The necromancer just wants to plant trees

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The end of the Dragon Castle secret passage is between low mountains in the west of Blood Sand City.

The terrain of Purgatory is usually mostly mountains and hills, but there are rarely endless mountainous areas or plateaus.

Since most demons naturally have a certain ability to fly.

Therefore, the environment of Purgatory is not suitable for hiding.

As long as the pursuer flies over the low hills, the environment below will naturally be in full view.

However, this mountain area is a little different.

As soon as Matthew came out, he noticed that there was a layer of light green mist on the mountains and below.

In the mist.

There are a lot of green devil vines growing -

These devil vines have a certain self-awareness and a very basic hunting wisdom, and are also one of the species unique to Purgatory.

They certainly can't hurt Matthew and others.

And the growth of these Purgatory plants can provide good cover for escapees.

Matthew speculated that these devil vines may have been planted by the predecessors of the Sestan family, with the purpose of further covering up the exit of the secret passage.

On the other hand.

Some of the mutated devil vines have a sound-absorbing effect.

So when they walked in the mist, they often couldn't hear each other's footsteps, as if they were walking in a silent space.

In this case.

The sudden footsteps seemed even more abrupt.

"It's not a demon. Affected by the repulsive force of the purgatory space, the demon's footsteps are much heavier than this."

"It may be a lone demon..."

Matthew just had such a judgment in his mind.

The newcomer had already appeared in front of the group of people leisurely-

The other party was indeed alone.

He was carrying a huge package on his back, his waist was a little hunched, and his figure was obviously tall, but he always gave people a wretched temperament when walking.

There was no doubt.

This was a demon.

In addition to the purgatory breath that came to his face, the identity of the other party could also be judged from the two small pieces of horns on his head.

The demon's face was covered with a green mask, and the back of his head was wrapped with a red headscarf. His clothes were brown and his belt was black-

This colorful combination made him look a little funny.

Just as Matthew and the other two were concentrating on looking at the devil that suddenly appeared.

Sandrine's face showed a trace of surprise and uneasiness:

"Purgatory Black Merchant?"

Her voice was very soft, and most of it was absorbed by the nearby devil vines, but the devil's ears moved, as if he heard it clearly.

His eyes immediately widened into a circle:

"Wait, ma'am, can I think you are slandering me?"

Sandrine immediately pursed her lips.

Matthew's eyes looked over.

She immediately introduced him to Matthew through the medium of Paradise Lost-

So.

The devil in front of him is most likely the "Purgatory Black Merchant" in the legend of the Nine Hells.

This is a very legendary devil, and also an alternative among the devils.

It is said that the Purgatory Black Merchant always shuttles between different planes of the Nine Hells, and only those who are lucky enough have the opportunity to meet him and trade with him.

The devils who have traded with him claim that the black merchant has a lot of good things, but the prices are ridiculously expensive, and sometimes even the devil lords who dominate one side cannot meet the requirements provided by the black merchant.

Most people who have done business with the black marketeer think they have suffered losses, but they can do nothing about it.

"Since it is not cost-effective to do business with him, why do we have to trade with him?"

Matthew was puzzled.

Sandrine glanced at the Purgatory Black Marketeer and secretly explained in her heart:

"That's because this devil is very good at cursing!"

"His curse may be at the same level as the Lord of the Nine Hells, and almost no one can solve it!"

Matthew understood instantly.

"Some people also refused to trade with the Purgatory Black Marketeer, but the end was very bad..."

Sandrine said quickly:

"But there is a way to deal with everything. According to the information I have learned, as long as you buy a product from the black marketeer, even if he is dissatisfied with you, he is unlikely to use a curse to attack you."

Matthew nodded slightly.

"You two won't say bad things about me in secret, will you?"

The Purgatory Black Merchant smiled and put the package on the ground, then said to the group:

"Come and take a look at my goods, they are all top-quality goods, traded with soul coins."

"You all look rich, each of you should buy at least one, just as a way to support the poor merchants."

"Praise the Blood River!"

Matthew went up to take a look.

Most of the items have been sealed with aura, which makes it difficult to identify with the naked eye, and even identification techniques may not be able to quickly obtain relevant information about the corresponding items.

This is completely a blind box!

What's worse is that.

