Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 321: Abyss Devil (2)

The path to the depths of the tomb was not easy to walk. The path was covered with sharp stones like knives. Baku could not use Origin Energy and could only walk forward like an ordinary person. This was the rule left behind by the ancestors. If they were unable to do so, they would not be qualified to take out the blood of the Abyss Devils.

Baku gritted his teeth and walked forward step by step with bloody footprints. The intense pain from his feet made his eyes blood red. This pain awakened his memories, and it was as if he had returned to the night two years ago.

That night was also dyed red with blood, and Baku was in more pain than he is now when his wife and son died in front of him. The pain in his heart completely surpassed the pain in his body. At that time, the seed of revenge was quietly planted. After two years of nurturing, it finally sprouted and bloomed. Baku swore that he would return this pain to the people of Sur City a hundredfold.

Outside the cave, a leader worriedly said, "Maybe we shouldn't let Baku in."

Vajra shook his head and said, "It's useless. I can see Baku's gaze clearly. Even if we don't allow it, he will do everything he can to get in. Moreover, it's not necessarily a good thing. Baku is willing to become a devil. As long as he destroys Sur City, we don't have to worry about outsiders anymore."

"Is that really the case? I'm just worried that it will lead to an even greater disaster."

Vajra's heart sank, but he didn't say anything else. He looked into the cave and remained silent.

Baku did not know how long, perhaps a day? Perhaps a century? After the pain became numb, time lost its meaning. He just walked forward mechanically, leaving behind a series of bloodstains. He felt his body become very heavy. That was because too much blood flowed out from his feet. If a normal person had fainted, Baku would still be relying on the support of the Fire of Vengeance to continue walking.

Finally, he reached the end. At the end was a hall, an underground hall supported by natural stone pillars. In the surroundings of the hall, flames continuously sprayed out from a corner. The air here was filled with the smell of sulfur. Baku vaguely remembered that thousands of years ago, there seemed to have been multiple craters in the Ash Mountains. However, the volcano had entered a period of dormancy, and the mountains were covered by trees, so people forgot about this fact.

Baku smiled. He could feel slight tremors coming from beneath the ground. Perhaps the ancestral cemetery of the Baymonds was built on the crater of the volcano. The stone pillars in the hall had a circle of skulls, and the walls around them were filled with countless corpses. These skeletons were embedded in the wall, and it was unknown how they got on it at that time.

The corpses in this tomb were all brave warriors who had sacrificed their lives to seal the Abyss Devils. Now, the heroes of these warriors were guarding the underground hall, guarding the remaining Abyss Devil's blood.

In the middle of the hall was a round stone platform, on which a dusty iron box was quietly worshipped. Baku walked over and forcefully opened the box. Inside the box were three transparent, long things. Inside, the dark red blood slowly rolled as if it had its own will. If Ellen was here, he would definitely be very surprised, because the thing that kept the Abyss Devil's blood was actually a test tube!

Baku picked up one of the test tubes. When the test tube was picked up, there seemed to be a corner of a certain symbol in the bottom of the box below. Baku thought for a moment and picked up another one, which made the logo even more obvious. Upon closer inspection, it wasn't hard to see that it seemed to be the design of a rose flower.

A golden rose.

Of course, Baku does not care. He pulled out the wooden cork from the test tube and poured it into his mouth. The demonic blood in the test tube was like a wild beast that had escaped from its trap, turning into a streak of red lightning that shot towards Baku's mouth. Baku drank two bottles of Abyss Devil Blood in a row. Looking at the test tube, it was unexpectedly clean. It was so clean that not a single drop of blood was left behind.

Just as Baku was wondering if the demon blood had any effect, his heart suddenly ached and he couldn't help but cry out. Following that, the temperature of his entire body rose sharply, and the muscles under his skin began to wriggle violently like insects. Baku felt as if his body was about to crack, and he screamed in pain.

The scream reached Vajra's ears through the cave.

The leader of the Baimeng people couldn't help but frown.

"Abyss Devil, it actually refers to the blood of the Abyss Devil."

Near dusk, Caesar woke up from a long nap, much better spirited than in the morning. Alan had already changed into his formal dress and put on a loose and comfortable casual dress. According to the legends of the Baimonds, their ancestors moved from other places to the Ash Mountains, alarming one of the demons in the mountains. In the end, the Baimon warriors subdued the Abyss Devils, but Ji Kun, the bravest leader at that time, was bitten by the Abyss Devils.

Soon after, Gikun's soul was contaminated and he turned into a devil. Moreover, his strength was even more terrifying than the Abyss Devils that had bitten him. After a heaven-shaking battle, all the experts of the Baimeng people were killed and wounded. Only two of the ten or so leaders were left, and more than a thousand warriors died in battle before finally killing Ji Kun.

