Nameless Wild Ghost abruptly steadied himself, flicked both sleeves, recalled the twelve black banners, and formed hand seals with both hands in rapid succession.
Spiritual light blazed from the twelve black banners as they joined together, instantly forming a house-sized phantom lotus that collided head-on with the golden staff shadow.
A thunderous roar of wind and lightning erupted at once!
Gales soared into the sky as the void blurred and shook. Dense, fine white cracks emerged amid the tremors, while waves of gold-and-black shockwave storms swept out in succession.
Most of the golden staff shadow shattered. Yet the phantom lotus around Nameless Wild Ghost also trembled violently and broke apart by nearly half, sending him flying backward once more.
A trace of fear flashed through the ghost's eyes. Borrowing the recoil, he turned and fled into the distance.
Seeing this, the Three-Headed Monster Serpent hurried after him. Suddenly, mournful ghostly wails echoed through the surroundings, and the serpent's body stiffened, twisting uncontrollably.
A black figure flashed ahead, and Zhao Feiji appeared out of thin air. He swept his ghost blade horizontally, sending an enormous blade radiance cleaving down from above.
All the Three-Headed Monster Serpent's eyes widened. Gray light flared from its body, while yin energy surged madly within it with a rumble like muffled thunder. It broke free from the ghostly wails and regained control of its body, immediately opening its jaws wide.
A stream of Nine Yin Tainted Flames struck the black blade radiance, corroding more than half of it in an instant.
Before the monster serpent could rejoice, however, a black-red light shot through the Nine Yin Tainted Flames and wrapped around one of its heads. It was the Evil-Suppressing Divine Light. The tainted flames, capable of defiling even the void, were completely ineffective against it.
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