The sounds of slaughter shook the heavens. The immortal army and a force of demons were locked in battle, neither side able to gain the upper hand for the moment. A large number of scorpion demons were among those demonic beasts.
The Heaven-Through Devil Lord waved his Thousand-Eyed Devil Banner, and sheets of devil clouds churned forth. Within those clouds, demonic eyes flickered one after another. The immortal soldiers who saw this could not help feeling dizzy and light-headed. Devil blades took the opportunity to slash over, and the immortal soldiers whose divine senses were still reeling and had yet to fully recover were cut in two one after another.
The scorpion demon army before them was not especially large, numbering only a little over ten thousand. Yet under the Heaven-Through Devil Lord's leadership, it had held off more than three times its number in elite immortal troops. From the generals down to the rank-and-file soldiers, both sides slaughtered one another back and forth. Every moment, a devil scorpion or an immortal soldier fell on the spot.
Lu Xiaotian had originally been heading for Starfall Pool, with Yun Chongshu and the other three beside him. On the way there, however, he happened to overhear two Profound Immortals quietly discussing the fighting at the front. Their conversation included an encirclement of a scorpion demon army.
Judging from the commander of the scorpion demon army described by the two Profound Immortal experts, Lu Xiaotian roughly inferred that it was most likely the Heaven-Through Devil Lord. From the contents of their conversation, the other side intended to muster two or three immortal armies to annihilate this elite scorpion demon force.
To Lu Xiaotian, arriving at Starfall Pool a little sooner or later made little difference. In any case, the cloudsand puppet army was