The other party actually proposed to settle with soul coins!

Although Matthew and the other two had some soul coins in their hands, the number was not large, and it could only cover the cost of traveling to Baator Purgatory.

Although Sandrine was the last person in charge of the Sestan family, the Sestan family had been weak for too many years and the family assets had long been lost.

But the prices of these items or props were extremely expensive.

Sandrine quickly calculated.

If each person bought one, she would have to use up all of her soul coins, and she would have to pay for some of Matthew's soul coins!

The unfairness of this transaction was obviously beyond the tolerance of a normal person.

"Choose slowly and look at it slowly. It doesn't matter if you don't have money temporarily. I'm easy to talk to. Just write an IOU and pay it back slowly in the future."

The black merchant from Purgatory is still selling his products with a smile.

Matthew and Lorraine exchanged glances.

The trio couldn't help but have a bit of evil in their eyes.

"Mr. Merchant, speaking of which, I also have a few good items here. Do you want to take a look?"

Lorraine smiled and took out several bracelets, mirrors and necklaces from the material world and placed them in front of the black merchant:

"At least pick one thing. Well, just like you, I'll settle with soul coins. The price should be three times the price of these things!"

The purgatory black merchant raised his eyebrows:

"You want to sell it by force?"

Luo Lan said with a smile:

"Voluntary transaction."

"It doesn't matter if you have no money temporarily, just write an IOU and pay it back slowly."

The black businessman suddenly showed a fierce look in his eyes:

"Is it possible that some of you want to fall out?"

"The most important thing in business is to be friendly and make money. If you don't like my goods, forget it. At worst, I won't sell them. There's no need to make fun of me like this, right?"

Said.

He quickly stuffed his things back into the package.

See this scene.

A look of worry flashed across Sandrine's face.

"Since you don't want to buy it, we won't do the business. Let's see you next time!"

Having said this.

The black merchant strode towards the depths of the mist.

He glanced back as he ran.

There is endless malice hidden in those glowing green eyes!

That moment.

Matthew's soul seemed to be stung, and he felt a deep malice!

That is the power of the curse!

"Don't let him get away!"

Luo Lan raised his hand, and a series of green rays of light flew out from the flute and fell quickly on the black merchant——

"The Grip of Weakness"!

"Legendary resistance weakened"!

"Bad luck"!

other side.

Matthew's malicious transformation technique and Carmela's forced body shaping technique also hit the black merchant one after another!

To provide power.

Matthew still used the dragon scale charm!

But then.

A surprising scene happened.

The Purgatory Black Merchant only maintained his goat form and immobilized state for less than 0.5 seconds. Then he cursed in Purgatory language and started running away again!

This resistance and toughness...

There is probably no higher-level legendary devil lord than this!

"Chase!"

Naturally, it was impossible for the three of them to let this strange devil go.

They chased and fought hard all the way.

The black merchant didn't fight back, he just kept yelling angrily.

And every curse.

Matthew and others can feel the malice and curse coming from purgatory.

Fortunately, the three of them had their own abilities, so the slight curse did not have much impact on them, but instead strengthened their determination to hunt down the black businessman.

But during the chase, they also discovered.

This guy seems to be able to dodge a lot of physical damage, and is immune to almost all magical effects. He is even more easily immune to control spells!

Matthew tried a lot and found that nothing worked.

And that guy ran extremely fast.

If Carmela hadn't been using divine fire to burn and lock his position, he might have been out of combat and escaped with more powerful means of escape!

"Matthew, do you have any other tricks?"

Carmela's voice rang in his ears:

"I have a way that should be able to catch him, but the movement may be louder..."

Matthew quickly stopped the other party's possible actions.

After spending these days together, he also had a deeper understanding of Carmela.

What she said was relatively loud——

That may not be as big as usual!

Now they are still outside the Blood Sand City and may be targeted by the demon lord at any time. It is better to keep a low profile at this time!

"I still have some control methods, let's try them one by one..."

"Get out of the way first!"

The words fell.

Matthew appeared in front of the black merchant in a blink of an eye!

This guy's reaction was also very fast. He just snorted coldly, then picked up the package behind his back and threw it at Matthew hard!

The package looked huge, and its actual weight was estimated to be millions of times greater than its appearance. If it was hit from the front, even a strong demon lord might faint.

