Chapter 527 - A Ruthless and Greedy Monster!
Chapter 527 A Ruthless and Greedy Monster!
Chu Xun ordered the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast to roam freely in the western suburbs and kill anyone approaching the area.
He took out the roll of hide and opened it. It was a map. Before he came here, he had ordered the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast to make a big scene so that old Harry’s mercenary guild would fall into chaos, and taking advantage of the chaos, he had sneaked into the building and stolen the roll of hide from one of old Harry’s trusted aides.
“The Subterranean Devils Clan is very nervous about the map. What’s the secret?”
Chu Xun examined the map for a long time, but he didn’t find anything unusual. This map showed the vast territory of the Fifth Fiend Lord.
If the territories of the other four lords were as vast as that of the Fifth Fiend Lord, the entire Subterranean Devils Realm would be one-third the size of the outside world.
Chu Xun wondered what the secret behind this ordinary map was and why the people in the Subterranean Devils Realm treated an ordinary map as a precious treasure.
The map was not exquisitely made, and there were only simple lines and contours on it. Chu Xun examined it carefully, soaked it in water, and heated it with fire, but it did not change at all.
“What the hell is going on?” Chu Xun murmured to himself and examined the map carefully again.
This time, he found something different. Several areas on the map were blank, without any mark.
“A secret base?” This idea popped into Chu Xun’s mind.
Each country on the Earth had secret military bases that even satellites could not detect.
Chu Xun put away the map and planned to check it out in person.
He made some preparations and left quietly. With the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast standing guard, no one dared to get close, and nobody saw him leaving.
Even the Blue-headed Golden-eyed Beast did not know that Chu Xun had left. Its IQ was no lower than that of a human. If it knew that Chu Xun had left, it would definitely escape as soon as possible.
Several hours later, Chu Xun arrived at the blank area shown on the map.
He looked at the huge volcano in front of him. Its range extended several thousand miles from the north to the south and looked like a huge dragon lying across the mountains.
Chu Xun was dumbfounded and wondered to himself. “This is a blank area on the map. Is it because that no one can draw such a long mountain range?”
He was not a person who would give up easily. He flew several miles around the mountains, but he didn’t find anything.
He released his divine sense. “It doesn’t seem right. I haven’t seen a single demonic beast in this place. This is very strange.”
He searched carefully. His efforts finally paid off. He had sensed the vibes of living creatures.
He searched the surrounding area following the vibes and found a Forbidden Area Installation at the foot of the mountain. He was shocked to find that the Forbidden Area Installation was not a magic formation, but a barrier set up by someone relying on his cultivation level.
He did not dare to get close rashly. This Forbidden Area Installation had no Eye of Formation, and it was connected to the mind of the builder. If someone took a wrong step or triggered it, the builder would know immediately.
“What should I do?”
Chu Xun found a hiding place and waited quietly. He did not believe that nobody would come out of it.
To his surprise, he waited tens of hours before he saw something.
A patrol team consisting of twenty people came. Chu Xun frowned slightly. “It is the Subterranean Devil Army.”
Those people gave off very strong auras. They were wearing the same uniforms as the members of the Subterranean Devil Army that he saw in the Elf race.
“Could it be that the Fifth Fiend Lord lives here?”
Chu Xun felt a little anxious. If the master here was really the Fifth Fiend Lord, given his current cultivation level, he would definitely be no match for the Fifth Fiend Lord.
“Should I leave or take a risk?” For the first time, he was a little indecisive.
“It can’t be the Fifth Fiend Lord,” Chu Xun murmured to himself, “how can the Fifth Fiend Lord live in such a shabby place?” He was not sure at all, so he could only comfort himself this way.
He finally decided to take a risk.
Since he had made up his mind, he had to find a way to get in.
He narrowed his eyes and stared at the patrol team quietly.
The patrol team inspected the surroundings and began to leave. The team members walked into a light curtain in order.
When the last member was about to walk into the light curtain, Chu Xun made his move. Like a gust of wind, Chu Xun caught that person and pulled him to the back of a large stone about one hundred meters away.
