Chapter 1887: 525 Purgatory VIP and the Giant Worm Lord_2
Chapter 1887: 525 Purgatory VIP and the Giant Worm Lord_2
“The environment is set here, and since the Supreme True Dragon has not bestowed a method to change it, any other race would also fail to emerge from the mire untainted.”
“Why does the Days of Heavenly Change have such a significant impact? The disaster is only superficial; what’s more important is that it subverts the original order of various planes and completely changes the living environment of all creatures…”
At this moment,
Matthew had gained a deeper understanding of the importance of the environment.
After reflecting for a short while,
he refocused his attention on the Nine Prisons Document.
This time,
as soon as Matthew’s gaze settled on the surface of the document, a wealth of text and a three-dimensional multidimensional map appeared in his view.
Through exploration of the Purgatory Domain,
he had officially become the master of this Nine Prisons Document.
In a short period of time,
Matthew discovered three abilities of the Nine Prisons Document—
First, it prevented all conflicts and rejections of laws that came with traversing different purgatories, which was crucial.
Second, he could mark any point on the map to achieve extremely accurate purgatory navigation.
If it weren’t for the fear of stirring up attention, combined with the Holy Deer’s cross-plane abilities, he could have gone to the Demoness of Desire’s lair by himself now.
Third, with the Nine Prisons Document, he could conduct super fine surveillance of the space within a 10 to 30-kilometer radius—
Except for some locations that had set up barriers against monitoring.
The entire Blood Sand City revealed itself clearly to Matthew’s eyes.
One could say it was a comprehensive view.
“It’s quite clear, but it consumes a lot of mental power,”
Matthew blinked his dry eyes and turned off the feature that allowed him visual exploration.
However, during the process,
he sensed some very special nodes inside and outside Blood Sand City, many of which were shielded.
Matthew suspected that this was the sensing between Nine Prisons Documents.
“Following this line of thought, there are actually only five Nine Prisons Documents in Blood Sand City…”
“If they can sense each other, then leaving Blood Sand City might also present some trouble.”
Matthew left the secret room to find Sandrine and verify this issue.
After hearing him out, Sandrine’s eyes revealed deep surprise.
But soon, she honestly answered:
“Indeed, there is a slight sensing between the Nine Prisons Documents, but only those who have full control of the document can sense the presence of others through this medium.”
“In Blood Sand City, only the Kain Family and the White Devil Family have achieved a similar level, if we were to leave with the document, it’s indeed possible that they would attempt to assassinate us…”
“The Seistan Family’s merchant convoy has already been plundered by them once before.”
Matthew nodded.
After ordering Sandrine to settle the internal affairs of Dragon Castle,
Matthew found Lorraine:
“I plan to set out at dawn.”
“Which is in three to four hours.”
“In the meantime, can you stir up some trouble for the other two major families?”
He briefly described the sensing between Nine Prisons Documents to her.
After listening, Lorraine immediately thumped her chest:
“No problem.”
“I’ll circulate some Alley Gossip, saying that the demon army will launch an ambush on Blood Sand City tonight; this will divert the attention of the two families.”
“Leave it to me; just prepare for the journey!”
Sandrine hesitated:
“This kind of fake news may not fool the two major families.”
Lorraine said with a smile:
“Don’t underestimate the abilities of a bard.”
With that, she hurried off.
Two hours later,
Lorraine hurried back.
But his expression seemed somewhat odd.
“What’s wrong?”
Matthew asked,
“Didn’t the message spread smoothly?”
Lorraine coughed,
“It went smoothly.”
“Thanks to my efforts, the news of the imminent demon army siege is now raging throughout the city…”
Matthew was surprised,
“Isn’t that a good thing?”
Lorraine coughed again,
“Well, the thing is,”
“But the bad news is, Blood Sand City seems to have truly been surrounded by a massive number of demons—just as I was spreading the message!”
Sandrine and Matthew were both taken aback.
Camela immediately drew a circle in the air with one hand upon hearing the command.
Following that,
A sequence of images from outside Blood Sand City appeared before everyone.
The dark horizon teemed with enormous demonic insects.
Fires blazed atop the city walls.
A multitude of devils, roused from sleep, pushed the slaves to the most dangerous points along the wall while organizing reconnaissance against the incoming demon army.
The streets of Blood Sand City were in utter chaos.
Crowds of people and mounts collided against one another.
Had it not been for the prestige of the city guards, and the fact the demons had yet to break through, the natives of Blood Sand City would have erupted into civil unrest!
“Can we zoom in on that hill to the east, so I can have a closer look?”
Tremors laced Sandrine’s voice.
Camela quickly obliged.
Before long,
They caught sight of an exceedingly grotesque giant demon—
Its twisted body had limbs that resembled spiders, a midsection as long as a centipede’s, and a tail-end like that of an enormous scorpion.
The creature looked to be a monstrous assemblage of various giant insects.
Where its face should have been, three huge tails contorted, oozing a dark, mixed venom.
Countless slender red tongues extended from the tails.
When these tongues were bunched together, they resembled a giant skull; separated, they turned into myriad lethal barbs.
“That’s the Giant Worm Lord from the Abyss, Oxpo!”
“Legend has it Oxpo has slaughtered over a hundred cities belonging to purgatory; anywhere he passes through, the city is sure to vanish, with all living beings transformed into demonic insects loyal to him!”
Sandrine’s voice grew tense,
“Damn it.”
“Oxpo should be in the northern Blood Abyss fighting his old enemy, the Slaughter Demon Lord Farrell.”
“How could he be here?”
“Could it be that Farrell has been defeated?”
Compared to Sandrine,
The reaction from Matthew and the other two was rather subdued.
They had known before they came that Blood Sand City, being a secondary front in the Blood Battle, had a not-insignificant chance of facing a demon army. While a Demon Lord leading a sneak attack was rare, its occurrence wasn’t entirely inconceivable.
On the contrary, Sandrine’s reaction suggested that Blood Sand City had perhaps been too secure in recent years.
The tendrils of the Abyss seldom reached this place,
Causing the local devils to become somewhat complacent.
From this perspective,
Blood Sand City was likely to face severe trials in this war.
“This will surely divert the attention of the two major families; it’s not entirely a bad thing for us.”
“We can still take this opportunity to slip out of Blood Sand City, can’t we?”
Matthew looked at Sandrine,
“I trust the Seistan Family would have secret passages leading out of the city.”
Sandrine nodded,
“Yes, there are.”
“There are three passages leading to different directions outside the city.”
“But from what we’ve seen in those images, no matter which exit we take, we will run straight into a horde of demons…”
Matthew said coolly,
“That’s not a problem.”
“We have the ability to hide ourselves; just lead the way.”
Sandrine hesitated,
“But, but if I leave with you, what will become of the other members of the Seistan Family?”
Matthew glanced at her,
“You just need to get us to the exit of the passage.”
“From there, how you proceed is entirely up to you.”
Sandrine looked startled, seemingly disbelieving.
But, with Matthew’s constant prompting,
She still led the three of them into the undercity passages deep within Dragon Castle.
After about half an hour in the tunnel,
They arrived at the exit on the eastern side of Blood Sand City.
Matthew gave Sandrine a look, signaling that she could return to Dragon Castle.
However, she seemed to ignore Matthew’s hint completely, as if there had never been an agreement to go back the same way.
“Such hypocritical devils…”
He chuckled inwardly and then pushed open the stone gates.
The three had just stepped out of the passage when they heard a rustling of footsteps nearby.
Matthew’s senses sharpened.
These were not the footsteps of demons.
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