Thousands upon thousands of ghostly markings writhed across the banner.
Countless souls within it let out overlapping, piercing wails.
As the Night Court Master, he had encountered evil cultivators, demons, and Ancient Fierce Spirits in the Origin Land, yet he had never felt such an utterly uncanny sense of oppression.
He was already prepared for a fierce battle.
"Court Master, this is a misunderstanding!"
Taking advantage of the distance the two had put between them, Gu Qing hurried to smooth things over:
"My sister is just an ordinary person. Some powerful being suddenly took control of her just now!"
"Give me a moment to say a few words. I'll try persuading that powerful being to come out and talk to you!"
With that, he immediately looked at Gu Yao, who was being controlled by the Deity Girl, and pleaded:
"Divine Maiden!"
"Beautiful, kindhearted Divine Maiden!"
"Holy, supreme Divine Maiden!"
"Let's talk this through!"
"My idiot sister is just an ordinary person who couldn't hurt a fly. There's no need to put her body through this. Please come out of her!"
"If you insist on controlling someone, you can control me. My physical constitution is much stronger than my idiot sister's, and I won't resist at all!"
It came back to the same thing.
Gu Qing had great faith in the Deity Girl's strength.
But he didn't dare gamble.
He feared his sister's body would get hurt.
He feared even more that his sister would die.
Earlier, when the Deity Girl had merely controlled his sister to run toward the woods, he had dared to take a small gamble.
Now that the Deity Girl was controlling his sister to fight the powerful Night Court Master, if he still dared to keep gambling, there would truly be reason to question whether this