The Nether Fiend Bull Viper nest covered an enormous area, spanning a thousand miles in every direction. As far as the eye could see, there were rolling black stone mountains, with hot, sulfur-scented vapor constantly billowing from the cracks between them.
Lin Yi had only just followed the battered army to the foot of a Black Mountain on the outskirts of the nest when the sight before him stunned him.
More than ten thousand Nether Fiend Bull Vipers moved back and forth beside the Magma Fire Veins running through the mountains. Some carried pitch-black ore, while others stood guard at the mouths of the Fire Veins, keeping the flames burning.
What surprised him even more was that a group of particularly burly Nether Fiend Bull Vipers worked in pairs, carrying enormous iron hammers. Using the intense heat of the earthfire, they repeatedly hammered glowing-red metal blanks. Sparks splashed into the magma with sizzling sounds. They were clearly forging weapons.
The sight left Lin Yi rather astonished.
He had originally believed that Evil Creatures only thirsted for bloodshed and killing, wandering about aimlessly. They had never seemed like the Human Race or other races, capable of organized "productive labor" such as forging. Yet the Nether Fiend Bull Vipers had such orderly divisions of labor.
It seemed that although the creatures of the Dark Continent had been corrupted, some of their herd instincts remained.
"Move it, move it..."
At that moment, a hoarse voice suddenly urged them on from nearby, interrupting Lin Yi's thoughts.
He looked up and saw several Nether Fiend Bull Vipers whose auras were stronger than ordinary five-star ones. They held spiked wolf-tooth clubs and paced back and forth before the battered army, occasionally striking the straggling Evil Creatures with their club handles. They were clearly stationed leaders responsible