Faced with the sudden arrival of a Pit Fiend, Jia Xiu admitted he was a little nervous.
The creature was beyond what he could handle at his current level.
In the devil lore Jia Xiu had studied, devils were a little like insects.
Not only could they wreak havoc in numbers, but more importantly, their growth process was one of "complete metamorphosis."
Most devils gradually grew from their lowest forms. The most common were Lemures, weak devils whose forms were barely stable. In terms of strength, they couldn't even beat a Goblin.
And when they were promoted, their original bodies completely collapsed. After a bloody, brutal promotion ritual, they were reassembled into entirely new forms, becoming Imps or Spined Devils and the like.
The end of this promotion path was the Pit Fiend.
Beyond that, one could only become a Devil Duke or even an Archduke through means other than the usual promotion process. Their forms were usually unique.
Pit Fiends typically served as generals or personal attendants to the Archdevils.
For an ambitious Lemure to become a Pit Fiend, it had to fight countless battles against outsiders and compete within its own ranks. It had to survive numerous missions where failure meant death, then endure the agonizing ritual of being shattered and reassembled again and again.
That meant every Pit Fiend was guaranteed to possess great strength, extensive combat experience, and an extraordinary tolerance for pain.
There was almost no such thing as a "paper tiger."
In the wars against the Demonfolk, the ones sent to deal with them were always legends, or at least near-legendary fighters. Otherwise, they were elite squads that had prepared in advance and ganged up on them.
So the question was: how were a level-five Warlock like Jia Xiu and Jacob, a Paladin and