From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 471 The Supreme Banshee
The Tidal Sea is the largest ocean in the Dragon Sleep World, stretching 20,000 kilometers from east to west, and its area is nearly three times that of the largest ocean on Earth.

The map marks the location of the Bloodline Clan's underground cave, roughly estimated to be 40,000 kilometers from the Tidal Sea, which is basically the distance to circle the entire planet Earth.

It's easy to imagine how far the Bloodline Clan's territory is from the Dark Iron Dwarf Kingdom.

Now that the plan has been made, this trip to the Bloodline Clan's territory is definitely necessary.

Lu Heng made some preparations in the Black Iron Dwarf Kingdom before setting off for the Bloodline Clan's dungeon, which was marked on the map.

Because this map is very old and only has one point marked on it, it is not easy to find the exact location using the map.

Lu Heng didn't need the exact location of the Bloodline Clan's dungeon entrance; he just needed to get there, encounter the Bloodline Demons, capture them, and subject them to mental torture.

So, after making all the necessary preparations, Lu Heng officially set off.

Two days later, Lu Heng arrived at the location of the Bloodline Clan's underground cave marked on the map, only to find a desolate desert.

The desert was lifeless, with only one or two dead tree stumps occasionally visible on the ground.

These trees are dead, but their wood is hard and has remained intact for thousands of years.

Even so, these dead tree stumps were already rotten and decayed.

Lu Heng had hardly seen any decent creatures along the way, occasionally encountering snakes, insects, rats, or low-level abyssal creatures.

The entire Dragon's Rest world has been ravaged by the abyss.

The map marked the location of the Bloodline Caverns, and also marked another region's name, Valendar.

According to the history of the Dark Iron tribe's migration, the Dark Iron dwarves originated in Valendar.

In other words, the origin of the Dark Iron Dwarves is the location of the present-day Bloodline Caverns.

More accurately, Valendar was originally the homeland of the Dark Iron Dwarves.

After the Abyss descended upon the Dragon's Rest World, Abyssal demons ravaged this continent.

Blood Demons are the largest race in the Abyss.

After the Abyss descends, the Bloodline race will naturally continue to attack and harass the Dark Iron dwarves.

The Dark Iron Dwarves failed to resist the invasion of the Abyss and chose to leave Valendar, splitting into several branches and migrating in different directions.

The Copper Furnace tribe migrated south, stopping and starting along the way, and after more than a century of migration, they finally arrived at Lava Crown in the northwest of the Tidal Sea.

At that time, Emperor Sorendal, who led the Bronzeforest tribe, defeated the Balrog Gross, the Firelord of the Lava Crown, and established the Kingdom of Bronzeforest.

In other words, Valendar was originally the birthplace of the Dark Iron Dwarves, but was later taken over by the Bloodborne Demons.

However, most bloodline demons do not live on the surface, but in the underground world.

Therefore, the Bloodline territory marked on the map is the Bloodline Cavern.

When Lu Heng stepped into Valendar, he saw a land so polluted by the abyss that it was unrecognizable.

On some mountain ridges, you can also see ruins of buildings made of huge stones.

Due to the passage of time and the pollution of the abyss, these ruins are difficult to recognize as the remains of a stone city once inhabited by the Dark Iron dwarves without careful examination.

As Lu Heng ventured deeper into Valendar, he gradually discovered traces of the Bloodline Demons' activities.

Since Blood Demons usually live underground, they are rarely seen on the surface.

However, as they got closer to the entrance of the Bloodline Cavern, even without seeing any Bloodline Demons, they could still find some traces left by them.

After searching Valendar for half a day, Lu Heng finally discovered a group of bloodline demons.

Lu Heng used the Invisibility Orb to follow the group of Blood Demons, trying to see if they were going to return to the cave.

This invisibility orb was borrowed from the Dark Iron dwarf archmage Hogrey. It is an A-grade orb that grants invisibility for 10 minutes upon use.

This precious gem grants the user invisibility, making it a very practical ability.

Of course, using an A-grade invisibility orb makes one easily detectable if encountering a perceiver with A-grade perception skills.

In other words, the effect of this precious pearl is very poor in front of a perceiver of Su Muyu's level.

Because Su Muyu's overall perception ability is S-level, or even S+.

Although this precious orb cannot block the detection of an A-level sensory user, its effect is still very strong.

Just avoid provoking demons with strong perception abilities.

After following this group of bloodline demons for more than ten days, Lu Heng saw them enter a cave with a diameter of more than ten meters.

