The combined strength of Old Man Cangxu, Shang Heyang, and Green-Robed Ancestor—the latter two possessing immortal bodies—still exceeded that of Shibi Old Man and Fire-Spirit Divine Lord, though not by much. The two brothers could hold them off for the time being. They could even coordinate to draw Old Man Cangxu elsewhere, preventing their battle from harming the innocents below.
With their help, Shi Feiyang could finally free his hands and devote all his strength to dealing with Chiyou.
He flew straight out of the Primordial Yang Palace and into the sky. Everywhere among the mountains and across the land below, humans, immortals, Monsters, and devils were fighting and unleashing their arts.
The Rong Tribe Giants under Chiyou could handle ordinary mortals, tearing down walls and breaking into cities, with some standing taller than the city walls themselves. Against sword immortals, however, they fell somewhat short. Still, the Rong Tribes had sorcerers of varying abilities who knew spells, and they fought on fairly even terms with the Ming Dynasty's civil officials and military officers, who wielded flying swords and thunder techniques.
The main problem was the sheer number of demon beasts on Chiyou's side: wolf Monsters that could surge up and transform in packs, winged tiger Monsters, rat Monsters that could burrow through the earth, hedgehogs that had cultivated flying quills, ox Monsters that could swim and control water, three-headed pheasant spirits, fire-swallowing spotted viper spirits, ghost-faced black mastiff spirits, ice-spike polar bear spirits, eight-pronged spotted deer spirits, golden-eyed, grinning roe deer spirits...
Densely packed Monsters stretched from the Heavenly Mountain–Yinshan line along the Great Wall to the Bohai Sea, joining forces with the Monsters in the waters of Bohai Bay.
There were simply far too many!
The sword immortals included supreme experts such as Yixiu, Fairy Han, and Ling