Quickly, under Bai Yan’s command, this Level 2 Abyss Demon Tree had devoured all the Level 2 demon corpses.
But there was no sign of movement, no indication of evolution!
Bai Yan frowned. In theory, these Level 2 demons’ corpses should have been enough for the Abyss Demon Tree to evolve.
It seems that not only can Alec’s captured demons not gain strength from consuming others, the demons raised by Bai Yan couldn’t either.
"The System really is shrewd. This bug can’t be exploited," Bai Yan muttered to himself.
"Thank you for the compliment, Host."
The System suddenly spoke up, its voice mechanical.
Are you becoming sentient?
Learning to kick someone when they’re down, huh?
Bai Yan felt helpless.
Obviously, after the last incident when Bai Yan redeemed a handheld Gatling in the Demon Mall and swept through the Level 1 demons, completing his evolution at a breakneck pace, the System had already conducted a self-check secretly and fixed any loopholes that Bai Yan could exploit.
Human intelligence is mighty powerful, especially at finding and exploiting loopholes.
But the System isn’t stupid either—it can patch things up!
"System, is the Abyss Demon Tree unable to complete its evolution because of my own level restrictions?"
Bai Yan suddenly asked.
After all, Bai Yan’s own demon level was the cultivation level cap for all the demons under his command. Unless Bai Yan himself reached the Level 3 demon standard, he definitely could not cultivate a Level 3 demon.
"No, even if the Host reached the Level 3 demon standard, this Demon Tree will still be unable to complete its evolution because it has devoured food brought by Alec. Until the Host himself reaches the Level 9 demon standard, the Host cannot use Alec to find any shortcuts for personal evolution or cultivating demons."
The System’s voice was resolute, cutting off all of Bai Yan’s retreats.
In the Abyss, there are no shortcuts to take!
Bai Yan couldn’t help but roll his eyes; the System was really petty.
Since the System blocked every way Bai Yan could rapidly empower himself using Alec, Bai Yan had to stick to his original plan for evolution.
"Let’s go, follow this Lord and kill demons together."
Bai Yan called out, spirited and confident.
I’ve got many underlings; bring on the fight, who’s afraid!
Thirty against one, I refuse to believe my evolution speed can still be slow!
Upon hearing Bai Yan’s words, the originally listless Black Dragon on the ground suddenly perked up and roared: "Master, do you need the loyal Alec?"
"The loyal Alec is ready! Ready to fight for Master at any time!"
"Can you please roll as far away as possible?"
Bai Yan abruptly refused.
The Black Dragon was heartbroken.
Bai Yan would not let Alec join the battle; who knows whether the prey affected by Alec’s Level 9 demon aura would also be considered by the System as Bai Yan having Alec’s help.
Bai Yan did not wish to have his efforts be in vain.
Bai Yan sent Alec away without much politeness, but seeing the pitiful look of the Black Dragon, Bai Yan consoled him a few words: "Go find a female dragon, take good care of her, and when the mother dragon has given birth, bring the young dragons here. I am really short-handed."
Alec’s spirit was revived, his body brimming with the will to fight, and he roared: "Alec swears to complete the task!"
"Great job, remember: for the Master, to die without regret is not too high a price to pay!"
"Rest assured, Master! Alec promises to bring back a group of young dragons for you!"
Alec flew away, bearing the vital task of species reproduction and the honorable mission of stealing young dragons for his Master.
The loyal Alec had to make contributions for his Master!
Alec had to prove that he was far more useful than the Level 2 demons under the Master’s command!
Leading a mighty host of Level 2 Demons, Bai Yan continued to roam the edges of the Abyss on this level.
Three wandering Level 2 Demon Dogs on the hill ahead!
They are confronting each other!
Bai Yan bellowed, his eyes glowing.
All of this is Evolution Energy!
The Demon Trees issued a silent roar as 29 demons rapidly converged, swiftly swooping in.
The sight of so many Level 2 Demons rushing towards them scared the three Demon Dogs witless, practically pee themselves...
What in the world are you doing!
We were minding our own business, who did we offend?
The three Demon Dogs took up positions to attack and defend, baring their teeth and snarling, with red glints shining in their canine eyes; they were ready to fight to the death.
Under Bai Yan’s command, the Demon Trees easily completed their encirclement. Vines whipped through the air toward the three Demon Dogs.
Although the Demon Trees weren’t very agile and many of their vine attacks were dodged by the Demon Dogs, their overwhelming numbers made it impossible for the mere three Demon Dogs to resist.
A vine viciously smashed into one of the Demon Dogs, and the Demon Tree’s incredible strength of 55 points erupted, causing the struck Demon Dog to stagger and howl in pain.
Bai Yan stood on the outskirts, watching the Demon Dogs dodge haphazardly, occasionally lunging with claws tearing and biting at the Demon Trees, to no significant effect.
The Demon Trees were notoriously tough, with a defensive power of 60 points - not much weaker than the strength score of the Demon Dogs themselves. Even three Demon Dogs attacking one Demon Tree wouldn’t quickly bring it down, let alone when there were more than twenty Demon Trees!
This was a wall of fortresses!
This was a shield wall!
Bai Yan squinted, grinning from ear to ear.
Directing his subordinate Demon Warriors to encircle and attack, he didn’t need to lift a finger. Where else could he find such an easy task?
In the Abyss, death and rebirth were constant, every demon was gritting its teeth to evolve to a higher level, but no demon’s evolution was as effortless as Bai Yan’s.
Such was the charm of a Demon Lord.
As the Abyss’s favored child, a Demon Lord’s path to evolution was naturally much easier than that of other demons.
With a wave of his hand, legions of Demon Warriors fought tirelessly for their Lord!
Bai Yan longed for the day he would command a grand Demon Army of millions. At that time, the spectacle would be truly grand!
As Bai Yan pondered, the giant eyes of seven Evil Eye Demons suddenly shot out scorching Dissolving Beams.
Seven Evil Eye Demons, seven Dissolving Beams!
The Dissolving Beams of Evil Eyes were incredibly powerful, even capable of damaging Level 3 Demons!
However, their attack speed was slow, requiring much time to charge, and their hit rate wasn’t very high, but still, one of the seven beams managed to strike an Abyss Demon Dog!
No helping it, there were too many Dissolving Beams, seven firing at once; at least one could hit the Demon Dogs trapped within the encirclement.
The sound of corrosion followed by a muffled thud as one Abyssal Dog collapsed dead, a terrifying, gaping hole through its body from front to back!
The Dissolving Beams of the Evil Eyes were truly dreadful!
This made Bai Yan beam with joy, and he started to consider whether to train Evil Eye Demons on a large scale.
Meat shields in the front, Evil Eyes dealing frenzied damage from the back - just the thought of that formation was exhilarating.