The ones who struck at Xu Wan this time were three disciples of Dharma King Xuanyuan: his second disciple, Demon Ancestor, his third, Layman Bloodrock, and his fourth, Poison-Hand Moshi.
Any one of the three could have defeated Xu Wan in a fair, one-on-one fight. If he escaped alive, it would only have been because he ran fast enough.
The three brothers had come together this time because they coveted the Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword Xu Wan was refining. After destroying him, they also intended to go to the central ritual altar and kill Shi Feiyang, avenging their eldest senior brother, Venerable Five Obscenities Liu Du!
But they were deeply wary of the blood mist filling the sky and the densely packed heavenly demons, and dared not charge in recklessly.
The three concealed their true bodies far away, sending only separated portions of their primordial spirits deep into the blood mist to kill Xu Wan.
Back when Shi Feiyang and Ni Fangxian killed Venerable Five Obscenities Liu Du, Gu Ying had fled in disgrace. On the way, he encountered the ghost maiden Qiao Qiao and wanted to take her as his Ghost Consort. Qiao Qiao refused, even invoking Xu Wan's name to frighten him.
How could Xu Wan possibly frighten Gu Ying? Fresh from his defeat and seething with anger, he struck at once, intending to capture Qiao Qiao and take her back to his "Ghost Kingdom."
Qiao Qiao fought desperately. After all, she had learned almost the entirety of the Great Yin Ghost Script. Gu Ying failed to subdue her in one stroke and could only trap her with a spell.
Unable to break free, Qiao Qiao resorted to the most shameful of arts, the Great Soul-Draining Art, which bewitched the soul and stole the senses.
She truly was