Survival: The Evolution of an Evil God Starting from a Spider

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The giant ape had indeed not lied to him; he had told him everything he knew about the Eternal Forest.

but……

This trip to the Eternal Forest was entirely arranged by the Demon King.

It turns out that the Demon King was seriously injured and needed the Fountain of Immortality to recover. This Fountain was the projection they had just seen, and it was the object of contention among several demons and humans.

At that moment, Liu Zimo suddenly realized why the Demon King had come looking for him.

Because the journey to the Eternal Forest isn't just about being strong; it requires someone invincible among those of the same level.

Liu Zimo clearly fits this description.

Thinking about it, Liu Zimo smiled slightly. He wasn't just a wage earner; he would have to pay the corresponding price to get the Holy Spring.

Similarly, he was curious about what other benefits the Eternal Forest could bring him besides the Holy Spring.

With a smile, Liu Zimo led the cat and the others slowly through the gate of rules.

As soon as he passed through the gate that was filled with divine light, Liu Zimo saw a magnificent, ancient, and vast megacity filled with solemnity.

The colossal city came into view, leaving everyone in awe.

This great city seems to be suspended in the sky, but in reality it stands between heaven and earth.

The giant city seems to be a hidden, imposing structure, like a colossal giant.

The Great City is the ancient elven city in the Eternal Forest. For countless years, it has been controlled by the elven race, who have always considered themselves the orthodox ones. They even built an elven royal palace in the city, which is said to contain the World Tree. With the World Tree's approval, one can directly access the gate to the realm of the gods.

But no one passed by, because it was just a legend after all.

Legend has it that the reason the Elven race has gone to such lengths to control this ancient city, forbidding anyone from interfering, and even when top figures from various external forces come here, they can only discuss matters with them, yet still cannot shake the city's position in the hands of the Elven descendants, is primarily because this place is a natural testing ground, and contains many relics from ancient battlefields...

Legend has it that someone once obtained a method to surpass the ninth rank here.

It's even said that there are relics of the gods inside!

But it's just a legend, and there's no way to verify it. But where there's smoke, there's fire.

The Eternal Forest is so lively because many people go there to find opportunities to improve themselves. Of course, since it is a natural hunting ground, some younger generations also come to hone their skills. In short, the people who come here are a mixed bag, and they are all different.

The majority of these are powerful forces, such as magic academies, ducal families, and imperial knights.

At the same time, there were also some heinous criminals, and from then on, the Eternal Forest was also known as the Forest of Sin.

Because it's common for people here to rob, kill, and steal.

Although the Eternal Forest is under the control of the Elven race, they turn a blind eye to the conflicts within it, as long as they don't occur in the Elven City.

At this moment, outside the palace, there were many people gazing at the palace steps and the majestic arched gate.

There are many guards there.

The information Liu Zimo learned was from explanations given by the older generation to their prodigies, which Liu Zimo happened to overhear.

Beyond this giant city lies a vast, empty world, which appears desolate and abandoned, with a touch of melancholy.

It was a stark contrast to the magnificent city that had been there before.

1.9 resembles a ravaged battlefield.

Apart from this giant city, Liu Zimo saw vast ruins, with one magnificent palace after another collapsed, leaving only broken walls and rubble.

Liu Zimo snapped out of his thoughts and prepared to enter the city, but was stopped by the person in front of him.

"Please show your identity token."

"???" Liu Ziming looked puzzled. He hadn't entered through a specific area, so he didn't have a token. Just as he was wondering, a voice rang in his ear: "Light Magic and Martial Arts Academy, Duke Harry's son has arrived!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he swaggered inside under the respectful gaze of the guards at the gate.

"Did you see that!" said the guard who was blocking Liu Zimo and the others.

"Forehead……".

Chapter 305 Night-Walking Little Flying Man!

Seeing Liu Ziming remain silent, the guard said somewhat awkwardly, "Without an identity token, you can't enter the Elf City. You didn't sneak in, did you?" Liu Ziming and the others quickly nodded. The guard, looking as if to say, "I knew it," continued, "Many smugglers like you sneak in every year. Although they save on entrance fees, but..." "But what?" Liu Ziming asked, puzzled.

"But he lost his life," the guard said. Liu Zimo and the others immediately became alert. Did they really have such a rule?

Is this a case of dying before even getting started?

But the guard smiled slightly and said, "Don't be nervous. We generally don't treat stowaways with hostility, because we don't want this place to be monopolized by those so-called big families, great empires, and a few academies." "Then what is it?"

"To put it bluntly, this token is actually an immortality charm. If the person with the token encounters danger and survives, they can instantly teleport to the Elf City by crushing the token." "Once teleported to the Elf City, as long as they don't leave, their life will not be in danger."

