After taking that claw strike, the figure crashed to the ground. The cultivator surnamed Gu and the sword cultivator focused their eyes and discovered that this figure was actually the cultivator surnamed Gu who had been lying on the ground all along.
It turned out that when the Pure Yin Ghost Monkey launched its sneak attack, the cultivator surnamed Gu had pretended to be too badly injured to rise. In truth, his strength surpassed even that sword cultivator's. Since the Pure Yin Ghost Monkey had not used the Ghostfire Yin-Pupil Sword, it could not possibly have inflicted such grave injuries on him in a single blow.
However, he had already been injured, and after taking another blow from the Pure Yin Ghost Monkey, injury piled upon injury. Now that he had fallen to the ground, he truly could not move.
Yet his strength was formidable indeed, while the Pure Yin Ghost Monkey had expended too much energy wielding the Ghostfire Yin-Pupil Sword earlier. Thus, this Pure Yin Ghost Monkey was likewise unable to move.
The sword cultivator let out a long sigh and thought to himself, "Once this Pure Yin Ghost Monkey summons its duplicate, we're doomed all the same."
The cultivator surnamed Gu spat out a mouthful of blood and rasped, "No need to worry. This Pure Yin Ghost Monkey has no duplicate. You two, hurry and recover your spiritual power. Get ahead of this demon monkey—I can't do anything now."
The sword cultivator and the cultivator surnamed Gu froze, only half believing him. After catching his breath, the cultivator surnamed Gu slowly said, "The Ghostfire Yin-Pupil Sword is so powerful. If it were easy to cultivate, why would there be so few Ghost Path cultivators proficient in this art? This Pure Yin Ghost Monkey used every ghost creature