The five wore grim expressions, each holding one side of the line, giving the Evil Souls no chance to draw near. Tyrannical Thunder Spiritual Power, scorching fire spiritual power, resilient water spiritual power, and dense dark spiritual power intertwined, ruthlessly shredding the approaching Evil Souls and the Evil Qi that attacked them without cease.
The five battled these Nascent Soul Realm Evil Souls for over an hour. Only after Illusory Butterfly shattered the final Evil Soul with her round fan did the battle finally end, restoring clarity and silence to the great hall.
Yunxi swept the area with her divine sense. After confirming that no fish had slipped through the net, she said to the other four:
"Let's return to the defense shield first."
The five then flashed back into the defense shield. A battle of this level was within their limits, but they were in the Sealed Land of the Evil Souls, surrounded by nothing but Evil Qi. Even during battle, they could not replenish their spiritual power from their surroundings and could only rely on pills or spirit stones.
And in such a terrible environment, they all understood clearly that they could not squeeze out the last thread of spiritual power within them. Without enough strength to maintain their protective energy shields, Evil Qi would invade their bodies at once, leaving them only a dead end.
The cultivators injured earlier had returned to the Hong Energy Shield because their protective energy shields had been broken. The first thing they did upon returning was ask their companions to expel the Evil Qi that had seeped into their bodies. Otherwise, the Evil Qi would corrode and destroy every one of their Meridians.
Fortunately, all five of them were formidable cultivators, and none had fallen into such a situation. After returning