Pillar-level Demons were, theoretically speaking, the strongest existences on Night Valley's Dark Species side.
Within the Abyss, they could be regarded as the strongest lifeforms, existences almost on par with gods.
However, Pillar-level Demons were ultimately not true gods.
Lin Yu knew very clearly that, in the Abyss, there was an existence above all Pillar-level Demons.
"The Abyssal Lord"—once the strongest existence in the Abyss.
Nowadays, according to the prevailing beliefs of Night Valley's human forces, this "Abyssal Lord" had supposedly been gravely wounded single-handedly by a human powerhouse—the strongest adventurer of the previous generation—and had subsequently fallen into a state resembling "slumber." Aside from a few spells directly targeting it, the Abyssal Lord would almost never respond or engage in any activity.
However, the prevailing opinion among the "Players" was...
That this Abyssal Lord had already fallen. It was merely that its status in life had been too exalted, and thus, after its death, part of its will had remained and fused with the Abyss itself, forming an existence resembling the "Abyss Will."
Yet this fall had instead elevated the status of the part of the Abyssal Lord that remained.
Therefore, before the Diviner and Freud made their move, Lin Yu had already devised the "best plan" for escaping.
Forming a contract with Hershakanus to have it help him escape still wasn't secure enough.
This Pillar-level Demon had ultimately crossed over from another world. Even if it could display strength surpassing what it could manifest in the Night Valley Realm under the effects of the [Root Demon Crystal] and [Guest Appearance Invitation], it still wasn't its true body that had personally arrived!
Even if its true body had personally arrived, protecting Lin Yu from the Diviner and Freud wouldn't have been easy.
After all, a Pillar-level Demon—especially the Ninth