Meanwhile, thunderous noises pealed from other battlefields as the White Immortal sect's elites met the invaders with full force. Isolated from their four leaders, the ordinary sect disciples rallied under the leadership of their elders, but as none could figure out how the Dark Moon cult had managed to sneak this many experts past the White Immortal sect's screening process—uncertainty lingered.
Xinzi's Eight Trigrams Array still operated, making it impossible for nearby Sacrificial Knives to abandon their targets and unite against him—not that they would, to begin with. Deft and muffled, the Sacrificial Knives worked purposefully, and like brainwashed zealots, rejected opportunities to gang up on weaker foes to focus on their prey.
