After the Immortal-Demon team departed, Xiao Mo let out a sigh.
He also wished he could go out hunting with the Immortal-Demon team.
After all, doing so would allow his strength to improve rapidly.
Moreover, he might even gain some other benefits.
With his current strength at the peak of Tier Seven, coupled with top-tier equipment and the assistance of the [Elf Queen's Bracelet],
He was already strong enough to hunt demonic beasts in the wild.
However, he couldn't do so now.
Because if he left with the Immortal-Demon team, the city would be left undefended.
If any demonic beasts or other enemies were to take advantage of the city's emptiness and charge in, destroying the Heart of the Territory, he would have no recourse but to weep.
He hadn't considered leaving behind some Immortal-Demon soldiers.
However, the current Immortal-Demon team was still somewhat small in scale.
While external hunting would yield the greatest efficiency, splitting them up would reduce their effectiveness.
This was not what Xiao Mo wanted.
Therefore, he ultimately decided to stay behind himself, along with Xian Qing'er.
With his and Xian Qing'er's strength, they should be sufficient to handle any unforeseen circumstances.
If they truly couldn't cope, Xian Qing'er could always summon the Immortal-Demon team back.
The Immortal-Demon team's hunting grounds would not be too far from the tribal territory, and their flight speed was very fast.
Even in extremely urgent situations, they would be able to return in time.
Returning to the pavilion, Xiao Mo cast his gaze upon Xian Qing'er, who possessed a visage of unparalleled beauty standing behind him.
"Qing'er, you are an auxiliary warrior of the Immortal race. You should know many auxiliary immortal arts."
"Do you know of any defensive immortal arts or formations that can protect the tribal territory?"
As soon as Xiao Mo finished speaking, Xian Qing'er bowed respectfully, then smiled faintly and replied:
"Reporting to Master, I do possess such formations, but given the current state of the territory, they cannot be deployed."
"Even the weakest defensive formation, the Five Elements Heavenly Array, requires thirty Soul Crystals and one thousand Immortal-Demon Stones to set up."
"Stronger defensive formations require Spirit Stones, which are even rarer."
The Five Elements Heavenly Array was the weakest defensive formation among the Immortal race.
Yet, even so, this formation required the carving of immortal patterns, the engraving of formation eyes, and the deployment of Soul Crystals and Immortal-Demon Stones. Through the immortal patterns, its essence would be converted into the immortal spiritual energy required by the formation diagram.
Only then would this Five Elements Heavenly Array not be easily destroyed.
"So many!"
Upon hearing the number Xian Qing'er stated, Xiao Mo's eyes widened.
Thirty Soul Crystals and a thousand Immortal-Demon Stones!
He currently had less than twenty Soul Crystals in storage, and was still over a hundred Immortal-Demon Stones short.
After a moment of contemplation, Xiao Mo slowly shook his head.
"Then we'll discuss it later!"
Soul Crystals and Immortal-Demon Stones were strategic resources vital to the grand endeavor of strengthening his power.
These two items could not be used lightly at present; they must be deployed where they were most needed.
And now was not the time when setting up the Five Elements Heavenly Array was an absolute necessity, so he was not in a hurry.
His gaze turned to the distance, where golden light and demonic mist were swirling, clearly indicating that the Immortal-Demon team had already begun their battle.
However, what Xiao Mo most wished to see was the demise of that despicable lord.
After all, if that person didn't die, Xiao Mo would not feel at ease.
Although destroying that person's territory might expose his Immortal-Demon team, he felt it didn't matter.
Regardless, the matter of the Immortal-Demon soldiers would be exposed sooner or later, it was only a matter of time.
Moreover, the novice protection period had already ended. From now on, it would be a period of intense struggle for all lords.
There was no longer much point in hiding his strength.
He did not like playing the role of a weakling pretending to be strong. Instead, he preferred to flatten everything with overwhelming power.
Since he possessed such formidable strength, why bother with pretense? Wouldn't it be more satisfying to simply sweep through everything?
However, Xiao Mo was also looking forward to something.
He looked forward to the astonished expressions on the faces of those lords who were desperately trying to surpass him, when they learned that his troops were the uniquely top-tier Immortal-Demon soldiers.
...
In less than a minute, the battle of the Immortal-Demon team was over.
The Immortal-Demon soldiers piled up the corpses of the two to thirty demonic beasts they had killed and searched the ground for dropped materials.
These two to thirty demonic beast corpses were the result of the Immortal-Demon team's half-hour search since their arrival.
Compared to before, this was pathetically little.
This situation was naturally related to the territorial defense battle the previous night.
It was not a time of beast tide crisis. The demonic beasts in the vicinity of the territory numbered only a few thousand.
But in a single territorial defense battle, the Immortal-Demon team had killed over three thousand.
It would be strange if there were still so many demonic beasts around the territory.
To hunt more demonic beasts now, one would have to venture at least ten kilometers away from the tribal territory.
However, Mo Jingjing and Xian Meng'er did not intend to do so.
First, they ordered several Immortal-Demon soldiers to send all the spoils of war back to the city.
After the Immortal-Demon team had reassembled, Mo Jingjing and Xian Meng'er proceeded towards the territory ten kilometers away.
While hunting demonic beasts, Mo Jingjing had already dispatched two Immortal-Demon soldiers to scout that territory.
They learned that the territory had not only survived but seemed to have become stronger and more defensively fortified.
It was evident that this was because the lord had successfully won the previous night's turmoil.
Shortly after, the Immortal-Demon team arrived at the edge of that territory.
This territory had indeed been upgraded to a high-level territory, and a fence made of thorns surrounded it.
Most surprisingly, both the fence and the city walls in the distance were equipped with small ballistae.
It seemed that this lord had also reaped significant rewards from last night's defense battle!
However, these defenses were practically of no consequence to the Immortal-Demon soldiers.
After all, the Immortal-Demon soldiers could fly and could directly attack the center of the territory from the air.
"This is the stronghold of the rebels!"
"On the orders of our Lord, we shall eliminate everyone in this stronghold and destroy the territory!"
Mo Jingjing's dark pupils glinted as she looked at the territory where many mercenaries were walking back and forth.
Then, she waved her hand to the Immortal-Demon team behind her, and her own figure soared into the air.
...
Within the territory, that vulgar young man was cursing again, completely unaware of the disaster about to befall him.
"Damn it! How can I be so unlucky!"
"More than half of my previous troops were wiped out by some damned Immortal, almost to the point of annihilation. I finally managed to build them up, and now they're lost again!"
The incident where the Immortal-Demon soldier Xian Si slaughtered mercenaries had truly left a psychological scar on the vulgar young man.
For the past few days, he hadn't dared to leave his territory even half a step. Even the defense battle last night was fought by his subordinate mercenary groups.
Of course, he was afraid of retaliation from the Immortal race, and he had also discovered that there was more than one Immortal race in the vicinity!
However, fear or not, would fear prevent retaliation?
Little did he know, retaliation had already arrived!