In the dormitory, Xia Fan sat on the windowsill, looking at the lights of Hidden Demon City at night. In this strange city, people used illumination stones as a source of light at night. Those glowing stones could be found all over the city, reminding Xia Fan of the vast space.
Only now did Xia Fan understand that the universe was not the limit of space. The vast and boundless galaxy was only a small part of the world. Aside from the universe, there was also the Three Realms.
"Say, when I see Mingzhu and Yan Yan again, do you think I'll scare them?" Xia Fan asked.
Sade laughed. "What are you thinking about? Mingzhu and Yan Yan are the daughter of a Frost Dragon and the daughter of a Flame Dragon. Their bloodlines are pure, and their energy is vast. Your Beast King Era will not be able to pressure them at all.
"On the bright side, Mingzhu will be closer to you. After all, your temperament has changed. Compared to other humans, you are better at communicating with dragons.
"In summary, your current ability is roughly like this. You can control beasts below the Dragon Race and the Lesser Dragon Race. With the Law of Speed, you can easily break ten thousand per second. If you use the Wine of Immortality and increase your energy index to the limit, your speed can reach fifty thousand per second. In addition, you have the Golden Law. As an almost omnipotent Law, the Golden Law will not directly increase your combat power, but at certain critical moments, it can have unexpected effects.
"These three major abilities are your foundation. Other than that, you also have a good education. Mechanic, Electronics, Pharmacology, Botany, Alchemy, and even some miscellaneous skills like Literature Appreciation, Art, and Music. You have also mastered some of them."
"That's why you see. You're an all-rounder in your bones. You know a little bit of everything. Whether it's in the lower world or the Heaven's Wing clan, you're unique. Good luck, your future is limitless."
Xia Fan scratched his head. Unknowingly, he had already learned so many skills. This was not bad. As the old saying went, it was never a burden to have more skills.
Xia Fan gazed at the city from afar. It would have been nice if the compliment had come from his parents or siblings. But the reality was that he was sitting alone on the windowsill, and the one praising him was an old demonic dragon of unknown origin.
Reality was really magical, and it was also a little sad. A child who had been living outside since he was a child yearned to be with his loved ones and hear their voices. However, fate made fools of people. His father was always very busy, so busy that he didn't even have time to see his youngest son.
He led the Heavenly Winged Wolves to fight in the Middle Realm, in the Lower Realm, against the Ant Devils, against the True Devils …
His father and clansmen destroyed anyone they saw. Xia Fan was like a child who worshiped and followed in his father's footsteps. He grew up staggeringly, chasing after his father for 20 years, but he still could not catch up. Heaven's Wings was a group of people who would never settle down. Being born in such a family, Xia Fan did not know if he should feel helpless or happy.
The next morning, Qin Lang brought his good friend Rogers to see Xia Fan. Ever since Xia Fan helped Qin Lang tame the macaw yesterday, his name had spread throughout Hidden Demon City in a very short period of time. People were saying that there was going to be a Beast Taming Grandmaster among the youths of this generation.
In any society, top-level professionals were always rare. The Lower Realm was incomparably vast, and flying beasts were of vital importance to every warrior. However, at the same time, there was a shortage of top-level Beast Taming Grandmasters. Large numbers of ferocious beasts were waiting to be trained, tamed, and put into the battlefield.
In the past, the warriors of Hidden Demon City would first think of General Lille, the chief Beast Taming Grandmaster of the Garden of Beasts. Unfortunately, there were too many warriors looking for him to train flying beasts, and there would be a long queue. Now that Xia Fan had appeared out of nowhere, the warriors had another choice.
"Please!" With a smile on his face, Rogers presented a gift with both hands. It was an important asset of the family that his father had taken out from the safe. It was twenty beast crystals of a pretty good level. Before he was seriously injured, Rogers' father had fought hard on the second floor for thirty years to save up this family business.
Now that his father had retired, the glory of the family depended on Rogers to inherit it. The most basic requirement to become a warrior was to have an obedient flying beast.
"Say yes." Said Loray's voice sounded in Xia Fan's mind. "You have to go to the Garden of Beasts today anyway to train those two griffins. Besides, the more you sharpen a knife, the sharper it gets. The more skills you use, the more proficient you will become."
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While Xia Fan was gradually building his reputation as a Beast Taming Grandmaster in Hidden Demon City, the sky above the North Sea was covered with dark clouds. The investigation team from Hidden Demon City was conducting a carpet search of the vast ocean, swearing to find the truth behind the Second Son of the Flame Spirit hiding here.
This was a powerful team with equipment experts led by the City Lord, Goethe, as the team leader. They carried a large number of top-grade weapons and tools made by Hidden Demon City's Secret Weapons Department. The strange equipment hidden in the thick metal boxes was something that most warriors had never heard of. They were made to fight against the demon race one day.
