Chapter 305: Evil Arts (1)
Inside the demon's den, Lu Heng followed Xiao Juechen's guidance and went straight inside.
The scenery that met his eyes featured exquisite pavilions, towers, eaves, and arches. Even the small pavilions by the roadside were built with great delicacy.
Although demons occasionally appeared, and because of their wicked habits most of them preferred to manifest in the form of beasts, they were all neatly dressed without any dirt or stains.
In addition, the luxuriant trees covering the many pavilions, towers, rockeries, and flowing water, embellished with various colorful flowers and vibrant foliage… if it weren't for the large dome arching overhead and the occasional appearance of demon figures nearby, one would almost mistake it for a luxurious human mansion.
This architectural style is not found in the Fire Pass Country.
Although the Fire Pass Country also had high-ranking figures, all the holders of power from Emperor Yan and Lianshan Jing downwards were the Wuzhu of the Fire God Temple, who cultivated the incense-burning divine way and didn't indulge in luxury or extravagance.
Therefore, even Lu Heng's accommodation at Emperor Yan's mansion in Fu Shan City was decorated and constructed with simplicity, no different from an ordinary household.
Luxurious mansions like the one belonging to Xiao Juechen have a style that is completely foreign to this country.
It is unknown whether Xiao Juechen, one of the Four Elders of the Green Hell Cave, is a native of the Fire Pass Country.
However, with such a luxurious and neat mansion, it seems that Xiao Juechen, the human-demon, had an unquestionably high status before entering the demonic path, enabling him to have such grandeur and display.
Soon, following Xiao Juechen's guidance, Lu Heng arrived at the depths of the cave and met the demon general known as General Tiger Dragon.
In the grand hall, decorated like a palace, a dragon several meters long was feasting greedily.
However, what it was devouring was neither a human nor a baby. Although there were blood stains all over the scene, which was quite shocking, the creature being greedily eaten was a demon wearing a maid's outfit.
Although its head was already bitten off, the appearance of its body still roughly indicated that it was a rabbit demon.
This rabbit demon has not yet opened the heaven door, but it was only inspired by the great demon and given some demon power, so it can transform into a half-human and half-demon form.
It had human limbs and was dressed in a maid's dress, but its whole body was covered in fur, and had a rabbit head that was magnified several times.
This kind of wild beast that has been inspired by the great demon is able to have human intelligence, but its foundations are destroyed by indulging too much too soon. Without special opportunities, it can hardly continue its cultivation and can only perform menial work in the demon cave.
Any slightly strong mortal can easily kill it.
-- But even so, it is still inspired with great demon's painstaking efforts.
When Lu Heng and they walked into the hall and saw this scene, Lu Heng was fine, but Xiao Juechen beside him's face changed drastically.
It never occurred to it that as soon as it left, General Tiger Dragon would devour its maidens.
Now in the palace, all the other rabbit demon maidservants were expressing fearful expressions, hiding far away and not daring to approach. They trembled in fear at the sight of this bloody scene before their eyes.
Xiao Juechen's face was even more gloomy, and he spoke directly.
"General Tiger Dragon, you eating people in my cave is excessively rude behavior. The blood is also spread all over the place… What is the meaning behind this?"
Xiao Juechen stared at the dragon in front of him, as well as the bloody scene beside it, and didn't conceal his anger.
Upon hearing Xiao Juechen's voice, the huge dragon turned its head and looked at Xiao Juechen, as well as Lu Heng behind him.
The dragon licked the blood on its mouth and said, "What's wrong with me eating your maidservant? I like to eat half-monsters, and didn't you promise to give me two rabbit demon maidservants before? Why are you unwilling now?"
Xiao Juechen's expression was angry, "I thought you wanted the rabbit demon maidservants to serve you! These rabbit demon maidservants were carefully trained by me. Their etiquette and posture are not inferior to court maids! I spent so much effort and energy educating these maidservants… and you want to eat them?! It's such a waste!"
"And you even dirtied my palace… Even if you really want to eat, can't you be more elegant? Do you have to splash blood everywhere?"
Xiao Juechen's angry questioning clearly showed that, compared to the death of his maidservant, he was more unable to bear the fact that the dragon had dirtied his palace.
Seeing the situation, the dragon snorted from its nostrils and said, "Isn't it just a little blood splatter? I'll help you clean it up now. Is that okay?"
After speaking, the dragon blew a breath directly towards the palace in front of it.
In an instant, a fierce wind blew inside the palace, gathering all the splattered blood on the walls, carpets, stone pillars, etc. with an invisible force. Finally, the blood flew out of the palace and turned into a dim blood cloud, hovering above the lotus pond outside the palace's gate, and falling as a light rain.
Amidst the sound of dripping water, the giant dragon sat coiled in the clean and tidy hall and said,
"I personally helped you disturb the cleanliness, are you satisfied this time?"
Xiao Juechen gave it and the almost completely gnawed corpse of the rabbit demon servant behind it a cold stare and said, "Our agreement about the servant girl is now null and void!"
In full view of the public, Xiao Juechen showed no respect for General Tiger Dragon.
However, the huge dragon didn't care. It opened its mouth and swallowed the remaining body of the rabbit demon servant with clothes and bones, while looking at Lu Heng behind Xiao Juechen, chewing its food at the same time.
He said, "Is this the Heavenly Demon Lord? I heard that the evil lord is coming to the Green Hell Cave to get a piece of the action… I wonder what qualifications the evil lord has? Dare to come and get involved? Perhaps it is just a decorative pillow that looks good but is useless?"
The lazy appearance of the dragon clearly indicates that it is trying to pick a fight and probe.
To this, Lu Heng smiled slightly, his smile was so gentle that it surprised the dragon's heart - Damn! It's a Smiling-face Demon!
Before Tiger Dragon could even think about it, Lu Heng smiled and said, "Does General Tiger Dragon want to have a battle with me?"
Lu Heng's words interrupted the dragon's thoughts.
It didn't have time to ponder on the matter of the Smiling-face Demon… Anyway, although the Smiling-face Demon was disgusting, its cultivation level varies.
As long as my cultivation level is higher than it, I am not afraid of it!
The dragon, so confidently, burst into a loud laughter.
"Hahaha… That's right! I am looking forward to fighting! Stretching my muscles and bones would be nice!"
Inside the palace, the dragon's laughter echoed continuously, as if it were thunderous and ear-shattering.
Those rabbit demon maids were so scared that they screamed and ran away, they could not withstand such a strong evil energy.
Lu Heng took the initiative but shook his head, "This is Brother Xiao's mansion, not suitable for fighting. Besides, General, did you not notice anything unusual when you just swallowed the corpse of the rabbit demon maid?"
The words of Lu Heng caused a slight astonishment in General Tiger Dragon.
Immediately after, there were strange sounds coming from within its belly.
Creak, creak, creak…
From the huge belly of the dragon, there came a strange sound of bones clinking.
Then the dragon clearly felt that… something seemed to be crawling inside its throat? Trying to crawl out?
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