The power of the fallen cultivator's self-destruction was jointly suppressed by the three True Venerables, but it still damaged quite a few Formation Wheels. Even if Cao Yi had three heads and six arms, he could not possibly finish repairing them at once.
Yunxi's involvement merely lightened his burden and sped up the repairs, but they still needed time.
True Venerable Haoran said coldly:
"Everyone, before the array is repaired, do everything we can to hold back the Evil God's body."
"Alright."
Feng Ling and True Venerable Yutang readily agreed. The three of them working together did manage to hold back the Evil God's body, yet their attacks on that left leg only thinned the Evil Qi clinging to it. They could not harm the Evil God's body in the slightest, leaving all three True Venerables thoroughly frustrated.
Hu Ben, Yuling, and Ruofeng had already withdrawn from the Cloud Sea. With three True Venerables present, they had no chance to make a move. Moreover, they did not know how to repair arrays, so they could only watch from a safe distance, ready to act at any moment.
A short while later, the high-ranking cultivators stationed by the various sects in Li Ze City all arrived. When some array masters saw Cao Yi of the Haoran Sect repairing the array, they immediately leaped in to join the repairs.
The remaining cultivators formed groups of three, assembling attack formations before slowly closing in and sealing off every possible route of escape.
But clearly, the Evil God's body was unwilling to be suppressed again. It neither dodged nor evaded the attacks, instead charging headlong into True Venerable Yutang's strike and rushing before a Void Refining stage cultivator. Then, it brutally replaced the cultivator's left leg and controlled him into launching frenzied attacks on