Just as Chi Xue and the others had predicted, after the Purgatory Nether Sea enveloped the entire Demon God Forbidden Ground, the Lord of the Universe released the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers and Demon Soldiers. Then some Purgatory Nether Crows merged with them. The Nine Nether Nether Soldiers that completed the fusion gave off noticeably stronger auras, clearly showing that their strength had increased.
Feeling the auras of those fused Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, Chi Xue and the others actually relaxed. Their auras had clearly not reached the Saint level; they were even slightly weaker than Chi Xue and the others. Since that was the case, Chi Xue and the others had nothing to worry about. As long as the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers fused with the Purgatory Nether Crows had not reached the Saint level, Chi Xue and the others were confident they could kill them with Space Shatter and Space Bombardment—or even dispatch them as an afterthought.
That was right. At this point, only Saint-level beings could pose a threat to Chi Xue and the others, and only once they reached a certain number. The Nine Nether Nether Soldiers before them had clearly not reached the point where they could threaten them.
Soon, more Demon Soldiers fused with Purgatory Nether Crows. Though the fused Demon Soldiers gave off even stronger auras than the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers, they still had not reached the Saint level, so they posed no threat to Chi Xue and the others.
"Just as expected, after fusing with the Purgatory Nether Crows, neither the Nine Nether Nether Soldiers nor the Demon Soldiers reached the Saint level. They're even slightly weaker than those of us infinitely close to the Saint level. We don't need to worry too much about them, so we can focus on