However, from the outside, it is not yet certain whether this cave is the entrance to the Bloodline Demon's territory.

Lu Heng waited outside the cave for a while, and only after confirming that there was no other movement did he slowly approach.

There were no guards outside the cave.

The reason for this is quite simple: since the Dark Iron dwarves migrated away centuries ago, this place has become the territory of the Bloodborne demons, and no other creatures dare to approach it.

Therefore, Blood Demons do not need to worry about other creatures entering the cave.

The Invisibility Orb's duration had ended, so Lu Heng used another orb, the Illusion Orb, to transform into the appearance of a Blood Demon and stepped into the cave.

The underground cave slopes downwards and seems to stretch endlessly.

Moreover, the deeper you go, the dimmer the light becomes.

Fortunately, Lu Heng has shadow vision, which provides him with good night vision capabilities.

Therefore, Lu Heng could barely make out the situation of the underground cave.

After walking diagonally down for three or four kilometers, the underground space became increasingly spacious, and more and more branching paths began to appear.

Despite the many forks in the road, Lu Heng did not get lost.

Because these caves have been carved over the centuries, it is easy to distinguish at a glance which caves are frequented by blood demons and which are less frequented.

The cave, frequented by blood demons, has worn down the stone slabs on its surface.

Lu Heng walked along the cave with the smoothest rock surface, continuing downhill for another five or six kilometers.

In total, we have already penetrated seven or eight kilometers into the underground caves.

After going so far underground, the cavern did not shrink; instead, it became increasingly spacious, and had even transformed into an underground world.

Lu Heng began to encounter bloodline demons from time to time.

The hierarchy among bloodline demons is extremely strict, with higher-ranking bloodlines having the power of life and death over lower-ranking bloodlines.

Therefore, bloodline demons of different ranks rarely communicate with each other.

Lu Heng continued to venture deeper into the territory of the Blood Devil, encountering more and more Blood Devils along the way.

Besides male blood demons, I also saw many blood banshees.

Blood-descended banshees are clearly monsters with goat heads and human bodies, but you can't help but find them inexplicably beautiful.

When Lu Heng was in Blackrock City, he was amazed by the strange charm of the Bloodline Banshee.

The number of female blood demons in the bloodline race is very small, usually only accounting for about 5% of the bloodline demon population.

In other words, out of 20 blood demons, only one will be a blood banshee.

Therefore, banshees hold a high position within the bloodline race, often serving as priestesses of the blood sacrifice tower. Moreover, the vast majority of banshees follow a mental or sensory enhancement path, giving them stronger sensory abilities than ordinary bloodline demons.

Therefore, when Lu Heng was investigating, he would try his best to avoid the bloodline succubi and prevent them from seeing through his disguise.

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After spending half a day wandering through the Bloodline Caverns, I became more and more shocked.

Because the Bloodline Clan is essentially a huge race living in the underground world, with a very large population.

After gaining a preliminary understanding of the Bloodline Caverns, Lu Heng began using [Subconscious Intrusion] to extract information from the brains of low- to mid-level Bloodline Demons.

Because he didn't know enough about the territory of the Blood Devil, Lu Heng didn't go directly to the high-ranking Blood Devil, but instead started with the mid- to low-ranking Blood Devils.

After using [Subconscious Intrusion] to interrogate ten mid-level bloodline demons, Lu Heng obtained several useful pieces of information.

First, they found out the location of the Bloodline capital city in the Valendar Caverns, which is located at the Pillar of Earthfire.

Secondly, the population of the Bloodline race in Earthflame City has reached 3, making it a relatively large main city among the Bloodline race.

Third, since the death of Blood King Mogus in the Elven world, the Blood Demons of Earthflame City have split into three factions, which are vying for power.

Fourth, of the three factions, the most powerful at present is the High Banshee, Tiens.

Fifth, currently, in Valendar's bloodline, since there is no bloodline progenitor at the level of a bloodline king, the strongest bloodline demon is not even at the demigod level.

After obtaining this information, Lu Heng had a better understanding of the bloodline of Valendar.

In addition to this useful information, some conclusions were also drawn indirectly.

Since these mid-level bloodline demons do not have any information about the Zero Civilization in their memories, it can be confirmed that information about the Zero Civilization has not yet spread within the bloodline race.

It's estimated that only the highest-ranking bloodline demons in Earthflame City would know this.

However, interrogating the leaders of the three major bloodline factions within the territory of the bloodline race is not so easy.

