Venerable Bone Nether's panicked retreat was like toppling the first domino. Already demoralized by Han Li's sudden appearance and awe-inspiring might, the allied demonic army lost all cohesion and will to fight when their commander fled and their supreme treasure was damaged.
"The sect master has fled!"
"Even the Grand Elder was defeated! Run!"
Terrified cries spread through the demonic army like a plague. The Demon Cultivators who had fearlessly hurled themselves against the Star Magnetic Sky Canopy now scrambled to flee, trampling one another as their formations collapsed. Seeing the tide turn, Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators such as Fairy Lianhua of the Joyful Union Sect and Yan Luo of the Demonflame Sect lost all desire to fight. They drove back their opponents with feints, then transformed into streaks of light and fled in different directions with their core disciples.
"Root out evil to the last! Kill!" Elder Shaking Light forcibly suppressed his injuries, his beard and hair bristling with fury. He swung the Seven-Star Demon-Slaying Sword, unleashing fierce sword qi like the Milky Way surging backward at a group of Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators who had been slowest to flee. Ghastly wails erupted as dozens of Demon Cultivators turned to ash.
"After them! Don't let those demonic scoundrels escape so easily!" Nangong Wan cried sharply. The Moonlight Mirror blazed, sending Moon Blades into the fleeing demonic ranks like a swarm of locusts. With the pressure lifted and their spirits soaring, righteous Nascent Soul cultivators such as Lu Yun, Zhou Tong, Wu Jiuzhi, Tu Xiaoyi, Black Bear, Bamboo Viper, and Shi Mang led their followers in pursuit, beating the drowning dogs without mercy.
For a time, battle cries shook the heavens for a hundred li around Star-Magnetic Peak. Their morale soaring like a rainbow, the righteous cultivators pursued their routed