CH : 197 Duolun City

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"I want you dead, I want you dead, I want you dead!!!"

Looking at the crazy-looking sword demon boy, I, who was so noisy that my head was buzzing, opened my third eye. A terrible black light flashed through. A big hole was pierced through the sword demon boy's abdomen. The remaining black light continued destroying the path behind him and corroding his vitality wildly.

One blow brought him close to death, and that was when I stopped my hand.

"It's just a black light with 10% power. How powerful is it?" I was a little surprised.

Although I knew that after advancing to the master level, my body, talent, and spell-like powers would increase tremendously, I hadn't expected them to increase this much.

I had almost lost control and killed the sword demon boy instantly.

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After a while.

On the lava field, a pumpkin-shaped carriage was advancing.

The man driving the carriage was the sword demon boy, whipping a high-level lion-like beast-type demon he had captured at random to serve as the cart-pulling beast. The previous carriage-pulling beast had long been slaughtered in that battle.

In the pumpkin carriage, I lay lazily on the newly grown and still fresh snake tail of the snake demon girl Salonia, asking and answering questions with the other party.

"How long will it take to get to the nearest city?"

"About three blood moon rise-and-set times," Salonia responded obediently.

"What is the name of that city? How strong is the lord? Is it safe in it?"

"The city is called Duolun City. It is a small city. The lord is a night elf with legendary strength. He should be a warrior or a ranger. The weapons he uses include scimitars and bows. Duolun City has a larger proportion of dark creatures, and the public security is relatively safe." Salonia answered every question as carefully as possible.

I pondered in my mind as I listened to the snake demon girl's answer.

Most of the public abyssal planes have cities established. The founders of cities are uniformly called lords. At the same time, the levels of cities are divided into small cities, medium cities, large cities, heavy cities, and the royal city where the abyss lord lives.

Building a city in the abyss is not just carrying a bunch of building materials and constructing it anywhere. It requires a treasure called the heart of the city. The heart of the city is a gift from the abyss, which can be obtained through bloody battles in the abyss and various means to please the will of the abyss.

With the heart of the city, after this treasure absorbs enough flesh and energy, it will grow into an abyss city. The abyss city will be favored by the will of the abyss. Therefore, any strong person who destroys the abyss city will face the aversion of the will of the abyss.

Of course, this so-called rejection is a terrible curse for the weak. But for the strong, for the terrifyingly strong who are favored by the abyss, as long as too many abyss cities are not destroyed, that curse will not have too great a negative impact.

If the will of the abyss is compared to a 'mother,' then all abyssal creatures are its offspring. If a favored offspring breaks the 'bottles and jars' at home, he will only be scolded at most. But if he is not the beloved heir and breaks all the bottles and jars in the house, wouldn't he be slapped hard?

And what if he dies?

Then beat him to death. Anyway, for the 'mother' of the Will of the Abyss, her descendants are endless.

'If we seize this abyss city and use it as our stronghold in the abyss...' I pondered the feasibility in my mind.

I thought it was feasible.

But two prerequisite preparations were needed.

On one hand, I needed to continue improving my own strength. On the other hand, I needed to find out the specific strength of the legendary night elf. If the opponent was only the weakest legend at level 20, then I thought that if I waited a while and raised my creature order to 16th or 17th, I might be able to try to capture the city.

The abyssal city is not allowed to be destroyed at will by the will of the abyss, but the city lord can change positions. As long as I killed the previous city lord, seized the heart of the city, and then merged with it myself, I could become the new city lord and noble lord of the abyss city.

'If the night elf lord is too strong, then I'll change to a small city. There will always be a weak one,' I thought with some uncertainty.

In this case, killing the city lord himself and obtaining the heart of the city could replace him. It stands to reason that the strength of each abyss city lord would only become stronger and stronger.

However, there is a premise here. The strength of the lord of the abyss city will be strengthened in the city under his control, which is equivalent to the authority blessing of the will of the abyss. Therefore, it is not ruled out that some lucky people who are not strong can become lords. They cannot come out of the city. If this type of lord can be fished out, the chance of killing him is still very high.

The above is also the message left by the black dragon ancestor of Ulquiorra in Dragon Legacy. This guy was very idle in the material world. After shopping in the abyss, he used this fishing method to kill a medium-sized city's lucky lord.

If I comment, I obviously have the hard power to occupy the abyss city, but I like this kind of boring fishing activity.

By the way, those who occupy the abyss cities are usually demigods.

