The appearance of these flying demons made Dante and the others immediately realize one thing. The inside of the Qliphoth might be empty!
When the Qliphoth grew, it gave everyone the illusion that this tree was as solid as ordinary trees. But now, they realized that they could not use common sense to judge these Demon World plants.
After the flying demons attacked the human air force, they retreated, and the human troops on the ground also suffered. But this time, it was not the demons who attacked the human ground troops but the roots of the Qliphoth!
These roots left the soil one by one and danced in the air. At the top of the tentacle-like roots, there was a long needle. After the human soldiers were pierced by these needles, they would quickly be sucked dry of all their blood. This sudden change immediately defeated the human soldiers.
Humans were afraid of death, and no one wanted to be sucked dry by this strange demon tree. Therefore, the soldiers, who had a mental breakdown, did not listen to orders at all. They cried, threw down their weapons, and fled in all directions.
The roots of the Qliphoth began to spread in the city. After defeating the human troops, they began to target the civilians. The people who were watching from afar were dumbfounded. Seeing the people in front being stabbed and killed one by one by the needles, they began to flee in panic. But there were still people who were caught by the needles that suddenly emerged from the ground.
No one knew how large the roots of the demon tree buried underground were. It was as though all of Red Grave City was within its hunting range. In just ten minutes, thousands of people in the city had died. At this time, the people of Red Grave City could no longer care about the feelings of being unable to leave their homeland. They brought their families and took transportation to escape Red Grave City.
However … this swarm of escape brought about a huge traffic jam. Even if someone stood up to organize it, this emergency evacuation could not be completed in a short time. More civilians were blocked on the roads, and what greeted them was the bloodsucking roots of the Qliphoth …
This day could be said to be a nightmare and disaster for all of Red Grave City …
Dante and the others could guess the situation outside the city, so they were burning with anxiety. They had already guessed that the reason why the Qliphoth had suddenly stopped growing was because it was about to bear fruit!
Plants usually grew fruits for the sake of reproduction. At this time, plants needed a lot of nutrients to maintain themselves. Judging from the situation of the Qliphoth attacking humans, the nutrients it needed were undoubtedly blood. If they could not stop it as soon as possible, more than half of the nearly one million people in Red Grave City would fall into the mouth of this demon tree.
Therefore, Dante and the others rushed toward the Qliphoth without hesitation. Since the inside of this tree was hollow, even if there was no entrance, they could think of a way to break through it and enter.
In fact, Dante and the others had indeed done it. Perhaps because the Qliphoth had begun to prey on humans with its roots, the crisscrossing roots of the Qliphoth finally revealed a gap, allowing Dante and the others to successfully enter the interior of the Qliphoth.
Here, they saw a complicated maze-like path in the tree, and a large number of demons were entrenched in this enormous' treehouse '.
"Were these demons inside the tree from the beginning, or were they summoned here after the tree stopped growing?" Dante muttered to himself.
"It should be the latter …" V said solemnly. "Moreover, it should be the mastermind …"
"Damn it … Vergil, what did you do …" Of course, Dante knew who the mastermind V was talking about was. When he thought that this huge disaster was caused by his brother, Dante felt upset. No matter what Vergil wanted to do, he had the obligation to stop him.
"Let's act as soon as possible. If we delay any longer, there might be more trouble!" Lady said while carrying her rocket launcher. "Once the disaster in Red Grave City is irreversible, I'm afraid humans will use nuclear bombs to destroy the Qliphoth."
Indeed, perhaps considering that there were still a large number of civilians in this city, the military had only used conventional weapons. But now, it had been proven that these conventional weapons were not very useful against the Qliphoth. If they waited until most of the civilians in Red Grave City died or escaped, the military might really have no scruples and choose to use nuclear bombs to wipe out all of Red Grave City.
It was still unknown how much of an effect the nuclear bomb had on the Qliphoth, but once the nuclear bomb exploded, those who were still in the tree would be in great trouble. They could not withstand the fatal nuclear radiation.
