172: Silver-scaled Thunder Dragon!

The Lion Demon bowed low as it led the way. Catching the glint in Fang Bai's eyes as he stared at the Night Spirit Crystals on the walls, it quickly tried to curry favor, saying, "My Lord may not know, but these Night Spirit Crystals don't just provide light; they can also nourish demon power. To pave this wall back then, the Demon Lord harvested every resource within a thousand-mile radius!"

Fang Bai simply gave a faint hum of acknowledgment and urged the Lion Demon to keep moving forward.

He appeared casual on the surface, but in his heart, he was on high alert.

After all, this was the lair of an Eighth-Rank Demon Lord; it was impossible for the opponent not to have left behind some contingencies.

After passing through a long tunnel, the view ahead suddenly opened up. A stone chamber as large as a basketball court appeared before them. In the center of the chamber stood a black jade platform, upon which floated several basketball-sized demon crystals, each shimmering with various colored halos.

Upon seeing this scene, Fang Bai's expression instantly turned greedy!

Because every single one of those demon crystals was actually at the Demon King level!

This is so damn extravagant!

Furthermore, the ground around the stone chamber was piled high with treasures like various spirit herbs and beast bones. Not only that, there was a strange type of soil nourishing several spirit plants... *Gulp*.

The Lion Demon beside him couldn't help but swallow hard, its eyes filled with greed and longing, yet it didn't dare make the slightest move—it knew clearly that right now, it was merely Fang Bai's tool, and the slightest misstep would lead it to the same fate as the other demon beasts.

It didn't want to die yet!

"The Demon Lord just left these treasures here like this?"

Fang Bai inquired.

The Lion Demon knew its chance to perform had come and quickly explained, "My Lord may not know, but that Demon Lord was incredibly powerful and very confident in itself. It firmly believed that right under its own nose was the safest place, so it displayed these treasures openly..."

Fang Bai said with a half-smile, "Didn't you guys get greedy when you came in?"

The Lion Demon gave a bashful smile. "There was certainly some of that, but our strength was too low to dare dream of it. Didn't we only dare to approach because the Demon Lord has fallen?"

"That's reasonable."

Fang Bai glanced at the demon crystals but wasn't in a hurry to take them. Instead, he circled the racks and casually picked up a spirit herb with gold-flecked leaves. "Is this a Hundred-Year Golden-Veined Grass? It's perfect for body tempering. To think there are so many here."

The more he looked, the more excited he became. He tried putting these spirit plants into his space ring, and he successfully did so without any issues!

No traps!

Fang Bai's fingertips brushed over the veins of the Golden-Veined Grass as his gaze swept across the treasures covering the floor; the greedy smile at the corners of his mouth could no longer be hidden.

He simply stopped restraining himself and raised a hand. The space ring erupted with a surge of suction, sweeping up patches of spirit herbs and beast bones from the ground. The Demon King-level demon crystals on the racks flew toward the ring one by one as if they had grown legs.

Seeing this, the Lion Demon's eyes were full of envy.

These natural treasures would have been enough for it to cultivate to the seventh rank, yet they were being intercepted by this human just like that... However, it didn't dare show any dissatisfaction; after all, its life was currently in the other party's hands.

Suddenly, Fang Bai stopped his hands, his gaze landing on the pile of strange soil nourishing the spirit plants.

The soil was a deep brown and emitted a faint fluorescent glow. Moving closer, he could smell a hint of sweet spiritual energy; it was definitely no ordinary soil.

He turned to look at the Lion Demon. "What's the deal with this soil?"

The Lion Demon quickly stepped forward and explained cautiously, "My Lord, this is 'Spirit-Nurturing Soil.' It's a treasure the Demon Lord dug up from the central region of the Demon Realm. Even a withered spirit herb buried in this soil for three days can regain its vitality. Using it to cultivate spirit plants yields twice the result with half the effort!"

As it spoke, fearing Fang Bai wouldn't believe it, it pawed at the soil with its claws. Sure enough, several rare spirit seedlings that had just sprouted were hidden beneath.

Fang Bai's eyes lit up.

"Good stuff!"

If there was enough of this soil, the human race could cultivate even more spirit plants themselves!

He no longer hesitated and directly summoned a massive chest, packing the entire pile of Spirit-Nurturing Soil along with the seedlings into it, not leaving even a single grain of dirt behind.

It was truly the behavior of a bandit!

"What a harvest!"

Fang Bai's smile was practically splitting his face from ear to ear.

This was just the lair of an Eighth-Rank Demon Lord, yet the harvest of spirit plants was already worth as much as what Da Qing and the others had spent half the day scavenging!

His gaze suddenly fell to the front left, where there was another bottomless tunnel.

"More treasures?"

The Lion Demon hesitated, looking like it wanted to speak but stopped itself.

Fang Bai condensed a Thunderball in his hand and said with a half-smile, "Do you want to die?"

The Lion Demon quickly said, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare! Spare me, My Lord!"

Fang Bai said flatly, "What's in there?"

The Lion Demon thought for a moment and then answered truthfully, "Actually, there is a Demon King inside."

"A Demon King?"

Fang Bai was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up. "Quick! Lead the way!"

The Lion Demon said hesitantly, "My Lord, that Demon King's strength is terrifying. It has a cultivation at the late seventh rank. You..."

It cut its words short because it saw that this human's smile had become even more wicked!

Wait... why are you getting excited?

Fang Bai urged, "Go! Lead the way!"

The Lion Demon was practically in tears. "I'm afraid of dying."

"Then die now."

"I'll lead the way!"

The human and the beast walked toward the depths of the cave.

"What's the story with that Demon King?"

Fang Bai asked curiously.

The Lion King replied, "It is the Demon Lord's mate... er, in human terms, it's used for breeding offspring."

Fang Bai understood.

So it's a 'friend with benefits.'

"I didn't expect it to have such tastes."

late seventh rank. Fang Bai estimated that at full power, taking the opponent down shouldn't be a major issue.

"It is a Demon King with the Demon God Bloodline; its status is extremely unusual. The Demon Lord abducted it specifically to produce offspring with the Demon God Bloodline..."

"So it's currently being kept prisoner?"

Fang Bai's eyes brightened.

The Lion Demon nodded. "This lowly demon was fortunate enough to see it once, and that is indeed the case. However, its cultivation remains powerful..."

*Damn it! Why am I saying so much? If that Demon King kills this human, wouldn't that be better?*

But it didn't think the Demon King would let it off either... It could only hope this human would keep his promise.

Soon, they reached the deepest part of the cave.

Fang Bai looked ahead. Before them was another massive stone chamber. Over a dozen chains as thick as thighs were connected to the walls, and the end of the chains bound a colossal creature!

The massive beast was covered in silver-white scales, the edges of which shimmered with a faint golden light. It looked much like a Yinglong. A pair of Crimson vertical pupils stared fixedly in their direction, fangs bared. The chains around its neck rattled loudly as it struggled. A late seventh rank pressure washed over them, making even the air feel as if it had frozen solid.

The late seventh rank Demon King, the Silver-Scaled Thunder Dragon!