The group's attack was centered around the Cabinet Scholar, forming an orderly collective. This was the Formation, the foundation of the Embrace Void Martial Dao. Even if one never seriously studied this aspect, those who possessed power, having been exposed to it, more or less understood the principle of coordination.
But in the end, it was just an imitation, not real understanding.
When the Cabinet Scholar retreated, it caused the previously unified Spiritual Fiend to surge back. This originally wasn't much, at most, a loss of some power, which could be like retracting a fist before a punch to gather more momentum.
But that was something that only a martial formation of coordinated Martial Artists could achieve. For the Heavenly Officials and Emperor's Bloods, who were not skilled in fighting and spent years in high positions, accustomed to manipulating power rather than actual combat, a sudden change in the situation could only mean one thing...
