Seeing this, Mo Fan sighed and said to Red Eyes, “Where there is war, there is death; they sacrificed themselves for my Black Wind Mountain, and thus deserve entry on the demon soul list, to receive the worship of all my Black Wind Mountain demons.”
“Yes.”
Red Eyes nodded vigorously, then continued, “In this battle, with the help of Ying Ying Monster, we annihilated two hundred enemy demons and captured over three hundred more.”
“Very good, that qualifies as a great victory.”
Hearing such results, Mo Fan could not help but smile, then he looked towards the Ying Ying Monster flying towards him and laughed, “Of course, this time the Ying Ying Monster deserves the foremost merit.”
“This time, for dragon eels and spirit stones, this king will let you eat your fill.”
“Yay. Daddy forever.”
Hearing this, the Ying Ying Monster immediately flipped about excitedly in the air, then opened its mouth and spat out a large pile of monster corpses, saying, “Daddy, these corpses are all from the enemy demons; Rabbit Lord said to bring them back to make into a feast, to give the brothers an extra meal.”
“Ha ha… splendid.”
Mo Fan could not help but laugh heartily at this, then he said to Old Chai, who had a blank look on his face, “Next, it will be hard work for you kitchen camp.”
“Great King, rest assured; this little demon will cook with all his might, aiming to lay on a ten-day flowing banquet across our Black Wind Mountain.” Old Chai said with a wry smile.
“Um… Great King, there is one more thing I need to tell you.” Red Eyes suddenly said, looking rather awkward.
“This king is in high spirits today; speak freely, whatever it is. When did you turn into such a sissy.” Mo Fan teased with a laugh.
Sissy.
Red Eyes was slightly taken aback, not quite grasping the term, but he did not dwell on it and instead smiled wryly, “It is like this…”
Red Eyes then recounted how, to boost the demons’ fighting spirit earlier, he had deliberately lied about the promises supposedly made by Mo Fan.
As soon as these words came out, the lesser demons behind him, who had been full of excitement, all widened their eyes, finally realising they had been tricked by Commander Red Eyes.
Though they felt quite annoyed inside, the crowd of demons dared not show any sign of their inner discontent.
After all, they were mere insignificant lesser demons with no status on Black Wind Mountain, so how could they afford to offend Red Eyes, this confidant of the Great King.
“Commander Red Eyes, so all those promises you spoke of were fake.”
At this point, Leopard Head could not help but widen his eyes too; even he had almost believed that those promises from Red Eyes were real, as if spoken by the Great King himself.
Red Eyes knew he was in the wrong and immediately hung his head in silence.
He no longer hoped for the brothers to forgive him; he only hoped the Great King would not blame him for it, for he knew Mo Fan’s temper well.
He knew Mo Fan did not like anyone acting in his name to deceive others, let alone tricking everyone into going to their deaths.
If it came to that, he felt he might truly be skinned alive once.
But who would have thought that after hearing all this, Mo Fan did not blame him at all; instead, he laughed and said, “Who says Commander Red Eyes spoke falsely.
It is just that he misheard; this king not only gave those promises at the time, but also promised that all the children taking part in this battle would get to eat a bite of demon king meat and drink a sip of demon king meat soup.”
“Ah.”
Mo Fan’s words left Red Eyes stunned on the spot.
And the crowd of demons, after a moment of silence, all erupted into excited shouts and cheers.
“Great King forever.”
“Commander Red Eyes is mighty.”
“…”
Listening to the somewhat noisy excited voices of the demons around him, Red Eyes could not help but laugh too, then with teary eyes he choked out to Mo Fan, “Thank you, Great King; Great King forever.”
“Pah. This king aims to cultivate immortality; once this king achieves immortality, he will live forever without death.
If you wish this king forever, are you not cursing him.” Mo Fan feigned anger.
“This…”
Red Eyes was dumbfounded upon hearing this, and thinking it over, he felt the Great King had a point…
Mo Fan ignored this fool, however, and said to the crowd of demons, “As for the promises made, this king will have Commander Red Eyes conduct a tally later, then have him distribute the rewards to you all.”
“You children have all worked hard today, so no need to guard the mountain gate; rest well up here on the peak and wait for the feast.”
“Right, with so many corpses here, the kitchen camp might not manage alone; if any of you have time, go help out in the kitchen camp.”
Mo Fan’s words thrilled the crowd of demons, who all cheered excitedly.
Next, Mo Fan had Red Eyes bring the captives from the two mountains to the square for allocation.
As for him, he went with Bai Yaoyao to the corpse of the Blood Bat King, where an enormous blood-red bat lay in a sunken square deep pit, long since bereft of breath.
