"Since that's the case, once we leave Phoenix Nest, I'll ask you two brothers to deploy the military formation at once. We'll fight as we retreat." Roc Demon King instructed Crimson Phoenix and Azure Bird, "Demon Subduing has never been concerned with us or the Six Heavenly Demon Kings. Their aim is the stability of Northern Julu Continent.
"So long as we do not slaughter innocent living beings, but merely draw out the demon fiends that commit evil for the Demon-Quelling Army to suppress.
"Once this is done, if these hundred thousand bird soldiers wish to join the Demon-Quelling Army, they will have earned themselves a path to advancement."
"We understand." Crimson Phoenix and Azure Bird nodded.
The two of them sought an innate spirit treasure, while the hundred thousand bird soldiers under their command sought to gain a proper standing.
What Roc Demon King proposed was the one and only way to satisfy everyone's needs.
From what he knew of the Demon-Subduing Emperor, if they truly succeeded in this matter, once it was a settled fact, the Demon-Subduing Emperor would only place the blame upon the few demon fiends who had taken the lead.
He would not do anything to the hundred thousand bird soldiers who had submitted.
However, once they truly obtained the innate spirit treasure, whether they would return was another matter entirely.
They could hide for a time beyond the heavens, where earth, water, wind, and fire raged, and cultivate with utmost devotion.
Though the environment there was not as comfortable as the Earth Immortal Realm, as the saying went, only by enduring the bitterest hardships could one rise above others.
Once their cultivation bore fruit, would they still fear being unable to reclaim everything they had lost before?
Before then, who would have the patience