Now, it was no longer merely a Buddhist debate between Shi Fan and Monk Mingquan. Through the battle below, they had begun broadly verifying each other's cultivation.
Without realizing it, both sides had once again turned their attention to the battle below and the discussion at hand.
They did not even notice when several Earth Immortals and more than a hundred Human Immortals appeared beside the Emperor.
Of course, even though Ling Qing had thrown himself wholeheartedly into the discussion of the Dao, one of his avatars was still watching the other directions.
Seeing warriors, swordsmen, onmyoji, monks, and shrine priests among this group, he knew they must have been sent from Heian-kyo to protect the Emperor.
And by comparing this with the situation on Wondrous Form's side, he knew that the three swordsmen wearing haori and carrying blades at their waists ought to be three captains of the Divine Court Thirteen Squads.
BOOM!!!
With a thunderous explosion, even those in the dueling grounds could feel the ground tremble.
Everyone's attention was drawn over, and they saw the barrier laid down by the onmyoji in the direction of Gojo Avenue shattered by the three great demons.
Countless aberrant insects, wild beasts, and demons began to run rampant.
The three great demons, meanwhile, broke straight through the Divine Court Thirteen Squads, the Onmyo Bureau, and the warriors' attempts to stop them, charging once more toward Heian Palace.
Imperial Guard General Uesugi Keikū and Divine Court Thirteen Squads Commander-in-Chief Ito Katsunobu were simply no match for Wondrous Form and Ferdinand.
Though Abe Seimei was powerful, he had been entangled by the Lord of Insects' boundless cloud of insects.
An onmyoji's strength lay in their shikigami.
Without shikigami, no matter how high an onmyoji's realm was, unless they had refined themselves into a