When the Sky Overlord returned to the meeting room, everyone was chatting idly and adding one another as contacts on their wristbands.
"I just went to deal with an emergency."
"There is only one reason I gathered you all here today. Several dozen members of the Soul Emperor Clan have been discovered near the Rift Abyss."
"Here are your assignments: each Six-Star World will be responsible for holding off one member of the Soul Emperor Clan. If two or more appear, you must request reinforcements. We will send powerful fighters to assist you."
Understanding dawned on everyone's faces.
Just as the Demon Emperor had said, the Sky Overlord was taking advantage of their ignorance of the Soul Emperor Clan's true strength.
They did not have the ability to deal with every member of the Soul Emperor Clan.
Naturally, they could only draw on everyone else's strength.
Yet they wanted to borrow that strength without paying anything in return. All they wanted was to use everyone as cannon fodder.
Despite how friendly they all appeared, their intentions were utterly vicious.
Demon Emperor Daochen felt utterly helpless. It was exactly as he had predicted, but Overlord City was being far too unscrupulous.
The Demon Emperor shook his head slightly. "Ordinary Hongmeng Realm fighters will struggle far too much against the Soul Emperor Clan. Does the Seven-Star World have any methods for dealing with them? Even something that buys us time would help."
The Sky Overlord raised an eyebrow and looked at the Demon Emperor. "You have fought the Soul Emperor Clan before, Demon Emperor, so naturally you know their strength. But they do have weaknesses. First, their bodies are enormous, and their movements are slow and clumsy."
"As long as you deploy a group of powerful Hongmeng Realm fighters who specialize in