Chapter 242 (1/2)
In the Second World of the Land of Slumber, there was a blood-red moon hanging high above the sky.
When a sudden gust of wind blew across the night sky, a shadow of a winged demon in white robes flew by.
He hid the star in his glabella and dispersed the Violent Qi on his body. Now, he was neither Ning Fan nor Zhou Ming. His brand new identity was Lu Bei!
His current identity was one of the seven hundred Demon Soldiers of the Luo Yun Tribe under the Seventh Division of the Lu Clan.
Only Nascent Soul Realm demons were able to become Demon Soldiers and only demons at the Spirit Severing Realm were considered as Demon Generals. Among the seven hundred Demon Soldiers, this Lu Bei was the most unremarkable member of all.
From his memories, Ning Fan discovered that the demon with the strongest cultivation level in the Luo Yun Tribe was a demon who was granted the title of “Honorable Demon General”. He was the Cloud General, Lu Daochen. While the others called him Master Lu. His cultivation level was at the Mid Spirit Severing Realm.
Following after him, there were a total of seven Early Spirit Severing Realm demons and all of them were members of the Luo Yun Tribe.
In short, the entire Luo Yun Tribe consisted of 8 Demon Generals, 700 Demon Soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Gold Core Realm demons. It was the entire force of the whole tribe. However, even with that amount of soldiers, the Luo Yun Tribe was only ranked seventh among the nine divisions of the Lu Clan.
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with a hint of seriousness.
The number of Demon Generals in the Second World was far more than he expected, especially the First Division of the Lu Clan – Pure Flame Tribe. That tribe alone comprised of 19 Early Spirit Severing Realm Demon Generals, 3 Mid Spirit Severing Realm Demon Generals and 1 Late Spirit Severing Realm Honorable Demon General. Apart from them, the tribe had a total of 8000 Nascent Soul Realm Demon Soldiers!
In other words, the entire Second World had more than a hundred Demon Generals, taking every Demon Generals of the nine divisions into calculation! As for the Demon Soldiers, there were approximately thirty thousand of them!
“Although there is only one Demon Marshal which is known as Lu Wu slumbering in the Third World, there are more than a hundred Spirit Severing Realm demons guarding it. This place is vast with a myriad of experts residing in here, making it virtually like the Internal Endless Sea…”
The First World which was 70 million li large was merely one percent of the Second World… If Ning Fan wanted to travel across the Second World, it would take him at least a few years of time even if he flies at his top speed.
Fortunately, time was no longer an issue for him. Since the First World had collapsed, Ning Fan could choose to stay within the Second World for however long he wants. However, the only problem was that according to Lu Bei’s memories, the location to enter the Third World was only known by the nine Honorable Demon Generals.
Apparently, each of them held one-ninth of the map of the World Passage to the Third World… The specifics were not something that a lowly Demon Soldier like Lu Bei could know.
As a matter of fact, this Lu Bei who had a terrible behavior would not have obtained the surname of “Lu” if it was not for his old ancestor who was once a Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert that made great contributions to the Luo Yun Tribe. The surname of “Lu” in this world was the symbol of honor because the demons with that surname would be considered as the people of the Demon Marshal, Lu Wu!
What made the situation worse was that this Lu Bei would, sooner or later, be considered as a traitor to the Luo Yun Tribe!
He privately welcomed the ten Demon Generals from the Demon World into this world and led them to converge with the experts of the First Division. If this incident is revealed, perhaps many of the demons within the Luo Yun Tribe itself would want to kill him to vent out their anger!
Unfortunately for Ning Fan, he had to be a scapegoat for the deceased’s crime without a choice.
In the memories of Lu Bei, the area where Ning Fan just got out from the portal seemed to be the borderline between the Luo Yun Tribe and the Lie Tu Tribe – the Vast Meadow.
There was always a conflict of power between the Lie Tu Tribe, which was the Eight Division, and the Luo Yun Tribe. Therefore, the boundary that separated the two tribes became a killzone for them to fight and kill each other.
Above the dark sky, Ning Fan spread his wings and flew across the area. All the small demons[1] that he met along the way were all members of the Lie Tu Tribe. As soon as they sensed the Early Nascent Soul Realm demon power from Ning Fan, all of them hurriedly fled for their lives. None of them dared to stay and spy on him.
In the Second World, there were small demons.
In the Second World, there was no limitation on the duration of stay.
In the Second World, he could use the female corpse and Stone Warrior!
To Ning Fan, the Second World was a place full of great opportunities. It was a place where he had hopes of having his demon power attain the Spirit Severing Realm!
“This Lu Bei secretly headed to the borderline to meet the people of the Pure Flame Tribe. He is considered to have gone missing. If there isn’t an appropriate explanation, it would be very troublesome. If the members of the tribe insist to look into this matter, I may face the danger of being exposed. In order to discover the World Passage to the Third World, I have to lie low within the Luo Yun Tribe for the moment…Hmm… Luckily I am right here at the borderline just in time. I will kill some enemy demons and bring their heads back to the tribe. In that case, even if there are people who want to blame Lu Bei for being absent from duty without permission, they would have nothing to say!”
Determination shone within Ning Fan’s eyes. With a slap on his storage pouch, he took out a short dagger-axe with the shape of an animal’s fang. It was only a Peak High Grade Demon Treasure which belonged to Lu Bei before his death. To a certain extent, it just showed how weak his combat power was as an Early Nascent Soul Realm demon like him as he did not even have a single Supreme Grade Demon Treasure. Furthermore, amongst the seven hundred Demon Soldiers, he was also considered as one of the weakest soldiers.
If it was Lu Bei holding this dagger, maybe he would not even be able to kill a Peak Gold Core Realm cultivator with a single strike.
However, when Ning Fan wielded the dagger, it transformed into a ray of green light. From just a single ray, it split and multiplied, forming a thousand of them. When it scattered, tens of demons which were at the Gold Core Realm and Harmonious Spirit Realm within a vicinity of a thousand li* collapsed to the ground with some of their heads detached from their bodies.
“71 heads. I suppose Lu Bei would at most be able to kill that many with his combat power. If I kill too many of them, people might be suspicious of me instead…”
Ning Fan drew out his demon power and turned it into threads which bundled up the corpses. He then headed towards the base of the Luo Yun Tribe which was situated at the side of the Vast Meadow.
Here, there was a Demon Soldier with nearly a hundred small demons standing guard.
As they caught sight of a Nascent Soul Realm demon flying towards them, the Mid Nascent Soul Realm Demon Soldier immediately yelled. The next second, multiple torches were lit up, brightening the dark sky!
“Who’s there?!”
“I am Lu Bei from Luo Yun Tribe!”
“Tell me the countersign!”
“Summer Nettle!”
Summer Nettle was a type of demon grass that could be easily found in the base of Luo Yun Tribe. However, it became the countersign for the garrisoned demons tonight.
Since Lu Bei was able to leave the borderline of the base, he, of course, knew about it. Naturally, Ning Fan learnt about it after searching his soul and memories.