Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge naturally sat down in the reserved seat on the first floor, while Bai Xueling, Arthur, Li Shuying, and Bai Qing stood behind him.

Soon, he saw a familiar face.

The third prince of the empire, Long Ming, the Duke of the North, Lang Xiao, the Duke of the East, Xiahou Dun, the Duke of the West, Walter, and General He Jin all appeared in his field of vision.

They sat close to each other, each accompanied by only one or two attendants. Of course, they could only sit on the first floor.

However, I haven't seen the dragon tassel yet.

In the middle of the first floor, there was a huge arena where a nimble dark elf warrior and an orc over two meters tall were fighting. This was a warm-up program before the press conference began.

Cheers resounded throughout the venue.

The windows of the private rooms on the second and third floors lit up one after another.

Representatives of the most powerful races among the myriad races sat inside, looking down at everything in the venue.

Representatives from the Feather Clan, Crystal Clan, Spirit Demon Clan, Elf Clan, Star Clan, Eastern Dragon Clan, and Western Dragon Clan have all arrived one after another!

This is the first time that the Third Prince, Long Ming, has come to Dark City.

This was also the first time he had ever seen so many top experts from the various races gathered together!

Could this dark city really have such a strong attraction?

"Your Highness Long Ming, the demonized young master of the Ye family has also arrived."

General He Jin said softly from the side.

Today, he was considered an attendant, as His Majesty the Emperor had instructed him to personally protect Prince Longming.

The Third Prince, Long Ming, turned his head and glanced at Ye Ge from afar, his eyes flashing with cold disdain.

"I didn't expect them to come. Didn't the Ye family just sell off a huge amount of magic energy stones and magic energy stone mines a few days ago because of their debt to the Spirit Demon Clan? How come they still have money to come to a press conference?"

The basic requirement for entering this venue is to bring at least 100,000 gold coins! For a human clan, 100,000 gold coins is definitely not a small amount of liquid funds.

General He Jin laughed and said, "That's also possible. The reason they auctioned off the magic energy stone mine is that they want to raise 100,000 gold coins before the Dark City press conference, otherwise they won't be able to participate."

“That is indeed possible.” Long Ming’s lips curled up slightly, because he was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Ye family’s sale of seven magic energy stone mines at auction.

He took over four of the magic stone mines! The other three dukes each took over one.

Magic Stones have always been the most stable, safest, and most efficient energy ore among all races. This kind of hard currency generally only goes up in price and never goes down. Taking over such a mine is definitely a sure-fire way to make money.

In Long Ming's view, the fact that the Ye family needed to auction off the magic energy stone mine meant that the family must have encountered a very serious financial crisis!

“Father always says that the Ye family is the biggest threat to our royal family now.” Long Ming said dismissively, “But I think they are nothing special. They have already reached the point where they need to auction off magic energy stone mines. I think their current prestige is just superficial.”

"That's not entirely true." General He Jin shook his head: "Although the Ye family is facing a financial crisis, their army is still a force to be reckoned with."

Long Ming sneered: "They just spent money to recruit some powerful members of the myriad races to serve as guest elders in their territories. If they run out of money, will those powerful members of the myriad races still risk their lives for them?"

General He Jin nodded: "What you said makes sense."

Deng!

At that moment, as the lights in the middle of the three-story private room came on, the entire venue was suddenly enveloped in a dark and terrifying atmosphere!

The aura seemed to rise from the abyss, carrying the scent of coldness and death, permeating the entire venue and making it almost impossible to breathe!

Long Ming felt a sudden pang of fear and instinctively clutched his chest, his face turning deathly pale: "What... what is this feeling? What's going on?"

General He Jin, standing nearby, was also experiencing similar symptoms, with cold sweat constantly beading on his forehead. However, he was in slightly better condition: "It seems to be the suppression of the domain of a dark race... Such powerful dark energy, could it be a Soul Emperor realm expert?!"

