Meanwhile, in a cavern in the Enchanted Mountain Range!
"...Good, we finally fooled that old bastard!" The Force Demon General looked relieved as he spoke to the Violet Flame Trickster Demon...
"...Isn't it a bad idea to conceal our losses?" the Violet Flame Trickster Demon said with a frown. After a pause, he continued, "If Senior Great Qian finds out, we'll be in even worse trouble!"
"Hmph! If Master finds out we only have a quarter of our forces left, do you know what the consequences will be?" the Force Demon General snorted. His status might be distinguished, but only compared with ordinary demonic cultivators. In Great Qian's eyes, he counted for little...
"But we can't hide it for long!" the Violet Flame Trickster Demon said with a bitter smile.
"Don't worry! That old bastard Devastation failed to discover that the fat human had already reached the Great Void Stage. He bears a large share of the blame too, so he'll help us cover it up! I just need my clansmen to secretly bring in more troops to fill out the ranks!" the Force Demon General said.
"Oh..." The Violet Flame Trickster Demon murmured an acknowledgment but said nothing more. He was different from the Force Demon General. He had climbed up step by step from the ranks of low-level demonic cultivators and had no powerful backing. According to his subordinates who had escaped, their losses had been so severe because that damned Force Demon General had casually ordered them to charge instead of sending his own Mighty Demon Soldiers, who specialized in breaking through fortified defenses.
Still!
His troops were veterans of a hundred battles. Though their innate abilities fell far short of the Mighty Demon Soldiers', they had abundant combat experience. They had charged at the very