The immortals of the Heavenly Court answered in unison, their voices shaking the nine heavens. Countless streaks of light descended from above, charging toward the demon soldiers.
The eight Demon Sages took up positions in all directions, surrounding Citie completely.
Citie swept his gaze around. When he saw Nine Infants and the other two standing opposite him, his face instantly darkened:
"Nine Infants! Qin Yuan! Fei Dan! The three of you actually dared to betray the Demon Court!"
Nine Infants' nine heads swayed at once, each wearing a disdainful expression:
"That brat Taiyi has a chaotic Dao heart and no sense of the bigger picture as a Demon Emperor. He mistreats his subordinates and is muddleheaded and incompetent. How is someone like him worthy of leading us?"
"Citie, for the sake of our past fellowship in the Demon Court, let me advise you: the Heavenly Court's fate is boundless, and it has a master as brilliant and farsighted as His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor. Why not surrender early? Why be buried alongside that foolish Demon Emperor Taiyi?"
Citie snorted out a puff of white mist, his eyes bloodshot. He did not answer, merely tightened his grip on his weapon and roared as he hacked directly at Nine Infants!
"Ungrateful fool!" Nine Infants snorted coldly and formed a hand seal as he met Citie head-on.
Seeing this, the other seven Demon Sages stopped wasting words and attacked together.
Though Citie was valiant, facing the combined assault of eight Demon Sages of equal rank, he soon suffered countless wounds. Scarlet blood soaked through his battle armor, and his body began to sway unsteadily.
Another heavy blow sent Citie's weapon flying from his hand, and his entire body toppled backward.
Just then, a hand suddenly reached out from behind him and firmly caught