Ling Tian and the others forced their target to give up attacking with Daoist arts and switch to close-quarters combat. That was exactly what they wanted to see. Both Ling Tian and Shen Wei were exceptionally skilled at fighting at close range. Though their cultivation realms were far lower, it was still no great problem for each of them to unleash a full-power attack once, then let the others take turns. This was clear from how Shen Wei and the others took turns attacking, gradually going from being on the back foot to fighting evenly, and then even gaining a faint advantage.
It made sense. Shen Wei and Shen Yi had both broken through to the late stage of the Twenty-eighth Heaven of Near-Saint, putting them not far below their target. With their formidable Natal Dan Artifacts, they could meet him head-on without much trouble, allowing them to make full use of their numerical advantage.
After Shen Jie, Shen Yi also joined the fight. His Natal Dan Artifact wasn't a heavy, forceful weapon but merely a Long Sword. He didn't clash head-on with their target, instead using the entangling technique of the sword to tie him up. Thanks to the sword's flexibility and Shen Yi's occasional transformation into lightning, he was able to keep their target occupied. At the very least, the man couldn't break free in the short term. After learning that the Divine Emperor had visited Sacred Heart Sect, Shen Wei and the others had no more reservations about practicing the various secret techniques of Thunder Strike Sect. They had especially focused on them while being pursued by cultivators of the Twenty-ninth Heaven of Near-Saint. By now, they had attained quite a mastery of techniques such as transforming into lightning, and using them against their target couldn't have