Shadow Mask Group

27 - The Palace of the Devil Race

The next day, Liu Chen said goodbye to his parents. He said he was going to find something. But it did not say what he was looking for.

At first, his parents forbade Liu Chen to leave. But when they thought back, they finally allowed Liu Chen to leave. Because, they couldn't possibly continue to hold Liu Chen back.

Liu Chen also invited Song Quon. She told Han Liangyi to take care of her parents. But Han Liangyi refused and said he would come with her.

Han Liangyi forced Liu Chen to let him come. Finally Liu Chen let her come along, as long as Han Liangyi did not become a burden. Han Liangyi certainly agreed.

After all, Han Liangyi couldn't possibly be a burden. Because it has a very high level. However, neither Song Quon nor Liu Chen, no one knew the true level of Han Liangyi.

After they left, they immediately left.

"What's your purpose in leaving Brother Chen's house? isn't home better? you can eat every day and sleep well" Han Liangyi said.

"I have a task to complete. I delayed it too long, maybe they did the first task" Liu Chen said.

The first task in question is, the task of gathering as many members. While Liu Chen only had one member, none other than Song Quon. At once will be his deputy.

"What task is that?" ask Han Liangyi.

"If you still want to come with me, don't ask too much" Liu Chen replied indifferently.

"Alright, I won't ask you much"

"His strength is growing very quickly. In just 2 weeks he could reach the level of an 8-star emperor. How could? did he use a skill or pill that could increase his strength quickly?no, I don't think so. If so, it should have had an effect on him. Then what caused him to be able to level up so quickly?" han Liangyi's inner self as he continued to stare towards the path.

"Sorry brother, I can't wait for you much longer. I have a task I have to complete. I can't get you involved by putting you into a group" Liu Chen's inner self.

"I guess where the palace or demon territory is, huh? if I find out, maybe I'll get some information. Maybe about the weakness of that race.wait! the teacher once said that he had gone there. If it wasn't wrong it was in the western part of this Yang empire. However the location was quite hidden" Liu Chen's inner.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Chen decided to head towards the western part of Yang empire.

Coincidentally, he was also currently heading towards the western part. "Is it really there? but I hope it's true. Maybe if I keep walking west of Yang Empire, it takes a few days"

"Where are we going Chen?" ask Song Quon.

"We will continue to move towards the west of this Yang empire. I wonder if there really is a demon palace" Liu Chen stared at the young man who asked him.

Both Song Quon, and Han Liangyi were shocked. Did they not hear wrong? the demon race palace?

"Then if the demon palace is there, then why are there no imperial members or sect people there to find information or take valuables belonging to the demons?" han Liangyi asked in surprise.

"There might be many people from the empire as well as from the sect sect who went to that place. But there is a protector that makes the palace inaccessible and the second possibility is, no one knows that there is a demon palace. Maybe because there is some kind of invisible protector that makes the palace invisible to outsiders.

Then the third possibility is that both of them I mentioned are true and the place of the demon race palace is also indeed hidden so it is difficult to find" Liu Chen explained.

"Then, where do you know the location of the demon race palace? did you read a history book? or are you just guessing?" ask Song Quon.

"I was told by someone. There's no harm in trying to get there, is there?"

"You have a point too", Song Quon nodded.

"Why did you go there? maybe there will be a lot of traps or there may be other dangers. What was the reason you went there?", Han Liangyi frowned while looking at Liu Chen.

"I told you, don't ask too many questions. If you're scared, then you can just go and don't follow me. I'm not forbidding you to leave at all", Liu Chen stared at Han Liangyi who was walking beside him.

"alright, I won't keep asking. I'll stick with you and don't say that I'm afraid just because I went to the demon race palace" Han Liangyi protested.

"alright"

After days of walking, they finally reached the western part of Yang empire.

All they saw right now was a green forest, with no buildings.

