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Of course, it was only for a moment. The great Shadow Lord protected his mind, and the other party's voice contained a certain mental power that could involuntarily plunge people into negative states such as fear.
So, at that moment, Adre had the thought that the expedition was about to end like this. But Adre realized that he had already given everything to the great Shadow Lord. It was difficult for him to be harmed by the power of the mind. On the contrary, the person who had launched the mental attack on him might not have an easy time.
"You... what the hell is this?!" The voice tried to say something, but then let out a shrill scream, surrendering itself entirely to Adre, the Shadow Lord, whose heart was connected to Gresta like the world itself.
The will within the Blood Pool attempted to attack Adre with words mixed with mental power, but through Adre's mental world, it witnessed the scene of Gresta. Although the being within the Blood Pool was also a powerful creature, something that could even be called a god in some worlds, otherwise it could not have become a source of power for a race.
However, compared to Gresta now, it was just a slightly stronger ant, but it still managed to attract Gresta's attention. The environment of this world was not suitable for raising ants of this size, which meant that this ant came from another world.
If a being can travel to other worlds, then that world can't be too bad, and might even be able to provide it with more of its essence.
"I am the Blood Demon Krust, nothing can defeat me in spirit, nothing!!!" The Blood Pool trembled violently, the blood continuously condensing and finally coalescing into a human shape.
This five-meter-tall humanoid figure was blood-red, exuding a sulfurous heat. It had spiraling ram horns on its head, tattered wings on its back, and hooves burning with crimson flames. Its appearance caused the surrounding space to tremble, and it looked extremely imposing. Of course, it would be even better if you ignored its constantly trembling body!
"I am one of the seven great kings of the Demon Realm, ruling over billions of demons. I once slew the Life God King of the Winged Light Clan. How could I possibly be afraid?!" Krust roared loudly. Some vampires were already bleeding profusely under the pressure of this bloodline. If they hadn't undergone the Shadow Transformation earlier, they would probably be dead by now.
"Illusions, all illusions! I'm not afraid!" the Blood Demon shouted frantically. Only then did the Shadow Legion members see clearly a bloody wound on his chest.
However, this Blood Demon, who claimed to be one of the Seven Kings of the Demon Realm, flapped his tattered bat wings wildly, completely ignoring the wound on his chest, splattering bright red blood everywhere, before flying into the sky, his body flashing red light.
"I want to go back to the Demon Realm! I'm not afraid! I won't!" The red light on the Blood Demon's body flashed and tore through space, but the wound on his chest was torn open again, and a lot of blood splattered. However, the Blood Demon didn't care at all and desperately tried to open up space, tearing open a spatial passage.
"I'm back from the Demon Realm! I'm not afraid!" Adre could hear a hint of a sob in the voice, whether it was his imagination or not.
"Um, should we fire the cannons and blast him down?" Adre's adjutant asked in a low voice. Not far away, the Thousand-Dimensional Eye ship had already locked onto the blood demon who was opening the door. There was even a hint of pity in the adjutant's tone.
They were followers of the Shadow Lord and possessed a certain level of resistance. However, their own level was insufficient, and they only saw the surface of things, so they were not significantly affected. But the so-called Blood Demon was at a higher level than them, saw more, and was thus greatly impacted.
"There's no need. Our Lord has already left a mark on him. His return to that so-called Demon Realm will only bring that Demon Realm into our Lord's sight." Adre shook his head and said, "The Shadow Lord's radiance will eventually overshadow that place."
Adre knew that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, their next task would be to conquer the so-called Demon Realm. However, before that, they would first thoroughly conquer this world.
The Thousand-Dimensional Eye's spaceship took off once again. When it arrived, there were only a little over two hundred people on board, but now there are thousands more vampires. Of course, according to what the Blood Demon said before, these vampires should be called the Blood Demon Clan.
Back at the city base, the third, fourth, and fifth companies had not yet returned. The sixth and seventh companies, stationed in the temporary territory, had managed to repel several probing attacks from the human army, but were powerless to do anything more. The shadowy, deformed monsters brought about by the nuclear explosion had distracted them.
Adre did not underestimate humanity. He proceeded steadily, using the deformed monsters to distract the human army, and then sending out all but the necessary conservative forces to create chaos and disrupt the human world.
For example, the city cast Shadow Magic, causing most of the people to mutate. The most deadly of these was a human experiment. Faced with deformed monsters, humans naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die, leading to various studies targeting these monsters.
Adre personally guided one of the scientists, leading him to discover the true meaning of the shadow. Using the power of the shadow, he created a special potion. By using this potion, humans would undergo a life-level evolution due to the Shadow Power. The scientist, infected by the shadow, launched this poisonous potion into the world via missiles for the sake of the evolution of all humanity and to save the world.
This was far more damaging than the previous nuclear bomb. At this time, they also found the gathering place of werewolves and wizards. The army was mobilized again, with a large number of the Shadow Legion taking over many werewolves. Then the entire legion attacked together, corrupting the werewolves' source of power.
As expected, the so-called Heart of Ambition contained a critically wounded and dying creature. However, this creature has now been corrupted by a large amount of Shadow Magic and has completely surrendered to the embrace of the Shadow Lord.
The other party is currently asleep and resting to adapt to the Shadow Power. Presumably, once he wakes up, they will be able to obtain most of the information about that so-called demon realm. Information about another world will also bring in more contribution points.
However, the problem arose with the wizards' fountain of magic. After another army of the Shadow Legion subdued the wizards, they discovered that the so-called fountain of magic had withered away more than a decade ago.
According to the legion's investigation, the will of the being inside had obviously escaped. However, some of the magical source still exists here, so the being likely doesn't have the power to leave this world. In other words, it is still in this world.