Lu Heng could only head to Earth Flame City first, and then decide on his next course of action based on the situation there.

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The Bloodline Clan's Earthflame City is located in an underground mountain range.

It is called the Pillar of Earth Flame because the mountain range is surrounded by rolling lava.

Because of the presence of magma, the light in Earthflame City is much brighter than in other places.

The information we obtained earlier was accurate; the number of bloodline demons in this city is enormous.

Moreover, this time there are bloodline guards at the city gate, among whom there must be high-ranking perception-type bloodline demons.

Therefore, it is impossible to enter from the front.

Lu Heng circled half of Earthflame City, selected a location, and activated [Shadow Travel] to burrow underground, following the lava beneath the mountains, and entered Earthflame City.

Once inside the underground city, there were fewer guards.

Lu Heng continued to rely on the Invisibility Orb and the Illusion Orb to approach bloodline demons of various ranks and obtain the information he needed.

After gaining control of the sixth bloodline demon, they finally obtained intelligence that provided an opportunity to get close to the leader of the bloodline faction.

That was Karuk, the captain of the personal guard under the High Banshee Tiens, who had just returned from a mission and was enjoying the services of the Blood Banshee.

Bloodline banshees hold a high position within the Bloodline race, but not every Bloodline banshee is so revered.

In the face of powerful vampire warriors, low-level vampire banshees are still just inferior vampires who can be easily crushed.

Therefore, given Karuk's position as captain of the personal guard, he certainly had the authority to have blood-blooded banshees serve him.

Lu Heng found the place where Karuk indulged in debauchery and discovered that the captain of his personal guard was already lying on top of a blood-descended banshee, living a life of debauchery.

Captain Karuk does hold a high position in the Bloodline Clan and is very strong, but even at his strongest, he can only reach level 50.

Level 50 already represents the combat power of a fifth-tier job advancement.

Of course, there is a big difference in combat power between warriors who have obtained the fifth job advancement and those who have not.

Regardless of whether this Karuk has a fifth job advancement, one thing is certain: at his level, his spirit attribute won't be too high, at most around 180 points.

Lu Heng's mental attributes are also at a similar level.

[Subconscious Intrusion] When used on a target in an unconscious state, ignores 30% of the target's mental energy.

Sleep is also a state of unconsciousness.

Therefore, Lu Heng directly activated [Subconscious Invasion] and took over his subconscious.

In his subconscious, Lu Heng obtained crucial information about the High Banshee, Tiens.

The High Banshee, Tiens, is of a higher rank and is the closest to a demigod among the Valendar bloodline.

Of course, the Blood Banshee is a mental-based character, so physical combat is not their forte.

Besides the information about the High Banshee Tiins, Lu Heng also tried to inquire about the Zero Civilization.

Unfortunately, Karuk, the captain of the Supreme Banshee's guard, was unaware of any information regarding the Zero Civilization.

Therefore, the only way to obtain information about the Zero Civilization is to contact the leaders of the three factions.

Then the High Sorceress Tiens is the best target.

The question now is, how do we get close to this supreme banshee?

It's impossible to fight our way through. Not only will the High Banshee escape, but even if we do manage to capture her, it won't make a difference.

Could he possibly take on the entire Bloodline Clan single-handedly?

Therefore, this operation must be carried out in secrecy.

After careful consideration, Lu Heng made a bold decision and implanted a message into Karuk's subconscious.

[Subconscious Intrusion] In addition to interrogating the target, you can also put something into the target's subconscious.

Whether human or demon, as long as a subconscious mind exists, that subconscious state is the unthinking, underlying consciousness.

This level of consciousness is like a naked soul, everything about it exposed to the eyes of others.

If, in such a situation, a memory is implanted into the target's subconscious, it is very likely that the target will believe it to be true.

Of course, this method may fail.

To be on the safe side, Lu Heng implanted the same information into the subconscious of Karuk's three subordinates.

I don’t know how long it took.

Karuk awoke with a start, shouting for his men to come in. Clutching his throbbing head, he asked, "Isn't there something we haven't done yet?"

The subordinate hesitated for a moment before replying, "We... captured a human, and you intend to take him to present to the High Mother."

Karuk paused for a moment, shook his head, and finally remembered: "That's right, I almost forgot about that. Quickly bring a human over, we're going to see Tiins."

Half an hour later, Lu Heng was escorted by this team of blood demon guards to the residence of the High Banshee Tiins.

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(End of this chapter)