Chapter 431: The Serpent Demon

What Lu Yu held in his hand was not just a rock, but a fragment of the King’s Monument!

These are some memories left over from the time when the Fire King became the king.

At the same time, there were actually some characters inscribed on one corner of this stele of King Cheng.

The inscriptions on this King Cheng stele describe some unique characteristics of this red fire land.

Several tablets of King Cheng combined together form a secret recipe.

The dozens of species of fire-dwelling creatures that survive here, such as the Fire蛟 Dragon and the Fire Dragon, each have their own reasons for existing!

The Fire King, he ascended from being a King’s Vassal to becoming a King himself—an even rarer and more extraordinary example!

Lu Yu put away the rock and pointed at the black wolf, saying, “Lead the way. How many places like this are there around here?”

Lu Yu jumped down into the ruins of the volcano and issued orders to the black wolf!

The black wolf saw Lu Yu put away the rock, and the flames on the ruins immediately froze. He understood that Lu Yu had just acquired a rare item.

It licked its lips, knowing that all of these were beyond its reach!

The black wolf was very reluctant, but he had no choice but to search the Chihuo land together with Lu Yu.

With the keen sense of smell unique to beasts and some information stored in his mind.

The black wolf led Lu Yu to another location where they found a stone tablet of the King’s Ascension.

This is also a fragment of the broken King Cheng Stele.

The ability replication progress has reached one percent.

Here, Lu Yu beheaded several ape demons.

The remaining Monkey Demon, finding the situation amusing, dropped what he was holding and retreated.

Black Wolf discovered that Lu Yu was not truly ruthless and inhumane.

He only strikes back when provoked.

If you don’t provoke him, Lu Yu wouldn’t even have the intention to challenge Yuanmo.

After the third King’s Tablet fell into his hands, Black Wolf stared at a broken human limb on the ground, remaining silent for a long time. Then, his entire body turned cold and he began to tremble.

“What’s wrong? What are you so afraid of?” Lu Yu glanced at the ground and also noticed the remains lying there.

“He’s here! He’s here!” Black Wolf’s voice was filled with terror, as if he were afraid of something!

Lu Yu lowered his gaze to the severed foot on the ground, which had been gnawed down to nearly just a small portion of charred flesh and blood. He couldn’t help but ask in a deep voice, “Who’s here?”

The Black Wolf’s eyes became somewhat shifty, glimmering with a hint of cunning, as he said, “Yes, it’s the demon from the Snake Clan!”

“You can’t tell, but for us, we can see it clearly. More than a dozen people have been eaten, all by the same individual. Hardly any bones were left behind, and only a demon among the Snake People would do something like that.”

Lu Yu said coldly, “Aren’t you all man-eaters? What’s the difference? Aren’t you demons too?”

“We devour humans only because we enjoy the sweet and delicious taste of their flesh and blood! Once we are full, we won’t overeat. However, for the Demon among the Snake People, eating humans is a means of evolution. Human flesh and blood are equivalent to the Soul of Blue Planet and evolution serum. Do you understand? I heard that not long ago, a Demon was born among the Snake People, and I didn’t expect that he would come here too!”

“The Black Wolf looked at Lu Yu and said, ‘Such a demon is equivalent to a mutated Star Soul among humans. Once it grows up, it can become a king.'”

After finishing his words, the Black Wolf turned his gaze toward Lu Yu, as if anticipating an entertaining show.

Wouldn’t it be better to have the Snake Demon General kill Lu Yu?

Lu Yu asked coldly, “What else do you know?”

“If you encounter the Snake Demon, you’re doomed!” said the Black Wolf. “You and the Snake Demon don’t belong to the same realm. The Snake Demon grows extremely fast; he’s probably already reached the third realm by now, at least possessing the strength of a thousand Zun, killing you would be as easy as crushing an ant?”

Black Wolf said this with a hint of provocation in his tone.

“Do you want me to challenge this serpent demon?” Lu Yu sneered. “If I truly wish to see him, I certainly won’t fear him.”

“Then I’ll wait to see the moment you two meet!” Black Wolf said coldly, “If the Snake Demon arrives on this crimson land, he will surely find you.”

“Do you really want to see me fight him and then watch me die?” Lu Yu saw through Black Wolf’s thoughts and said, “If I had any fear, I wouldn’t have come here. Thousands of Zunzhi—bring them all to me. I’d be delighted if you all came looking for trouble. I won’t kill you because I need a dog. As for the others, I won’t let them off!”

The black wolf, seeing Lu Yu’s audacity, decided not to say anything else.

Even someone with Lu Yu’s strength would be devoured by the Snake Demon.

There were a total of seven King Cheng Steles, and Lu Yu, guided by the Black Wolf, spent three days collecting all the pieces of the stele.

This means that he obtained seven main ingredients that can be used to make star artifacts.

However, the Seven King Stones only increased the replication process to ten percent!

During this time, stories about Lu Yu began to spread among the humanoid beings on the crimson land.

Rumors of a human bandit have already begun to spread among the lives of humanoid beings.

This human being would always launch a fierce attack whenever encountering any humanoid lifeform. Those who provoked him even had their corpses collected.

This person was extremely powerful, seemingly possessing resistance to fire. He walked barefoot on the ground without sustaining any injuries at all.

At the same time, the humanoid beings also learned that a serpent demon had entered this land.

Several ape demons who had offended the serpent demon were devoured on the spot. This serpent demon was even more powerful; it was not only searching for treasures in the Crimson Land, but also seeking out powerful humans to consume.

Humans have also identified the problem.

They seemed to have been targeted by some sort of living creature. Some people managed to escape from the serpent demon’s mouth and spread the news.

