"Lord, are the envoys of the Dark Demon God really demons?" Diao Chan and the others looked at Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan replied, "That's not necessarily true. Perhaps they are indeed subordinates of a being called the Dark Demon God."
"It's also possible that this Dark Demon God is the name of a faction. They possess an ability to demonize other races. Those captured Ice Snow race members were either demonized into soldiers or sold as slaves."
"Alternatively, it could be a powerful lord who did this to plunder population and wealth. However, the situation here doesn't seem to be of that nature. The buildings haven't been destroyed. It appears these people weren't after wealth, but solely for abduction."
Diao Chan and the others were shocked after hearing this, never expecting Zhou Yan to present so many possibilities.
Zhou Yan responded, "The situation in the Lord's world is incredibly complex and volatile, with countless systems. Even gods are not privy to everything. As the saying goes, one lives and learns. There are too many unknowns awaiting us in the Lord's world. Situations like this are common on the Lord's Continent."
"Those Ice Snow race members are too pitiful," Diao Chan and the others lamented for the Ice Snow people.
"If we are not strong enough when adventuring on the Lord's Continent, we will face the same fate as the Ice Snow race if we encounter such people. Therefore, we must strive to become stronger."
This was their second descent onto the Lord's Continent, and they had not yet encountered any truly powerful enemies.
But this did not mean they would not face danger.
There were countless lords and factions far stronger than him. He was not yet powerful enough.
This city was a castle built by the Ice Snow race. It had not been affected by war because the group who called themselves demon god envoys had resolved all the races here using only that black energy.
This was enough to show the formidable means of those individuals.
That ability was like a virus; once it attached itself to a living being, it would immediately demonize them.
This was an extremely terrifying power.
Cai Yan's ability could deal with these eerie powers, which was a good thing for them.
Such a vast area must have left behind many good things. What he needed to do now was to dispel all that energy and then dispatch soldiers to search the area.
After Cai Yan's previous performance, the dark energies had flown towards the distance, where the Ice Snow King's castle was located.
They headed towards the King's castle. Along the way, Cai Yan continued to release her purifying music, but no residual dark energy was found.
The dark energies were indeed concentrated in the King's castle.
The entire sky above the castle was covered by a dark cloud, and the entire castle was filled with evil, dark, and terrifying energy.
After a long while, they finally arrived outside the King's castle. The entire castle was enveloped in dense dark energy, and a terrifying aura could be felt from afar.
It was not simple inside.
Zhou Yan glanced at Cai Yan. Cai Yan played the purifying immortal music with all her might, and waves of sound rushed towards the dark energy.
Each strand of dark energy was an innocent vengeful spirit. They let out painful screams, and dark souls danced wildly in the air, as if driven mad.
As the sound waves continued to purify, the dark energy on these souls began to disappear, and then vanished.
"Something is coming out."
Zhou Yan's powerful soul perception detected movement within the castle. It was likely some powerful monsters were about to appear.
"Cai Yan, you continue to play your purification music, leave the rest to us!"
Zhou Yan took out the incredibly powerful Sky Soul Sword. This was a Sacred artifact, immensely powerful. Even the strongest weapons of many families on the Cang Lan Continent were only Sacred artifacts, indicating the power of such weapons.
Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, and Sun Shangxiang also stood in front of Cai Yan, waiting for the monster to appear.
"Roar!"
The gate of the King's castle burst open with a bang, and beast-like roars emanated from within.
People, or rather, demonized individuals, emerged from within. They were all Ice Snow race members.
These were the Ice Snow race members who had not been captured, and after being demonized, they were all gathered in the castle. Now, they all appeared before them.
Their expressions were sinister, their bodies wreathed in demonic energy, their eyes blood red, demonic patterns on their faces, and their mouths agape like beasts.
The demonized Ice Snow race members were like monsters.
They had long since died, their souls demonized, lingering in their husks, becoming walking dead.
They were similar to humans, but now they moved like four-legged monsters, walking on their hands with their legs in the air, baring their teeth as they charged at them.
As Cai Yan's music faded, they let out painful screams and then collectively turned their gaze towards Cai Yan. They were highly fearful of her, and she was their target.
They moved with incredible speed, like leopards, charging towards Cai Yan. Their fingernails were as sharp as daggers, and their teeth had completely transformed into those of wild beasts.
They had been completely demonized into monsters.
Zhou Yan held the Sky Soul Sword. With the flow of Yin and Yang Qi, the Sky Soul Sword radiated a terrifying sword aura, like a divine sword.
He brandished the Sky Soul Sword and struck fiercely at these monsters.
"Swish!"
A sword energy rapidly shot towards these monsters. The terrifying sword energy annihilated everything in its path, turning all the charging demonized people into nothingness.
The Sky Soul Sword naturally had an advantage against such energy-based monsters. With a single strike, hundreds of demonized people turned into dust.
The powerful sword energy fluctuations also directly shattered the outer wall of the castle, reducing it to rubble with a thunderous boom.
The might of a Sacred artifact was not something ordinary individuals could resist.
This was merely an casual strike from Zhou Yan.
"Oli gei!"
Zhou Yan looked at the Sky Soul Sword, quite astonished. Was this the power of a Sacred artifact? It was indeed incredibly potent.
He had absolute confidence in facing experts above the sixtieth heaven.
The remaining demonized people were indeed frightened and began to retreat.
However, an even more terrifying aura emerged from within the castle.
"Whoosh!"
A stream of dark energy rose from the castle and ascended into the air. It was a demonized woman. From her attire, it was possible to discern that the woman was young and held a high status.
If his guess was correct, this woman was likely the Ice Snow princess who had activated the castle's defensive shield.
Unfortunately, she had not escaped the fate of being demonized.
However, she had not broken through the castle's defensive shield and had remained within the castle, which was quite surprising.
But this demonized princess's eyes were bloodthirsty and brutal, like a queen of darkness, radiating a chilling killing intent.
She pointed her slender fingers at Zhou Yan and commanded, "Kill!"
"Roar!"
Countless demonized people once again surged out from the castle. They feared no death and charged at Zhou Yan and his companions from all directions.
The dark vengeful spirits in the air no longer cared about the consequences of being purified, and like a swarm of bees, they charged towards Zhou Yan and his companions again.
However, once those vengeful spirits entered a range of two hundred meters from Cai Yan, they would all be purified into nothingness. No matter how numerous they were, they could not inflict any harm on Cai Yan.
But it was different for the demonized people. Their souls were connected to their bodies, and although they were affected, they did not disappear immediately.
They charged forward.
(Author: I will release 5 chapters late tomorrow evening.)