Demigods have touched the realm of gods. In other words, they are gods—the weakest level of gods without the Divinity or Authority/Law. Most of the legends are just ants in front of such beings. The remaining few terrifyingly legendary strongmen are capable of resisting the gods and even killing them if their strength is restricted (such as in the material world). They kill gods and become god-slayers.

Almost all god-slayers in the star realm kill demigods, and almost all of them kill gods under limited power conditions.

Gods without limits, even the weakest demigods, can often kill a legend with just a look or a twitch of their pinky finger.

Ulquiorra, my direct black dragon ancestor, is not a demigod black dragon. However, he is an ancient black dragon that has lived for tens of thousands of years. His strength is not the weakest among the demigods.

Ordinary true dragon, ancient dragon, true ancient dragon, great ancient dragon—these are the life stages that belong exclusively to true dragons. They are calculated separately from the legendary rank.

"Is there a place in Duolun City that sells coordinates of the material plane? For example, does the Chamber of Commerce of All Worlds exist?" After thinking for a moment, I, who had come back to my senses, continued to ask.

"Master, all the abyss cities in the lava wasteland have the existence of the Chamber of Commerce of All Realms. In the Chamber of Commerce of All Realms, almost all goods can be purchased there," Salonia replied.

"That's it. That couldn't be better." I grinned.

In the Dragon Legacy, the Chamber of Commerce of All Worlds is a chamber of commerce across all planes and realms. Its business scope involves almost every aspect. Souls, slaves, and various materials are all the most basic. Planes, divinities, and even godheads can be bought through trading. The areas involved include not only the material plane but also the outer planes, such as the Heavenly Realm Mountain, Hell, Abyss, Beast Country, Shura Realm, Mechanical Realm, All Planes of Elements etc. After a certain price, one can also gain access to the Tree of Life Yggdrasil, the Tree Qliphoth, or the Infinite Staircase, which provides unrestricted access to the whole multiverse.

In the face of such a great force, even Tiamat, the mother of chromatic dragons, would probably bow her head and become a dragon.

I asked many more questions, some of which were difficult to find answers to in the Dragon Legacy. Most of them were to confirm whether the information recorded in the Dragon Legacy was correct. After so long, no one knew whether the recorded information had expired or changed.

During this studious time, I had some basic understanding of the abyss—or more precisely, the abyssal lava wasteland plane—and the dozens of nearby abyssal cities centered on Duolun City.

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Three blood moons set and rose.

The pumpkin carriage finally drove into the territory of Duolun City.

The snake demon girl Salonia took the initiative to lift the curtain made by some powerful advanced abyss creature, allowing her master to see clearly what the city of Duolun looked like.

A towering dark city wall thousands of feet high stood on the wasteland.

The walls of the city wall were densely covered with strange patterns composed of abyssal characters. When the creatures coming and going looked at these abyssal patterns, they would feel a sense of awe from the bottom of their hearts. If it was a creature born in the abyss, there would be an additional kind of admiration. Under the influence of this emotion, even the most chaotic demon would become much more restrained after entering the abyss city.

This was the great power of the will of the abyss.

I shifted my gaze and looked at the creatures coming in and out under the city gate.

Indeed, as Salonia said, the main residents of Duolun City were mostly dark creatures, and there were fewer abyss creatures.

The so-called dark creatures were those that were not born from the power of the abyss but were instead filled with evil and dark power flowing in their blood, and their natures were often chaotic.

For example, night elves, orcs, gray dwarves, gnolls, vampires, werewolves, sirens, ghosts, troglodytes, ogres, trolls, goblins, kobolds, etc., could all be called dark creatures.

Chromatic dragons could also be included, but this was for other creatures. As for the Chromatic dragons themselves, as arrogant as they were, they would not identify themselves as low-level existences such as dark creatures. They had and could only identify with one kind, and that was Dragon.

I looked at the densely packed creatures under the towering city gate, and my mood became happy.

Jackals, troglodytes, and trolls, these familiar figures made me feel more at home, as if I were back home.

"They are all top-quality cannon fodder," I sighed with emotion.

Like the jackals and trolls in the Tal plane, the former could only reach the 2nd order when they reached adulthood, while the latter could only reach the 3rd or 4th order when they reached adulthood. They were both low-order creatures. Even if they practiced professions, few would become intermediate or high-order professionals.

But now, at a glance, the aura strength of the jackals and trolls that I saw had reached the intermediate level, and many of them were even advanced.

