However, the Demons' various attacks—the churning waves and the weapons imbued with Demon Qi—were largely ineffective against the Blood Shadows.
The Great Demon commanders, fearing the Hundred-Eyed Great Saint's strict military law, desperately tried to keep the Demon Army in formation. If they hadn't, the entire force would have been scattered by the Blood God Children.
A stout Great Demon, holding two mallets, was using every ounce of its strength to furiously beat the Sea-shaking Drum, hoping only to summon reinforcements more quickly.
The rest of the Demon Army formed a tight circle around it, shielding it from the attacks of the Blood God Children.
Suddenly, after piercing through a towering, twenty-foot-tall octopus-headed Great Demon, a Blood God Child split in two. One half transformed into a dense Evil Blood Net that enveloped a large swathe of the Demon Army, while the other seized the opportunity to charge toward the drum-beating Great Demon.
