Meanwhile, the demon tribe's high-ranking officials were gathered, discussing matters.
The strength of this group of demons far surpassed what He Chen and the others had provided; there were only two half-Emperor realm cultivators.
There were a full five half-Emperor realm existences, and even one first-tier Emperor Sovereign.
It could be said that the demons gathered here were the strongest batch, besides Tian Zhe's subordinates from before.
"Leader, what should we do next?"
A half-Emperor realm demon spoke, addressing the first-tier Emperor Sovereign contemplating on the main seat.
The other did not reply immediately. After a period of thought, he spoke, "Continue to capture human martial artists and complete the Ancestor's plan."
"But..."
This demon's face showed anxiety, clearly wanting to say more.
However, before he could finish, he was interrupted.
"Enough, I know what you want to say."
"As for Your Highness, I will explain to them!"
"What we need to do now is only one thing: to help the Ancestor recover to his peak state with all our might!"
"Your Highness's arrangements will be temporarily set aside!"
"Do you understand?"
As he spoke, his unique Emperor Sovereign realm pressure suddenly vibrated.
It instantly descended upon the demons present.
Immediately, their faces changed, and cold sweat beaded on their foreheads.
The group of demons, already bizarre in appearance, became even more terrifying under the threat of this pressure.
"Yes, we understand!"
Enduring the pressure, the half-Emperor realm demon replied through gritted teeth.
As soon as the words fell, the pressure vanished. These demons breathed in the fresh air as if they had narrowly escaped a disaster.
"Is there anything else? If not, continue with your missions!"
The Emperor Sovereign realm demon waved his hand, not even blinking, and ordered others to leave.
Among the five half-Emperor realm demons, another demon's face shifted several times before he finally mustered the courage to step forward.
"Reporting to the leader, three of the human martial artists I captured have escaped..."
"What?"
The demon leader's eyes snapped open. With a grab, the half-Emperor realm demon was seized by the neck like a chick, unable to breathe or move.
"Le-leader, rest assured... I have... dispatched two Heavenly King realm demons to pursue them... they will surely catch up..."
His face flushed red as he defended himself.
"Useless!"
Seeing the demon looking half-dead, he released his grip and tossed him onto the ground like trash.
"You must bring those three back. If even one is missing, you will bring your head to me!"
"For now, I will spare your life!"
The leader said with extreme coldness.
Among the demon tribe, even between superiors and subordinates, there was no trace of affection.
The concept of the strong ruling the weak was almost carried to the extreme!
Weaker demons, no matter how much they were humiliated, dared not rashly attack stronger demons.
They didn't even dare to show an displeased expression.
A slight carelessness could lead to death.
"Yes... Yes, I will definitely accomplish it!"
"Thank you, leader, for sparing my life!"
The half-Emperor realm demon knelt on the ground, kowtowing frantically to thank the leader for his mercy.
"You all as well, absolutely do not let any human martial artist escape, nor secretly devour humans!"
"The entire Central Region is the Ancestor's food!"
"Remember my words clearly, do you understand!"
"I do not wish to say it a second time!"
"Everything for the Ancestor!"
The demon leader warned everyone present, word by word.
He also ordered them to pass on his words.
"Everything for the Ancestor!"
"Everything for the Ancestor!"
...
The voices echoed in unison.
As if to prove who was more loyal to the Ancestor.
However, at this very moment.
From this hidden demon stronghold, the sound of low footsteps could be heard.
Though the sound was faint, the demons present were all strong and heard it.
As they wondered who was so bold as to come here at this hour, a cold voice rang out from outside the door.
"So you were hiding here. It took me a great effort to find you. You deserve to die!"
"Who is it!"
Immediately, a demon became vigilant, stood up, and shouted coldly, kicking open the stronghold's large door.
However, in that instant, a hand made of flames from outside the door swiftly and accurately grabbed his neck, lifting him up and stepping into the stronghold.
The flames, upon touching the demon, acted like adding fuel to a fire, furiously burning everything about him.
"Ah, it hurts... Save me!"
A scream erupted from his mouth. He tried to resist, but the fiery hand gripping his neck prevented him from even basic breathing.
At this moment, he finally understood the despair of the half-Emperor realm demon from before.
He had been somewhat gloating, watching the scene unfold.
He never expected that in the next moment, this would be happening to him.
Truly, the tables had turned!
But this time, the owner of the fiery hand had no intention of letting him go.
*Crack!*
A sharp bone-cracking sound echoed, followed by dark purple blood splattering on the ground.
This demon, whose cultivation was at the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm, was directly decapitated by the hand.
Then, in his horrified gaze, the flames swirled, completely devouring him, turning him into ashes, without even a last word uttered.
The person was Xu Chuan. His face was filled with coldness and killing intent.
Led by He Chen and the others, he had rushed here at the fastest speed.
Although he had been mentally prepared, he was still shocked by what he saw.
These demons did not treat humans as living beings at all.
After sending them into formations, they sealed their cultivation and then paid no further attention.
Without cultivation, they were unable to abstain from food.
Even powerful martial artists could endure for a while.
But the weaker human martial artists, after being starved into unconsciousness, were carried out by those demons and cooked and eaten in front of everyone.
It was simply inhumane!
This was why he was so enraged.
He then acted directly, annihilating those demons outside in an instant, causing them to vanish into thin air without even a scream.
Afterwards, he instructed He Chen and the other two to rescue the others, while he himself sought out this stronghold to completely deal with these demons!
At the same time, he intended to extract useful information from their mouths.
Seeing one of their own perish in an instant, these demons were immediately enraged.
"You're courting death!"
A group of demons surrounded Xu Chuan, intending to kill him.
However, facing this group of Heavenly King realm demons, Xu Chuan did not even raise an eyelid.
With a wave of his hand, flames surged, instantly burning them to ashes.
The vast stronghold became empty in an instant.
Only the five half-Emperor realm demons and their first-tier Emperor Sovereign leader remained.
At this moment, the five demons looked terrified, as if facing a great enemy.
The pressure Xu Chuan exerted on them was too immense.
The sole first-tier Emperor Sovereign, however, had a grim expression and was also somewhat apprehensive in his heart.
"Who are you?"
"How did you find this place!"
He questioned in a low voice, but did not mention Xu Chuan's action of instantly killing countless of his subordinates.