"D-Dead?!"
Although they had seen Li Yun dragging Toad Swallower along with a rope from afar and had roughly guessed what had happened, after receiving confirmation from the man himself, the demon elders still could not help but be astonished.
That was Toad Swallower!
Undisputedly the strongest among the demon elders!
He was no ordinary nobody!
And yet he had been killed just like that...
Moreover, Li Yun had gone through such a long battle beforehand.
In terms of condition, he was certainly worse off than Toad Swallower, who had spent most of the time watching from the sidelines.
Even though he had previously received blessings from seven Demon Gods at once, causing his overall strength to soar explosively, those blessings had long since ended by the time Li Yun set off in pursuit!
Unless he had somehow received a second blessing along the way, that meant Li Yun had killed Toad Swallower without any blessing at all!
That was terrifying!
It meant Li Yun's true strength far exceeded their imagination!
"What? You gentlemen are unwilling?"
Clearly remembering every detail of what had happened in the Chen Family Domain, Lu Li narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Back in the Chen Family Domain, you all stood by and watched. I never forcibly demanded that you contribute, did I?"
"And now, you're unwilling to help with such a tiny favor?"
"Uh, n-no, Prince Li Yun, you misunderstand!" Among the demons, an elder with a single horn growing from his nose stammered, "We were merely shocked that Toad Swallower Eld—uh, that bastard Toad Swallower had been killed by you, so we were stunned for a while... It's not that we're unwilling to help!"
Once someone spoke up, the other demon elders hurriedly echoed him.
"Yes, yes, we never meant that we wouldn't