Chapter 163 More Fire Demons! [Request for Recommendation Vote]
As the battle concluded, the succubi began to tally the loot.
As relatively intelligent demons, the succubi were favored by Soren for certain roles that required intellect. As for other demons, he would have liked to use them too, but there were very few low and mid-level demons that had a working brain. High-level demons had other tasks, and most were not willing to accept such roles; they preferred to join battles as commanders rather than calculating the casualties of cannon fodder. In contrast, the succubi, who enjoyed using their brains and manipulating their surroundings, were much more useful. They didn’t enjoy direct combat but loved wielding a degree of power.
Soon enough, the statistics for the loot and casualties were in. After conquering this demiplane, Soren had harvested about fifty thousand Soul Crystals, along with several warehouses full of other rare resources. There wasn’t much gold and gems because the undead didn’t need those. However, the number of necromantic spellcasting materials was quite substantial. Soren had to take half of the loot, which amounted to about twenty-five thousand, and the other half would be rewarded to the demon soldiers; otherwise, they would definitely not be cooperative next time. There were also unspoken rules within the Bottomless Abyss; during a plundering war initiated by a Demon Lord, the loot of the Demon Lord could not exceed seventy percent—otherwise, the high-level demons below would be dissatisfied.
Of course, in comparison to other places, demons were still quite malevolent.
Soren took half of the Soul Crystals and loot, with the other half as rewards primarily bestowed upon mid and high-level demons. However, these items would eventually find their way back to him after the Gurenba Arena.
“Master,” a mature and seductive succubus approached Soren, casting him a sultry glance. “About five thousand demons have perished this time, mostly Frenzied Combat Demons and Frenzied Demons.”
“The first batch of loot has already been transported back by Lord Anjide.”
These little temptresses spent their days trying to allure him, but Soren paid no mind to their flirty eyes and nodded, “Very good.”
“Let the subordinate Balroth Demon Kathe continue sweeping this demiplane to collect souls and loot. I will leave him a demon army of ten thousand.”
In any large-scale battle, it would be strange if demon casualties were below twenty percent.
The demons that died were mainly mindless brutes who rushed headlong into battle, such as Frenzied Demons and Frenzied Combat Demons. They were heavily infiltrated by chaos, resulting in high casualty rates during battles and essentially serving as high-level cannon fodder. Nevertheless, their deaths were not a concern, as such demons could be quickly replenished. Soren needed to eliminate them to cultivate a demon army that would follow commands.
The first batch of demon troops began to return.
However, there were still many areas in this demiplane that hadn’t been cleared. Soren left behind a subordinate Balroth Demon while he led the troops back.
It was a successful plundering.
For demons, as long as casualties did not exceed fifty percent and victory was achieved, it was considered a perfect plunder. They would be very pleased and look forward to the next destructive raid.
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In the Bottomless Abyss, the third layer, the Land of Forgotten.
Just returning to the Gurenba Arena, Soren immediately went to the vicinity of the Abyss bl**d Pool.
In the realm of the undead, in addition to Soul Crystals, many wandering souls were also imprisoned. Soren threw these souls into the bl**d Pool, and soon the entire pool was bubbling with a multitude of bubbles, followed by the emergence of new Abyss Worms crawling out from the depths of the pool.
The Mother of Worms gradually approached.
Since Soren occupied this place, the Mother of Worms—whose power was close to that of a Demigod—had already submitted. She defended against other demons approaching, protecting the Abyss Worms until they evolved into Coward Demons. Mortal souls could only transform into Abyss Worms, while most of the Soul Crystals came from dead professionists. Soren selected a batch of inferior Soul Crystals to inject into the bl**d Pool, and subsequently, some visibly stronger Abyss Worms crawled out. These Abyss Worms would grow quickly and rapidly evolve into demons, with the high likelihood of eventually metamorphosing into Frenzied Demons and Furo Demons.
“Three days later, gather the demons here.”
After completing this, Soren spoke solemnly to the nearby Demon Guardians, “No one else is allowed near here. The transformed worms are to be transported every three days.”
The bl**d Pool is the core of troop production.
The strength of any Abyss Lord is determined by how many bl**d Pools they control. A bl**d Pool births new demons daily, while relying solely on collecting and enslaving from the wilderness is essentially on par with those Night Witches who raise Abyss Worms for sale.
A Demon Lord that needs to buy Abyss Worms from Night Witches would be looked down upon.
In the Gurenba Arena, within the fortress.
Soren’s palm revealed another batch of higher-level Soul Crystals, the core that the undead had stolen, coming from the River of Underworld and the God of d*ath’s servants.
A small bl**d Pool appeared before him.
However, different from other bl**d Pools, this one directly connected to the nearby Magma Pool.
Splash.
