After all, many of those present had already reached their Bottleneck Periods. Now that they had encountered a chance to take their strength a step further, how could they not yearn for it!?
Only by becoming stronger could they protect the people they wanted to protect!
Only then could they serve their lord with greater loyalty!
"Ultimate Skills."
"This is your greatest shortcoming right now, and your only deficiency!"
The moment those words were spoken, the entire room fell silent.
Many looked puzzled, some sank into thought, while others wore expressions as if they had expected this all along.
Quite a few of those present had already reached the limits of what they could currently achieve.
Moreover, as Awakened Demon Kings themselves, how could they possibly know nothing at all about Ultimate Skills!?
Of course, some knew absolutely nothing about them, such as Shion and the reclusive members of the Immortal Assembly!
However, the one who understood Ultimate Skills best among them was undoubtedly Ze'Chion, renowned as the Emperor Bug.
After all, he was the only one who had obtained the Ultimate Skill King of Illusory Spirits upon awakening into a True Demon King!
Because of that skill, among all the Awakened Experts of the Demon Country Federation, Ze'Chion was the strongest aside from freakishly overpowered existences like Mo Li and Xiao!
Even Diablo in his current state was no match for Ze'Chion!
The existence of an Ultimate Skill was one factor!
Another factor was that Ze'Chion possessed cells from Rimuru. In a certain sense, anyone who fought Ze'Chion was essentially facing a downgraded version of Rimuru. Naturally, Diablo was no match for him.
There had also been such a claim in the original work.
It was said that Emperor Bug Ze'Chion had been created by Ciel to keep The