Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1243: Dao Sign

On the other side of the Salon fault lies a vast expanse of void, drifting with mist all year round. The imperial capital of Demonic Shadow Empire was situated in the void, in the middle of a mountain mist.

Demoic Ring City was like what its name meant. From the sky, this magnificent capital looked like concentric circles that were intertwined. Demoic Ring City is very ancient. Even though the space above it is now filled with starships, the buildings in the city still retain an ancient flavor. The city lies in the void in front of the great fault, but unlike the floating island of Babylon, there are no anti-gravity devices beneath it. Supporting the city were thousands of stone pillars as thick as mountains. No one knew how these pillars came about. They seemed to be located naturally below the capital city, supporting the city of nearly a hundred square kilometers.

In the capital city, there was a very obvious central axis, which was the Grand Dao of the Devil's Shadow. Devil's Shadow Avenue runs through the entire city. It starts from Shadow Castle and runs through the entire city. It leads directly to a tunnel on the Salon Great Fault. In ancient times, for Demoic Ring City to travel to the outside world, it was necessary to enter the fault tunnel through the Grand Dao before heading to the surface.

Naturally, it wasn't that troublesome right now, and the Devil Shadow Flying Ships were the most powerful illustration.

Shadow Castle was located in the deepest part of the city. It was Spenak's castle. Even in the best of times, even in the extreme daytime, the castle would be hidden in the shadows for years by the towering mountain walls that rose a thousand meters behind it. From afar, it was very difficult to see the entire Dark Shadow Castle, only the strange patterns on the surface of the castle that had been blurred in the shadows for many years could be seen.

These patterns were like the blood vessels of living things, so most of the lives on Agares believed that Shadow Castle was a dormant living creature.

Of course, this statement was not verified. After all, the people living in Shadow Castle were one of the most terrifying people on the planet. Around Shadow Castle stood conical shadow towers. These towers had no windows or doors. They were like pillars that monitored Magic Ring City and even the vast area near the Salon Great Fault. From time to time, dark yellow pillars of light would shoot out from the ends of each tower. These pillars of light were penetrating and none of the known substances on Agares could stop them from penetrating.

The twenty-four Evil Shadow Towers watched everything in this world like Spenak's eyes. Nothing could escape the Demon King's sight, even when he was asleep.

However, the whole of Demonic Shadow Empire knew that Spenak had awakened.

Not long ago, the pressure of the Demon King swept through his entire kingdom like a surging tide from the deep sea. On the same day, news of Sbernak's awakening came from Demoic Ring City. This was truly shocking news. Ever since the Void Skyfire expedition to Agares, the Demon King had fallen into a long slumber. When Frius rose, he often awoke. However, the awakening time was very short. Sometimes it was a few days, sometimes it was several hours. The Demon King spent more time sleeping, and never had he woken up like this, directly releasing his aura of the Abyss Prison, announcing the truth of his awakening to the creatures of the entire planet.

As a result, many people in the empire guessed that Spenak was going to officially crush the Black Emperor, but after the Demon King awoke, he did not make any major movements. Even not long ago, there was a battle between the troops of Demonic Shadow Empire and Dobia on the continental bridge of the Blood Sea. That battle ended with the withdrawal of Demonic Shadow Empire's troops. Even so, Spenak did not interfere. This caused everyone in Demonic Shadow Empire to panic.

However, regardless of the outside world, in Shadow Castle, everything had to be very careful. Even one breath had to be controlled to avoid attracting Sbernak's attention. No one was willing to attract the attention of the Demon King, even the soldiers serving in Shadow Castle were no exception.

But today, Lamo had to go meet the Demon King, which made General Lamo, known as the Hidden Demon, feel especially heavy.

Lamar, the Baltic, was like a tall, thin monkey, with long hands and feet and an ape-like face. From head to back, there was a row of long and short bone spurs. He was always bent down as he walked, looking like an old man. However, in reality, Sbernak's general was an expert in stealth and assassination. Otherwise, he would not have won the title of "Hidden Demon". Apart from commanding an assassination squad to serve Demonic Shadow Empire, Lamar was also the Chief of Intelligence of Sbernak, responsible for managing the vast intelligence network that enveloped the entire empire.

Walking into the shadow hall of the castle, he heard the laughter of women. The hall retained the style of the ancient architecture of Agares, dark, dignified and elegant. The tall and long narrow windows left only long and narrow spots of light on both sides of the hall, like two rows of loyal guards. The stone pillars supporting the dome in the hall were carved with stone statues of naked women. It looked like these women were hugging the pillars. The dome was filled with jingshi, and the largest one was the size of a table. At night, the light emitted by these crystals was enough to light up the hall.

