The Monkey Demon Marquis was startled and said, “The Comet Corridor is opening, please head to the mountain top immediately, don’t be late.”
Fang Yun nodded and said, “Since there’s not much time, I won’t bother you with this matter. Let’s settle it in the Comet Corridor. I’ll go back to my residence first and go with my friends.”
The Monkey Demon Marquis said, “There are members of my monkey clan at your residence, they probably have already led your friends to the mountain top. We should go directly to the mountain top.”
“Alright,” Fang Yun said.
As the Monkey Demon Marquis walked, he took out a whistle and blew it. Fang Yun couldn’t hear any sound, but a moment later, a Grey Feather Hawk Demon General flew over, slowly descending, extending its claws above their heads.
“The path here is all winding mountain roads, climbing is slow, it’s faster with the Hawk Demon,” the Monkey Demon Marquis said, reaching out to grab the Hawk Demon General’s claw.
“Okay,” Fang Yun also reached out and held on tightly.
The Hawk Demon General’s body surged with vital energy, then used this energy to protect Fang Yun, flying towards the mountain top at an extremely fast speed, even surpassing the speed of the Presented Scholars’ War Poetry.
When they ascended to the high altitude, Fang Yun looked down and saw the Presented Scholars running towards the mountain top under the guidance of the Demon Barbarians, including the four Demon Barbarian generals.
In a short while, the Hawk Demon General flew to the mountain top and slowly descended.
By this time, a large number of Demon Barbarians had gathered on the mountain top, and more were constantly flying up to the mountain top by grabbing the claws of the Hawk Demons. The atmosphere on the mountain top was extremely tense.
Fang Yun let go of the hawk’s claw and landed steadily on the ground, looking ahead.
The end of the thousand-mile starlight was right in front of him, looking like a curtain of shattered starlight falling from the sky, breathtakingly beautiful.
Many Demon Barbarian generals quickly entered it.
The Monkey Demon Marquis said, “Walking into the light curtain will take you to the antechamber of the Comet Corridor.”
Fang Yun nodded, looked around, the Presented Scholars had not yet arrived, and said, “I’ll wait for the others first.”
After a while, the Presented Scholars still hadn’t arrived, the Monkey Demon Marquis said, “Why don’t you go in first?”
“No rush. Oh, by the way, why can the other Presented Scholars also enter the Comet Corridor?” Fang Yun was referring to people like Kong Delun.
“People from the Kong Family are different from ordinary humans, they enjoy high status in many places.”
“I see,” Fang Yun said.
Just as all the Demon Barbarian generals were about to enter the Comet Corridor, the Presented Scholars finally rushed up the mountain. Fang Yun quickly walked over and looked at Han Shoulu.
Han Shoulu’s right leg was not very flexible, but under the power of the War Poetry, he still ran like the wind, only his face was paler than usual, as if he had lost too much blood.
Fang Yun said to Han Shoulu, “Brother Han, how’s your wound? I have a wheelchair here, Niu Shan, you push Brother Han.” He then took out a wheelchair.
Han Shoulu hesitated for a moment, then sat down. He said, “Thank you, Brother Fang. I’ve already used the Continuation Fruit to reconnect it, but it will take some time to fully recover.”
“Is it because of the Barbarian’s Dragon Ridge?” Fang Yun asked.
Han Shoulu nodded.
Li Fanming angrily said, “The Barbarians are too bullying, if it weren’t for those Demon Soldiers blocking us, we would have fought them long ago.”
However, Han Shoulu sighed lightly and said, “Let’s forget about this matter. Dragon Ridge is too strong. I only found out afterwards that he is a genius who is on par with the Flood Dragon Saint’s son Dou Ji and the Eagle Clan’s son Eagle Yan.”
“He came to find me, and you got hurt for me, this matter won’t end like this!” Fang Yun’s voice was resounding.
