12dz Chapter 299 City
Chapter 299 City
Chapter 299 City
To survive in this Stone Tablet Demon Realm, one must be more ruthless and merciless than in the outside world.
Perhaps this is why the demon boy in front of them could betray his brothers without even blinking an eye.
Those who have no choice are often the most pitiful.
Lin Fei sighed softly. He was quite curious to see what the demon youth would ultimately become under the influence of demonic energy. However, if he did that, Lin Fei would probably end up just like these inhuman demons before him.
Lin Fei raised his hand, and a beam of golden light shot out, striking the demon youth. He used his own true energy to guide the demonic energy within the youth's body, slowly dispersing it and expelling the raging demonic energy from his body.
Finally, the remaining demonic energy seemed to have returned to a level that the demon boy could bear, and it once again converged into his horn. The demon boy's emotions also calmed down, and his body, which had been uncontrollably swelling, returned to normal.
The demon youth slowly stood up from the ground and respectfully said to Lin Fei, "Thank you for your help, sir. If it weren't for your assistance, I would probably have become a demon-eating beast."
Although Lin Fei had guided a considerable amount of demonic energy into the air, the boy still absorbed a significant portion of the remaining demonic energy. Compared to his previous withered and thin appearance, the demon boy was now noticeably more robust, and even the black horn on his head had swelled up a bit.
"Demon-devouring beasts?" Lin Fei frowned and asked, "Is that what demons look like after their demonic energy goes out of control?"
“Indeed, sir, you are an outsider, no wonder you don’t know.” The demon youth suddenly realized and explained to Lin Fei, “Even we demons cannot inhale the demonic energy in this demon realm at will. We demons are born with demonic hearts within us. The only way to improve our cultivation and increase our strength is to devour other demonic hearts and absorb the energy within them.”
"However, if one's own demonic heart is too weak, but the demonic energy absorbed is too strong, a situation of demonic energy going berserk will occur, turning one into a 'Demon-Eating Beast'." The boy continued to explain, "The Demon-Eating Beast will be uncontrollable, releasing the demonic energy within its body at any time and place. When the demonic energy is exhausted, it will die immediately. Therefore, in order to maintain the demonic energy within its body, the Demon-Eating Beast will hunt down demons everywhere for food. Even within the entire demon race, once a Demon-Eating Beast appears, it will immediately be attacked by all the demons."
"Cannibalism among their own kind?" Lin Fei sighed softly. "How is this any different from being an animal?"
Unexpectedly, the only method of cultivation for the demons in this demon realm is to devour the hearts of their own kind. This is far more cruel than Lin Fei had anticipated.
It's hard to imagine that such a cruel and unbearable world was created by the renowned Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Emperor in ancient times. The thoughts of these ancient gods are truly unfathomable.
The demon youth, upon hearing Lin Fei's sigh, appeared quite surprised: "My lord, the law of the jungle is the way of survival in this world. If it weren't for your superior abilities, you would probably already be their meal. Is there something wrong with what I said?"
For a moment, Lin Fei didn't know how to refute it, so he could only smile wryly and say, "What you said is not wrong either."
This demon boy grew up in such an environment, and Lin Fei knew that it would be useless to preach any grand principles to him.
To the boy, it sounded like praise from Lin Fei, and he couldn't help but laugh happily: "If my brother hadn't been eaten by those useless guys, I would have offered him to you, so you could taste the flavor of the demon race."
Upon hearing this, Lin Fei's face instantly darkened.
Seeing that Lin Fei's expression was not good, the demon youth immediately stopped talking and looked at Lin Fei with a nervous expression: "My lord, did I say something wrong again?"
Lin Fei wanted to curse him, but didn't know how to begin. The entire world of the Stone Tablet Demon Realm was so twisted that the natives living here had no choice and couldn't blame this demon boy.
If anyone is to blame, it is the person who created this twisted world.
Lin Fei felt a little heavy-hearted at this moment and didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer. He sighed and said, "It's nothing. I need to go to the center of the Demon Realm. Lead the way for me."
"The center of the Demon Realm?" The demon youth was first surprised, then said with great difficulty, "My lord, someone of my status is not qualified to go to the center of the Demon Realm. Only a great figure of at least Demon General rank is qualified to go to the center of the Demon Realm and receive a name bestowed by the Demon Lord himself. I don't even know where the center of the Demon Realm is."
Lin Fei hadn't expected that this demon youth had no idea where the center of the demon realm was. Moreover, according to him, within this stone tablet-covered demon realm, one needed at least the cultivation level of a demon general to know the location of the demon realm's center. It wasn't something just anyone could know.
Not to mention this young man, even the group of demons from before probably didn't know the exact location of the Demon Realm's center. Lin Fei wasn't sure what level of cultivation this Demon General's was equivalent to among human cultivators, but judging from the previous events, someone with the Demon Leader's cultivation level definitely hadn't reached the Demon General realm.
It seems that to find the center of the Demon Realm, we'll need at least a Demon General or higher to guide us.
Lin Fei asked the demon youth, "Do you know of any places nearby where demons of the Demon General rank or higher exist?"
The demon youth nodded hurriedly and replied, "Of course I know, my lord! This area within a radius of five hundred miles is under the jurisdiction of Lord Black Dream. He is a demon general personally bestowed with a title by the Demon Lord. If you wish to go, my lord, I will take you there right away!"
Five hundred li is indeed a vast area for Lin Fei at his current level. His divine sense can only extend to a radius of about ten li around him. If he doesn't have someone to guide him, let alone finding the center of the Demon Realm, even finding the Black Dream Demon General would likely take a considerable amount of time.
Lin Fei nodded and said to the demon boy, "Alright then, lead the way!"
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The demon boy led Lin Fei through the desert until they finally arrived at the outskirts of a city.
This surprised Lin Fei quite a bit. He had originally thought that the demons within these stone tablets were like wild beasts, eating raw meat and drinking blood. At most, they would have some simple settlements. But he never expected that they would actually have their own cities.
However, the city construction of this demon race is really not flattering.