With Ma Biao, the foremost Demon Cultivator in the Stone Mountain Secret Realm and an overlord of the half-step core realm, dead and utterly destroyed, the most heavily defended and powerful stronghold-the No. 1 Demon Cultivator Core Stronghold-had lost its backbone.
As the saying went, when the tree fell, the monkeys scattered. With no leader left among the demons and their cause collapsing, the surviving Demon Cult Martial Artists throughout the stronghold lost the last of their resolve to resist and their courage to fight to the death.
The Demon Cultivators who had still been making a stubborn last stand, barely holding their own, no longer had any will to fight. Panic seized them all, stripping away their composure. They no longer cared about the Demon Cult's rules. Only one thought remained in their minds-run!
Many low-ranking Demon Cultivators scattered like birds startled by a bowstring, abandoning their weapons and breaking formation as they scrambled madly toward exits on every side of the stronghold. They wanted only to escape this blood-soaked deathtrap and cling to life for another moment, utterly bereft of their former savage arrogance.
As for the thirteen true qi realm Demon Cult Agents who had been held in check by the three Heavenly Prodigies while desperately trying to break out, their chances of escape now became nothing but empty dreams. Fierce, cunning, and seasoned in battle though they were, every attempt failed.
For one thing, Li Tai, Jiang Yun, and Lü Chongrui were all top Heavenly Prodigies with extraordinary combat strength. Although none could individually match a half-step core realm fighter, they were more than capable of suppressing these ordinary true qi realm Demon Cultivators.
Moving nimbly, the three watched every escape route across the battlefield and sealed them off layer by layer, trapping all the true