Virus King - Chapter 171

Chapter 171: Koutao Fish Demon! Demon Prince!

TL: YYang

Chen Bai slowly exhaled a breath.

He could no longer remember how many demons he had slain or how many battles he had endured!

He no longer cared about such things!

He only knew that the massive towering peak, the Abyssal Well at the edge of his vision, had finally appeared not far from him, right above his head!

The core of the Abyss had finally emerged before his eyes.

Chen Bai did not rush to climb this low mountain but instead took a moment to calm his restless emotions.

Slaughter could affect one’s state of mind.

While Chen Bai did not resist killing, he also did not want to become a pure demonic creature that only knew slaughter.

This was the primary reason why he had been working to address his spiritual weakness!

He had no idea how much time had passed, nor how many demons he had killed. However, while he didn’t keep count, something else had been doing it for him.

Chen Bai opened his Evolver’s list and glanced at it.

Before entering the Abyss, his experience bar had read: [Level 10 (37,200/150,000)]

Now, his experience was:

[Level 10 (176,350/150,000)]

In the Abyss, it seemed impossible to sense the flow of time, but the actions of killing repeated endlessly.

They never ceased!

Apart from his level and experience, there were two other indicators that recorded just how many demons Chen Bai had slain.

At this moment, all his low-tier equipment had disappeared from his inventory. Before entering the Abyss, he had already cleared them out!

Additionally, the Abyss did not receive much reinforcement from the Cosmic Will, so slaying these creatures rarely resulted in dropped equipment or skill items.

Thus, his inventory was packed densely with countless demon bloodline essences.

This didn’t even account for the demons he had slain but hadn’t consumed due to the cooldown of his Devour ability, which had forced him to abandon many.

Even so, the countless bloodline essences—ranging from the highest at B-Rank to the lowest at
D-Rank—had filled his inventory completely!

For others, these items could only be used to enhance their subordinates, but for Chen Bai, they were his precious treasures!

As he approached the Abyssal Well, the number of demons nearby had noticeably decreased many times over.

Only a few scattered demon eggs remained, hatching into harmless little demons with no real threat.

Chen Bai was not worried.

Without hesitation, he stored all the bloodline essences into the Evolver’s Warehouse.

As expected, the Face of Taotie, which had been growing impatient after a long time, had its eyes light up as if glowing.

Its mouth opened wide—so wide that at this moment, it was even larger than the entire face itself!

What a bizarre object.

Chen Bai had often wondered whether this thing truly possessed its own life and consciousness.

But after numerous experiments, it seemed there was nothing wrong with it.

At this moment, that enormous mouth devoured all the demon bloodlines before it, chewing voraciously.

Although the action, combined with the thought of the products it created, could induce disgust, the miraculous effect of this item possessed an irresistible allure.

Chen Bai ignored its unsightly behavior, retracting his gaze and turning his attention to the small mountain before him.

With Wall-Running, his figure instantly reached the mountain peak.

At last, he was able to see up close the Abyssal Well before him once again!

Its diameter was over ten thousand meters wide!

It was like a massive lake radiating purple-black light.

An endless abyssal pool, seemingly without boundary or bottom.

This was the Abyssal Well.

The legendary manifestation of the Abyssal Will!

The rules of the Abyss converged here. With this existence in place, even gods hesitated to enter the Abyss.

The stronger the being, the more they would be shackled by the Abyss upon entering it. In contrast, a lower-level Evolver like Chen Bai was hardly affected.

In his previous life, he had endured tremendous hardship to reach this place.

However, at that time, he had only come to slay the last targets required by the Demon Hunter quest.

He had barely taken a glance at this colossal Abyssal Well before hastily using a Profession Scroll to escape.

Now, however, Chen Bai finally had the qualifications to gaze upon this representation of the Abyss.

Unfortunately, just as Chen Bai’s emotions surged and he prepared to revisit the special prompt he had seen back then, a faint sound echoed from not far away!

“A human?! How interesting. A human has actually entered the Abyss… and even come to the Abyssal Well!”

The voice, speaking in Abyssal Demon Language, caused Chen Bai to pause slightly.

In his previous life as a Demon Hunter, he had learned some Abyssal Demon Language.

It was part of the inherited memories of demons.

However, due to differences in demonic races, the accents they spoke with varied slightly.

It felt somewhat like “dialects.”

The tone of the voice before him clearly didn’t belong to any of the demonic races Chen Bai had encountered before.

Chen Bai turned his head to look!

What he saw surprised him slightly.

It was a large demon wielding a trident, resembling a merman.

“Koutao Fish Demon?!”

Chen Bai muttered softly, recognizing this peculiar demon species.

In the Abyss, countless demon races existed in endless varieties.

The Koutao Fish Demon was one of them. This race of demons thrived in the lower layers of the Abyss, particularly in regions with oceans.

They possessed robust bodies, were amphibious, and wielded water-elemental abilities, making them a relatively troublesome demon race to deal with.

“Hmm? Not only can a human speak Abyssal Demon Language, but you also recognize the race of this prince?! How intriguing. It’s a pity, though—you’ll die here today!”

Demons, as always, were quick to act and rarely wasted time on idle chatter.

The demon before him was no exception.

However, Chen Bai narrowed his eyes slightly.

In his previous life, when he reached the Abyssal Well on this 1st layer, why hadn’t he encountered this Koutao Fish Demon?

A moment later, using Spiritual Perception, Chen Bai quickly identified some details about his opponent.

[Koutao Fish Demon, Submariner Durse-17 (Level 18)]

What?!

The surname of this Koutao Fish Demon consisted of a number—a detail that carried a specific significance in the Abyss.

There was only one reason for such a naming convention: this demon was the offspring of a Demon Lord of that layer!

Demons were not solely birthed through the Abyssal Well; they could also reproduce naturally.

No wonder this creature dared to call itself a Demon Prince!

So it really was the progeny of a Demon Lord?