Li Yao was slightly dazed. He had never considered the problem from such a perspective before.
On second thought, it was indeed quite odd. In nature, the population of the lower level of the food chain was often ten times higher than that of the upper level.
More specifically, the number of herbivores should be ten times higher than the number of carnivores.
Even the seemingly hideous insects mostly fed on the juices of flowers and plants. Only a few of them preyed on other insects.
Naturally, the herbivores were not very aggressive. Even if they had evolved into demons, why had they turned into monsters that knew nothing but killing?
Jin Xinyue chuckled and said in a low voice, "In fact, the use of hallucinogenic drugs has been going on for almost ten thousand years. Under normal circumstances, the hallucinogenic drugs are used together with myths and legends. At first, the glorious history of the demon race will be preached. Then, the 'final battle' will be talked about. In the end, it will be talked about how sacred and immortal the real Pantheon of Demons is and how the demon race will be soaked in endless joy.
"After the preaching, the hallucinogenic drugs will be released. Through the cooperation of secret arts, the demons will feel as if they are in heaven and have all kinds of hallucinations. They will see the ancient demons' marvelous abilities to modify the world, find themselves fighting in the final battle, or ascend to the splendid Pantheon of Demons to enjoy eternal joy and happiness.
"In the classics of the demon race, such a ritual is known as the 'Netherpassage'. If possible, most of the high-level demons will perform the Netherpassage Ritual every day. Since they have been trained since they were little, it is only natural that they believe in 'destruction, rebirth, and immortality'!
"However, the black-blood demons and the chaotic-blood demons are born in the uncivilized land and are barely illuminated by the brilliance of the Pantheon of Demons. Now that a great war is coming, there is no time for them to be trained slowly. Therefore, they can only be sent to Void Turmoil City and 'mastered' with Fire Ant's secret arts."
Hearing the disdain in her voice, Li Yao thought of something and asked, "You don't believe in it?"
Jin Xinyue chuckled. She said, "If there are enough benefits, I can believe in it, too."
While the two of them were whispering to each other, the motorcade set off again. After an hour of driving, the motorcade finally stopped. After an hour of traveling, they reached the end of the continent. On the horizon, a surging black ocean appeared.
It was a huge peninsula, like a sharp fang. It extended from the mainland and pierced deep into the sea.
In the sky above the peninsula, the magnetic field and the spiritual energy were extremely disordered. It looked like a colorful swirl. Half of the swirl was covered in weird dark clouds, from which thunder and dazzling lightning were striking down every once in a while. The other half of the swirl, however, was a clear sky. The scorching sunlight stabbed into the ground like colorful, sharp blades.
Looking from afar. On the peninsula, there was a towering mountain. The mountain peak was densely packed with caves. Upon closer inspection, one would discover that there were layers upon layers of high-rise buildings that intersected to form a giant city.
"Void Turmoil City!"
Li Yao was refreshed. This was the first time that he had ever observed a city of the Blood Demon Sector at such a close distance. Naturally, he would not miss any detail.
On the red soil leading to the peninsula, a wide road paved with gray boulders gradually appeared. On both sides of the road stood two statues that were hundreds of meters tall. It was snow-white and flawless, without a single seam to be seen. It was as if it was carved from a piece of jade that was a few hundred meters long.
Of the two statues, the first one was a man and a woman with the head of a human and the body of a snake. The snake's body crisscrossed together, presenting a perfect double helix. If one were to look carefully, one would see that every scale on the snake's body was densely engraved with countless scriptures, as if they contained profound and complicated information.
Although they were naked, Their skin was touching, the man and the woman looked old and solemn, without the slightest sense of evilness. Instead, they gave one the urge to worship them.
The other statue, on the other hand, had an iron head, three heads, and six arms. Enormous horns grew out of the two sides of the sun and soared to the sky!
Even though it was carved from white jade, this statue was like a living thing, and it constantly emitted a monstrous baleful aura in all directions, causing one to be unable to help but feel restless and give birth to piercingly cold killing intent with a single glance.
"The two statues are both powerful magical equipment!"
The mental devil suddenly said inside his brain. "The statue that represents slaughter and battle boasts a soul-stirring power that can increase one's killing intent by ten times without them knowing it! Interesting. Truly interesting! "
Li Yao was suddenly alarmed. The two statues must be the ancient demons in the myths, but he wondered who had crafted them.
The Demon Beast Empire had ruled the sea of stars for thirty thousand years. Although it was a 'demon' in name, it had in fact adopted the language, culture, and system of human beings. How many mysteries had been hidden in the past thirty thousand years? It was indeed intriguing.
