The battle did not last long. Once Ling Qing deployed the grand array and swept it forward, already commanding a grand array of his own and bolstered by the Nine Heavens Demon-Quelling Grand Array, he easily crushed the other side.
However, Sin Demon's avatar had long since seen the danger and fled.
Ling Qing did not pursue him. He merely separated and detained the captured demons, then sent them to Wudang Mountain for suppression.
The Six Heavenly Demon Kings were all old, crafty foxes. Whenever something happened, they could always push their own role to the utmost, then pull away at the very instant before they themselves became ensnared.
At first, they did not understand Ling Qing's strength. Thinking he had cultivated for only a short time and lacked experience, they had hoped to capture him.
But once they entertained such thoughts and were trapped by Ling Qing, even if they came to their senses, they had no chance of escaping.
Once or twice, they could accept it despite their resentment. But after the same thing happened three or four times, how could they not become cautious?
Ling Qing had no solution either—or rather, the Eight Immortals had no particularly good solution.
The Six Heavenly Demon Kings were far too cunning. The moment they saw that things could not be done, they would simply let go and leave.
Even if you specifically went to block them, you could not succeed every time.
They might even turn around and ambush you instead.
Ling Qing had fallen into such an ambush once, but he was like a turtle crossed with a hedgehog.
He had countless defensive treasures, and with the grand array empowering him, he simply could not be shaken in a short time.
The Immortal-Ending Sword in his hand was the