Just as the Old Shepherd and the Great Monk struck, the people in the two side halls and the Furry Child also moved.
The Furry Child rolled on the spot like a nimble mole, then plunged headfirst into the earth with a swish, as effortlessly as a fish slipping into water.
Fierce currents of force already raged through the Buddhist hall. Before the thugs terrified out of their wits by the sheep's head suddenly speaking could react, the onrushing force tore them to pieces.
Amid the flying flesh and blood, the girl in red remained calm and called out softly, "Be careful, young master!"
As she spoke, a short sword emerged from her sleeve and erupted with cold light. Like a dancing serpent, it swept out, scattering glimmers like fireflies that plunged deep underground.
A scream came from beneath the earth, followed by blood bubbling up. A dark, skinny Furry Child burst out of the ground behind Hong Yuan and rolled about in agony.
His eyes had become two hideous, bloody holes, pierced by the girl's underground sword strike.
The firefly glimmers filling the air intertwined into an enormous pair of scissors and snapped toward the screaming Furry Child. Seemingly sensing the danger, he arched his back. The soil beneath him parted like flowing water, and he slipped underground again.
The girl in red paid him no further attention. Her crimson cloak billowed like a brilliant cloud, beneath which her sword light twisted and transformed.
She headed straight toward the people in the left side hall.
Hong Yuan's vision darkened. The Rain Cape thrown by the Old Shepherd had reached the space above his head. Amid a dense rustling, countless tiny insects could be seen crawling inside it, descending as though to blanket heaven and earth!
Boom!
The Great Monk's