Published: March 12, 2025
This is a red-tinted world!
The sky is red, a dark red that resembles thick blood. It is clearly daytime, and there is a sun in the sky, but that sun seems to be wrapped in a layer of red cloth, only radiating a dim red light, not even as bright as the moon at night on the Ark Continent.
Apart from the dark red sky, the land is a blackish-red, looking ravaged by desertification. It is littered with low-growing plants, which, although green, exhibit an abnormal shade of green.
Though the grasslands appear green, Zhao Hai always feels that the grass resembles a poisonous snake, ready to strike at any moment.
In addition to some low grass, what is most prevalent in this demon realm is rocks and patches of sandy soil; there’s hardly anything else. Even when they come across a few trees, they are not tall either, and like the grass, they give off an unsettling aura, as if they are not to be trifled with.
At this moment, the Dragon King sighed softly and said to Zhao Hai, “Sir, there’s a saying in the demon realm: ‘Don’t underestimate even the smallest blade of grass,’ for it might be a blade that could take the life of a divine-level expert.”
Zhao Hai turned to look at the Dragon King, puzzled. The Dragon King continued in a somber tone, “In the divine race, almost all plants are poisonous; only the intensity of the poison varies. In the demon realm, we treat the Seven-Colored Flower as food precisely because its leaves have the lowest toxicity among the known plants here. Other plants, even if they look identical, one may be harmless while the other could possess extremely potent poison.”
Zhao Hai was taken aback for a moment, then sighed, “I never expected that. No wonder the demon clan members want to occupy the Ark Continent; their environment is really too harsh.”
At that moment, the space diligently recorded everything in the demon realm and began to broadcast the situation to the Ark Space.
The people in the space had become accustomed to watching the projections daily, but the content displayed today surprised them. They had never seen an environment like this before, and for a moment, they thought the projection was showing the Underworld.
However, the subsequent commentary made them realize that it was not the Underworld, but the demon realm!
Now, the people in the space knew that the demon realm had allied with Zhao Hai and that they were on the same side. This news was quite thrilling for them.
However, they didn’t have much resentment towards the demon realm, mainly because, in their battles with the demon realm, Zhao Hai was usually the one to take action, and the losses for the Ark Continent were not significant.
Zhao Hai was unaware of all this; he was currently flying forward with the Dragon King. This time, only the two of them had entered the demon realm, without bringing along many others.
Zhao Hai glanced around at the demon realm's environment. Everything looked similar; even when they occasionally encountered a few magical beasts, they were exceptionally fierce and eager to attack. Fortunately, they encountered only some non-flying magical beasts; otherwise, it would have been quite troublesome.
Their speed was not very fast. Zhao Hai looked around and asked the Dragon King, “Where does the Dragon King usually reside?”
The Dragon King replied, “In the Demon City, which is the largest city in our demon realm and the most fortified. The most important thing is that beneath the Demon City is sealed the largest spatial rift between the demon realm and the Underworld.”
Zhao Hai nodded, “How long will it take us to reach the Demon City from here?”
The Dragon King said, “It won’t take long; if we fly a bit faster, we can reach in about two hours. Even at a slower pace, it should be around four hours.”
Zhao Hai pondered for a moment, then glanced at a piece of grass below. With a wave of his hand, a large hand appeared out of nowhere, grasping the grass and bringing it into the space.
The Dragon King looked at Zhao Hai in confusion, not understanding his intentions, while Zhao Hai wanted to see what differences there were between the demon clan’s plants and ordinary plants.