Chapter 123: Deadwood Camp
The Great Arctic Barren Mountain, the Black Water Plain.
As one of the six major demon domains in the Great Wilderness Mountain, "Black Water Plain", the sun never sees light here, as if you have entered an ancient dark world.
In the sky, fog and clouds all mingled, like the waves of the rolling sea, magnificent and eerie. The earth is a dark color, flying sand and stones, and the endless plains stretch thousands of miles away, and I don't know where it is. The ground was covered with many rivers that meandered like long snakes, intertwined with each other, and streams of black gas rose from the surface of the rivers and dispersed. The strange thing is that the river here is as black as ink, even the trees growing on the bank of the river are also black, and there is no breath of life in the surroundings in front of you, and the silence is as if it is a ghost hell.
Deadwood Camp, located in the northeast of Heisuihara, grows a lot of dead trees here, with no lush branches and leaves, only bare trunks, which appear tall and stout. Don't look at these dead trees as if they are dead, but in fact, they will grow like ordinary trees.
Around the dead wood, the river is blue, and the surface of the river is rippling all year round, spreading out in circles and bubbling like boiling water. Just look at the fact that there are many small raised dirt slopes here, and demon camps are built on the dirt slopes. The iron rope is cold, the flag is fluttering, and many groups of demon soldiers with hideous faces and bodies like beasts are wandering and shuttling among them.
Walking up a wooden bridge and crossing the blue river, you will come to the main camp of demons, all of which are led by a demon general named "Lingyu", who is also in charge of the entire Black Water Plain.
In the middle of the camp, a demon leader appeared, he was wearing a algae robe, and he saw a human-faced fish body with a high cocked fish tail on the back. He has hands and feet, long hair in a shawl, dark blue in color, and a necklace adorned with conches hanging from his neck, shining brightly. This demon is not anyone, he is Lingyu.
At this time, suddenly there was a "hiss" cry, not loud, but quite sharp. In the sky above the camp, a giant scorpion appeared, which could still fly without wings, and was about two or three feet high above the ground. On the back of the scorpion, there was a dark figure standing, breaking through the sky, it turned out to be the Ghost Mother of the Charm Gu who was in charge of the Blood Hidden Sea, and I don't know when she had come here.
But look at the giant scorpion at her feet, it looks about the size of an adult, thick and round, with six legs, and the two giant claws in front of it are as sharp as steel knives, shining with green glow. The surface of its body is rough and uneven, its back is covered with patches of dark black carapace, which looks extremely hard, and the poisonous needle at the end of the tail is raised high, and it is a bright red color, which is quite dazzling. The giant scorpion turned out to be an ancient demon beast, and it was also the mount of the Ghost Mother of the Charm Gu, called the "Soul Sucking Scorpion".
According to the "Book of Strange Beasts", it is recorded that the Arctic wilderness has demon beasts, which are transformed by the poisonous gas, and their shape is like a scorpion, so it is a soul-sucking scorpion. Its attack is extremely strong, its giant claws as sharp as pincers can chop hard things, and the poisonous needle at the end of the tail can also release cold poison, but if the poison needle pierces the body, it is difficult to save his life.
At this moment, the soul scorpion had landed on the ground with its owner. The Charm Gu Ghost Mother stepped down from the scorpion's back, and then with a wave of her hand, the soul-sucking scorpion crawled to another place.
Not far away, just looking at Lingyu in the camp, he walked out with a few demon soldiers and said hello to the Ghost Mother.
"Ghost Mother, I haven't seen you for a long time! You came to my Heishuiyuan today, but you were ordered by the king?" Ling Yu walked in front of the ghost mother of the Ghost Gu, and said with a gurgling sound in his mouth, a little indistinct.
