Homeward Bound

The relentless pursuit continued for more than a month, only stopping when Huo Ling and the others could no longer find demon forces of suitable size.

With no large groups of demons left, there was no need for Huo Ling to maintain such an enormous devil army.

Now, each wave of demons numbered only one or two hundred thousand. During their flight, the demons had long since scattered due to infighting and disputes.

So Huo Ling quit while he was ahead and prepared to disband this devil army.

The devil host halted on a hillside.

Several devil barons gathered around Huo Ling, talking loudly.

"These past days have been an absolute slaughter!"

"Yeah! Just thinking about all those stupid worms we killed makes me feel good all over!" One devil baron wore a broad smile.

Yet on the savage face of a Pit Fiend, that smile was enough to make children stop crying in the night.

Another devil baron looked toward Huo Ling and said respectfully, "Under the Earl's leadership this time, we've all earned considerable military merit... When we return, my title should be raised a rank or two!"

Huo Ling smiled at that. "It was the result of everyone's shared efforts. Then let me offer my congratulations in advance to the future devil viscount!"

A devil could only advance in rank through the military merit of killing demons. Otherwise, no matter how powerful he was, he could only remain a baron.

This time, the devils had experienced the great battle at the Fortress of the God of Courage. By all accounts, they had earned assisting merit in the killing of Legendary demons.

Combined with their later pursuit of the fleeing demon army, they had indeed rendered no small service.

Once the pleasantries were over, Huo Ling said, "Since