The path to the depths of the grave was not easy to walk, and the path was buried with sharp stones that were as sharp as blades. Baku could not use Origin Energy, so he could only walk forward like an ordinary person. This was a rule left behind by his ancestors. If he could not do it, he would not be qualified to take out the Abyss Devil's blood.
Baku gritted his teeth and walked forward step by step with a bloody footprint. The unbearable pain from his foot made his eyes turn bloodshot. This pain awakened his memories, and everything seemed to have returned to that night two years ago.
That night was also dyed red with blood. When his wife and son died in front of him, Baku was in even more pain than he was now. The pain in his heart had completely crossed over. At that time, the seed of revenge was quietly planted. After two years of nurturing, it finally sprouted and bloomed. Baku swore that he would return this pain to the people of Sur City a hundred times over.
Outside the cave, a leader said worriedly, "Maybe we shouldn't let Baku in."
Vajra shook his head and said, "It's useless. I can see Baku's eyes very clearly. Even if we don't allow it, he will do everything he can to get in. Moreover, this is not necessarily a good thing. Baku is willing to become a devil. As long as he destroys Sur City, we don't have to worry about those outsiders anymore. "
"Is that really the case? I'm only worried that it will lead to an even greater disaster. "
Vajra's heart sank, but he didn't say anything else. He looked into the cave and remained silent.
Baku didn't know how long it had been, maybe a day? Maybe a century? After the pain became numb, time lost its meaning. He just walked forward mechanically, leaving behind a series of bloody footprints. He felt his body become very heavy because too much blood flowed out from beneath his feet. If it was a normal person, they would have fainted, but Baku still gritted his teeth and continued walking with the support of the flames of revenge.
Finally, he reached the end. At the end was a hall, an underground hall supported by natural stone pillars. Flames continuously sprayed out from the corners of the hall, and the air here was filled with the smell of sulfur. Baku vaguely remembered that thousands of years ago, there were many volcanic craters in the Ash Mountain Range. However, the volcano had entered a dormant period and the mountain was covered by trees, so people had forgotten this fact.
Baku smiled. He could feel slight vibrations coming from beneath the ground from time to time. Perhaps the ancestral cemetery of the Baymond people was built on the crater of the volcano. There was a circle of skulls under the stone pillars of the hall, and the surrounding walls were filled with countless skeletons. These skeletons were embedded in the wall, and no one knew how they got there.
The corpses in this graveyard were warriors who sacrificed themselves to seal the demons. Now, the heroic spirits of these brave warriors were guarding the underground hall, guarding the preserved Evil Demon blood.
In the middle of the underground hall, there was a circular stone platform. On it, a dusty iron box was quietly enshrined on the platform. Baku walked over and forcefully opened the box. Inside the box were three long, transparent objects. Within them, the dark red blood rolled slowly as if it had a will of its own. If Allen were here, he would definitely be very surprised because the thing that preserved the demon blood was actually a test tube!
Baku picked up one of the test tubes. When the test tube was picked up, there seemed to be a corner of some kind of symbol at the bottom of the box. Baku thought for a moment and picked up another one, so the symbol became even more obvious. If one looked carefully, it wouldn't be hard to see that it seemed to be a rose flower pattern.
A golden rose.
Of course, Baku didn't care about this. He pulled out the cork of the test tube and poured it into his mouth. The demonic blood in the test tube was like a wild beast that had escaped, turning into a streak of red lightning that shot into Baku's mouth. Baku drank two bottles of demonic blood in a row and looked at the test tube. It was exceptionally clean. It was so clean that not even a drop of blood was left behind.
Baku was wondering if the Abyss Devil Blood was useful when his heart suddenly ached and he couldn't help but cry out. Then, the temperature of his entire body rose, and the muscles under his skin began to squirm violently like thousands of insects. Baku felt as if his body was about to split open and he screamed in pain.
The cry passed through the cave and faintly reached Vajra's ears.
The leader of the Baymond people couldn't help but frown.
"Demon, actually refers to Demon Blood."
As dusk approached, Caesar woke up after a long nap. He was much more energetic than he was in the morning. Allen had already changed out of his gown and put on loose and comfortable casual clothes. According to the legends of the Baymonds, when their ancestors migrated to the Ash Mountains from other places, they alarmed a demon in the mountains. In the end, the warriors of the Baymonds subdued the Abyss Devil, but the bravest leader, Ji Kun, was bitten by the Abyss Devil.
Not long after, Ji Kun's soul was contaminated and he transformed into a demon. Moreover, his strength was even more terrifying than the devil that bit him. After an earth-shattering battle, all the experts of the Baymonds were killed and wounded. Only two of the more than ten leaders were left. More than a thousand warriors died in battle before Ji Kun was finally killed.