The dark robe that the Charm Gu Ghost Mother was wearing looked weird, her wrinkled old face was extremely ugly, a pair of big dark eyes, I couldn't see the eyeballs, I only heard her make a hoarse voice, smiled coldly, and said: "Some time ago, the Demon Gap Enchantment that led from Heishuiyuan to many places in Kyushu has been sealed by humans. She paused and continued, "The king told me to come and see, Lingyupao
How's the situation on your end? ”
When Na Lingyu heard this, he shook the tail of the fish behind him a few times, and on the swollen cheeks on both sides, there were several fish scales that kept wriggling, and made a gurgling sound, and said: "So that's the case, those humans are too hateful, hundreds of my demon soldiers in Heishuiyuan passed through the demon gap barrier, and before they could act, they had already been intercepted and killed by them, and when I went to respond, only a small part could come back alive." ”
After Ling Yu finished speaking, the Charm Gu Ghost Mother pondered for a moment, and she said, "Oh...... Except for those who have been sealed in the Demon Gap Enchantment, but there are other humans who haven't discovered it?"
The question of the ghost mother of the ghost Gu aroused the anger of the Lingyu on the other side, but seeing that his eyes were wide open, showing a fierce color, he replied: "Ghost mother, when I think of those hateful human beings, I am really angry, and I can't wait to skin them and scrape their bones, now almost all the demon gap passages on the Black Water Plain have been sealed by human beings, which makes us how to sneak into Kyushu in the future!"
He was a little annoyed, and said: "Originally, I wanted to send more demon soldiers to Yunhua Mountain in Shuzhou to find out the situation there, but now it's okay, we have exposed our whereabouts, and now many sects in Kyushu have shifted their attention to us, what can we do?"
After hearing this, the ghost mother smiled and said, "Lingyu is really affectionate, if the ghost king knows that you are eager to save him, he should be very happy! Hundreds of years ago, you had the best relationship with the ghost king, but unfortunately he has been reduced to a prisoner, I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the Great Wilderness Mountain." ”
"No, the ghost mother is right! I don't know what happened to the ghost king in the demon suppression tower. Now just wait for the king's order, we will rush into Kyushu and kill him without leaving a piece of armor, so as to rescue the ghost king. Ling Yu said with a slight sigh.
After hearing this, the Charm Gu Ghost Mother said in a somewhat gloomy tone: "The time is not ripe now, hundreds of years, Kyushu's current strength has far exceeded that of seven hundred years ago, all the sects of the human race are prosperous and powerful, and it is not easy to attack Kyushu again!"
Just as the Demon Mother finished speaking, a kobold demon soldier suddenly ran from a distance, holding a forked weapon in his hand, shouting as he ran: "Oh no...... Xiying...... Fights are up......"
At this time, both Lingyu and the Ghost Mother heard the shout, only to see Lingyu swinging his tail with an angry face, so he cursed: "What's the matter! ”
When the kobold demon soldier heard Lingyu's curse, he immediately trembled with fright, knelt in front of Lingyu, and said, "Qiyu is in charge, it's not good, there are a few demon soldiers in Xiying, and they have already started fighting......"
When Ling Yu heard this, he was a little surprised, and said angrily: "What? It's really getting more and more unreasonable, it seems that I haven't disciplined you well during this time, but has become presumptuous." He turned to the demon soldiers who followed behind him and said, "Go quickly, quickly restrain them, let them stop fighting, it's really ......" After he said it, he laughed and muttered a few words.
"Yes, my subordinates obey orders!" replied several demon soldiers behind him, and then ran briskly in the direction of the western camp with the kobold demon soldier.
After those demon soldiers left, the Charm Gu Ghost Mother smiled coldly, with a somewhat joking tone, and said, "I heard that the king praised you for managing your troops well, but today, it seems that it is nothing more than that!"
"Hey......
When Ling Yu heard this, he was a little embarrassed, and he blamed only those guys for making trouble at this time. He had a smile on his face, and hurriedly said: "Let the ghost mother laugh, how can my demon soldiers in the Black Water Plains be comparable to your Blood Hidden Sea Region, and I will have to ask the ghost mother for advice on the method of governing the army in the future!"
