After entering the desert oasis, Wang Lu found that the city had been completely branded with that invisible demon. As a nightmare that has enveloped the demons for two thousand years, it is almost everywhere.

For example, at the reception banquet personally arranged by the Demon Elder that day, Wang Lu saw such a scene.

"Thank the gods for giving us food."

At the dinner table, several old men of the demon clan with extraordinary status closed their eyes and prayed sincerely before the meal, and at the end of the day, Lang Sheng expressed his gratitude to the gods.

Wang Lu was surprised at that time, thank the gods? There are still gods among the demons?

Of course, strictly speaking, the demons certainly have gods, demon gods. Just as there are true immortals in the Kyushu continent and gods in the Xiyi continent, the demons also have their supreme powerhouses, known as demon gods. But just as the Kyushu monks will not worship the ancestors of the true immortals, and the demons will not make the demon gods into totems to pray and worship every day, with his understanding of the demons, at least the royal family of the demon world is a group of unbelievers - because they themselves are the supreme of the demon world, where tens of millions of people gather in faith.

So what is the sacredness that these royal descendants are thanking for now?

"Alas, it's the invisible demon."

The tribal elder sitting next to Wang Lu sighed a little bitterly, and then whispered with a spell: "Since more than a thousand years ago, when the most radical rebels of the tribe were killed by the invisible demon, the people of the tribe have completely given up resistance. Over the next few hundred years, some people gradually lost their dignity, and they were so intimidated by the power of the invisible demon that they were willing to worship them as gods day and night. And these people are increasing, and the tribe is about to account for more than 20%. ”

Wang Lu nodded: "Stockholm syndrome, you can hold out for more than a thousand years before being accounted for by the surrender faction, which is worthy of royal blood." ”

After more than a thousand years of high-pressure rule, creatures such as pigs and dogs have long been completely domesticated and have no wildness. Now that most of the people in this demon clan can maintain their independent personalities, it is commendable.

However, it seems that the tribe's persistence is also about to reach its limit. More than 30 people from the demon clan attended the banquet that day, and more than a dozen people came over excitedly to ask Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang if they had the ability to help them get out of the predicament, obviously using these two outsiders as a lifesaver. A few of them were in a state of agitation, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Ouyang Shang on the spot, making the banquet a mess. In the end, the Great Elder of the tribe was furious and threw these people out of the dining room one by one, so that the atmosphere calmed down, but the celebratory atmosphere on the table was gone.

However, the Spirit Sword Monks themselves did not enjoy this reception feast much. The material conditions of the Desert Demon Clan were too difficult, and the Great Elder Rao tried everything he could, but the dishes on the table still looked shabby. Most of them are local plants that grow in oases, and the taste is jerky and rough, as if it were sandy with it. There are also a small number of artificially bred livestock meat, but the processing methods are very immature, and the quantity is scarce, and it is not even enough to be placed on the table. For the Spirit Sword Cultivator, who was used to eating normal meals, although it was not difficult to swallow, it was really not enjoyable.

Especially the realization that this tribe is on the verge of collapse under the oppression of invisible demons is even more depressing, and the appetite is greatly reduced. In fact, no one at the banquet was in the mood to eat at all, and even Wang Lu hastily drank two sips of juice and fell into contemplation. On the dining table, there was only one corner where the sound of food chewing and swallowing kept coming out - it was Wang Wu, she was accelerating the mana circulation of the Jade Mansion, and at the same time mechanically put the food on the table into her mouth, in fact, she didn't know the taste at all, but until the end of the banquet, at least one-fifth of the whole table went into her stomach, including two small dishes and a soup spoon.

After the banquet, Ouyang Shang and Wang Lu came to settle down at the residence with Fengyin and others, and briefly explained to their younger brothers and sisters, and the two went out to visit the oasis at night together and began to carry out field investigations to this place separately.

Although you can also listen to the wind chant or the demon elder to introduce them on their behalf, second-hand information is not as good as first-hand information after all. Especially since the next opponent is an opponent with unfathomable power, and any slight omission in intelligence can lead to fatal results.

The investigation of the two was very efficient, and after a day, they had roughly figured out the situation of this demon city.

