The figure of the Blade Ghost, hidden within the momentum of the blade, suddenly appeared.
“Boom!” Fairy Lingyue’s finger pointed straight at the Blade Ghost’s forehead.
The Blade Ghost used all his strength to swing the blade in his hand, Evil Come, meeting her attack head-on.
“Bang!” The tall figure of the Blade Ghost, along with the long blade in his hand, shattered like glass under Fairy Lingyue’s finger.
Seeing this, Xu Taiping’s pupils dilated sharply.
Although he still couldn’t fully understand it, he could feel that Fairy Lingyue’s power was on a completely different level from the Blade Ghost.
Vaguely, he even sensed a hint of the aura of the Dao described in ancient texts emanating from Fairy Lingyue.
However, even though the Blade Ghost’s figure was shattered, Fairy Lingyue showed no signs of stopping.
She lightly raised her wrist, flipped her palm, and let a scorching True Fire gather in her palm.
“Boom!” In the blink of an eye, a golden crow engulfed in flames stood in her palm, flapping its wings.
“The Red Crow Golden Flame Technique!”
Seeing this and feeling the scorching heat from the golden crow in Fairy Lingyue’s palm, Xu Taiping was both amazed and slightly ashamed.
With his current abilities, he couldn’t even form the Red Crow, let alone condense such a powerful Red Crow Golden Flame Fire like Fairy Lingyue.
“Caw!—”
With a piercing crow’s cry, the small Red Crow in Fairy Lingyue’s palm soared into the air. In an instant, its wings expanded to six or seven feet wide, transforming into a giant firebird that screeched and circled in the stone prison, seemingly searching for something.
Soon, a scream echoed.
Following the sound, Xu Taiping saw a demonic shadow being swallowed whole by the Red Crow.
That demonic shadow was naturally the demonic cultivator Xu Taiping had previously sealed with the Ghost-Sealing Talisman.
“It seems Fairy Lingyue intends to use the Red Crow Golden Flame Fire to completely burn the Blade Ghost and the demonic shadows to death.”
Xu Taiping murmured.
Having been tormented by the Blade Ghost for so long, he naturally had no good feelings towards it. The only regret he had was that he might find it difficult to find such a “whetstone” again.
But compared to the threat of the Blade Ghost within him, losing a whetstone was nothing.
“Bang!” At this moment, the Red Crow seemed to have found something in a corner of the stone prison, but as it reached out its claws, blades of light flew out, blocking it.
That must be where the Blade Ghost was hiding.
“Caw!” Upon discovering the Blade Ghost, Fairy Lingyue began to control the Red Crow Golden Flame Fire, using its wings and claws to break through the layers of blade energy surrounding the Blade Ghost.
Just as Xu Taiping had come to understand over this period.
The Blade Ghost seemed muddle-headed, but when faced with a life-threatening situation, it became as cunning as a fox, using various means to protect itself.
“Zing!”
With a piercing blade cry, the Blade Ghost, surrounded by blade light, stood up against the Red Crow Golden Flame Fire.
His red hair danced in the wind, one hand holding the large blade Evil Come, and the other hand dragging a sphere enveloped in blade light.
Despite the Blade Ghost’s formidable presence, Xu Taiping could feel that under the burning of the Red Crow Golden Flame Fire, his strength was rapidly depleting.
“You… cannot… kill me.”
With a “bang,” the Blade Ghost swung his blade to block the Red Crow’s claw and spoke with great difficulty.
Fairy Lingyue ignored him, continuing to control the Red Crow Golden Flame Fire to burn the Blade Ghost.
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping felt a bad premonition, especially when he saw the sphere of blade light in the Blade Ghost’s hand, feeling that something ominous was hidden within.
“Caw!”
With another crow’s cry, the last layer of blade energy on the Blade Ghost was pierced by the Red Crow Golden Flame Fire.
“If I die, I will let this thing take root in his body!”
The Blade Ghost, while resisting the Red Crow Golden Flame Fire with Evil Come, raised the sphere in his hand.
As the blade light on the sphere gradually dissipated, a Black Lotus appeared in the Blade Ghost’s palm.
“This… could it be… the Corpse Lotus?!”
The sinister aura emanating from the Black Lotus was identical to the one Xu Taiping had sensed outside the Tai Xuan Hall.
“Snap!”
Fairy Lingyue snapped her fingers, and nine more layers of stone prison encased the original one.
The sinister aura from the Black Lotus was completely sealed, making it look like an ordinary black lotus flower.
“Fairy Lingyue, did you already sense it?”
Xu Taiping looked at Fairy Lingyue.
“Not too early, just when I forced him back to his original form.”
Fairy Lingyue nodded.
“Don’t worry, it’s just a Corpse Lotus. I have many ways to deal with it.”
She comforted Xu Taiping.
Despite her words, Xu Taiping could still see a trace of worry in Fairy Lingyue’s eyes.
Clearly, the Corpse Lotus was not as easy to deal with as she claimed.
“Indeed, someone like you must have many ways to handle the Corpse Lotus, but if I attack it with full force now, even with the Ghost-Sealing Talisman, the aura it releases will surely be sensed by some powerful beings.”
The Blade Ghost gave Fairy Lingyue a cunning smile.
It was evident that in this life-and-death moment, the Blade Ghost had awakened a new consciousness.
“Did you hide the Corpse Lotus’s root?”
Fairy Lingyue ignored the Blade Ghost’s words and coldly stared at him, asking.
As she spoke, multicolored lights began to flow at her fingertips, and a terrifying aura of destruction enveloped the Blade Ghost.
“No.” The Blade Ghost shook his head. “At first, it was just a remnant of demonic energy, absorbed by the Ghost-Sealing Talisman. Only after it grew over these days did I realize it was the Corpse Lotus.”
Hearing this, Fairy Lingyue slightly relaxed.
Within the Ghost-Sealing Talisman, the Blade Ghost couldn’t lie to her.
According to the Blade Ghost’s words and her understanding of the Corpse Lotus, it should still be in a dormant state, not releasing any aura that would attract demonic cultivators.
Xu Taiping also stood beside Fairy Lingyue.
A Corpse Lotus growing inside him made it impossible for him to remain calm, no matter how steady his mind was.
“It wasn’t intentional; it’s all the Ghost-Sealing Talisman’s fault.”
Fairy Lingyue looked at Xu Taiping with some helplessness.
“That’s good.”
Xu Taiping nodded upon hearing this.
Since it wasn’t intentional and the Corpse Lotus was within the Ghost-Sealing Talisman, he felt a bit more at ease.
“How about a deal?”
The Blade Ghost suddenly raised the dormant Corpse Lotus and spoke loudly.