Chapter 201: We Have People Behind Us Too

"The vice hall master of the Luo Modian is dead…"

The Void Demons' faces were full of disbelief, their hands and feet as cold as popsicles, drained of warmth.

That was an existence comparable to a Void Demon Overlord.

Panic and unease spread among the Void Demons, the atmosphere instantly turning Solemn and oppressive.

It had been four or five days since the terrifying creatures invaded; battles of varying scale erupted every day, people died every day, and even powerful Void Demons had perished in the great war, but even so, no Void Demon Overlord had yet fallen.

For the Void Demon Realm, this was a very good sign, and the only calming agent.

As long as the Overlords of the Void Demon Realm hadn't died, there was still hope—the enemy wasn't so powerful they couldn't be dealt with; the Overlords could handle it.

The vice hall master of the Luo Modian, as an existence no weaker than an Overlord, had today been buried in the great battle of the Sacrificial Domain—this was information that terrified the Void Demons.

Among the invading terrifying creatures, there were beings at the very least no weaker than Overlords!

And it was even possible… things were far worse than imagined—the terrifying creatures had beings even more powerful than Void Demon Overlords.

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Void Demon Realm, Demon God Hall.

At this moment, inside the Demon Lord's great hall of the Demon God Hall, there were Void Demons present—not many, only twelve—seated around the lord's round table.

This was absolutely a grand occasion unseen in a thousand years in the Void Demon Realm, a terrifying situation.

The Overlords of the twelve topmost powers encompassing the Void Demon Realm—the Demon Lord, Luo Zhu, Blood Lord, Void Lord, and others—had gathered here.

Top powers, constantly warring against each other, mutually at odds, almost never had reason to meet, let alone a gathering of the leaders of those powers.

One could see that every Overlord wore a Solemn face, the atmosphere silent and oppressive.

Among them, the Demon Lord, Luo Zhu, and Void Lord were all bearing injuries, their complexions slightly pale, somewhat feeble, clearly having just been through a great battle not long ago.

"Everyone, stop playing mute—speak up, what should we do."

The one who spoke was not the Demon Lord, but the Luo Zhu. One could see his eyes seemed to hold demon fire, blazing and intimidating, a single glance making one feel as if their soul would be burned away; his face was so gloomy it could drip water.

The moment his words fell, someone spoke.

"The opponent's specific strength cannot yet be estimated. I suggest withdrawing from the Sacrificial Domain, expanding the scale of the battle line to the surrounding Void Domains, luring the enemy to fully expose themselves, so we can formulate a response."

Bang!!

The Luo Zhu slammed his palm on the round table, demonic energy surging all over his body, and sprang to his feet:

"Withdraw again? Until when are you going to withdraw? The hundred-thousand-mile Sacrificial Domain has already fallen into the enemy's hands. If we expand further, panic will spread and morale will collapse. What will you fight with then? Might as well just surrender.

I admit they're very powerful—their kings are no worse than ours, and there's even one king comparable to the Sacrificial Lord—but so what? If we strike together, even the Sacrificial Lord would die.

The opponent's world is clearly larger in scale than ours; whether it's the number of kings or creatures, they outnumber us. If we drag this out, we're the ones who'll be worn down.

Rather than that, better to stake everything, attack madly, thoroughly beat them into fear, beat them till their courage freezes, let them know the fierce might of our Void Demon Realm."

Facing the Luo Zhu, who gave virtually no face and berated him, the Blood Lord who had spoken earlier narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"The opponent's kings—the number that has already appeared is more than ours, and there are clearly still hidden kings. Without knowing the opponent's true strength, if you stake everything in one go, and what if the opponent's hidden kings outnumber us? This battle won't be a fight for victory, but an encirclement and killing—a killing of us, a killing of the Void Demon Realm."

"Luo Zhu, I know your Luo Modian suffered heavy losses, even your vice hall master died, and you're in a fit of rage now, but you have to understand—it's not just you who's angry, we are too. This isn't a squabble between powers, this is the Void Demon Realm being invaded. Whoever of our people dies, it's anger—this is an insult to us, the opponent's world trampling on us."

An Overlord stepped forward to soothe the Luo Zhu; from the looks of it, his angle was the same as the Blood Lord's.

Immediately after, this Overlord continued speaking.

"I agree with the Blood Lord's view—expand the battle situation, stretch the war out and enlarge it, make the enemy think we've been beaten into fear and let our guard down, so they expose the general scale of their strength."

Not everyone agreed with the Blood Lord's approach.

The Evil Lord of the Evil King Hall, seated to one side, spoke in a cold, harsh tone:

"Indeed, retreating and expanding the scope of the battlefield can disperse the enemy's deployed forces more, allowing us to carry out more raids and the like, and it can also give us more visibility to keep track of enemy movements. But the Void Demons won't all understand this—they'll just think we're cowardly, that we're afraid.

Although the final victory or defeat depends on the outcome between us and their kings, if morale collapses, can the Void Demons fight the opponent's creatures? If they can't, it's an invasion—the destruction and ruin of this world.

Once the great war erupts, we'll certainly have no mind for anything else, focused entirely on dealing with our opponents, while the opponent can take that opportunity to cause destruction. Then even if we win, our side will have been utterly destroyed by the opponent's creatures.

When the time comes, a ruined Void Demon Realm—we'd just be lone commanders. What's the point of winning?"

At this moment.

The ruler of the Void Domain, a vast territory no smaller than the Sacrificial Domain—the Void Lord of the Void King Hall—could not help but speak.

"Expanding the war to the Void Domain—I have no objection to that. But the Evil Lord and Luo Zhu are right, morale is very important. I suggest that while expanding the battle line, we make an example, a great battle that won't allow morale to sink—behead their kings.

Not just one—we must kill at least two of their kings."

His voice was not loud, but chilling beyond compare, thick with blood and savage fury.

Then the Void Lord glanced at the Overlords and said calmly.

"If we're going to behead the opposing kings, I'll take part."

"Count me in." The Luo Zhu spoke bluntly, his gaze chillingly intimidating.

Just as everyone was discussing how much to expand the war and where, and choosing who would strike together with Lei Ting-like force to behead the opposing kings as a show of might, the Demon Lord, who had been silent all along, suddenly said offhandedly:

"Actually… have any of you thought about what we'd do if the opponent has beings that surpass us?"

The moment these words came out, the entire hall fell deathly silent in an instant.

The Luo Zhu and the others' pupils contracted, and they fell silent. This was the question they least wished to consider, because such a situation was not impossible—the likelihood was great. From the fact that the opponent's Overlords already outnumbered them, and that there was a king comparable to the Sacrificial Lord, it was enough to show that the opponent's world was larger in scale than theirs.

Then the existence of a being stronger than the Sacrificial Lord was not impossible. As for why that one hadn't acted, it was probably out of wariness.

Wariness of the power of Master Konghai that the Void Demon Realm had sensed back then—after all, the opponent's world had been alarmed precisely because Master Konghai had annihilated the Void Demon Realm.

It also couldn't be ruled out that the opponent wanted to train their troops—various possibilities existed.

"If there are beings that surpass us, we can't handle them." The Evil Lord was very direct—if such existed, they definitely couldn't win.

"No, if there are, we might not necessarily lose." The Luo Zhu, however, rebutted, then swept his gaze over everyone: "Have you forgotten? We have people behind us too."

As he spoke, his gaze subconsciously looked in one direction.

That was the direction of the passage between the Void Demon Realm and Earth back then…

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