Chapter 585: Starting the Power Grab

At the moment the Abyss Beast Lord let its guard down, Yuan Yao quickly formed a seal with one hand, and in an instant a formation diagram totem appeared beneath the feet of every Heaven's Pride, flashing with extremely bright light.

"Immortal-tier Teleportation Array——"

"Activate!"

Meanwhile, the Abyss Beast Lord's beastly eyes flashed with anger, and it swiped a claw toward Yuan Yao's direction.

An unstoppable surging force suddenly attacked, nearly breaking the Immortal-tier Teleportation Array that Yuan Yao had deployed!

At the critical moment, the Golden Dragon, Snow Beast, and Chaos Three Beasts gave their all to block this strike!

With a booming explosion, all the Heaven's Pride together with the Golden Dragon and other beasts vanished before the Abyss Beast Lord's eyes, leaving only a ripple of spiritual power transmission.

"Abyss Beast Lord, see you again next time!"

The Abyss Beast Lord, deeply provoked, let out a roar, and in an instant the entire Abyss trembled violently.

And this anger of the Abyss Beast Lord actually lasted three months.

The entire Abyss was filled with blade-flow riots.

Yuan Yao and her group, after this battle, gained a clearer goal.

They can now fight the Abyss Beast Lord, but they will surely die!

So, they still need to become stronger!

"In two years, we will have a final showdown with the Abyss Beast Lord."

"Good!"

The Heaven's Pride of the Three Clans' eyes were filled with fierce fighting spirit.

Time passed day by day; the Three Clans' Heaven's Pride spent each day cultivating, and even their occasional leisure time was spent thinking about how to catch up to other Heaven's Pride's cultivation speed.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed.

The Three Clans' Heaven's Pride had been trapped in the Abyss for four years.

Yuan Yao's cultivation level remained at the late-stage peak of the Void Refinement Realm, and she had not yet broken through to the Body Integration Realm.

Meanwhile, Xie Yan's cultivation had already reached the late stage of the Great Perfection Realm.

Xie Yan actively sought out Xie Xu, and the two held a private talk that lasted a full quarter of an hour.

The next day, Xie Xu publicly announced: "From now on, the Demon Clan Heaven's Pride Troop will be led by the Young Royal Uncle."

Upon hearing this, the demons erupted in an uproar.

The Demon Clan Heaven's Pride exchanged glances, their hearts stirred with shock and waves: Xie Yan's return was already suspicious, and now he actually held power—could this be a rebellion? Fourth Prince Xie Xu actually willingly handed over the leadership?

Xie Xu took in everyone's expressions, turned his head toward the white-clad youth standing aside, and asked: "Young Royal Uncle, do you have anything to say to everyone?"

"Hmm."

Under the focus of countless doubtful gazes, Xie Yan slowly opened his voice, clear and cold as ice: "I have a way to know the outside world's movements."

Before his words even finished, the Heaven's Pride already changed expression dramatically.

Before they could recover from their shock, they heard Xie Yan continue: "Your Demon Emperor has been murdered; the one now sitting on that supreme throne is none other than the Seventh Prince from over seven hundred years ago—Xie Chengyin."

"What?!"

"This is impossible?!"

"This is simply too absurd! Wasn't the Seventh Prince Xie Chengyin from over seven hundred years ago killed in the great war?!"

These Demon Clan Heaven's Pride naturally had heard of Xie Chengyin's fame.

Over seven hundred years ago, among the princes, Xie Chengyin stood out in both talent and ability; at the age of twenty, he could single-handedly challenge a Human Race Immortal Venerable.

"He didn't die; he had been trapped all this time in the Human Race's supreme treasure, the Tai Wu Painting Scroll. Someone released him, and he led a few demon generals from over seven hundred years ago back to the Demon Realm, lay low in secret, won over other clans, and ultimately assassinated the Demon Emperor, taking his place."

"He now controls the entire Demon Realm and is preparing to join forces with the Demon Realm to attack the Cultivation Realm."

The Demon Clan Heaven's Pride, hearing such earth-shattering news, were dumbfounded for a moment, some unable to digest it.

"Is this really true?!"

"Young Royal Uncle, did Father Emperor really die?" Xie Ying's face instantly turned deathly pale.

"......"

The Demon Clan Heaven's Pride discussed heatedly; they never imagined that after just four years away from the Demon Realm, the Demon Realm had completely changed.

They couldn't help but worry about their families and loved ones.

Seeing this, Xie Xu clenched the hand beneath his sleeve, took a deep breath, and said: "Everyone, we must swiftly return to the Demon Realm, help the Young Royal Uncle ascend to the Demon Emperor's throne, and stop the Demon Realm from invading the Cultivation Realm. We must not repeat the great war from over seven hundred years ago!"

That great war from over seven hundred years ago could be described as a lose-lose-lose situation.

Upon hearing Xie Xu's words, the demon clans were also greatly startled.

Xie Xu actually wanted them to support Xie Yan's ascension?

Although they acknowledged Xie Yan's strength, they felt Xie Xu was more fit to become the Demon Emperor.

Moreover, Xie Yan is too close to the Human Race side……

Xie Yan naturally didn't miss the changes in their expressions; he calmly said: "If you're unwilling, you can bring it up."

Upon hearing this, the Demon Clan Heaven's Pride's faces showed surprise, then they glanced at each other, all feeling somewhat hesitant.

"Give you three days to think it over." Xie Yan's eyes were cold and harsh: "I don't necessarily need your support; if you ever oppose me in the future, I will show no mercy."

Having said that, he stepped away.

Seeing this, the Demon Clan Heaven's Pride exchanged glances.

After Xie Yan's figure faded away, the crowd suddenly stirred, and many Demon Clan Heaven's Pride quickly gathered around Fourth Prince Xie Xu.

"Fourth Prince, are you really going to relinquish power like this?"

"Are the things Xie Yan said true?"

"Fourth Prince, are you being threatened by Xie Yan? Go ahead and speak; we will definitely support you and contend with Xie Yan to the end!"

"You fools! Being enemies with Xie Yan isn't that the same as being enemies with Yuan Yao?" Immediately a demon splashed cold water, the voice laden with obvious apprehension.

As soon as Yuan Yao was mentioned, the demons' arrogance plummeted.

Although Yuan Yao's outward cultivation was the peak of the late Void Refinement Realm, her true combat power and unfathomable spiritual strength had long left them fearful.

Especially her superb, peerless command of formation techniques left them in the dust.

Moreover, her Abyss-Extermination Squad possessed terrifying overall strength.

What's more, her relationship with the devil clan is deep.

At that point, if they truly offended Xie Yan, he need only slightly provoke Yuan Yao; using her means, he could join forces with the devil clan to deal with the demon clan, which would be no trouble.

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Xie Xu kept a calm expression, but his hand hanging at his side unconsciously clenched tighter, his knuckles whitening slightly.

In his mind, the words Xie Yan had previously said to him involuntarily surfaced...

"Either die now, or hand over the leadership to me."

He suppressed that stifling emotion and then said, "I also don't know whether the young royal uncle's news is true; if it is, we indeed need the young royal uncle to oppose Xie Chengyin."

Among the heaven's pride of the three clans, the strongest is none other than Xie Yan.

If the outside world falls into great chaos, they indeed need the strongest leader.

Hearing this, the demon clan's heaven's pride thought it over and over, and the more they did, the more they felt Xie Yan could lead them back to the demon realm in glorious triumph.

Hiss…

Many of the demon clan's heaven's pride sucked in a breath of cold air……the human side had basically handed them a powerful backer!