Rebirth of a Thousand Years: Entering the New Demonic World

"That's the 'Nether Flame Art'? This ninth-rate sect actually persuaded so many demon sects to retreat!"

Deep in the jungle, a team of men in black witnessed the siege of the Astrological Observatory through monitoring equipment, from struggling to holding on to turning defeat into victory.

The man who spoke had goat horns on his head and a mouth full of sharp teeth. Although he looked handsome, he always gave people a ferocious feeling, and his tone was even more murderous.

"He's just a former demon, chief. As long as you give the order, we will go and wipe him out immediately." said a tall dragon adjutant with wings on his back.

The leader turned his head and saw that all his subordinates were rubbing their hands and eager to try. There was a flame of war in their pairs of lizard-like vertical eyes, and it was obvious that they were all dragons.

"You...all mean this?" the man asked with a smile on his face.

The adjutant quickly lowered his voice and replied, "My subordinate is rude."

The rest of the subordinates also lowered their heads in unison, suppressing all their previous fighting spirit.

The Dragon Clan is a group independent of the Ghost Alliance and the Holy Land. Like the Purple Flower Demons, they are genetically superior to humans. They are proud, strong, good at magic, and can switch between the three forms of human, dragon, and dragon-man.

But they showed no arrogance in front of the leading man. They waited for instructions without saying a word and with a firm expression. It seemed that they had received professional training, erased their nature, and turned into a group of cold-blooded agents.

These dragons who transformed into dragon-men only wore lower body clothing, with only a hooded black robe on their upper body to conceal their presence. On their chests were uniformly tattooed a circular black dragon pattern and seven golden stars of varying sizes. This was the national flag emblem of the Eternal Night Empire.

The leader was not angry, and said slowly:

"According to the master's wishes, we must teach that kid who used the black fire a lesson, but she must be alive."

The lieutenant apologized again: "I'm sorry, Chief."

He waved his hand, not caring about anything. He left the observatory and led the team to the bottom of the astronomical observatory.

Passing by a flat sandy area full of Dragon Star flags, this place was full of military aircrafts. It was the temporary airport of the Eternal Night Empire.

However, most of the planes were emitting thick smoke and their fuselages were severely damaged. A large number of medical soldiers were moving around in the sand, and it was unknown what kind of brutal looting they had suffered.

"What happened, Colonel Liu Gen, who did it?" The leader found the commander of the unit and asked.

This was a short Bone Clan member. He glanced at the other person's face, and his originally irritated expression suddenly became a bit more flattering:

"Ah! It's you? You must be tired from the journey. Would you like to take a rest first?"

The other party's face turned cold, and he was scared before he could say anything. He lowered his head and said:

"Um... Yeah, it's like this... We were originally planning to start our march from here, but we didn't expect that damn Netherworld Astrology Station was only one acre away from our camp, which attracted a lot of demons. It was those bastards who attacked us."

"Oh……"

After listening to Liu Gen's narration, he didn't say anything and directly led his people away to the astrological observatory.

At this time, a purple light curtain flew out of the dome on the astronomical table, and Ying Li left alone and flew to the southwest.

Knowing that the Five Poison Valley had not gone far after being completely wiped out by the Hundred Beasts Sect, they still lingered nearby and tried to launch a surprise attack when Netherworld let its guard down.

As soon as he saw someone leaving, Ouyang Xu immediately ordered a pursuit. There happened to be a demon rider who was good at tracking magic with him, who directly locked onto Ying Li's breath.

"Lord Ouyang is a demon general!" the tracker reported.

"Hmph~ Let's catch up!"

After crossing the barren land, Ying Li came to a tropical rain forest, where all kinds of tropical vegetation grew in clusters. In the forest, there were quiet streams, rushing rivers, and swift currents everywhere.

This kind of change should not exist by rights. Perhaps it is the product of a cataclysm that merged two forests that were originally far apart, but cleverly avoided geographical assimilation.

The further they flew in that direction, the more strange old trees, winding vines, and lush exotic flowers and plants intertwined into mysterious ancient monuments they saw. Looking at these things, Ying Li became even more surprised.

Everything he saw was familiar to him, but there were also traces of other regions or civilizations mixed in. As his destination got closer, he would soon know what was going on.

As soon as they arrived at the area where the breath disappeared, the Eclipse Sword was suddenly unsheathed, and it flashed and hummed happily and excitedly in Ying Li's left hand, indicating that there were fragments here!

"So that's how it is. It's a double happiness."

Ying Li smiled faintly. There was no need to look for it now. The resonance of the Eclipse Sword was his navigation.

