Looking down from the sky, one could see an enormous irregular rift on the dark ground of the Demon World. This was where the Despair Prison was.
The area of this rift exceeded five square kilometers, and this was only the opening. It was said that the entire rift was like a staircase, and the lower part was even wider.
The specific origin of this special rift that looked like a scar on the ground could no longer be verified. It should have been formed by the geological changes of the Demon World. What was strange was that the dark power of this rift was so dense that a thick fog formed above it. The color of the fog was even darker than the surrounding Demon World.
It was precisely because of the obstruction of this thick black fog that people could not see the situation inside the rift clearly from above.
Although it was called the Despair Prison, there were actually no artificial buildings inside the rift. According to Cerberus, the rock walls inside the rift were full of caves dug by the whip demons, and a large number of whip demons lived here in groups. In addition, there were many ferocious and sinister monsters and Demon World plants that coexisted with the whip demons in this rift valley. Once someone intruded, they would be besieged by these natives.
"No one knows how deep this rift valley is!" Cerberus explained to Roy. "The further down you go, the wider the rift valley will become, and the more complicated the roads will become. Even the whip demons living here will probably lose their way. Your Holiness Osiris, are you sure you want to go down?"
"What else is there? Tell me!" Roy did not answer her and asked directly.
"Okay … Also, pay attention to that these whip demons might not be suppressed and affected by your rank!" Cerberus said.
"What do you mean?" Benia asked doubtfully. "Are you saying that those whip demons have the guts to attack a demon lord?"
Cerberus's three heads nodded and said solemnly, "This is also the real reason why their lair is called a prison. I've said before that these whip demons aren't demons of the Abyss but mutated demons caused by the environment of the Demon World. The demon bloodline in their bodies is very thin, and they don't have the slightest reverence for high-level demons. Let alone a demon lord, it's very likely that even His Majesty Mundus will attack crazily.
Because to these mutated demons?
They're just exterminating the intruders in their territory … "
"Hmph, what a heresy!" Benia could not help but snort coldly when she heard this.
To the abyssal demons who had a very serious concept of hierarchy?
Weren't these whip demons heretics? Even combined with the sadistic and torturous personality of these whip demons?
They were simply a bunch of lunatics among demons!
"How many whip demons are there?" Julia asked solemnly.
"Incalculable!" Cerberus shook her head and said, "But it might exceed ten million!"
"How can there be so many?" Benia heard this number.
Their faces couldn't help but change.
Cerberus stepped on her forelimbs uncomfortably and said, "Maybe even more! You know what?
These whip demons were actually not strong?
Most of them were only low-rank demons, and a few strong individuals could reach the middle-rank demon level. But was that all they had?
But no demon had ever been able to drive them away?
Thus, they occupied this rift valley … Because the reproductive ability of these whip demons is too astonishing. They're also oviparous demons, but they can lay more than twenty eggs at a time. Over the years, they've accumulated an astonishing number. "
"A species like whip demons?
Are there many in the Demon World? "Roy asked with a frown.
"Indeed. Ever since the Demons discovered this world, the Demon World has been destroyed.
Ever since the demons discovered this world, they occupied the Purgatory Space and built it into the Demon World.
It's been a long time since then, and it has a history of at least ten thousand years.
Of course, many mutated demons have appeared … "Cerberus said." In fact, you should have discovered it.
Most of the demons here are more or less different from the demons of the Abyss.
It's just that the whip demons are particularly special. "
Yes, demons were originally creatures that could adapt to the environment and evolve. Back in the Darksiders world, humans had released nuclear weapons all over the world to attack demons and angels, and the entire space was filled with fatal radiation. At that time, many demons evolved rapidly, adapted to the radiation environment, and survived. It was naturally reasonable for a large number of mutations to occur in the Demon World here.
Only a powerful high-rank elite demon like Cerberus could survive long enough to maintain the characteristics of an Abyss demon.
"Let's go. No matter how many there are, kill anyone who dares to stop us!" As Roy spoke, he spread his wings, left Rafaro's back, and descended from the sky.
