The Pure Yang Sword Sect.
Inside the battered Boundless Hall.
Sect Master Xiao Ming looked apologetically at Xu Taiping and the others in the hall:
"Our Pure Yang Sword Sect suffered a sudden attack by ghost creatures. Most of our temples and halls were destroyed, leaving only this Boundless Hall relatively intact."
"Please forgive our poor hospitality, Taiping Sword Champion and honored seniors."
Xu Taiping glanced at the hole in the hall's dome and asked Sect Leader Xiao Ming curiously:
"Sect Leader Xiao, that blow didn't come from any of the ghost creatures we killed, did it?"
Blade Ghost and the others also had curiosity in their eyes.
The edges of the enormous hole in the dome were exceptionally clean, as though something sharp had sliced it open.
"You're right, Taiping Sword Champion." Xiao Ming sighed. "Before today, our Pure Yang Sword Sect had already suffered several attacks by powerful ghost creatures."
As he spoke, he looked up at the enormous hole in the dome, then said with a trace of lingering fear in his eyes:
"To be precise, the ghost creature that attacked Boundless Hall was merely passing through. What pierced the hall was only one of its long legs, as sharp as the edge of an Immortal Weapon."
"After piercing Boundless Hall with one leg, it leaped up from where it stood, fled into the sky, and never appeared again."
Chen Hao added:
"After that, we remained on guard for a month or two, but saw no trace of that mantis-shaped ghost creature."
"Not long afterward, Ghost Shadow, the evil ghost that had wiped out many of Zhenwu's sect strongholds, began attacking our mountain."
Xu Taiping nodded gently and said thoughtfully:
"Judging by the aura remaining in this hall, that evil ghost's combat strength should be considerably greater