At that time, the two remaining leaders were Maya and Zacon. Soon after, Maya also found herself contaminated by Giquin. In order to prevent herself from becoming a devil, the female head chose to commit suicide. But she wanted to save her blood before she died, and that was the blood of the Abyss Devils.

The Sacred Communist Party kept the blood of the Abyss Devils in the graveyard of the Baymonds. In order to prevent the clansmen from accidentally using the blood of the Abyss Devils, he made up a lie. The Abyss Devils who claimed to have polluted Gikkun had not died yet. As for the truth, only a few people knew about it, and it was passed down from generation to generation.

"Baku only learned about the Abyss Devil's Blood from me. After I recover, I have to return to the Ash Mountains in case he uses it." Caesar sighed.

Alan frowned, "Since the demon blood can pollute you and turn you into demons, why did Maya keep it?"

"On this issue, Vajra and I privately speculated that it might be to give the Bymonds a chance to retaliate." Caesar said, "Because it was said when Sacred Commons died that once the Baymonds were annihilated, anyone who voluntarily transformed into a devil would be able to take out devil blood from the ancestral cemetery. Of course, this person would only be able to enter the cemetery if all the leaders of the same period nodded their heads in agreement."

"So that's what happened."

At this time, Father Miro brought dinner. Alan got up and said, "Have something to eat. I won't disturb you anymore."

He turned around to leave.

Caesar stopped him and said, "Alan, if if Baku chooses to transform into a demon, I would like to ask you. Probably only with your help will I have the chance to kill him."

"I see."

Alan pushed the door open, and Lucy leaned against the wall in the corridor outside. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you really believe in the existence of demons in this world, the lives of religious legends?"

"No, according to Caesar's description, the so-called Abyss Devils are more like genetic mutants, or carriers of viruses. Didn't Ji Kun's symptoms look like he had been infected with some kind of virus by that so-called Abyss Devil? However, the Baimon people were unable to explain this phenomenon, so they called it the Abyss Devil. In addition, they had a long history, and after being exaggerated by the ancestors of past generations, they had such a thing as the Abyss Devil.

"If that's the case, I think I've seen mutations in genes caused by viral infection before." Lucy frowned.

"Don't tell me," Allen said half-jokingly, "that this is some sort of biological weapon from your Adahua Planet?"

"Since the Erosa can reach Nether Domain Star, who knows if the same flying ship has visited this planet in the past. It's hard to say."

Alan felt a headache when he heard this.

On the third day of Edward's wedding, the sky was strangely gloomy. The horizon in the direction of the Ash Mountain Range could be said to be covered with lead clouds, as if the entire sky was about to collapse. So today, the people of Sur City felt depressed for no reason, as if the pressure in the entire city had risen a little.

Alan frowned as he looked at the strange weather. Compared to ordinary people, people like them who could drive Origin Energy were more sensitive to changes in nature. Alan had been feeling a little irritated since the morning, as if something big was about to happen, but he couldn't think of anything wrong.

This is true of people, and even more so of animals. The ferocious hounds of the city guards were lying in their kennels in a daze today, which puzzled Soldier Hard. Harder usually keeps these dogs and trains them. To him, even with his eyes closed, he could call out the names of every hound in the kennel.

"Zola, Kitt what's wrong with you guys? Are you sick?" Hard used all his means to bring out the two hounds that were usually his best friends from the kennel. The other hounds didn't want to leave the kennel at all, as if a catastrophe was about to befall them.

The hound named Zola had a small horn missing from its left ear, making it extremely recognizable. It lay under Harder's boots and let out a few weak whispers. Even Harder took out his favorite barbecue/sausage. Zola only sniffed it twice before shrugging his head and not moving.

A strange atmosphere was pervading the barracks of the City Defense Corps.

Today was an exceptionally long day, but no matter how long it was, time would move forward meticulously. After sunset, an unknown hound barked first, and then all the dogs joined in the barking. Not only that, but the barking also spread to the city. People found that cats and dogs had become extremely manic. Rats scrambled to their feet from the sewers and flew about like blind flies. Even the meekest horses kept crashing into the barricades of the stables, and the entire city of Sur was filled with the cries of all kinds of animals.

An inexplicable palpitations filled everyone's hearts. People consciously stay at home and close the doors and windows. In Sabis' temple, candles were burning high, and an old priest was chanting hymns to the statue of the war god. Suddenly, an undetectable but extremely mournful scream came from an extremely distant place outside the Divine Hall.

The old priest broke out in cold sweat.

(Tomorrow is Qingming. I'm going back to the countryside to worship my ancestors. Please take a day off ~)