"Whoosh..."
A streak of light skimmed the ground, kicking up frost and snow as it sped through the forest.
"Huh!"
The great monk running ahead sensed Xiao Ran catching up behind him, and his face darkened. "You're asking for death!"
With a furious roar, he spun around and swept both palms through the air. Vast Buddhist power transformed into golden swastika seals that filled the sky, splitting the air with thunder as they bombarded Xiao Ran like a golden meteor shower.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."
The golden Buddhist seals crashed down like cannonballs. The instant they landed, Buddha Light flared, and rocks, plants, and trees turned to ash.
But Xiao Ran rode the Headhunter Sword, his figure nimble and unpredictable. In a flash, he darted between several positions, narrowly evading the barrage of golden seals.
His gaze turned cold. Ghost paper fluttered between his fingers, instantly transforming into five paper effigies. His fingers rapidly formed hand seals.
After chanting an incantation, he pointed at the great monk. "Go!"
The five paper effigies first shrank into a ball, then burst into five dark gusts of wind. With a strange, piercing shriek, they quickly circled the great monk.
They blew black wind at him, sending it billowing until the world around him grew dark and dim.
Even the great monk's formidable body shuddered. He felt the sinister wind sweeping in from behind his head, chilling him to the bone and making his scalp crawl.
He glanced back and saw five evil ghosts clinging to his shoulders, blowing fiercely at his Life Fire.
A person had three flames: essence, energy, and spirit. If one was damaged, the whole body suffered; if two were damaged, illness followed; when all three were extinguished, the King of Hell came knocking.
Even someone as divinely powerful as