The arrival of Xia Wu and Ying Pei, along with the demon dragons and ferocious beasts, immediately gave Shangguan Qiong and Hu Zhengfeng a glimmer of hope. Several Bagua Realm cultivators also recovered some of their vigor, abandoning their dispirited flight and beginning to strike back!
"Xijun, protect Big Brother. I'm going to summon the Demon-Suppressing Stone." The only thing that could threaten those Seven-Star Realm and Bagua Realm cultivators was Qiuniu within the Demon-Suppressing Stone. I immediately set up the Phoenix Goldstone Qi-Gathering Banner and began drawing in immortal energy.
Xia Wu and Ying Pei swept through the enemy like autumn wind scattering fallen leaves. Both of them were at the peak of the Bagua Realm. After all, the Nine-Yang Realm was not so easy to recover from; under circumstances where they were both expending energy and fighting a great battle, simply maintaining the Bagua Realm was already quite impressive.
The battlefield had been a one-sided slaughter, but now the Beyond the Mountains and the demon cultivators finally managed to put up sporadic resistance. However, the opposing four top immortal sects still had a full eight Bagua Realm cultivators.
That was even after one Bagua Realm cultivator, Xu Chenfeng, had fallen a realm, while another, Li Huawen, had died when Ao Fengchi self-detonated. Otherwise, there would have been no way to continue the fight.
Beyond the Mountains had Shangguan Qiong, Duan Feiyi, and Li Xiuzhi, while the Demon Immortal Sect had Hu Zhengfeng. There was also a demon cultivator named Ban Xi who had joined the battlefield at some point. Thus, the two immortal sects now had five Bagua Realm cultivators. With Xia Wu, Ying Pei, and Big Black Beast added in, they had eight in total, temporarily holding back the enemy's assault.
Yet right in the midst of