This was a demonic spawn born in Black Wind Mountain.
In truth, Black Wind Mountain formed a realm of its own. The vast majority of vicious creatures able to survive there came from Black Wind Mountain itself.
Where exactly the Horned Demon Snake had been born was obscured by heavenly secrets in Shadow Play, hazy and impossible to see clearly.
All that was known was that when it crawled to the outskirts, it had been only as thick as an arm.
Although Black Wind Mountain did not contain many vicious creatures, they were all concentrated in the few places unlikely to be swept by wind blades. Many of those places were also suitable for Ink Spirit Fruit trees to grow.
If Black Wind Mountain were likened to a desert,
then the places where wind blades rarely appeared would be oases—oases where vicious creatures survived.
Territory and resources were scarce commodities no matter where one went. Naturally, creatures could not avoid devouring one another and fighting over territory.
The Horned Demon Snake's rise had been no exception.
Yet its luck had been exceptionally good. It had encountered three strokes of fortune in all.
The first came when it had just reached the outskirts. By chance, it found a cave where it could hide well, and within the cave grew a clump of Purple Marrow Grass, a rare spiritual material of Black Wind Mountain.
Purple Marrow Grass was a rare spiritual plant of the underworld. To demons and the Human Race outside, it was not only no treasure, but poison. Yet to Demonic Beasts, it was an extraordinary thing, capable of cleansing the marrow and reforging the bones, strengthening the Demonic Body.
Relying on the transformation brought by devouring Purple Marrow Grass, the Horned Demon Snake gradually grew stronger and gained the