“Brother Fang. I don’t mean to belittle you, but although the Comet Corridor is like the Sea of Learning, where even if you don’t have War Poetry, you can still transform your talent into reality, you still can’t use Treasures of Literature and other items, and the Demon Barbarians have a great advantage. Moreover, the Comet Corridor was originally a test for the Demon Clan, it will be extremely difficult for our human clan to be in it. Being able to enter the Comet Corridor, we can go further, there’s no need to fight with the Demon Barbarians under unfavorable conditions.” Han Shoulu said.
Fang Yun said, “You take care of your injuries, leave the inside to me, no one can hurt my friends without paying a price!”
Li Fanming said, “All Demon Barbarians are the same. Even the Saint’s son is extremely arrogant. The Wolf Savage Saint’s son wanted to snatch your Mist Butterfly without even knowing whether it has recognized its master, and this Dragon Ridge is even more arrogant, saying that even if the Mist Butterfly recognizes its master, as long as…”
“Brother Fanming!” Han Shoulu shouted in a low voice.
Li Fanming immediately shut up, looking unhappy, and walked with his head down.
“Oh? What did Dragon Ridge say?” Fang Yun asked.
Weng Ming laughed and said, “Demon Barbarians are all like beasts, naturally they dare to say anything. Dragon Ridge said that even if the Mist Butterfly recognizes its master, as long as he blood-refines you into a slave, the Mist Butterfly will naturally be his. But to be honest, Dragon Ridge can actually be compared with Dou Ji and Eagle Yan. We are indeed not his match. Brother Yan, what are your chances of winning against Dragon Ridge?”
Yan Yukong sighed helplessly and said, “In the situation where we can’t use Treasures of Literature, if I were a Grand Academician and he were a Demon King, I would have confidence in defeating him, but as a Presented Scholar and he as a Demon General, I don’t even have a 30% chance of winning. After all, humans and demons are different, humans get stronger as they progress, and are almost completely inferior to the Demon Clan below the Grand Academician. Only when they become Grand Academicians and have a meteoric rise can humans compete with the Demon Clan. Of course, if they become the top scholar, they can have a meteoric rise early.”
Han Shoulu said, “So even if I face the Wolf Savage Saint’s son, I’m not afraid, but Demon Barbarians like Dragon Ridge, Dou Ji, and Eagle Yan are not something we can contend with right now. We can only endure for now, wait until we become Grand Academicians to compete! “
“The entrance is ahead, everyone be careful.”
Everyone came to the front of the shattered starlight curtain and carefully entered.
Fang Yun took a deep breath, entered the shattered starlight curtain, and saw nothing but darkness in front of him. Then he felt a great force enveloping him and rushing forward. Soon, a point of starlight appeared in front of him, and then the starlight grew larger and larger, it turned out to be a bright exit.
The strong light from the exit became more and more dazzling, Fang Yun squinted his eyes, and was pushed out of the exit by an invisible force.Fang Yun steadied himself, finding that he was standing in a square with a radius of thousands of feet. The ground was made of hard black slabs, with many silver stars scattered across them. Around him were numerous Demon Barbarians and Presented Scholars who had arrived with him. Beyond the square, there was nothing but the starry sky.
Fang Yun looked around, confirming that the square was indeed suspended in outer space.
The stars seen from here were twice as large as those seen from the First Star City, with the largest star now resembling a small sun.
Waves of majestic star power descended from the sky, making everyone feel extraordinarily comfortable. Some Demon Barbarians even sat down on the spot, guiding the star power with their blood and qi.
“Have you noticed? There seems to be the aura of the God of Literature here, but we can’t see the God of Literature from here,” Li Fanming said.
“Indeed, my Wen Palace feels like it’s soaking in a hot spring, extremely comfortable,” Jia Jing’an said.
All the Presented Scholars showed intoxicated expressions.
