Chapter 581: Surprise!
The large group of devils moved toward the south. From the scale of their movement, it was clear they numbered in the tens of thousands. All of them were mobilized in an orderly manner, forming lines that stretched for tens of kilometres.
Leading these troops was a high emperor-stage devil, clad in a body armor.
He was a black-haired middle-aged man with sharp eyes. At that moment, his gaze was fixed on the movement of the giant tree heading in his direction. With how enormous the tree was, there was no way he, or anyone else could have failed to notice it earlier. Even now, the ground was still trembling slightly, and the rumbling continued as the tree drew closer.
He narrowed his eyes when he saw thousands of beasts following the giant tree, forming a spectacle that could intimidate anyone who saw it. Yet he showed no sign of concern and turned his attention back to his troops.
"Move to your positions! Prepare for battle! The enemy has come!" he shouted.
The devils behind him did not waste any time. All of them moved swiftly into position, forming a battle formation ready to face the incoming army or in this case, the approaching giant tree.
The devil troops also seemed to have something hidden up their sleeves. Behind their front lines, a separate group of devils began forming a large-scale formation. They worked quickly and with precision, ensuring that there was nothing wrong with the formation.
The leader from earlier then approached this formation. Reaching into his storage ring, he take out a red crystal the size of his thumb. Despite its small size, it emitted an otherworldly aura that made him and any devil nearby feel a deep reverence and an overwhelming urge to prostrate before it.
"Our lord only has a few of these. Most were used in the ritual for the Devil God, and one is actually being wasted on this formation. That alone shows how serious the threat of that tree is, enough that even our lord would use one just to accelerate this summoning and call forth a more powerful being," the devil commander thought.
He then placed the crystal at the center of the formation and stepped out. With a signal, the summoning process began. The formation suddenly lit up with an ominous red glow. The aura it released was terrifying, even causing some of the devils activating it to break into goosebumps.
The commander nodded in satisfaction as he observed it. They still had time before the tree reached their position. According to their plan, the summoned being would face the tree, clearly the strongest being among the approaching army.