He came to a sparsely populated swamp, then threw the "Shadow of Wrath" at an ordinary-looking tree, jumped up with a kick of his feet, and stabbed the vines that blocked the way with a sword.

I saw a bird's nest-like existence at the top of the tree canopy. I explored it with my divine sense and found that it was a portal to a secret realm. The resonance on the Eclipse Sword became stronger and stronger.

Over the past thousand years, the thing Ying Li trusted the most was the Eclipse Sword. He reached out to the "Bird's Nest" without any hesitation. A sense of spatial distortion came over him, and he was teleported away again like he was in the ghost school before.

……

"The battle is over? Um, who are you?"

At the same time, a team of black-clothed dragon men arrived at the foot of the astrological platform. Ying Li had been gone for a while, and only the people from the Tang Sect were left here, and no one knew what they were doing.

"Tang Sect! You are from the Eternal Night, right?"

The leader responded loudly. He was the leader of the Tang Clan, a man known as Young Master Tang.

"You don't need to know who we are, we are from the Demon Cult."

The leader said bluntly that he was the only "leader" in the team who was not a dragon. The difference in cultivation between the two sides was not much, and the aura they exuded was full of oppression, but he was not afraid of fighting at all.

Young Master Tang frowned slightly under his hood, and several people around him also expressed their dissatisfaction, and a short man even started to draw his sword.

"This person is too rude, isn't he? I can see that you are also a demon cultivator. We are of the same kind. My deputy sect leader will talk to you in a nice way. Please..."

"It's really noisy!"

"Shh..."

The clash between masters often only lasts for a moment. The moment the leader's mouth curled up, the deputy sect leader, Young Master Tang, raised his left arm and threw out a hidden weapon, which just broke up the invisible impact.

"Huh...thank you for your help, deputy sect leader."

Young Master Tang did not expect the other party to be such a tyrannical person, and he attacked without any hesitation.

"Your Excellency, are you going too far? We in the Tang Sect are not to be bullied."

Now, no matter how low-key the Tang Clan members were, they could not stand being bullied by others, so they all displayed their magic skills and a battle was about to break out.

……

The teleporting magic energy fell, and a ray of light appeared in the dark world.

Ying Li came to his senses and found himself in an underground sewer, which was somewhat similar to the sewer outside the Mirage Forest, but with a more old smell.

The surroundings were dark and dirty, with pits on the walls and covered with dark red marks that were unclear whether they were blood or venom. The corners were filled with the corpses of various monsters, including humanoid creatures.

With a pinch of magic fire pinched out from his fingertips to illuminate, Ying Li carefully moved forward along the only path. For some reason, the "Dark Vision World" could not detect anything underground. The resonance of the Eclipse Sword became intermittent, and it seemed that something was interfering with the magic sword's sensing ability.

He held the Eclipse Sword tightly in his hand. In addition to the magic fire for lighting, he also kept several fireballs lingering around him, ready to bombard any enemies that jumped out at any time.

After walking for a long time, there were many forks in the road, but Ying Li did not choose one because they were basically blocked by rubble, and the only road he could take was the one under his feet.

There is a lot of space below, and the water in the waterway is very turbid, but the flow is large. It is possible that it is connected to the sea outside. After walking for a long time, there is still no end. The roads on both sides are getting wider and wider, and at the same time, there are more and more corpses.

Ying Li suddenly felt happy. This place could attract so many creatures. There must be some treasure worth exploring. It was unlikely that the monsters had captured the creatures and killed them. If they really had the ability to kill so many creatures, this place would definitely be discovered.

At most there are strict mechanisms, powerful monsters guarding treasures, or killing arrays arranged by ancient powerful people. In short, the purpose is nothing more than to protect the secret treasures here and prevent outsiders from snooping.

This is the attraction of exploring a mystery. The more dangerous it is, the more valuable it is. Tomb robbers and explorers are more interested in it, and Ying Li is no exception. There may be something more precious than the Flame Demon Crystal or gold and silver treasures hidden here.

"Shua la la..."

After turning another corner, a bunch of red-eyed bats flew by. A few of them tried to attack Ying Li without any scruples, but were burned to ashes by the dark fireballs surrounding them.

Ying Li chuckled disdainfully and continued to move forward without any concern. Whenever he passed by some human corpses that had not been weathered clean, he would slow down to see if there were any relics. Of course, they were not just treasures, but clues about the sewer.

Of course, there was no cell phone signal. He had tried to contact the outside world before. He could ask the people at the astronomical observatory or directly ask his apprentice Jack to see if he could get any information. Unfortunately, he could only rely on himself.