Yet as a demon king, even in death, the Blood Bat King’s corpse contained astonishing energy, and the demon king aura it emitted kept even the lesser demons from approaching.
One could say this body was comparable to a profound-level treasure medicine.
“If Mr Pig were here, who knows how delighted he would be.”
Gazing at the corpse before him, Mo Fan could not help but smile.
Mr Pig’s corpse-devouring divine ability involved swallowing corpses; not only could it store the blood and qi power within them, but it could also absorb any residual energy in the corpse to boost his cultivation.
In Mo Fan’s view, if Mr Pig could devour this Blood Bat King’s corpse, he might just break through to the demon general realm.
“The bones and skin of this Blood Bat King are perfect for refining demon soldier weapons, so they cannot go to that pig demon to eat.”
Bai Yaoyao spoke with a smile, then urged her demon power and summoned a slender snake-shaped sword to begin dissecting on the spot.
Soon, Bai Yaoyao had collected most of the Blood Bat King’s fur and several key bones.
During this, though, not a drop of the Blood Bat King’s blood or flesh went to waste; Mo Fan summoned a pill furnace artefact to gather it all up.
In his eyes, this was a great tonic, so naturally he allowed no waste at all.
What is more, Mo Fan deliberately used his myriad poisons body to absorb all the bat toxins contained in this blood and flesh, leaving only the purest essence of blood and meat energy.
“Right, when I killed this Blood Bat King, I took his demon core and demon king soldier.
The demon core will greatly aid my cultivation recovery, so I will not give it to you.
This is his demon king soldier.”
Bai Yaoyao opened her mouth and spat out a blood-coloured demon king soldier, handing it to Mo Fan.
Mo Fan took the weapon and looked down, seeing it was a pair of sharp claws.
Merely glancing at it, Mo Fan was struck by the chilling gleam upon them, and he also sensed an extremely potent toxin contained within the claws.
“This Blood Bat King was killed by you to begin with, so the demon core is naturally yours, and besides, I would have no use for it anyway; but I will take this demon king soldier, as it is perfect to bestow on Fire Spirit.”
Mo Fan nodded with a smile.
He was not a demon who hogged everything for himself; now that he had two demon king soldiers already, he had no need to covet this pair of blood bat claws.
Moreover, he did not much like claw-type weapons and was not skilled in using them; giving them to that big lizard Fire Spirit was just right.
“Very well; you can give him the Black Feather King’s demon core too, which might help him recover to the king realm.” Bai Yaoyao thought for a moment and said.
“Mm, I had that in mind.
Now that I have killed Lei Yuchuan, the Lei Yu family will surely learn of it all.
Though I am confident I can avoid this calamity, it is still best to prepare early; if I can get Fire Spirit to the demon king realm too, then our foundations will be that much stronger.”
Mo Fan nodded, then looked towards the direction of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
He knew, the storm was coming.
This storm would be more terrifying than the attack from the two mountains.
And far more deadly.
In fact, just as Mo Fan thought of this, far away in the Wind and Thunder Mountain within the Phoenix Cry Mountain demon domain, several figures had already set out, flying towards Black Wind Mountain.
“Whoever killed my son will repay it with blood.
This king will sever every tie he has in this world.
And grant him the most terrible death.”
At the same time, in Phoenix Cry Mountain, a middle-aged man with long purple hair sat in the grand hall with two others of the same realm.
Suddenly, the middle-aged man frowned and turned towards the hall door, only to see a tall and stunningly beautiful silver-haired woman striding quickly in from outside.
“Ancestor, word has come from the clan’s dark guards: the family head and several king uncles have all set out towards the southern border.” The silver-haired woman stood respectfully before the middle-aged man and spoke gravely.
“For what reason.” The purple-haired middle-aged man asked with a frown.
“It is said that Brother Chuan’s soul seal has shattered too.”
“What.”
The purple-haired middle-aged man’s pupils dilated instantly upon hearing this, though he soon regained his composure and nodded, “I understand; you may go.”
“Yes. Shuang’er withdraws.”
The silver-haired woman bowed and retreated.
The purple-haired middle-aged man pondered briefly, then asked the two opposite him, “You two, do you know why the Holy King summoned us here.”
“Do you not already have the answer in your heart. Why ask us.” One of the “people” sneered.
The purple-haired middle-aged man fell silent, then turned to look at the tightly shut crimson door above in the hall; after a moment’s hesitation, he rose and bowed towards the door, saying, “Holy King, this old one has urgent business requiring his departure; I shall return after attending to it to beg the Holy King’s pardon.”
With that, the purple-haired middle-aged man turned and left the hall.
The instant he stepped out, his gaze turned utterly icy.
