A fiend with a beast's head and a human body, clad in red scales, with fire snakes threaded through its ears and fire dragons beneath its feet, was the first to swoop down beside the forest Nie Caizhu had summoned through the Jade-Purity Vase. It reached out with two blazing hands.
Two towering streaks of crimson flame flashed, and with a ripping hiss, the green forest was torn in half, exposing Nie Caizhu.
Surrounded by the twelve fiends with nowhere to retreat, Nie Caizhu's face turned deathly pale.
"Excellent! The Twelve Ancestral Witches truly live up to their reputation as mighty beings of antiquity!" Demon Wind rejoiced at the sight and was about to command the twelve fiends to seize Nie Caizhu.
But just then, a white blur flashed beside the twelve black flags in midair. Shen Luo appeared out of nowhere and raised both hands.
A white ring shot out like lightning, instantly expanding more than a hundredfold and encircling all twelve black flags.
"Collect!" Shen Luo formed a hand seal and beckoned, drawing a strange capturing force from within the ring.
The twelve great flags, which had been humming as they operated, could offer no resistance. They rapidly shrank and sank into the white ring, becoming twelve small black flags about a foot tall that fell into his hand.
The Diamond Ring could collect any treasure. The twelve Heavenly Fiends Divine Baleful Flags were magic treasures too, so naturally, they could not escape its capturing power.
In the distance, all twelve fiends charging toward Nie Caizhu suddenly froze, their bodies utterly motionless, as though they had become fools. The rapidly contracting black magic formation around them also stopped where it was, ceasing to operate.
Delighted, Nie Caizhu hurriedly flew out through a gap between the twelve fiends and