With the deaths of the four Demon Children, the Water-Wood Prison high in the sky dissolved as well.
True Man Huolong and Yuchi Lian hurried forward and gently steadied the swaying Yang Lingshu.
After such an unbroken stretch of intense fighting, even someone with a foundation as solid as his had inevitably exhausted himself.
Fortunately, the fruits of this battle were considerable.
Yang Lingshu did not yet know how many Demon Children the Demonic Path had sent to the Northwest, but losing four in a single battle was undoubtedly a grievous blow to the Demonic Path side.
True Man Huolong and Yuchi Lian had intended to escort Yang Lingshu to safety behind the lines, but he firmly refused.
To Yang Lingshu, the hard-won opening before them mattered more.
The deaths of four Demon Children meant the Demonic Path forces in this area had lost all their high-level fighters. Even if their commanders behind the lines learned what had happened, they would have no time to adjust.
If they seized this chance to launch a counterattack led by True Man Huolong and Yuchi Lian, they would surely deal the Demonic Path forces here a devastating blow.
What Yang Lingshu had realized, Yang Lingqing had naturally realized too. Only a few breaths later, True Man Huolong and Yuchi Lian received the Yang Clan Patriarch's order to counterattack through the Cheng Yang Stone Tablet.
With the order in hand, the three parted ways. Yang Lingshu withdrew behind the lines to recover, while the other two led the righteous forces gathered there in an assault on the Demonic Path side's lines.
The four Demon Children had died too suddenly. Less than an hour had passed between the death of the first and the shattering of the fourth's Primordial Spirit.
By the time the Demonic