At this moment, the rest of them attacked the demonic beasts in the trap with even more vigor, unleashing their skills.
The demonic beasts' screams grew weaker, and after a short while, only faint roars could be heard.
Another half an incense stick's worth of time passed, and the demonic beasts fell completely silent, plunging the trap into an eerie stillness.
The huge pit was filled with a mixture of blood and demonic beast corpses, but none of the inner disciples of the Misty Sect found the scene to be gruesome.
On the contrary, their faces were flushed with excitement.
They now looked at Zhang Ergou with reverence. If it weren't for Zhang Ergou's plan,
let alone achieving such excellent results, it would have been difficult for them to survive unharmed even when facing hundreds of enraged demonic beasts.
However, this time, not only did they easily dispatch hundreds of demonic beasts, but their consumption was minimal, and any talk of injuries was preposterous.
"Er Gou, should we continue to lure more demonic beasts over?"
Ding Jie was also filled with joy. Although he had suspected Zhang Ergou of shirking responsibility by letting him take command, he could still bask in the glory of such a crushing victory.
"No rush. Let's clean up this area first. Some of these demonic beasts have not low cultivation, we might even find some inner cores."
As soon as Zhang Ergou finished speaking, he leaped into the trap.
While the others were still wondering why Zhang Ergou had jumped down, he had already taken out a sharp dagger and begun to rummage.
"Damn it, we can't let that kid Zhang Ergou take it all..."
Only then did everyone understand Zhang Ergou's intentions. They paid no mind to the blood and grime in the trap and jumped into the pit to search.
Despite the large number of demonic beasts, a thousand disciples were not enough to go around. Some, who were slower to react, didn't even get a whiff of demonic beast fur.
Seeing that everyone else had descended, Zhang Ergou stopped searching and directly threw the corpses of over a dozen demonic beasts into his storage ring.
The others followed suit, and in an instant, the massive trap pit was left with only a pool of blood.
Those disciples who were slower to react stared blankly at the clean giant pit and cast resentful glances at Zhang Ergou.
It was Zhang Ergou's act of directly collecting the demonic beast corpses that led everyone to follow his example, but Zhang Ergou paid them no mind; he only cared about his own gains.
When Zhang Ergou produced a handful of pills and distributed them to everyone, their resentful feelings vanished completely.
"Everyone, take pills to recover your spiritual energy first. We still have more arduous battles ahead. These demonic beasts are merely appetizers. Esteemed senior brothers, do not let the current victory lead to any carelessness."
Zhang Ergou's voice was steady and powerful. The others sobered up from their recent victory. Tens of thousands of demonic beasts were still fighting the elders and disciples of the Misty Sect not far away.
The demonic beasts they had killed were merely a drop in the ocean.
After a brief rest, the earth-elemental disciples, under Zhang Ergou's command, made various modifications to the trap.
This time, the metal-elemental disciples also participated, fashioning sharp weapons from the terrain and rocks to be placed within the trap.
When the demonic beasts fell into the trap, they would face the first wave of casualties.
Once everything was prepared, Zhang Ergou led the hundred fastest disciples to lure the demonic beasts.
They employed the same tactic, but these demonic beasts, unaware of the deception, were instantly enraged by Zhang Ergou and his group's maneuvers.
They then abandoned their original opponents and, under the repeated luring of Zhang Ergou and his group, eventually fell into the traps prepared for them.
Waiting for them were pits filled with weapons and the continuous onslaught of a thousand inner disciples.
In a short while, this group of demonic beasts was ripped to shreds, undeniably dead.
Zhang Ergou and his group did not rest for long. After clearing the battlefield and briefly recovering with pills,
they continued to lure demonic beasts after setting up the traps, just as before...
When Zhang Ergou and his group lured their tenth wave of demonic beasts, the other disciples and elders fighting directly against the beast horde finally sensed something was amiss.
"Why do I feel like there are fewer and fewer demonic beasts? Suddenly, they've just inexplicably disappeared?"
"Yes, I feel the same. I thought it was just my imagination at first, but you feel it too."
The number of demonic beasts was simply too large. After killing one, another pounced forward, relentless.
The elders and disciples fighting these demonic beasts had become numb, mechanically casting spells and skills.
They had lost count of how many demonic beasts had died by their hands.
However, the number of demonic beasts didn't seem to have decreased much; they still formed a dense, black mass, appearing endless.
But at this moment, everyone finally felt a noticeable decrease in the number of demonic beasts, yet no one knew what had happened.
"Do you think the demonic beasts are scared of us and some have fled?"
"Doesn't seem like it. These demonic beasts are like they're under a spell, showing no sign of being scared. Look at their blood-red eyes; they're eager to rush to the very front."
Such conversations were widely discussed among the crowd. They were utterly bewildered, unable to understand why the number of demonic beasts had decreased so significantly.
"Senior Brother Tiandao, the number of demonic beasts in the northwest has significantly decreased. Has something happened?"
Chunyang Sanren pointed to the northwest border of the demonic beast forest and casually severed the heads of a pack of blood wolves.
"Oh? Isn't that the direction where I ordered the second echelon to set up an ambush? Could it be that Ding Jie and the others have achieved something remarkable?"
Without ceasing his killing, Tiandao Laoren squinted and glanced toward the northwest.
"Senior Brother, there are only a thousand of them. If they encounter the same situation as Wang Tao and the others, I fear..."
Chunyang Sanren hesitated, his gaze shifting worriedly towards the northwest again.
"No need to worry too much. Those demonic beast leaders won't pass. The few old geezers like us are tying them down here. Besides, at such a short distance, I don't believe they'll have a chance to strike."
Tiandao Laoren released his divine sense and learned what was happening in the northwest, but he didn't reveal it to Chunyang Sanren.
Hearing this, Chunyang Sanren stopped talking and focused on killing the demonic beasts before him.
"Junior Brother Ergou, we've killed thousands of demonic beasts in these ten-odd times, yet the demonic beasts keep coming. I see everyone is becoming more and more skilled. Should we do something big this time?"
Zhang Ergou scanned around and saw expectant expressions on everyone's faces, clearly indicating that they all thought the same.
"Alright, since everyone feels that way, let's do something big."