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Over a hundred Demons gathered on one side of the street, radiating an even purer aura of darkness. Every one of them was imposing, their bearing regal and unrestrained.
They might have numbered only a few hundred, a drop in the ocean compared with the Demons crowding this place, but no Demon dared look down on them.
For they represented the strongest force in the Abyss's Fifth Layer: the Dark Council!
Its reach spanned countless lands across the Fourth and Fifth Layers. Whether it was Nicholas, the mighty World Lord who chaired the Dark Council, or its many other World Lords and Sky Demons, all were beings who made others tremble.
"Hmph!"
The Sky Demon leading the group sneered, shoved aside the Demon in his path, and led his subordinates onward.
At the peak of the Sky Demon rank, he stood only one step from World Lord Tier. Here, he was the strongest being—the apex predator!
The group advanced slowly under the gaze of countless Demons.
Boom!
An earthshaking blast sent the Demons looking toward its source. The sky had suddenly torn open, revealing an enormous Time and Space Summoning Array.
A dozen or so black-robed Demons emerged, radiating inscrutable auras as they walked through the void.
Each hid their entire body beneath a black robe and exuded an aura of darkness. Every step seemed to follow a path through Time and Space. As they approached, their overwhelming presence bore down on the assembled Demons, leaving them in agony.
"Demon Valley!"
"Hmph! What an entrance!"
The Sky Demon leading the Dark Council party snorted. A glint of bloodthirsty cruelty entered