Zhao Linglong steadied herself, and the panic on her face eased somewhat.
At that moment, Xu Taiping finally opened his eyes as well.
He first frowned at the growing number of controlled Blood-Garment Great Ghosts ahead, then turned to Zhao Qian and said:
"Sect Master, here are fifty Plum Blood Crystals. Together with the earlier ones, they should be enough for everyone in the Azure Profound Sect to have one."
As he spoke, he handed Zhao Qian back the Qiankun Bag that had originally held the Plum Blood Talismans.
Zhao Qian took the Qiankun Bag, his eyes filled with gratitude as he said:
"Taiping, thank goodness we had you this time!"
Xu Taiping shook his head and said solemnly:
"Say no more, Sect Master. Every additional tenth of combat strength each Sword Cultivator of the Azure Profound Sect gains now will improve our chances of victory."
With that, he distributed a few more Plum Blood Crystals to Old Daoist Huang, Ping'an, and Bai Yu.
The Plum Blood Crystals were just as useful to them.
After distributing these, all Xu Taiping had left of his Plum Blood Crystals were the six hundred Plum Blood Talismans still being refined inside his body.
These were Xu Taiping's preparations for the coming battle against Zhao Xuantan and the Demon Mother.
Aaargh-!
Just then, with a piercing shriek, Blood-Garment Great Ghosts suddenly lunged at them like arrows loosed from their bowstrings.
Boom, rumble...!!
No sooner had these Blood Ghosts lunged forward than sixty or seventy Man-Faced Shadows from Danyuan Palace charged at them together.
At the same time, Heavenly Lord Gansui, the Old Palace Master of Danyuan Palace, shouted:
"Daoist Taiping, leave these shadow papers to us. Keep moving!"
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately said with deep gratitude:
"Thank you, Heavenly Lord Gansui!"
Then, without