The team passed through the gate made of the two enormous statues and officially entered the territory of Void Turmoil City. On both sides of the gate were dense fields of flowers. Looking from afar, they were colorful and quite beautiful.
However, when Li Yao adjusted his pupils and lenses to enhance his vision and observe carefully, he discovered that the crops in the fields were extremely weird.
It was as if the tentacles of a demon had grown out of the ground and extended straight into the sky. Every tentacle was covered in suckers, emitting a mysterious fluorescent light. Together with the spores that were circling around it, there was a kind of shocking beauty to it.
At the tip of the tentacles was an enormous balloon that looked like a dandelion that had been magnified countless times. It was fluffy and floating like a balloon.
A gentle breeze was blowing. Thousands of tentacles were dancing in the wind, like a heavily polluted, colorful pool of dirty water. Sweet fragrance was spreading out, making one's blood freeze.
Right then, dozens of rocs flew close from the sky. Their riders were sitting cross-legged on the seats that were tied to their backs with belts. The claws of the rocs were grabbing a couple of lambs, calves, and other animals. They loosened their claws and tossed the animals into the weird field of flowers.
For a moment!
Earsplitting hissing noises were echoing in the flower field. All the tentacles of the devils were waving crazily as if they had been electrified. Every sucking disc on the tentacles was fully opened, revealing the grinding organs that looked like sawteeth, ripping the lambs and calves apart and devouring them within a moment. Not even the bones were left.
While Li Yao was amazed, one of the rocs seemed to be flying too low and became the target of one of the tentacles.
The tentacle constricted like a spring. Then, it bounced up abruptly and dashed almost a hundred meters into the sky, grabbing the claw of the rocs and dragging them down by brute force!
The great roc struggled with all its might. It even used all its strength to break the claws.
But there was no time. At this moment, the rocs had already descended to a height of almost seventy meters. More than ten tentacles extended out and tied up the rocs tightly.
The rocs and the riders did not even have the chance to scream before they were reduced into a cluster of blood mist and devoured by the tentacles!
The tentacles of the fiendish demons were even more colorful now that they were full. The bulbous sac at the top was expanding, too. Colorful tentacles extended out and floated to the sky, like the long hair of a drowning man in the deep sea.
"This is the 'Ghost Flower'. It must be fed with fresh meat every day. When the season is ripe, the liquids secreted by the balloon will be the best ingredients for producing hallucinogenic drugs."
Jin Xinyue explained, "Void Turmoil City is at the center of the geomagnetic riot of the Blood Demon Sector. The climate is unpredictable, and it is not suitable for the growth of crops. Therefore, it has never been developed.
"But for some reason, the Fire Ant discovered that the place was particularly suitable for the cultivation of hallucinogenic and berserk plants!
"When he established the city in this place years ago, he was mocked by a lot of demons. But when his wings were fully grown, and his influence took shape, other people could no longer laugh at him."
Deep in thought, Li Yao looked far away.
Around Void Turmoil City, the entire peninsula was full of dense flower fields and breeding bases.
Other than the ferocious Ghost Flowers, Li Yao also saw almost a thousand bizarre-shaped, bizarre plants.
'Dragon Catcher', which was usually hidden in the soil and would suddenly jump out to hunt. 'Thorny Flower', which looked like a sea cucumber but had thorns all over its body and could spray lethal acid. 'Rainbow Umbrella', which was a highly toxic fungus that carried a vague fragrance and could drive people crazy without them knowing …
Those plants were both ingredients for the production of all kinds of drugs and highly aggressive and hallucinogenic. They were the best guards of Void Turmoil City.
Li Yao thought to himself how he could break through the flower fields that covered dozens of square kilometers and sneak into Void Turmoil City if he did not disguise himself as a chaotic-blood demon.
After pondering for a long time, he still did not have full confidence.
He could not help but feel even more wary of the Fire Ant, the master of Void Turmoil City.
Passing through a cluster of black vines that rose to the sky, he entered the downtown area of Void Turmoil City.
Li Yao's first impression of the city was' disorderly 'and' barbaric '.
Although there were skyscrapers in the city, most of the skyscrapers were not made of reinforced concrete but of the hollowed trees of all shapes and sizes. Those trees were more than hundreds of meters in diameter. Not only were the hollow trunks the best space for activities, the interconnected branches that extended in all directions had also become the best channels in the air.
According to Jin Xinyue, even the roots deep below the ground were important channels for communication. Countless demons could travel among the roots. It was quite convenient.
Although this kind of "ancient tree tower" was hollow, they were also the product of genetic modification and evolution from generation to generation. They did not die and were even growing at an extremely slow speed.
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