As the ground shook violently, the battle intent rising from the souls of tens of thousands of dead cultivators suddenly gathered above the six of them into the shape of a gigantic hawk.
Only when that hawk of battle intent appeared did Cloud Crane True Lord and the others finally see the tens of thousands of spectral souls already gathered around them.
After only a moment of surprise, they guessed who those souls were-
"The tens of thousands of cultivators who died here because of the Myriad Gods Formation."
At that thought, all their hearts sank.
But soon, the gigantic hawk's piercing screech overhead jolted them out of their swirling emotions.
Then they saw Xu Taiping draw his blade and charge toward the Demonic Beast Military Formation ahead, holding aloft the long blade with its Jade Bone Grass tassel.
At the same time, Xu Taiping's voice thundered from the very front of the military formation-
"Seniors, charge into the formation with me!"
The instant his words fell, the tens of thousands of spectral souls charged out behind him.
At the same time, the Jade Bone Grass tassel on Xu Taiping's Water-Cutting Blade dissolved into streams of light that drifted beside every spectral soul.
For a moment, everyone, including Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, cast aside all other considerations and charged with Xu Taiping toward the demonic army's military formation.
"Bang!"
A tremendous crash rang out.
The gigantic hawk formed from their military formation's battle intent slammed into the Flood Dragon formed from the demonic army's battle intent.
The Flood Dragon sank his teeth into the hawk's wing, while the hawk's sharp talons pierced his neck.
In terms of battle intent,
Xu Taiping's side and the demonic army were evenly matched.
In fact, with the Bodhi Mirror Lamp present, Xu Taiping's side even