On the 17,375th layer of the Abyss, thirty-five Legendary Tier demons stood before the Abyss Gate, watching it continuously expand as they waited for the chance to enter the Material Plane.
Banuka stood in the air, gazing at these Abyssal Lords who were nominally subordinate to him but were actually semi-independent, his eyes filled with undisguised brutality.
This Abyss Gate truly did not know its place. It had called upon him, yet it had also connected with other Abyssal Lords.
He was the true lord of the 17,375th layer of the Abyss, the ruler of this layer.
The Abyss Gate ignored Banuka's furious glare.
As long as it expanded enough to allow a Demon Prince to pass through, it could escape its fate as a gate, receive the blessing of the Abyss Will, ascend into a sub-consciousness of the Abyss, gain supreme authority, and break free from the constraints of being an inanimate object.
How terrifying the world on the other side was lay outside its considerations. Even if the gate shattered, it would not die.
Whether these Legendary Demons lived or died had nothing to do with it, the Abyss Gate.
From beginning to end, the souls of Soul Intent Tier demons that had a chance of returning to the Abyss after death had all been devoured by it, becoming fuel for expanding the gate.
In the past, the Abyss Gate could not use demon souls as fuel. But now, with the Abyss Will turning a blind eye, it dared to do so.
Otherwise, the souls of Material Plane creatures alone could not have expanded the gate so quickly.
Therefore, in the eyes of these Legendary Demons, the world on the other side had already become a Third Energy Level World.
As for why the Abyss Will would do