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Chapter 227 - 215: Endless (Part Six): High-rank Demon Clan, The Troublesome Snake Demon, 10 Seconds! (2/3)

Chapter 227: Chapter 215: Endless (Part Six): High-rank Demon Clan, The Troublesome Snake Demon, 10 Seconds! (2/3)

Lu Lin was stupefied by these words for a good few seconds.

However, as a battle-hardened professor from Yan University, his ability to adapt was not to be underestimated. He quickly regained his composure and said in a deep voice, "Start from the beginning and explain slowly!"

"Alright, here’s what happened..."

...

Let’s rewind the time back to the moment night had just fallen.

Chu Feng pricked up his ears, elevating all his senses to their maximum.

Listening to the diminishing sounds of beasts mating in the nearby wolf den, followed by the gradual emergence of steady breathing, he knew it was time to set out.

He got up to stretch his somewhat numb legs, released the combined effects of Wind Concealment and Invisibility upon himself, and slipped out of Poison Scar’s wolf den on the breeze.

The moonlight was nascent, casting everything in an indistinct glow, but Chu Feng’s eyes were sharp as lightning. Even the darkest night had little effect on his vision.

This was one of the signs of physical evolution after ascending in the Martial Path Realm, night vision in dim light.

Still, he dared not be careless, for he was not the only night prowler at this hour.

Many Poison Winged Owls took flight with a whoosh, spreading around the inner city’s earthen walls.

Their large eyes also possessed the ability to see in the dark, and they were now vividly scanning in all directions, guarding the night for the high-rank Demon Clan and the entire camp.

This was also one of their most significant roles, night-time early warning.

Their calls were piercingly shrill, loud, and with strong penetrative power. If they spotted an enemy infiltrating the camp, they could awaken half of the Demon Clan’s camp in an instant.

Unfortunately, it was not only their vision that was keen, their hearing was extremely sensitive too, and sound was one of the few areas where Chu Feng might give himself away.

Therefore, Chu Feng was exceedingly careful, inching past the zones guarded by the Poison Winged Owls, gradually making his way to the vicinity of the inner city’s earthen wall.

Once there, he realized he needed to be even more cautious—

Although the earthen wall was rather low, it was, to his surprise, manned by members of the Demon Clan!

Crude torches were haphazardly stuck in holes dug into the earthen wall, and atop the wall were Spirit Horned Serpent Demons with elongated horns on their heads, flicking their tongues and scanning the surroundings with their dim, vertical pupils.

Chu Feng recognized them at a glance. These were one of the high-rank Demon Clans included in the "Record of Demon Beasts."

...

The Demon Clan was divided into ordinary Demon Clan and high-rank Demon Clan. The former were akin to commoners (like Blade Rhino Demons) or laborers (like Green Wolf Demons), while the latter were the ruling class.

The difference between the ordinary and high-rank Demon Clan lay in the fact that ordinary Demon Clan typically did not have a specialized cultural heritage. They just barely spoke the Demon Clan Language and could not read their script.

Moreover, although they instinctively possessed demonic power upon reaching adulthood, they didn’t know how to utilize it flexibly. They used it simply to enhance their physical body, to gain greater strength, and better recovery abilities, among other things.

As a result, their power had a natural ceiling, and they were usually confined below this limit until their death.

High-rank Demon Clan, however, were different.

Their most distinguishing trait was their possession of their own civilization and scriptural heritage. They could systematically pass down knowledge to the next generation and even practice to become stronger.

Therefore, they were capable of using demonic power flexibly to achieve various special effects, much like how Human Race Martial Artists used True Force to perform Martial Techniques.

They even cultivated like humans and could break through the ceilings of their racial strength through cultivation, reaching higher Realms!

When it came to the high-rank Demon Clan’s combat techniques, they were generally much cruder than the Martial Techniques of the Human Race, but humans always remained vigilant.

Because if high-rank Demon Clan possessed intelligence and cultural heritage, they would inevitably continue to develop.

Indeed, human predictions were proven correct—

The combat techniques of the high-rank Demon Clan on the battlefield were becoming increasingly sophisticated, with some even showing traces of Human Race martial arts!

This development was due not only to the "contributions" of human traitors but also to the fact that high-rank Demon Clans understood the importance of referencing and improving.

