As they passed the island where Stillwater's remains lay, Shen Yue kindly let Cheng Yu get off the Kun midway through their journey.
With the Demon Race having previously massed its troops in the Northern Abyss Islands, the "island" Cheng Yu now stood on had none of the grandeur of the Demon-Worshipping Cult's headquarters left.
Before Cheng Yu got off the Kun, Shen Yue had briefly explained that the Demon Race had all but purged the Demon-Worshipping Cult's headquarters. They could be almost certain that no one had escaped.
Even Dark Abyss, the Demon-Worshipping Cult's sacred guardian beast, had turned out to be nothing more than a somewhat larger Demon Monster. The Demon Race hadn't even needed to send a particularly capable expert. Apparently, a junior officer from the Divine Strategy Office had blown the so-called sacred guardian beast apart in just a few moves.
So, strictly speaking, this island was now a clean place that the Demon Race had purged. Shen Yue had even kindly marked Dark Abyss's former location for Cheng Yu. After all, the female Demon they had first encountered had said that Stillwater had most likely been swallowed by Dark Abyss.
"Swallowed" here didn't mean eaten in the conventional sense. It meant having the victim's soul and vital energy drained, much like by a soul-sucking monster.
So Stillwater had most likely left some remains behind... probably.
Riding Niu Ba, Cheng Yu arrived above an enormous pit. This was where Dark Abyss had originally lived.
By the sunlight overhead, Cheng Yu saw the densely packed bones inside the pit and sucked in a sharp breath.
It wasn't because he was appalled by Dark Abyss's cruelty. It was a Demon Monster, after all. Without being cruel, it could hardly call itself one.
Cheng Yu had gasped because he