As Zhou Chun and the others had anticipated, when the Green Flood Dragon appeared, the Demon Beasts of Tier 3 immediately showed shock and fear under the dragon's oppressive aura.
The other Demon Beasts were so terrified that they trembled uncontrollably; not to mention continuing to fight, they could hardly even stand their ground.
Seizing this opportunity, several Cultivators inside the stronghold took advantage and cast spells that slaughtered dozens of lower-tier Demon Beasts.
Then, the expected happened.
With the death of their companions and under the pressure of the Flood Dragon, the beast and bird herds, which had been maintained solely by the deterrence of the One-Horned Fire Wolf and the Blue-Black Giant Eagle, quickly scattered, including the Tier 2 Demon Beasts.
Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan took this chance to chase after and kill the scattering Demon Beasts.
Not only them, but many Loose Cultivators inside the Array Protective Shield also teamed up and charged out, tailing and slaughtering the fleeing Tier 1 Demon Beasts.
These Loose Cultivators had come to the battlefield hoping to make a fortune, and now that the Demon Beasts' morale had collapsed, they naturally wouldn't miss this chance to profit.
Since there were more than ten Tier 2 Demon Beasts, Zhou Chun and his companion had no intention of capturing them all at once but instead began to chase the ones fleeing toward the great plains.
The first to catch Zhou Chun's eye was a mid-tier Tier 2 fire-type Wolf Demon. It seemed blood-related to the One-Horned Fire Wolf, except it had not developed a one-horn.
As this beast fled, it was accompanied by thirty to forty Tier 1 Redflame Wolves.
Zhou Chun ordered Baibai, the Silver Lightning Python, to use the "Lightning Flash" spell to intercept the Wolf Demon, and then he summoned the Golden Armor Rock Turtle to join him in beating up the creature.
In their unsparing group attack, although the Wolf Demon's cultivation level was one minor realm higher, it was quickly beheaded by Zhou Chun using the "Sun Glare Wheel."
Then, without bothering to collect the corpse of the Wolf Demon, he directed the quicker Baibai to chase another slow-moving Tier 2 Giant Rhinoceros Demon, while he himself began to slaughter the Redflame Wolves on the ground.
With his Foundation Establishment cultivation level, killing some Tier 1 Demon Beasts was as easy as slicing through vegetables, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, Zhou Chun had slain all thirty-seven fleeing Redflame Wolves.
Then he sent the Golden Armor Rock Turtle to assist Baibai, who was fighting the Giant Rhinoceros Demon, while he himself took out the Flying Boat Instrument and pursued another fleeing Tier 2 Leopard Demon.
It was a Tier 2 Silver-Spotted Leopard, very adept at running, and it also chose to sprint through the hills instead of flying during its escape.
Zhou Chun chased it for forty to fifty miles before catching up with it in a valley among the hills.
As a low-tier Tier 2 Demon Beast, it naturally stood no chance against the well-equipped Zhou Chun; it was immobilized by his "Golden Cauldron Profound Light" within less than ten moves and then cleaved in two with the "Sun Glare Wheel."
Afterward, Zhou Chun no longer sought out the now-elusive Tier 2 Demon Beasts. Instead, he took advantage of his high vantage point to constantly kill the land-fleeing Demon Beasts and the disoriented Tier 1 Demon Birds in the air.
Compared to the Demon Birds, he was more eager to kill the beasts.
This was not only because Demon Birds could fly, making them harder to chase, but also because birds generally have smaller bodies and do not need as much food as beasts.
Even if they were to infiltrate inland territories, the damage they would cause would not be as extensive as that caused by beasts.
When Zhou Chun had killed until there were no more Demon Beasts in sight and returned to the stronghold, Baibai the Silver Lightning Python and the Golden Armor Rock Turtle had already combined forces to kill the mid-tier Tier 2 Giant Rhinoceros Demon, which was even stronger in cultivation level than they were, and had also chased down many Tier 1 Demon Beasts.
However, Zhou Daoyi and the Fire Divine Jackal were still away, pursuing two Tier 3 Demon Beasts and had not yet returned.
Therefore, Zhou Chun could only join the also-returned Zhou Daoquan in starting to treat the wounded and arrange for the cleanup of the battlefield.
Only after the two of them exchanged information did Zhou Chun learn that Zhou Daoquan had only killed one mid-tier and one low-tier Tier 2 Demon Beast.
Meanwhile, he himself, along with his pets, had slaughtered two mid-tier and one low-tier Tier 2 Demon Beasts.