"Hoo hoo..."
In the Infernal Realm, on a small mountain hundreds of kilometers outside Leire City, a gust of wind and sand suddenly kicked up, and then these winds and sands condensed into Roy's form.
"Hmm, one hundred thousand kilometers, this speed is acceptable."
Sensing the distance he had traveled, Roy smiled.
With the Earth Travel Technique and the Profound Mysteries of Laws of the Earth Element fully merged, combined with Elementalization, Roy could instantly travel one hundred thousand kilometers. Few High-level Gods could match this speed.
As the wind and sand dispersed, Roy's figure reformed a hundred thousand kilometers away. After several flashes, Roy appeared outside Leire City.
"Leire City?"
"This is also a city?"
For years, Roy had been flying in a straight line following the direction of the Crimson Flame Prefecture's planar teleportation array. In over three hundred years, this was the first city he had encountered in a straight line.
Looking at the small city before him, Roy felt a bit perplexed.
Roy had personally witnessed the construction of cities.
The four city walls of Sanhe City all possessed their own divine pressure. In front of these walls, Saint Realm cultivators couldn't fly, and the flight speed of Demigods was halved.
Even High-level Gods would be affected.
However, the Leire City before Roy, although its city walls were the same height as Sanhe City's, lacked the "divine pressure" that Sanhe City's walls possessed.
Roy paid the entrance fee with a group of people and entered Leire City.
After a brief inquiry, Roy arrived at the Demon Castle in Leire City.
"Hello, can I help you with anything?"
As soon as Roy entered the Demon Castle, a young girl in a green dress walked up and asked.
"Hello, I want to register as a devil here."
Although Roy felt he possessed the strength of a Three-star Devil, Sanhe City had only recently been established, and the Demon Castle personnel had not yet moved in. Therefore, Roy was not yet a devil.
"Okay, please come this way."
"Mm."
Led by the girl, Roy sat down at a counter-like desk. After filling out some basic information, the girl took Roy's details. A few minutes later, she returned.
"Hello, Mr. Star. Since you've just registered as a devil, and the devil assessment in Leire City is held once every ten years, with the next assessment seven years away, would you prefer to participate in the devil assessment here in Leire City or in another city?"
"Star" was the devil codename Roy had chosen for himself.
It was also Roy's aspiration for himself.
He hoped to become a star that would never fall, soaring to the highest celestial palaces in the future.
"I'll do it in Leire City."
After a moment's thought, Roy chose to participate in the devil assessment in Leire City. Seven years was not a long time to wait.
If he missed the opportunity in Leire City, who knew when he would encounter another city?
When traveling, a Demon Medal was proof of strength.
With a Demon Medal, most people wouldn't seek trouble.
Of course, those who dared to cause trouble were not ordinary people.
Cities were different from tribes.
Tribes were confined to an area of a few hundred miles, or at most ten million miles. Their trading methods were mostly bartering.
Cities, due to their information exchange with the entire Infernal Realm and even other divine planes and supreme planes, as well as the involvement of major forces like the Demon Castle and auction houses, used a unified currency for consumption within the city – Ink Stone.
It was rumored that Ink Stone was a mutated mineral contaminated by the power of the Sovereign. Some powerful beings could even extract the Sovereign's power from Ink Stone.
In the spatial ring Laurent had given Roy, besides the Metal Life, there were also one hundred million Ink Stones.
In the past few days, although Roy hadn't actively sought information, he had overheard some intelligence from the conversations of other patrons during meals.
For example, in Roy's opinion, Leire City was still far inferior to Sanhe City, which was not yet fully constructed.
Whether it was the city walls, the Demon Castle, or the scale of the auction house, none of them could compare to Sanhe City.
The only thing better than Sanhe City was the larger population.
However, from the perspective of these gods who traveled far and wide, Leire City was considered a relatively well-developed small city.
All of this made Roy feel that Laurent's identity was extremely extraordinary.
Furthermore, from the words of these people, Roy also learned that the establishment of small cities would not attract the attention of the Sovereign.
All of this indicated Laurent's extraordinary nature.
However, this was exactly what Roy wanted.
The more extraordinary Laurent was, the safer Sanhe City would be.
Once he brought back a group of people from the material plane and Sanhe City was on the right track, he would have more time to cultivate.
...
Seven years passed in the blink of an eye.
Unknowingly, Roy, who had lived for over a thousand years, had adapted to the slow pace of life in the Infernal Realm.
