The Heart Demon Ring destroyed itself.
Before the eyes of the crowd, even if he had tried to manipulate illusions and fake his death, he could not have succeeded. So many pairs of eyes were fixed upon him, leaving no blind spots.
When the Demon Weapon Overlords saw the Heart Demon Ring turn to flying ash, they confirmed the fall of this formidable enemy and breathed sighs of relief.
Sure enough, the Heart Demon Ring had been skilled at calculation and possessed extraordinary strength, but he had also been immensely proud.
At the final moment, he would rather shatter himself in suicide than fall into someone else's hands.
In an instant, countless sighs of relief rose from all around. The hearts of innumerable people, which had been hanging by a thread, finally settled.
Today's events had undoubtedly offended the Heart Demon Ring to the death. If he had escaped and recovered, he would surely have launched a massive retaliation.
Although the Heart Demon Ring was considered one of the more "mild-tempered" Demon Weapons and rarely killed unless necessary,
he was still a Demon Weapon. Killing without blinking was basic practice for him, and wiping out entire families and clans was merely part of the job.
It was a great victory, but the price had also been exceedingly heavy.
More than half the main force that had participated in the siege, the Demon Weapon Overlords, had died. The survivors all seemed as though they had lived through another lifetime, their expressions somewhat dazed.
They all knew that the one who had truly killed the Heart Demon Ring was first the mysterious Small Cauldron, which had made him "wound others and himself," followed by the Nine Tripods True Words, which had grievously injured him and caused his defeat, leaving him without even