28 "Of course, some large family tokens also come with a little bit of the power of the family's strong members, which can be effective for a short time to help the holder of the token escape a calamity without having to return to the Elven Realm. If you are a disciple of a large power, then disregard what I said."

“But if not, then you saw the scene outside the city,” the guard explained patiently, showing no sign of impatience. “You’re telling me all this, are you really that kind?”

Liu Zimo asked suspiciously, "As the saying goes, 'A weasel pays New Year's greetings to a chicken.' Is he really that kind?"

"Haha, you're clearly a gifted and intelligent child." The guard suddenly revealed a meaningful smile.

Then he reached out his hand to Liu Zimo.

Liu Zimo instantly understood what this meant: they wanted a bribe.

Damn, sure enough, people are greedy no matter where they are. Seeing that Liu Ziming had no intention of making a move, the guard's expression changed: "Although I won't stop you from entering, I won't issue you tokens if you don't have the money. You'd better watch yourselves." However, at this moment, a pleasant voice suddenly rang out: "I'll pay for their money. Issue them the tokens."

The guard's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. He borrowed the money and scurried off to get a replacement token. Liu Ziming curiously sized up the newcomer and asked, "Why are you helping us?"

But then the man smiled and said, "We're all demons, isn't it only right that we help each other?"

Liu Ziming was stunned. They had already transformed into human form, yet the person before them had seen through them. It seemed this world was indeed fraught with danger, forcing him to reassess his situation. "Don't be so tense, there's nothing disgusting about it, it's just for fun." With that, the woman entered the city alone, adding before leaving, "Remember my name is Yuebai. If you want your money back, please come to Xingyao Inn. By the way, this money is enough to buy two magical artifacts. I won't accept anything less than three!" After saying this, Liu Ziming staggered. He thought he had encountered a kind person, but this woman was more like a cunning merchant! Just then, a guard came running back excitedly, saying, "These are your tokens. As long as you drip your own blood onto them, they can protect one of you in a critical moment." Liu Ziming and the others took the tokens, did as instructed, and began to enter the city.

"Do we really have to pay back the money?" The cat was still young and quite persistent about the matter.

Liu Ziming rolled her eyes at her, annoyed, and said, "This guy is not simple. It's best not to get involved with him for now." "Oh."

Just then, Slime Jing spoke up: "Have you noticed that there are magical artifacts fluctuating around this city?" "You felt it too," Liu Zimo replied with a smile.

"You have some ideas? What about you?" Slime Shizuka continued.

“Same here, we’ll move tonight,” Liu Zimo said with a smile. “Okay!”

"It is calm," the slime said quietly.

The conversation between the two left everyone bewildered, but it shocked the giant ape.

You two, Ruoshui

He sensed the fluctuations of the magical artifact as soon as he entered. Although magical artifacts are rare and precious, the giant ape had no interest in them because they were on someone else's territory, and moreover, he was under the suppression of his strength.

But these two started examining someone else's magical artifacts. Examining someone else's magical artifacts on their own turf... that seems a bit unreasonable.

Although I was a little reluctant, why did I also have an urge to try it out?

They followed Liu Zimo and the others to an inn, and after eating and drinking their fill, they listened to the discussions of the people around them.

"Have you heard? An ice lotus has appeared in the southern mountains. It's said that ice mages who consume it experience a significant boost to their ice magic, while ordinary people can awaken their ice-type talent upon consuming it." "Yes, it's just a pity that it's guarded by an ice dragon, making it difficult to obtain!"

"If I weren't being suppressed, with my peak eighth-tier strength, taking down the Ice Dragon would be a piece of cake!" "Wow, Brother Harry has actually reached the peak of the eighth tier! Congratulations!"

"Brother Hammer, you're being too kind. You've only just broken through to the eighth rank. With your talent, aren't you making fun of me by saying that?" "Hahaha, I wouldn't dare..." Clearly, both of them were rare geniuses.

Liu Zimo listened with a chuckle, his mind starting to wander. A lotus flower capable of awakening talent for 160 was indeed quite precious. It seemed that his trip to Atlantis hadn't been in vain.

This ice-type lotus alone is enough to explain everything.

Night fell quickly, and just as everyone was going back to their rooms to sleep, two men dressed in black suddenly appeared in the darkness.

The two moved with incredible speed, arriving at the place where the magical artifacts were placed in the blink of an eye.

The two were none other than Liu Zimo and Slime Jing.

At the same time, there was a figure behind them—a giant ape!

The giant ape followed behind them, looking at them incredulously. Good heavens, they really came?

But these things are all enhanced with runes, how could they be easily destroyed? Just as the giant ape was filled with doubt, Liu Zimo said, "It's open, it's open, knock it out quickly!!"