"You said there was a demon palace. Whereabouts? there aren't. We've come a long way here without getting any results" Han Liangyi protested.

Liu Chen also looked confused. He looked around, but there were only shady trees with no buildings at all.

"Teacher once said that the palace of the demon race was hidden. There must be something here that can pave the way to that palace" Liu Chen's inner.

Liu Chen walked around to inspect every point of this outer forest. But I also found nothing.

"You guys look around here, too. Maybe there will be things that can take us to the demon palace" Liu Chen said.

"what's he looking for, brother Chen? we just don't know how the shape of that thing can take us to the demon's palace. What is a rock with strange carvings? or a tree with a different shape than the others?" han Liangyi.

Liu Chen shouted for a moment, while his hand was seen fumbling the ground. While thinking, his hand was accidentally scratched by a sharp stone.

Liu Chen turned his head towards his hand and directly drained his Qi to heal the wound in his hand. Standing too.

Some blood dripped to the ground. Shortly after, before them was no longer a forest, but turned into a large-looking building.

"Woah.!!", Song Quon was amazed when he arrived before him there was a large building.

"Brother Chen, what is he.." Inner Han Liangyi as he gazed towards Liu Chen's blood on the ground which slowly disappeared like it was absorbed by the ground.

"Is this the demon's palace?" muttered Liu Chen.

"Come fast, we go there. Don't stay here" said Song Quon.

Han Liangyi and Liu Chen nodded.

The three of them rushed towards the palace which was only a few meters away from them.

Once they arrived, they could see a tall and large building. But the place was a bit chaotic because some of the buildings that look have collapsed. There were no other buildings around and there was only the palace.

"Wouldn't it be, if this is a demon palace, then there should also be a house around here for residents, right? there can't be just a palace" Liu Chen said, looking left and right. But I found no other building. In addition, the palace before him this one that looks spacious.

"You've got a point, I'm a little doubtful that this is the real demon palace" Song Quon nodded.

The palace is black with red carvings to make the palace look quite spooky. Especially with the building that has been somewhat collapsed and looks like the building has long been abandoned.

"We're just trying to get in. But you have to be careful. There will likely be many traps here. So don't be rash", Han Liangyi scanned the palace before him while squinting.

"then let's go in. We've come a long way here, it's impossible to just leave without getting anything", Liu Chen began to step forward.

Song Quon directly followed Liu Chen from behind. Han Liangyi also started following the two young men.

When they had just entered, there was a stone that fell from above.

Boomm

The stone was large enough to cause a sound that echoed within the palace.

"Just about it" they said.

"It seems like this place has been around for a long time. So that the stones arranged here seemed easy to collapse", Liu Chen looked up at the sky of the palace sky, to make sure that there would be no more rocks falling.

"We must be careful with rocks that could collapse" Han Liangyi said.

"Let's go check out all the rooms here. We better split up to make it faster. We do not know when this building will really collapse" said Song Quon.

Liu Chen nodded, he turned his gaze to Han Liangyi, "You also look for anything here that looks suspicious"

"What am I taking for? at least, tell me what are you looking for?", Han Liangyi looked at Liu Chen in confusion.

"Anything, whatever's in here. I'll explain later. Now that we're splitting up", Liu Chen instantly disappeared from the lake.

"Huft.", Han Liangyi exhaled. He began to walk into a room. While Song Quon had already left earlier.

"If brother Chen is indeed really him, then only he can stop the war against the demons. When the demon lord rises later" Han Liangyi murmured.

Han Liangyi's gaze immediately saw a large painting on a wall.

"Eh? there's paintings. Hm? I think I know who the person in this painting is. But I'm not sure. This painting is less clear. But if my guess is correct, the person in this painting is the demon king" Han Lingyi murmured.

"Do I have to take it? let me just take it, after all brother Chen said to take whatever item was here", Han Liangyi immediately took the painting and put it into the space ring.

