"Perhaps!"
Yelvis's expression remained grave.
That mysterious power had left him shaken.
Originally, Yelvis had intended to kill Cao Hong and the others, then extract their spirit gods and search their souls.
That way.
He could extract every memory in their minds.
Although body-seizing through a spirit god also allowed one to extract memories directly, powerful beings rarely did so.
After all, body-seizing through a spirit god carried certain risks.
No matter how powerful someone was, success was never guaranteed.
If the body-seizing failed.
Even a Demon Emperor could not escape death.
Thus.
Yelvis had never intended to seize their bodies. He only wanted to extract Cao Hong and the others' spirit gods, then slowly search their souls and plunder their memories.
But what he had not expected was this.
Their spirit gods were protected by a mysterious power, making them impossible to seize.
Yet when Cao Hong and the others' spirit gods escaped, Yelvis also felt a little relieved.
Relieved that he had not rashly attempted body-seizing.
Otherwise.
He would have had no confidence in resisting that mysterious power either.
Elsewhere.
White light appeared in the city, and Cao Hong and the others materialized within it.
At that moment, all of them looked dazed.
Their deaths had been so sudden that they still had not fully grasped what had happened.
After a long while.
They finally managed to come to their senses.
Cao Hong swallowed, his voice still trembling slightly. "The one who attacked us was the Moxialuo Clan's Demon Emperor, right?"
On the system interface, he could see who had killed him.
Yelvis!
The Demon Emperor of the Moxialuo Clan.
Ever since the Celestial Court had gone to war with the Void Fiend Clans, the prominent powerhouses of those clans had become widely known.
Thus.
Cao Hong was