Chapter 388: Chapter 373: Black Gut

Zhou Leng returned to the ground from the dome along his original path. He contemplated for a moment at the entrance of the passage and then strode into it.

After walking for a while, a team of Demons came around the corner in the distance.

Upon closer inspection, they were all Innate Demons, a total of twelve.

Both parties stopped simultaneously.

Zhou Leng looked at the twelve True Liquid Innate Demons and hesitated a little.

I can handle six, but twelve, might that be a bit too much?

However, maybe there’s no need to fight; perhaps it’s better to first ask how to get out.

Zhou Leng walked forward.

The team of Innate Demons exchanged glances and ran over with laughter.

Zhou Leng spoke in standard Demon Language: “I am the special envoy of Her Majesty the Pale Queen, Lord of the Twelfth Floor of Demon Purgatory, and a High Priest of the Ice Snow Divine Sect. By the order of the Pale Queen, I am here to ask you some questions.”

As he spoke, he raised the Ice Snow Divine Sect’s badge.

The Innate Demons were momentarily stunned, slowed their steps, and became indecisive.

The intelligence of Innate Demons far exceeds that of ordinary Demons. They might not respect the Ice Snow Divine Sect, but when it comes to the Pale Queen, it’s a different story.

Moreover, many humans indeed defected to the Demons, like the Despair Shepherd, lord of the sixth floor of Demon Purgatory, and the Plague Prophet, lord of the fourteenth floor, who were originally humans from other worlds converted.

“We believe you are a member of the Ice Snow Divine Sect, but what proof do you have that you are the special envoy of Her Majesty the Pale Queen?”

Zhou Leng continued walking forward and said, “What kind of proof do you need?”

“The special envoy of Her Majesty the Pale Queen must carry a token or treasure with the Moonmark.”

Zhou Leng took out an octagonal bone fragment and said, “This is the special token rewarded by the Pale Queen.”

Upon nearing, the lead Innate Demon shook his head and said, “This is not a token of the Pale Queen.”

Zhou Leng put away the octagonal bone fragment and regretfully said, “Since you don’t believe this proof, I can only provide the final proof.”

“What proof?”

Zhou Leng stomped on the ground, his figure like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, appeared in front of the lead Innate Demon, grabbing his upper arms with both hands.

Before he could react, Zhou Leng forcefully tore in opposite directions.

Rip…

The Demon split open from the neck down to between the legs, the body torn in half.

“I originally intended to just tear off your arms.”

Zhou Leng dropped the lifeless Innate Demon and charged at the other Demons.

Any dangerous Caster, kill them all.

Other Demons had their legs torn off and were tossed aside.

Ultimately, five Demons lay on the ground, with only their chest, abdomen, and heads remaining, looking at Zhou Leng in terror.

They had never seen a human more ferocious than Demons.

“Proof concluded. Now, on behalf of the Pale Queen, I ask you: why are you here?”

The Demons hurriedly explained in a jumble of words.

“It’s the grand strategy of the Celestial Calamity Envoy…”

“We entered here to hunt Elves in batches…”

“Killing here, whether it’s Insect Race, Demons, Elves, or other creatures, will form a ’bloodmark’ count, displayed on the bloodmark wall outside the hunting ground.”

“Killing someone with a bloodmark will add the number of bloodmarks to you.”

“We never intended to harm you, honorable envoy.”

…

After everyone finished speaking, Zhou Leng searched himself.

On the left forearm, a bright red elven-styled numeral appeared.

7.

“How do you get out of here?”

“After the trial ends, you’ll be transported out. By then, the Celestial Calamity Envoy’s army will have launched an attack, and we will work together inside and outside to resolve them.”

“Give me your Demon tokens, I don’t want to be attacked by Demons when leaving.”

“Alright, I…” The Demon suddenly froze.

“Oh, I almost forgot.”

Zhou Leng found a Magic Spirit Bag and emptied its contents.

“Describe your tokens to me.”

“The Black Sun Emblem of the Black Gut Castle.”

Zhou Leng picked up a round emblem formed by coiling intestines.

“This Celestial Calamity Envoy, is he a young Black Sun Gut?”

“Yes.”

Zhou Leng said, “Then he must be quite strong.”

“Once Black Sun Guts reach adulthood, as long as they cultivate normally, they’ll advance to nobility… oh, that is, your Grandmasters. This Celestial Calamity Envoy, named the Black King, deliberately suppressed his power at the Great Innate level and didn’t advance to nobility to cooperate with the Celestial Calamity God’s plan.”

“The name Black King… is he a Divine Son?”

“Yes, the son of the Great Demon.”

“I see, most of you are Innate; why do many of you lack Magic Spirit Bags?”

“Magic Spirit Bags are quite valuable, and most ordinary Demon wealth is spent on exchange for Magic Potions.”

“Even low-level Demons have it hard?”

“Low-level Demons have it worse than humans.” The Demon looked dejected.

Zhou Leng sighed, like taking a walk after a meal, and approached, crushing the heads of the five Demons one foot at a time.

The elven number on his forearm increased to 12.

He carefully searched for spoils of war, out of 12 Innate Demons, only 2 had Magic Spirit Bags.

Those he encountered outside, all had them.

Indeed, only low-level Demons would be sent into such dangerous places.

Zhou Leng continued forward, and soon, strange sounds came from ahead.

Rustle rustle…

A team of Innate giant insect mixed troops rushed over.

A total of more than twenty heads.

Without a second thought, Zhou Leng turned and ran.