While feeling the power of the God of Literature, Fang Yun observed the Demon Barbarians around him. There were many Demon Barbarians here, from various clans, with the Beast Clan being the majority, followed by the Bird Clan, and very few from the Aquatic Clan. There were no Insect Clan members at all. The Insect Clan had very weak individual strength and low intelligence. They had never produced a Semi-Saint, leading some Demon Clans to consider them not a part of the Demon Clan, but merely slightly more powerful insects.
The most eye-catching among the Demon Barbarians was a giant eagle covered in red flames. The air within two feet of it was distorted due to the intense heat, and all the Demon Barbarians kept their distance. This Flame Eagle did not interact with the other Demon Barbarians, standing aloofly to one side.
There were also three conspicuous blue Flood Dragons. Although all three were Demon Generals, two of them were only five feet long, while the other was a full ten feet long, almost reaching the size of a Demon Marshal Flood Dragon.
The two ordinary Flood Dragons each had a single horn on their heads, but the larger Flood Dragon had two horns, making it look very much like the Orient Loong God of the true dragons at first glance.
The rest of the Demon Barbarians were also of various strange shapes and sizes. There were Elephant Demons as tall as two-story buildings, Savage Cow Demons with simple faces but cold eyes, Dragon Demons with dragon heads and human bodies, Snake Demons constantly flicking their tongues, and so on.
The numerous Demon Barbarians were whispering to each other, turning the place into a bustling market.
In front of the square was a large gate shrouded in mist. On either side of the gate were two gray stone lions. However, these two stone lions were modeled as if they were sleeping on the ground, not at all like the lions that guard the gate.
Suddenly, the two stone lions moved slightly, lazily stood up, opened their eyes, and came to life. Everyone immediately stopped talking.
The eyes of the two stone lions were bright silver, and they had no blood and qi around them, looking more like mechanical beasts.
One of the lions looked around, closed its eyes, and lay down to sleep again.
The other lion tilted its head, combed its stone hair with its paw, and after combing, it looked no different than before. But it grinned proudly, saying, “It’s starting again. It seems there are quite a few of you this time, but that’s okay. Well, as usual, I, the Lion King, will introduce you to the Comet Corridor.”
Fang Yun immediately listened carefully, afraid of missing any key points.
The stone lion pointed at the mist-shrouded gate and said, “Going in from here is the first corridor. After the first corridor, there will be a similar square for you to rest, where there will also be me, the Lion King. Well, there will be me, the Lion King, after every corridor, so don’t be surprised. Of course, after the seventh corridor, there will be no more, only the Throne of Stars. Each corridor is different. The Demon Ancestor is full of tricks, so you have to be careful. Hehe, there are traps everywhere inside, but of course, there are also benefits, great benefits, enough to make me, the Lion King, drool.” After saying this, it licked the corner of its mouth with its stone tongue, found no saliva, and showed a regretful expression.
Fang Yun smiled slightly, finding this stone lion quite interesting.
An irritable Tiger Demon General growled, “Stop talking nonsense, just tell us when we can go in!”
“Oh?” The stone lion looked at the tiger, its gaze changed, and it stretched out its paw to point lightly at the Tiger Demon General. “Dare to interrupt the Lion King’s speech? Die!”
The body of the Tiger Demon General suddenly swelled rapidly, then exploded with a bang. Tiny pieces of flesh and blood rained down, and the surrounding Demon Barbarians quickly moved away, showing disgusted expressions.
Many Demon Barbarians sneered, completely disregarding the dead Tiger Demon as a fool.
The stone lion resumed its smile and said, “In short, you just need to keep moving forward. But I don’t mean to look down on you, if half of you guys can pass the first corridor, that would be pretty good! With each corridor passed, the star power will become denser, so the further you go, the more benefits you get. Oh yes, remember to compete for the Throne of Stars. If you become the Star King, all the Demon Barbarians in the corridor will be at your mercy. I remember there was a barbarian who was very ruthless, killing all the Demon Barbarians in the corridor. Hehe, I really want to see it again.”
The stone lion spoke lightly, but everyone felt a chill in their hearts, not expecting the Comet Corridor to be so dangerous. (To be continued.)