I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

“As long as they are true allies, we can certainly accept them,” Figo said. “We must accept them, otherwise the demon race has no future.”

Teach laughed loudly: "Zhehahaha... I knew we'd think of the same thing again. Before Mother lit the fifth lamp, our demon race was in such a predicament. If we hadn't been so humiliated by the Celestial Dragons, why would we have joined them?"

Of course, we must be wary of those whose backgrounds we don't yet know, and of spies sent by the Celestial Dragons. Many of our alien allies have had their movements temporarily restricted, but only temporarily.

It's utterly unreasonable that our allies, who have always cooperated seamlessly with us and proven their sincerity through concrete actions, are allowed to act freely, yet are still ostracized by a portion of the demon race.

Figo said, "Is that so? Indeed."

“I, Teach, love making friends the most. Many of my alien allies are already my friends. Ancestor Yifu, would you like to come with me to get to know them?” Teach asked.

This is a display of strength; Teach is indicating that although he doesn't have many subordinates or strong forces within his demon race, he has many 'demon allies'.

Figo laughed and said, "I'd be happy to."

Next, following Teach, Figo met many more 'demons' of various races.

Whether it was an unlit lamp wick or one of the few kings who lit three lamps, Teach was equally enthusiastic, and the demons all had a very good impression of him as their demon prince.

Figo didn't show any unusual expression, and greeted and got to know the demons one by one.

After completing the tour, Teach said, "It's so great to have met Ancestor Yi Fu today, hahaha... I almost forgot the important matter. Let me arrange a place for you to stay first. Mother should be free to see you tomorrow."

“I’m also very happy to have met Teach the Demon Prince.” Figo’s smile never faded as he remarked, “Teach the Demon Prince, if I may be so bold, you seem to have quite a lot of… ambition? Whether it’s forging alliances with these allies, or with me…”

"Hahaha, you saw right through me. But it's not ambition, it's a dream." Teach spread his arms and looked up at Figo: "A person's dream has no end. I want to help Mother and the demon race defeat the arrogant Celestial Dragons."

I also want to become stronger and have greater power, so I need more allies!

Figo paused for a moment, then reached out his hand to him.

"Please take good care of me from now on."

Teach's eyes lit up, and he reached out and clasped Figo's hand tightly.

It's as if we've grasped the future.

Finally, I have a powerful demon progenitor among my subordinates, a powerful demon progenitor who has the potential to ignite the fourth lamp!

Thief hahaha...

Chapter 233 Pre-Battle Assembly

Heram did not go out because the progenitor of the Caesars was intercepted by the Celestial Dragons.

After Nimer went back to eat his melon, she appeared in front of him. Looking at the square table in front of the boy and the three empty seats, she sat down opposite him, picked up the corresponding slice of melon, and took a bite.

Nimer was startled and exclaimed urgently, "Mother! That is..."

"Martina, Eri, or Drezefs?" Heram asked.

"It's... from Brother Eri..."

"He's been dead for 710 years, hasn't he?"

Nimer lowered his head: "It was 713."

Helam looked into his eyes.

"So, how much longer are you going to run away because of three people who have been dead for over 700 years?!"

The sudden increase in volume and the questioning tone caused Nimer to drop the melon from his hand once again. He looked at Helam, lowered his head, and murmured.

"I'm sorry, Mother."

"Am I not sad?" Heram's voice became low and hoarse: "On that planet Nic in the Northern Cosmic Sea, as a product of the Demon Clan's liberation plan, I was initially accompanied by only 109 of you children, but now, only you are left. In these nearly a thousand years, how many children with my blood have died?"

I know they are different to you; you've always felt their deaths were your fault and your incompetence, but who can escape death?

Nimère remained silent.

“They were all smiling before they died,” Heram sighed. “They were all good children, willingly sacrificing themselves for the survival of the demon race, choosing death for themselves.”

“I’m sorry, Mother…” Nimeir murmured, “I will try my best.”

“Effort alone is not enough.” Helam stood up, turned his back so that Nimer could not see his expression: “In this war, Yasheng is your responsibility. I will not hold back in dealing with him. If you make a mistake, the demon race will be completely defeated, and even my life will be in danger.”

Nimer trembled, her small, shrunken frame appearing even thinner, and her face growing paler.

Yasuo is the Celestial Dragon's First General!

“Eri died because of him, and I’m giving you a chance for revenge.” Helam opened the door and said in a low, hoarse voice, “By the way, what about that Ifu? Do you think there’s a problem with him?”

“I… didn’t see it…” Nimer hadn’t paid any attention to it before, then paused and added, “But I’ve never liked Teach…”

"It's alright, don't pay him any mind," Heram said. "Having ambition isn't a bad thing. He's already a demon, and he'll always be a demon. Ambition without power is meaningless. If one day he truly has the strength to match his ambition and can change our living environment, what's wrong with handing over the throne of the demon race to him?"

After saying that, Helam's figure disappeared from the room. Nimer remained silent for a long time, staring at the watermelon rind on the opposite table.

