Five figures fell from the sky, crashing roughly onto a patch of grass.
âAiya!â Night Demon yelled as she pushed Su Chen, who had fallen on her, off of her body. âWhy was the exit in midair?â
She glanced up. The exit gate, which was floating in midair roughly thirty feet above them, was gradually fading out of existence. To Origin Qi Scholars, this kind of a height wasnât anything crazy. However, traveling through the void was disorientating and it would throw a personâs ability to use Origin Energy out of whack. As a result, the five of them had experienced quite a hard fall.
Su Chen in particular had landed right on top of Night Demon, pressing her firmly beneath him.
Su Chen was more than able to get up immediately, but he wasnât in much of a hurry given the pleasant softness beneath him. Now that the possibility of a harem had opened its doors, the pressure in his heart had greatly decreased.
An instant later, however, he was blasted aside by Night Demon. No matter how pure she was, she still knew how to defend herself.
After regaining their bearings, the group inspected their new surroundings. They had landed in a green, grassy field. Not far from here was a flower garden that contained all kinds of rare plants and herbs growing in it. Not only were the plants extremely beautiful, but they could also fetch quite the high price.
A bit further away was a palace.
The palaceâs main construction material was a reddish stone that gave it an appearance as if it were covered in fresh blood.
Above the palace towered a tall stone column. From a distance, it looked like a massive sword stuck into the ground, and it had quite an oppressive aura.
âWhat is this place?â Shi Mingfeng and He Xu asked in surprise.
The white paper doll floated down through the air as it replied, âThis is the Scarlet Emperor Palace.â
âScarlet Emperor Palace?â Everyone was taken aback and didnât understand.
Su Chen clarified, âThe Scarlet Heartâs palace.â
âScarlet HeartâŚâŚ â Shi Mingfeng mulled over the name for a moment before his expression drastically changed. He shrieked in a high-pitched voice, âYou mean the Scarlet Demonic Emperor?â
âShh!â Su Chen placed his finger on his lips as he motioned for them to quiet down. âDonât yell.â
âAre you crazy? How could you bring us into its palace? This is a Demonic Emperor weâre talking about!â Shi Mingfeng said as he grabbed Su Chen by the collar.
Demonic Emperor!
What kind of an existence was that?
They were equivalent in strength to Ultimate Emperor Realm cultivators. Where did the title âUltimate Emperorâ come from? Put plainly, it meant that they had reached a level where they could face off against Demonic Emperors.
The Azure Wolf Demonic Lord they had fought a while back had held an advantage even while fighting against twenty Light Shaking Realm Cultivators. Demonic Emperors were two tiers higher and the higher the tier, the larger the gap in strength. As such, an existence on the level of a Demonic Emperor could kill Shi Mingfeng in a single breath.
It would take a few hundred Light Shaking Realm cultivators to even be worthy of a Demonic Emperorâs notice.
Su Chen had actually chosen to escape and run into a Demonic Emperorâs palace. If he wasnât trying to commit suicide, what was he doing?
âDonât worry,â Su Chen said slowly. âThe Scarlet Heart is not here right now.â
âNot in the palace? Where is it?â Shi Mingfeng was momentarily taken aback before he understood. âThe Beast Wave?â
âYes!â Su Chen nodded. âThe Beast Wave was activated by it.â
The Beast Waveâs activation wasnât an instinctive large gathering of Demonic Beasts. Higher-tiered existences were necessary to organize it. Most of the time, smaller Beast Waves were organized by Demonic Lords, medium-sized by Demonic Kings, and larger ones by Demonic Emperors. Any even larger ones would most likely have to have multiple Demonic Emperors organizing it.
Su Chen and the others had done their best to enrage the Beast Race, so this Beast Wave was a large one that had been activated by a Demonic Emperor.
This Demonic Emperor was the Scarlet Heart Demonic Emperor. Even though its name sounded gentle, it was extremely powerful. The beastâs true form was that of a badger that liked to feast on hearts, with an incredibly sinister and vicious disposition. It had cultivated for over three thousand years, but for a Demonic Emperor, that made it one of the younger ones.
It was known for its irascibility, bloodthirstiness, and savage temperament.
