The bottom of the Chaos Abyss.
When the Shadow Demon returned in disgrace with the news of the Desecration Demon’s death, all the demons fell silent, their hearts shaken beyond measure.
Are you saying that the Desecration Demon, who had survived for five centuries and personally witnessed those “Players,” just died like that?
Among them, the one most stunned by the news was the Chaos Demon Ursos, because he had personally watched that Desecration Demon grow from a low-rank monster to a high-rank one.
Ursos recalled that back then, he was only called an Elite Monster by the Players, while the Desecration Demon was just a minor monster stationed in front of his territory to stop the Players’ advance. Becoming experience fodder for Players seemed to be their fate.
But just as the Players attacked the Desecration Demon, something strange happened.
The Players who were about to cast spells suddenly froze on the spot, unable to move. Above their heads appeared a strange icon: [Server Not Responding]. A few seconds later, all the Players in the world vanished overnight!
It was from that moment that the entire Illusion Continent began to undergo drastic changes!
Afterward, Ursos left his territory and roamed the land with the Desecration Demon, battling everywhere. Until today, over five hundred years later, when the Desecration Demon said it wanted to “go out and see what’s going on” — and then it died.
So rushed…
“Give me every detail from the scene, Shadow,” Ursos said coldly. He wanted to uncover the cause of the Desecration Demon’s death.
But it wasn’t to avenge it. Rather, it was to guard against a method that could kill a Prime Demon outright.
After all, living under the watchful eyes of the Twelve-Rank Gods was already hard enough. Revenge? They wouldn’t dare even think about it.
“I… didn’t conduct any reconnaissance. I just saw the Desecration Demon’s corpse and ran away immediately,” Shadow replied, his voice trembling noticeably.
“Hmph!”
Ursos snorted disdainfully. Fine, he’d handle it himself.
The huge purple pupil in the Chaos Abyss began to emit rhythmic, dim light. Accompanied by 99th-rank Chaos Magic, the incandescent sun above the Dea Plateau instantly dimmed.
“Why did it suddenly get cloudy?”
Citizens inside Deya City looked up at the sky, surprised to see the sun rapidly turning a pale purple. Soon, a deep purple pupil replaced the sun, overlooking the entire Dea Plateau.
Because overlooking the Dea Plateau was far too conspicuous, Ursos had to gather clues before the Goddess of Life drove him away.
Magical fluctuations, blood residues, racial scents — he took in every detail.
“How bold!”
Within seconds, a sunwheel composed of pure Life Energy struck Ursos’ pupil. It shattered into pieces, and the sun’s light shone brightly once more over the Dea Plateau.
Ursos’ projection was destroyed with a single strike by the Goddess of Life.
The Goddess of Life arrived just in time, frowning slightly. These demons were getting more and more arrogant, now daring to spy on her territory without any fear!
They hadn’t even dared to show their faces before. Who was giving them this courage?
It looked like the demon-hunting campaign schedule would have to be moved up…
Back in the Chaos Abyss, Ursos felt slightly weakened. The pure Life Energy from the Goddess of Life had nearly severely damaged his true body through his projection.
Fortunately, he had voluntarily abandoned the projection in time.
Although becoming a high-rank demon meant he no longer feared the Saintlight, the Goddess of Life had found a new weakness for high-rank demons: pure Life Energy.
It didn’t harm low-rank demons much, but for high-rank demons, it was like an enhanced version of Saintlight.
With the information collected, Ursos activated his innate skill, the Omniscient Eye of Chaos, at full power. He began to trace back the events before the Desecration Demon’s death. The other three demons watched intently as the Dea Plateau projection slowly formed in front of Ursos.
Truly the most omniscient among the Prime Demons!
The three demons thought to themselves that this wasn’t the first time they’d seen Ursos use this skill. Thanks to the Omniscient Eye of Chaos, they were able to anticipate every major move made by the gods.
Like purging demons.
Of course, this skill could also be countered. Anyone who learned a high-rank counter-reconnaissance skill could directly nullify the Omniscient Eye of Chaos. But who had that kind of time?
Everyone’s life was limited. Who would waste all their time studying counter-reconnaissance, something hardly useful? They’d rather spend that time trying to break through to the King Rank.
The gods certainly weren’t that idle.
So far, the only being Ursos couldn’t spy on was a god called the Prophet Goddess, because she truly devoted all her time to studying counter-reconnaissance. She hadn’t learned a single combat skill.
Was she hiding some unspeakable secret every day? She must be seriously ill…
After a few breaths, the projection of the Dea Plateau changed, but Ursos saw neither the Desecration Demon nor any gods. Instead, strange characters appeared in the projection of Deya City and directly struck in front of Ursos.
“What’s this?!”
Ursos’ pupil trembled slightly, prompting the other three demons to ask hurriedly:
“What’s going on?”
“My skill has been countered. Not only did the trace-back fail, but the opponent also left a message on my skill…”
The Dea Plateau projection Ursos showed failed to reveal any clues about the Desecration Demon’s death. Instead, it was being used as a medium to deliver a message!
A King-Tier counter-reconnaissance skill?!
Was there really someone as idle as that Prophet Goddess? Or was it the Prophet Goddess herself?
Ursos displayed the pictographic text, which resembled ancient Player language:
【Baby, you sneaking around spying on me like that is really pathetic】
“What does this sentence mean? If it’s ancient language, none of us seem to understand it,” the Curse Demon said, while the others were equally baffled.
They knew only a few humans currently studied that language, and despite centuries of research, progress was minimal. Unless they immediately captured an ancient language expert, it was impossible to decipher.
Just as the four demons were still puzzled, several longer messages replaced the original:
【Don’t waste your mana on spying. I’ll just tell you who I am — check the King Tier Arena leaderboard in Heaven; the one ranked first is me】
【If you want to challenge me, just issue a challenge. And please, I sincerely care if you click the final hidden message after fighting me】
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“What’s all this long message about?”
Ursos couldn’t understand it, so he tried clicking the last part, whose color was completely different from the rest: (Click here to view hidden message). The next second, the message changed:
【Noob, just practice more】