The film showed a hall. Crisscrossing beams of light poured down from the wall lamps, illuminating the palace decorated in the style of the Demon Realm.
Rows of fan-shaped seats unfolded upward in concentric tiers, forming a spacious semicircular auditorium.
Even without speaking, Hughberlian and Lanchi recognized the scene on the screen as the Regent Hall of Nekaris's Demon King's Palace.
Many Demon Race nobles had gathered there, along with a Blood Race delegation. The scene looked much like the Painting Selection Ceremony in the Shadow World, the only difference being that the throne was empty, with no sign of the princess.
The atmosphere in the entire Regent Hall seemed tense and hostile. The originally cordial negotiations between the Blood Race and the Demon Race suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse.
At the instant the ceremony began, Fourth Progenitor Eduardo's eyes on the platform opposite the throne erupted with dazzling red light. His body cracked apart, and terrifying blood-colored demonic power poured out.
The frightening demonic power condensed in an instant. Amid the ensuing commotion, every Demon Race member realized what was happening.
Fourth Progenitor Eduardo was about to use an unknown forced self-detonation spell while all the Great Demon Race members were gathered there.
Inside the Regent Hall, Mist Lord and Lei Mingqing, the two generals, immediately attacked Fourth Progenitor Eduardo.
Their gazes were furious and grave. They could not understand why Fourth Progenitor possessed an authority suspected to belong to Sixth Progenitor, or why, once that authority was activated, even control spells could not restrain him!
Then Eduardo's body swelled. The blood-colored light grew brighter and brighter, while cracks spread across his skin like a spiderweb. In the blink of an eye, he was nearly at his limit, and his blood-mist-wreathed mouth let out a deafening