CHAPTER 551: CHAPTER 537: DEMON RACE VENERABLE

"Based on the position of the sun, it should still be three or four hours until evening, right?"

On the highest peak of Dragon Island, Lin Yi and the others stood at the entrance of the Dragon God’s Nest, gazing at the sun on the horizon, discussing.

Because Dragon Island exists on a different plane from the Rafam Continent, when it is deep night on Rafam, it is still broad daylight here.

The group roughly deduced from the position of the sun that the time here should be around three or four in the afternoon.

At the same time, based on the position of the setting sun, Lin Yi had already deduced that the scene depicted in this painting was one of sunset.

Handsome, feeling a bit bored, said on the side:

"We’re not really just going to stupidly wait here for a few hours, are we?"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yi spoke up:

"If you’re feeling bored, you can wander around and see if there’s anything else to discover."

"But make sure to return here before sunset."

These words immediately elicited enthusiastic responses from everyone:

"We’ve been waiting for you to say that, Chief Feng."

Tian Ci leapt from the entrance and unfolded his feather wings, gliding through the Gloom Valley below, cheering:

"Woohoo, awesome!"

Red Eyes and Handsome, among others, also bid farewell to Lin Yi:

"Today we’ll have a one-day tour of Dragon Island, let’s go."

For them, a rare visit to Dragon Island was an opportunity not to be missed.

Soon, only Dongfang Jing and Zhang Xinying, along with Isabella, now in human form, remained by Lin Yi’s side.

Lin Yi looked at Dongfang Jing curiously and asked:

"Aren’t you going to explore?"

Dongfang Jing sat directly on the edge of the cliff at the entrance, looking out with the wind blowing against her as she said:

"I already thoroughly explored last time I came, there’s actually nothing much to see."

Lin Yi looked at Dongfang Jing in surprise, not expecting such a sudden remark from her.

Actually, from Dongfang Jing’s words, it was already clear that she was indirectly confirming Lin Yi’s suspicions.

Yet, after his surprise, Lin Yi quickly felt at ease.

Given Dongfang Jing’s consistent behavior, it was hard not to think of her as Kalsa’s identity.

Or rather, Dongfang Jing never meant to hide her identity from Lin Yi from the start; this was merely confirming Lin Yi’s longstanding hypothesis.

At this moment, Isabella suddenly spoke:

"Let’s go too."

Then Isabella jumped from the entrance, transforming into a beautiful white dragon mid-air.

The dragon flapped its massive wings and circled the canyon below before flying back to the entrance.

Isabella’s voice emerged from the dragon’s mouth:

"Little master, come, let me take you around the place where I once lived."

Encouraged by Lin Yi’s gaze, Zhang Xinying nodded and said:

"Alright!"

Then Zhang Xinying brought Wang Zixin onto the dragon’s head, enveloped in a layer of transparent energy.

This scene was just like when Lin Yi had once stood on the head of the druid-transformed dragon.

The aura alone was incomparable to Lin Yi’s elf dragon; after all, this was a true dragon.

This was the starkest difference between a real dragon and the ones created by some system.

After Zhang Xinying left too, only the Jade Qilin treading on green clouds remained, playing around with Aifula in the vicinity.

Katrina’s soul body sat beside Dongfang Jing, the two ’people’ chatting about who knows what, occasionally with laughter from Katrina.

And so, only Lin Yi was left alone, dragging a reasonably intact chair to sit at the entrance, awaiting the moment of sunset.

Meanwhile, he prayed, hoping his guesses were correct, otherwise, he truly wouldn’t know how to continue this mission.

...

While Lin Yi awaited dusk, something happened within the Abyssal Demon Realm:

On a road continuously echoing with roaring magma, Demon King Samael questioned an elderly man beside him:

"Keromu, did the Demon Venerable mention what he wanted when he suddenly summoned me?"

The elder beside Samael shook his head and answered:

"He did not say."

"He just instructed me to inform you to pay him a visit."

In the hierarchy of the Abyss Demon Race, consisting of one Demon Emperor, two Demon Emperors, five Demon Lords, and ten Demon Kings, there originally was no position of Demon Venerable.

However, several centuries ago, a Demon Venerable role was added above the Demon Emperor but below the Demon Emperor, holding a status second only to the Demon Emperor yet above the Demon Emperor.

It can be said that this newly emerged mysterious Demon Venerable holds an extraordinary status within the Demon Race, being just below one and above thousands.

Given Demon King Samael’s status, he stood no chance before this enigmatic Demon Venerable.

In the Demon Race, if one Demon King dies, countless others will jump out to replace him.

Samael once witnessed another Demon King being killed by this mysterious Demon Venerable.

Even afterward, no reason was given for that Demon King’s demise; the higher-ups immediately installed a new one.

This incident sparked enormous repercussions throughout the Demon Race at the time.

Even a Demon Emperor replacing a Demon King requires the consent of another Demon Emperor, let alone casually erasing a Demon King.

The structure is strictly regulated within the Abyss Demon Race, even stricter than the structure of the Hundred Races.

Normally, no one would dare touch the taboo within this system, which includes arbitrarily executing a Demon King who had accomplished significant feats during the Anti-Demon War.

Yet this person could kill a Demon King with impunity.

This is why this mysterious Demon Venerable has become a taboo within the Demon Race, hardly anyone daring to discuss anything about him.

As of now, even Samael only knows that this Demon Venerable might be a human.

Being suddenly summoned by him today, to be honest, Samael felt uneasy.

Afraid he had unknowingly offended someone important and could be as arbitrarily killed as that previous Demon King; that would be a grievance unimaginable.

Lost in his heavy thoughts, Samael arrived at a sprawling edifice built within the magma, where the elder beside him bowed respectfully before the building, saying:

"Demon King, this is as far as I can escort you."

Samael waved his hand dismissively, took a deep breath, and solemnly walked toward the massive doors.

Upon his arrival, the Demon Race guards at the entrance knelt and saluted:

"Demon King."

Samael ignored the two guards and headed straight inside.

Entering a grand hall, Samael dared not raise his head, he directly walked to the center and prostrated on the floor, loudly declaring:

"Samael, here to see the Venerable!"

In the shadows above the grand hall, an elderly voice suddenly echoed:

"There’s something I need you to handle."

Samael hurriedly responded:

"I await your instructions."

At this point, a vision flickered in Samael’s eyes, showing Lin Yi sitting by the cliff, gazing into the distance.

Upon recognizing the figure in the scene, Samael instantly connected him to the human who had attacked the Werewolf Race’s tribe under his watch, killing the Demon Race Priest, and exclaimed in shock:

"It’s him!"