Chapter 2158: Chapter 2159: Public Enemy! (Second Update)
A gigantic pool suddenly appeared before his eyes, bubbling away as if it were an underground hot spring.
Every young abyssal demon that came over jumped into the pool without any hesitation, and emerged at the other end. After the young abyssal demons waded through the pool, Ye Qiu noticed that they had become much stronger than before; the pool water seemed to have the effect of enhancing strength.
Then, these abyssal demons unfolded their fleshy wings and began flapping to fly upwards, and Ye Qiu looked up, noticing a faint ray of light a hundred meters above.
All the evolved young abyssal demons flew toward it like moths drawn to a flame, one after another.
During the ascent, some abyssal demons hadn’t yet reached it but fell, crashed to the ground, and turned into a puddle of blood, which then flowed into the pool.
Standing in place for a while, Ye Qiu couldn’t help but feel startled by the cruelty of the abyssal demon species.
From birth, it wasn’t long before the elimination began; those who couldn’t fly out would fall and die, while only those who could fly out could continue to survive.
This scene deeply shook Ye Qiu’s heart; witnessing the abyssal demons’ journey from birth to elimination and death was so similar to the world of Martial Artists.
Entering the martial path meant contending with the heavens, facing Heavenly Tribulation, and not to mention the struggles between peers, where one mistake could lead to death and destruction.
The survival of the fittest, natural selection, and survival of the strongest.
No matter which species or form of life, there seems to be this law of life.
Lost in thought for a while, Ye Qiu also stepped into the pool water. Compared to these young abyssal demons, his demonic body was superior, and as soon as he entered the pool, all the young abyssal demons dared not come down, seemingly having an instinctual fear of him.
Ye Qiu chuckled, understanding that it was due to the difference in abyssal demon hierarchy; these young abyssal demons sensed his aura and felt a deep-seated fear, thus not daring to approach.
He initially thought that his body would be strengthened by the pool water, but after a couple of splashes, it felt no different than taking a bath, with no strengthening effect whatsoever.
Ye Qiu had no choice but to jump out; perhaps his current level was higher than that of these young abyssal demons, rendering the pool’s strengthening capability useless to him.
In this place, Ye Qiu was like an outsider, unable to kill or touch the young abyssal demons. Having observed already, the benefits of the pool’s enhancements were ineffective for him, staying here held no meaning.
"I should leave here too." Ye Qiu murmured, his heart stirred, as the fleshy wings on his back instantly unfolded. With a slight pause on his feet, he sprang high, and with the flapping of the wings, he swiftly approached the exit above.
Other young abyssal demons experienced many failures, but Ye Qiu at this moment had no need to worry about such issues.
Easily flying out of the opening, he arrived in the world outside the cavern.
Whoosh...
The moment he emerged, Ye Qiu felt the wind, continuously howling past, blowing up from below.
Lowering his head.
Ye Qiu suddenly realized that this was the cosmic abyss, and as he gazed around, he saw numerous caves with heads peeking out from within.
All were young abyssal demons.
"Could it be that the depths of these caves are the birthplaces of abyssal demons?"
Ye Qiu looked at the countless caves, with abyssal demons constantly crawling out of them.
Previously, Ye Qiu was puzzled by the sheer number of abyssal demons, thinking that even if there were numerous demon eggs on the plain, there shouldn’t be this many abyssal demons knowing that some wouldn’t survive.
But now, he understood that there were at least hundreds of locations like the one he experienced earlier here.
No wonder, when he previously killed abyssal demons, their numbers always felt endless; the birthplaces of abyssal demons were this abundant all along.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t destroy those demon eggs, or he could have exterminated the abyssal demon species entirely.
Culling all the unborn abyssal demons prematurely.
As he lamented, Ye Qiu noticed that brutal fights were occurring near several caves.
Some abyssal demons were pounced upon by others just after emerging from the caves, engaging in mutual biting and tearing, and after one was killed, the other devoured it, becoming stronger.
Newly emerged abyssal demons were slain, and new ones kept appearing, the slaughter continued unceasingly. In this place, only powerful abyssal demons could survive.
Ye Qiu clicked his tongue, watching the fierce battles among the abyssal demons. Though his hands itched to join in, he was frustrated to find that despite the rigorous fighting, not a single demon came to attack him.
"Are they discriminating against me for being too strong?" Ye Qiu realized it was his aura that intimidated many abyssal demons; compared to them, he was far superior in both size and strength to these newly born abyssal demons.
Since you won’t attack me, then I’ll attack you.
Ye Qiu took the initiative, and as he began to act, those that had devoured many abyssal demons grew wary; they could sense that Ye Qiu was the strongest among them.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Some abyssal demons dared not let Ye Qiu approach and immediately fled far away.
Darn, don’t run away!
Ye Qiu quickly started chasing; his speed was much faster, far more agile than those young abyssal demons.
Quickly, one abyssal demon failed to escape and was caught by him; then, the demon emitted a shrill sound Ye Qiu couldn’t understand, but he could feel its fear.
Rip!
Ye Qiu’s hand grabbed, twisted, and tore.
The abyssal demon was effortlessly killed by him.
Another!
Previously inside the cave, he couldn’t kill those abyssal demons; here without that energy barrier, he could unleash his killing spree.
Then, Ye Qiu began pursuing some slightly stronger abyssal demons. Toward the abyssal demons, he felt no sympathy, even though he was now in the form of an abyssal demon, Ye Qiu didn’t see himself as a true abyssal demon; he was human.
Thus, even bullying these weaker abyssal demons, he showed no mercy.
As Ye Qiu’s slaughter escalated, causing some abyssal demons to begin teaming up.
"Interesting, even if they haven’t evolved into higher-tier abyssal demons, they still organize themselves, huh?" Ye Qiu was slightly surprised at the abyssal demons’ spontaneous nature.
This behavior was more of an instinct; in their eyes, Ye Qiu was too strong, and if they didn’t act together, they would all die.
Ye Qiu faced no fear; despite his current weak power, dealing with these abyssal demons weaker than the Broken Void realm wasn’t difficult.
Therefore, Ye Qiu became the public enemy of all abyssal demons in this area!