The human cultivators won a sweeping victory in this battle. Of the Spirit Cultivation Stage demons, only the Thunder Whale Demon escaped; all the rest were slain. Even in the great war between the human and demon races, this was a rare triumph.
Gongsun Chang laughed heartily. "It was all thanks to Fellow Daoist Yan coming here that we were able to win such great merit." The other cultivators all wore delighted expressions as well.
Only Hua Qianshu said resentfully, "It's a pity that Thunder Whale Demon got away." Gongsun Chang's heart stirred. During the battle just now, Hua Qianshu had struck ruthlessly at the Thunder Whale Demon, throwing caution to the winds several times as though she bore it a deep grudge. Even before Yan Chihuo had arrived, she had repeatedly advocated coming to slay demons.
Yan Chihuo had already drawn over the giant Crab Demon's soul. He used the Innate Seventy-Two Transformations to devour it and browse through its memories. The rest was nothing much, but the Dragon Palace had stirred up a war between the human and demon races while refusing to take the field itself. That was truly strange.
When the others saw Yan Chihuo draw over the giant Crab Demon's soul, they knew he was likely employing some sort of soul-searching spell, so they waited at the side. Not a single True Dragon from the Dragon Palace had entered the battle. It was not only Yan Chihuo who found that strange; these cultivators found it highly peculiar as well.
After roughly half an hour, Yan Chihuo finally devoured the giant Crab Demon's soul completely. The cultivators were not in any hurry. After all, the giant Crab Demon was at the middle Spirit Cultivation Stage, while Yan Chihuo was only at the early Spirit Cultivation Stage.