They were not mere beasts; they were a species with intelligence!

—Chu Feng had once killed an Iron Chain Demon, which was also one of the high-rank Demon Clans.

They could speak, write, cultivate, had their own heritage, and even mastered advanced metal smelting and forging skills!

It’s just that they had very strict requirements for their living environment, all dwelling in the volcanic domains of the Monster Realm.

When the Monster Realm and Blue Star blended together and produced controllable space bubbles, also known as Demon Realms, they would appear concentrated within the Iron Chain Demon Domain.

After the Iron Chain Demon Domain descended upon Blue Star, due to some unknown reason, a fault occurred and it did not anchor itself to Blue Star.

Instead, it turned into a suspended space bubble, simply drifting outside of Blue Star’s space.

As a result, the Iron Chain Demons residing within the Iron Chain Demon Domain lived in constant fear.

If one day the Human Race found a way to destroy or banish the Demon Domain, completely obliterating the Iron Chain Demon Domain from the outside or exiling it beyond this world...

Then they would be truly doomed, and the entire race within the Demon Domain would face complete extinction!

Although there were still many of their kind within the Monster Realm, their racial lineage would not be cut off because of their death.

But they did not want to die!

Therefore, they were constantly looking to break through the Human Race’s blockade and escape the Iron Chain Demon Domain.

If they could anchor the Iron Chain Demon Domain to Blue Star and connect it with the northern Demon Battlefield...

Only then would their race truly stand on an unbreakable sanctuary!

...

The Spirit Horned Serpent Demon was one of the high-ranking Demon Clan in the Inner City, with a long sharp horn on the top of its head that could release demonic power combat techniques.

Their upper bodies were humanoid, with arms, necks, and heads, while their lower halves were serpentine, covered entirely with fine scales.

These fine scales were extremely tough, able to block attacks from sharp weapons, and their edges were also exceedingly sharp, capable of launching to injure the enemy.

Their vertical pupils also had night vision capabilities, but their eyesight would decline during the day, affected more severely as the light intensity increased.

However, their forked tongues could greatly make up for any shortfall in detection capability, as they could sense the temperature and humidity in the air with great efficacy.

The moment Chu Feng saw the Spirit Horned Serpent Demon, his heart was filled with relief.

Fortunately, he possessed the Wind Concealment trait, with breezes swirling around his body refracting light, at the same time, confining his body heat within his vicinity.

If it were simple invisibility, facing such a walking thermal imager, he would have been caught out long ago.

But then a sense of urgency rose in his heart.

One use of Wind Concealment only lasted for 30 seconds!

Although Wind Concealment could be used consecutively without a break, there would inevitably be a tiny gap while the cover was re-established after disappearing.

In that gap, his body temperature could likely disperse into the environment, possibly detected by these Spirit Horned Serpent Demons!

He had last activated Wind Concealment about fifteen seconds ago.

Now he had only a little over ten seconds to cross the Snake Demon’s defenses and enter the Inner City!

If he could not get through within ten seconds, this excursion would be declared a failure, and worse, it might even alert the enemy.

There was no time to waste!

Seeing the Snake Demons looking diligent, unwilling to give even the slightest chance, Chu Feng’s brows furrowed slightly; he flicked a small stone with the tip of his foot, controlling his strength for a gentle kick.

"Clack!"

The pebble arched through the air, and after two seconds, it lightly struck a rock not far away.

This faint collision sound was piercing in the quiet of the night.

The Snake Demons on top of the earthen wall immediately turned their heads in unison to look.

Chu Feng seized the opportunity, leaping with the help of the wind, his entire figure like a weightless specter, lightly drifting past between the two Spirit Horned Serpent Demons.

Five seconds left!

The Spirit Horned Serpent Demons had already started to look around, glancing at each other before they all pulled out their weapons for combat readiness.

They seemed to sense the possibility of distraction in the sound, and the atmosphere suddenly turned more ominous.

But by then, Chu Feng had already lightly landed on the rooftop of an earthen house.

In the last two seconds, he drifted far away with the help of the wind.

As Wind Concealment was about to fade, he touched down in a hidden corner, blocking the line of sight where the Snake Demons might look.