"I examined the 143 dead monsters on the battlefield, including intact corpses, those smashed into pulp by the Tree people, and severed limbs and broken arms—no matter which kind, all the essence and turbid qi inside the monsters' bodies had vanished. There was not the slightest trace that life had ever existed in them—they had completely turned into stone sculptures."
"Combined with their strange tactics, I suspect that Monster King is carrying out a sacrifice. However, I tried several detection spells and still failed to track where the monsters' essence flowed after they died—as if it simply vanished into thin air."
"I tried to reduce the intensity of the battle and wanted some Tree people to retreat back to camp, but those Behemoth monsters did not stop pursuing them. Instead, they followed the Tree people's retreating steps—as if the moment I dared to let the Tree people withdraw, they would dare charge into the camp and smash my Wizard Tower to pieces. Yet at the same time, the other monsters watching from the sidelines did not take the opportunity to press the attack. They continued prowling and roaring around the battlefield between the Behemoths and the Tree people—as if they had not seen the huge gap in our defensive line at all."
"Li Meng's Wizard Tower is right beside mine. She awakened her Tree people earlier than I did, and her degree of Magic Sharing is stronger, so the Tree people on her side are also declining faster. During the time I was sending this message, only a handful of Gargoyles and one Copper Armor Guard remained in her camp, while the monsters opposite her still numbered in the hundreds. But the monsters did not forcibly attack the camp. Instead, they repeatedly provoked the Wizard Tower's warning line and used