Cowering in Abyss City was ultimately not a long-term solution.
After spending every last magic crystal they possessed, these human-devils had only two choices left.
One was to leave the city of their own accord and join the battle against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
The other was to become dependents of heavenly demons or earth demons, surviving by living at others' mercy.
The stall owner gave Xu Chunniang a sympathetic look. "That is more or less the situation in the city. Abyss City lies deep underground and is protected by a formation set up by the Demon King, so overall, it is fairly safe.
But there is no such thing as a free lunch. Maintaining the city-protecting formation requires vast amounts of magic crystals. Staying in the city overnight is not cheap. Most human-devils live together in the south of the city, where the rent is low. As for the situation there... you will understand once you see it yourself."
"Thank you."
Xu Chunniang took out her remaining thousand magic crystals and handed them to the stall owner. After thanking him, she headed toward the south of the city.
The moment she entered the southern district, she keenly sensed that the air had become far more chaotic. Amid the surrounding Devil Qi was a trace of Immortal Qi, as well as that strange, indescribable aura she had sensed before.
Yet this aura was extremely faint. Only by concentrating and sensing carefully could one detect the slightest trace of it.
Moreover, the place looked desolate. As far as the eye could see, there were only a handful of low houses scattered among a cluster of crude caves.
Just as Xu Chunniang was taking in her surroundings, the door of one of the houses suddenly opened. A devil man over ten