The purple-red pool water bubbled from time to time, and the steam filled the air as though it was boiling.
At this time, there were already dozens of low-rank demons soaking in the pool, and from time to time, low-rank demons like Roy who needed to promote rushed over. Roy only observed for a short while before seeing several low-rank demons pass through the entrance and enter the pool.
The middle-rank demons who had been wandering around the periphery did not stop them and allowed them to enter. Moreover, judging from how they were bounced back after touching the barrier, they seemed to want to go in again.
Roy slowly flew toward the place of refinement with Fat Tiger. During this process, Roy witnessed the promotion of some low-rank demons.
After soaking in the pool for a while, the bodies of some low-rank demons more or less changed. The demon horns on some of their heads changed, becoming thicker and more twisted. They even gradually curved into a circle from their original straight horns, just like the difference between goat horns and sheep horns. Some of their bodies changed, and their original bodies expanded or shrunk. Some simply changed drastically. They might have a few more eyes on their faces, a few more arms, or even those that did not have a tail grew a tail.
Roy even saw a smaller demon in the pool. Its chest gradually bulged, and a pair of wings grew on its back. It gradually turned from an unknown demon into a succubus that Roy was familiar with!
He did not know if this demon was originally male or female. It would be fine if it was originally female, but if it was male, then this change would be huge! This was no longer something that could be described as a crossdresser …
This scene made Roy ponder. This place of refinement felt like it was awakening the demon bloodline!
Roy was certain that the demon who turned into a succubus definitely had the bloodline of a succubus in his body. The power contained in this pool stimulated this bloodline, and then this guy turned into a succubus.
At this moment, Roy landed and walked into the place of refinement under the gaze of a circle of middle-rank demons. But after he arrived, he did not rush into the pool but chose to continue observing.
He still remembered that the orthodox demon wings on his back had always been regarded by other demons as having the bloodline of a high-rank demon. Spider Queen Araniya had said so at the beginning, and Xeron had said the same later. But he had never figured out what races the so-called high-rank demons had.
Logically speaking, if they were judged by their wings, then a demon race like succubi should be high-rank demons. But the succubi summoned by Xeron that Roy encountered in the Heroes of Might and Magic world were all middle-rank demons. But if they were not judged by their wings, demons without wings like Xeron were high-rank demons.
Therefore, Roy was a little confused now. The difference between low-rank demons and middle-rank demons was easy to understand. It was nothing more than whether their bloodlines had been tempered or not, but what about the difference between middle-rank demons and high-rank demons? It couldn't possibly be a second tempering, right?
In fact, Roy was wrong about this.
The so-called succubus, flame demon, Abyss demon, and so on that people called them were just simple names. In fact, such names did not represent the species of demons!
These names were derived from the characteristics of the power of demons. For example, succubi were demons who were good at using charm, and flame demons were demons who were good at using flames. These demons either had strange methods or were powerful. When they appeared in various worlds, people were deeply afraid of them, leaving a deep impression. Therefore, in order to distinguish them from other demons, they were given special names.
However, this name did not completely represent the race of this demon. Not every succubus had the appearance of a seductress, and not every flame demon was covered in flames.
Due to the bloodthirsty and warlike nature of demons, they rarely communicated with other races, so the races of the outside world had always been confused about the demon race. Even some mages or scholars who specialized in demon studies tried to summon and enslave demons to understand the situation of the Abyss from their mouths, but in the end, they only had a smattering of knowledge. This was because the chaotic bloodlines of demons were sometimes difficult to distinguish between themselves, so how could they explain it to others?
The social form of demons was very complicated. Although there were demon languages and demon texts, these were only obtained by demons from inherited memories. In demon society, there were no systems such as schools and education. After all, with their nature, they could not form any form of order.
Of course, after saying so much, it did not mean that there was really no distinction between demons. In fact, compared to low-rank and middle-rank demons, after reaching the high-rank demon level, as their intelligence continued to increase, there was still a relatively general division in the ruling class of demons.
Moreover, this division was relatively simple. Generally speaking, there were four major categories of demons: war demons, elemental demons, crafty demons, and chaos demons.
War demons mainly referred to demons who mainly fought with their bodies. These demons were usually strong, large, and good at using cold weapons. The magic power in their demon hearts was often not used in the form of magic but attached to weapons, fists, and claws, bringing powerful attacks.
Elemental demons, as the name suggested, referred to demons who were good at using elemental magic. In terms of the environment of the Abyss, most of the elemental demons used fire elements. But there were also demons who could use other elemental magic, such as dark, air, earth, and so on. But these elemental magic were different from the magic used by humans or other races. Because some incantations were pronounced in the demon language, similar to dragon magic, they were often called demon magic.
In terms of crafty demons, succubi could also be classified into this category, referring to demons who were good at using all kinds of spiritual magic such as illusions, puppets, and so on.
As for the final chaos demons, they could not be clearly distinguished from the first three categories, so they were classified into this category. For example, a certain demon could use fire magic, was good at close combat, and perhaps knew a little illusion to confuse people's hearts. Then, this kind of demon who knew a little bit of everything belonged to chaos demons.
These four categories included almost all demons, and there was no simple distinction based on race. It could be said to be a more standard way of distinguishing them.
As for the division of high-rank and low-rank, after the promotion process of bloodline tempering, it basically depended on the strength of the demon. Any middle-rank demon who completed the tempering could become a high-rank demon as long as he could survive long enough and accumulate enough magic power. However, the process of bloodline tempering was a more important step. If the bloodline tempering was relatively pure, then the chances of becoming a high-rank demon would naturally be much higher.
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