After Lu Yang advanced to the lower god level, his perception improved tremendously. He sensed every subtle shift in Maldron's state of mind with perfect clarity.
In truth, he still greatly needed Diliya and the tens of thousands of Tourang City warriors under her command, because all of them, including Diliya and Maldron, possessed peak lower god strength.
If they could resist the demons' whispers and be given the bodies of lower gods from Blood Purgatory, their potential would be further unleashed. Within a few years, they could advance to middle gods.
With ten thousand middle gods at his side, what kind of fighting force would that be? Even after the Four Star Outburst ended, he would have the ability to seize a vast territory in the region of the Arctic Wasteland near Flame Star.
"Help me out. Let's figure out a way to win over Diliya and her subordinates," Lu Yang said to the Blazing Demon God and the Grand Prince in his mind as he slaughtered earth demons.
"I thought you didn't care about the loyalty of ten thousand lower gods," the Blazing Demon God teased with a chuckle.
"How could I not care? I was just putting on an act earlier, all right?" Lu Yang replied sheepishly to the Blazing Demon God and the Grand Prince in his mind.
The Blazing Demon God and the Grand Prince both laughed. They had been considering how to win over Diliya and those ten thousand people all along. To them, Tourang and Diliya's pledge of loyalty was no different from a provocation.
After all, they were God Kings. Though they had fallen on hard times, how could they possibly accept loyalty offered in such a manner?
The Blazing Demon God said, "There are two methods. The first is to forcibly