Behind him, Julia and Benia landed with Cassandra and Sareth. On the other hand, Dante, Cerberus, and Dante were brought down by Fat Tiger.
Since there were so many whip demons, it was definitely impossible to rely on Roy alone. At this time, it was naturally better to have more combat strength.
As they descended from the sky, they could see that the pitch-black rift was getting larger and larger, covering an area of five square kilometers. Compared to it, Roy and the others were as inconspicuous as a sesame seed on a big cake. After passing through the thick layer of dark elemental mist, their field of vision suddenly brightened.
Flapping his wings, Roy controlled his speed and looked around as he flew down.
Just as Cerberus had said, he could see densely packed black caves in the walls of the rift valley, as though the entire rift valley had been hollowed out. When Roy and the others entered, pairs of dark green lights appeared one after another in these caves.
Needless to say, these were naturally the whip demons living in the caves!
With a shrill, jackal-like roar, the entire rift valley suddenly boiled, like a drop of water dripping into a hot pan of oil. Thousands of whip demons flew out of their caves, and the overwhelming scene was simply shocking.
Only then did everyone see the appearance of these whip demons clearly. Although they were called demons, these whip demons actually looked more like monsters. They had a pair of strange demon wings with membranes, but their bodies were like giant mosquitoes. There were two rows of symmetrical eyes on their foreheads, and there were four in each row. They were arranged from front to back, from big to small, and their faces looked very strange. In their mouths were sharp, needle-like mouths, as though their way of hunting prey was to suck blood.
The reason they were called whip demons was because of the six legs under their abdomens that looked like long flesh whips. The long flesh thorns had a faint black-purple light, and it was obvious that they were highly poisonous.
When hunting prey, they would use these whip-like legs to tightly wrap around the prey and rely on the poison on them to make the prey lose the ability to resist. Then the whip demons would not immediately eat the prey but bring it back to their lair and repeatedly torture it with their thorns. Until the prey finally died from fear and pain, they would use their sharp mouths to slowly taste the prey's blood and delicious soul.
The intrusion of Roy and the others alarmed these social whip demons. The alarmed whip demons flew out of the cave and gathered together. The terrifying scene could make people with trypophobia act up.
Perhaps because of their huge numbers, the food of these whip demons had always been in a state of scarcity. Hungry, once they discovered prey, they would rush forward to snatch it. Even though Roy had already released his magic power pressure to the maximum, these whip demons still continued to surround him. Although they did not dare to rush forward to attack for the time being, anyone could sense their greed for food. This greed and hunger would eventually make them lose their minds.
"Let's attack. It seems like we can't go down without reducing their numbers!" Roy said.
After receiving Roy's order, Julia, Benia, and the others immediately attacked first. Flames became very useful when facing these social creatures. Julia's Destruction Flames attacked one after another. These incomparably violent flames exploded a large area every time, and the whip demons that were bombed did not even leave ashes behind.
Benia activated her charm magic and made the whip demons kill each other. Although the charmed whip demons would quickly be eliminated by the other whip demons, they would be charmed by Benia in the blink of an eye.
Cassandra also attacked, but she used Undead Control. The whip demons charmed by Benia turned into corpses after they died, so they naturally became Cassandra's best targets.
Fat Tiger and Cerberus on his back continuously spewed out flames, frost, poison, and lightning from each of their heads. Dante, Nero, Vergil, and Sareth, on the other hand, continuously used their guns to kill the fish that escaped the net that pounced over.
Facing such a large number of enemies, no one dared to relax and could only cooperate with each other.
Their killing efficiency was actually very high, but the number of whip demons still did not decrease because more whip demons would join in whenever a portion of them died. At this moment, everyone was enveloped in an enormous cage made of whip demons. From the outside, it even felt airtight.
Roy had not attacked for the time being. He knew very well that facing such a large number of whip demons, even as a demon lord, he might exhaust all his magic power in continuous battles, so he had to think of a way to solve this once and for all.