In the tent where the Spirit Sword Monks were resting, Wang Lu began to explain his harvest to everyone: "The population of this demon tribe is not large, only about one thousand and one thousand, most of them are young and middle-aged, and there are very few old people. Because invisible demons need constant blood sacrifices to appease the curse, most demons will actively choose to sacrifice themselves when they reach old age to protect the interests of their clan. At the same time, this special living environment makes the members of this tribe very different from the Demon Realm royal clan during the Immortal and Demon War. First of all, the average lifespan is greatly shortened, the theoretical lifespan of the general Demon Realm royal family is more than five hundred years, this is not taking into account any acquired cultivation data, and if they practice diligently, the strength realm continues to improve, and the lifespan will also be extended. When he reaches the level of the king of the demon realm, he usually lives with heaven and earth, and will not die out naturally. In general, it should be a race that lives longer than humans. But the average lifespan of the demons in this oasis is only forty years old, and now the great elder of the clan is the first birthday star in the clan, and he has a high life of sixty-two this year. ”

When Wang Lu said this, he looked at the people who had fallen into a dead silence, and the corners of his mouth curled: "In other words, most of the people present are actually older than him. ”

"Damn, I've always respected him as an elder before......"

Several Spirit Sword Monks were angry and funny.

But Wang Lu quickly changed his words: "But you actually have every reason to respect him, because if you put him in the Anthropocene realm, he will be a peerless genius who has reached the Yuanying realm after sixty years of cultivation, at least not to lose to any of you." ”

"What? Yuan Infant Realm!? Feng Yin and the others were surprised inexplicably. I can't feel it at all. Although the spell of sand shaping is beautiful, it ......"

"Wait, to be careful, although his strength is weak, his use of heaven and earth aura is indeed far superior to ours. Before, I thought it was their innate supernatural powers as desert natives, but now that I think about it, since they are demons, where did they come from? It is clearly a very high realm, but it is limited by the lack of its own strength. ”

After all, it was the elite of the spirit sword that was present, and Wang Lu woke up one after another.

"And think about it further, under such harsh conditions, sixty years to the Yuan Infant ...... Can you do it if you change it? ”

Feng Yin and the others were silent, obviously very unconfident.

"Although there is only one Great Elder in this clan, the Demon Realm Royal Clan is worthy of being the Demon Realm Royal Clan, even after two thousand years of deterioration of the human race, there are still wizards in the clan. The next step in the fight against the invisible demon is the strength of these natives. ”

Speaking of this, the topic continued by Ouyang Shang: "In fact, these demon clans have not achieved nothing for two thousand years, how to resist invisible demons has formed a set of rigorous methods, which have run through every bit of their lives. ”

A Spirit Sword disciple sneered, "Worship it as a god and worship it three times a day in the morning and evening?" ”

Ouyang Shang couldn't laugh, but said with a straight face: "Under two thousand years of hopeless resistance, only two adults gave up resistance and became human beings, do you think it can be done?" ”

Wang Lu continued: "In fact, this desert tribe has been implementing a desperate rebellion plan for two thousand years. Out of a thousand people, some of them are gifted and given special missions, called Tinder, who have been marked by their elders since birth. The spell had no other purpose, but it could have blinded the demon's perception so that he could not be aware of the man's presence. The tribe then does everything they can to nurture these fires, and when they become adults, they try to leave the oasis. ”

Ouyang Shang said: "Once these trapped demons are far away from the oasis, they will trigger the curse of the demons, and there will be no place to bury them. But they have developed a spell that can blind the demon's perception and try to hide from the world. If it succeeds, it means that someone in the tribe will be able to break free from the shackles of the devil and go into the sea......"

Feng Yin asked, "But only a few people can be saved, what about the others?" ”

Wang Lu explained: "The effect of the spell mark is limited, and it is impossible to draw a thousand people together. In fact, two thousand years have passed, and they have not even succeeded in sending a single fire. The best record was set by the current Great Elder, who was discovered by a demon when he left the oasis for a hundred miles, and later survived the sandstorm and comprehended the spell of sand transformation, but he was still far from escaping from the demon's grasp. ”

"So, what's the point?"

"The point is that this is their only hope. At the same time, it is also the key to our next move. Wang Lu said, "The curse mark can blind the demon's perception, and the closer you get to the demon, the stronger the effect. A thousand years ago, the demons once conducted a radical experiment to send a fire with a curse mark to the blood sacrifice site, and deliberately appeared when the demon came, and the demon turned a blind eye to it! ”

Hearing this, Feng Yin and the others had already vaguely guessed Wang Lu and Ouyang Shang's plan, but the bold idea made them feel unbelievable.

Next, sure enough, I heard Ouyang Shang say: "So the next step, we plan to use this spell seal to personally go to the demon's habitat to explore." You must always know yourself and your opponent in order to survive a hundred battles. ”

"Senior brother, this is too risky!" Wind Yin immediately persuaded.

Wang Lu sneered: "Then why don't you go?" ”

"Uh......"

Of course, Wang Lu knew the risks of this move, but what else could he do?

If he could stand by and take risks, he and Ouyang Shang would not stay at all. The problem is that after weighing the pros and cons, facing the invisible demon is actually the most rational choice, so on this basis. The existence of the curse mark is a positive factor that forces them to take risks—if they have such good conditions, what are they waiting for?