A Demon's Journey

That faint bluish-colored gleam drew Azaroth's attention. He'd figured out what was producing the gleam, and it made his heart race with excitement.

When he arrived at the place, he spotted a faint blue colored jewel protruding from the ground.

His guess turned into confirmation as he bent down and pulled out that jewel from the ground.

"Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade! There is truly an Emperor Tier Mineral here!"

Now that Azaroth had yanked this jewel out, he noticed that it seemed a bit dull. It had exhausted all the Spiritual Energy within it.

Azaroth noticed there were more jewels below this one. And they were dull as well.

He was a bit disappointed since it would have been better if these jades still possessed Spiritual Energy.

But he didn't stay distressed for too long. He still decided to gather all these jades since he had methods to allow them to recover their energy!

Azaroth possessed some resources that specialized in this thing. These were the resources that he had traded with the King of the Glerian Kingdom for the rare herbs.

It took quite some time for Azaroth to gather all these Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade. He was delighted to find out that after a depth of 500 meters, all the Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jades were filled with Spirit Energy.

Moreover, they seemed even more in quantity! Azaroth immediately turned these jades into his priority and placed them in his Purple Rings.

If Azaroth had weighed them, he would have found out that he now had 70 tons of Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade.

Out of these, 30 tons of Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade had already exhausted its Spiritual Energy.

However, the rest were filled with pure Spirit Energy.

Azaroth knew that the Abyss Blood Flower couldn't have absorbed this much Spiritual Energy. It must have been someone else who planted this Abyss Blood Flower here and also used the Spiritual Energy within the Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade.

Azaroth had a few theories why that individual hadn't been able to take all this Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade.

The first one is that he couldn't carry all this as he didn't possess Spatial Equipment capable of storing this quantity of minerals.

The second one was that he didn't have a location to store these minerals. If others found out that he possessed a treasure like this, he would be hunted.

But still, that man had managed to utilize 30 tons of this Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade. If it was a single person who knew the truth, then Azaroth could already guess that individual's identity.

However, there was also a high chance that some expert had exhausted quite a bit of the Spiritual Energy of this Brilliant Spirit Nourishing Jade earlier, and an individual had coincidently found it and used a bit of this Jade.

Anyway, Azaroth didn't spend too much of his time on these thoughts. He had gathered all the jades, and it was time to return.

During all this time, Azaroth had kept his senses focused on the camp that was set up by Tiana and her subordinates.

The enemy was approaching that area, and they numbered in hundreds.

Dozens of beasts had already attacked the camp, but they were all slaughtered by Tiana and her subordinates.

The beasts that had attacked the camp were merely cannon fodder. These were beasts with extremely low intelligence. They went crazy upon seeing humans and immediately launched their attack.

When Tiana and her subordinates revealed their true aura, these beasts understood that their enemies were quite strong.

Their bodies trembled in fear, but it was too late to retreat. They could only face the Icy attacks launched by these women.

Even though they had slaughtered these beasts, Tiana and her subordinates knew that they couldn't relax yet.

They were still on the battleground, and their enemies were quite close. They could suffer the moment they relax.

They were relieved to see Azaroth return at this time.

Upon returning, Azaroth looked around and seemed to notice the beast corpses on the ground.

"It seems you have already prepared the ingredients for our dinner. That's good," Azaroth commented with a smile.

Zofia approached Azaroth with a worried expression. She mustered her courage and spoke, "M-Master, when we were fighting, I heard some sound from that direction."

"That's only natural. Many warriors of the Night Mountain Sect are hiding there. They were probably observing your battle against the beasts and planned to attack you once the sun sets." Azaroth casually responded.

His words instantly caught the attention of all his subordinates. They all stared at him with a startled expression.

Azaroth responded with a question, "What?"

Meanwhile, a few women showed nervous looks as they spoke out, "We should plan how we are going to get out of this situation. We aren't prepared to take them on right now."

"Master, do you know how many enemies we have? If we know their numbers and the direction they will approach, we can prepare some countermeasures against them," Another woman stated.

Azaroth smirked at that question and responded quickly, "Hundreds of them are ready to jump in and fight you. If they see you preparing traps for them, do you think they will still fall for them?"

"…What?! Hundreds of enemies?!" Rosalie shouted in shock.

"That's correct. But don't worry so much. Most of them are 3 Star Warriors, and they won't attack us any time soon. The commander seems to be of a cautious kind. He doesn't dare to lead his men to attack us unless he finds out why the Black Lake Sect recalled their disciples and stationed us here. We are barely dozens of warriors, replacing nearly a hundred warriors."

"The enemy commander thinks there must be some trick involved. So, chill out. This will be good training for your nerves and ability to handle pressure," Azaroth added with a smile.

Azaroth then stared at Tiana and gave her a signal. Tiana immediately gathered her subordinates and assigned them particular positions, and ordered them to patrol that area.

In reality, this patrol was useless. However, Azaroth wanted the enemy to think that they were behaving normally. Nothing had changed after Azaroth's return.

The two women who were assigned to the direction from which the enemy would approach were fidgeting a bit due to anxiety. If the enemy attacked, they would be the first casualties of the battle.

Tiana had specifically chosen these two women since they were the ones with the weakest nerves. To make them reach the same level as their comrades, their training naturally had to be tougher than others.

Meanwhile, Azaroth went into his tent and relaxed. He pulled out some seeds of the Abyss Blood Flower and planted them in many flowerpots. There was a total of 20 seeds that were all planted into different flowerpots

Azaroth dripped his blood over each one of these flowerpots. This time, he hadn't used his Blood Essence.

If he lost over 20 drops of Blood Essence so suddenly, even he would feel the difference. He couldn't be hasty about it, or he would lose more than what he would gain.

Even though it wasn't Azaroth's Blood Essence, the seeds still grew quite quickly. His blood still contained the power of Wooden Energy. The green stem rose from the soil as leaves grew over it.

Only after the leaves grew did the growth halt. Azaroth knew he couldn't drop his blood over them so quickly.

This herb hadn't even managed to digest the power in that drop of blood from before. If it received another drop, it wouldn't lead to good results as the plant might even burst. If it was mature, Azaroth could have taken the risk, but this herb was too young.