"Old ape, why waste words on these human scum who are about to die?"
The Heaven-Swallowing Demon Toad licked its venom-coated lips with its enormous tongue. Its bulging, deathly white eyes remained fixed on the Primordial Origin, Beneficent Waters True Spirit at the formation's center, greed gleaming so fiercely within them that it almost poured out in tangible form.
"An ancient True Spirit of the Purple Abode Realm... once we devour its source, we can break free of the shackles of our Demon Race bloodlines and glimpse the supreme path to the Golden Core! Such fortune was practically bestowed upon us by heaven!"
The Heavenly Bloodwing Centipede let out a spine-chilling hiss as well. "But we still need to be careful. Qingzhou's distress signal must have gotten out by now.
"I heard that newly appointed Realm Lord of the Heavenly Abyss District has hundreds of thousands of troops under him. If they swing around and flank us, they could introduce unexpected complications."
"What is there to fear?" The Sea-Covering Demon Ape snorted disdainfully. "I already sent the Three-Headed Azure Flood Dragon King to block Azure Cloud Gorge.
"That loach may have an impure bloodline, but it still has Purple Abode strength. With a million-strong demon tide backing it up, even if the Heavenly Abyss Realm Lord leads his troops in person, it will take him until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to break through Azure Cloud Gorge!
"By the time they arrive, we'll have devoured the True Spirit and flown far away!"
Just as the three Great Demon Kings brazenly divided up the "spoils" they expected to claim,
a hurried yet feeble sound of something cutting through the air suddenly came from the distant horizon.
All three Demon Kings turned to look. A three-headed