The deputy team leaders were the main force from the major demon slayer families. Their ancestors had once slain demon kings and established a glorious foundation. As the descendants of those legendary warriors, the warriors of the demon slayer families had inherited powerful abilities. They were always on the frontlines of battle. They would appear wherever they were needed.
In the first week of the investigation, the investigation team encountered serious obstacles. The terrain under the North Sea was extremely complicated. Most of the water was made up of mud and sand, but under the North Sea was a maze of rocks.
The dark bottom of the sea was filled with jagged rocks that looked like mountains and dense forests. There were also countless seaweeds that were hundreds of meters long. Warriors who entered the sea to explore were easily entangled by the seaweeds. The search machine was no exception. Once the seaweeds and mud entered the machine, it had to be taken back and handed over to the Mechanical Department for repair.
Two weeks passed. Just when the investigation team's work came to a standstill and the warriors were exhausted from the continuous high-intensity work, a sudden discovery gave the investigation team hope.
Late at night, Goethe summoned several deputy team leaders for a meeting. They first listened to the situation report of the scanning team.
"In short, the situation is as I said just now. In the 13th area, the scanning crystal found a large-scale metal signal hidden underground. It is estimated to be a metal structure with a total area of no less than 25 square kilometers."
"Unfortunately, this building is buried under the mud and sand. It will take some time to use large-scale sand absorption equipment to clean up all the sand."
Goethe nodded slightly and glanced at everyone present. He said in a deep voice, "A large metal structure with an area of 25 square kilometers is very likely to be the Demon King's palace. I have already informed Hidden Demon City to transport more siphon crystals and more soft metal tubes. If there is no objection, we will start a large-scale excavation operation tomorrow."
Dongfang Rhine frowned. "How can there be a Demon King's palace in a place like the North Sea? Since it is estimated to be the Demon King's palace, should we ask for reinforcements to guard against the Demon King's main body sleeping underground? "
Goethe said, "I can answer these two questions. In the countless wars of the past eras, we have suffered crushing defeats more than once. The demon army attacked from the third layer of the lower realm into the first layer of the lower realm where we are."
"Before the meeting, I specifically consulted the history expert Calvinson. He looked through the information in the archives and found the records of the Flame Demon King Stanley stationed near the North Sea."
"That was during the 137th all-out war. Hidden Demon City was captured, and the demon army even fought near the outer barrier. According to the records, Stanley had been stationed in the North Sea for a whole three years. It is completely possible for him to have built a palace in such a long time."
"As for why this hidden palace has never been discovered, there are two possibilities. One is that it was originally built underwater. Stanley is the Flame Demon King, and everyone knows that he hates water. Therefore, he did the opposite and built the palace underwater. We would never have thought of that."
"The other possibility is that the palace was originally built on land. When Stanley decided to retreat, he used some kind of powerful force to sink the entire palace into the sea. He also buried the reborn egg of the second son of the Flame Soul in it, so as to leave an evil seed for another counterattack in the future."
Everyone nodded slightly. They felt that Goethe's speculation was logical.
Goethe paused for a while and continued, "As for the issue of reinforcements, I don't think it is necessary. Firstly, we have quite a lot of manpower, and all of our elites have been deployed. Furthermore, if there are other powerful creatures in the palace, or even the Flame Demon King Stanley himself, then they should have appeared together when the conflict broke out earlier."
"The battle in the valley seems to be a coincidence no matter how you look at it. Even if there is a palace underwater, it is only a temporary palace. The danger level should not be too high. It is just that because the palace is buried under the sand, it will be a little troublesome to deal with."
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The next morning, the operation started according to the original plan.
The warriors put on their diving battle suits and carried anti-interference communication crystals to the bottom of the sea.
Sand suckers made of soft metal were immediately put to work. The top of the sand suckers was installed with a siphon crystal. A strong suction force was produced by the crystal, sucking the sand, gravel, and seaweed from the bottom of the sea into a thick metal tube. The other end of the tube was fifty kilometers away.
On the first day of the operation, twenty sand suckers were put to work. A week later, the reinforcements from Hidden Demon City arrived in large batches. The total number of sand suckers had exceeded one hundred and fifty. On average, they could clean up millions of cubic meters of sand every day.
The bottom of the sea was peeled off layer by layer. On the ninth day of the operation, the warriors working underwater sent news. About twenty meters from the bottom of the sea, the spire of the palace was revealed. On the spire, there was a statue in the shape of a burning flame. This proved that there was indeed a palace under the sea, and it belonged to the Flame Demon King Stanley.
The warriors were excited. They divided into four teams and took turns to work underwater, day and night.
In the blink of an eye, it was the twelfth day of the sand sucking operation. The entire roof of the palace was revealed. It was in the shape of a T and was connected to the main hall by a long corridor. It was a typical building of the demon race. However, it was still unclear how many floors this palace had, and whether there were underground passages and secret rooms.
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