"Whoosh!"
A Talisman suddenly flew up from Yue Lengshan of its own accord, releasing an Azure Sword Shadow that flashed through the air and struck the slender sword squarely.
With a muffled crash, the sword shadow and the slender sword burst apart almost simultaneously. One turned into a wisp of smoke and vanished, while the other shattered inch by inch.
"Who's there?"
Only then did the woman in white react, startled and furious. She instantly crushed the Talisman she had been secretly holding inside her sleeve. Space rippled, and she vanished from where she stood, reappearing several dozen feet away.
At the same time, some of the Azure Sword Shadows pouring from the enormous sword case above her head changed direction, swarming down to stab wildly at the spot where she had just stood.
A flurry of clangs rang out.
A pale-yellow Humanoid Puppet appeared where she had been standing. Tossing aside the remaining sword hilt in its hand, it extended two gleaming Short Blades from its palms. With a rapid flurry of slashes, it blocked every Azure Sword Shadow raining down from above.
Just then, a fierce wind rose within the Pink Mist opposite her, whipping up an enormous wave of mist several dozen feet high that crashed savagely toward her. The lewd sounds within the mist abruptly ceased, replaced by strange cries like ghosts wailing and wolves howling. Twelve half-naked Female Ghost Apparitions scrambled out of the Pink Mist, their hair disheveled and their faces hideous.
Yue Lengshan cried out in alarm, "Fellow Daoist Tian, save me!" Forming a hand seal, she urged the Sword Box in the air into action again. More Azure Sword Shadows immediately poured from it, stabbing toward the twelve ghostly women in a dense barrage.
Just then, space rippled again behind her, and