The Council of Elders is on the move, everyone get out of the way!

"An unusual force field affecting the War Blessing? Is it really that serious...?"

"They're young, after all—rough around the edges and impatient. It's understandable."

"But Prince Dai Li is really fast. It seems she gained quite a lot from the Path of Pain... We should get moving too."

The demon elder murmured to himself as he watched Dai Li, wreathed in netherfire, speed away.

The three wasted no more time. Together, they erected a magic teleportation gate and stepped through one after another.

When the scenery around them came back into focus, the three demon elders were already standing outside the entrance to the Ancient Basin.

By then, demons large and small who had heard the news had completely clogged the entrance.

They clamored and shoved one another, all wanting to get inside first and see that mortal challenger with heaven-defying methods.

"What a mess. What a headache..."

One of the demon elders, whose head resembled a toad's, spoke helplessly as he extended a webbed hand from his wide sleeve.

In an instant, large drops of black liquid seeped out of the air above his palm, rapidly gathering into a fist-sized blackwater toad with a bloated belly.

"Go."

The demon elder gave the order in a low voice. The blackwater toad immediately leaped out, swelling dozens of meters in the wind as it crashed toward the gathered demons!

The tightly packed monsters were instantly sent flying in every direction!

Although the demon elder had deliberately held back, he still inadvertently killed quite a few low-ranking demons.

"Fuck, which bastard just sucker-punched me from behind!?"

"You Green Mushroom Imp-fucking coward! Stop hiding and come face me head-on, you bastard!"

Some quick-reacting monsters had already climbed to their feet, turning to look around and see who had dared do something so bold.