"Why aren't you staying put? What are you yelling about?" The angry voice of the Sea-Reclamation God rang out. Wang Yao tilted his head and tried to open his eyes, but before he could open them, tears streamed down his face.
"Father and Mother, don't be sad. That demon is gone, and everyone is alright," Hui Shuo gently comforted Wang Yao from the side.
"Your parents aren't sad. His eyes are being stimulated by the demonic light, causing them to tear up when exposed to wind," the Sea-Reclamation God said irritably.
"Guiying, have each legion tally the casualties and report back. The army shall halt its advance and rest on the spot." The Lord of Reclaiming the Sea then instructed his subordinates to reorganize the army.
After a long while, Wang Yao finally managed to open his eyes, only to see Wu Ying and Qin Su lying limply in front of him. Although their arms and legs were still intact, their ghostly bodies were extremely weak, appearing and disappearing as if they would vanish at any moment.
Clearly, that demonic light was extremely harmful to the Netherworld Ghosts. Several ghost doctors accompanying the army, perhaps summoned by Wang Yao, had already arrived and were busily working around the two of them.
Hui Shuo, however, squatted down beside Wang Yao with a wooden fish in his hands, looking at Wang Yao with a serious expression. As soon as Wang Yao opened his eyes, the little monk breathed a long sigh of relief, while the Lord of Filling the Sea stood there with his hands behind his back, his eyes scanning the surroundings.
"God... God Lord, you said that light bulb just now was... was the Decapitation Demon Lord?" Wang Yao's mind was much sharper now, and he looked at the Sea-Reclaiming God Lord and asked hesitantly.
"What light bulb? That's a variant of the Decapitation Demon Lord's demonic light!" The Land Reclamation God glared at Wang Yao angrily. "The Decapitation Demon Lord ventured alone into danger, and I almost captured him. Why did you have to stand there giving nonsensical orders and yelling like that?"
"I...I was just watching you fight the Decapitation Demon Lord, and I was afraid...afraid of too many casualties...?" Wang Yao stammered as he explained.
"Taking down the Decapitation Demon Lord is equivalent to taking down the entire Decapitation Demon Realm. What do a few small fry casualties matter?" The Sea-Filling God stamped his foot in frustration. "It's all your fault, you coward! All the ultimate thunderbolts were positioned around you. How could I fight without luring him to the center of the army?"
"This isn't the Sea-Reclaiming Divine City. Even if it were, I wouldn't be entirely confident in killing him by decapitation. Without the Ultimate Thunderclap, do you think I'd rely on your empty words?"
Wang Yao then realized that there was indeed a problem with his arrangements. After all, none of them had experience encountering a Mahayana cultivator on the battlefield. Logically speaking, Wang Yao would naturally keep a powerful weapon like the "Ultimate Thunderbolt" close to him to protect himself.
As a result, if the Lord of Reclamation wanted to deal with the Lord of Decapitation, he naturally could not stray too far from the center of the army, lest he escape the range of the "Ultimate Thunderbolt".
Using a massive army to hold back the Decapitation Demon Lord, then continuously weakening him with the "Ultimate Thunderbolt," and finally having the true form deliver the final blow, was the only way the Sea-Reclamation God could think of to deal with the Decapitation Demon Lord in his desperation.
"This... I remember the Decapitation Demon Lord was charging towards me at the end, right?" Wang Yao frowned and thought for a moment, then couldn't help but ask.
“That’s right, my wooden fish was about to entangle that demon, but then the demon suddenly flashed and disappeared. I don’t know what happened.” Hui Shuo nodded repeatedly from the side.
"Who knows what happened? Anyway, your yelling is wrong. In the future, when adults fight, can you please shut your stinking mouth?" The Lord of Reclaiming the Sea didn't seem to understand why the Lord of Beheading Demons suddenly disappeared at the crucial moment, and just blamed Wang Yao.
Wang Yao understood the little girl's feelings. She had finally had a chance to take down the other party's domain lord, which was a great temptation for the Sea-Reclaiming God Lord who had dealt with the Decapitation Demon Lord for almost his entire life. However, she inexplicably failed at the last minute, so it was normal for her to have some emotions.
But this logic just doesn't make sense. Even if the Demon Lord's subordinates were wiped out in the Battle of Thousand Sails Harbor, surely he wouldn't be the only one left, right? Why would he need to storm the camp alone? And what was his purpose in doing so? Was it to kill himself?
But in the end, he clearly had the chance to kill me, so why did he suddenly leave? This dignified lord of the demon realm, his comings and goings make absolutely no sense.
"Reporting to the commander, the Immortal Team suffered no casualties."
"Reporting to the commander, the Protoss have suffered 402 dead and 511 wounded..."
"Reporting to the commander, the Underworld army has suffered 137 dead and 446 wounded. Oh, no, it should be 448... These two lords are seriously injured. Is their Yin energy still sufficient...?"
"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the demon army suffered 3,421 dead and 7,962 wounded, including the Zhang clan..."
In a short while, Zhang Liang, Gale Ghost King, Mu Shuai, Wei Zheng, and others came over to report the casualties. The casualties among the gods and ghosts were not as high as estimated, but the demons, who were in the center of the army, suffered the most casualties.
The reason is that the Decapitation Demon Lord did not linger on the outer perimeter of the army for long. Instead, under the lure of the Sea-Reclaiming God Lord, he directly attacked the central part of the army. Therefore, although the Demon Lord's variant had a great restraining effect on the Netherworld Ghosts, the Netherworld Ghosts on the outermost edge of the army suffered the least losses.
Only those unlucky souls who happened to be blocking the way were conveniently killed by the Demon Lord.
The casualties of the second layer of the gods were mostly to cover the innermost layer, including Wang Yao and other high-ranking military officers. This was also due to the fact that the quality of the gods' army was generally higher than that of the underworld army and the demon army. If the underworld army or the demon army were on the second layer, their casualties would probably be similar to those on the outermost layer.
The demon race suffered the most casualties naturally because the place they were in was the battlefield. In the Great Ascension War, there was no way to avoid or escape, and all that was left was to die.
Although the total number of casualties in the army was far from enough to cause damage to a Mahayana cultivator, it still reached more than 10,000, a number that still saddened Wang Yao.
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