Outside, winds rose and clouds surged, while within the old fertile land, all was still and serene.
Yet the Demons trudged onward with heavy burdens.
Zhou Leng originally engaged in direct combat, but the Giant Insect Race, Demons, and Beastmen often dispatched Middle-Rank Grandmasters for ambushes.
Several times, he narrowly escaped being captured.
Thus, Zhou Leng altered his strategy, occasionally launching surprise attacks to assassinate newly appointed and Lower-Rank Grandmasters.
Upon encountering high-status Innate ones, he readily dispatched them.
He declared it as revenge against Middle-Rank Grandmasters who ambushed him.
After consecutively assassinating thirty or so Grandmasters, the Demons couldn't endure it any longer.
Hundreds of thousands of Demon casualties weren't as valuable as a single newly appointed Grandmaster.
Ultimately, the Demons gave up on ambushes and stopped attempting to assassinate the "Mad Grandmaster."
