But they could not run nearly as fast as the Crudo Horned Devils. Even when running upright, Horned Devil elites moved at 150% of a player's speed, and they even knew avatar skills.
The Horned Devil Vanguard General charged at the very front. He knew special attacks, and after using several in succession, a flash of golden light lit up above his head.
System Notification: Horned Devil Vanguard General (Lord-class) has advanced one rank!
Monster advancement was an official system setting. Every monster could advance through nine ranks by killing players, with each rank increasing its power by 30%.
This was also a type of cultivation game, and Lu Yang's favorite kind of mode. He looked forward to every Horned Devil under his command reaching rank nine. If they kept killing people, they could continue leveling up as well.
In the future, he would lead the Horned Devils to attack the other factions within the secret realm. Rank-nine Horned Devils would slaughter rank-zero hostile factions as easily as chopping vegetables.
Lu Yang knew that those factions all had valuable treasures. Without using a single player under his command, he could flatten an entire secret realm and obtain heaps of loot. Just thinking about it felt good.
Furthermore, after clearing out the other factions in the secret realm, he could choose to open it to the public and let players enter. Lu Yang could ruthlessly fleece enemy players while continuing to level up the Horned Devils, eventually raising all of them to level 200, rank-nine high-tier lords.
In his previous life, a player who loved cultivation games had achieved this goal. At that player's peak, he had led the monsters of an entire secret realm to crush a fortress defended at full strength by one of the strongest guilds.