novelraw Chapter 892 472: Fate Plague, the Maddened God Demon
Chapter 892 472: Fate Plague, the Maddened God Demon
"Vitality is being consumed greatly, in at most a day, it will wither completely."
This God Demon of the Demon Race is an enormous red giant elephant, the race is known as the Red Pattern Elephant, and this God Demon of the Demon Race is naturally called the Red Pattern Demon.
The appearance of the Red Pattern Elephant is because of this Red Pattern Demon.
This type of Demon Race is like the Eight Great Families among the Human Race, prospering only under the protection of God Demons.
Now, with the Red Pattern Demon on the verge of falling, the Red Pattern Elephant clan will soon decline, retreating from the top tier of power.
The criterion for judging if one is a top-tier force is whether there is a God Demon providing protection behind them.
Even if there are only three people in your family, if you produce a God Demon, you are a top-tier force. Even the Da Xuan Dynasty would be wary of such a family, fearing not the forces themselves but the God Demon behind them.
Just like Qing Feng and Ming Yue, they roam unhindered in Shengjing and remain unscathed.
Various forces dare to plot and scheme, but they dare not deliver a fatal blow, for they cannot withstand the wrath of a God Demon.
The Eight Great Families, the righteous and the demonic paths, and other forces, if Gu Shanhai decided to retaliate, demolishing their mountain gates and slaying their high-ranking officials, as long as he doesn't do something as extreme as eradicating the force, and leaves them with inheritance and bloodline, the God Demons behind these forces wouldn't care. At most, Gu Shanhai would visit to apologize and offer some benefits, and the matter would be settled.
As for the ones who died, they would have died in vain.
"Quite a few God Demons are waiting to feast, it really is ruthless." Gu Shanhai also noticed that he wasn't the only one interested in the Red Pattern Demon; all the Demon Race God Demons were waiting for the Red Pattern Demon's death.
For the Red Pattern Demon, it's not a good thing, but for others, it's a grand feast.
If a God Demon dies, the corpse becomes an extremely precious resource, which no other God Demons would pass up.
"Normally, it should be that when the whale falls, all things thrive, but now it seems that this whale fall doesn't lead to the thriving of all things, rather it will be devoured by others." Gu Shanhai sighed.
"But in this way, it seems there's a little space freed up in the shares of the God Demons."
By comparing data, Gu Shanhai realized that the current number of God Demons is fixed, each with their own place.
"If this is true, as long as the Red Pattern Demon dies and others can improve, Zhao Xuanti is very likely to find ways to instigate a war between humans and the Demon Race."
Zhao Xuanti was only sharing the "Child Skill" with other God Demons, without revealing all his conversations with Gu Shanhai.
"This should count as 'when the saint doesn't die, the great thief won't stop', right?" Gu Shanhai thought of this phrase, meaning that without differences, there wouldn't be distinctions between saints and thieves.
"But each of you surely has wishful thinking; I'll just accept these things."
Gu Shanhai didn't care about the consequences of taking the Red Pattern Demon, he wasn't some selfless saint.
With a wave of his long sleeve, the sky-covering cloak covered most of the sky.
Seeing this, the Demon Race God Demons realized someone was planning to intercept the Red Pattern Demon, so they all made a move.
But their attacks fell on the green sleeve without causing any ripples; for a moment, the expressions of all the God Demons were horrified.
"Is it that newly emerged non-God Demon from the human race?"
"He has overstepped; the human side must give us an explanation."
"Hmph, this is too much."
The God Demons whispered among themselves, only able to watch the sleeve roll away the Red Pattern Demon, eventually resigning themselves to the outcome.
Fight to the death? How is that possible, not a single Demon Race God Demon would throw themselves into such a situation.
Gu Shanhai didn't care about such matters, reaching his hand into the sleeve to pull out the Red Pattern Demon.
Prior to this, the Red Pattern Demon was ten thousand feet tall, but once inside Gu Shanhai's sleeve, it was merely the size of a palm, all thanks to the size-transformation skill.
"So small, yet very cute." Gu Shanhai couldn't help but smile at the Red Pattern Demon struggling like a mad dog in his hand.
"Rationality has completely collapsed, and self has thoroughly perished."
"The soul and body are quite intact, aside from a certain degree of depletion, there are no other issues."
Currently, it's only a depletion, but with extreme depletion, death is the end result.
"The depletion rate is too fast, unreasonably so; where is the cause?"
Gu Shanhai probed the Red Pattern Demon with his Spiritual Sense, only to find something inside drawing in his Spiritual Sense, feeling similar to how a straw sips a drink.
However, the suction was too weak, nowhere near enough to extract Gu Shanhai's Spiritual Sense.
Sucking a God Demon is like sipping a drink, while sucking Gu Shanhai's Spiritual Sense is like using a straw to suck a boulder; whether it can be sucked is insignificant, even if it could, the straw would burst.
Gu Shanhai casually blocked it, immediately halting the depletion from the Red Pattern Demon.
"Indeed, all these newborn God Demons have issues."
This method of extraction is extremely sophisticated; the entire God Demon system exists because of it.
"I seem to understand a bit why the number of God Demons is fixed."
If we liken a world to a bottle, then the God Demons are the drink inside, a drink capable of self-regeneration.
Once reaching a certain number, the bottle is full, naturally halting further generation.
If someone takes a sip, then a share is freed.
"A world being cultivated, I'm really out of luck."
The God Demons of the old times certainly weren't like this, that's why they're all dead.
"I honestly don't want to explore these secrets." Gu Shanhai found it too cumbersome and dangerous.
Unfortunately, at this stage, the only thing this world can offer value-wise is the God Demons, and researching them inevitably involves confronting the presence behind them.
The protagonist? Qing Feng and Ming Yue are already cashing in, not just having value.
Every time they grow, Gu Shanhai can use them as stepping stones to understand and gather data on the entire world.
Qing Feng and Ming Yue are like a download portal, though with a slow download speed, allowing Gu Shanhai to further analyze this world and enhance himself.
"In that case, I might as well find the source."
"Thinking this way, the value of God Demons seems even greater."
Gu Shanhai felt a flash in his mind, a bit taken aback.
Clearly, it's a risky endeavor, but the risk coupled with benefits has directly increased the God Demons' original value.
"Researching the pages of the Time History Book can lower the priority, since this isn't something that can be accomplished in just a year or two anyway." Gu Shanhai adjusted his priorities, elevating the research on God Demons above the pages of the Time History Book.
After all, to extract results from the pages of the Time History Book takes at least fifty to a hundred years. If it could be completed within a year, or even within ten years, Gu Shanhai wouldn't be doing this.
In contrast, God Demons have obvious value and constraints.
Gu Shanhai doesn't wish to know when other God Demons might suffer calamities.
Even though he stopped the Red Pattern Demon's depletion, given the current situation, its body and soul are still withering little by little, at most delaying death a bit.
Gu Shanhai estimated, at present, it changed from dying in two days to dying in a year.
He tried to prolong the life of the Red Pattern Demon, but the results were minimal, the cost and benefits didn't align, so he abandoned it, deciding it was better to prioritize research while there was still a year left.
"Before researching, better resolve the issue at hand." Gu Shanhai placed the Red Pattern Demon back in his sleeve. Having snatched the Red Pattern Demon, the Demon Race God Demons were already coming to question him.
However, these Demon Race God Demons did not come to his Longevity Mountain, but stayed at the Da Xuan Dynasty border, since there was an agreement between both races that God Demons should not cross borders at will.