Yu Ci's brow twitched. Ghost Loathing had been prepared for this; relying purely on speed, he barely skimmed past the sphere of phantasmal shadow and dodged aside. As Yu Ci's avatar, he fully shared Yu Ci's understanding of the Heaven and Earth Law System, and naturally knew how to form an all-round suppression and overpower his foe.
No longer resorting to any tricks, he moved like a ghost, shifting form and changing position. With speed and rhythm alone, he confused his opponent's senses and achieved what Illusionary Arts had failed to do. Soundlessly, he branded his palm onto the opponent's back. Five Injuries Qi erupted, battering the Heavenly Demon Kin until it was riddled with every affliction, then sword intent pierced through it and took its life in an instant.
Having succeeded with one strike, Ghost Loathing did not pause, but charged back into the Heavenly Demon army.
Beyond where the Heavenly Demons gathered, waves split and surged. Most Heavenly Demons were mindless, at the level of Gathering Yin Sha, separated from Ghost Loathing by an insurmountable gulf in cultivation. Under normal circumstances, this should have been when the Heavenly Demon Delusion Realm linked up and activated. Yet this time, no matter how bedraggled the Heavenly Demons became, the Heavenly Demon Delusion Realm never truly took shape, nor did they employ any means to beguile the heart.
Without that move, the Heavenly Demon formation was no longer a formation, and its killing power naturally plummeted. Only the Kin and the Outer Dao could step forward. Seeing the Heavenly Demon formation shift at this moment, Ghost Loathing knew when to quit while ahead and retreated at once.
Having just suffered a major loss, those Kin and Outer Dao were unwilling to come out behind as well. The rest could be ignored,