Everyone's eyes were involuntarily drawn to the private room in the very middle of the third floor.

He was a tall, upright young man with a resolute appearance. His eyes were a deep, blood-red color, with dark black eyeliner around them. He had a pair of small horns on his head, a contemptuous yet handsome face, and a sharp aura between his brows and eyes. He wore a deep purple robe, and the muscles in his forearms that were exposed outside the robe were clearly defined. His whole body was faintly shrouded in a layer of dark demonic energy.

"They are representatives of the demon race!"

Someone couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

"As expected, many dark races participated in this year's press conference..."

"Even the Demon Race, which ranks second among all races and is second only to the God Race, has appeared."

"Isn't that the Black Sun Demon Lord? I didn't expect the Demon King to actually send him in person..."

"This year is really lively!"

"..."

In the three-story private room, the black curtains were slowly drawn, with only a faint light shining through the gaps, casting the shadow of the Black Sun Demon Lord sitting in his seat.

After the curtain was drawn, the condition of everyone present improved slightly; at least their palpitations and difficulty breathing were no longer so severe.

Long Ming recovered and breathed heavily, feeling as if he had been given a second chance at life. His legs and arms were so weak that he could barely lift them.

Just now... what exactly did that feeling feel like?

Is this the power of the top experts of all races?

Also located on the third floor, the representative of the Western Dragon Clan glanced at the Demon Clan's private room opposite and sneered, "Hmph, the Demon Clan people are still as pretentious as ever."

Ye Ge sat calmly in her seat, her expression unchanged.

But Li Shuying, Bai Qing, and Arthur behind him suffered the same fate. Their symptoms were almost identical to Long Ming's, and since they had no seats, their legs went weak and they couldn't stand up at all.

Bai Xueling's condition is slightly better, but only slightly better.

The catgirl was also pale, biting her lip and barely managing to stay upright by holding onto Night Song's seat.

What did that feel like just now?

It took Arthur a long time to recover, and he said through gritted teeth.

Ye Ge narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "The Demon Clan's Doomsday Domain forms a terrifying aura centered on the caster, where demonic energy reacts with the air, dealing xxx points of damage per second to any creature that approaches the domain. The amount of damage deducted is affected by the levels of both allies and enemies..."

"This demonic ability differs from ordinary domain auras in that it's entirely a passive skill, not consuming mana. On the contrary, deactivating this domain requires consuming a certain amount of mana..."

Arthur was shocked: "Is that even possible? Turning it off actually consumes magic power?"

“This kind of domain skill is a talent ability that only demons with 20% of the ancient demon bloodline can master.” Ye Ge paused, “It seems that the Black Sun Demon Lord that the demons sent this time has a fairly high bloodline purity.”

Billions of years ago, the gods defeated the demons. The death of the Demon Tree directly led to the largest extinction event in the history of the demon realm, with 98% of demonic creatures disappearing. The current dark races are basically descendants of that demonic extinction event.

The current dark races generally only inherit 1%-9% of the bloodline of the ancient demon races.

Compared to other dark races, the demon race has the highest proportion of bloodline genes from the ancient demon races, accounting for approximately 15%-25% of all dark races.

“I’ve heard my brother talk about this ability before, but this is the first time I’ve seen and felt it with my own eyes,” Bai Qing said, panting slightly. “I think that Black Sun Demon Lord deliberately didn’t turn off his domain aura when he first entered the venue!”

“Yes,” Night Song smiled, “It’s very much in line with the devil’s style.”

“But, my lord,” Arthur scratched his head, looking at Nightsong with some confusion, “why do you seem perfectly fine?”

Night Song calmly said, "I am a mutant with demonic genes, possessing the same gene chain as those demons, and will not be affected by that kind of domain energy."

“Oh…” Arthur nodded blankly.

Actually, Ye Ge was just making things up on the spot.

The real reason is that Night Song's bloodline purity is far higher than that of the Black Sun Demon Lord.

