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"Heh. You really have surprised me. I never thought the Sea Demon Race would sink so low as to join me!"
Clan Chief Avery was startled by the High Priest's words. She followed up with a taunt, but as she looked at the High Priest's calm expression, a complicated look flashed through her eyes.
Has it finally come to this?
The Sea Demon Race's fate, carried for ten million years, ends at the hands of Destruction. Reincarnation... Yes, it truly is a cycle. Fate and causality, the turning of time's wheel—how strange they are.
For some reason, although she had achieved her goal, Avery felt as though a lifetime had passed. The fate the Sea Demon Race had borne for ten million years had ended in her hands.
"Then let's make the sacrifice. Before the Burning Legion arrives, before the Third Demon God, the Lord of Fear, awakens, we must sacrifice the Lord of Destruction and summon His Majesty!"
"As quickly as possible. Outside..." Avery paused and glanced at the dim sky. High above, in the boundless starry sky, countless dark figures could be seen moving about. Some made no effort to conceal their immense auras, casting vast black projections into the void.
Cold laughter rang through that void from time to time, echoing between heaven and earth and sending chills down their spines.
"Those outside are only the Burning Legion's vanguard. Few of them are true Demons. Most are dark creatures who've just surrendered to the Demon armies and are desperate to prove themselves. If you've made up your mind,