He imdiately guessed that these Iron Poison Giant Ants were probably just what the Female Demon's kind called them.
"To find out the truth, I must see clearly what these Iron Poison Giant Ants really are!"
Duan Gujin thought to himself.
"I'll take you up there!"
A while later, the Female Demon flew down.
When she landed in front of him, Duan Gujin finally noticed she was wearing a mask.
His eyes flickered, and he smiled, asking, "There are no other living creatures here, why do you need the mask?"
"It's because you're not from around here. If we want to go outside, we have to pass through a thick fog area. The fog in those areas is highly toxic and will corrode our bodies! If I don't wear this mask, my eyes or skin would be corroded!"
The Female Demon explained.
"Oh, that's how it is!"
Duan Gujin nodded slightly.
He couldn't determine how much of what the Female Demon said was true or false. He knew the only way to know the answer was to see it for himself.
Then, he was wrapped around the waist by the Female Demon and lifted into the sky.
"You're too heavy, I can only carry you for a while!"
The Female Demon said.
"Thank you very much!"
Duan Gujin touched his nose. Only now did he realize that the Female Demon could fly not because she possessed a secret treasure, but because she truly used a pair of fleshy wings to soar in the air. He couldn't help but admire the strength of her wings.
A mont later, the Female Demon carried him to the high point of the gorge.
"I need to recuperate, you must absolutely not move around, this place is dangerous!"
The Female Demon said.
"Alright! Alright!"
Duan Gujin nodded repeatedly in agreent.
After a while, he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from within the gorge ahead.
Following the direction from which the sound ca, he looked over there. After a while, he saw an entire tide of giant ants swarming from a distance, filling the entire bottom of the gorge.
Seeing the dense army of giant ants, Duan Gujin took a deep breath. Only now did he realize that the Female Demon hadn't deceived him.
His eyes widened as he carefully observed the massive army of giant ants ahead.
After a while, he confird that the army of giant ants he now saw should be a species neither found in the Divine World nor the Immortal Domain.
"What kind of giant ants are these?"
He pondered for a while but still couldn't figure out what kind of living creatures these giant ants were.
"I have no impression of these giant ants whatsoever!"
Duan Gujin shook his head and sighed. He finally understood why the Female Demon was so afraid of the giant ants.
A quarter of an hour later, he finally saw that the overwhelming army of giant ants had passed through the narrow gorge path beneath his feet.
"Do you know what those giant ants are?"
At that mont, the Female Demon's inquiry ca to his ears.
"This, I truly don't know. I can't figure out what living creatures those giant ants are at all."
Duan Gujin honestly replied.
"Oh!"
The Female Demon nodded slightly.
She leaned her head close to the ground, and after a while, when she confird there were no vibrations, she decided to take Duan Gujin back to her place.
"Why don't you plan to leave here?"
While on the road, Duan Gujin asked.
"We have no way to leave here. Many of our ancestors have tried to find a way out of here, but in the end, all failed!"
The Female Demon replied.
Upon hearing this, Duan Gujin thought it might be that the Ancient Dragon Emperor placed them here for the purpose of guarding or imprisoning them.
"My friend, we want to find a way out. We can cooperate together!"
Duan Gujin then told the Female Demon how he and other living creatures ended up in this Ancient Relics.
After listening, the Female Demon nodded slightly.
She had previously captured many Divine World Martial Artists and Exotic Realm Creatures, forcefully extracting their mories, so she knew a lot about the outside world.
The reason she was still polite to Duan Gujin was that she thought it was impossible for him to escape from her grasp.
She could capture Duan Gujin alive, but after capturing him, she would need to expend a lot of effort to take him back to her place.
If she could use simple deception, there was no need to use brute force to capture him.
Duan Gujin didn't know the Female Demon's true thoughts. When he asked her na earlier, she told him it wasn't necessary for him to know her na.
So, with the woman leading the way, Duan Gujin advanced towards her dwelling.
He traveled for around an hour until he was finally brought to a halt by the Female Demon.
"Here it is!" the Female Demon said.
Duan Gujin's eyes widened as he carefully examined the surroundings.
He wanted to morize the map of the area, as he had no desire to get lost here.
Previously, he had noticed the passages below the gorge were densely packed like stars scattered across the sky, and he had cautiously morized the surrounding terrain to avoid getting lost in the future.
Suddenly, he slled a burnt scent wafting through the air ahead.
"Why is there a sll of roasted at here?"
He quickly asked.
"I'll take you to see for yourself!"
The Female Demon chuckled.
"Lead the way then!"
Duan Gujin's interest was piqued, and at the sa ti, he prepared for battle at any mont.
He couldn't figure out what kind of living creatures were being roasted here, and if it was Divine World Martial Artists currently being roasted, then undoubtedly, he would be next.
Guided by the Female Demon, they ventured forward for about a hundred ters.
Then, they saw a gorge ahead filled with a thick fog, and in front of the fog lay many corpses of giant ants.
All the bodies showed signs of being roasted, emitting a tempting aroma of at.
"Ah, turns out it's the corpses of giant ants!"
Duan Gujin looked around and noticed there were many other giant ant corpses nearby.
He judged from the degree of decay of those giant ant corpses that they likely died much earlier than the ones he was now seeing.
"Friend, were these giant ants poisoned by the thick fog, or did they fall into traps you set up here?"
Duan Gujin's eyes flashed as he asked probingly.
The Female Demon sighed and said, "They weren't poisoned by the fog; they were burned to death by flas that erged from the fog! We haven't set up any chanical traps here!"
"Oh, then if we pass through this foggy area, aren't we afraid of being burned?"
Duan Gujin asked in puzzlent.
He was thinking that since the foggy area had fierce flas capable of burning the giant ants to death, it could naturally burn the two of them to death as well.
"Don't worry about that. The fire here won't burn us indiscriminately! But we still need to wait until nightfall before we can enter from here!"
The Female Demon said.
"Oh, so that ans we can only go in at night?"
Duan Gujin asked probingly.
"Yes. During the dayti, the area will suddenly and inexplicably erupt into flas. If too many living creatures enter at once, it will cause anomalies here. Look, those Iron Poison Giant Ants charged forward like a tide, surely triggering drastic changes in this area. Being burned to ashes was their own doing, but they dragged down creatures like us living inside!"
The Female Demon said with emotion.
"What do you an they dragged you down?"
Duan Gujin asked curiously.
"The fog here doesn't form naturally. Long ago, there was an Array here that kept the fog contained, preventing its spread! Once this Array is destroyed, the Iron Poison Giant Ants could invade our living area en masse! Originally, the Array was robust, but over the past hundred years, the giant ants have consistently attacked it, causing it to deteriorate! Now this Array occasionally emits flas that can kill the invading ants, but those flas can also severely injure us!"
The Female Demon explained.
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