With the eight Northwest cultivators of the True Intent realm sacrificing themselves to hold them back, the two demonic cultivators were powerless to save the others, even if they wanted to.
In the end, they could only watch as Yang Lingrui snuffed out the lives of every remaining Demonic Dao cultivator.
At the hour of the ox, deep in the night of the fourth day, the spatial passage above the Wild Forest stirred once more.
A burst of spatial turbulence spilled out, followed by three figures wreathed in demonic clouds.
The moment they emerged, they joined forces to form an array, guarding against an ambush by Yang Lingrui at the exit.
This advance party of two men and one woman consisted of the three personal-guard Demon Children Bai Di had mentioned earlier.
What set the personal-guard Demon Children apart from the others was their relationship to Bai Di.
All three were Bai Di's blood children. When he had first begun building a force loyal to him, he had trusted outsiders little.
So, with Wu Chang's help, he had sought out many women on the Demon Soil whose destinies aligned with his own. They had borne him numerous children, from whom he intended to select the talented for training.
But few of those children had shown exceptional talent for cultivation. Over several decades, only five had proved worthy of the resources needed to support them.
Later, because this approach was so inefficient, and because Wu Chang had gradually recovered enough divine power to perform divine arts, Bai Di had stopped.
The three personal-guard Demon Children sent to the Northwest were three of those five children of Bai Di's who had shown outstanding talent for cultivation.
Their gifts were considerable, and their current strength far surpassed Shadow Three's. The gulf between them