Even Li Che himself had not expected his killing of the Top Universe Overlord Star Lord Yuhua to cause a minor upheaval within the Zerg Territory.
Thanks to their race's extraordinary talent for souls, this pinnacle race had long maintained the practice of using soul slaves for all kinds of work.
After all, there were too few Zerg Mother Emperors and Zerg Warriors who had developed wills of their own. Soul slaves were not only absolutely loyal but also worked tirelessly without expecting anything in return, making them ideal tools.
For example, they sent certain Universe Venerable level soul master slaves to infiltrate the Demon Race and the Human Race, enslave experts in other races' territories, and establish underground intelligence networks. They also used Immortal slaves as expendable assets, sending them into other races' territories to assassinate those races' peerless geniuses.
Within the Zerg, much of the artifact forging, guarding of Cosmic Secret Realms, and manufacturing of spacecraft and support equipment was handled by soul slaves.
As the oldest and most powerful Top Universe Overlord beneath the Zerg's Universe Masters, Star Lord Yuhua had many Immortal and even Universe Venerable level soul slaves who had long held important positions within the Zerg.
When Star Lord Yuhua died, all her soul slaves died with her, as did their own soul slaves and every slave farther down the chain. That was enough to bring certain important operations to a brief standstill.
For instance, in the region of the Human Territory where the Mother Ancestor Universe Country lay, at least a hundred rulers of intermediate civilizations, unaffiliated Immortal Gods, and even more World Lords, Domain Lords, and Universe Level experts suddenly dropped dead.
For a time, their loved ones mourned while their enemies rejoiced. Though the experts in those regions did not know