Just as the four of them were about to set off, a voice suddenly came from behind. "Dante! Wait for me! "
The four of them looked back and found a figure chasing after them. It was Nero!
At this time, it had been more than ten days since Nero's wrist was cut off. Nero's right wrist had already stopped bleeding and was gradually healing. But unfortunately, after losing the demon right wrist, the demon bloodline in Nero's body seemed to have been suppressed, and it could not bring him extraordinary recovery ability. Naturally, his broken wrist could not grow back, so he was now a disabled person. His right arm was tightly wrapped, and only his left hand could move.
Seeing Nero chasing after him, Dante was shocked. "Nero?! Why are you here? "
"I'm here to take revenge on that son of a b * tch!" Nero panted slightly. "I know he's definitely here!"
"Nonsense!" Dante said angrily. "How can you fight like this? Go. We're enough here! "
"Hmph. I can still kill a demon with one hand!" As Nero spoke, he used his left hand to pull out the Crimson Queen from his back. He inserted the saber into the ground and twisted the energy valve on the hilt a few times, causing the Crimson Queen to emit scorching flames. "I came all the way here. You can't make me go back with just a word from you."
However, Dante did not care so much. He said to V, "V, watch this guy. Don't let him follow."
Before V could say anything, Dante ran forward with Trish and Lady.
"Bastard! Dante, what do you mean? " Nero was anxious and wanted to chase after them, but just as he took a step, he was blocked by the cane in V's hand. "Don't worry. We can follow one step behind and let them be the vanguard …"
"Who are you?" Nero asked as he looked at V.
"You can call me V … We're considered companions …" V said.
"Okay …" Nero put away Queen Scarlet. "It's too infuriating to follow Dante. I'll travel with you …"
"Then you have to keep up …" As V spoke, an unknown black mist suddenly appeared under his feet. The mist carried his body and sprinted forward.
These ten-odd days of waiting were not completely useless, at least for V. With this buffer, V gradually controlled his body. He could now use the trace of weak magic power that remained in his body when he separated. Moreover, this magic power eventually evolved into three strange monsters that he could summon.
These three monsters were a demon crow with a broken beak, a shadow panther, and a strong stone demon man …
Although Nero did not know where V came from, he at least knew that he came with Dante and the others, so he did not say anything. He shook his head and ran to chase after them.
The interior of the Qliphoth was full of strange and disgusting demon creations. Although there were many demons, perhaps because these demons had just been summoned and were looking for a place to stay, Dante and the others did not encounter too many obstacles along the way, allowing them to drive straight to the middle of the giant tree.
Here, they found a huge hall. A powerful demon with an astonishing aura was sitting in this hall. His entire body, including his face, was wrapped in a pile of bone armor. In particular, the mask wrapped around the demon's head looked like a crown.
This demon was sitting on a huge chair with one hand supporting his face. In the air not far from the chair, a needle-like object was floating and slowly rotating. Behind and under the demon's feet were root-like tentacles, very similar to the roots of the Qliphoth.
After rushing in, Dante, Ding Trish, and Lady immediately realized that this demon was different and knew that they had probably encountered the real deal.
Without saying anything, Dante and the others rushed forward and started fighting. But after fighting, they found that this demon in front of them was unimaginably powerful!
He didn't even move his body. He just sat on the chair and used only one hand to defeat Dante and the other two!
Dante rushed forward with Rebellion, but this demon bounced him back with a finger. After several consecutive attacks, he was panting for a moment and could not help but ask, "You … you're not Vergil. Who are you?"
Hearing Dante's question, the demon sitting on the chair finally said, "My name is Urizen, the king of the Demon World!"
"Really? This name is so lame … "Dante could not help but curse when he heard this name. But at the same time, he was certain of one thing. This demon named Urizen was probably a demon that had separated from Vergil.
And this demon no longer had Vergil's thoughts at all. Even the way he addressed himself was his true demon name!
Yes, the true name of a demon. This was a name that only demons had …
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