Behind the Hall of Myriad Demons, outside the formation connected to the Heavenly Demon Realm, a mass of black smoke stood before Jiulu. Within the smoke, a pair of pale red eyes flickered in and out of view.
"Jiulu, did they merely frighten away the three-legged Golden Crows, or have they already captured them? This is very important!" The voice from the black smoke was ancient and ethereal, as though it did not sound before them at all, but drifted in from the distant heavens.
Jiulu clasped her hands respectfully, maintaining her posture as her seductive, shrill voice rang with certainty. "Great Emperor Moyuan, Jiulu can be certain that the Zerg did not capture a single three-legged Golden Crow. All three of them escaped!"
"...Mm. Have you tried recruiting the Zerg?"
"Great Emperor Moyuan, Jiulu has already tried. However, the Zerg are extremely ambitious. From the sound of it, not only do they intend to swallow up the Yellow Springs Continent, but once their army grows strong enough, they will also advance upon the Heavenly Demon Realm and the True Immortal Realm. An Overmind bent on unifying the immortal and demon realms, and possessing such a powerful army, will never easily bow to any force..."
"That is correct, Jiulu. But you also understand the battle between us and the True Immortal Realm. We seized the Red Sky Continent with the blood of more than a hundred thousand warriors, yet we have not fully converted its immortal veins into demon veins. Your departure with your warriors has already turned our advantage in the Red Sky Continent war into a disadvantage. If I dispatch another Demon Lord, then even if we subdue the Yellow Springs Continent, we will lose the Red Sky Continent as a result. Worse still, caught between the Zerg