Within the imperial city.
"[Lord Ketu], [Child of the Stars]... All the demons of the [Starry Sky Lineage] have gone berserk. Are they determined to fight the imperial family to the death?"
Great Sage Zhou Yi threw back his head and laughed. "Come! Even if [Eternal Night Star] descends, this old man has nothing to fear!"
In truth, the Starry Sky Lineage was the most miserable lineage oppressed by the Daoist sects.
Its Great Fiend-level demons had their true bodies sealed within the stars, hanging high above the Nine Heavens. Their vital energies had generally suffered tremendous damage.
The more miserable ones, such as the [Child of the Stars], had even been dismembered. Even after gathering their projected power anew, their strength was certainly inferior to that of their true bodies.
In theory, the opponent Zhong Shenxiu had found was a weakling among Great Fiends, the weakest of the lot.
[Lord Ketu], on the other hand, was somewhat better off. By using the guards of the Ketu Star's fate as vessels, he could already display the normal strength of a Great Fiend.
Of the imperial family's three Great Sages, one had gone out on patrol, one had fallen with the Yellow Dragon, and only Zhou Yi was holding down the imperial city.
But Zhou Yi within the imperial city reckoned that he could withstand an enemy of this level for a while—even if the two joined forces!
And after that brief while, no matter how slowly the Daoist sect's reinforcements moved, they should have arrived.
"Daoist Arts follow nature!"
Great Sage Zhou Yi struck out another talisman, and the earth trembled.
From the ground, twisted vines drilled out one after another, bearing humanoid fruits and flowers shaped like human faces.
The stones split open, and clusters of pitch-black flowers grew