"Don't pry it like that! It'll damage the magic tool. If it's damaged, it'll be useless, just like scrap metal," Slime said worriedly.

Liu Ziming, with his unparalleled physical strength, directly used brute force to destroy the runes, causing the slime to feel a pang of pain. "Then what do you suggest we do?"

"It moved...it came out...just like that..."

Just as the slime was about to speak, the magical artifact suddenly began to shake.

Chapter 306 A trivial trick

Slime Jing never expected that Liu Ziming would actually use his brute force to open the Demon King's artifact. His eyes widened in disbelief.

"Hehe, don't be so surprised. It's just some trivial tricks. Actually, I know that once these Demon King's tools are destroyed, they're no different from scrap metal. Why would I do that? Wouldn't coming out here be a waste?" Liu Ziming noticed the expression on the slime's face and quickly explained. In fact, he knew that the giant ape senior was secretly observing him from the shadows, but he didn't care at all.

Since the giant ape senior was merely curious and harbored no ill will towards him, why would he care? As long as he could obtain the Demon King's artifacts, he could at least repay the girl who let him in; he didn't want to owe anyone a favor. "Don't worry, there won't be any problems! Now that we've obtained these things, we should leave quickly, otherwise, if we're discovered, things might get troublesome?"

Liu Ziming and Slime Jing transformed into Nightwalker Peter Pans and disappeared into the vast night at incredible speed. The giant ape senior hiding behind them stared wide-eyed, because he simply couldn't believe that these two guys were actually planning to cause trouble in the Demon King's City.

"Hehe, are you really planning to go to that inn and give these things to that girl?"

Actually, Slime didn't have much of a liking for the young woman who had just entered the city. He disliked her arrogant and domineering personality. "I went through all that trouble to steal these guys from there, how could I easily give them to that idiot?"

Slime Jing really couldn't understand what Liu Ziming was doing. Did he have other uses for these Demon King tools?

But this guy is always so secretive. There's no way around it; if he doesn't tell you himself, no one will ever know.

Liu Ziming and Slime Jing, like two night owls moving swiftly in the darkness, quickly disappeared into the vast night.

"My God, what are these two planning? Are they trying to cause some big trouble in the Demon King's Castle? If so, this is going to be a real problem."

The Giant Ape Elder remained hidden in the shadows, secretly observing Liu Ziming and Slime Jing. He had no idea that these two hadn't returned to their lodgings but had instead run off in another direction. His mind was filled with many questions. "Heh, if you don't want to come with me to the Starry Inn, I advise you to go back the way you came. Otherwise, you'll die a horrible death when someone finds you."

The slime never dreamed that Liu Ziming would actually go to the Starry Inn to find Yuebai. Filled with astonishment, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go with him. "You big liar! Didn't you say we wouldn't give those stolen Demon King items to that girl? Why are you going to the Starry Inn? Do you have other plans or purposes?" The slime, filled with too many doubts, couldn't help but ask.

"Heh, it's not what you think at all. I went through so much trouble and took so many risks to steal this little bit of stuff, why would I just give it away to him for nothing?" Looking at Liu Ziming's smug expression, the slime was genuinely speechless. This guy was always like this, leaving him completely helpless. "Haha, the Starry Inn looks quite grand. It must be a place for rich people?" The two of them moved swiftly through the darkness like night owls, quickly arriving at the Starry Inn. "Are you really planning to go in and wander around like a headless fly, looking for that girl Yuebai?" Looking at the Starry Inn's somewhat magnificent atmosphere, the slime was starting to worry. After all, this was the Demon King's City in the game's dungeon; if things went wrong, they could definitely get into big trouble.

However, Liu Ziming didn't care about those so-called official game dungeons. In fact, he had long been extremely interested in the Ice Lotus that people were talking about. If he could obtain that treasure, it would definitely awaken his ice bloodline. Wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?

"Hehe, aren't you interested in the ice lotus they're talking about?"

Upon hearing that Liu Ziming actually had such a bold idea, Slime Jing's heart clenched painfully. She truly hadn't expected this guy to be so audacious. "Are you crazy? The guardian of the Ice Lotus is an Ice-type Flood Dragon. Isn't your strength being suppressed? That's an eighth-tier divine beast; it's not something you can handle!"

In fact, Liu Ziming himself knew that the reason he came to Xingyao Inn to find Yuebai was because he had received help from that guy when he entered the city. He always felt that the girl was somewhat mysterious and that she might be of some help to him in obtaining the Ice Lotus, so he came here.

"Hehe, I'm not stupid. Even though the Ice Lotus is protected by an ice-type dragon, there must be a way to obtain it. Otherwise, would all those people be idiots?" Slime Jing was so angry that he stomped his feet when he saw that Liu Ziming was stubborn and determined.