Pale blue lightning swept across the area. Whether human or ghost, all were hurled to the ground. The explosions in the air were equally lethal, especially to ghost cultivators. For a time, the yin bodies of those ghost cultivators trembled and rippled under the thunderous blasts, on the verge of collapsing completely.
Yet Kou Chu, standing close by, was wholly unaffected. On the contrary, he clearly heard the newcomer's voice and immediately recognized who it was:
"Immortal Master Lu!"
In that instant, Kou Chu was so moved he nearly wept—if he had possessed tears.
Nothing was more stirring than a sturdy arm reaching out just before one drowned, especially when that arm belonged to the person he had been calling for in his heart, arriving precisely when it was needed most.
If that was not the will of Heaven, who would believe it?
Yu Ci sat in a four-wheeled carriage pushed by Lu Qing as they emerged from the thin mist. It was quite a coincidence: Kou Chu's location happened to be near this outpost of the Evergreen Gate. Seeing that ghost cultivator with whom he had some affinity in trouble, Yu Ci casually lent a hand.
Besides, he was rather curious.
The scene of demons dancing in wild disorder looked exceedingly bizarre to a normal person like Yu Ci. Moreover, those five-colored strands of light seemed vaguely familiar to him.
Before breaking through the sandstorm and entering Huayan City, he had seen someone in a city on the surface release five-colored strands of light while shouting some utterly nonsensical incantations. That person had left the city to face off against a Flying Armored Demon Dragon. In the end, Yu Ci and Lu Qing had stepped in to save him—though the trouble had indeed been brought there by the two