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Near the Main City Gate of Aryadovi City, Gu Xi saw several rather unusual Fear Bats.
These Fear Bats were all quite large, with wingspans exceeding twenty meters. They were also exceptionally fast in flight, occasionally letting out a sharp whoosh as they broke the sound barrier.
However, when Gu Xi called these Fear Bats down, he shook his head in disappointment.
These Fear Bats were not, as Gu Xi had imagined, directly at Chief-level and Brave Warrior-level, much less Epic-level.
The Fear Bats before him were merely dual fusions of warriors and bosses.
Clearly, the most crucial thing needed to advance to Epic-level had been taken back by Ika when they died.
There was one piece of good news, though. The three he had properly killed, along with the four brought down while hanging from the Wyverns, had all completed the Dual Death conversion.
All seven were dual fusions of warriors and bosses.
This allowed Gu Xi to understand that, in Ika's eyes, the most crucial part of becoming Epic-level was still the soul.
The body was merely a vessel.
"Prepare battle flags for them. Let each of them command a thousand Fear Bats."
After inspecting them for quite some time and confirming that this was all they amounted to, Gu Xi concluded that they might rise to Hero rank after a few more battles. However, becoming both Brave Warriors and Leaders would be difficult, let alone merging both together to ultimately become Epic-level.
With that discovery, Gu Xi lost interest in them.
He merely had the seven of them take command of portions of the Fear Bat forces.
Gu Xi did not intend to concern himself with the remaining matters.
The Wyverns killed earlier had surely