Neither Lu Yuan nor the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor was surprised by the Eye Demon Clan's reaction. After all, the Eye Demon Clan was ultimately a race, and a race could not escape factors involving large-scale restrictions. More precisely, no member of a race's upper ranks—including members of its weaker groups—could possibly turn a blind eye to widespread casualties. Whether their reason for acting was that no egg could remain intact beneath an overturned nest, compassion and mercy, or simply fear of death and the need for someone else to take the blade for them, the special nature of a race as a collective meant that Lightless Heavenly Devil Emperor and the other Extraterrestrial Demons had no choice.
They had to step forward.
They had to act.
It did not even matter what form that action took.
Therefore, there was nothing surprising about something that had long been expected. Both sides had made the right choice. All that remained was to see whose methods were superior.
The quality of one's methods determined victory or defeat.
It determined whether the Eye Demon Clan would survive or be destroyed.
Thus, the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor did not hide himself.
Neither did Lu Yuan.
After Lightless Heavenly Devil Emperor and another Heavenly Devil Emperor emerged with five or six Earth Supremes and more than a hundred Supremes, the Heart Demon Thunder Emperor judged the Eye Demon Clan's total population and individual strength from the number of people affected by the heart demons—or, more precisely, from the expenditure of Heart Demon Lure. Having figured out the Eye Demon Clan's foundations, he naturally attacked without the slightest reservation.
In truth, if his goal was merely to kill, it was nowhere near as troublesome as one might imagine.
The Heart Demon Thunder Emperor was one of