Chapter 2237: Divine Demon Islands, Every Three Years
Upon hearing the words, Yinlu’s face changed again, and she couldn’t help but scream, "Wait, I haven’t packed my things yet."
She had been crying outside all this time and hadn’t had the chance to pack anything.
Unfortunately, the Bai Lin woman didn’t give her a chance, and spoke coldly...
"What’s there to pack? Once you go there, you’re dead. You’ll be tortured to death by those Human Clan people."
"Take her away."
As soon as she finished speaking, several Male Demons behind the Bai Lin woman rushed toward Yinlu.
Each one of them was menacing!
Thud...
At this moment, Sikong Jing stepped out forcefully from behind Yinlu and reached out to stop the Male Demons.
Instantly, the Male Demons halted their steps.
The Bai Lin woman was equally stunned; she looked Sikong Jing up and down, then said lightly, "So you’re the Hei Lin Demon Brother Daniu and Yinlu rescued by the sea. What do you mean by this?"
Sikong Jing raised his eyes slightly, "Get lost!"
A single word, filled with cold murderous intent, was directed at the Bai Lin woman.
In an instant, all the Demons around turned pale, including the young girl Yinlu, whose mind involuntarily echoed Sikong Jing’s earlier words about strangling such matters to death.
"Although I don’t understand your rules, I know Yinlu doesn’t want to go with you."
"So... get lost."
One sentence, and the killing intent grew fiercer...
At this moment, Sikong Jing’s aura had changed greatly from any previous time.
Though still covered in black scales, his eyes were filled with a domineering, frenzied coldness akin to Demon Intent.
Yet this Demon Intent wasn’t from becoming Demonized...
Instead, it had another feeling, surprisingly, the attribute of Double Emperor Veins.
It was the dual Emperor bloodline attribute from father Sikong Ding of Emperor Jiuxiao and mother Ling Xiaotian of Emperor Lingtian.
Giving off a mysterious and powerful feeling.
However, the Bai Lin woman and the other Demons were clearly not qualified to experience such an aura.
The Bai Lin woman sneered on the spot, "What the hell are you? Blow him away for me and take the little wretch Yinlu away."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yinlu’s face changed again, "Don’t do this, he is still very weak..."
But before she could finish, several Male Demons were already lunging at Sikong Jing...
Unfortunately, Sikong Jing was no longer weak at all. Meeting the Male Demons were his fists, and with several "wow wow wow" sounds, the Male Demons flew backward, each falling heavily to the ground.
The arrogant Bai Lin woman was stunned on the spot, staring at Sikong Jing in disbelief.
"You, you, you..."
"You damned Hei Lin Demon dared to fight in our Huilin Village; you’re done for. I’m going to tell the village elders now."
"Little wretch Yinlu, you just wait."
After saying this, the Bai Lin woman ignored the fallen Male Demons and ran away quickly.
Subsequently, several Male Demons quickly chased after her.
It wasn’t until they disappeared from sight that Sikong Jing, expression unchanged, turned back around.
He looked again at the young girl Yinlu behind him and said lightly, "Let’s continue our conversation. Can you tell me where the real Human Clan is?"
The Male Demons just now weren’t strong, only at the Martial Enlightenment Stage’s Transcendent Realm level.
With Sikong Jing’s current Human Clan Meridian Martial Enlightenment Stage peak power, he hadn’t even used half his strength just now.
The young girl Yinlu, hearing this, stared blankly at Sikong Jing, naturally having difficulty believing Sikong Jing’s power and domineering spirit.
But she quickly stopped thinking about it and said rapidly, "You should leave quickly. That woman just now is called Hui Lu, she’s the granddaughter of our Great Village Elder. Her temperament is very, very bad and she won’t let you go."
Yinlu surprisingly wasn’t talking about anything else but instead urged Sikong Jing to leave quickly; truly a kind-hearted girl.
Yet such a girl was to become a so-called sacrifice.
Regarding this, Sikong Jing just smiled and leaned against the wooden wall, casually replying, "It’s fine, I’ll reason with them. After all, it was Hui Lu who bullied you first; the village elders surely aren’t as barbaric as she is."
Hearing this, the young girl Yinlu seemed to think it made some sense, as the village elders had always been reasonable elders in her understanding.
In Yinlu’s perception, they had always been like that.
She hesitated for a moment, then gently nodded and asked in return, "Is it true that there are no sacrifices on your island? Aren’t you controlled by those terrifying Human Clan people?"
To this, Sikong Jing shook his head and signaled they weren’t under any control.
Yinlu, simple-minded and with limited knowledge, didn’t ask further why they weren’t controlled but only showed an envious look.
"You’re so fortunate..."
"I just heard the village elders mention that our Demon Scale Island has always been controlled by a true Human Clan."
"The same goes for the surrounding islands; they come here once every three years and each time, they make us send people to the terrifying ’Divine Demon Island’ to work for a month."
"Each time, we send half the people from the village, and each time, some die outside."
The young girl Yinlu softly narrated...
"I used to ask why people died outside every three years, and everyone in the village, to hide it from me, would say it was because every three years, we had to go out to sea to do guardian work, or Demon Scale Island would be swallowed by the sea."
"And the guardian work was very dangerous and deadly."
"Only now do I realize that everyone wasn’t going out to sea but was forcefully sent to Divine Demon Island."
"Moreover, every three years, we have to make a sacrifice."
Upon hearing this, Sikong Jing’s brow slightly raised; Yinlu’s words were somewhat vague.
However, Sikong Jing could discern how this sea area operated, with many islands similar to Demon Scale Island, and at the center of these islands was a place called "Divine Demon Island."
With this thought, Sikong Jing asked again, "So the Human Clan controlling you is on Divine Demon Island?"
To this, Yinlu gently shook her head.
She continued to explain, and Sikong Jing gradually began to understand.
He had drifted to an archipelago, with Divine Demon Island as the largest, and the others filled with Demons.
There’s Demon Scale Island with entire bodies covered in scales, Beast Demon Island entirely covered in hair, and Demon Worm Island entirely armored, among others.
And the controlling Human Clan isn’t on Divine Demon Island.
These terrifying Human Clan people don’t know where they come from, and they don’t dare to venture into the center of Divine Demon Island easily, thus needing a large number of Demons to enter the center of Divine Demon Island to work for them.
And this, Yinlu had just heard from the village elders, so she was also somewhat unclear.
But Sikong Jing understood completely...
Namely: The Human Clan are outsiders, the Demons are natives, and Divine Demon Island is a forbidden land for Humans, where only Demons can enter.
"Do these outsider Human Clans come from Canghai Wujiang, or from the Deserted Sea Forbidden Land?"
At this moment, confusion flashed in Sikong Jing’s eyes.
Even now, he didn’t know what kind of sea territory this was, whether it was near the outer perimeter of the Desert Sea Absolute Array or near the inner perimeter, as the difference between the two is vast.
If it’s the outer perimeter, Sikong Jing will soon be in contact with people from Canghai Wujiang.
The inner perimeter means he will still be dealing with people from the Deserted Sea Forbidden Land.
The former, of course, would be more terrifying...
Shaking his head, Sikong Jing asked again, "So is it these outsider Human Clan people who want you beautiful Demon women as sacrifices?"
Outsider Human Clan people, having the Demons treat Yinlu and others as sacrifices, offering them up?
To this, the young girl Yinlu shook her head in denial again, "No, it’s about sending us to the Humans at the center of Divine Demon Island; the village elders say the center of Divine Demon Island is a prison, where many Humans are imprisoned."
As soon as these words came out, Sikong Jing was suddenly shocked to the core... a prison?