Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Elvia and Lillian looked at each other cautiously, not daring to make any unnecessary moves.

As the airship continued deeper into the Bloodstained Hills, the demons became increasingly scarce.

But each one is ridiculously powerful.

They lie on the mountain, lie by the blood river, and dwell in the crevices of the rocks.

Each one was silently watching the flying boat.

No, to be precise, they were watching the people on the airship.

Elvia and Lillian's psychological defenses were torn to shreds with every glance they exchanged.

But as they delved deeper, this panic gradually turned into doubt.

They were astonished to discover.

These epic demons, with their hideous and terrifying appearances, lie on the mountainside.

It seems everyone has noticed their presence.

But nothing was done.

The gaping maw that Elvia and Lillian had envisioned did not appear.

The demon's bloodlust pursuit did not occur.

They glanced at it only once before looking away.

It's like watching a few flying insects; I don't even have the interest to lift my claws.

The most outrageous thing is—

Lin Gui even flew to the sovereign who was prostrate on the mountaintop and plucked a black feather.

Its feathers were longer than the man's, gleaming with a metallic sheen in the dark red light.

Elvia and Lillian watched his actions with expressions as if they were looking at a madman.

Lin Gui landed back on the flying boat, looked at their expressions, then patted the huge feather and explained.

"I had my eye on it when I first came here, but the feathers were too big and heavy for me to handle."

"Now there's no such concern."

Elvia couldn't help but swear.

"Is that the reason??"

She wanted to shout, but the presence of the Overlord made her only dare to hiss in a low voice.

His tone was a mixture of anger and despair.

"That's an epic ruler! You're trying to pluck its feathers!!"

"Are you out of your mind?!"

Lin Gui comforted him.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

He looked up at the enormous structure sprawling across the mountainside.

The Eye of the Netherworld silently activated.

Gray eyes stared at the powerful ruler before him, at his nearly extinguished red soul.

Lin Gui's voice calmed down.

"It's about to die."

"And we don't have the resources to catch the thief who stole its feathers."

When Lin Gui first arrived here, he noticed that something was wrong with Ursa.

Its body was almost completely still, and its breathing was so faint that it was barely perceptible.

Those bird-like eyes, which should have been sharp as knives, were half-closed.

It seemed that even opening its eyes took too much of its energy.

Dead silence.

A deathly stillness belonging to the end times.

Now, the Eye of the Netherworld has confirmed his guess.

This supreme demon, who rose to the pinnacle of epic power, is indeed going to die.

"Dead...dead?"

Elvia looked on in horror.

"Yes, who? Who killed the Overlord?"

Lin Gui shook his head.

"How would I know?"

Even so, Lin Gui himself was quite puzzled.

The demon has only existed for a little over forty years, so it's impossible for it to be nearing death due to its lifespan.

This is an epic-level demon; in theory, human epics can live for half a century.

But he did not find any signs of a fight on Ursa.

It was as if a fatal disease had taken its life, leaving only a withered and dying body.

This was a very strange secret to Lin Gui.

And the red desert is full of such secrets.

The airship passed through the mountain peak where Ursa was located and entered the core area of ​​the Bloodstained Hills.

Suddenly, a vast expanse opened up before me.

A huge pool of blood spread out between the valleys, the dark red liquid rippling slightly on the surface.

More blood leeches gathered by the pool, lying quietly on the bank, their mouthparts submerged in the blood, sucking away without moving.

It was larger and quieter than those on the periphery, like a group of silent stone statues.

Lin Gui did not pass directly through this area.

He would stop every now and then, and casually stuff whatever he saw into his storage space.

Blood in the blood pool.

Dark red minerals on the mountainside.

Black plants growing on the edge of the blood pool.

A cluster of blood-red crystals solidified on the surface of the rock.

As a forbidden area, the materials inside are unimaginably precious.

Even a piece of mineral soil from here can be displayed as a collectible at the Thousand Pagodas exhibition.

He had no storage space at the time and could only watch helplessly.

And now... I can finally take some souvenirs back with me.

Lin Gui's leisurely behavior finally made Lillian in the back seat unable to bear it any longer and ask a question.

Ask her the question that had been on her mind all along.

"teacher."

"Why...don't they attack us?"

Her voice was very low, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

Lin Gui was using levitation to control a blood-red crystal on the ground and flew up. Hearing this, he didn't even turn his head and spoke in a calm tone.

"Our strength is to them what ants are to humans."

"I could crush him at any moment."

"Am I right, Lillian?"

Lillian nodded.

"right."

"That's the difference between high-tier and epic-tier."

"A forbidden spell from the epic is enough to destroy a city-state."

Lin Guizhi stuffed the crystal into his spatial storage, leaned against the flying boat, looked over at her, and asked with a smile.

"Then tell me, Lillian."

How many times have you actually crushed an ant so far?

Lillian froze on the spot.

She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

She had never thought about this question.

Ants are everywhere, but she never bothered to count how many she had stepped on and killed.

It was too small and too weak for her to notice anything.

Lin Gui smiled and looked around at the powerful epic demons lying in wait all around him.

"Few epic demons would be willing to deliberately move their bodies to devour a few high-ranking humans."

"To them, we are just like those ants."

"Occasionally it might attract some attention, but that's all it is—just ants like those."

Lillian's worldview seemed to be gently pried open at this moment.

She lowered her head and repeated herself to herself.

"This...this...how could this be?"

"Isn't it natural for demons to eat people?"

Lin Gui replied.

"There's no such thing as a matter of course; it's all about capturing energy."

"The number of people that demons have eaten is less than the number of their own kind they have consumed."

"Only the Black Tide can cause those intelligent demons beyond the Hero rank to lose their minds and devour all living beings, plants and trees."

"Under normal circumstances, for them, the temptation of us as food is not as great as the underground demons beneath the red sand."

"Only weak, exiled demons would attack human city-states."

Lillian was speechless.

His eyes were filled with a sense of shock and disbelief.

She suddenly raised her head and stared straight at Lin Gui.

"What if it's extraordinary?"

"What about the legend?"

Lin Gui narrowed his eyes, his gaze turning dangerous.

His gaze slowly swept over the blood pool.

The gaze swept over the blood leeches that lay quietly, seemingly harmless, sucking blood.

"Then they'd better pray."

"I have a speed that surpasses that of an airship."

He paused for a moment, his voice light and airy.

"otherwise......."

"They'll be sucked dry."

A chill ran down Lillian's spine.

She followed Lin Gui's gaze to the Blood Leech Kings.

They remained quietly lying by the pool, their mouthparts immersed in the blood, their movements slow and content.

But then she suddenly realized...

Beneath that docile exterior lurked a kind of terror she had only just come to truly understand.