In an instant, Huailü's panicked cry rang throughout Qingxuan.
Clang!
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
After only a brief, deathly silence, streak after streak of sword light shot skyward from the peaks of Cloud Cottage Mountain, accompanied by piercing sword cries as they tore through the air.
The pitch-black Cloud Cottage Mountain was gradually illuminated by the sword light.
Those streaks of sword light soon swept toward Huailü from every direction like flocks of birds.
In the decade and more since the Azure Profound Sect had sealed its mountain, the increasingly frequent scourge of Corpse Demons had kept the entire sect on constant alert.
That was precisely why the peaks reacted so quickly when Huailü activated the Message Talisman.
At the sight, Huailü immediately breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Liang Zhu, her face bearing the look of someone who had narrowly escaped death:
"Senior Sister, thank you for just-"
Bang!
The word "thank" had barely left Huailü's lips when a cloud of blood mist suddenly burst from her chest.
His face filled with shock, Huaiyu looked down and saw a pale, withered hand stirring inside his chest.
Then she watched helplessly as that pale hand closed around her heart.
An icy voice came from behind Huailü-
"Caught you."
Huailü turned her head and saw a male Ghost Corpse with sparse hair and a deathly pale face pressed against her back, smiling.
Huailü silently turned back, then looked toward Liang Zhu a short distance ahead, her eyes full of terror.
"S-Senior Sister... save... save me!"
But no sooner had she spoken than the male Ghost Corpse squeezed her heart hard.
In an instant, pain that pierced to the marrow made Huailü scream, her face contorted in agony.
Almost immediately, however, the male Ghost Corpse clamped his other hand over Huailü's