"Where have you led us? This is not human territory at all!" Xiao Feng grabbed the bird demon beside him and demanded an explanation.

The bird demon blinked its innocent eyes and said with a wronged expression, "This place is not human territory to begin with. This area within a million miles is not human territory. You only asked me to take you out of the cave, you didn't say there was any other requirement."

Xiao Feng was completely stunned, and when he spoke again, his voice was trembling slightly.

"You're not lying to me? Where exactly is this place?!" Xiao Feng was starting to panic.

The bird demon continued to act as if it didn't know what Xiao Feng was panicking about, saying, "This is the territory of the demon race, Demon Emperor Ridge."

The moment the bird demon finished speaking, Xiao Feng released his grip on its neck, exchanged a glance with Zhao Yuwei beside him, and both of them had bitterness in their eyes.

We're doomed.

This was the only thought in their minds.

If they had only gone to the border between the human and demon races, that would be easier to handle.

But they ended up at the southernmost stronghold of the demon race.

Worse still, the closer one gets to the demon race's stronghold, the more pronounced the antagonism between the demon and human races becomes.

Although conflicts sometimes occur at the border between the human and demon races, the people of each race living on both sides have become familiar with each other, and their relationship has eased somewhat.

The closer one gets to the demon race's stronghold, the stronger the demon race becomes, and the fewer traces of humans appear.

Coupled with the deep-seated hatred from the past, the demon race harbors extreme resentment towards the human race.

Of course, humans weren't much better to demons either.

Over millions of years, the human race and the demon race have long since reached a point of irreconcilable conflict.

When humans were weak, they became food for the demon race.

Once humans could cultivate and their strength increased significantly, they began to fight back against the demon race.

Peel off the skin and tendons, dismantle the bones and extract the marrow!

At its most glorious and prosperous time, the human race almost completely suppressed the demon race!

If it weren't for the emergence of a peerless genius among the demon race who leveled the score, most of the demon race would probably have been wiped out by the human race long ago.

It is precisely because of this that the demon race hates the human race even more.

However, this is not the case for all demons.

Some races among the demon race dislike fighting and have never participated in the war between humans and demons; their attitude towards humans is relatively friendly.

None of these matters.

After all, Xiao Feng and Zhao Yuwei are currently in the stronghold of the demon race, and it is impossible for them to encounter demons who are friendly to humans.

“From the very beginning, I found it strange that you two humans appeared in that cave, which is clearly only accessible to our demon race.”

"I didn't expect you to not know where you were. How did you get in?" the bird demon asked, feigning concern.

Xiao Feng and Zhao Yuwei were both very tired at this moment.

If they had known they were entering such a place, they would have been better off staying in the cave; perhaps they would have been safer.

"The southernmost demon territory is a dangerous place. If we want to return to the Ming Cult, not only will we be hunted down by the demons, but we also have to cross endless seas, vast forests, continuous snow-capped mountains, and the boundary between humans and demons."

"It would take at least a decade or more to return to the human realm and then to rejoin the Ming Cult, and then we'd have to evade the pursuit of those righteous sects!"

Xiao Feng did not answer the bird demon's question, but instead discussed the matter with Zhao Yuwei on his own.

Zhao Yuwei also knew that what Xiao Feng said was indeed the current situation.

But they can't stay in the demon race's stronghold forever.

If the demon race discovers their human identities, they're doomed.

"I just used my divine sense to investigate, and for some reason, the aura of the demon race on this island isn't very strong. Let's conceal our presence and stay here for now, and see what happens," Xiao Feng said helplessly.

That's the only thing we can do for now, Zhao Yuwei nodded.

Such a powerful shock only caused Xiao Feng a slight headache when he first learned of this unfortunate news.

But Xiao Feng quickly figured it out.

They originally intended to leave the Ming Cult.

He ran so far away that Tianyi Sect would definitely not be able to find their trail, and he was also able to avoid Su Xueqing's crazy attempt to assassinate Zhao Yuwei.

Aside from the fact that it's more dangerous for the two of them here, there's nothing wrong with it.

Perhaps they will soon find a way back to their original continent.

Since they were already there, they decided to make the best of it. Since they couldn't leave in the short term, they needed to find a place to rest first.

Because of the bird demon guiding them, Xiao Feng and Zhao Yuwei did not get lost on the island.

Soon, under the reluctant guidance of the bird demon, the two found a suitable place to rest.

After the two sat down, they realized that Taotie had disappeared somewhere.

Xiao Feng's eyes darkened, and he directly communicated with the system, instructing it to control the toxins in Taotie's body.

Sure enough, not long after, Taotie returned from outside, its face full of anger.

Upon arriving in the territory of the demon race, Taotie naturally reverted to its original form.

The enormous body that appeared before Xiao Feng and Zhao Yuwei was indeed somewhat intimidating.

It's a pity that Xiao Feng wasn't afraid of it at all. He even complained that the Taotie was blocking his light and said directly, "Can't you shrink a little? I don't care if you turn back to your original form, but you're blocking too much light!"

Taotie was so angry that he wanted to eat Xiao Feng whole.

"You promised me before! You would let me go! Are you going back on your word now?" Taotie retorted angrily to Xiao Feng.

"I didn't go back on my word. Didn't you come back because you were poisoned? What does this have to do with me!" Xiao Feng said innocently.

"But you clearly detoxified my body, so why is there still poison? You didn't completely detoxify me! Detoxify this poison immediately!" Taotie said.

Xiao Feng shook his head at Taotie: "That won't do. The poison I promised to cure you is the one I gave you in the secret realm."

"However, the poison in your body now was given to you by me later, and it is not within the scope of our transaction. Moreover, the antidote for this poison is only temporary, and there is currently no antidote that can completely cure the poison."

After Xiao Feng finished speaking with a smile, Taotie became completely enraged and charged directly at Xiao Feng and Zhao Yuwei.

Xiao Feng and Zhao Yuwei, however, neither dodged nor avoided the situation.

Xiao Feng still had that same smiling expression as he looked at Taotie.

As the Taotie drew closer, Xiao Feng suddenly spoke.

"But each time the poison takes longer to take effect, and once you've been given this poison, other poisons won't work on you."

The Taotie's fangs stopped a meter in front of Xiao Feng.

"Oh, right, this poison is one that I developed myself. Even my godfather doesn't know what the antidote is. If you kill me, this poison really can't be cured."

Xiao Feng directly controlled the Taotie's suffering through the system, so only Xiao Feng could relieve it.

Because the Taotie wasn't poisoned at all.