Difficult Choice, Demon Race's Desperate Situation

The most important thing is this.

Of the surviving Universe Masters, only seven or eight belong to their own race!

In other words, of the 23 Universe Masters Giant Axe just swallowed, 10 were from the Demon Race itself, while 13 were vassals of the Demon Race.

While losing vassal Universe Masters is painful, it is still within an acceptable range.

Losing those of their own race, however, is a blow to their very foundation!

"Now, can you accept handing over two Supreme True Treasures, plus half of your territory?" Giant Axe stood in the starry sky; though his stature was average, his momentum overwhelmed the two Demon Ancestors. "As long as you agree, I will return all the Universe Masters I just collected."

"..."

Dream Demon Ancestor and Tremor Demon Ancestor exchanged glances.

After a full silence of several minutes.

Tremor Demon Ancestor finally spoke again.

"Giant Axe, your conditions are too harsh. If we truly agree, our Demon Race will be finished."

"With your current heritage, taking out two Supreme True Treasures will only hurt your muscles and bones; it won't be enough to prevent you from protecting your race. As for that half of your territory... even if my Human Race doesn't come to take it, you can no longer hold onto it anyway."

Giant Axe said coldly.

"You have ten minutes left to consider."

In the eerie silence.

The Universe Masters of the Human camp and the Demon camp did not utter a word.

"This Giant Axe is quite ruthless."

In the void far away, Yang Yu, who was watching the show, took out some fine wine and took a sip. "The Demon Race has really been screwed over by this Sky Screen."

Admittedly.

The Demon Race had obtained two Supreme True Treasures because of the rewards from the Sky Screen.

It looked like their strength had increased significantly.

But unfortunately, the strength of Dream Demon Ancestor and Tremor Demon Ancestor themselves was at the bottom; others had received rewards that were more compatible, allowing them to exert greater power.

Moreover, the secondary alliances and scattered tribes within the Primal Universe were all looking for an exit, and very few Universe Masters from these tribes had defected to the Demon Race.

Many, however, had defected to the Humans, the Demon Beast Alliance, the Insect Race, and the Machine Race.

This had led to an overall weakening of the Demon Race's strength!

At this moment.

The Demon Race had finally arrived at a crossroads of destiny.

Although the Demon Race had suffered heavy losses in the previous wars against the Demon Beast Alliance and the Insect Race camp.

They could still barely resist.

After all, the gap in strength between them was not that large.

Now, facing the Human side, whose comprehensive strength had multiplied several times over, the Demon Race had truly taken a massive tumble.

Although the Primal Origin Will suppressed them, meaning the strongest in the universe could only unleash strength at the peak of the sixth tier.

Even if Giant Axe possessed the Supreme True Treasure God-Slaying Axe and secret techniques to burn divine power.

The upper limit of the attack power he could unleash was still only the peak of the sixth tier, far from enough to threaten Dream Demon Ancestor and Tremor Demon Ancestor, who possessed Supreme True Treasure armor.

It was only because his realm was high enough that the axe light Giant Axe swung was sufficiently condensed, allowing him to easily repel the two with the help of the God-Slaying Axe.

But the problem could not be viewed that way.

Within the Primal Universe, the strength Giant Axe could exert was limited, but the 90-plus Universe Masters under his command could execute joint attacks.

A single joint attack was enough to shatter the formation of the Demon Race Alliance.

Within the Primal Universe.

The Demon Race no longer had the capital to contend with the Humans.

And in the Universe Ocean...

Dream Demon Ancestor and Tremor Demon Ancestor were even less of a match for Giant Axe.

Even if the two of them went up together, they would only be treated like spinning tops by Giant Axe.

"Zhen Jiao, should we agree?"

After pondering for a long time, Dream Demon Ancestor finally couldn't help but ask via voice transmission.

"Do we have a choice now?" Tremor Demon Ancestor felt extremely bitter. In his life as a demon, he had never faced such a difficult choice.

