After making a verbal agreement, Violet didn’t immediately give the bodily fluids to the other party. It would be too embarrassing to produce saliva or anything similar in front of over a girl, and this place wasn’t suitable for evolution either.
Since the slime girl didn’t have a name, Violet gave her a name, nothing too complicated. Since she was a blue jelly... er, slime, let’s just call her Little Blue.
After giving her a self-made light elemental crystal so they could easily find Little Blue later, Violet let them leave first, having just recovered from the dragon’s aura.
Although they didn’t get much information, from the name mentioned by Little Blue, the leader of the demon group attacking this Ghost Thief Group’s stronghold should be a guy named South Blade, which indeed matched the scenes they had seen on their way here.
And that “little princess” was very likely the Moon Shadow royal offspring abducted by humans. If they could find him directly, that would be even better.
Following the direction Little Blue and her companions came from, Violet and the other girl continued forward. Along the way, there were naturally scattered dead Ghost Thief Group guards.
The power gap between the two sides should be quite large. Throughout, the priestess didn’t see any bodies of demons, so she didn’t know how many living forces had come to Ten Thousand Demons Mountains this time.
Passing by a certain place, Violet and the other girl even found an unusually large cave, inside which were many specially made dark iron cages, seeming to have some kind of anti-magic effect. This was probably where the group of captured demon girls had been imprisoned before.
The demons in the underground black market were basically already trained and had lost the will to resist, being types that could be sold as slaves. But Little Blue and her group, who seemed lively and knew how to use tactics, were probably a batch that had just been captured not long ago.
Continuing forward along the traces of the battle, it didn’t take long for Violet to see a particularly large and heavy stone door and entrance.
However, the former had already been split into several pieces by someone with a sharp weapon, scattered around like building blocks, and the guards were lying all over the ground, looking like they had just died not long ago.
“Master, there are signs of creatures ahead. Many and diverse, mixed in with humans, at least close to a hundred. It seems this is the place.”
“Well, we finally caught up. Almost missed the main event. These guys are quite fast, even though they only got here a bit earlier than us. Seems like the Ghost Thief Group’s resistance is a bit weak, isn’t it?”
As they chatted, the two women stepped over the bodies of the guards at the entrance and entered.
What appeared before them was an interior much wider than any other cavern, with magical lamps for illumination on the ceiling, plenty of living supplies scattered around, several bonfires burning, giving it a lively atmosphere.
To prevent the ceiling from collapsing, stone pillars were even stacked up as supports, and many areas were divided by curtains and screens, showing a very high level of construction. At a rough glance, it covered at least tens of thousands of square meters.
Violet had briefly probed the area with her spatial perception earlier when nobody was around. It seemed to be inside a continuous range of mountains rather than within the Demon Suppression City.
Although she wasn’t sure of the specifics, the fact that they could create such a place within the mountains showed that the Ghost Thief Group indeed had some skills.
However, here...
Violet glanced at the ground, raised an eyebrow, but didn’t say anything, just continued to gaze towards the battlefield ahead.
It was clearly a one-sided battle.
Both sides appeared to be human groups on the surface, but one side, with only about a dozen or so individuals, showed a huge gap in strength compared to the other side, which was obviously composed of Ghost Thief Group members. Their combat methods were also completely different from normal martial arts and magic techniques.
The one who seemed the most powerful, emitting an aura close to legendary peak, a brown-haired man with a spiral horn on his head and wielding a large cleaver, was slightly more normal. But judging from his method of decapitating heads with a single swing, this guy was definitely Mr. South Blade.
Apart from him, there were two other demons worth mentioning. Although not as powerful as South Blade, they had already demonstrated strength at the legendary level.
This time, the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains has actually dispatched three or more powerful beings comparable to legends, showing how much they value that Moon Shadow tribe offspring.
Although these three demons, when combined, are probably still not as powerful as the three legendary adventurers of Courage City, they are enough to dominate the Demon Suppression City. With the assistance of other elite demons, it’s no wonder humans have been pursuing them for so long without success.
The other two legendary demons are a female with short blue-gray hair, whose hands turn into claws during combat and often move on all fours, pouncing like a hunting dog with incredible speed.
Well, calling it a hunting dog... it’s probably more like a wolf, and with the blue-gray hair...
There’s no mistaking it, it should be a Moon Shadow, an adult Moon Shadow at the level of a grand demon.
Many demons don’t have the detailed classifications of strength found in kingdoms like the Human United Kingdom. Here in Ten Thousand Demons Mountains, it seems to be divided only into ordinary demons, demon generals, and grand demons.
The former two vary in strength, but there’s not much to say about them. As for grand demons, they are essentially equivalent to human legends.
As for the Moon Shadow tribe, they are essentially a special kind of demon wolf, not werewolves among the orcs, but true wolves. Their offsprings are born in wolf form for quite some time, and only when their strength evolves to a certain level, becoming what is called a demon or demon general, can they take on a human form. Further evolution leads to becoming a grand demon like this woman.
Moon Shadow is a shortened name, the full name should be Moon Shadow Demon Wolf.
As for the other legendary-level demon, Violet can’t quite discern her true form for now, but her fighting style is somewhat strange. She hasn’t even attacked yet, just standing there dancing gracefully, while the Ghost Thief members around her inexplicably start killing each other.
However, ordinary people might not understand, but Violet can easily see the mystery behind it.
It’s threads, invisible threads extending from the fingertips of that white-haired woman, connecting to the bodies of those Ghost Thief members. Her seemingly dancing movements are actually manipulating those threads to control the movements of her enemies.
Ability like Thread Manipulation or Puppetry... the methods of demons really are endless.
The other demons are also quite formidable, with most of them having the strength ranging from the earth to the sky. Among them, nearly half are humanoid demon wolves from the Moon Shadow tribe, which makes sense.
When Violet and her companions arrived, although the battle was not yet over, there was little suspense left. Although the remaining number of Ghost Thief Group member far exceeded that of the demons, their resistance was extremely weak, and they had long been routed.
Noticing this, Miss Priestess furrowed her brows again.
If it was just a feeling before, now that they had arrived at what was clearly the final stronghold of the Ghost Thief Group, she was completely certain.
Something was off, very off.
These humans were too weak in both strength and fighting spirit. If the defense force guarding such an important place as where the Mythical Creature offspring was held captive was only of this level, it was hard to imagine how this organization had managed to repeatedly capture various creatures from Ten Thousand Demons Mountains and gain its current position in the underground black market of the Demon Suppression City.
Things that deviate from the norm must have a reason.
... Is it a trap?
If there’s something wrong here, then the teleportation array in the underground black market is probably intentionally set up there to lure the demons.
Wait, does this mean that the Ghost Thief Group would just easily let go of Little Blue and the other demons who just escaped?
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“Xiao Guang...”
“What’s wrong, Master?”
“...No, it’s nothing.”
There’s no need to be so anxious. Even if they were truly captured, they shouldn’t be in immediate danger, and besides, the crystal left for Little Blue earlier might come in handy during this opportunity... Hmm, it’s better to deal with the problem at hand first.
Change came faster than Violet had imagined.
Before the battle could officially end, shortly after they entered the cave, the entire cavern began to emit a rumbling, unsettling hum.