Three white-haired demon figures were vaguely seen sitting in three empty seats.

"Brother Eli, Mother ate your melon, you shouldn't be angry, right?"

A faint smile appeared on his lips.

"I'm going out."

……

"Waaah, I want to go home."

A few days later, in a wide open space, Nimer sat in a chair, his body stiff as a board.

All around him, countless demons gathered, and most of them were looking at him with surprise.

Who is that?

"The demonic son of the progenitor Heram?"

"Indeed, there are six..."

"But why is he sitting in front of the Demon Prince Talbuk? Could it be..."

The reason that attracted everyone's attention was simple: there were six chairs and six people in this direction, and the tall figure sitting in the second seat was the first demon prince of Hram, Talbuk, in their minds!

Slightly inferior to Nimer is Teach, who sits in sixth place. Having just transformed into a demon 12 years ago and become a demon prince, he is not well-known to many, but Teach is not intimidated.

In recent days, Teach has been riding high, not only making countless "devil" friends, but also finally gaining a great general under his command.

At this moment, he turned around and whispered to General Yifu, who was sitting behind him, introducing the demons who also had seats in front of him.

“That’s the progenitor Eva, that’s the progenitor Cansino, that’s…”

Among the demon race, besides the three great demon progenitors, there are five progenitors who lit the four lamps, and their status is above that of the demon children.

The difference between these five and the three great demon progenitors is roughly the difference between a bloodline with 500 million data points and a bloodline with 400 million data points, or the difference between the 16 strongest beings in the starry sky and an ordinary four-lamp king.

But it is stronger than most demon children!

There were a total of nine demons who lit the four lamps, and all of them were present.

Besides Heram's six demon princes, there were two demon princes from Archeris, the progenitor, and a special demon prince whose talent surpassed his mother's, though not considered a demon prince. Beelzebub's forces, due to Yana's defection, were reduced to zero.

In total, the Demon race has 17 four-light kings!

This is the foundation of the second race in the starry sky, and the reason why the demon race can resist the Celestial Dragons.

Of course, even stronger than them, the Celestial Dragons would have more than 30 Four-Lamp Kings. These two combined would basically account for half of all the Four-Lamp Kings in the entire starry sky!

These 17 four-lamp kings are not the entirety of the demon race's forces participating in the war. Teach quietly gestured to a figure wearing a cloak and a strange mask, saying, "That is the only king among our alien allies who has lit four lamps, Lord Aesop. Even my mother treats him with great respect."

Is he the demon who lights four lamps?

A total of 18 four-light kings participated in the battle!

Figo's gaze swept over him, then swept over all the figures in the square.

Only the demons who lit the lamps could participate in this pre-battle gathering. The demon horns were a dense, dark mass, and it was impossible to count them without using the Mind Network!

Only those who light three or more lamps can obtain a seat, and the number is roughly over two hundred. This is not even the entire demon race.

Because many demons who lit the three lamps did not gather, they needed to look after the weaker demons to prevent them from being wiped out by the Celestial Dragons when they assembled to wage war.

'That's a truly formidable foundation. Qinghai would need at least a century of accumulation to have a chance of catching up.'

Figo murmured to himself, feeling a surge of excitement.

If we could open it wide and wrap it up, five lights would be easily achievable, and we could even go up to six.

But it's just a thought.

This lineup is really unbeatable.

The Four-Light Ancestor's seal is so strong that even Armament Haki might not be usable. Figo, who is only left with a simple physique... 520 million is far from enough to be durable. 700 million would be more like it.

Moreover, there are three founding ancestors.

As the demons gradually gathered and surrounded the arena on three sides, the three progenitors finally made their appearance.

Helam was in front, with Archerlis and Beelzebub on his left and right behind him.

All demons stood up.

Excitement radiated from their faces, their momentum was palpable, thunder roared, and their fighting spirit soared to the heavens!

They greeted him in unison, "Our Ancestor!"

Chapter 234 Three Routes

Having infiltrated the demon race for nearly ten days, this was the first time Figo had seen his target, Beelzebub. Of course, his target was no longer just Beelzebub.

Beelzebub's appearance remained unchanged as he followed behind Helam, his expression indifferent in the face of the greetings from thousands of demons. Subtly, however, his gaze flickered briefly in Figo's direction.

I wasn't looking at Figo.

Instead, he was looking at Yana.

As the fifth demon child, Yana stood beside Teach, bowing her head to greet the three progenitors, seemingly unaware of Beelzebub's gaze.

The father and daughter were arguing like a couple having a fight. Figo's gaze flickered out briefly.

Soon, the three progenitors of the demon races, as if inspecting an army, walked to their seats in the center. Beelzebub and Archeres took their seats, while Heram stood in the very center.

"Fellow citizens, the time has come for us to counterattack the Celestial Dragons!"

A loud and steady female voice echoed among the demons. After a brief silence, cheers erupted, shaking the earth!

"Ancestor Helam!"