On this day, Roy, who was at an inn, received a message from the Demon Castle.
The decennial demon assessment would begin in seven days.
For these seven days, Roy didn't continue his cultivation. Instead, he wandered around Leire City, and coincidentally bought some supplies, storing them in his spatial ring.
Then, on the seventh day, he headed to the Demon Castle.
"Mr. Star, this way, please."
Led by the same maid from last time, Roy arrived at the second floor of the Demon Castle.
Seven people were already there. Judging by their positions, they were all strangers.
Roy scanned them: three Demigods, two Gods, and two High-level Gods.
The two High-level Gods had black Demon Medals pinned to their chests.
Both were Three-star Devils.
The remaining five people, like Roy, did not have demon badges, clearly indicating they were all participants in this demon assessment.
After waiting for about half an hour, another Demigod arrived on the second floor. At this point, one of the High-level Gods wearing a demon medal spoke.
"Alright, since everyone is here, I'll explain this demon mission."
"Our mission, as two High-level Gods, is to escort a treasure worth over a hundred million Ink Stones from Leire City to Nichols City."
"Your mission is to assist us in successfully reaching Nichols City. If you succeed, you will pass the demon assessment and become a true demon."
"If you flee midway or die during the escort mission, you can only blame yourselves for being too weak and unprepared to participate in the demon assessment."
"Alright, do any of you have any objections? If you feel it's too dangerous, you can choose to withdraw and participate in the next demon assessment."
"I, I withdraw."
"I withdraw too."
As soon as the High-level God devil finished speaking, two Demigods chose to withdraw.
After these two left the second floor, they waited for a few minutes. Seeing that no one else chose to withdraw, the High-level God spoke again, "Alright, since you all have this resolve, let's set off."
With that, the High-level God led the way down the second floor, and Roy and the others quickly followed.
After leaving the Demon Castle, the High-level God extended his hand, and a miniature Metal Life appeared in his palm.
With a toss from the High-level God, the Metal Life ascended into the sky. As it rose, it gradually enlarged, eventually transforming into an airship five meters wide and thirty meters long.
"Flying from Leire City to Nichols City would take at least three hundred years. With a Metal Life, we can reach it in about thirty years."
"Let's go."
"Okay."
Upon entering the Metal Life, the High-level God began assigning tasks.
The flight speed of the Metal Life required the input of divine power.
The two High-level God devils were the main combatants for this mission and had to remain in peak condition at all times. Therefore, the task of inputting divine power into the Metal Life was assigned to Roy and the other five.
Roy and another God each chose two Demigods. The two groups would take turns providing divine power to the Metal Life, with rotations occurring once a year.
For the first year, Roy's group was responsible for powering the Metal Life, while the others entered their respective rooms within the Metal Life.
"Whoosh..."
"Huh? This speed?"
Standing inside the Metal Life and feeling its speed, Roy was surprised to find that the Metal Life's flight speed was not as fast as his own travel speed when he fused his Earth Travel Technique with his Earth Element Profound Mysteries.
That move, which Roy had named "Shrink Ground," involved completely elementalizing himself into an Earth Element in an instant, then fusing with the "Earth Travel Technique" Profound Mysteries. By utilizing the countless Earth Elements in space, he could instantly reach any point within his divine sense's range. At Roy's current divine sense propagation speed, he could travel a hundred thousand kilometers in one second.
Comparing himself to the Metal Life, its speed was roughly seventy to eighty thousand kilometers per second.
The problem was, Roy suddenly remembered that the Three-star Devil who owned the Metal Life had said it would take thirty years for the Metal Life to fly from Leire City to Nichols City, while normal flight would take over three hundred years?
This speed must be the High-level God's flight speed.
The Metal Life's flight speed was ten times that of an ordinary High-level God.
This meant that Roy's "Shrink Ground" was more than ten times faster than an ordinary High-level God?
Thinking this, a smile touched Roy's lips, and his sense of security increased greatly.
After instructing the two Demigods assigned to him to be mindful of the rotation and to wake him if their divine power was insufficient, Roy began his own cultivation.
The two Demigods were very considerate and did not disturb Roy at all during the year, which Roy found very satisfactory.
Thus, although Roy was nominally one of the members providing divine power to the Metal Life, with the help of the two considerate Demigods, Roy was able to cultivate peacefully for over a decade.
On this day, a sense of crisis suddenly arose in Roy's heart. Not daring to delay, he immediately withdrew from his cultivation state. With a thought, ripples appeared in the air around him.
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