The four of them thought swiftly. After a brief discussion settled matters, they immediately began to act.
First, all the monks they had brought and the locally requisitioned cultivators were ordered to remain where they were and maintain the entire grand formation. That only required issuing commands. Li Qi was responsible for informing the local plane controllers, while Shariputra notified the monks who had followed him here.
With the orders issued, what came next was the business of the four fourth-ranks.
Still, something about this was rather suspicious.
More than a century had passed, and in the end, it was Maudgalyayana who discovered the demonic path's arrangements through the Heavenly Eye and Heavenly Ear.
All four of them knew that the demonic path could not possibly be so simple.
However... since this was the world, four fourth-ranks joining hands to break it would surely encounter no mishap—unless the enemy could shatter the world's suppression. But that would require a first-rank to act.
If a first-rank acted, then this matter would become enormous. Li Qi and the others would have even less reason to worry; the shaman gods and Buddhas would handle it.
After considering every angle, they found no major issue. The four immediately set out, each dealing with their own situation.
Li Qi was responsible for the Five Aggregates Demon, Shariputra for the Heavenly Demon, Maudgalyayana for the Affliction Demon, and Jing Wuzhen for the Death Demon.
Almost simultaneously, they arrived at the concealed nodes and began using their own power to destroy the demonic path's arrangements!
First was Shariputra.
Tall and thin, Shariputra wore ordinary cloth garments, with no Dharma treasure upon him.
There was no need for one.
As Shariputra stepped inside, Black Mist surged in from all directions, instantly severing this place from the real world.