Chapter 583: The dangerous high-ranking demon
The greater demon named Wendo was unsettled and uncertain. High demons were a cunning lot, and with their inevitably awakened magic power and extraordinary physical strength, they were formidable indeed. Some of the finest among them were even approaching the level of High-Ranking Demons, greater demonic life-forms. After all, most greater demons had risen through the ranks that way.
Although none of the high demons whose marks had just vanished or shattered had been exceptionally powerful, that did not mean they were weak.
If even the high demons were dead or in dire peril, what state were the other demons in?
During that brief pause alone, the soul marks of another two high demons under his control shattered and vanished completely. Only a little over ten minutes had passed since he first realized something was wrong.
"The strange monsters the previous group of demons encountered, the crash of the Ashen Ark, that absurdly large swarm of insects unaffected by demonic intimidation, and now this... this is far more than a few oddities!"
The greater demon hesitated, then chose to keep flying forward. However, his speed was far, far slower than his previous headlong rush, and he kept climbing higher.
Wendo did not believe that all those useless fools up ahead had actually died.
Unlike some exceptionally powerful greater demons or beings at the level of demon lord and above, he could not use his subordinates' marks to "take a look" at distant locations under certain conditions, much less attach part of his soul to them. But Wendo was no ordinary greater demon either. He was confident that his strength ranked in the upper-middle tier among greater demons.
As long as even a single demon of the lowest rank escaped, even one with no more