“Tell me what this place is.” Chu Xun covered the captive with his divine sense. The captive would instantly turn into blood mist if he made any unusual move.
The captive stared at Chu Xun in horror. He could feel that the person in front of him was extremely powerful.
“Say it,” Chu Xun said coldly.
The captive felt death draw near to him. He was trembling with fear. “This... this is the place where His Highness, the demonic dragon, recuperates.”
“Demonic dragon?” Chu Xun stared at him and said, “Tell me more about it.”
“His Highness, the demonic dragon, is the Fiend Lord’s mount. He is sleeping here...”
This person did not know much, but Chu Xun got the most important information. The demonic dragon was the mount of the Fifth Fiend Lord. It was seriously injured during a battle in ancient times and had been sleeping here for thousands of years. It only woke up occasionally, swallowed a large amount of Fire Spinel, and then continued to slumber and heal its wound.
“Thank you!” Chu Xun said politely.
The man breathed a sigh of relief. At least he survived. However, with a crack, his neck was broken by an invisible force.
Chu Xun curled his lip slightly. He took off the man’s armor and put it on himself. Then he changed his appearance to the man’s, took some of the man’s blood, and kept it in his palm. After that, he burnt the man to ashes with the Violet Underworld Flame.
Chu Xun easily passed through the Forbidden Area Installation. This Forbidden Area Installation was created for identity verification, but Chu Xun had the blood of the people of the Subterranean Devils Clan in his hand.
The patrol team did not leave. They were waiting for the last team member.
“What took you so long?” the team leader, who was a Subterranean Devil, asked coldly.
“I had to answer the call of nature.” Chu Xun made up an excuse to cover it up. Fortunately, the leader did not suspect him. After saying a few words of scolding, the leader motioned Chu Xun to follow the team.
Chu Xun looked around and saw a huge man-made cave in the Forbidden Area Installation. Inside the cave, there were guards of the Subterranean Devils Clan everywhere, the air was hot, and waves of fire were surging. “Is this the center of the volcano?”
This place was heavily guarded. Chu Xun had no choice but to follow the patrol team. This cave was a complicated structure built in the rock mass. The ground was paved with slate bridges, and under the bridges was boiling hot lava.
The patrol team searched everywhere. Chu Xun had gone to many places with them and secretly memorized the details of each place.
Ho!
A furious roar suddenly rang out, causing the entire cave to shake. Huge rocks rolled down from the wall of the cave, and lava erupted from the bottom.
“Hurry up and get out of here!” The leader shouted in panic.
Everyone fled in panic towards the entrance to the cave.
“His Highness, the demonic dragon, is awake. His Highness is awake!” Someone cried out in alarm.
All the Subterranean Devils fled out of the cave. Chu Xun ran his eyes over them and found that there were four to five hundred members of Subterranean Devil Army here, and all of them were in the King Realm.
“Each squad shall assign one member to serve His Highness, the demonic dragon,” said a high-level Subterranean Devil King.
Swish!
All the Subterranean Devils fell back like the tide, looking frightened.
Chu Xun did not understand what was going on, so he just stood there. Surprisingly, that high-level Subterranean Devil King looked at Chu Xun and nodded with satisfaction. “You are the bravest warrior of the Subterranean Devil Army. I am proud of you.”
Chu Xun was dumbfounded. “What’s going on?”
At this time, the members of the patrol team breathed a sigh of relief and came over at the same time. The leader patted Chu Xun on the shoulder and said, “Good job, Ian. You didn’t bring shame upon our team.”
“Ian, thank you! You are the bravest warrior of our team.”
“Ian, my dear brother, just go. Don’t worry. If anything bad happens to you, I’ll look after your wife for you.” Someone came up and gave Chu Xun a bear hug.
Although Chu Xun was not the real Ian, he wanted to slap that man in the face when he heard what the man said and saw the sinister smile on the man’s face. “He is talking nonsense!”
“Ian, I believe that you will come back alive.”
Chu Xun was confused. “Are they saying goodbye to me?”
