The Annihilation Commander is also known as the Great Lord of Annihilation. Although the title of Great Lord might sound a bit lackluster, it’s important to understand that this is the Demon Realm. Anyone worthy of being called a Great Lord is incredibly powerful, and the area they control can be considered quite vast.
To become a Great Lord, one must control at least a hundred planets, and in the Demon Realm, the scarcity of planets is unlike any other Star Domain. Especially in such outer areas, the difficulty of controlling over a hundred planets is conceivable.
Annihilation Star is the resource-richest planet controlled by the Great Lord of Annihilation. The Blood Spirit Liquid produced here can help the Demon Clan enhance their Spiritual Power, making it very popular within their species, even among many Middle High Rank demons.
Zhang Xiaoman learned from the Toad Demon Clan that the drinking banquet hosted by this Annihilation Commander was of an exceptionally high standard, evident from the fact that the lowest entry level was the Upper Control Level.
Not only from the Annihilation Commander’s own territory, but also from a large surrounding area, any high-level demons who could make it would try to attend, because the target of this Annihilation Commander’s offering was that being, the emperor of their entire clan.
"These guys, they actually want to summon the Demon Lord. No wonder there are so many high-level demons here. Just the auras I sensed are no less than seven or eight, and with those hidden and those who haven’t arrived yet, there might be more than twenty..."
Zhang Xiaoman felt a bit uneasy. Even though he had reached the Middle Extraordinary Level, facing dozens of Lower Gods at the same time would be quite overwhelming.
Moreover, there was someone of the same level as himself here, and among the high-level demons arriving, there might also be some at the Middle Extraordinary Level, making it somewhat too difficult for him to snatch things from them.
Most importantly, Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t wait any longer. He had to act before that Annihilation Commander performed the ritual ceremony. Otherwise, once it was completed and the Demon Lord was summoned, the problem would not be whether he could snatch the items, but whether he could escape.
Although the Annihilation Commander’s ritual might not necessarily succeed, ultimately offering a Supreme Level treasure could simply be a wishful prayer. That Demon Lord might not even care about this Chaos Spirit Flower in his possession.
One must know that even Supreme Level treasures have their grades. The Chaos Spirit Flower, while precious, is not unique and could even be gathered through a Dream Master’s dream-entering, so for someone of the Demon Lord’s level, it might not be worth noticing.
But even if the Demon Lord might not care for the Chaos Spirit Flower and never wishes to appear, Zhang Xiaoman dared not gamble. He feared that if the counterpart really showed up, he might not have time to activate the teleport and could be trapped.
"It seems necessary for me to meet him now. If possible, it’s best to kill him in one blow and snatch the item."
Zhang Xiaoman decided not to delay any further. He had to act immediately; otherwise, even before the ritual, as the number of high-level demons arriving increased, he would have no chance of obtaining the Chaos Spirit Flower.
This time, he could only do his best. If he couldn’t seize it, he wouldn’t force it and would find other ways to acquire it in the future. In any case, he wasn’t worried about escaping. This group didn’t have the strength to keep him, and he had already set up a Star Alliance Marker outside this planet’s region for teleportation, ready to leave and continue on his journey.
The drinking banquet was held in the palace of the Annihilation Commander. Zhang Xiaoman found the destination with little effort. Compared to the barren elsewhere on this planet, this palace was slightly better.
The reason for saying it was slightly better was that the entire palace struck Zhang Xiaoman as crude and ugly. It paled in comparison to the Plague Temple he had seen in the Plague Relics, essentially a giant house made from a Blood Spirit Flower’s stem and root, crafted from the pustule plant’s hollow shell. Apart from its immense size, nearly ten thousand meters high, nothing about it resembled any architectural form.
On this, Zhang Xiaoman could understand.
After all, one couldn’t expect the Demon Clan to share the same aesthetics as humans. Perhaps such structures were the most luxurious and beautiful in their eyes, and being able to conduct their prayers and rituals in this palace was the utmost respect for the Demon Lord.
Standing before the towering ten-thousand-meter-high Blood Spirit Flower palace, Zhang Xiaoman chose not to strut straight up by flying but instead approached the entrance at the bottom to pass through the guards’ checkpoints for entry.
The reason for this approach was to avoid drawing early attention from the Annihilation Commander. Flying was forbidden for other Demon Clans here, and flying up directly would be tantamount to challenging this Great Lord. If detected, it would ruin his ambush plans.
Faced with such an opponent of the same level, Zhang Xiaoman knew that apart from launching a surprise attack, he practically had no other means for a quick resolution. If he were to end up in a deadlock, attracting the attention of other high-level demons would spell the end of his plan, as he wasn’t confident in defending against a Middle God while simultaneously dealing with a horde of Extraordinary Level attackers.