Chapter 486: Heartstealing and Pulsing
Several dozen days passed. Ruger weighed the demon heart in his hand as he strolled along the slope. A large portion of the demons passing by would voluntarily keep their distance from him. In this neither-long-nor-short span of time, he had somehow earned himself a rather resounding nickname.
Ruger was very satisfied with this.
When he arrived at the cave entrance, the old demon was still sitting at the very back. Over the past few days, Ruger had occasionally brought him blood crystals. The old demon was very pleased with his single-minded loyalty and had promised to lead him to become a demon commander. Once the lord had completely conquered this layer of the Abyss, they would enjoy blood crystals piled high as mountains. Then the old demon curled up inside and slowly began eating the blood crystals.
"Lord Heartstealer..."
An imp spoke in strange Abyssal, trembling as it did.
Ruger swept his gaze over it and waved a hand.
The few imps immediately sprang into action, scrambling to carry the food they had brought into the cave. Then, like the wind, they jointly hoisted the remaining things and fled into the distance.
Over these past days, Ruger had figured out that this so-called Bonebreaker City was not really about a city, but a division of status. Intelligent demons entered the city, while other demons who had answered the lord's summons remained outside it. These bizarre beast-like creatures not only waited outside the city for the blood war to begin, but also served as food while they waited.
This great pit, along with the rings of caves surrounding it, had been prepared for the outstanding among the intelligent demons. It allowed them to vent their unbearable thirst for blood and slaughter, while also deciding who