After Shelly had doubts in her heart, the divine avatar in the Tianji Mountains immediately relayed the news to Tia Nemo, the chief of the Vermilion Clan.
As for what the chiefs thought, that was not something she could influence.
However, Shelly didn't believe that the clan would give up refining the Soul Gold Beads for the sake of a mere seven-star demon.
At most, they wouldn't let Elder Roy know where the refining was taking place.
On this point, it was reasonable to assume that Elder Roy also knew.
After all, she had given him the Soul Gold Bead that had caused him to ascend to a higher god ahead of schedule.
Three days later, Roy and Shelly arrived at the Demon Hall once again. After being taken upstairs by the attendant, they saw the demons who had taken on this mission.
"Is everyone here?"
"Yes, sir, everyone is here."
The attendant bowed to Roy and respectfully replied.
Roy looked at the seventeen people in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, I will lead this mission. Any objections?"
"No."
The group of demons shook their heads in unison.
This was the renowned "Stellar Demon", after all. Becoming a Stellar Demon who ascended to the higher god tier was the bare minimum of a six-star demon.
Their strength was enough to rival that of the city lord of the central city.
With a Stellar Demon leading the team, their safety was guaranteed.
Who would be foolish enough to object?
"Since that's the case, then let's set off."
After leaving Nichols City, Shelly took out a metal life form. Under Roy's leadership, the group of more than ten people boarded the metal life form.
"Let a few three-star demons take turns inputting divine power to control the metal life form on our way to the Gers Tribe."
"Yes, Lord Stellar."
Five higher gods stepped forward and took over control of the metal life form from Shelly's hands, inputting divine power into it.
"Swoosh..."
The metal life form turned into a black light and flew towards the Gers Tribe.
More than ten years later, Roy and his team had arrived above the Gers Tribe.
With a sweep of his divine sense, Roy detected the presence of the Gers Tribe.
Among them, there were five higher gods, thirteen middle gods, and over two hundred lower gods. It was not inferior to the Three Heavens City from over ten thousand years ago.
Without Roy speaking, the demons had already spontaneously gathered on the deck of the metal airship.
Seeing this, Roy nodded slightly.
"Alright, we have reached our destination. Now, I'll assign the tasks."
"Two of you five-star demons will be responsible for capturing the Gers Tribe's chieftain."
"Yes."
"The ten four-star demons will be responsible for subduing the surrounding chieftains who came to support the Gers Tribe."
"The remaining five three-star demons will each lie in ambush around the Gers Tribe and not let any evildoers escape."
"Understood!"
"Rest assured, go all out. If there is any danger, I will take action."
"Thank you, Lord Stellar."
After Roy said these words, the demons were overjoyed.
Although they didn't know how likely it was, at the very least, it was a guarantee. When they were in mortal danger, they could seek help from Lord Stellar.
Compared to other powerful demons, Stellar Demons were much more humanized.
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh..."
After thanking Roy, these people jumped down from the metal life form.
Except for the five three-star demons, who flew towards the Gers Tribe in a pentagonal formation, the other twelve demons charged directly towards the highest palace of the Gers Tribe.
As supreme-level powerhouses, their divine senses could also scan the situation below.
Of course, they could sense the supreme-level powerhouses of the Gers Tribe, and the people from the Gers Tribe could also sense them.
In the next moment, eighteen figures flew out from the palace and headed towards the demons.
"Boom!"
"Boom boom boom boom!"
For a moment, the seven types of light, representing earth, wind, water, fire, light, darkness, and thunder, burst forth.
In just an instant, out of the eighteen figures that flew up, three of them fell.
The chiefs of the smaller tribes were too weak in the face of the demons.
The chiefs who left the Gers Tribe could barely hold on for a few seconds against the two five-star demons, while the other demons killed their opponents in just two or three moves.
After the chiefs of the tribes died, the middle-level and lower-level gods in the tribes could not escape the pursuit of the demons either.
In less than ten minutes, all the supreme-level powerhouses in the Gers Tribe perished.
"Lord Star."
After killing these supreme-level powerhouses, the demons all returned to the metallic life form.
"Yes."
After nodding at these people, Roy's divine sense moved, and the storage rings in the hands of these deceased supreme-level powerhouses floated in front of Roy.
After identifying them one by one, Roy sighed when he looked at the contents.
Then, he released the ownership of these space rings and threw them to the demons who completed the mission.
"Alright, whoever kills someone gets their ring's contents, consider them your spoils of war."
"Thank you, Lord Star."
"No need, it's what you deserve."
"And then, leave a few of you behind for some time to protect the people here, or directly send them to other tribes to ensure their safety."
"Afterward, you can return to the Demon Castle to collect your mission rewards."
"Yes, Lord Star."
After these demons left the metallic life form, Sheryl inputted divine power into the metallic life form and flew towards the Tianji Mountains.
"Ah…"
On the metallic life form, Roy sighed as he looked at the scenery rapidly passing by.
Seeing Roy like this, Sheryl couldn't help but ask, "Elder Roy, isn't the mission already completed? Why are you sighing?"
"Sheryl, do you really think the mission is completed?"
"Isn't it? The chiefs of the Gers Tribe and those who came to assist from other tribes were all killed, right?"
"You think too simply."
After hearing Sheryl's words, Roy shook his head and smiled, "Sheryl, a supreme-level powerhouse specializing in the soul can refine the souls of mortals into Soul Gold Beads to enhance their own souls."
"At first, I thought the people of the Gers Tribe were also specialized in this field."
"But, I have seen the space rings dropped by the people from the Gers Tribe after their deaths. There were no Soul Gold Beads, Soul Gold Grains, or even Soul Essences."
"From this, it can be seen that it is true that someone has used a large number of mortal souls to refine Soul Gold Beads, and someone has exposed this. However, it wasn't done by a supreme-level powerhouse."
"Instead, it was done by a powerful force, possibly one or several families in the Nichols City."
"After the exposure of the Gers Tribe, they abandoned this place. These gods stationed in the Gers Tribe were just discarded pawns thrown out by them."
"Believe it or not, there are definitely other tribes around here where they harvest souls."