This time, Zhang Fei didn't go to the forest, but he took Janette to a high plateau, which was quite far from the Dryad Forest, especially after she told him there were quite a lot of strong demon beasts in that place, and one of them was the harpies. Moreover, a large number of gargoyles, possessing useful abilities, inhabited an abandoned castle nearby.
"See that? That abandoned castle still stands even though it has been abandoned for thousands of years, and it was the residence of the first demon lord." Zhang Fei raised his eyebrows as he observed the castle seriously, and Janette then pointed at the floating ancient black castle in the sky.
"In the past, the first demon lord found a cave filled with strange rocks, and the rocks could float by themselves, so he ordered his followers to use them to build it. Since then, he has abandoned this castle and relocated there, only to mysteriously vanish along with his twelve aides."
Zhang Fei immediately turned to Janette. "How could someone as powerful as the demon lord mysteriously disappear? Moreover, you previously told me that the last demon lord also disappeared without a trace, so I felt that it was really strange that two powerful demons could disappear just like that."
"It's not just you who feel strange about their disappearance; all of the demons in this realm also feel strange about it." Janette released a heavy sigh before continuing. "Many of them have tried searching for their whereabouts in all corners of this world, including my ancestors.
Unfortunately, they never managed to find the two of them, so they suspect that their disappearance has something to do with people from the Xian and Tian Realms."
"People from the Xian and Tian Realms?" Janette nodded to Zhang Fei, and he suddenly remembered something. "Hey, what exactly are demon lord seeds? Why do the rulers want them so much?"
"In the past, this diyu realm did not have a ruler, and the situation in this realm in the past was much more chaotic compared to now. According to the legend, the first demon lord accidentally discovered the ten black seeds, and he felt an extraordinary dark power radiating from them, so he decided to swallow them.
After that, his power increased rapidly, and he became the strongest demon in this realm, so he challenged all the strong demons at the time and defeated them." Zhang Fei seemed serious about listening to Janette's story, especially since he was quite interested in the history of her realm.
"After he defeated them, he nicknamed himself the demon lord and became the sole ruler of this realm, and he also appointed the twelve strongest demons as his aides, which he gave titles based on the twelve zodiacs.
Even though he was powerful, he did not oppress other demons, and he ruled this realm with great wisdom without distinguishing between our statuses, so he united and grouped all the demons based on their races to avoid unwanted comotion."
Zhang Fei nodded in understanding. "Then?"
"See that?" Following Janette's direction, Zhang Fei saw a statue on a hill, its size so large that it was visible from all corners of the Diyu Realm. "It was a statue of the first demon lord, but unfortunately, his appearance made the people of Xian and Tian feel threatened, and they repeatedly attacked this realm to kill him, so they worked together to carry out their plan.
However, he was assisted by his twelve aides at that time, fighting hard against the people of the two realms. In the end, they managed to repulse the invaders, and the three parties involved in the war suffered serious injuries, so they never attacked this realm again, and our lives have become peaceful."
"If all your stories are true, I also think that the disappearance of the first demon lord has something to do with people from both realms."
"Yeah." Janette responded with a nod of agreement. "Anyway, on the day the demon lord disappeared, all the demons saw ten black lights shooting out of the floating castle, and they thought that the ten black lights came from the ten black seeds.
Since then, they have called them the ten demon lord seeds, and they assume that whoever manages to get hold of one of those seeds will get a tenth of the demon lord's strength, so they try hard to find them. Unfortunately, their efforts are always in vain, and no one has been able to find them in years.
That's why I was truly shocked after my mother told me that she found one of them, and she even used it to give birth to me."
"How did Lillea manage to find that?"
Janette released a soft sigh before answering him. "I already asked my mother about it, but she said that she never tried to look for the demon lord seed, and it was the one that summoned her to its location, so she decided to bring it back before using it."
I have another ability that allows me to transform into any demon, including their aura, so his transformation was truly flawless, and the twins would never know that he was a man."
"Sigh! Nothing about you is normal, you know?" Janette replied as she shook her head. "However, you are right that the twins will not recognize your second clone's disguise, and they will probably be interested in bringing her over to their side. So what name will you use for your second clone?"
"Hmm?" As he scratched his head, Zhang Fei thought. "I think the name Feltia is appropriate for a succubus, so he will use it later."
"Feltia is indeed a good name for a succubus." Janette answered with a nod of agreement. "So what are we going to do now? Do you want to kill the harpies and other demons in this place?"
Zhang Fei withdrew his second clone before turning towards the plateau again, and he asked Mei to scan the demons residing in that area.
A while later, Mei told him. [Master, harpies are similar to avian beasts, with most of their abilities linked to the wind element. However, since you lack this element, their abilities won't be as effective for you. That's why the best option is to mimic their poison immunity, so you will be immune to poisons and the like.]
'Yeah, you're right about that.' Zhang Fei immediately agreed with Mei, as he thought that immunity from poison was the best choice. 'Then what about the gargoyles?'
[Hehe, there are three good abilities of gargoyles, which are their night vision, camouflage, and petrification. However, you are a cultivator, so you don't need night vision because your sense of sight is very sharp. Furthermore, you already have the invisibility ability, so their camouflage is also useless for you.
That's why the best option is their petrification, and you can turn someone into stone using that.]
'All right, I will imitate those two abilities from them.' Zhang Fei immediately summoned the demon extermination sword as he asked Janette. "Will you join me?"
"I haven't fought in a long time either, making my fighting skills a little rusty, so I need to hone them again."
After Janette returned to her dryad form, she and Zhang Fei immediately moved towards the abandoned castle, and they started fighting with the demon beasts.
- To Be Continued -
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My other novels
1. Cultivator With Modern AI
2. Primordial 'Dual Cultivator' Dragon With System
3. Otherworldly-Cultivator
4. Tang Xiao: The Birth Of The Multiverse
If you guys haven't read all four, maybe you can take a peek at them, who knows you might like them.
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