Chapter 401: Chapter 395: Using Brains Over Brawn

Pazuniya, also known as the Plain of Ten Thousand Abysses, is filled with massive pits that plunge into the deeper and more terrifying layers.

Majestic and imposing Steel Fortresses crouch on the edges of these huge pits, and for every thousand such pits, there are a thousand Steel Fortresses, and a thousand Secondary Demon Lords… In reality, there can’t be that many, but there certainly wouldn’t be too few either.

Leon thought that the death of a Secondary Demon Lord would not stir up any great commotion in Pazuniya, probably no one would pay attention to him; instead, it would be better to use that time to compete for Balatezo… even if someone does pay attention, it doesn’t matter, for soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, he would continue to focus on his own matters.

The Marilith has the upper body of a humanoid female with six arms, Leon’s transformation into a Marilith was inevitable.

Leon wondered if this could be considered cross-dressing… It’s fine if he doesn’t think about it, but once he did, it felt a bit strange, was something deep inside awakening? Hahaha.

Enough idle talk, Leon transformed into a Marilith and started to kill, slaughtering wherever he went, never staying long; he slaughtered when he was happy, slaughtered when he was unhappy, even those who surrendered were killed, making those demons cry out in despair.

Original demons and such were not mentioned, Fierce Battle Demons, Enchanting Demons, Judgement Demons were completely no match for a Marilith, Leon killed so much that he was too lazy to continue.

Having been to so many places, Leon realized for the first time that there were so many types of demons, just the ones he had seen were several dozen kinds, whether they were in the setup books he’d read before, or in the records of Tassera’s collection, all were incomplete.

The Rift Demon looks like a giant fly, with buzzing wings and six limbs, two of which end in palms with slender fingers.

The Brezu Demon is covered in ulcers and boils, its tall and thin skeletal frame adorned with tufts of short fur, bearing the giant, curved-horned head of a pale ram, with cold eyes, though emaciated, it swings a disproportionately large pike with a kind of unsettling grace.

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Leon in the form of a Marilith couldn’t defeat a Goristro, but it was easy for him to leave, just Teleport once, then twist his waist, swaying his tail to walk away; encountering a Balor was troublesome, constantly wasting mana on repeated transformations.

Demons practically have no sense of order, mutual slaughter among demons naturally doesn’t attract attention from other demons, even a six-armed Marilith obsessed with killing was normal in the Bottomless Abyss, not drawing any attention, apart from those demons he killed, almost no demons bothered Leon.

“That’s about how to use six arms.”

“The use of three heads can’t really be learned from that guy.”

“That’s right, Hydra, when I return to the Material Plane later, I’ll catch a few Hydras and throw them in the Gladiatorial Arena… no, those wild Hydras only have many heads, nothing else.”

After so many days of slaughter, Leon could feel his improvement.

His transformed Marilith used to be unable to defeat a Goristro, now if he performed a bit better he might even counter-kill the opponent, but he still couldn’t handle a Balor, the disparity in hard power being quite significant, moreover, which Balor hasn’t been forged from mountains of corpses and oceans of blood, combat skills and experience couldn’t be ignored.

“That’s about it then.”

“Eighty out of a hundred is good, aiming for a hundred is too difficult.”

“No matter how well a Marilith wields a sword, it’s still a Marilith, not a three-headed, six-armed Red Dragon.”

Leon didn’t expect to defeat a Balor after transforming into a Marilith, he just wanted to practice swordsmanship, combat skills, accumulate some battle experience and that was it, encountering various demons he planned to call it quits.

His requirements weren’t high, just that if he encountered an opponent like the Flame Divine Successor again, he wouldn’t be completely powerless to resist, surpassing them was unrealistic, it wasn’t something that transforming into a Marilith and killing demons could achieve, it required decades or even hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation.

After experiencing all sorts of messed-up demons… there were also many Yugros Demons in Pazuniya, Leon was no longer interested in transforming into a Marilith to slaughter demons everywhere, he began thinking of ways to prepare the materials needed to remold a Divine Sword.

Balatezo, though a Secondary Demon Lord, possessed an independent form as a Great Demon, its blood could be used, but that’s not enough.

“Ocas, Dimo Genesis, Glazier…” Leon muttered to himself, chuckling, thinking, with so many easily bullied demon lords around, why mess with such powerful ones.

Leon thought of Flaz Erro, who wasn’t considered a very strong Demon Lord, relying more on Illusion Techniques and deception rather than direct combat, due to his penchant for deceit and playing tricks, resulting in no other Demon Lord allies, extremely detested, once sealed by a Mortal Mage in the Material Plane for hundreds of years.

The above wasn’t the most important reason, the most important was that he had killed Balatezo, meaning he had offended Flaz Erro, coincidentally, he knew how to reach the other’s plane—Heart of Hypocrisy.

Baryloth also seemed like a good option, this Horned Demon King, Beast Lord didn’t seem strong either… it was said there existed a complex relationship between Baryloth and Yapnogoth, the two Demon Lords jointly controlled the 600th layer of the Bottomless Abyss Endless Maze, though not forming an alliance, they might provide mutual assistance.

Thagon is one of the ancient Demon Lords of the Bottomless Abyss, ruling those who dwell beneath the black deep sea, gigantic in size, surely having plenty of blood… Leon quickly shook his head, as he could transform into a Kraken, could only say he wasn’t afraid of naval battles, but after all, wasn’t adept at them.

The Bloodthirsty Evil Beast Yenogu pursued senseless destruction and slaughter, never bothering with negotiations, they would engage in battle just upon meeting, continuing until tired of fighting, maintaining a long-standing adversarial relationship with Baryloth, to the bitter end.

“I’m so foolish… Why did it only occur to me now.” Leon suddenly patted his head.

Indeed, he shouldn’t just focus on combat skills, all muscle and no brain, the mind was more useful than muscles… Leon realized he didn’t need to face any single Demon Lord alone, he could fully utilize the conflicts between Demon Lords to achieve his goals, obtaining twice the result with half the effort.

Not only did he not need to face any single Demon Lord alone, even if he faced a Great Devil, he could seek allies, for example, Bell, the former Archduke of Aphnas, would certainly be happy to help him topple Zarriel… Zarriel was quite strong, so he had to think carefully.

After much thought, Leon decided to first visit the Blood War Battlefield to have a look, perhaps he could find an opportunity to steal a chicken there.