Gu Zhe finished speaking.
The others took him even more seriously.
He actually had no intention of relying on official forces. Was he going to rely solely on himself-or rather, on the strength of the Gu Family?
Either he was a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, or the Gu Family truly was powerful enough to wipe out that level-six demon.
Especially when they saw those eerie Gu Family warriors being killed.
Yet Gu Zhe's expression never changed, as though he did not care.
As though the deaths of those fearless warriors meant nothing at all.
Everyone felt a chill.
That glimpse was enough to reveal the Gu Family's strength. They must have had countless Netherworld subordinates to spare their forces so freely.
After their initial surprise, they did not find the eerie nature of these Gu Family subordinates all that strange.
They had seen stranger, eerier things.
Besides, the Netherworld was vast. Who knew whether the Gu Family had won the allegiance of some eerie race or mastered some extraordinary secret art?
The world was immense, with countless races and countless secret and eerie arts.
Since Gu Zhe did not need them to join the fighting personally.
It seemed he had no intention of using them as cannon fodder, either, and their trust in him grew a little.
Against demons.
They only had to keep watch rather than fight a bloody battle themselves. What was there to complain about?
Fighting demons was no joke. One careless move could cost them their lives. They were doing perfectly well alive and had no desire to die in battle and become ghosts. Besides, in a haunted domain like this, if the demons had some soul-devouring ability, they might not even get to become ghosts.
If Gu Zhe had demanded that they fight personally,