The facts proved that Ling Zhan had made the right choice.
On the very night he made that decision, the Demon-Slaying Legion headquarters received withdrawal applications from some of its members.
The Demon-Slaying Legion had a total of 7,200 members.
Yet the number of withdrawal applications submitted had now reached as many as 4,000.
And every single one had been submitted personally by their families.
Clearly, their parents and relatives were unwilling to let their children carry out such a dangerous mission.
That was perfectly normal.
This was likely the most difficult SSS-rank mission yet.
They had to uproot thirty super-fortresses guarded by Demon Venerables.
With no logistical supplies, no cover or support from other legions, carrying out this mission under such circumstances would be a near-certain death sentence.
Some families even cursed the Holy Academy Council's decision outright.
They claimed that only someone with a brain disease could have made such a decision.
Well...
It had to be said that those families were absolutely right to curse.
After all, they did not understand the current situation.
It had been mentioned before.
The deepest reaches of the Ten Thousand Demons Cavern lay closest to the core of this lower-realm planet, endlessly siphoning away the magical energy from its core.
During a recent examination, experts at the cutting edge of magical technology discovered that this planet's core energy was already nearing its point of decline.
If the monsters in the Ten Thousand Demons Cavern were allowed to continue draining the core's energy, then in perhaps two years, all the resources on the entire planet would be completely exhausted.
When that time came...
The earth would split apart.
Water sources would run dry.
Plants would rot.
Living creatures would perish.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and every manner of natural disaster would come one after