A Demon's Journey

The entire process of absorbing all of Erica's faith energy took a couple of hours. During this time, Erica continued to kneel ahead of Azaroth.

Initially, she was extremely furious as this was the first time she was kneeling ahead of someone.

However, as time passed, she began to calm down and think deeply about what Azaroth was doing.

She sensed no change to her body or her spirit. It meant he was doing something that affected her but also didn't affect her.

After Azaroth absorbed all her faith energy and also created a connection between them so that any faith energy she received would immediately be transferred to him, he spoke, "You can stand now."

Erica was extremely shocked as she felt that her body was no longer in her control. Before she realized it, she had stood up.

"You should have realized what occurred, right?" Azaroth asked her with a smirk.

"…How did you force me to obey your order?!" Erica asked with a startled look on her face.

She felt as if someone else was controlling her body when she was standing up. She couldn't oppose him no matter how hard she tried.

She knew it could only be Azaroth. Maybe this was what he was doing without her realization.

Other than anger, she was extremely terrified now.

"Do not attempt to betray me in the future. As for the answer to your question? Sorry, trade secret," Azaroth spoke. His order was deeply embedded into Erica's consciousness.

She couldn't disobey this order even if she wanted to. It was only natural because she had been subdued using the faith energy.

It forced her to think of Azaroth's words as an Imperial Edict. When Azaroth had seen this woman and found out that she actually cultivated that forbidden summoning technique, he had foreseen this.

However, there were some limits to these orders. He couldn't order Erica something that would make her go against her integrity.

An individual would only follow a particular faith until it doesn't force him against his morality. Erica's personal prestige could be ignored, but not her sense of responsibility.

Azaroth couldn't order her to do something against the Black Lake Sect. He also couldn't order her to do something against her daughter.

Fortunately, Azaroth wasn't greatly affected by these limits. He could get the faith energy through this woman and use her to assist the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect.

"Return now. And don't keep an eye on us any longer," Azaroth gave his next order to Erica.

Erica gritted her teeth, but she nodded her head in affirmation. She was helpless as she didn't know why she couldn't disobey his order.

Just how was Azaroth making her obey his orders. If she knew the procedure, she could prepare a countermeasure for it.

Azaroth then snapped his finger, "Oh right. Let me remove the seal as well."

Soon, the Spiritual Seal that had isolated and suppressed the Great Kun was dispelled.

Erica was internally satisfied as she heard the Great Kun's voice.

The Great Kun informed her how it had been sealed within her mindscape. It mentioned all the details about the barrier that had appeared within her mindscape.

Erica let out a sigh as she realized that the Great Kun's words confirmed that Azaroth spoke the truth.

She soon walked away while Azaroth continued to gather the corpses and the herbs nearby.

Azaroth returned and began to concoct medicinal pellets. These pellets were actually drugs that would allow his subordinates to ignore the pain and continue to fight in their peak state.

Naturally, their side effects were quite strong. A special pain killer was concocted to endure those side effects.

However, Azaroth wasn't planning to give them those painkillers. He was going to have them endure the side effects.

In the minor case, the side effects would strain their muscles and meridians. While in the major case, their muscles and meridians would tear and burst apart.

If it was a minor case, Azaroth would have them endure the side effects without his assistance. While if it was the major case, he would use his Golden Flames to heal the physical damage and let them endure the remaining consequences of the side effects.

After nearly 4 hours, all his subordinates woke up. The food had already been prepared for them.

The ingredients for the food were naturally those beasts' corpses that Azaroth had gathered in the early morning.

All his subordinates ate the food and discovered that their healing had greatly accelerated. Azaroth then provided them with the pellets that would allow them to ignore their pain and battle against their opponents in their peak states.

Azaroth told them to eat it just before they were going off to fight their opponents. There was a high chance they could have this day as a rest day.

This was all because they had slaughtered many disciples of the Night Mountain Sect in this area. And in the night, Zena and the two foxes had dealt with the beasts that had been sent to attack them by the Night Mountain Sect.

The Night Mountain Sect was going to take some time to investigate Azaroth and his side. There was a chance that some elders would leave the sect to check out the situation.

For this reason, Azaroth was going to suppress his cultivation to a 4 Star Rank. He didn't want to scare away the approaching elder from the Night Mountain Sect.

Tiana had begun teaching these women the Sacred Ice Sovereign Manifestation Technique.

These women had ingested the Seven Star Yin Pellet and possessed the Seven Star Yin Physique.

They unleashed an unreal might as they released the Ice Sovereign Manifestation. This was an extremely strong technique that activated their physique.

When they activated this technique, they would unconsciously absorb the Ice into their bodies.

They were extremely shocked to find out that the Ice they absorbed was converted into pure energy, which would assist them in recovering from their injuries.

Azaroth continued to observe their training and guided them when it looked as if they required it. He was actually waiting for someone to make a move.

The elders of the Black Lake Sect were also quite shocked to find that many of the disciples of the Night Mountain Sect had been annihilated so quickly.

It had barely been a day, yet Azaroth and his team had already gotten used to the location and even launched a successful assault at the enemy.

Even the experienced elders of the Black Lake Sect who had been stationed at a single point for quite long couldn't boast of launching a successful assault on their first try.

They were extremely embarrassed as they recalled how they had looked down on Azaroth earlier.

Christina was delighted to hear that Tiana and her subordinates had performed wonderfully. She realized that she was worried for nothing. Perhaps they could really handle that position.

Other than Azaroth's team, it was Christina's team that had performed wonderfully the previous day.

Three enemy commanders had been captured by Christina's team. The Black Lake Sect's elders were now extracting some information from these enemy commanders.

However, it was all for naught since these enemy commanders didn't know of any secret information. It seemed as if they had been abandoned by the Night Mountain Sect.