“General, can this spirit stone serve as our brothers’ sincerity?”
Seeing Mo Fan remain silent, the two wolf demons grew uneasy.
“Hahaha… Of course it can. Like the leopard demon, you will join General Crane’s ranks!” Mo Fan laughed heartily, then turned to the last elephant demon. Without waiting for him to speak, he waved his hand and said, “You too, join General Crane’s ranks!”
“General, don’t I need to offer something as well?” The elephant demon was taken aback.
“No need. This general is in a good mood today and will spare you!” Mo Fan waved dismissively. Having suddenly acquired one supernatural ability, with another soon to be his, and now a mid-grade fire spirit stone, he was visibly delighted.
As for the elephant demon’s offering, he didn’t care. In his view, what could a mere demon subordinate offer?
The two wolf demons had likely used up half a lifetime’s luck to find a mid-grade spirit stone.
“General, I don’t wish to join General Crane’s ranks!” the elephant demon suddenly spoke up.
“What’s that?” Mo Fan’s face darkened, thinking the elephant demon was being recklessly ungrateful.
He was sparing him, yet he dared to negotiate terms?
“Calm your anger, General. I wish to join your ranks. Please accept me!” Seeing Mo Fan’s anger, the elephant demon dropped to his knees with a thud, trembling but raising his head to stare at Mo Fan with determination in his eyes.
His words made Mo Fan pause, the anger in his eyes fading. He frowned and asked, “Give me a reason.”
“Because you, General, are the most powerful being here!” The elephant demon gritted his teeth, locking eyes with Mo Fan and saying in a deep voice, “I once swore that whoever could defeat the rat demon, I would follow!”
“I see!” Mo Fan nodded and asked, “What grudge do you have with the rat demon to make such a vow?”
At this, the other demons turned to the elephant demon, curious.
In their eyes, the rat demon who fled was a demon general, the leader of these bandit demons. So, the rat demon and elephant demon should be allies. Why would he say such a thing?
This puzzled and intrigued them.
“General, that rat demon was originally a minor demon who defected from the Bottomless Cave. He was hunted and fell into distress. I saved him and took him under my wing.
But instead of gratitude, he soon stole a massive opportunity that belonged to me, using it to break through to the demon general realm!
After becoming a demon general, he stripped me of my authority, becoming the true leader of our group. He forced us to rob for him but never shared the benefits!
So, I secretly resolved to escape his control if I got the chance. Unfortunately, as time passed, the rat demon’s cultivation grew stronger, while I, lacking resources, couldn’t break through to the demon general realm.
In the end, I lost all hope and could only pray the rat demon would provoke someone powerful. That’s why I made that vow!” the elephant demon said in a deep voice.
Mo Fan nodded after hearing this, saying, “The humans have a saying: interrupting one’s cultivation is like killing their parents. This is indeed an irreconcilable grudge.”
“But aren’t you afraid I’m an even more sinister demon than the rat demon?”
Mo Fan sneered, not fully trusting the elephant demon’s words.
The elephant demon fell silent for a moment before giving a bitter smile. “General, you’re joking. Based on how you fought the rat demon to protect your subordinates, I know you’re not a cunning, shortsighted demon!
Besides, you have so many subordinates, showing you have ambition and care for those under you. That’s the kind of leader I want to follow!”
After hearing this, Mo Fan pondered briefly, then waved his hand. A poison pill appeared, floating before the elephant demon.
“Plenty of demons want to follow this general. You’re not special. If you have the guts, swallow this poison pill,” Mo Fan said calmly.
His words made the five pig demon brothers nearby change expressions, then smile bitterly.
They could tell this poison pill was the same kind the general had given them before.
Though they knew it wasn’t anything good, hearing this still stung a bit.
Poison pill?
The elephant demon stared at the pill, then without hesitation, swallowed it in one gulp.
“White Elephant pays respects to the General!” After swallowing the pill, he immediately bowed to Mo Fan.
“Good, decisive and ruthless!” Mo Fan grinned, waving his hand. “Alright, this general will accept you!”
“Thank you, General, for taking me in!” the elephant demon quickly thanked him.
“Is White Elephant your name?” Mo Fan asked.
“General, White Elephant is indeed my name,” the elephant demon replied honestly.
“Not bad. It’s a name with the potential of a great demon. Follow this general well, and you’ll make something of yourself!” Mo Fan said with a smile. The name White Elephant and his appearance reminded him of the three giants of Lion Camel Ridge from Journey to the West, one of whom was a white elephant spirit.
Perhaps he could gather his own trio of giants?
Mo Fan mused with a mischievous thought.
Next, he had White Elephant and the other demons lead the way to capture the rat demon.
To be safe, Mo Fan kept Three-Inch Ding on his shoulder, carefully tracking the rat demon’s direction and aura.
As expected, Mo Fan was right. The rat demon hadn’t returned to his lair but had fled deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Seeing this, Mo Fan had the demons rest while he, with Three-Inch Ding, rode the clouds alone to pursue.
With Three-Inch Ding by his side, Mo Fan wasn’t worried about letting the rat demon escape.
Sure enough, after flying just over a hundred miles, Mo Fan found traces of the rat demon in a cave. He immediately used his Ten Thousand Poison Spider Gu ability to force the demon out.
The rat demon, startled by the spider gu, realised Mo Fan was pursuing him. He tried to escape using his earth-escape ability, but the once-soft ground suddenly became impossibly hard and emitted a chilling aura, rendering his ability useless.
With no choice, the rat demon crawled out of the cave and fled far away in an instant.
“Rat demon, meet your grandpa!” A sudden shout rang in the rat demon’s ears. Startled, he instinctively looked back to see how close his pursuer was.
In that moment of turning, he saw a pair of crimson eyes growing larger, almost covering the entire sky.
The rat demon’s mind roared, and his entire body froze in place.
“Swish!” A crimson tongue arrow pierced through the rat demon’s chest, dragging him back.
“Ah!” The rat demon screamed. The pain snapped him out of his daze, but what awaited was a gaping maw.
In an instant, Mo Fan swallowed the rat demon.
Boom!
A tidal wave of dense demonic and spiritual energy flooded back into his body, along with a supernatural technique, making Mo Fan’s eyes flash with brilliance. He burst into laughter.
Supernatural ability, Earth Escape!
