After the Inquiry Realm greater demons left the Phoenix Palace in fear and trembling, the dozen or so greater demons who had previously followed Great Peng looked terrified and somewhat bereft.
They suddenly realized that the Phoenix Venerable was no longer the Phoenix Venerable she had once been.
This method of forcing them to surrender their life souls was simply masterful...
Meanwhile, some greater demons who had always been close to Phoenix Woman were delighted. Her various measures now put their hearts completely at ease.
These greater demons close to Phoenix Woman had not surrendered their life souls, nor had she asked for them...
In the front hall of the Phoenix Palace.
Phoenix Woman looked at the dozen or so life souls in her hand, her expression easing slightly.
From beginning to end, she had never intended to kill all the guilty greater demons. Killing Jackal Demon alone was enough...
Killing Jackal Demon had merely been a way to make the other greater demons lose their composure and then voluntarily surrender their life souls.
A life soul was a person's foundation, connected to their divine soul. Once the life soul shattered, the person would naturally perish as well.
Holding the life souls of those greater demons was equivalent to holding their lives in her hands.
Inquiry Realm greater demons were an indispensable force for the Demon Realm. She could not truly kill too many of them.
Taking the life souls of those greater demons who harbored disloyal intentions was enough.
She could not take the life souls of those greater demons who had always been close to her. That would truly chill their hearts.
First driving them to despair, then letting them see hope of survival... today's coercion could hardly be called anything but masterful.
Putting away the life souls,