Treasure Chest Monster and the Troop Swarm Trap

The Demon Race, a cruel, cunning, evil, and bloodthirsty race.

Chaos is the greatest characteristic of this race. Races like humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and so on, all have more or less common racial features, such as pointed ears, short stature, and so on.

But the Demon Race is not like this. Each of them looks bizarre and grotesque. What they will look like depends entirely on what kind of monsters their parents ate. The more of a certain monster they ate, the more the born demon would resemble that monster.

However, the truth of this statement remains to be verified, as some people have tried feeding demons only vegetables, and the result was not the birth of a vegetable person.

In short, as long as they have horns on their heads, tails behind them, plus dark skin and various mutated features, they are demons.

They possess intelligence no less than humans, but their desire for slaughter far exceeds that of humans, hence their notoriety on the continent.

Every one or two hundred years, or two or three hundred years, a super individual will be born within the Demon Race, known as the "Demon King." At that time, the Demon Race will obey the Demon King's command and unleash a disaster that sweeps across the continent.

And when the Demon King seeks to destroy the world, Heroes will step forward. Historically, it is recorded that the Demon King has never defeated a Hero.

Currently, the Demon Race is holed up on the Western Continent, lying dormant and waiting for the Demon King's resurrection.

So how did these things get into Zane Dungeon?

The Arnor Kingdom is bordered by the sea to the east, shrouded in dense fog year-round to the north, separated from other human nations by a vast desert to the south, and borders the Western Continent where the Demon Race is entrenched to the west.

Fortunately, there are continuous high mountains between the two regions to block the miasma, but not many people live in the border areas of the Arnor Kingdom.

Bede City is located in the southwest, not exactly a border city, but classifying it as inland is also a bit of a stretch; it's stuck in the middle, neither here nor there.

If the Demon Race wanted to come to Bede City, they would have to pass through dozens of large cities. The border also has strict magic for detecting demons. How did they get here alive?

Is there anything in Bede City worth them risking their lives to come here?

"I want to catch a few and question them,"

Gong Qiying became interested.

Although his current race is Living Corpse, and his daily job is to entrap Adventurers, who are temporarily mostly human, he has always considered himself a good person.

Towards things like the Demon Race, which everyone wants to beat down, he also harbors a simple emotion—he wants to kill them all.

Regardless of whether it's for public or private reasons, he cannot pretend not to see them. After all, demons kill people. The more people demons kill, the fewer potential customers his dungeon has.

You ask why not use demons instead of humans? It's the same for earning mental energy anyway.

The answer is that Gong Qiying prefers humans over demons, it's that simple.

Catch two for interrogation, break the limbs of the rest and throw them out of the dungeon, letting the people outside deal with them themselves.

He immediately came up with a plan and continued to observe the actions of the demons, looking for places along the way where he could intervene.

"The direction they're going... I remember a new trap was added there, it'll be perfect,"

Five demons walked through the Swamp.

There was no light in their eyes, as if they were covered by a layer of gloom, but this also added to their terrifying appearance.

There was no communication between them, and they looked as if they regarded their companions as nothing. But when monsters rushed over to attack, their attacks were surprisingly coordinated.

"Clatter clatter—"

Several Skeleton Monsters, under Gong Qiying's control, rushed towards a demon whose entire body was covered in blades, even his arms were shaped like long knives. According to common sense, Skeleton Monsters' slashing attacks would have resistance against him.

That Demon Race member also knew this theory. He saw him slightly turn his body, and a sound of breaking air came. An iron ball as big as a human head suddenly appeared and violently smashed the Skeleton Monsters.

Shattered to this extent, even if they weren't dead, they wouldn't be able to get up for a while.

One Demon Race member silently retracted the iron ball. Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the iron ball was attached to his body. His left arm was a tentacle, with the tip tightly connected to the iron ball.

The attack methods of these Demon Race members were to utilize their physical characteristics. Those with long blades for arms used slashes, and those with wings on their backs flew up and charged.

"Good reaction speed,"

Gong Qiying continued to control the monsters to attack the Demon Race members. However, whether it was a sneak attack or a frontal confrontation, the opponents had ways to parry, at most paying some injuries as a price.

He controlled five waves of attacks in total, and the final result was two Demon Race members severely injured and three lightly injured.

But the flesh and blood of the Demon Race members wriggled for a while, and all the injuries he had painstakingly inflicted were restored. From this, it could be seen that the Demon Race had strong recovery abilities.

However, even if their appearance recovered, the two severely injured Demon Race members' steps became unsteady, and the consumption of stamina could not be replenished in a short time after all.

"They only look intimidating on the outside, their actual combat power might be even worse than Si Telan," Unknowingly, Gong Qiying had already started using the people around him as combat power units.

The good news was that the combat power of these Demon Race members was not particularly strong and they could be taken down.

The bad news was, if Demon Race members of this strength could sneak in, what were the Bede City Guards doing?

Were the people near the teleportation gate blind?

Under the encirclement and interception of the monsters, the steps of the Demon Race members also became hurried. They scurried around in the Swamp like headless flies, and quickly lost their direction.

During their escape, any monster that ran in front of them would be mercilessly killed. Even though they were still being chased by many monsters, and slowing down even a little could lead to being completely surrounded like dumplings, the Demon Race members were willing to waste time killing the nearest monsters.

Could it be true, as the rumors said, that the Demon Race members were very bloodthirsty? So bloodthirsty that they didn't care about anything else?

And at this moment, a Treasure Chest appeared in front of them. Many withered trees surrounded the Treasure Chest, looking at first glance as if they were enclosing the Treasure Chest, with only an opening facing the Demon Race members.

The Demon Race members looked at each other, still saying nothing, but they had already made a decision and walked over together to open the Treasure Chest.

Should it be said that they were careless or ignorant? In short, they all walked into the encirclement of withered trees.

One Demon Race member knocked on the Treasure Chest, confirmed that there was something inside, and opened the Treasure Chest with a little force.

The surrounding Demon Race members also gathered around curiously.

There was indeed something inside the Treasure Chest, but the contents were very strange—a wet and sticky tongue, and a row of sharp teeth growing along the edge of the box.

This was a damn Treasure Chest Monster!

Before the Demon Race members could react, two withered, pale arms suddenly shot out from the Treasure Chest and tightly grabbed the Demon Race member closest to it. Its big mouth opened, and with one bite, it bit off half of the Demon Race member's body!

The surrounding Demon Race members also came to their senses, and attacks rained down on the Treasure Chest Monster like a storm, tearing it apart in the blink of an eye!

But, it was too late!

When they wanted to turn back, their retreat route had disappeared at some point! Dense withered trees surrounded them, even the sky was covered.

And at this moment, waves of dangerous aura appeared. Bright light emerged from the ground, which were actually magic circles. Just one look was dazzling, and there were probably twenty or thirty of them!

Inside each magic circle, the figure of a monster was slowly forming!

"Finally took the bait,"

Gong Qiying's Living Corpse face grinned, revealing a terrifying smile.

This trap was something he came up with while recalling Sword Art Online.