Between the lightning and flint.

Matthew used a retreat step he learned from A Bing to avoid the attack.

Immediately afterwards.

He quickly opened Lost Paradise, took out a wooden box and placed it on the ground.

Bang!

The sound of the wooden box falling to the ground was deep.

The black merchant was a little curious when he saw the box.

But when he saw Matthew closing his eyes quickly while opening the box, he seemed to react and wanted to turn around and escape.

It was at that moment.

Another forced body-building shot from Carmela accurately hit the black merchant's head.

Although the immobilization effect only lasted about 0.3 seconds.

But it was enough for Matthew to release the monster in the wooden box——

When the long wet hair of the Medusa Priestess scratched the edge of the rough wooden box.

Her eyes, which seemed harmless to humans and animals, also completed the first confrontation with the black merchant in hell.

In an instant.

Black Shang's body began to turn into a stone statue at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A moan of joy came from Medusa's mouth.

The next second.

She swam towards the black merchant without hesitation.

She rolled up the black businessman with her lower body.

A few seconds later.

The Purgatory Black Merchant was completely brought back to the box by Neya.

Bang!

Matthew closed the box, carefully released his eyes, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that the legend that the devils were afraid of Medusa's petrification ability and drove her to death is not groundless."

After a while, Luo Lan came over.

Matthew stuffed the box back into the Lost Paradise, and then tried to open the luggage that the black merchant had dropped on the ground, but found that he couldn't open it.

So he could only temporarily throw his luggage into the lost paradise.

But this time.

He also vaguely heard the roar of Dark Peggy:

"Matthew!"

"How many times have I told you!"

"Don't stuff everything into Paradise Lost..."

Matthew could only shrug helplessly.

no way.

Who said Lost Paradise is so convenient?

The Medusa Wooden Box cannot be placed into any storage item at all, not even the demiplane, except Lost Paradise.

Matthew suspected that the carrying space requirement of this thing was a complete plane.

Only Paradise Lost meets this condition.

"So, you just robbed the black merchant in Purgatory?"

Sandrine asked with surprise and hindsight.

Matthew spread his hands:

"I haven't touched his property yet, so it's not considered robbery."

"As you saw, he threatened us with a curse and we had to defend ourselves."

Sandrine looked at Matthew in disbelief, and then looked at the other two people, and found that the two people had no reaction, as if they had just done an insignificant thing.

"That's a black merchant from hell!"

"Some people suspect that he is the son of Blood River..."

"You caught me just like that?"

Sandrine muttered.

When Matthew heard this, his heart moved.

What just happened happened so quickly that he didn't have time to confirm it carefully.

Think back now.

Matthew actually sensed a familiar aura from the Purgatory Black Merchant!

That breath...

"It's the aura of Xifu and Xia Ye!"

Matthew suddenly reacted.

"etc!"

"Could it be Bato..."

It was at that moment.

New news suddenly came from Paradise Lost.

…

"Paradise Lost: It has been detected that you have successfully captured a real clone of Baator. Do you want to refine it and extract the blood of Baator?"

…

Is the Purgatory Black Merchant the real clone of Bator?

Does he still have the blood of Baator?

Matthew hesitated.

"The first drop of Baator's blood was used by Memphist to create the Blood Flag family."

"The second drop of Baator's blood was integrated into Sif's body by Melinda."

"Could this be the third drop, the last drop of Baator's blood left in purgatory?"

When three drops of Bator's blood come together, does it herald Bator's return?

Matthew hesitated for a moment.

I decided not to refine it for the time being.

"It's better to seal it first."

He changed his mind and directly stuffed the petrified black merchant from Purgatory to the bottom of the secret warehouse.

Do it all.

His attention returned to reality.

At this time.

Suddenly there was a loud noise in the sky.

Everyone looked up.

But I saw a huge rock flying from the distant horizon.

The boulder tore apart the sky and smashed into the walls of Blood Sand City.

During the flight, part of the boulder turned into fragments and landed in the mountains near them.

After the fragments fell to the ground, they broke into countless small stones.

But just from those small stones.

One after another, insect-like demons popped out!

In the blink of an eye.

The mountains and plains are filled with insect demons!

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