Crack!
The doors of the pavilion swung wide open.
A woman of extraordinary bearing emerged, holding a long banner high.
The banner's surface fluttered, and the many evil beings felt as though they were floating.
"A weapon of mass slaughter!"
The evil being at their head sucked in a breath. "We're finished! That weapon of mass slaughter still works?"
"We're going to die!"
"But even if I die, I'll use my flesh and blood to wear down its power."
"Charge!"
"Kill!"
The woman carrying the long banner was none other than Ruo Jinghong.
Facing the densely packed evil beings sweeping in from every direction, she did not panic. Instead, she calmly lit a bundle of Sandalwood Incense, tossed the long banner into the air, and began bowing in worship.
Whoosh!
The bundle of Sandalwood Incense burned away in the space of a breath.
Ruo Jinghong recited the incantation Wang Quan had given her: ee-ee, ya-ya, mm-mm, ah-ah!
"Please, treasure, give a shake!"
Rustle!
Ten thousand strands of Dharma Power reinforced it.
The next instant, the [All-Heavens Banner] shook.
Then Ruo Jinghong saw translucent forms resembling Yang Spirits or souls fly out of every evil being within a radius of several li, great and small alike.
Even evil beings such as wandering ghosts had translucent things fly out of them.
Ruo Jinghong did not know what these things were, but she knew this:
Once those translucent things entered the long banner, those evil beings would die.
They vanished completely, just as if they had been killed with the [People-Crossing Scripture].
A short while later, she carried the long banner back into the safe zone.
Mei Niang threw her arms around the long banner. "My turn!"
Hugging the long banner, she took a deep breath, grabbed a bundle of Sandalwood Incense, and