Just then, more than ten Subterranean Devils were pushed out, crying. They had to draw lots, and they were the losers.
Seeing them crying sadly and looking frightened, Chu Xun was even more puzzled.
“Hurry up and get in there. Don’t make His Highness, the demonic dragon, wait too long,” said the high-level Subterranean Devil King.
Chu Xun was delighted. He was extraordinarily lucky to see the demonic dragon as soon as he came in.
Thirty people had been selected. All of them were trembling uncontrollably. Now the boiling lava had calmed down. They walked slowly into the cave.
Chu Xun followed them up the bridge. Ten minutes later, they arrived at a stone door.
The stone door was not big. It was only three meters tall and two meters wide, but the Subterranean Devil Warriors were reluctant to move forward, as if there were a man-eating ferocious beast behind the door.
Chu Xun stepped forward and pushed the stone door open. Unexpectedly, he saw a lantern-sized red eye.
The Subterranean Devil Warriors behind him collapsed to the ground one after another.
But Chu Xun’s eyes were shining. Behind the door was a platform, which was covered with Fire Spinel. There was not a single piece of low-grade Fire Spinel, and all pieces were medium-grade and high-grade Fire Spinel.
Chu Xun walked through the stone door and came to the edge of the platform. He looked down and saw the whole appearance of the demonic dragon.
It was a giant creature. Its whole body was bathed in lava. It looked like a black dragon that Chu Xun had killed before. It also resembled a lizard with wings. Half of its body was immersed in lava, and the other half of its body, which was exposed, was about forty meters long.
This demonic dragon was very powerful. It was definitely more powerful than a level 7 demonic beast, and the level of its power was comparable to that of a human master in the Gold Immortal Realm.
Chu Xun figured out the function of the platform. The demonic dragon would be as high as the platform when it raised its head. As long as it opened its mouth, it could suck the pieces of Fire Spinel into its mouth and swallow them.
What he didn’t know was that besides Fire Spinel, the demonic dragon would occasionally eat a couple of Subterranean Devils. However, it didn’t always eat them, but only did so occasionally.
Chu Xun had roughly guessed that the demonic dragon ate people. Otherwise, these people would not have been so scared.
“You’ve got some guts! Aren’t you afraid of me? You’re much braver than those cowards,” the demonic dragon said in human language.
Chu Xun smiled faintly. “Your Highness, you fought for the sake of our clan and got seriously injured. We can’t do many other things for you, but we’re willing to sacrifice our lives for you.”
“Well said. If all the people of the Subterranean Devils Clan think in the same way as you do, breaking the seal and ruling the outside world will only be a matter of time.” The demonic dragon’s voice was as loud as thunder, causing the wall of the cave to shake.
“Your Highness, do you want to eat some people or Fire Spinel first?” Chu Xun asked.
The demonic dragon looked at the frightened Subterranean Devil Warriors and said disdainfully, “I’ll finish them off first. Seeing those cowards is just annoying.”
“Yes,” Chu Xun said, “do you want to eat me first?”
The demonic dragon looked at Chu Xun and said in a muffled rumbling voice, “You are still a quite interesting person. I’ll eat you at last, so that you can chat with me to cure my boredom.”
“Thank you very much, Your Highness.” With that, Chu Xun walked towards the Subterranean Devil Warriors, who were all paralyzed by fear, and shouted to the demonic dragon, “Your Highness, please open your mouth.”
Before the demonic dragon could react, Chu Xun picked up a Subterranean Devil and threw him at it. The demonic dragon opened its giant mouth, and the Subterranean Devil fell into its mouth.
Click!
The horrifying sound of bones breaking could be heard. The demonic dragon chewed the man a few times and then greedily swallowed him. It was really a ruthless and greedy monster!
Chu Xun picked up another Subterranean Devil and threw him into the demonic dragon’s mouth. No one noticed that Chu Xun had produced a ball of Immortal Qi in his palm and placed it into the Subterranean Devil’s body. The demonic dragon had swallowed it together with the Subterranean Devil.