The girls killed on the streets were victims, sacrificed to the Demon Beasts. Their bodies were torn apart, their souls devoured, all in the name of appeasing and worshiping them.
Ah, Duanmu Huai now understood why these creatures were so obsessed with the Golden Pupil. To them, Mary's Golden Pupil was like Monk Tang's meat, consuming it would grant them immortality. No wonder these monsters chased Mary relentlessly. If he were a monster, he would do the same... after all, this Monk Tang had no Sun Wukong at his side.
But these beasts were as polite as the demons in Journey to the West, they took turns instead of attacking all at once... this was just like when the Gourd children saved their grandfather.
Of course, during the course of their exploration, they hadn't escaped losses. Professor Capek's beloved Mariabel had died because of this. With her death, the group of seven disbanded, but the quest for the Tartar Gate hadn't ceased.