Even though Shi Mingfeng resided in Long Sang, he had heard of the Scarlet Heart before, so he almost pissed his pants when he heard that they had been teleported to that Demonic Emperorâs nest.
When he heard Su Chenâs reply, Shi Mingfeng agitatedly said, âEven if the Demonic Emperor itself is not present, thereâs no way it didnât leave behind any defenses! Thereâs no way weâre strong enough to overcome the defenses itâs put in place.â
âThatâs right, so I wasnât planning on forcing my way in in the first place.â As Su Chen spoke, his figure began to morph as he assumed the form of a tiger demon. He Xu chose to turn into a python. The white paper doll didnât need to transform, as it naturally belonged to the Demonic Beast category in the first place. Actually, it had even made a bit of a name for itself here.
âThen what about me and Night Demon?â Shi Mingfeng grew anxious. After all, he couldnât transform.
âDonât be in such a hurry. Arenât I here?â Su Chen pulled out two more vials of medicine and handed them to Shi Mingfeng and Night Demon.
He had worked on concocting transformation potions in the past, so at this point concocting two vials was an easy matter.
He Xuâs expression was still a bit unhappy. âDonât hand out too many. Otherwise my clanâs ability wonât be valuable anymore.â
âI know, I know. Donât worry, old Shiâs is temporary. Only Night Demonâs is permanent,â Su Chen said to comfort He Xu.
Shi Mingfeng almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Was it really good to be so specialized?
Night Demon beamed and hugged Su Chen. âYouâre such a good brother.â
As they spoke, the two of them gulped down the medicine and also morphed into Demonic Beasts. Night Demon cared about her appearance, so she turned into a wily red fox. Shi Mingfeng turned into a simple, large pangolin that was fairly nondescript.
Once the transformation was complete, Su Chen took the lead and headed off towards the palace.
Shi Mingfeng caught up to him and asked, âBrother Su, what are you hoping to gain by entering the palace?â
âDo you even need to ask? Of course Iâm trying to get rich!â Su Chen answered straightforwardly. âThe Scarlet Heart Demonic Emperorâs palace definitely has lots of good stuff. Looting its castle is definitely much more efficient than scavenging around in the outside world, and we can also enrage it a bit more and increase the duration and scale of the Beast Wave.â
Su Chen hadnât forgotten his ultimate goal in coming to the Beast Raceâs territory.
Naturally, plundering the Demonic Emperorâs palace was a great way to enrage his opponent.
âBut thatâs also much more dangerous. If the Demonic Emperorâs palace has any detection abilities, weâre finished,â Shi Mingfeng said anxiously.
âI know. Thatâs why I never originally planned on doing this. But alas, my luck is terrible, and a Demonic Lord seems to have set his sights on me,â Su Chen helplessly replied.
The dumbest thing the Young Beauty Bloodshed Spider had done was to reveal the Black Wind Lordâs existence.
Su Chen would not be Su Chen if he hadnât started making preparations for this as soon as he found out.
But being prepared could only do so much good. He just had no way of defeating a Demonic Lord, not even if he concocted a literal ton of medicine.
As such, he had thought extensively about this matter before eventually deciding to take the risk and come to this Demonic Emperorâs palace. Even if the Black Wind Lord knew where he was, there was no way it would dare charge in recklessly.
However, Su Chen hadnât anticipated that Danba would personally appear along with a large army, so he had chosen to delay for as long as possible by exchanging words with them until the Black Wind Lord arrived. He had then handed over that guy to Danba to deal with and taken his leave.
Actually, Su Chen was just spouting a bunch of nonsense when he was talking to Danba about strengthening the Ferocious Race.
However, after he had finished speaking, Su Chen suddenly felt like what he had said was a legitimate opportunity he could afford to take.
Regardless of whether he had successfully pulled the wool over Danbaâs eyes, Su Chen had managed to convince himself somehow. If the circumstances permitted it in the future, he really would start researching a way to increase the Ferocious Raceâs strength.
Of course, his main task right now was to loot the Demonic Emperorâs palace.
Su Chenâs heart began to beat madly as he thought about what he was about to do.
This was a Demonic Emperor, after all â an existence many tiers higher than him, but now its home was about to be plundered by Su Chen. Anyone in his position would have been moved.