In the Tal plane, except for the Black Wing Lair, this kind of scene was basically impossible to see.

"The power of the abyss is really great," I said to myself.

Living in the abyss, you would always be infiltrated by the power of the abyss. Over time, your body's talent and strength would be improved. Even if you didn't practice any profession, you would have stronger strength than the material plane as an adult. If you practiced a profession, you would have stronger strength than the material plane. Boundaries were easier to break through.

Of course, the more you absorb the power of the abyss, there would be a price; that is, your character would tend to become more and more chaotic.

Just like——

Outside the city gate, a Balrog that was over five meters tall took advantage of the horned demon passers-by not paying attention, casually picked off its head, and then placed it solemnly on the ground.

With a snap, a huge slap slapped the face of the horned demon, whose eyes were blank and had lost its aura, turning it into a spinning top and stirring up a cloud of dust.

And when the horned demon's head stopped rotating, the Balrog looked at the direction pointed by the horned demon's horn, with a look of realization on its face. The thick and huge membrane wings on its back opened, pointing towards the direction indicated by the horn, and flew in that direction.

In the air, the whispers of the Balrog still lingered:

"I asked where my shoes were, and they were indeed forgotten."

The dark creatures and abyss outside the city gate heard the Balrog's muttering and looked at the Balrog's feet.

The right foot was bare, while the left foot was wearing a huge abyss lion head. Judging by the degree of weathering of the abyss lion head, you could tell the shoes had been worn for a while.

And from the night elves and succubi skulls adorning the abyss lion's head, one could tell that this Balrog took great care of his shoes.

No wonder he wanted to find the other lost 'shoe.'

After the Balrog left, the body of the horned demon was quickly carved up by nearby creatures, some of which were put into space bags, and some of which were chewed and eaten directly and savagely.

"Is this relatively safe?" I looked at the snake demon girl Salonia in confusion.

Salonia said without changing her expression, "Yes, the number of deaths outside Duolun every day will basically not exceed three digits.

If you arrive in the city, the probability of accidental death will be even lower. After all, the will of the abyss in the city will suppress some of the chaotic nature, and there are guards patrolling at all times."

I rubbed the dragon horn on my forehead and gained a deeper understanding of the abyss.

"It is indeed the base camp of chaos and fun."

"But I like it," I grinned.

After paying the entry fee, the sword demon Cisse drove me and Salonia into the city of Duolun in a pumpkin carriage.

As soon as I entered, the aura of the abyss outside suddenly disappeared and was isolated from the outside.

"Go directly to the Wanjie Chamber of Commerce," a voice came from the pumpkin carriage.

The sword demon Cisse, who was accepted as a servant, responded with an "obey" and drove the carriage towards the east.

The pumpkin carriage wandered around Duolun City for an hour and hundreds of kilometers before arriving at the location of the Wanjie Chamber of Commerce.

This gave me a clearer understanding of the scale of the abyssal city.

The monster city built by Black Wing Lair was enough to easily accommodate millions of strong monsters. If placed in the abyss of Duolun City, it could only occupy a small and remote corner. It could be regarded as a relatively large building group.

That's all.

There were several reasons for this result.

One was that the Abyssal Sea was transporting massive amounts of various types of demons to various abyssal plains all the time. The Abyssal Sea was the original place of the abyss, where countless abyss worms were born every moment. After these abyss worms were born, they would fight each other and then evolve into various forms of demons. These weak demons would eventually be transported to various abyssal plains. The more powerful the abyssal plane, the greater the number of demons transported by the Abyssal Sea. This was also one of the powers of the demon lord.

The second reason was that the abyssal plane itself was extremely vast, and the number of abyssal creatures born and conceived in nature was also extremely exaggerated.

Third, there were creatures from all over the world gathered from countless material planes. Some of them were sold into the abyss, and some came here on their own initiative, including merchants, slaves, and adventurers. The number of this group was also unusually large.

The last reason was that the Abyss City was protected by the will of the abyss, and safety here was guaranteed to a certain extent. Therefore, whether they were abyssal creatures or creatures from other material planes, they would actively enter the Abyss City. Over time, the number of creatures would increase, and the abyss city itself, considered a semi-living organism, capable of swallowing flesh, blood, and energy, would continue to grow and expand.

For various reasons, the longer the abyss city existed, the more terrifying its scale became, and the number of residents living there was also huge.

The Wanjie Chamber of Commerce occupied a corner of the bustling area in the center of Duolun City. The building complex covered an area the size of dozens of monster cities.

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