Chapter 393 - The Uses of the Demonic Beasts’ Energy (1/2)

Zhang Che was really very depressed. Seeing the golden vortex on the verge of a qualitative upgrade, and the demonic army actually ran away…

He immediately grew furious. He directed his babies to chase after them in a craze, wanting to kill as many as possible before the demonic army fully retreated.

The best result would be if the golden vortex grew!

There was obviously a hierarchy among the demonic tribe. When retreating in defeat, the stronger ones were the first to withdraw, directly letting the cannon fodder in front stop the beastmaster army’s advance.

Even the stronger demonic beasts were higher in status than the ordinary demonic soldiers, following them into the black door.

As a result, despite Zhang Che’s babies killing many demonic soldiers, the amount of mysterious energy he got was extremely small. It wasn’t enough for the golden vortex to power up.

In the end, Zhang Che went chasing after the demonic creatures personally on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. The scarlet sword flew out, madly harvesting the demonic cannon fodders’ lives like a reaper’s scythe.

When all of demonic army had entered the black door, the battlefield was covered in the corpses of the various demonic creatures. The smell of their blood was so pungent it would make normal people faint.

This battle was won so easily. Everyone cheered at their victory.

Originally, everyone thought there would be an unending wave of demonic creatures coming out from the black door as reinforcements. Unexpectedly, not only was there no back up, they retreated in defeat without any hesitation instead. It truly surprised them.

However, those who were in the know were able to guess what happened. It was mainly due to the demonic army being unable to obtain any corpses after killing the beastmasters’ summoned beasts, leaving them no reason to stay.

With that, the military higher-ups’ theory was confirmed.

After the demonic army realized they were unable to send their most powerful creatures over, their main objective was to obtain the corpses of exotic beasts and achieve some kind of goal.

Given that the exotic beasts nearby were either killed or driven away by the humans, and the demonic army had to suffer bombardments from the sky in addition to facing off against the powerful beastmaster teams, naturally they’d choose to retreat after measuring the pros and cons.

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“What a pity, just that little bit more!”

While everyone around him was cheering for their victory, Zhang Che was the only one who couldn’t bring himself to smile.

If he could have killed a tiny portion more of the demonic army’s cannon fodder, Zhang Che was sure the golden vortex would complete its accumulation of energy and power up.

Alas, he was just that tiny bit away from reaching that point.

Li Xin, who had been paying attention to Zhang Che, saw the bitter smile on his face. She walked up to him and asked curiously, “Captain, are you not happy with the demonic army retreating?”

-Unhappy? Of course I’m unhappy! It would be strange if I was happy!-

Of course, Zhang Che couldn’t say that aloud. He nodded with a grave expression, replying, “Ai, we killed too few demonic creatures. If I were stronger, I’d be able to kill more of them. That way, I could have weakened the demonic army further. How regrettable…”

Li Xin’s eyes were immediately filled with little stars. -Captain is like the role model of humanity. He killed so many demonic creatures, and yet he still blames himself for not killing more of them!  If everyone had the same mentality and resolve as him, humanity wouldn’t be in much danger even if the demonic creatures dared to invade us again!-

How could she possibly know that Zhang Che didn’t care about the safety of humanity? As long as he could become strong enough to protect his friends and family, it was enough for him!

Later, when the troops started clearing the battlefield, Zhang Che was still brooding over the matter. He couldn’t help but think that if he didn’t have to stay here to guard the black door, could he go to where the other demonic armies had yet to retreat and farm more of them?

After all, the scarlet sword was the strongest attack Zhang Che could personally use, second only to the Earthen Rock Demon.