The high-ranking officials from various nations of the Holy Academy Council soon arrived at Moore Fortress in a grand procession.
Li Xuerou had clearly prepared in advance. When those anxious officials stepped down from the Spatial Teleportation Array, she wasted no words and led them straight to the confidential vault within Moore Fortress.
Scarlet Phoenix Devil Sovereign's demon core was stored there.
As they made their way toward the confidential vault, the expressions of the officials from every nation were more complicated than ever.
Unease, tension, anticipation, excitement, exhilaration...
Every emotion was present.
Having reached this point, they already knew that this matter had almost certainly become reality.
The facts proved it.
They had not been wrong.
The instant they arrived at that confidential vault...
Bzzz!!
Terrifying, dreadful, vast demonic qi surged straight at them!
"Humans!! Beastmen!! Elves!!"
"Sooner or later, Devil Master will send you into the endless abyss!"
The countless strands of demonic qi born from Scarlet Phoenix Devil Sovereign's divided will formed one savage face after another within the confidential vault!
Strictly speaking...
Ling Zhan had merely slain Scarlet Phoenix Devil Sovereign's physical life.
The life force of a Sovereign of Ten Thousand Demons was immensely tenacious. All of its attribute-based demonic power had condensed within this demon core.
As long as the demon core remained, a Sovereign of Ten Thousand Demons could still be resurrected.
Moreover, demon cores had no lifespan. They existed eternally.
At the very least...
The seven demon cores sealed within the Peak Combat Power Exhibition Hall of the Holy Academy Council still retained the wills of their original Sovereigns of Ten Thousand Demons to this day.
By all rights...
These demon cores should have been destroyed immediately. Yet because the Ten Thousand Demons Cavern held too many secrets that needed to be