Liang Zhaohuang and the others rushed over and struck together. Combined with the counterattack from within the Cloud Ship and Flying Boats, they briefly blasted open the defenses of several Demon Kings, slaughtering and injuring some among the pursuing Demon Country Demon Race forces.
However, the pursuing Demon Country Demon Race was simply too strong. Setting aside everything else, the Black Banyan King and Golden-Crowned Eagle King, both late-stage Demon Kings, were opponents no one on the Immortal Dynasty's side could withstand.
In just this brief span, Jiang Mao's battle with the Golden-Crowned Eagle King had already fallen completely into the disadvantage, even reaching a perilous point.
Liang Zhaohuang, Yang Xiue, and the others had no choice but to attack one after another, assisting Jiang Mao from the side. Only then did they rescue him from the Golden-Crowned Eagle King's suppression and killing assault.
Afterward, they boarded the Cloud Ship and, coordinating with it and the combat strength of the surrounding Flying Boat formations, held back the pursuit of the Demon Kings and the Demon Country Demon Race forces.
They fought as they retreated.
At last, with the Nascent Soul and fourth-order combat strength of Liang Zhaohuang's group added in, they still were no match for the Demon Country's Demon Kings and Demon Race forces, but they were enough to ease the situation and protect the Cloud Ship and the surrounding Flying Boat formations.
This made it difficult for the Demon Country's Demon Kings and Demon Race forces to inflict any further major damage or casualties upon the Cloud Ship and the surrounding Flying Boat formations.
Thus, they fought and retreated for another ten thousand li. Though Liang Zhaohuang and the others had joined them along the way, three more Flying Boats were still shot down, with over a thousand