Meanwhile, on the battlefield where the Heavenly Court's Sixth Route Army was stationed.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
Nine Li kept spinning through the air to evade his pursuer, but Bali of Free Heaven stayed hot on his heels, attacking relentlessly. Streak after streak of blood-red divine light whistled out, each narrowly missing Nine Li and erupting with a deafening explosion.
Below, Chi You and Guang Chengzi, supported by Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and the others, had also engaged Mahabrahma and the other two demon kings. With the strength Chi You had once possessed, he would not have needed allies-he alone could have knocked every demon king of the Asura Religion flat. Unfortunately, after the Battle of Zhuolu, Houtu had reclaimed the Ancestral Witch essence blood from him. Although he had now cultivated his way back to the Great Shaman realm, his cultivation was only at Great Luo. He could barely hold his own against one demon king; to fight three, he needed help from his companions.
"Kill!" After more than forty exchanges, Chi You suddenly seized an opening. His gaze turned cold, and with a thunderous shout, he slashed fiercely at Shiva.
"Boom!" A domineering streak of pitch-black saber light hurtled straight at Shiva. He had been about to turn and knock away Sun Wukong, who was sneaking up behind him, but the sight of Chi You's saber light sent a flash of alarm through him. He quickly made his choice, raising both hands and drawing on the blood energy throughout his body to form a shield. Bang! By the narrowest margin, he managed to block Chi You's strike.
The pitch-black saber light scattered into flecks of light across the shield's surface, but...
"Bang!" Having used all his strength to block Chi You's attack, he had no time to fend off