Death was meaningless! It served no purpose!
"Sigh..."
The sigh of the Ice Deer Clan Chief caught the attention of his twenty-eighth concubine.
The concubine quickly comforted him, "My lord, why do you sigh?"
Hearing this, the Ice Deer Clan Chief poured out his troubles.
"You have no idea how conflicted I am right now!"
"Three Demon Gods have jointly issued a decree, ordering our Ice Deer clan and over a hundred other races to invade the Human race and slaughter them."
"But you know how powerful the Human race is. If our Ice Deer clan goes there, it will mean the extinction of our entire clan, no exceptions."
"I truly do not wish to go and slaughter the Human race."
"However, if I disobey the command of the three Demon Gods, it is also a death sentence!"
"Both choices lead to death, and both mean the death of the entire clan. Where can I find a path to survival? Where can the Ice Deer clan find a path to survival?"
The Ice Deer Clan Chief, filled with helplessness, then began to complain.
But the concubine, after pondering for a moment, said to the Ice Deer Clan Chief with a serious expression:
"My lord."
"In the current situation, disobeying the Demon Gods' decree means death."
"Obeying the decree and going to slaughter the Human race also means death."
"Since we are all going to die anyway, why don't we seek another path to survival?"
The concubine bowed and said, "Among the myriad races of the Demon Court, many have reported the situation of the Human race to the Demon Court, stating that the Human race is now powerful."
"But these demon races, without even seeing His Majesty the Demon Emperor or the Ten Great Demon Sages, were imprisoned in the heavenly jail on fabricated charges."
"From what I have seen and heard, I know that the high-ranking officials of the Demon Court have become extremely corrupt and cannot listen to anything."
"The Human race is now even stronger than the demon race. I heard that the Human Emperor Fang Ming has achieved a so-called alternative enlightenment, capable of challenging Saints and sparring with them."
"The two Demon Emperors will likely not fare well against Fang Ming."
"Looking at it now, the rise of the Human race and the replacement of the Demon Court is probably only a matter of time."
"And we, at this critical juncture when war is about to break out, should leave this sinking ship of the Demon Court!"
Leave this sinking ship of the Demon Court!
The Ice Deer Clan Chief's heart trembled. He naturally knew what this meant.
This was a call to rebel against the Demon Court!
Normally, this would be an act of extreme treason, and the Ice Deer Clan Chief would immediately kill any demon who spoke such words.
But now...
The Ice Deer Clan Chief convinced himself internally.
"The Demon Court has existed for a full forty Yuan Hui since its establishment."
"Although it has ruled the Great Desolation World and been a dominant force for a long time..."
"There must be decline after prosperity."
"The ancient Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation saw the decline of the three races."
"Based on the estimation that a tribulation occurs every fifty thousand Yuan Hui, the time for the Demon Court's decline is likely here."
"I originally thought it was the Wu race, but now it seems it might be the Human race that overthrows the Demon Court and becomes the next dominant power in the world."
"It is time to leave the Demon Court..."
For the last time, the Ice Deer Clan Chief thought of the attitude of the Demon Court's high-ranking officials towards the Heaven-Shielding Method.
Many races had reported to the Demon Court that the Heaven-Shielding Great Emperor possessed strength comparable to a Heavenly Dao Saint.
But the Demon Court's high-ranking officials always believed that the Heaven-Shielding Great Emperor had not yet ascended to immortality and did not even possess the strength of the Earth Immortal realm.
Their prejudice against the Human race and the Heaven-Shielding Method was deeply ingrained, stubborn, and unchangeable.
With such deep-rooted corruption and prejudice, could the Demon Court truly achieve victory in a war against the Human race?
The answer was no.
Since this was also a path to death, it was better to simply have the Ice Deer clan leave the ranks of the myriad races of the Demon Court.
By rebelling against the Demon Court, they would naturally not have to fight the Human race!
And they would not have to die!
As for the wrath of the three Demon Gods...
"What if we incur the wrath of the three Demon Gods?"
The Ice Deer Clan Chief threw the question back.
The concubine replied, "Just drag more demon races down with us."
"The three Great Luo Demon Gods will be busy fighting and collecting the vital blood of the Human race; they won't have time to pursue our Ice Deer clan."
"And by the time the war begins, the three Demon Gods will likely perish at the hands of the Human race, and they won't be able to trouble us anymore."
Upon hearing this, the Ice Deer Clan Chief found the plan excellent and adopted it.
One clan leaving the myriad races of the Demon Court was very conspicuous.
But if a hundred races left the myriad races of the Demon Court, the Demon Gods would not be solely targeting their clan.
The more races they dragged down with them, the safer their own clan would be.
"Excellent idea!"
"Let the many races belonging to the Demon Court near the East Sea, and even in the surrounding areas, rebel against the Demon Court and flee for their lives."
The Ice Deer Clan Chief made his decision.
And actively contacted other clan leaders.
He notified these clan leaders, who knew the true strength of the Human race, one by one, to quickly leave the demon race and flee for their lives with their entire clans.
They should ignore any so-called decrees from the Demon Gods.
This action indeed led to a large number of races fleeing.
...
Thirty days later.
Qiongqi, Bashe, and Zhu Yan, the three Demon Gods, were inspecting the demon army.
They were inspecting the ten billion demon soldiers of the demon race!
However, the more they inspected, the more they found something wrong!
"Ten billion demon soldiers... why are there only three hundred million left? Where are the other seven hundred million?"
"Seven hundred million demon soldiers have vanished into thin air?"
"Did I not summon one hundred and sixty races?"
"Only fifty races have arrived now?"
"Where did the other one hundred and ten races go?"
Qiongqi, Bashe, and Zhu Yan looked at each other, finding this inexplicable disappearance phenomenon utterly absurd.
They also felt a deep sense of disbelief.
Before even setting off to attack the Human race, their forces had been reduced by two-thirds, leaving only one-third.
This was too preposterous!
Having led troops for billions of years, they had never encountered such a situation!
"Reporting to the Demon Gods!"
A demon who had been sent out to gather intelligence returned and reported.
"Your subordinate has investigated and found that the residences of those one hundred and ten races are empty, with no traces of life whatsoever."
"It is suspected that they have fled with their entire clans."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the three Demon Gods became incredibly vivid!
"What! Fled? Deserted in the face of battle? And fled with their entire clans?"
"What are they trying to do? Are they rebelling against the Demon Court? Deserting in the face of battle?"
The three Demon Gods, upon hearing this, were filled with rage and profound confusion.
The current power of the Demon Court was that of a true overlord, unifying all races, and no race dared to disobey.
Acts of rebellion had occurred, but they were only in the face of the Wu race.
Furthermore, and most importantly, throughout history, for forty Yuan Hui, a full several billion years, the number of races that had directly rebelled against the Wu race did not exceed one hundred.
Yet, this mere Human race, the weakest of races, had the qualification to cause over a hundred races to rebel directly?