Has the God of Death Descended?

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"This is your camp?" Looking at the vast stretch of treehouses before him, Er Dongsheng suddenly felt that the Abyssal Fairies truly lived blissfully. Compared to people like him, who could only live in stone caves, they were happier by more than ten million times!

Most of these treehouses were woven from vines, exquisitely crafted and neat. Dense vines intertwined layer upon layer, forming gray treehouses, while the Abyssal Fairies had collectively induced countless weeds to grow along the vine-woven walls, sealing the gaps between the branches even more tightly!

It could be said that these beautiful treehouses not only possessed decent defensive power, but whenever the Abyssal Fairies' home was attacked, the various plants they had grown could instantly turn into supreme killing weapons! When you were trapped in boundless, dense grass that could attack you, you would understand just how difficult walking and fighting could be!

However, such massive magic could not be unleashed by just one or two Abyssal Fairies. It required the entire race to work together! That was why people in the Abyss said that the Abyssal Fairies were a powerful social Abyssal Species, rather than a powerful solitary one!

Er Dongsheng looked dazzled by all the strange, bizarre buildings in this residential area. Abyssal Fairies were famously fond of plants, and all sorts of inexplicable vegetation had been placed throughout their settlement, such as this one...

"Cough, cough! What the hell is this thing? It scared the life out of me!"

Er Dongsheng spotted a beautiful, enormous flower. It was so huge that even someone who had lived two lives like Er Dongsheng was utterly shocked—oh, no, one life as a human and one as a demon. Its diameter was a full two meters. The flower was covered in every color imaginable; aside from the rare green of the Abyss, red, dark red, brown—everything was there!

This gigantic flower bud had grown abruptly from the ground, with no visible roots, stem, or leaves. Er Dongsheng was extremely puzzled. How did this thing even survive?

Seeing something so beautiful, it would not be Er Dongsheng's style if he did not touch it. Besides, this was Fairy territory. There should not be any danger, right? Touching it should be fine!

One claw held the corpse, while the other reached out to touch the flower bud.

"Mm, soft and squishy. It feels pretty nice, mm!" Er Dongsheng mimicked the way the little loli at home spoke, nodding and shaking his head as he gave his appraisal.

Bang, bang, bang!

"Mm, the hardness and flexibility are pretty good too!" His claw continued upward as Er Dongsheng prepared to inspect the flower bud more carefully. This flower was rather nice, rather cute. He had never expected the Abyss to contain something this pretty. The Abyssal Fairies really did have aesthetic taste!

"Mm..."

"Fuck, what the hell is this thing!"

Holding up the corpse, Er Dongsheng leaped far away from where he had been standing. At the same time, a ghostly howl escaped his mouth!

"Pfft!" The Fairy Xierjie, who had been watching from the side all along, could no longer hold it in and burst into laughter!

"Damn it, are you screwing with me?" Er Dongsheng stared darkly at the flower bud, which had just been beautiful but had transformed in an instant as though someone had performed a living metamorphosis!

At that moment, the flower bud had fully opened, exposing row after row of sharp blade-like teeth. Some incompletely digested food still remained between them, and waves of foul stench that made one dizzy and nauseated slowly wafted out!

"Bleurgh!!!!" Damn it, could this be any more of a trap?

"Haha, that is the pet we keep, a creature somewhere between a plant and an animal. We call it Razorfang!" Xierjie could not bear watching any longer and explained.

"Pet? Flower bud? Razorfang?" It felt as though ten thousand grass-mud horses were galloping across his forehead. Er Dongsheng felt that he was truly miserable right now!

Heavens, he would never believe in love again—no, wait, he would never believe in beauty again! Sure enough, how could there possibly be any beauty worth mentioning in the Abyss!

You could know a person's face but not their heart. This really was a case of not knowing the heart!

Er Dongsheng stared at the flower bud, which was still baring its broken teeth and flailing its claws there, his face full of loneliness!

It truly deserved the name Razorfang! As for the Abyssal Fairies' aesthetic sense, just pretend he had never said anything!

His damn grandma, all sense of integrity really had been thrown away!

Having lost all interest in admiring the place, Er Dongsheng followed Xierjie directly to the residence of the tribe's manager!

Xierjie's tribe lived near the forest on the edge of this trading ground. The tribe was neither too small nor too large, with around fifty members. Only she and the tribe's manager were First-Level Demons; the rest were ordinary Abyssal Species! Compared with the several Abyssal tribes that had jointly established the trading camp with those demons, they were truly far too small! If not for the two Abyss Demons holding the fort, this little tribe would either have perished or been annexed!

In the Abyss, being annexed was not a good thing. More often than not, the Abyssal Species of an annexed tribe became slaves or hunting fodder!

Their tribe was doing fairly well. At the very least, the two of them supported it, preventing it from becoming one to be annexed. Yet their position in this trading ground was still exceedingly precarious. That was why Xierjie had been so desperate to obtain Troll Sula's body!

One had to know that the flesh and blood of an Abyss Demon, especially a Peak First-Level Demon like this one, was an incredibly precious resource—not to mention the Abyss Essence hidden within its body. Not every Abyss Demon evolved into such an oddity as Er Dongsheng, lacking independent essence points and instead turning into a system spread throughout his entire body!

The essence of a Peak First-Level Demon might be enough to create an ordinary First-Level Demon! Tell me, was that thing precious or not?

Er Dongsheng looked speechlessly at the red-faced Xierjie.

"So, this is all you have?" Er Dongsheng pointed at the pile of items placed before him and rubbed his forehead!

"My heavens, tell me, what would a solitary demon like me need so much food for? Especially when most of it is fruit!"

This time, even the tribe's manager lowered her head in embarrassment. Her name was Shiweier, and she looked almost identical to Xierjie. Er Dongsheng guessed that the two were sisters!

"My lord, there is also me. I will be your merchandise!" Xierjie suddenly spoke!

"Big sister, you..."

"Wait, wait." Er Dongsheng interrupted the two sisters before they could continue. Tilting his head, he looked at Xierjie with great interest. "You were already my spoils of war, yet you are using merchandise that already belongs to me to bargain with me? Heh, heh, you really are clever!"

"Big sister, what is going on?" Hearing Er Dongsheng's words, the younger sister Shiweier suddenly asked with a stern expression!

"I... I..."

"All right, enough with this and that." Er Dongsheng rolled his eyes, seeming to consider something.

"I do not need you as merchandise either, nor do I want any of your things. Consider this item a gift from me to you!" Er Dongsheng lifted the Troll's corpse and tossed it before them.

"However, I need to make a deal with you!" He folded his arms and looked at the two delighted Fairies!

"The deal is..."

A few minutes later, Er Dongsheng walked out of the treehouse with a calm expression, followed by the two Fairies, whose expressions were somewhat strange.

"All right. The deal is complete. We..."

Suddenly—

BOOM!

An earth-shaking roar rang out. Immediately afterward, the ground began to hum and tremble. Terrifying red light flashed in the distant sky as vast amounts of black matter poured into the heavens! Flocks of Abyss birds in the forest began scattering wildly. Insects, ants, birds, and beasts all surged forth in a flood.

"This is..."

"Heavens, how could this be? How could this be..."

The Fairies in the treehouses, the demons and Abyssal Species in the camp, all rushed outside and stared blankly at the distant sight!

Had the God of Death descended...?