"Yes!"
Behind the Divine Ruins Great Demon, five terrifying waves of demonic might swept across the sky, striking the righteous barrier from five different directions at once.
The Vast Righteous Heavenly Gang Formation, which had barely stabilized, instantly came under twice the pressure.
Crack, crack, crack—!
Sharp, piercing cracks suddenly rang out. Fractures spread at terrifying speed, and demonic energy poured wildly through the gaps.
"We can't hold much longer!"
An elderly Confucian scholar turned deathly pale, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
The combined strength of thirty-six Origin Awakening Confucian scholars could barely contend with a single Divine Ruins Great Demon. Now, with five more Great Demons of the same level surrounding them, their resistance had reached its limit.
Righteous Dao resonance churned high above, and demonic energy surged to the heavens. The entire Righteousness Heavenly Array teetered on the brink of collapse.
Before the formation, killing intent surged in the Divine Ruins Great Demon's eyes. "Enough dawdling. I've had my fun!"
He raised his enormous, demon-scaled fist high, then smashed it down.
Boom—!
An earth-shattering roar resounded through heaven and earth. The righteous barrier, already riddled with cracks, could no longer hold and shattered completely.
Whoosh—!
A terrifying shockwave swept across the battlefield.
Splurt—splurt—splurt—!
All thirty-six Confucian scholars coughed up blood and were sent flying backward, staggering through the air in utter disarray.
Without the formation's protection, the thirty-six scholars were trapped in a desperate situation.
"Die!"
The Divine Ruins Great Demon stepped forward, preparing to slaughter every cultivator of the Confucian Sect in one stroke.
But at that very instant between life and death!
A golden lightning formation erupted from within the Mandate Platform below.
"Mandate Divine Thunder, suppress the world!"
Zhi Ming's eyes sharpened. He stopped watching from the sidelines, formed a seal with