Boom...!!
The moment Spirit Crane Yun Ye finished speaking, the ghost horde engulfed him, followed by piercing ghostly howls and explosions.
Seeing this, Xu Taiping immediately ordered Bai Yu and Ping'an:
"Bai Yu, Ping'an! Let's save Elder Yun Ye first!"
Bai Yu and Ping'an immediately answered in unison.
Screee-!!
Then, with a piercing crane cry, Bai Yu shot through the air with Ping'an and Xu Taiping on his back.
Boom!!
Amid a shrill rush of air, Bai Yu streaked like golden lightning into the area where the Blood-Garment Great Ghosts slumbered.
"Draw your swords!"
Seeing this, Sect Master Zhao Qian immediately ordered the Azure Profound Sect Sword Cultivators to draw their swords in perfect coordination.
Clang! Clang, clang, clang, clang...!
Amid piercing sword cries, more than eighty flying swords, led by the flying swords of Zhao Qian and the Seven Peak Lords, followed close behind Bai Yu and charged into the area where the great ghosts slumbered.
Meanwhile, Old Daoist Huang swung the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, slashing relentlessly at the fortune threads above the ghosts' heads.
Boom--!
Then, with another thunderous crash, Ping'an, whose body had suddenly grown as massive as a mountain, leaped off Bai Yu's back and rammed his enormous body straight into the ghost horde ahead.
Bang...!!
Amid the tremendous crash, Ping'an forcibly scattered the ghost horde.
Clang, clang!!
Almost simultaneously, the Azure Profound Sect sword cultivators' flying swords shot toward the scattered ghosts in perfect coordination.
Boom! Boom, boom...!
In an instant, Xu Taiping and the Azure Profound Sect sword cultivators cleaved through the ghost horde surrounding Elder Yun Ye.
Shing!!
With a deafening blade cry, Xu Taiping cleaved an oncoming blood-robed ghost in two, then flashed like a streak of golden light to Elder Yun Ye's side.
Elder Yun Ye was already gravely wounded. Recognizing Xu