Indeed, Devil Lord Shadow knew Ye Han had concealed his true strength, and that he must possess a treasure that protected him from the intrusion of demonic qi.
But he could not go to Demonheart Cliff himself.
Although the demonized cultivators and magic beasts under his command were also unaffected by the Devil Lord's will when they entered, every one of them had lost its intelligence and could only follow his orders...
Inside the Mountain Cave at Demonheart Cliff, these creatures focused solely on chasing Ye Han. They had no notion of avoiding narrow passages or taking detours to pursue him, and could only ram their way forward recklessly.
Devil Lord Shadow understood perfectly well that relying on these creatures to capture the cunning Ye Han was utterly hopeless.
He had never expected these fools to succeed in hunting Ye Han down in the labyrinthine Mountain Cave at Demonheart Cliff.
All he needed was to send them in and make Ye Han kill the magic beasts, demonized cultivators, and zombie puppets he controlled, steadily exhausting Ye Han's spell power, magic artifacts, treasures, and the like...
The demonic qi within Demonheart Cliff was simply too abundant. This was, after all, the place where the Devil Master's heart had been sealed. Casting spells and killing magic beasts and demonized cultivators inside...
Would cause demonic qi to gather continuously. Even if that Wood Element brat had been extraordinarily lucky and truly obtained a Demon-Warding Pearl, he would keep consuming spell power and eventually be invaded by demonic qi.
More importantly, using magic artifacts at Demonheart Cliff would expose those artifacts and treasures to corrosion by demonic qi. As they were steadily eroded, the cultivator's mind and divine sense, which were linked to the artifacts, would also suffer some degree of invasion. Even a