At that time, the remaining two leaders were Maya and Sakong. Maya also discovered that she had been contaminated by Ji Kun not long after. In order to prevent herself from turning into a demon, the female leader chose to commit suicide. But she wanted Sakong to keep her blood before she died, which was now the blood of the Abyss Devils.
Sakong stored the Abyss Devil's blood in the Baymonds' cemetery. In order to prevent his clansmen from accidentally using the Abyss Devil's blood, he weaved a lie. He claimed that the Abyss Devil who had contaminated Ji Kun had not died. As for the truth, only a few people knew about it, and it was passed down from generation to generation.
"Baku only found out about the Abyss Devil's blood from me. After I recover, I must return to the Ash Mountains in case he uses the Abyss Devil's blood." Caesar sighed.
Allen frowned, "Since the Abyss Devil's blood can contaminate you and turn you into Abyss Devils, why did Maya leave it behind?"
"Regarding this question, Vajra and I privately guessed that it might be to give the Baymonds a chance to retaliate." Caesar said, "Because when Sakong died, he said so. Once the Baymonds were annihilated, as long as someone voluntarily turned into a demon, they could go to the ancestral cemetery to extract the demon blood. Of course, this person would need the approval of all the leaders at the same time before he could enter the cemetery. "
"So that's how it is."
At this time, Father Miro brought dinner. Allen stood up and said, "Eat something. I won't disturb you."
He turned to leave.
Caesar stopped him and said, "Allen, if … if Baku chooses to turn into a demon, I would like to ask you. Probably only with your strength will I have a chance to kill him. "
"I understand."
Allen pushed the door open and walked out. In the corridor outside, Lucy leaned against the wall. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you really believe that there are demons in this world, the beings in religious legends?"
'"No, from Caesar's description, the so-called Abyss Devil is more like some kind of genetic mutant, or virus carrier. Like Ji Kun, isn't his symptoms like being infected with some kind of virus by the so-called Abyss Devil? However, the Baymonds were unable to explain this phenomenon, so they named it the Abyss Devil. Coupled with the long history, after generations of ancestors, there was such a thing as the Abyss Devil. "
"In that case, I seem to have seen genetic mutations caused by viral infection somewhere." Lucy frowned.
"Don't tell me," Allen said half-jokingly, "this is another biological weapon from your Adahua Planet?"
"Since the Erosa can reach Nether Domain Star, God knows if there has been a similar flying ship that has visited this planet in the past. This is really hard to say."
Allen felt a headache when he heard this.
On the third day of Edward's wedding, the sky today was strangely gloomy. The sky in the direction of the Ash Mountain Range could be said to be covered with lead clouds, as if the entire sky was about to collapse. As a result, the people of Sur City felt depressed for no reason today, as if the air pressure in the entire city had risen a little.
Allen frowned as he looked at the strange weather. Compared to ordinary people, people like them who could drive Origin Energy were more sensitive to natural changes. Allen had been feeling a little irritable since the morning, as if something big was going to happen, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
People were like this, and animals were even more so. The ferocious hounds of the city guards were all lying in the kennel in low spirits today, unwilling to come out, which puzzled the soldier, Hard. Harold was in charge of taking care of the dogs and training them. For him, even with his eyes closed, he could call out the name of every hound in the kennel.
"Zola, Kitt … What's wrong with you? Are you sick? " Hard tried his best to get the two hounds that were usually his best friends out of the kennel. The other hounds didn't even want to take a step out of the kennel, as if a disaster was about to befall them.
The hound named Zola had a small horn missing from its left ear, making it extremely easy to recognize. It lay down under Hard's boots and let out a few feeble cries. Even when Hard took out his favorite barbecued sausage, Jorah only sniffed it twice before he lowered his head and did not like to move.
A strange atmosphere was pervading the barracks of the city guards.
Today was exceptionally long, but no matter how long it was, time would still move forward meticulously. After the sun set, it was unknown which hound barked first, but all the dogs joined in the barking. Not only that, the barking spread to the city, and people found that cats and dogs had become exceptionally manic. Rats scrambled to get up from the sewers and scurried around like blind flies. Even the most docile horses kept crashing into the fence of the horse pen, and the entire city of Sur was filled with the cries of all kinds of animals.
An inexplicable palpitation filled everyone's heart. People consciously stayed at home and closed the doors and windows. In the temple of Sabis, candles were burning, and an old priest was chanting a hymn to the statue of the God of War. Suddenly, from a place very far away outside the divine temple, an almost inaudible but extremely shrill scream vaguely rang out.
The old priest broke out in cold sweat.
(Tomorrow is Qingming. I have to go back to the countryside to worship my ancestors. I'll take a day off for everyone ~)
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