He pushed open the Cave Abode door, but before he could make another move, he saw a figure standing proudly in the sky not far away.
The figure stood with his hands behind his back and his back to the Cave Abode. His green robes snapped in the breeze as he gazed calmly at the sea below, now stained completely red with foul-smelling Demon Blood.
He looked like a traveler wandering the four seas, his mind lost in the strange and dazzling crimson waters.
He seemed not to notice the terrifying demon at Great Vehicle Perfection behind him, concealing its aura as it edged closer.
The Giant Crocodile crept forward step by step. Just as it reached the youth's back and raised a hand to strike—
"Ah!"
"Boy, who are you? Do you know this is the military camp of the Southern Sea Dragon Palace's Crocodile Dragon General?"
"Trespassing in a Demon General's camp is a capital offense if the great figures of the Southern Sea Dragon Palace find out!"
A startled cry, mingled with a scolding, suddenly rang out.
The voice belonged, of course, to the female demon who had been alone with the Giant Crocodile in the Cave Abode.
She saw the mangled demon limbs floating on the sea and the water dyed red with reeking blood.
She knew at a glance that the Crocodile Dragon General meant to ambush the Green-Robed Youth, but the overwhelming fear rising within her made her cry out before she could stop herself.
"Idiot!"
Now that his chance to gain the upper hand with an ambush was gone, the Crocodile Dragon Demon General halted. He turned toward the quarters of his Deputy General and Demon Soldiers and roared.
"The enemy has come right to our doorstep and killed so many of our