The three Demon Kings struck together. The White Kui Demon King seized the initiative with thunderous sound; the Black Tortoise Demon King divided the void and laid down a domain; finally, White Azure Dragon unleashed the Divine Firmament Celestial Pivot Flying Thunder Spear in an all-out blow.
The three Demon Kings had never joined forces before, yet their powerful pure-yang divine senses as seventh-rank experts linked them together, allowing them to cooperate with considerable tacit understanding.
In particular, the void domain laid down by the Black Tortoise Demon King sliced through space with transformations of yin and yang, layers upon layers of domain barriers spreading everywhere and trapping Shui Mingxia within.
Had it been somewhere else—above the East Sea, for example, where heaven and earth stretched boundlessly wide—Shui Mingxia could naturally have withdrawn with the momentum instead of clashing head-on with them.
But behind her lay the Nine Poisons Earthfire, while rock walls and strata hemmed in her surroundings. Within them were also the Grotto-Heaven restrictions of the Jade Firmament Blessed Land, utterly impossible to penetrate.
Within this sealed region of void, the sword cultivator's advantage of Body-Sword Unity, coming and going swift as lightning, was severely restricted. That was why she had so easily been trapped by the Black Tortoise Demon King's God-Extinguishing Yin-Yang Claw.
By the time White Azure Dragon's Divine Firmament Celestial Pivot Flying Thunder Spear flashed toward her, Shui Mingxia had nowhere left to retreat.
Shui Mingxia had received neither a divine-sense transmission from Gao Xian nor any other hint from him. This teacher of hers was like her invisible shadow, with no intention whatsoever of interfering in her battle.
Still, knowing her teacher was always nearby gave Shui Mingxia a few more measures of confidence.
In truth, she was somewhat puzzled. Her opponents were the