The sudden appearance of the gnolls sounded the alarm for Soren.
Although the Third Layer of the Abyss had no true Demon Lord, the number of Lesser Demon Lords was still quite large, yet all of these Lesser Demon Lords were a scattered mess. When a large army of gnolls appeared, many Lesser Demon Lords quickly panicked, and some simply surrendered outright.
These Lesser Demon Lords were all weather vanes.
However!
The first three layers of the Abyss were very close to the Blood War, and not all Demon Lords dared not oppose the Gnoll King.
When the gnoll army captured a stronghold, their advance was intercepted. A newly emerged Radiant Nun led a succubus legion to intercept them, and three other Lesser Demon Lords participated in the battle as well.
They were Soren, a Balor Chief, and an eight-armed marilith.
Without a doubt, there were still many ambitious demons within the Abyss who were unwilling to submit to a gnoll. When Soren received the invitation from the succubus legion to jointly resist the invading gnolls at the Gurumba Arena, he chose to agree without any hesitation. The Third Layer of the Abyss, the Realm of the Forgottens, was the key to his future descent of God's Realm, and this place must never fall into the hands of an enemy like Yeenoghu, the Gnoll God.
The mighty and majestic demon army began to gather.
This was the first large-scale troop deployment of the Gurumba Arena, gathering as many as over one hundred thousand demons. Although the number of low-tier demons was huge, the number of mid-tier demons and fiends among them was still quite significant.
"Lord, sir."
A hezrou emerged from the darkness, came before Soren, and said with a lowered head, "The army of the eight-armed marilith has arrived.