There were a total of 184 water reservoirs throughout the Devil Race army's encampment in Elephant Mountain City. Some Spider Devils stationed outside the city drew water from a river near Elephant Mountain City.
Zhang Tie's black beetle incarnation spent nearly five full hours "adding ingredients" to the water in all 184 reservoirs.
During those five hours, Devil Race soldiers continuously came to the reservoirs to draw water and drink.
When Zhang Tie first arrived at Elephant Mountain City, it was around ten at night. Five hours later, it was past three in the morning. At that hour, aside from the patrolling Devil Race soldiers and knights, everything within and outside Elephant Mountain City lay hushed beneath the deep veil of night. Even the Devil Race army's camps had gradually fallen quiet.
Like humans, the Devil Race also needed sleep and rest. Such was the yin and yang way by which all things under heaven existed; naturally, the Devil Race was no exception.
Having finished "adding ingredients," Zhang Tie relaxed at once. He was certain that this time, he would give these Devil Race legions before him a lesson they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
The formidable thing about the two-headed Puppet Mother Worm was that while rapidly hatching Puppet Worms, it could also maintain control over them. In a camp of several million people, there was no need for too many—if only a hundred thousand Devil Race soldiers fell under the mother worm's control, the destruction they could wreak would be utterly terrifying. Once a hundred thousand Devil Race soldiers descended into chaos, they could drag at least twice as many of their fellows to their deaths. There was no doubt about that.
As for the Devil Race soldiers who had drawn and drunk water