"There's no way there's a book here, right? surely that's impossible. Before the war started, the demon lord must have moved his book or maybe had already thrown it away and burned it"

Han Liangyi immediately went around to check what else was inside the palace.

Liu Chen stared at the pot before him. In the pot there is a flower that has 5 flower crowns, but does not have a stem. In the center, there was a small round object that was shining.

"What plant is this? I never saw it, the round object in the middle looked unique", Liu Chen immediately took the round object.

When touched, it feels soft.

Liu Chen watched the thing in his hand carefully. "it seems harmless, how does it feel, huh? does it taste good when eaten?"

Liu Chen shook his head, "what if this is dangerous. I'd better keep this and that plant, too"

Liu Chen directly inserted the plant along with the round object into his spatial ring. I look to the right and to the left. "Is there nothing else, here? the main room, yes.the main room.there may be something"

Liu Chen went straight to the main room.

Meanwhile, in the main room, Song Quon appeared to be there. "Maybe there will be information where the sword is" he murmured.

Song Quon searched here and there, but found nothing but a throne. "Fuckin' gghh, there's nothing in that seat. What information about the sword's location isn't here?!"

"Then this is the case, I can only get information if I catch a demon. That's why they won't just tell him. But-", Song Quon stared at the door. "Chen will be here"

Shortly after Song Quon said this, Liu Chen immediately walked into the main hall. "Eh? Quon, are you here?"

"Yes, I'm looking for him here. But I didn't find anything. There is only a throne for the king, there is no other thing here", Song Quon shook his head.

"have you checked the throne?", Liu Chen walked closer to Song Quon who was near the throne.

"i checked it out. But there's nothing and there's only this throne"

Liu Chen watched carefully the throne in front of him. "If this has been left behind for a very long time, then why is there a new bloodstain here?", Liu Chen pointed to the throne.

"I also noticed that. But I also don't know why there are blood stains there" Song Quon said confusedly.

"Oh, maybe we should drip our blood to this part of the throne to go somewhere" Song Quon thought.

"All right, you're the one who drops your blood. We're gonna try. Anyway, there's no harm in trying"

"But-but.."

"Just do it"

"Huft.alright"

Song Quon bit his finger and dripped his blood on the throne. Shortly after, a statue appeared on the edge of the room.

The statue appears to have emerged from underground and climbed to the top.

"Wow, what's going on?" say both.

They looked at the statue that looked made of stone.

The eyes of the statue shone, shortly after the 2-meter-high statue directly pointed the spear they were holding, towards Liu Chen and Song Quon.

"Eh, can the statue move? okay, looks like it's a trap. The statue looks so hard, we won't easily destroy them. Each statue, possessing the strength of a warrior and general", Liu Chen stared at the statue around him.

"You're right, the statue looks so hard. The number of them was 30", Song Quon stared at the statue in front of him.

"It seems like this happened because I was dripping my blood on that throne. It should have been Chen who did that, if it was him, there probably wouldn't have been a statue attacking" Inner Song Quon.

"Quon, dodge!"

Hearing that, Song Quon looked towards the front and immediately jumped to the side.

A spear struck where Song Quon was standing. Shortly thereafter...

Boomm

The spear that was thrown by one of the statues instantly exploded, Liu Chen as well as Song Quon were pushed a few steps aside.

The floor where the spear exploded instantly became a sizable basin.

"The explosive force of the spear statue here is huge as well. If they attacked just by throwing spears, then we could have won quickly. Because they no longer have spears, if everyone has thrown their own spears. But this", Liu Chen could see a spear created in the hand of the statue that had thrown his spear.

"Hard body, a spear that can reappear.The demon race has a power that is certainly greater than humans. But how could the demons lose and be sealed? the teacher and his three friends were indeed powerful, but there was no way they could defeat all the demon races at once. There must be others who help humans to defeat demons. Surely if it was a human, then he was the strongest human being that existed in this world. But in the history books, no one discussed it" Liu Chen's inner self.