Soren tossed a gray-black Soul Crystal into the bl**d Pool, then bit his fingertip to inject a drop of bl**d into it. Accompanied by bubbling froth, the figure of an Abyss Worm quickly emerged, immediately transforming into the form of a Coward Demon, but its state was not stable, rapidly continuing to evolve.
Demon Lords can directly elevate low-level demons, similar to Soren’s Killing Experience; demons need soul energy to quickly ascend.
The form of the newly born demon gradually stabilized.
If Soren had stopped, a mid-level demon would have been born.
But what Soren needed was not a mid-level demon. With a casual wave of his hand, he tossed the nearly formed mid-level demon into the Magma Pool, and soon horrendous screams echoed out.
——“Create a Fire Demon!”
Soren’s bl**d awakened the latent genes of the mid-level demon, stimulating them through the Magma Pool. If successful, a Fire Demon would emerge from the flames.
However.
It seemed that this time it failed, as the demon’s form quickly turned to ash.
“Another failure.”
Soren didn’t appear disheartened; instead, he tossed another Soul Crystal into the bl**d Pool. The conversion rate to a Fire Demon was much lower than other demons. Typically, only one in three elevated mid-level demons could transform into a Fire Demon. Soren converted about thirty times daily, averaging about ten Fire Demons a day. Such conversions at least required a Balroth Fire Demon to accomplish. Once his other Fire Demons grew stronger, he could entrust them with the task of converting Fire Demons.
Soon, the second soul began to take form.
The demon body transformed in this bl**d Pool was quite successful. When ignited by the Magma Pool, it did not emit cries of pain but instead roared with excitement.
Soon after, a blazing Fire Demon emerged from the Magma Pool, kneeling before Soren and saying, “Master!”
Soren nodded and instructed the demon behind him, “Take him down!”
Demon reincarnations successfully lose most of their memories but retain instincts and some memory, making any successfully transformed Fire Demon a direct combat force.
The entire transformation process was still ongoing.
Soren converted over a hundred today, but the success rate remained about the same as before: only one out of three transformed into a Fire Demon, mostly utilizing mid-level Soul Crystals for conversion. The potential for these Fire Demons to advance was about one in ten; after numerous battles, less than one in ten Fire Demons could evolve into Flame Demons.
Soren needed a bl**d War.
Only a completely victorious bl**d War could quickly transform a batch of Fire Demons.
Nightfall.
Soren returned to his palace, where a queue of succubus maids waited inside, eagerly anticipating his favor.
However, Soren had no interest today. He had something much more important to do: sending a portion of high-level Soul Crystals back to the Material Plane; Modo City needed these Soul Crystals to construct Diamond Golems.
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Modo City.
Soren was busy preparing for the construction of the Diamond Golem factory when he received a piece of terrible news.
“The Hawk Kingdom has been destroyed?”
Soren frowned, looking at the intelligence before him, and said solemnly, “Has it really been completely overrun by the undead?”
He had protection over the Southern Coast, but other places were not so fortunate.
The Hawk Kingdom was located in the southwestern part of the continent, a not-so-small kingdom with a Church of the Noble Goddess inside. The Noble Goddess—Xienwose—was a deity of weak divine power. Her church was not strong but not weak either. However, the entire kingdom had now fallen, and the church of the Noble Goddess was nearly wiped out; this was the first time a deity’s church had suffered such a heavy blow from the undead.
At the same time.
An evil name was once again spreading across the Material Plane.
“Sazarstan!”
The leader of the Red Robe Wizards, the evil Demigod Lich, led the Undead Army to annihilate the Hawk Kingdom and summoned a batch of Red Robe Wizards, attempting to rebuild the country of Torrey.
Soren pondered, mumbling, “The Red Robe Wizards have emerged as well.”
“Then the Undead—Ovor should also act quickly! The Lich God seems to have fallen after the appearance of the Undead—Ovor!”
“Followed by Xienwose’s appearance.”
Due to the existence of the soul box, the Lich God was not so easily killed. Even if the original deity destroyed his physical form, the Lich God would find a way to resurrect. Only Soren, Xienwose, and the inheritor of the power of the Three d*ath Deities could directly k*ll the Lich God. He was one of Xienwose’s targets, and the time of his fall was after the emergence of the Undead—Ovor.
“It looks like it’s time to take action.”
After contemplating for a moment, a shimmery divine light began to separate from him, and soon a copy of Soren appeared.
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(PS: By the way, on the 28th, that is tomorrow, the “Unbeatable Legend” will have its beta test. The Floating Tower Army prepares to enter the “Dawn” zone to see if we can really break out the Lu Lu Cup. It’s a game that allows upgrades without experience points. My name is “Floating Tower丶The Original.”) (To be continued ~^~)
