Ye Zhen's so-called human speech did not simply mean the ability to speak. Every Demon Soul Soldier could talk, but they were all exceedingly rigid and mechanical.
The lowest-ranking Demon Soul Soldiers only knew a few mechanical military phrases, such as "As ordered," "Yes," "Kill," and so on. Higher up, Ten-Man Generals and Hundred-Man Generals knew several more military phrases and were somewhat more flexible than ordinary Demon Soul Soldiers.
Thousand-Man Generals, Ten Thousand Man Generals, and certain special troops such as messengers and scouts, however, were standard military officers.
When it came to military tactics, opinions, command, and the like, they were, aside from lacking the slightest trace of humanity, entirely living, breathing military commanders.
That included the commanders of the more than one hundred legions Ye Zhen had slaughtered his way through earlier. Every one of them had been a qualified military commander, yet outside of military matters, they would not utter a single extra word.
Even the orders they gave were ice-cold.
But the commander of the 210,000-strong Red Armored Army that had suddenly broken away from the main force and appeared before Ye Zhen had now stepped beyond the bounds of such standard military language.
"Listen, Demon Commander on the other side. Immediately lead your army and surrender to this commander. Once this commander unifies this Ancient Demon God Hall, I can forge you a new Supreme Demonic Body and let you completely break free from the constraints of this Ancient Demon God Hall!"
Those words immediately drew Ye Zhen's attention.
Persuading him to surrender?
Forging a new Supreme Demonic Body?
None of the more than one hundred demon commanders Ye Zhen had encountered had ever spoken such words. Those few phrases instantly gave the demon commander before him, whose body roiled with demonic qi, the