He wanted to explain something more, and continued: "But I am usually strict
Take care of them, but why is this still ...... Please don't mention this to the king, if it affects his mood, then I will suffer. ”
At this time, the Charm Gu Ghost Mother walked a few steps in place, she looked into the distance, and then replied: "I naturally understand this, no matter how strict the law is, sometimes it can be controlled, more or less, there will be some conflicts among the demon soldiers." I don't need to mention this kind of trivial matter to the king. ”
"It's still the ghost mother who understands things!" Ling Yu replied. After that, he said: "Ghost mother, about the attack on Kyushu, I don't know what the king's plan is next?"
The Charm Gu Ghost Mother said: "There is civil strife in Kyushu right now, and the situation is not very peaceful!"
"Oh!" Lingyu had never been very knowledgeable about these situations, and he asked, "Please also tell the ghost mother to come and hear about it." ”
The Ghost Mother then said, "In recent years, although we have sent some demon soldiers to Kyushu to inquire about the situation, we have not gained much. It is said that the various sects of the righteous path of mankind are killing each other with the evil way of the Heavenly Twilight Holy Sect, and the king means that he wants the human race to kill each other, and when their vitality is greatly damaged, my demon army will rush into Kyushu in one fell swoop, and at that time, it will be able to wipe out all the human race. ”
"Then when will this be waiting, it will be hundreds of years, is it possible to wait for another hundred years?" Ling Yu replied a little anxiously. In fact, his mind was nothing more than wanting to rescue the Twin Demon Kings as soon as possible.
Then, the Charm Gu Ghost Mother snorted coldly, and she said unhurriedly: "Don't be too anxious, the king sent me here this time, this is not for the two of us to go to Kyushu to explore the truth and truth, so that we can make a strategy to deal with it." ”
When Ling Yu heard this, his originally angry expression turned to joy at this moment, and he said: "The king is really careful, I thought he would keep waiting." ”
He said again: "That's fine, let's go to Kyushu to investigate, I am going to take a small group of demon soldiers, lurk into Shuzhou, kill Yunhua Mountain, and rescue the ghost king......"
"Don't ruin the king's plan, we must not act rashly until we find out the situation!" "The Charm Gu Ghost Mother was afraid that Ling Yu would ruin a big deal, so she hurriedly stopped it.
After hearing this, Ling Yu had to nod, and said with a sigh: "Then let the ghost king endure for a little longer, hundreds of years have passed, and I am not in a hurry for a while." ”
Seeing that he had given up this idea, the Ghost Mother said, "Yes, in a few days, we will definitely be able to rescue the Ghost King." ”
After she finished speaking, she pondered in her heart for a while, and continued: "By the way, just now you said that most of the Demon Gap Enchantment has been sealed by humans, think about it again, but there are other passages?"
At this time, Ling Yu thought for a moment and replied: "Yes, yes, but this demon gap passage is a bit far away, and humans have not found it." ”
The Charm Gu Ghost Mother was puzzled and asked, "As long as you can get to the land of Kyushu, no matter how far you go, you must go there, and the task assigned by the king this time must be completed." ”
"Okay!" Lingyu said, "This Demon Gap Barrier, the exit is in the East China Sea, and at the bottom of the sea, there is a volcano, we have to pass through the belly of the volcano and endure the heat before we can get to Kyushu." ”
The Charm Gu Ghost Mother listened, her face was calm, and then said: "It's okay, with the strength of you and me, I'm afraid that just a volcano won't make it, and only those ordinary demon soldiers will be swallowed by the volcano." ”
"The ghost mother said very much, since this is the case, I will prepare immediately, and I will select some elite soldiers to go to Kyushu with you. ”
The Charm Gu Ghost Mother nodded her head and said, "Okay, I'll return to the Blood Shadow Sea and wait for the king's orders." With that, she turned her head to look to the side, and the figure of the soul-sucking scorpion came next to her.
The Charm Gu Ghost Mother rose to her feet, flew to the back of the Soul Sucking Scorpion, and finally, flew in the direction of the Blood Hidden Sea.