Chapter 1019: King Toad
N'Kai—Underground World
Compared to the cities on the surface, this place had vastly more space, as well as far more aberrant demons living within it.
Moreover, aside from the direct-line aberrant demons whose bodies carried the bloodline of the Toad Ancestor, the Underground World was also home to a large number of "dependents."
For example, the enormous Wormy Giants, who resembled primitive savages in appearance, lived among gigantic caves they had excavated themselves. They were generally responsible for digging tunnels and transporting massive stones throughout the Underground World.
Then there were the Formless Children that wandered through passageways, clung to murals, or hid within pools of water.
Their forms varied endlessly. They were both hidden guards of the Underground World and deadly traps concealed throughout its various regions.
Beyond that, there were at least dozens of different varieties of foreign aberrant demons affiliated with N'Kai.
Most of them were acquired aberrant demons that had developed on their own beneath the shroud of Eternal Night... They had no original affiliation, yet for some reason worshipped the Toad Ancestor fanatically, willing to travel thousands of miles to reach N'Kai.
Unlike those lofty High-ranking Old Kings, who were vague and difficult to approach,
the true body of a Middle-ranking Old King like the Toad Ancestor remained in the Place of Slumber, constantly watching over this place.
Furthermore, as long as one fell asleep within N'Kai's territory, there was a certain chance that their consciousness would connect to the Toad Ancestor's Dreamscape, allowing them to behold this Old King's true form.
Those who were particularly fortunate might even receive guidance from the Toad Ancestor in their dreams.
It was precisely because of the Toad Ancestor's "approachability" that it had so many dependents.
Combined with the excellent reproductive capacity and growth