If even the very finest peerless prodigies of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands could not defeat these young kings, who were not particularly highly ranked in the Otherworld, in battles at the same cultivation level...
Then there truly would be no hope.
"I can..."
The Demoness paused, then replied, "But I've only barely mastered this supreme immortal art. To ensure nothing goes wrong, I need a medium to cast it!"
She told them the truth.
Everyone had to give her a strand of hair.
Only then could she ensure that those without sufficient strength would not be chosen by the Immortal Tortoise Shell Fragments in the coming battles.
"No problem!" The Grand Elder immediately gave the order.
Every heavenly pride in the fighting contingent who might be selected was to pluck out a strand of hair and hand it to the Demoness.
At first, apart from Cao Yusheng, the Taiyin Jade Rabbit, and a handful of others, some of the heavenly prides hesitated slightly, instinctively wanting to refuse out of wariness toward such a terrifying forbidden divine art.
The current situation clearly left them no room to refuse.
Moreover, the Demoness directly promised that she would return their hair afterward.
That dispelled the others' last misgivings.
"Ah..." At that moment...
The fierce battle in the arena ended as the Ten-Crown King overwhelmingly slew the Golden Demon Bird.
A strike of his Dragon Fist pierced its skull, then shook violently, blasting it into a bloody mist and ending the battle.
The experts in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands' camp were all exhilarated, feeling thoroughly vindicated.
"Damn it, this fellow from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands is actually this powerful!"
"The World Tree Sapling truly deserves its reputation as one of the legendary invincible seeds. It really is astonishing!"