Therefore, they are naturally not affected by that kind of halo.

In truth, that halo effect is essentially a much weaker, much weaker version of the "doomsday curse"...

......

The venue is a three-story pavilion, in the Oriental VIP box.

"Is that Ye Ge, the demonized mutant young master of the Ye family?"

A young girl from the Eastern Dragon Clan, who looked to be only a teenager, blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked down at Ye Ge on the first floor below with great curiosity.

She had long, flowing silver hair like a waterfall, eyes as deep as the sea, pupils that seemed to hold the brilliance and depth of stars, a face as exquisite as a painting, a high nose bridge, and pale pink lips, exuding a pure and noble air untouched by the world, a pair of dragon horns on her head, and a long dress woven from dragon scales and silk.

"There's nothing particularly special about him. I don't understand why Father wants me to pay special attention to a weak human."

The Eastern dragon girl looked utterly bewildered and confused.

In her eyes, the human race, ranked 93rd among all races, is like an ant compared to the Eastern Dragon race, ranked 3rd among all races.

Is there really anything to observe about someone from such a weak race?

An old dragon minister whispered to the young girl, "Princess, His Majesty must have had his reasons for saying that. You didn't seem to notice just now, but among the guests of all races on the first floor when the Black Sun Demon Lord arrived, only that demonized young master was completely unaffected by the domain aura!"

"Huh? That makes sense!" The dragon princess's eyes lit up, and she nodded, seemingly understanding something.

.......

The venue is a three-story pavilion, in a private box facing south.

Two fair-skinned, slender men were sitting here.

"Master, the Demon Clan sent the Black Sun Demon Lord this time, clearly with the same goal as us: to obtain the new extraordinary weapon released by Dark City."

A middle-aged man said worriedly, "If they get their hands on the weapons, they'll definitely launch another detrimental attack on our Feather Clan's sky territory! Although they didn't succeed in occupying our territory last time, they certainly won't give up so easily!"

The young winged man clenched his fist and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, I won't let them succeed..."

"We, the Feather Clan, are determined to win this year's press conference!"

......

Zheng!

At this moment, most of the lights in the venue went out.

The night elf warrior and the orc warrior on the arena had already decided their victory and stepped down.

It's eight o'clock!

All the lights were focused on the main podium.

Ye Ge smiled and said, "It's finally about to begin."

Then, Bao Bingqing slowly walked out.

Dressed in a mysterious black outfit, leaning on a cane, and wearing a strange smiling mask, he slowly walked to the podium.

"Hello everyone." Bao Bingqing's voice, specially processed by the mask, emitted an eerie, demonic sound, further enhancing his mystique: "Welcome to Dark City, representatives of all races."

Many representatives of various races who were attending the Dark City press conference for the first time were slightly taken aback when they saw Bao Bingqing.

It's actually a human?!

and......

They could all clearly sense that Bao Bingqing was actually a completely ordinary person!

He possessed absolutely no extraordinary power!

How could such an ordinary person be the master of this dark city?

However, everyone quickly realized what was happening.

Obviously, this is impossible.

The fact that Dark City can produce so many amazing treasures means that it must have an extremely powerful background force supporting it, at least one of the top ten races among all races!

Bao Bingqing was clearly just a spokesperson who had been pushed to the forefront.

The true master of Dark City must be someone else!

"I'm sure everyone has been waiting for this for a long time."

Bao Bingqing said unhurriedly, "So, without further ado, let's get straight to the point and start showcasing our first release today!"

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

An orc and an ogre carried a huge metal box together and placed it on the podium.

The metal box was opened.

Inside was a magic-powered machine gun that was over two meters long. Its shape was precisely fitted, and the surface of the gun body was engraved with rune energy-gathering panels. The barrel alone was over a meter long, and there were seven barrels "bundled" together, somewhat similar to the design of a Gatling gun.

For the myriad races of this world, such an extraordinary firearm is obviously very novel.