Giant insects are much more troublesome than Demons.

Four giant locusts chased after him at a speed much greater than the other giant insects.

Increasing the distance, Zhou Leng fought four giant locusts, skillfully breaking their legs, leaving only the locust chests to collect their juice.

The second wave of giant insects had arrived. Zhou Leng used the same tactic, leveraging the speed difference to separate the fastest chasing insects, then counterattacked.

After killing the second batch, the number on the left arm reached 20.

After killing, he looked up and saw, unbelievably, that the remaining 12 giant insects had fled.

Zhou Leng was bewildered, how could the giant insects run away? Aren’t they synonymous with ferocity?

Chase!

Using the Flying Crane Technique, reaching the ultimate speed.

Before long, he caught sight of the group of giant insects in the distance.

The giant insects chirped a few words, then suddenly scattered, fleeing in all directions of the cave.

Zhou Leng’s face darkened, the precious True Liquid of the innate giant insects was gone just like that.

He headed straight for the largest giant insect, killing it.

After killing four in succession, he stopped to collect the liquid and test for poison.

Using a magic potion made from Cyan Flame, transformed it into jelly, this time with a tomato flavor.

Sour and sweet, after eating, his body felt warm, quickly replenishing the consumed True Qi and strength.

After eating, one glance at the number 24 on his left arm.

“The Demon said, the blood hunt trial will automatically end after five days and nights. If the demons inside are killed until there’s barely any left, it will close early.”

“To return sooner, kill a few more.”

“Besides, I need to save money to buy pills. The pills of the Innate Realm, to consume all Hundred Pills, cost roughly 2 billion. There’s also the Dragon and Tiger Pill…”

Zhou Leng remembered he still had one Dragon and Tiger Pill, 1 billion apiece.

Once he advances to the Blood Shock Period, he can take one to fully enhance his power.

Silver Lake Dungeon.

In the magnificent palace, many grandmasters and innate elves stared at the constantly changing Blood Mark Jade Wall.

White jade wall, blood-colored text.

It displayed the rankings of all trial takers.

First, Silver Lake Sea, 34.

Second, White Tree Dream, 26.

Third, Unknown Creature, 24.

Fourth…

The elves froze for a moment when seeing the newly appeared third place, then some elves burst out laughing.

“I carefully checked; we haven’t lost any elves during this period. That means this Unknown Creature is killing other demons.”

“Later on, if a demon kills an elf, it’s understandable for the blood mark to suddenly increase, but killing so many demons so early is rare.”

“However, it might be a powerful creature, we should pay more attention.”

“Did you notice, since about half a day ago, the number of demons killed has increased, as well as the deaths of elves.”

“After all, it’s been a day and night, it’s normal for numbers to go up now.”

One hour later.

Elves watched the Blood Mark Jade Wall, unable to smile anymore.

First, Unknown Creature, 45.

“Something’s wrong, this creature is killing demons too quickly, something feels amiss.”

“Do you think it’s a team hunt, but only the leader delivers the final blow?”

“Possible.”

“Hope that’s the case.”

Many elves kept silent because the elf tribe often does the same, just to contend for the title of Blood Hunter.

That Silver Lake Sea might be doing the same.

Two hours later, the young elves began to frown.

The numbers on the Blood Mark Jade Wall exceeded their imagination.

First, Unknown Creature, 105.

“Hundred Blood Creature… the bad news is, this team must be very strong. The good news is, as long as we kill him, we can become Blood Hunter, the blessings obtained are extraordinary.”

“Don’t you find the number of hunts increasing quite rapidly? Not just many, but fast. Theoretically, the cave is so large, it’s impossible to encounter so many demons.”

“Could other demons have mixed in? It happened before, after all, the magic array has been built for too long, leaks often occur.”

“Let’s conduct a comprehensive check after this trial ends.”

“That creature must die.”

“In the history of blood hunt trials, no demon has ever taken first place.”

Some elves suddenly realized the seriousness of the situation.

Inside the cave.

Zhou Leng jogged forward.

The feeling of continuously hunting demons and giant insects was quite good.

Earlier, to test his strength, he charged alone into a group of no less than 18 giant insects.

The giant insects were indeed powerful, although he triumphed, he was covered in wounds.

However…

Zhou Leng looked down at his body, his shirt was completely corroded, the Demonized Watch was sent into the Magic Spirit Bag early.

His body was covered in dense red scars, the bowl-sized round scar on his left waist was extremely conspicuous.

Earlier, he encountered a giant mosquito that gave a desperate strike, its enormous mosquito needle pierced through his side, punctured internal organs, and even injected venom.

Yet after taking the Antitoxic Medicine and Radiant Juice, not only did the waist wound mostly heal, but the internal organs also significantly improved.

Ten minutes later, the wound did not affect combat.

Enduring such severe injuries, Zhou Leng was very calm.

Combat at the Innate level and beyond is inherently brutal.

No matter how strong an expert is, once besieged, injuries are inevitable.

Including the Blood of Tyranny.

That’s why many come to the Tree-man World to seek healing techniques and treasures.

Though the cultivation progress is slow, the strong healing ability of the Star Phoenix Rejuvenation Technique was verified, the previous path was correct.

However, having tried it, there’s no need to take risks.

Won’t take on so many giant insects head-on next time.

Ten heads as the limit.

Zhou Leng ran forward for a while, suddenly hearing sounds of battle.

He quickly dashed out of the passage, standing at the entrance to the cave hall to look.

He saw a group of seven wild elves fighting against five demons.

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