"Territory is one thing; we can't occupy that much anyway, but two Supreme True Treasures is too harsh. Once we give them up, our strength will be even weaker."

Dream Demon Ancestor said anxiously.

"Let's haggle a bit first."

Tremor Demon Ancestor hurriedly sent a telepathic message to Giant Axe.

"Giant Axe, Meng Cha and I have discussed it. We can cede half of our territory to you, but we can give at most one Supreme True Treasure."

"Just one?"

Giant Axe felt displeased upon hearing this.

Currently, humanity held over one hundred Universe Masters in their grasp.

If the war were to continue, more than half of the Demon Race's territories would sooner or later belong to humanity. What Giant Axe was primarily negotiating for this time were two Supreme True Treasures.

As long as he successfully obtained two.

Whether given to Chaos, Darkness, or Peng Gong.

The human race could instantly produce two Tier 6 Universe Masters!

Such strength would not only be sufficient to hold down the Primal Universe, but would also be top-tier combat power even in the Universe Ocean!

A single Supreme True Treasure had a massive impact on a race.

"There is no room for negotiation. Either two Supreme True Treasures plus half the territory, or we continue the war!"

Giant Axe was very firm.

Long before launching this war.

The human leadership had already discussed it.

This was the first time humanity had made a move within the Primal Universe.

They absolutely had to establish their momentum!

They also had to make the Demon Race feel true pain!

Only in this way could they deter other factions.

And only then could they stabilize the vassal races that had defected to them.

"Giant Axe, you are going too far!"

Hearing that there was not even room for discussion.

Tremor Demon Ancestor sent an angry telepathic message. "Half the territory, one Supreme True Treasure, plus ten Peak True Treasures!"

"No room for negotiation."

Giant Axe said leisurely.

"You...!"

Tremor Demon Ancestor was so angry he could almost vomit blood.

"Meng Cha, Giant Axe won't agree. He won't even accept my offer to use ten Peak True Treasures to offset one Supreme True Treasure."

"What are we to do!"

The usually incredibly domineering Dream Demon Ancestor, who rarely bowed his head, was now completely at a loss as to what to do.

"Fight?"

What did they have to fight with now?

If they fought a few more times, those Universe Masters would likely all be suppressed by Giant Axe the moment they dared to appear outside. If they didn't bring out their palace-type True Treasures, staying inside would only make them targets, making it difficult to stop humanity from occupying their territory.

"Agree?"

That was only slightly better than being exterminated.

Don't forget.

Besides humanity, the other several peak races in the Primal Universe were all watching.

After this time.

Those peak races would certainly not let the opportunity pass; they would definitely swarm up and tear into them viciously!

They wouldn't stop until not a single drop of oil could be squeezed out.

Conflicts between races had always been like this!

Unless one side was completely wiped out, there would never be a day of truce.

"Then refuse!"

Thinking of being devoured bit by bit, that nightmarish future suddenly made Dream Demon Ancestor turn ruthless.

"If we agree to cede half our territory to humans today, we'll cede half again tomorrow, and half the day after—when will it end? We might as well fight to the bloody end! At worst, we retreat to our Mini Universes! We have two Mini Universes; I don't believe our Demon Race is truly going to be wiped out!"

"Meng Cha, calm down!"

Tremor Demon Ancestor hurriedly tried to persuade him. If they truly reached the point of retreating to their Mini Universes.

Then the Demon Race would truly lose all future.

A race.

To thrive and flourish, one requires a sufficiently vast territory.

Otherwise, even if the population count keeps pace, the number of geniuses born will be exceedingly, vanishingly small.

Add to that the fear of venturing into Universe Secret Regions, outer-race territories, or even the Primitive Stars and the Universe Ocean to seek opportunities.

The probability of birthing powerhouses would then plummet to less than one percent!

In the end.

The Demon Race would be forced to remain within their small universe forever, and once three reincarnation eras had passed, they would have no choice but to fade into oblivion.