The humans and demons who entered immediately realized they were in big trouble.

However, through their descriptions, they also realized that Lu Yu seemed to have entered as well.

This also made them excited.

Once Lu Yu takes action, this place will no longer be dominated solely by humanoid lifeforms.

Lu Yu put the seven King-Making Tablets together, and the secret recipe he desired was revealed. There was also a simple map on it, which turned out to be a genuine treasure map!

“This isn’t all the ability imprints; there are other places on this land,” Lu Yu speculated, guessing that the Fire King had left many things hidden within the earth here.

“Let’s go.”

Lu Yu, accompanied by Black Wolf, searched across this crimson land to complete the required ingredients listed on the secret formula. To fulfill the process, he had to extract each item precisely according to the specified requirements and order, then fuse them one by one.

This land was carved out by the Fire King, and no one knows exactly how vast it is.

Lu Yu, accompanied by Black Wolf, traversed the crimson land and finally found a Flame Tiger.

The Flame Tiger’s power isn’t very strong.

Lu Yu beheaded the Flame Tiger, collected its heart’s blood, and stored it in a jade vial!

“There’s a fight!” The black wolf’s ears were keen, and with a twitch, he looked toward a direction.

“I felt it too!” Lu Yu nodded at the same time.

“What?” The black wolf was startled, staring intently at Lu Yu with growing alarm. “What are you? Human or beast? How is it possible for you to sense that?”

The sound that the black wolf heard was extremely faint, at least from a battlefield a thousand miles away.

How could human perception be so advanced!

Lu Yu smiled without saying a word.

That was a perceptual ability forged through countless battles.

Perhaps all of humanity’s abilities have declined.

However, with further training, one can become strong again.

Lu Yu’s senses had been honed to a sharpness rivaling that of beasts through countless battles right at the edge of life and death.

In fact, he sensed it even earlier than the Black Wolf, but he just didn’t say anything about it.

The initial perception was that it was a scramble, but it didn’t seem like one.

One side had many people, while the other had very few, and they weren’t even on the same level.

“It seems one side is human!” The wolf’s sense of smell was equally remarkable, and he chuckled with narrowed eyes.

Lu Yu’s expression darkened slightly as he said, “Then we can’t just ignore it! Are you expecting me to go there and just watch me die?”

“You could just ignore it too!” the black wolf said, nodding its head toward a certain direction.

“You don’t know that I’ve already looted a lot during this period. I feel like robbing you guys is like striking gold—every part of you is valuable,” Lu Yu laughed. “Your bodies can be used for trading; even your backpacks are full of great items. The Soul of Blue Planet and the Evolution Liquid are both crucial assets for humanity. If I were to go there, tell me, would I be the one to die, or would they end up robbed and killed?”

The black wolf was slightly taken aback, realizing once again that he seemed to have made a mistake.

A snake demon or a leader-level creature might be able to kill this person, but anything else would probably just come and die!

When Lu Yu arrived at the battlefield, he saw a human squad being attacked by over a hundred snake-men in front of a lake.

The strongest among these Snake People was actually a Supreme Being of the 300th rank. Each of the remaining ones was also extremely powerful.

They surrounded this human team, not to kill, but to capture all of them alive!

A group of more than twenty people, including several demons, as well as humans and demonic beings.

What’s important is that they are all supreme!

However, even these Zun were still suppressed when facing over a hundred Snake Clan Zun.

They resisted like crazy, but it was simply no use.

The snake people laughed arrogantly, as if they were capturing a wild beast.

“The upper class, hahaha!” Black Wolf laughed heartily as soon as he saw it.

The snake people heard the black wolf’s loud laughter and turned their heads together.

A snake-human creature suddenly stepped back from the battlefield, fixed its gaze on Lu Yu, and snarled, “It’s you. I’ve been waiting for you painfully long.”

“It’s Lu Yu!”

“Mr. Lu!”

The surrounded humans burst into cheers.

Among these warriors were two women who burst into tears of joy.

They almost thought they were going to die in that moment.

“You killed my possessed body. Now watch how I kill you!” The serpent man glared at Lu Yu, and in an instant, the fury that had been suppressed in his heart erupted.

“It’s you?” Lu Yu also realized who he had encountered!

The snake man pointed at the surrounded people and ordered, “Capture them all; the Snake Demon Lord wants them alive.”

“Good!”

More than a hundred snake people answered together, starting to attack even more fiercely.

At the same time, the leader-level snake person stared at Lu Yu furiously and said, “I will eat your body piece by piece, making you watch yourself die slowly!”

“Are you up to it?”

Lu Yu stood with his hands clasped behind his back, gazing coldly at the snake-man across from him, and said in a chilling voice, “Release the person, and I’ll spare your life!”

Upon hearing this, the leader of the snake people was taken aback, but then burst into laughter and said, “Human, do you know who you’re dealing with? Just at the level of one hundred and fifty zuns, you actually think you can challenge me simply because you have a star weapon?”

At this moment, the black wolf was also continuously retreating behind Lu Yu, saying, “Human, do you think I’ve told you everything?”

The Black Wolf laughed loudly as he spoke, “Being promoted to a higher class of life isn’t just about being powerful. They have undergone the baptism of gods. Each leader possesses a special ability—one that’s a mutation of the Serpent Clan’s abilities. This kind of ability is definitely more than ten times stronger than ordinary powers. This Serpent Lord here is exactly such a leader with a mutated ability, and his power alone is enough to tear you apart! Facing you humans, it’s equivalent to having the strength of four hundred warriors—three times your power, sufficient to kill you instantly!”