"Alright, we agree!"
"All connections to the monsters in the sealed zones will be severed before tomorrow."
"If any fallen evil gods refuse, we'll deal with them ourselves." Including the Giant Toad Evil God, all five evil gods nodded in unison.
The five of them immediately took the lead in severing their connections to the monsters in the sealed zones outside.
These monsters had been born when fragments of the Creator's fallen consciousness escaped during the process of sealing the evil gods and merged with human souls, evolving into folkloric aberrations.
Their relationship was somewhat like that between Wu Heng and the Blood Floss Demons. They were derivative monsters, except they lacked the connection Wu Heng shared with the Blood Floss Demons.
It was like having children but never raising them. Naturally, those monsters would not obey them.
Yet their shared bloodline remained. The evolved folkloric monsters were still one of their methods. If Wu Heng recklessly released those monsters from the sealed zones, it would be equivalent to releasing traces of the evil gods' fallen consciousness.
To control those monsters, these evil gods had to give up their "same-origin connection."
Wu Heng needed the remaining two powers, and in order to avoid alerting the Creator's hidden schemes, he could not forcibly destroy the evil god seals. He had to "boil the frog in warm water."
Thus, his power could not enter the evil gods' space. To make them voluntarily sever their connections with the monsters, the evil gods themselves had to take the initiative.
That was equivalent to making them give up one of their own hidden cards.
Whether human or god, if one wanted another to give up part of their own interests, one had to offer them an even greater benefit in return.
And it was best