Xiao Mountain Prefecture border, Yuan Ming Mountain.
At a small hilltop, a black shadow sped ahead, the wind howling around it.
Several figures gave chase behind him.
At their head was a woman in a crimson palace robe, continuously plucking a harp in her hands. In an instant, streams of blue-red zither qi, like Wind Blades, chased after the black shadow ahead.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Amid crisp ringing sounds, the black shadow's robe was clearly a defensive magic treasure.
It actually ignored the attacks. Yet hidden behind those crimson zither qi was another Red Jade Ribbon.
This ribbon magic treasure was exceptionally well concealed. In the blink of an eye, it wrapped around the black shadow, revealing a gaunt, pallid face.
That face bore a pair of sinister eyes. The moment he saw himself bound, fury filled his expression.
He pulled out a tiny straw effigy, bit his finger, and dripped essence blood onto it. The straw effigy abruptly expanded, transforming into a gigantic black wood corpse that flew out and lunged at the crimson figure.
Meanwhile, his body shrank several times over in an instant, bizarrely slipping free from the Red Jade Ribbon magic treasure.
"I'd long been guarding against that move of yours. You Ghost Profound Sect cultivators are nothing much after all!" the graceful figure in crimson palace robes said, somehow producing a spirit talisman in her hand.
The spirit talisman landed directly around the black-shadowed cultivator. Spirit radiance immediately overflowed, and countless spirit trees spread out, transforming into several tentacles that bound him tight.
The Ghost Profound Sect cultivator was instantly horrified.
And at some point, the Heavenly Wood Corpse he had summoned had also been bound by another Red Jade Ribbon.
The next moment, a Flying Sword flashed past, unleashing waves of Sword Qi. Before