"Master, you will be able to eat fresh food immediately. A large horde of the Demon Clan is rushing over!"
Just as Ilyx repeated the swallowing motion a dozen or so times, his Spiritual Power had also increased by tens of thousands of points, effortlessly surpassing the 100,000 mark.
This abnormal behavior quickly attracted the attention of the Demon Clan soldiers on the battlefield.
"Thud, thud, thud!"
"Crack, crack, crack!"
The earth trembled, and the sky wailed. In the distance, a dense, black wall of entities seemed to be charging toward this place. It was a mixed formation of Wolf Demons and green dual-blade demons, who would never allow a living human to exist on their territory.
However, the Wolf Demons charging at the front quickly realized something was amiss.
"Why does this human smell so stale?"
"I smell it too. There's no fresh aroma, but rather a decaying stench!"
"Right, right, right! It's like the bones on the ground!"
"Forget it! The commander said absolutely no humans are allowed to leave here alive. Kill!"
Little did these grunt-level demons dream that their conversation had already been overheard by Ilyx.
"Oh my, you might not like me, but I am extremely interested in your fresh cells. Come on!"
Seeing the thousands of Demon Clan soldiers rushing wildly toward him, Ilyx looked like a child seeing candy. A joyful smile appeared on his face as he slowly spread his arms toward that direction, just as if he were going to embrace dear relatives!
"Undead Overture!"
"Clang!"
It was as if a piano had appeared in the sky. No, it was that kind of old-fashioned pipe organ. Ilyx seemed to have transformed into an artist, his phantom playing the piano in mid-air.
People usually played the lute to a cow; Ilyx was playing to a chaotic dance of demons.
"Hum!"
Soon, all those monsters saw the image in the sky. One after another, they stopped their wild charge, swaying and slowly walking toward this side as if drunk, looking at the sky in infatuation and slowly extending their claws or dual blades!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The next moment, an incredible scene occurred. These foot soldiers who had extended their claws and dual blades inexplicably shattered into pieces all over their bodies. Then, they slowly floated into mid-air, forming a black or green energy body, like fine, wonderful threads of silk.
Those energy bodies intersected in the air and then drifted toward the same direction. Some energy bodies traveled in straight lines, while others advanced in graceful, circuitous spirals!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
"Come on, my tender fresh meat, respected benefactors of the Demon Clan, come on all of you!"
If you looked closely, you would find that there was only one direction of energy dispersion: Ilyx's true body. At this moment, he was no longer just opening his mouth to absorb energy; every single cell in his body was able to devour this biological energy coming from the Demon Clan together!
"Swish, swish, swish!"
"Buzzy, buzzy, buzzy!"
This was definitely a jaw-dropping sight. Thousands of Demon Clan soldiers were completely devoured in the blink of an eye. Even if each demon could only provide 50 points of Spiritual Power, more than 50,000 points of Spiritual Power entered Ilyx's body. Not to mention that there were also high-level golden-veined dual-blade lords among them—guys like that could provide thousands of points of Spiritual Power.
"What's going on? What happened?"
Soon, the news of the disappearance of thousands of soldiers reached the ears of the rear commander. Although these were all grunts with only a few elites mixed in, they shouldn't have suffered such a huge loss all at once! Furthermore, the report said there was only one human, looking like a merchant traveler.
"Never mind! Send the younger elites up, and send those flying guys up for me too!"
The Demon Clan's commander was just that stubborn, and of course, extremely foolish. When he knew things were a bit off, he should have stepped on the brakes in time. Instead, this guy sent over 5,000 more soldiers to charge up.
Of course, Ilyx couldn't drain the Spiritual Power of every single Demon Clan soldier either. As his overall Spiritual Power value rose, the Spiritual Power that low-level demons of the same type could provide also shrank drastically. This was just like an online game: initially, fighting low-level monsters gave you a lot of experience points, but once your own attribute value rose, the base number increased, and continuing to fight small mobs became very inefficient or even gave zero experience points at all.
Ilyx absorbing Spiritual Power was also this kind of process. These grunts could quickly raise his Spiritual Power value to over 200,000, but if he wanted to continue going up, he would at least have to deal with enemies above Tier 6, and in large swaths at that. Of course, it would be even better if he could take down an Eighth-Tier Demon God. However, both sides had yet to launch a decisive battle, and the opposite side had not yet dispatched true Demon Gods. Moreover, this place was so close to Exorcist Pass that once a Demon God came over, they wouldn't get off easily either.
"Master, aren't we being a bit too high-profile doing this?"
Looking at the unsatisfied Ilyx beside him, Xiao Xiao Number One felt somewhat worried. It wasn't that he was afraid of experts from the opposite Demon Clan, but rather that he was worried about being discovered by humans from Exorcist Pass. After all, the higher-ups over there were Cai'er's relatives! If he happened to see that his daughter's boyfriend was a non-human, it ultimately wouldn't be very good!
"Sigh, Xiao Xiao, you know what? You're a real killjoy!"
Looking at the butler holding the small hammer beside him, Ilyx was truly speechless. Big Brother was just getting a little bit of a vibe, and you actually said this to me?
However, this little guy's warning was worth taking seriously. The humans also had scouts over there. If they discovered that thousands or even tens of thousands of monsters on the opposite side had inexplicably vanished just like that, didn't you think people would get to the bottom of it?
Therefore, they either had to go deeper into the Demon Clan's hinterland, or call it a day right here and change their target to high-bloodline females of the Demon Clan—for instance, Demon God Emperor Fengxiu's other daughter, who possessed the purest Demon Emperor blood. If he could handle that woman, it would provide at least 100,000 Spiritual Power in one go.
Of course, if the difficulty was too high, he could also choose the Lunar God's daughter. It was just that this young girl, like Bai Yue, was a half-breed of human and Demon God, so the effect would definitely be slightly inferior. Of course, it was said that back then, Demon God Emperor Fengxiu also had a Demoness wife whose whereabouts remained unknown to this day. If he could get that woman, our little Cao Cao enthusiast would also have the opportunity to make rapid progress!
"Fine, let's pull back first! For Cai'er's sake!"
Glancing at Exorcist Pass in the distance, Ilyx's figure slowly vanished, gradually merging into the Eternal Tower.
Approximately 50 seconds after this, beneath the dark sky in the distance, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed!
"Crack, snap, crack!"
Then, beneath the lightning, the image of a gigantic bull demon seemed to be projected. The image was so massive that even the city walls of Exorcist Pass in the distance saw it.
"Quickly send out the signal, it's a Demon God!"
"A Demon God has appeared!"