because of the taboo? Xuehong? Yang, it seems that you are really worried about escaping from the human world. Why don't you do your best for our demon clan? Wait until the demon clan conquers the human earl. What do you think? It is not easy for you to build a country and become the leader of a large sect in the world." Faced with the black-haired man's threat, Tias was not afraid but looked directly at the black-haired man and said in a passionate tone.
"I said that I am a demon now and no longer a human being, and I don't want to have anything to do with that plane. I have long said that cultivators have a very special view of life and death. They are usually afraid of death, so they rarely do things that are harmful to life. Threats; but they have a unique understanding of life and death and will do things that you think are sending death, but to them are very meaningful things that can gain merit and achievements! Although the gods will not do it because they take into account the heavenly calamity. They can take action at will, but they will take action without hesitation at critical moments, especially when they can accumulate great merit after taking action! If you don’t listen to my advice, you must die and don’t pull me! If you continue to nag me, I will kill you with one sword. I will kill you and then collect your soul and divine fire!"
"What kind of merits and achievements, we demons have never seen this kind of thing, and we don't believe that these things will have any effect on those cultivators. You actually want us to be afraid of those who will die for such illusory things. Is there anything more ridiculous than this? You let me down so much. I didn’t expect that your courage would be so much less courageous than before. The man who fought with one man and one sword from the Eastern Demon Realm to the Western Demon Realm was killed even when he was seriously injured. Thirty thousand demons and fifty-three demon lords. Three demigod demons beat a demon into an eternal sleep. Finally, His Majesty Julie Wei'an was alerted and took action in person. Only then was he captured after suffering internal injuries. He was known as the 'Demon Slayer'. Why did a man turn into a turtle after becoming the commander of the demons?" Tias stood up and said loudly without fear of the red giant sword at his throat.
"I said not to mention my past things. After I became a demon, I have already cut off one or two of the past. Now there is only the commander of the demon army of His Majesty Mostima? Bloody Julien. If you continue Don’t blame me for being rude if you provoke me!”
"You coward! Can you still hold the sword? Do you still dare to kill people?" "You will know if you dare to try it yourself and see the sword!"
"Okay, what time is it now? If you are still thinking about fighting here, calm down!" Just when the two were getting angry and about to fight, a cold female voice sounded, followed by two snow-white cold words. The black-haired man Yang Xuehong and Tias didn't know whether they couldn't dodge or didn't want to dodge. Anyway, they were hit by the cold ray, and a layer of frost suddenly appeared all over their bodies. However, the person who did it did not want to hurt them, but wanted to use the power of ice to calm down their heated minds, so the layer of frost was only an inch thick and dissolved on its own after ten seconds.
The frost receded, and the black-haired man and Tias also retracted their movements and their eyes regained their composure. It seemed that the effect of this ice ray was good.
"Have you calmed down? If you have calmed down, then you can talk about it. Everyone is doing things for the demon kings. Now that the plan in the world has encountered such a big setback, it is even more important to cooperate sincerely. If the plan really fails completely, everyone will There are no benefits." The speaker is the owner of the third throne, a tall woman wearing a blue and white robe, with white hair and blue eyes and a cold face. There were three energy balls burning with ice flames suspended behind her head. A huge amount of magic shrouded her around her, and she transformed into a powerful person who was at the peak of the demigod level. It was she who had just shot two ice rays to calm down the two people who were about to fight.
Both the black-haired man Yang Xuehong and the demon dragon Tias seemed to be very scrupulous about her and at the same time had a hint of respect for her, so they also changed their attitudes.
"Your Highness Inisha, with your wisdom, I believe you can also see our difficulties today. The demon army in the world must add more support! Not only the support of the demon army, but also the real strong people and high-level demon lords are needed , demigods, and even the support of demon gods! Otherwise, those immortals can destroy our power like nothing." Tias bowed slightly to the woman in blue and said sincerely.
"Sister Inisha, although you have been practicing in the "Ice Hell" all year round and have become an ascetic dedicated to the Satanic Demon God, after all, you are Isula's sister and I still have to give you some respect. However, several of your majesties decided earlier. I expressed my opposition when we invaded the human world. The history of the human world is too long. Although there are no strong people on the surface, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers secretly. Maybe there are some powerful people sleeping somewhere. If these possible strong people are lured out, it will be terrible. This is going to be very bad." Yang Xuehong, the black-haired man, said with a wry smile to Inisha, the woman in blue.
"In comparison, I think the plan to attack the Lingkong Immortal Realm has a higher success rate. Although the Lingkong Immortal Realm has a stronger average strength, it has a short history and its strength is obvious. The chance of unexpected situations is very small. So I still think that It is in the best interest of the demon world to abandon the plan to attack the human world and go all out to conquer the spiritual world!" Finally, he said equally sincerely.
Looking at the two guys with serious faces, Inisha suddenly felt a headache.
