"Fellow Daoist Lu, did you notice anything strange just now? I keep feeling that Black Canopy Baleful Lord's behavior is strange in all sorts of ways." Now that the Three-Flower Daoist had broken the ice, it was easier to continue the conversation, so he asked directly.
"Didn't you say you were very familiar with this place, that you'd been here for years? Why are you asking us now?" Ye Ziyu said crossly.
"Well, I meant the Yehuo Wilderness beyond this wretched place." The Three-Flower Daoist gave an embarrassed reply. Naturally, he wouldn't dare talk back to Ye Ziyu. Even when beating a dog, one had to consider its master, and besides, Ye Ziyu and Lu Xiaotian clearly had an unusual relationship. Of course, even without Lu Xiaotian, the Three-Flower Daoist would never want to provoke Ye Ziyu, whose sword arts were so formidable.
"All right, don't interrupt. Stay alert. And the four of you, stick together, but don't get too close to us. If something goes wrong, we could all get wiped out in one fell swoop." Lu Xiaotian suddenly sensed that highly unusual Primordial Spirit again.
At his words, the Three-Flower Daoist and the others kept some distance from Lu Xiaotian's group.
It had vanished again. Lu Xiaotian couldn't help feeling puzzled. Then, without warning, something changed. Several of the multicolored crystals around them suddenly shot toward them at incredible speed. The gorgeous-looking crystals burst open, transforming into ghostly creatures with wild hair, human heads—or else snarling beast heads—and an aura of sinister malice. Four exceptionally sharp fangs jutted from their mouths, making them look horrifyingly savage.
These human-headed or beast-headed ghosts kept changing their faces. One moment, a human face became a beast's; the next, a beast's face became human. Their auras were especially strange, too. But after