On the way, between heaven and earth, only the blood moon and gray grass could be seen, and a faint forest on the distant horizon.
They walked for a full day and night.
Along the road, Wan Lei and the others occasionally encountered some cultivators, but these cultivators immediately avoided them after seeing Wan Lei and his group from afar.
To be precise, they were not afraid of Wan Lei, but of Meng Meng and those toys.
At this time, people had more or less experienced great horrors and had developed a strong sense of caution towards people or things that were clearly not from the Thunder Wind Realm.
Their gazes towards Meng Meng were vigilant and fearful, but their gazes towards Wan Lei and his group were filled with pity.
In their eyes, Wan Lei and his group were cultivators who had been captured or controlled by this terrifying girl, forced to follow her, at her mercy, a fate worse than death.
However, Wan Lei was not idle on the road. He asked a lot about this world, but Meng Meng mostly said she didn't know. He could also see that Meng Meng was probably only familiar with this area.
Now that they had left the amusement park, Wan Lei had no idea how much power Meng Meng could exert. After all, the local natives were all incredibly strange; their power either amplified to an extreme degree or they could be easily killed by a single hand, making no sense whatsoever.
But Wan Lei also learned about the most terrifying memetic entity in this world from her.
"It's the Mourning Bird."
"What do you mean?"
"The Mourning Bird is a bird that announces death. It's a crow with six eyes, black, and incredibly ugly.
If you encounter it, you will suffer a lot of misfortune, and you will become extremely unlucky.
If it sees you and actively bursts one of its eyes, then you are in for a world of bad luck."
"How so?"
"It sacrifices an eye to announce your death. You will die within two hours, and your death will be extremely tragic. Moreover, it won't be the one killing you directly; you will die from all sorts of accidents.
Either you drown in a river, or you trip while walking and a car happens to run over you, or something falls from above while you're eating and crushes you.
Or, your enemies will coincidentally find you, and it will be terrifyingly lethal; you will surely die within two hours!"
"Is… is it really that terrifying? And you could be met by your enemies?"
Wan Lei said this, but he wasn't particularly afraid.
There were enemies from the Ghost Immortal Secret Realm, but they were all Mahayana and Nascent Soul cultivators from the Liu, Huo, and other three families. As for demons, there were only some vengeful demons, and he could swat a group of them with a single palm.
Suddenly, two demons with horns on their heads flew rapidly from the west. Judging by their appearance, they seemed to be just passing by, but they happened to encounter them.
The two demons merely glanced at Wan Lei and his group and then paid them no mind, flying straight towards the east.
Wan Lei, adopting a policy of avoiding trouble, ignored them.
However, as the two demons passed them, one of them struck out with a palm, sending a gust of wind towards them.
Wan Lei sneered. Seeing the casual, unhesitating strike, they clearly considered them weaklings, easily crushed as they passed by.
Fine, since you want to crush me casually, I'll crush you casually too.
Wan Lei also casually flicked out two bolts of lightning, striking towards the two demons.
BOOM!!!
After a loud explosion, the palm wind and lightning collided in mid-air, erupting in a violent explosion and dissipating into nothingness.
This scene stunned both sides.
Wan Lei looked up in surprise: Damn it, so strong? Who are you guys?
The two demons looked down in astonishment: Damn it, still alive? Who is this kid?
Both sides stopped in their tracks.
Then, they attacked simultaneously.
This time, both sides went all out.
The two demons were enveloped in black energy, then roared, and two black demonic shadows charged towards Wan Lei and his group.
Wan Lei, on the other hand, adopted a defensive stance, with the Lightning Ward protecting everyone. At the same time, he punched out.
A bolt of white lightning split towards the two demonic shadows.
Both sides had held back, only using ordinary attacks, not divine abilities.
The white lightning was instantly engulfed by the demonic shadows. The demonic shadows, undiminished in momentum, crashed into the lightning shield, which then shattered.
Seeing this, Wan Lei produced a fire lotus in his hand to block the two demonic shadows.
BOOM!!
After another deafening explosion, Wan Lei retreated several steps before steadying himself.
"Demon Commanders, these are Demon Commanders, and not ordinary ones at that!"
Only top-tier Demon Commanders could force him back with ordinary attacks.
One of the Demon Commanders looked at Wan Lei, a sinister smile appearing on his lips.
"White lightning, lightning shield, origin fire, and able to withstand my attack without dying.
Heh heh, Wan Lei, it's truly a case of 'searching high and low for something and finding it unexpectedly.' Hahahaha, I've finally found you!"
"Qiong Ku, Qiong Shen!"
Wan Lei's expression turned grim as he stared intently at the two unfamiliar-looking Demon Commanders before him.
As expected, the two demons removed their masks, revealing their true faces. They were indeed the demons Qiong Ku and Qiong Shen.
"Meng Meng, are you sure you're not the Mourning Bird? How come everything you say happens?"
"You're the Mourning Bird, and your whole family are Mourning Birds."
Meng Meng retorted mercilessly.
At this moment, Qiong Ku and Qiong Shen did not rush to attack. This was because they had previously undergone a task in a dilapidated hospital. Even with their strength, they had almost been trapped there and turned into memes.
In the end, it was only thanks to Qiong Shen's wisdom in solving the puzzle that they narrowly escaped.
They were far more experienced than Wan Lei and his group. Memes were often seen on the Sea of Bitterness battlefield. They were more familiar with and more fearful of memes.
They had not expected that this secret realm would actually contain memes.
And they had also realized that the girl beside Wan Lei, and those toys, were also memes…
Why could he coexist peacefully with something as illogical as memes!
"Those dozen or so demons with you, they were also Demon Commanders, right? You were coming for me, so how did you know I was coming to the secret realm?"
This was Wan Lei's point of confusion.
"You don't need to know this, and I won't waste as many words on you as last time. Wan Lei, go to hell."
Although Qiong Ku said this, he didn't rush to attack.
"How is it? Can we win?"
Meng Meng asked very seriously.
"We can't win, they'll call for backup."
"Oh, then I'll run first. I'll wait for you at the Haunted Castle!"
After Meng Meng said this, she darted away towards the north, leaving everyone dumbfounded.
"Hey, your bicycle!"
"What bicycle? Let's just run!"