"Thud...!"
Just then, as another heavy footstep sounded, an aura fluctuation radiating terrifying killing power swept outward like a wave of fire.
The enormous figure wrapped in flames was now only a thousand-odd zhang away from them.
Seeing this, Blade Ghost made a swift decision:
"Taiping, this isn't the place to let Xu Ziyan meet him. We have to wait until we enter Yellow Springs Hell."
He said this because Yellow Springs Hell itself contained a damaged Netherworld Edict.
If they acted there, even if Mad Monk discovered them, all he could do was use the power of the One-Leaf Book.
To deal with them from afar.
But their actions had not strayed from the course laid down by the One-Leaf Book, so even it could do nothing to them. Mad Monk could only watch helplessly.
"All right!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Taiping grabbed Xu Ziyan.
"Shing...!"
Almost simultaneously, Blade Ghost swept Xu Ziyan up in his blade qi and shot toward the Yellow Springs Hell Ruins.
In the blink of an eye, all three had entered the Yellow Springs Hell Ruins.
Almost at the same time.
Black Lotus Temple.
Inside Mad Monk's meditation room, Mad Monk, who had been leisurely watching the Spirit Mirror before him, suddenly knitted his brows.
"This Xu Ziyan actually brought two helpers."
In the Spirit Mirror's image, two translucent figures could faintly be seen protecting Xu Ziyan as they charged into the ruins.
It was just as Blade Ghost had guessed.
Mad Monk already knew the situation within the Yellow Springs Hell Ruins like the back of his hand.
And this was despite Xu Taiping having concealed their auras with the Blade of Guicang.
Just then, Mad Monk glanced at the One-Leaf Book on the table.
Nothing was amiss.
His expression returned