King Ieuan, Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the others remained on the alert. They thought even the weaker Treacherous Beings couldn't be taken lightly.
The Glede Demons, however, were used to them.
Even Campbell, an awakened Treacherous Being, couldn't resist the temptation of the Arcana. How much more these unintelligent, friendly ones?
More and more Treacherous Beings of grotesque shapes gathered around the group, almost completely blocking their way.
"Drive them away," Bacchus ordered.
The Glede Demons swung their blades and cut through the Treacherous Beings easily. The weaker ones were sliced into pieces. The friendly-type ones dodged and scampered in various directions.
Although they couldn't die, the creatures still instinctively evaded danger.
After clearing the way, the group continued onward.
The Ghost Mountain was already massive from the outside, almost as large as half of the Night View Island. Its inner space was even more spacious.
Up ahead, a row of square prison cells came into view. Beside the cells were stone tablets engraved with figures of different creatures.
"What are those creatures?" the Snake Goddess asked.
"They are also Treacherous Beings," Bacchus explained. "But unlike those outside, the Treacherous Beings here can be fused. You can enter the cells after imprinting the glazed sheets on the stone tablets."
Decker at the end of the line piped up, "The thorny Treacherous Beings our Wooden Leaf race have fused with are over there."
He pointed to a cell not far away. There was a pattern of Treacherous Being with poisonous spines on the stone tablet beside the cell.
"Only the weakest hostility-level Treacherous Beings are kept here," a Glede Demon pointed out disdainfully.
Of course the Wooden Leaf race would choose such low-level Treacherous Beings. The Glede Demons scoffed at such weaklings.
The gap in strength between the Treacherous Beings they preferred were quite large. Some top hostility-level Treacherous Beings were as strong as the resentment-level ones.
Among these were the Wolf Owls that the Glede Demons fused with. They were the strongest among the hostility-level Treacherous Beings.
"Now we go to the far right," Bacchus pointed out.
Everyone followed behind Bacchus and entered the rightmost passageway.
After they entered, another row of square prison cells came into view. Hostility-level Treacherous Beings were kept in these cells as well.
"Now we go to the passageway at the far left," said Bacchus.
The layout of the Ghost Mountain was obviously carefully designed. Treacherous Beings were kept in rows upon rows of cells, and the passageway leading to the depths of the Ghost Mountain zigzagged from left to right.
Knowing the Element Spirit Civilization led by the Eye Spirit was very likely to chase after them, the group sped along the zigzag passageway.
"There are about a hundred prison cells in each row, where about a hundred kinds of hostility-level Treacherous Beings are kept. We have passed seven rows along the way, so seven hundred kinds of Treacherous Beings, too." Surprise was written all over Eastern Emperor Taiyi's face.
He never imagined there were so many kinds of Treacherous Beings in the Ghost Mountain.
Bacchus smiled. "There are a total of six hundred rows. At the three hundredth row, there are two bypasses, which lead to the left and right regions of the Ghost Mountain."
"So there are tens of thousands of different kinds of Treacherous Beings in the Ghost Mountain?" Fuxi asked in surprise.
"We've calculated that there are one hundred and ten thousand kinds of hostility-level Treacherous Beings on this floor alone," answered Bacchus.
Everyone was stunned at the number.
King Ieuan turned its head and glanced at Decker. There were so many kinds of Treacherous Beings, yet the Wooden Leaf race only chose those on the first row. How pathetic!
Noticing the gaze of King Ieuan, Decker could only smile helplessly. Given the lack of strength of the Wooden Leaf race, they could only choose the weakest Treacherous Beings.
"Why are there so many?" the Snake Goddess asked, genuinely puzzled.
The creatures in the chaos could not become Treacherous Beings, after all. All the Treacherous Beings came from outside the chaos.
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