Woo-ah-ah——

Suddenly, a terrifying cry was heard, and a living creature on all fours jumped out from a pile of bones. The light was too dim and it was difficult to see clearly what the creature was.

"who?"

Just as Ying Li was about to swing his sword, the "thing" passed by Ying Li at an extremely fast speed and slammed headfirst into the wall, with blood and flesh scattering all over the ground.

"Forehead?"

Was Ying Li a little surprised by this scene? That thing seemed to... commit suicide by hitting its head against the wall?

When he got closer, he looked like a human wearing black armor, a bit like a member of the Iron Blood Alliance. He was already skin and bones, and his head had just been smashed into a mess by himself. Even Ying Li, who was a demon, felt a little nauseous when he saw that scene.

why?

Ying Li was puzzled. Who could drive the members of the Iron Blood Alliance crazy? Shouldn't they act as a group?

With doubts, Ying Li continued to move forward, and sure enough, several suicide scenes were performed for him one after another, including humans, orcs, and even some reptiles and giant insects.

It's a bit outrageous. Many insects and beasts obviously do not belong to this era. Just like on Earth, huge insects only exist in ancient times. Through the clothes of these dead people, Ying Li suddenly discovered that their clothes are also relatively primitive, all made of animal skins.

There were also some people wearing clothes that were in line with today's fashion, but they were all explorers who came here to steal treasures and then died here. What was going on? Logically speaking, the existence of that era was already extinct, and it was impossible for them to live until now to "commit suicide" in front of him.

Ying Li tentatively attacked some suspicious objects and walls to see if he could find any secret passages or destroy some "things".

It seemed that nothing had happened except for destruction. Several times, some strange creatures were startled and attacked. A closer look revealed that there were giant lizards, poisonous insects, and carnivorous plants. Their bodies were more or less mutated, and their skin was covered with black pustules. Some of the large areas had scarlet vertical eyes, which were very hideous and terrifying.

"Oh?"

Ying Li became more excited. The law of the jungle is the rule of nature. As a non-human race, Ying Li was very much looking forward to devouring weak creatures.

These monsters were dealt with in no time. The strange thing was that "Ghost Ashes" could not completely devour their internal energy and could not absorb any at all. This was very strange.

Logically speaking, even if Ying Li went to the slaughterhouse to kill an animal, he could use "Ghost Ashes" to absorb some of the animal's physical strength and energy when it was alive to replenish his own consumption.

Could it be that the mutated underground creatures here have transcended the biological system of the demon world?

Shaking his head, Ying Li put aside all the unnecessary thoughts. It would be easy to deal with a guy of this level. Now the key is where is this place? Where is the fragment of the Eclipse Sword? Where is the owner of that aura? Is there any treasure?

This is already considered progress. After all, it means that not all the creatures in this place are dead. What if someone who can communicate appears?

"Roar!"

Another "thing" rushed out from the shadows. It was a sturdy centaur, covered with the black foreign objects seen before, and its target was obviously Ying Li.

"Shadow Lock"!

This time Ying Li planned to catch him alive. He tied up the centaur, controlling the force so as not to strangle him to death. The centaur's huge body fell down with a bang, and his struggle became weaker and weaker. The dark flame would slowly devour his physical strength.

"Can you speak?"

Ying Li grabbed the mane on his shoulders and asked, while taking a closer look. The other person's eyes had lost their vitality, and his expression was very ferocious, as if he was resisting some kind of pain, and also venting his negative emotions. Every inch of skin on his body that was not covered with abscesses was a taut blood vessel, and he was really in pain.

Obviously, Ying Li's question was in vain. The centaur had lost its original heart and could not make any other sound except for random weird screams.

"Hey--"

In desperation, Ying Li could only help him get rid of it. The ghostly fire passed by, and the Centaur's flesh gradually dissipated in the burning. The black pus seemed to be tougher than his skeleton, and it kept wriggling and struggling in the nether fire, and the eyes seemed to be staring at Ying Li viciously.

"what?"

With endless curiosity, Ying Li used "Ghost Embers" on the head of the Centaur's corpse, hoping to read some useful information.

But the other party's spiritual world was in chaos, all the images were blurry and chaotic, only a familiar breath caught his attention, it was something that did not belong to the demon world...

"Velanti?"

Ying Li woke up in shock. He saw the figure of Weilanti in the countless memory fragments in the other party's mind. This centaur had been abducted by the other party. The reason why he turned into a monster might be that he was captured and forced to undergo some kind of mutation experiment.

There is already a lot of information pointing directly to Weilanti. Could it be that they are going to make a big move in the near future? Ying Li continued to walk deeper with doubts.