At the end of the hall was a high platform. The platform had a stone staircase extending to the ground. There were 27 stone staircases. The staircase was from bottom to top, from wide to narrow. On the high platform was a Black Iron Throne. The Throne was shaped like many straight sharp blades. At the bottom of the throne were two iron statues of exotic beasts. The exotic beasts were embedded with blood-red crystal stones, making them look like living creatures from afar. It was as if these two exotic beasts were carrying the throne all year round. There was a figure on the throne, and it almost merged with the shadows on the high platform, making it impossible for people to see its outline clearly. On both sides of the throne sat an enchanting woman. There was a big difference between a Bar woman and a man. The males of this race have little in common, but the females are almost the same as humans. However, their skin was dark, their pupils were bright red, and there were natural lines on their bodies, but all of them were sexy and beautiful.

Ramo looked at the throne on the platform and recognized the two women as sisters who had been personally sent to Shadow Castle by an adult the day before yesterday. Naturally, the person they were pleasing was an extremely high existence in Demonic Shadow Empire. Lamo stopped a hundred meters away from the platform. Then, he fell to the ground and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

A voice sounded from the platform, "What's wrong, Lamar? You seem to have screwed up something."

His voice was flat and straight, almost without any fluctuations, and it was constantly echoing in the hall. Her voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to be whispering in her ears. "Just now, I received news that the Kidds' transport fleet had lost contact and seemed to have been attacked before they entered the planet," Ramo said, not daring to stand up. "After passing through the atmosphere, there was an accident and the entire fleet was completely destroyed. We are now confirming the location of the wreckage of the fleet."

"What!" The voice on the platform suddenly rose a few degrees, and it became loud and angry. The pressure flowed down from the platform like a tidal wave, sweeping through the entire hall in an instant. A pair of sisters on the throne revealed painful expressions. A soft sound of bones shattering resounded within their bodies. Their sexy and beautiful bodies instantly turned into two pools of meat paste. However, they were unable to withstand the might of a supreme being and died on the spot.

Ramo's entire body was also creaking, and Spenak's aura was like a mountain, making him unable to breathe. After a while, the terrifying tide of might slowly receded, and the light in the hall seemed to have brightened up a little.

"The Kidds sent me the Heart of the Stars this time. Using the Clean Water Shipping Squadron as a cover, it should have been perfect. Who attacked them in outer space? Also, help me find out what happened to this squadron after they entered the atmosphere. But most importantly, you must find the Heart of the Stars. It is more important than anything else!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." '"Once the wreckage of the fleet is confirmed, I will immediately send a team to retrieve it. I believe the Heart of the Stars should also be nearby," Lamar said in a trembling voice.

"But what?"

"Your Majesty, according to our calculations, the place where the wreckage fell should be near the wasteland."

"A great wasteland?" The figure on the throne twisted slightly, "That's a little troublesome. The great wilderness is next to the Land of the Lost. If our people show up there, I'm afraid I'll alert her." And, once we go to the wasteland, will attract the attention of that bastard Frius. He will certainly try to understand our purpose, and I cannot imagine what would happen if the Heart of the Stars were given to Frius. "

"Your Majesty, it's just a Stellar Heart. I'm sure the Black Emperor won't be interested, right?"

"If it was the core of the dying planet, of course Frius would not be interested. However, that Star Heart was directly taken from a young planet by the Kidds with their latest technology. Its energy is immeasurable. More importantly, it is not only complete, but also young. "With it, I can make the people of Adahua Planet suffer, and I can even let this bastard Frius taste the pain of betraying me!"

"Then I know what to do, Your Majesty," Lamar said hurriedly.

"You'd better know."

Lamo almost crawled out of the Dark Shadow Hall. After the two towering black iron doors were closed, he barely managed to stand up against the wall. However, he found his legs still trembling. Sbernak was like his silhouette, unpredictable. As long as he said the wrong word, Lamo believed that his fate would not be much different from that of the sisters. Fortunately, he left the hall alive. He swore that he would not take another step into the hall if there was no need.

Of course, the prerequisite was to find the wreckage of the fleet and the Heart of the Stars!

Five hours had passed since they landed on the ground.

Alan stood on a stone and looked into the distance. The snowy plains seemed to have no boundaries. Even with the light emitted by the spatial ribbons above his head, Alan could not see the end of the snowy plains. The terrain here was fairly flat, but the strange force fields that covered the entire space affected not only perception, but also vision. With Allen's eyesight, he could only see six or seven hundred meters away in this environment. As for the distant scenery, it became blurry.

If he was still like this, the others would naturally be affected even more.

The sky still showed no signs of brightness, as if Agares' night was exceptionally long. If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't already night or day in Agares, Alan would have thought that the sky would always be this dark. The snowy plains were quiet, but silence did not mean that there was no life. The corpse lying not far away was the creature on the snowy plains. It looked a little like a giant lizard, but it had no eyes on its head, five legs on its body, and a thick tail that split into two sides from the middle.