Moreover, Roy was very puzzled at this moment. Although Sparda's soul projection was pointing below, was Sparda's main body really here? Even a group of people like them had to expend so much effort to break through, so how could Sparda stay here alone? In particular, with the crazy personalities of these whip demons, even if Mundus really imprisoned Sparda, how could Mundus guarantee that he would not be torn apart by these whip demons?
Roy stretched out his hand and grabbed a whip demon that had rushed through the firepower net to pounce on him. He pinched the head of this whip demon, and the magic power in his hand constantly flickered.
The Magic Power Virus … doesn't seem to have much effect.
The Desolate Virus … doesn't seem to be able to kill them. Yes … these guys are mutants!
Black Death? This effect isn't very good …
"Ippola? Anthrax? That's not right. This kind of virus targets humans or primates. These guys are demons, and their resistance is different … Then let's try a virus like foot-and-mouth disease!
Roy now had a large number of different plagues and viruses, and these viral abilities were obtained from Beelzebub's shell. Roy continuously caught whip demons and tested the effects of various viruses on them, hoping to find a virus that was more effective against whip demons.
During Roy's experiments, he relied on Julia and the others to resist the attacks of these whip demons. Julia and Benia blocked most of the whip demons that pounced on him.
Time passed bit by bit, but gradually, Julia and the others could not take it anymore. Their magic power was consumed too quickly, so the group gradually began to suffer injuries.
This was a representation of quantity overwhelming quality. Facing such a large group of low-level demons, even high-level demons would feel a headache.
"Hey! Osiris, aren't you done yet?! "
Dante finally could not help but shout. Although he did not know what Roy was doing and why he did not take action, he really could not hold on any longer. He even revealed his Sin Devil form, but facing the whip demons that continued to pounce on him fearlessly, his magic power was still rapidly being consumed, and several wounds even appeared on his body.
Roy ignored his shouts and focused on experimenting. He was a little annoyed because he had already tested hundreds of viruses, but the effects were not too good. Although some viruses could kill whip demons, they were not too contagious and could not quickly kill them. Some viruses were contagious, but they might not necessarily be able to kill these guys.
But at this moment, Roy saw a very special phenomenon on a whip demon he had just caught. After he injected the virus into this whip demon, it actually showed manic symptoms of rolling its eyes.
"Huh?" Roy's heart stirred, and he threw this whip demon out. In the end, he saw this whip demon go crazy and attack his own kind. He kept lashing his stinging whip at his own kind, and at the same time, he kept using his mouthparts to stab his own kind, feeling as though he was biting them.
The same kind poked by his mouthparts quickly showed the same symptoms. They became manic and uneasy, and then they attacked others.
"That's it!" Roy grinned sinisterly. Then a hurricane suddenly blew around him. Some black mist of light spread out from his body, merged into the wind, and then blew in all directions.
Very quickly, the Nightmare Whip Devils that were constantly pouncing towards them suddenly fell into chaos, because many of them were actually attacking their own kind.
This manic behavior quickly spread to the entire group. For a moment, the whip demons did not even care about attacking Roy and the others. They only crazily pounced on their own kind and fought them.
Julia and the others could finally catch their breaths. Benia asked Roy curiously, "Darling, what did you do?"
"Nothing. I just found a virus that's very effective against them!" Roy snorted coldly. He looked at the whip demon corpses that were constantly falling and explained to everyone, "It's rabies!"
"Rabies?" Dante and Nero looked at each other. They did not expect that this virus would have a miraculous effect on the whip demons …
The whip demons' behavior was originally very crazy. When the rabies virus spread in their group, it was like adding poison to poison. Their madness became uncontrollable, and they could not even distinguish between their own kind.
As time passed, this crazy biting showed no signs of stopping at all, and it spread more and more ferociously.
"Your Holiness Osiris!" Cerberus saw something and could not help but exclaim, "Are … are you planning to exterminate these whip demons?!"
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