Besides, simply staying in Heart City and waiting for His Majesty the Demon God Emperor to return was no solution. After all, Eligor was the Demon God commander responsible for overseeing the battlefield at Zhennan Pass.
If something happened to the main camp there in his absence and enraged His Majesty, he would certainly suffer for it.
After applying to the higher-ranking Demon Gods stationed in Demon Capital Heart City for an army drawn from the various demon provinces, with a substantial proportion of high-tier demon troops, Serpent Spear Demon God Eligor returned to Zhennan Pass ahead of them. The army would be escorted to Zhennan Pass by two Demon Gods transferred from other provinces.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield at Demon-Repelling Pass.
The Scholar Rank Demon Hunt Squad One, to which Long Haochen belonged, had also gained a great deal over the past month or so. The squad's overall strength had improved at a remarkable pace.
Not only had Long Haochen successfully passed the tests set by Cai'er's parents and won their approval, but he had also greatly improved the impression Cai'er's great-grandfather, Saint Moon, had of him. At the very least, Saint Moon no longer constantly dwelled on Yue Chen, the Child of Light whom the Knight Temple had publicly revealed.
As the protagonist of this world, however, Long Haochen naturally had other gains thanks to his protagonist's halo. The most precious among them was undoubtedly a treasure box they had snatched from a seventh-tier Bloodthirsty Beta while carrying out a military mission assigned by the authorities at Demon-Repelling Pass.
Inside that box was a light elemental spirit, an incomparably precious elemental Spirit Furnace.
Demons could also absorb natural treasures such as Spirit Furnaces, but the Light Element Spiritual Furnace was the sole exception. Demons were born with a