Seeing the Old Martial God Zhu Huai lose his composure like this, the others inside Spring Rain Pavilion immediately grew tense as well.
Little Martial Aunt Lu Rushuang immediately asked Zhu Huai:
"Elder Zhu, what is grand duke power?"
The Old Martial God Zhu Huai explained without turning his head:
"Blood demon cultivators have an extremely strict hierarchy of ranks. Among them, duke-level blood demon cultivators have the highest rank and combat strength of all."
"Although their cultivation is heavily constrained by the Lower Realm's edict, just like the demon cultivators of the Nine Abysses, they are at least at the Heaven Shocking Realm."
"Moreover, because blood demon cultivators have undying bodies, their combat strength can sometimes even approach the legendary Dao Integration Realm."
Hearing this, everyone, already deeply worried, grew even more tense as they watched the image.
Xiahou You suddenly asked in bewilderment:
"Why does this Blood Ancestor already have the power to elevate a blood demon cultivator to grand duke level when they've only just awakened?"
Zhang Moyan was equally puzzled:
"Exactly. Eldest Brother Taiping and the others clearly rescued all the Dragon-Slaying People who had ghost power inside them."
Xiahou Qingyuan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke:
"That can only mean this Blood Ancestor awakened far earlier than when you and I discovered them."
At this point, he frowned and said:
"Being able to directly elevate a blood demon cultivator to a grand duke means this Blood Ancestor has recovered at least sixty percent of their combat strength."
"Next, if Yuanlingzi, the blood demon cultivator elevated to grand duke, buys the Blood Ancestor another moment to digest the power just absorbed from those demon slayers..."
"I'm afraid their combat strength could ultimately recover to at least eighty percent."
Just as he was