Chapter 182: Blood Demon Puppet (Bonus Chapter)
“I came to this place to investigate this matter as well,” Si Ye said, rising and taking her uninjured hand.
His palm was dry and warm, very reassuring.
“Luo Luo, I’ll take you somewhere.”
The two arrived at an underground tomb.
Why call it a tomb? As soon as Sang Luo arrived, she smelled a rotten odor, a stench that filled the air!
Si Ye used a damp handkerchief to gently cover her mouth and nose, protecting her as they walked forward.
Halfway there, Sang Luo stopped, her eyes wide with horror. “…A’Ye, did you… did you see those things?”
“What?”
Si Ye looked around, seeing nothing, but instinctively pulled her into his arms.
Sang Luo peeked out from his embrace, pointing in several directions, her voice trembling slightly, “These stone walls have been artificially smashed with many pits and hollows, each large pit filled with a huge red egg, attached to the wall. Let me count, one, two, three… It’s disgusting! I estimate there are several hundred, and I don’t know if there are more further in.”
Si Ye squeezed her hand, comforting her softly, “Luo Luo, I can’t see them.”
Sang Luo realized it might be an illusion. She had the talent of 【Image-Breaking Eyes】, which could not only be used for treasure hunting but also to identify most illusions. Unfortunately, this talent could not be transferred to others.
She thought for a moment and used her illusion to simulate the original scene.
When Si Ye saw the scene before him, his red pupils constricted, but as a well-traveled man, he remained relatively calm. “I didn’t expect there to be so many.”
Si Ye pulled her closer, walking slowly.
The red eggs were translucent, and inside each one was a beastman.
Each was the corpse of a beastman who had long lost their breath.
Si Ye said, “I’ve been investigating all the way here. I heard that several villages nearby were slaughtered clean in the middle of the night by an unknown force, but strangely, the corpses of the missing beastmen were not found within several miles. It seems they are all here.”
“Who did this? It’s so cruel!”
“The demonic energy on these corpses… It’s clear, the work of the demons.”
Si Ye reached out and touched the surface of a blood egg. Immediately, a thick, dark, bloody demonic energy stained his palm. He rubbed his fingertips together, raising a wisp of flame, instantly burning the demonic energy to ashes.
“I once saw in an ancient book that this thing is somewhat like the legendary… Blood Demon Puppet.”
“What’s that?”
Si Ye patiently explained, “The demon army is suppressed in the Void Demon Realm and can never leave. Those demons who escaped into the Beast World want to expand their power. Besides demonizing Star Beasts and beastmen, the fastest way is to refine this kind of Blood Demon Puppet. It can be quickly refined in large quantities, and Blood Demon Puppets don’t feel pain, have extremely high combat power, and won’t betray them. For them, it’s an excellent choice.”
“Can these poor beastmen be saved?”
“They can’t be saved. Blood Demon Puppets are refined from dead corpses. These beastmen are all dead.”
Sang Luo was furious. “Demons! Truly guilty of heinous crimes!”
Kaisar was actually in league with this kind of cruel and despicable demon, which made her feel disgusted. He also had a child with him; she wondered if Xiao Qi would be affected…
Sang Luo’s eyes widened, and she cried out in alarm, “These human eggs are starting to squirm!”
“Not good, we’ve been discovered. The Blood Demon Puppets in the eggshells are about to come out.”
Si Ye immediately glanced out of the cave, vaguely seeing a thin black shadow flashing past.
Knowing that he couldn’t catch up if he chased now.
He set everything on fire, burning it to ashes.
This layer of the tomb where they were was only the outermost chamber. Further in, deeper down, there were several inner chambers, also hiding many blood eggs. Si Ye burned them all before they hatched, leaving none behind.
The Blood Demon Puppets in the eggshells were the first generation refined from demon beasts, and their combat power was the strongest. Once released, they would be quite difficult to deal with, and if one escaped, it could infect thousands of beastmen, posing a great danger.
After the Blood Demon Puppets were burned, they would also leave behind magic crystals.
Si Ye wanted to collect these magic crystals.
Sang Luo looked at the magic crystals all over the ground, feeling disgusted for the first time and wanting to vomit a little. “Forget it, let’s not take these.”
“Okay.” Si Ye raised his hand to crush them all.
Sang Luo remembered something and waved to stop him. “Wait, A’Ye, do you think there are any remnants of the dead beastmen’s souls in these magic crystals?”
“If these beastmen left not too long ago, there might still be remnants of souls.”
Si Ye looked at Sang Luo, seeing a wisp of silver power gathering in her palm.
Soul Extraction.
Many magic crystals emitted wisps of white gas.
“A tall and thin demon, with silver-gray medium-length curly hair, dark brown eyes, and a red mole under his eye… I asked the remnant souls of these beastmen. For now, I can only get this information. This person killed them and turned them into Blood Demon Puppets.”
Si Ye said, “This person can refine Blood Demon Puppets, so he should be a well-known figure in the demon race. I haven’t fought with high-level demons much, but Fei Yuan has killed many high-level demons before. He might recognize him.”
Sang Luo nodded. “Just in case, let’s look around nearby for other tombs of this kind before we go back.”
Sang Luo’s mental power and Image-Breaking Eyes were definitely the best choice for finding things, very convenient. In the past few days, they found two more underground tombs nearby, but they were smaller in scale, with no more than a hundred Blood Demon Puppets hidden inside, and they were all dealt with.
“Could there be such things in other regions?” She was still afraid.
“There shouldn’t be yet. The ‘reproduction’ speed of Blood Demon Puppets is extremely fast. Once they appear, they will definitely explode on a large scale in a short period of time. I’ve come all the way from the Eastern Continent, and I haven’t found them anywhere else. I’ve only found a few waves in this place these past few days. They were dealt with before they had time to spread, so other places should not have had time to be arranged yet,” Si Ye comforted her.
Sang Luo didn’t dare to relax her vigilance. “We still have to catch the mastermind as soon as possible. As long as that person doesn’t die, he will definitely try to create more Blood Demon Puppets.”
Si Ye said, “Yes, this matter must be notified to the Beast Emperors and Beast Kings of all major regions as soon as possible, and vigilance must be strengthened. Once the situation is discovered, they must be killed immediately.”
Sang Luo said to him, “A’Ye, after I go to a few places, we’ll go back to the Eastern Continent.”
“Okay, where do you want to go? I’ll accompany you.”
Unexpectedly, Sang Luo went to those slaughtered tribes. She released the remnant souls, wisps and strands, disappearing into the sky.
“This is the remaining wish of those beastmen. Their bodies can’t stay, so they can only leave these remnant souls, which can be considered returning to their roots.”
Si Ye vaguely saw an extremely faint pale golden power entering her body.
This is…
Sang Luo found a short, flat tree stump to sit down. “I’m hungry, let’s eat something before going back.”
Si Ye hadn’t been idle these days, hunting a lot of food and handing over all his possessions.
Sang Luo looked at the Qiankun bag of natural treasures, her saliva almost drooling. She ate several jade lotus roots and it wasn’t enough, so she ate an immortal-grade fruit.
Si Ye was a little surprised. “You, you wouldn’t be pregnant again, would you?”
One more chapter~ Still owe two.
See you tomorrow, darlings.
