Chapter 573 - 539: The Downcast Spider Demon
The City of Radiance bustled once more to welcome the newly arrived guest. With Da Fei’s departure imminent, he could no longer stay. In any case, it was best to let the Sea God Priest settle down quietly for a couple of days before addressing her boredom—harassing her immediately would certainly not do.
Da Fei approached the prince-like man clad in black and greeted, "Lord, although the battle for the City of Radiance has concluded, there remain some peripheral areas that pose hidden dangers. I must press our advantage and pursue them. Therefore, please excuse my absence. Everything within the city is well managed by the counselor, so rest assured."
The man in black seemed distracted and simply responded indifferently, "As you wish."
Just as Da Fei was about to turn away, the man in black suddenly asked, "Lord, you are also the current chairman of the Dragon Cavalry Chamber of Commerce, correct?"
Da Fei’s brow twitched! My goodness, you’d forsake a beauty for dominion, and now you finally remember to inquire about it?
Da Fei hurriedly turned back and replied, "Indeed, but the Chamber of Commerce has had a very difficult start, which I’m afraid might have amused you."
The man in black let out an "Oh": "Impressive! Actually, if sea commerce is difficult, Lord, you could engage in land transport."
Land transport? My goodness, what a wake-up call! How could I have never thought of it? I was completely trapped by the name "Sea Commerce Association"! But how can land transport compare with sea transport? A single carriage has a capacity of only ten units, and dozens of carriages, with the care of horses and hiring of drivers, might not match the capacity of a medium ship. It’s really problematic!
Da Fei somehow managed to say, "Thank you for your advice, Lord. If things really don’t work out, we’ll try land transport. Do you have any other suggestions?"
The man in black simply replied, "No more. I won’t appear again during this period. I hope Lord will take good care."
Not going to appear again? Indeed, an important person is busy, and it’s better if he doesn’t! Da Fei hurriedly said, "Rest assured, Lord, everything is under control here."
"I wish Lord a triumphant return."
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Now, the fully resupplied and ready-to-depart Flying is set to sail. However, this time, the three thousand Flower Demons could not join the expedition due to their characteristic inability as level 0 troops, so Da Fei could only employ the main forces such as the few hundred Druid Jungle Hunters originally assigned by Anlicia.
Da Fei took out the limited-edition Divine Artifact Space Waypoint Mapper procured by Makar. The Blood Sea’s tides were now high, and the Vortex Gate of the Vine Demon Space was in sight. Of course, it wasn’t only the Blood Sea Space; the Demon Eye Governor’s Map also revealed all of the underground lake spaces opening their Space Gates to Da Fei.
Alright! First, you sneak attacked my rear, and as soon as I’m free, I’ll sneak attack yours. I will demolish all the Demon Race’s rear bases in the vicinity, once and for all.
This was also Flying’s first expedition using the Space Marker to traverse maps, and considering the prevalence of Water Monsters in the Blood Sea region, Da Fei was extremely cautious. He activated the Mysterious Stealth Navigation Divine Skill again, concealing the Flying’s presence, then with a flash of light and a change of scenery, the Flying was quietly teleported to the Blood Sea where the Demigod Turtle resided—and this teleportation instantly drained a fully charged magic crystal of 10,000 mana!
Holy moly! It’s true that the farther the teleportation, the more Mana it consumes. Now Da Fei fully understands why it was such a big deal to teleport the Flying from Elorin Pier to the Pool of Radiance back then. In other words, does that mean that even if the Flying used 7 crystals at the same time, it might still not be able to teleport back to Elorin? If that’s the case, does that mean in the future we can only rely on Renior’s Ghost Ship, Radiant Wings, to go to the New World?
Damn! Although I have no idea what attributes the Radiant Wings has, I can’t imagine it’s better than the Flying, which is a bit of a headache!
Anyway, let’s not think too much about it now, and head to the Vine Demon Space. Just at that moment, Da Fei suddenly notices the radar showing a dense cluster of red dots on a nearby island.
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, something’s not right! There weren’t that many monsters last time I came here, what’s going on? Da Fei immediately summoned the Blood Eagle to fly over and scout, and was shocked by what he found.
Spider Demons! Several islands were swarming with hordes of Spider Demons! Damn it, where did these Spider Demons come from? Did they invade the World Tree Space from the flank after the main battlefield was lost? Or were these Spider Demons a small vanguard force that had invaded the World Tree Space earlier?
Da Fei’s heart tightened, and he immediately flew closer to intensify reconnaissance. Soon he discovered something new—a sea of blood floating with dense Spider Demon corpses, with hordes of Water Monsters feasting on this aquatic banquet! Holy cow! How did Spider Demons end up in the water?
Finally, Da Fei spotted an acquaintance on one of the islands. Amidst the dense swarm of spiders stood a colossal Spider Hero, as big as a car—it was his former defeated subordinate, Nakasha! Now it was soaked in blood, looking miserably bedraggled.
Da Fei suddenly realized that they must have invaded this place after the main battlefield collapsed. However, judging from the corpses dispersed on the water, it seems the Spider Hero didn’t quite understand the situation here and teleported many Spider Demons into the water, drowning many of them!
Looking at their wretched situation, it doesn’t seem like an invasion, but more like a summoning teleport. Summoning teleportation is another high-end demonstration of the Demon Race’s teleportation abilities. For example, Fire Element Demons are especially easy to teleport to spatial regions with particularly strong flame energy, while blood Demons are especially easy to teleport to areas with abundant blood energy.
Even the Undead, who aren’t considered top-notch in teleportation technology, can use Transmission Towers to send large numbers of troops to areas filled with Death Energy. Therefore, to predict whether the Undead will launch a large-scale surprise attack, one has to see whether there’s a sudden emergence of dead zones nearby. Similarly, Angels of the Human Race can also teleport en masse to Sacred Lands with a strong aura of light.
In short, this is what summoning teleportation is. And obviously, this Spider Demon General must have been attracted by the blood energy of the Blood Sea, so it teleported here on a whim. But unfortunately, it screwed up!
Now, Little Fei’s scouting has yielded results: all the Spider Demons are distributed on five small islands nearby, with at most a thousand on each island. Moreover, most of them are just ordinary Spider Demons, with few Elite Forces remaining.
Da Fei laughs skyward, with so many Water Monsters rampant here and the Demigod Turtle in charge, are you all on a suicide mission? Pitiable creatures, once such dashing Spider Demons have fallen into such a desperate state, as an old rival, I’ll come to put an end to you myself!
Wait a minute! No, that won’t do. This place is under the watch of the Demigod Turtle, after all. The last time this turtle blasted out a water cannon that almost struck down Little Fei even while he was invisible, what if the vigilant radius is far, and the sailing ship, being such a big target, might alert it?
We’re all big targets, I can see it now, and surely it can also see me, right? If the Flying deactivates its Mysterious Stealth Navigation state, it might be directly spotted by it!
Da Fei thinks it over and over, decides it’s best to play it safe, and to ignore them. After all, these Spider Demons have already fallen so low, how much of a wave could they stir up? Let’s continue to the Vine Demon Space.
However, at the moment of transitioning scenes upon entering the door, Da Fei suddenly hatches a wild idea—could he possibly recruit these Spider Demons? Damn, with such a high Hate Value, there’s no chance! (To be continued. If you like this novel, please support the author by voting and purchasing monthly passes at Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)