The Three Immortals and Two Elders had clearly divided their duties. The Three Immortals protected Emei Mountain with a net of swords and fought Divine Lord Giant Wood head-on, while the Two Elders concealed themselves with Formless Immortal Escape, circling behind him to attack from the flanks.
Divine Lord Giant Wood had long since seen through their concealment. He sent a youthful avatar against Bai Guyi and an elderly avatar against Zhu Mei.
All three of his avatars were formidable. Even in single combat, they could keep the Two Elders pinned down.
The Emei Sect had steadied its position for the moment, but the Demon Cult forces still watched hungrily from afar. Once they swarmed in, the Emei Sect would inevitably suffer a crushing defeat.
In fact, the demon heads beside Star Lodge Sea were already stirring.
Back when Deng Yin had flooded Mount Tai with blood, Divine Lord Giant Wood had used Immortal Arts specifically designed to counter him, drawing two-thirds of the Blood Lake into azure florescent divine wood and capturing two hundred thousand of his Blood Gods, imprisoning them all within the wood.
Had Taiyi Heavenly Venerable Who Rescues the Suffering come in person, he could still have saved these Blood Gods and restored their human bodies. Divine Lord Giant Wood lacked such great divine powers, however, and could not destroy them completely either. He could only suppress them temporarily or send them to the World of Everlasting Joy for his father to deal with.
Divine Lord Giant Wood had chosen to keep them in his own hands as a bargaining chip to keep Deng Yin tethered and control the demonic path. Bringing them out today was likewise meant to lure those demonic practitioners over.
The lengths of azure florescent divine wood shattered one after another, releasing