This creature inherited the chaotic nature of life on Agares, and its seemingly head was actually used to confuse the opponent's parts. When Laura used the Blood Braking Sword to cut off its entire neck, thinking that it was safe, the exotic beast still attacked violently. Hubble, who was beside him, added another axe and almost cut it off at the waist before finally ending its life. Afterwards, Allen turned his body around and discovered that it had eyes and mouth under its abdomen. It turned out that the location of its abdomen was where its vital organs were located.

God knows how many creatures there are on this snowy plain like this.

But now, they were even more eager to find traces of the planet's natives in order to understand their current location before they could formulate their next plan.

A ball of black fog suddenly appeared nearby, and Belmord walked out of the black fog. After many attempts, he seemed to have grasped the method of opening the spatial passageway on the snowy plains. It was no longer as open in mid-air as it had been the first time. However, Belmord was still very cautious, and there was no need for him to use his legs instead of using the spatial piercing ribs. He walked up to the snow and pointed to a corner of the vast snowy plains. "Young master, perhaps we should go there and take a look. I think I should have seen the lights. Yes, the lights."

Alan's eyes lit up and he finally had a clue. He nodded and said, "Lead the way, Belmord."

They didn't walk very fast, and they encountered a few chaotic creatures along the way. These things had nothing in common at all. Among those chaotic creatures, there were soft creatures that were like sea mothers, unable to see their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses. There were also monsters with six to seven legs like spiders, but their bodies were like wolves. Only one thing, these things are very good at disguising themselves. Often seemingly fatal parts could be given up, or even used to entice enemies to attack.

An hour later, Alan saw the so-called light in Belmord's mouth.

The light made him uncomfortable.

No one felt comfortable seeing a miserable green light, including Hubble. The Gatu man waved his axe and buzzed, "I bet it's not a good place."

"Very normal, because this is Agares." Said Belmord.

"Let's go take a look." Said Alan.

That ball of light seemed to be hundreds of meters wide, not far away. But in fact, when Alan and the others walked towards the lights, they found that it wasn't that simple. After walking for nearly a kilometer, they discovered the location of the light. In other words, the invisible force field on the snow plains also affected their judgement of distance.

Standing in front of Allen was a stone pillar. The stone pillar was very rough and had an uneven surface. There was a stone cage on the ten-meter-tall pillar. There was a jade-green flame burning inside. This was the light they saw. Although it wasn't a real lamp, the stone pillars and flames didn't look natural. In other words, this was a sign of the planet's natives' activities. Not far away, there was another ball of jade fire, and even further away, there were two or three dots of jade light.

Alan exchanged glances with the crowd and said, "It seems to be something like a dao sign. The perception here is blurry, and the sense of distance and direction are greatly reduced. There is no obvious reference on the snowy plains. If there is no dao sign, I'm afraid the local natives will get lost."

"In other words, we will find a settlement." Laura said with a happy look in her eyes.

"Don't be happy too early. I don't think the planet's natives will welcome us." Alan picked up Red King and said.

The five of them walked along the green flames towards the snowy plains. When they saw the second lamppost, the snowy plains became windy. Moreover, the snowstorm came very quickly, and in a few breaths, his vision had become exceptionally blurry. The light blue snowflakes dancing wildly had a blurry vision. Fortunately, the green flames didn't know what to use as fuel, but the wind couldn't be extinguished. Alan gestured for everyone to speed up. They weren't afraid of the icy cold. They were afraid that the wind and snow would blow out the flames, and they would have to expend a lot of effort at that time.

So the team braved the wind and snow, and when they passed the eighth lamppost, they finally saw the outline of the building. In the snowstorm ahead, under a dazzling green light, there were many buildings. However, due to the backward light, only large black silhouettes could be seen.

Alan had just taken two steps forward when a green light suddenly lit up in the snow. He stopped and turned sideways. A miserable green beam of light brushed past him and slanted down on the snow a hundred meters away. A ball of green flame rose silently. Within the green flame, a large area of ice and snow instantly disappeared, and a pit filled with hot smoke appeared.

Someone in front of him yelled, and then an unpleasant voice rang out, "Who are you people!"

"We are just ordinary travelers, but this damn snowstorm has made us lose our way. Now we need a place to rest. Can we go there?" Alan said in the pure Agares language.

There was a burst of laughter before someone said, "Then tell me, where did you come from and where are you going?"

"We can't tell you where we came from, but I can tell you that we're going to the great wilderness." Alan said the words he wanted to say in the morning. The great wasteland was a grey area, and there were all sorts of people there. It would only be a joke if the other party wanted to deduce the identity of the outstanding people from their destination.

Unexpectedly, a louder laugh came from within the snowstorm. Then, the voice turned cold and said, "You are lying. I have never heard of a fellow wandering to the edge of the Land of the Lost!"

Alan's expression immediately changed. He had long thought that this snowy plain was strange, but he didn't expect it to be the edge of the Land of Lost. Thinking of Adahua Planet's warning about the region, he couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted.

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