[However, even if the Thorn Demon King finds its target, it's irrelevant to you. Among your acquaintances, those with high essence or those qualified to be chosen as conversion targets have already become overlords and are no longer within the scope of the Overlord Demon Egg's applicability.]
"In recent years, no outstanding geniuses have been kidnapped by the demon race on the Yuan Energy Network, at least not to a certain extent."
So you think the Thorn Demon King probably hasn't found a partner yet.
Yun Shou: "..."
[The strength of a Saintly Body at the Second Realm is generally not high. Those comparable to a Four-fold Battle Body are extremely rare, and even then, it must be in terms of both spirit and body; demons who rely on Yuan Power and other aspects are not considered!]
After rigorous screening, there are probably only a handful of such individuals in the entire war zone. Among them, physical strength doesn't significantly enhance the power of human warriors, and spiritual strength only stands out within the Celestial Realm...
Even if there were a few, the demon race might not be able to find and select them from the hundreds of billions of second-realm warriors in the war zone!
Yun Jiu was a highly trained fighter with six perfect fighting bodies, and together with Bei Chenguang and Chu Heshang, they formed the "Yun Yang Three Heroes," so he was quite famous.
In that simulation involving Yun Shi, Xu Ling'er was a battle maniac in the war zone, and she also had the double halo of a "2200 battle merits" bet and being "taken as a student by the Supreme One".
Therefore, it is entirely plausible that two individuals meeting the above conditions, who would be noticed by the demon race, would be captured by the unseen hand of the Thorn Demon King.
"But in the original timeline, neither I nor the transformed Xu Ling'er existed... So who was chosen? Did the Thorn Demon King select the target only after the Holy War broke out?"
A day has passed as you've been lost in your own thoughts.
The Thorn Demon King and the Feather Demon King also discussed the key points.
[The Feathered Demon King (flies over hastily)]
[Thorn Demon King: "Little Yu, what brings you to an old man like me?"]
[Feather Demon King (concealing his aura): "Old King Thorn, what I'm about to say is extremely terrifying; you must take it seriously!"]
[Thorn Demon King: "I am the most senior demon king, I have nothing to fear, just say it."]
"Something terrifying happened to me!"
"Tell me the specific symptoms, don't rush, take your time, and describe them little by little."
"I've discovered my power is waning, my soul is withering away!"
As the conversation deepened, the Thorn Demon King truly began to take the matter seriously.
[The reduction of multiple bodily attributes every seven days, without any warning or continuous loss of life, seems almost like some kind of rule!]
"No way... Could it be..." A terrifying thought flashed through the Thorn Demon King's mind, plunging it into a similar state of mind as the Feather Demon King.
"Based on my years of research into the call of my people to break free from their destiny and the very foundation of their life, this is very likely the work of the 'Creators'!"
"Only this reason makes sense! Only those high above, hidden behind the scenes, can manipulate us at will by virtue of the secrets implanted in our bloodline at the moment of our birth!"
[The Feather Demon King was unwilling to accept it: "That 'calling' should only intensify as my cultivation level increases, how could it possibly affect my life and potential!?"]
"That wasn't the Demon Ancestor's call, it was the Creator's summons!" the Thorn Demon King emphasized. "Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't bother with the current situation of us 'soldier races,' but they've imprinted the command to return deep within our blood."
"But that doesn't mean they don't have other means to restrict us! They've never had any before, simply because they've never used them before!"
The Thorn Demon King was quite pleased, for everything unfolding before him proved that their second faction's view was correct: the demon race was a man-made entity, ruled by an unseen power!
But after the initial euphoria came despair! The hidden power left by the "Creators" within their race was far beyond their comprehension; it could remotely drain even a fraction of a True King's power from countless realms… How could they resist? How could they possibly fight back?
The Thorn Demon King suddenly felt that the possibility of "escaping fate" had decreased countless times, even if it created a peerless true demon with a holy body and additional abilities of the fifth realm...
But could such a true demon withstand the "Creators'" backup plan?
With such power coming from across countless Yuantian Domains, can someone at the Sixth Realm truly resist it?
The Thorn Demon King was somewhat bewildered; it even began to doubt whether a "Sixth Realm" truly existed, because it was so long ago that the demon race had forgotten when they migrated to the Azure Domain.
[The confirmed timeframe is only over 200,000 years, which is equivalent to the combined lifespan of more than 20 true kings—an unimaginably long period!]
"Twenty centenarians, stacked up to two thousand years ago, is still a time that is difficult to trace back," Yun Shou said softly.
Although he can live to be over 20,000 years old now, the simulated Yun Shiyi is even closer to 30,000 years old.
In his previous life, he could have seen the earliest primitive humans (or ape-men?) evolve all the way to the modern era.
However, in the past two hundred thousand years, the Azure Domain has never had a sixth realm.
Occasionally, beings from other realms would mistakenly enter the Azure Domain, but none of them reached the sixth realm. Most were supreme beings from other realms who were fortunate enough to pass through the Sun-Piercing Belt and the Magnetic Belt, eventually finding their way to the top of the "Abyss Heaven Barrier" within the Void Belt, and then climbing over it.
The sixth realm is truly like a myth, a realm straight out of fantasy. Even the demons don't know how to break through to the sixth realm!
"Actually, if you wait another five hundred years or so, you will see the 'Spring and Autumn Ruler' of the seventh realm showing off all over the world."
The Thorn Demon King's "Dao Heart" is beginning to crumble.
The Feather Demon King, however, didn't care about his other concerns; it only cared about itself: "...Even if, as you say, the 'Creators' could have done all this to me through the contingency plans they left behind, why?"
"Why would they attack me for no reason?!"
The Thorn Demon King seemed somewhat listless: "Since you didn't do anything surprising, then the problem must lie with the 'Creators.'"
"Perhaps it's war, or perhaps it's just a passing whim or a game, so I've chosen to take a sliver of your power... Hmm!?"
As the Thorn Demon King spoke the last sentence, his tone shifted, and his life force vibrated in unison, shattering the secret chamber where they were conversing... A large amount of rubble mixed with flesh and bone fell to the ground.
It has discovered another possibility to escape its fate!
...
(?′ω`? )
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