A day later, the Ice Demon Race and the Magma Demon Race also received news of their respective lords' deaths and the surrender of numerous immortal demons. The news spread through both races from top to bottom.
"Impossible! Our lord was an ancient demon, an existence nearly invincible in Scorched Earth Hell. How could he have been slain? This is far too absurd!"
Quite a few demons refused to believe such a thing, thinking that some demon was spreading rumors.
"It's true. Lord has already died. All the generals witnessed Lord's death with their own eyes," a demon said, shaking its head.
Though it was unwilling to believe it, it had no choice but to do so. Numerous immortal generals had testified to it, and their lord had indeed never appeared again.
"No way. What kind of demon could possibly kill Lord? And it wasn't just one—it was two! That's utterly unbelievable."
"I heard the new lord is named Fengdu. No one knows what demon race he belongs to, but his strength is absolutely formidable. He also possesses a mysterious hell artifact. It was with that artifact that he slew the two lords."
"What kind of artifact could be so powerful that it can even kill ancient demons?"
"No idea. That is Lord Fengdu's secret. No one has the right to know."
"It seems our Ice Demon Race and Magma Demon Race really will be merged and ruled by the new lord."
"Of course we'll be merged. I heard the new lord has already built a new city on the Blood-Colored Plain and ordered both our races to move there. It will become our new territory."
"Build a city? How long would that take?"
"We don't need to help. Lord Fengdu has already finished building it. It only took one