The ghostly wails and howls shook the heavens.

The endless dark mist turned the surrounding sky gloomy.

Five ghostly figures, like five fierce ghosts, were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

Luo Hongyi's expression was indifferent.

With a sudden clatter!

He somehow produced five copper coins.

"Urgent as the law commands!"

He simultaneously threw the copper coins out.

The five copper coins seemed to transform into five streaks of flowing light, shooting rapidly toward the five ghostly figures.

"Dodge!"

The black-robed man who called himself Hu Xie seemed to be aware of the copper coin's power and somehow pulled out a black triangular flag from nowhere.

He waved the black flag.

The five ghosts quickly dodged, actually evading the five copper coins.

One of the ghostly figures, extremely fast, reached behind Luo Hongyi in the blink of an eye, its emaciated hand reaching directly for Luo Hongyi's back.

Luo Hongyi, as if having eyes on his back, pinched out a piece of talisman paper.

"Exorcise!"

The talisman paper burned up, transforming into a fiery sword that pierced through the ghostly figure's forehead.

"Aoww..."

Accompanied by a sharp, piercing wail.

The ghostly figure turned to nothingness in the blink of an eye.

"Such petty tricks, yet you dare to act arrogant in front of us at Heavenly Master Tao, overestimating your abilities!"

Having destroyed a ghostly figure, Luo Hongyi felt invigorated and provocatively looked at Hu Xie.

Although Hu Xie's expression was indiscernible, it was obvious he hadn't expected to lose a ghostly figure so quickly.

"Heh heh, don't get too happy just yet."

Hu Xie laughed sinisterly and again waved the black flag: "Formation, arise!"

"Wuwu!"

The remaining four ghostly figures howled once more, not charging at Luo Hongyi but converging together.

The instant the shadows collided, the black smoke exploded, suddenly transforming into a giant ghostly figure over ten meters tall.

The ghostly figure appeared solid, with a blue face and sharp fangs, resembling a rakshasa.

"What...what is that?"

"My god, the Yin Ghost Sect is terrifying!"

The crowd retreated further.

Even Su Wu's face turned grave.

Su Wu prided himself on his high martial skills, believing that there were few in the entire Hua Country who could match him.

However, when faced with that huge rakshasa ghost, Su Wu himself had no confidence in handling it.

"Fellow traveler, let me help you!" Sensing the rakshasa ghost's power, Luo Huasheng couldn't hold back any longer, directly yanking the prayer beads around his neck and charging out.

"Interfering in a duel breaks the rules!" Guardian Qiu at Qiuming Mountain sneered as he saw Luo Huasheng attempting to help, waving a hand.

Shush shush shush!

Several crossbow arrows shot toward Luo Huasheng.

Luo Huasheng's expression changed slightly. With his Hunyuan Stick, he deflected several crossbow arrows, but one was still heading for his chest.

"Damn it!" Luo Huasheng felt a shiver of dread, realizing he couldn't dodge, and inwardly cursed.

At the same time, Liao Chan swung a hand, his monk's robe sweeping up to block in front of Luo Huasheng, knocking the crossbow arrow away.

Having narrowly escaped, Luo Huasheng looked gratefully at Liao Chan: "Thank you, senior brother."

Liao Chan glanced at Luo Huasheng indifferently: "Hua Sheng, rules are rules. Since it's a duel, we shouldn't interfere to avoid being accused of breaking the rules."

Luo Huasheng, slightly ashamed: "Yes, senior brother."

He retreated and looked up once more.

The massive rakshasa ghost was already engaged in battle with Luo Hongyi.

Clad in a red Taoist robe, Luo Hongyi, at this moment, appeared like a celestial maiden, her red robe flowing, though her wooden sword was broken, evidently unable to harm the rakshasa ghost.

Yet, from her waist, she pulled out a handful of copper coins, tossing them into the air, and astonishingly formed a copper coin sword.

As the copper coin sword formed, the giant hand of the rakshasa ghost was already reaching out.

Luo Hongyi didn't dare to delay, the talisman in her hand rising anew: "Expel the ghost!"

The talisman burned, forming a talisman shield in front of her.

Simultaneously, she grabbed the copper coin sword and thrust it directly at the rakshasa ghost's large hand.

However, the rakshasa ghost was not easily dealt with; almost as soon as the talisman shield formed, it shattered it.

The giant hand closed in on Luo Hongyi in the blink of an eye, seemingly about to rend open her chest.

Luo Hongyi's expression changed slightly, but she dared not be careless: "Hear the command of the Five Emperors, form swiftly!"

The copper coin sword hummed, the unremarkable-looking blade suddenly erupting with a blue radiance.

The radiance expanded as it formed, turning into a blade of light over a meter long, piercing directly into the rakshasa ghost's hand.

"Aoww..."

The rakshasa ghost clearly couldn't withstand the attack of the Five Emperors' copper coin sword, let out a wretched scream, and stumbled back several steps.

Luo Hongyi seized this opportunity, knowing that even destroying the rakshasa ghost would be futile, she darted a glance at the black-robed person, and in a moment of agility, was upon him.

"Die!"

Striking a palm at the black-robed man's chest.

The black-robed man didn't expect Luo Hongyi to be so skilled, and as he was struck, flew out like a kite with a broken string.

Luo Hongyi kept moving, pulling out a talisman and tossing it into the air.

The talisman transformed into a large net, quickly entangling the rakshasa ghost.

"Collect!"

Luo Hongyi pinched a seal with her fingers, flicked lightly, and the net drew tight, engulfing the rakshasa ghost's mournful screams back into black mist, completely captured.

The net transformed into talisman paper again, drifting back into Luo Hongyi's hand.

Luo Hongyi quickly stowed it away, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Junior sister, watch out!"

But before Luo Hongyi could put the talisman away, a murderous intent quickly approached.

Yang Hongfu urgently shouted.

The black-robed man whom Luo Hongyi had knocked away was not dead and lunged again, his steel claws piercing into Luo Hongyi's abdomen like a weapon.

Luo Hongyi grabbed the black-robed man's neck and twisted it with all her strength.

Crack.

Breaking the black-robed man's neck instantly.

"Junior sister!"

Yang Hongfu jumped, landing in front of Luo Hongyi, glanced at the black-robed man who was now dead, quickly withdrew a pill from his pocket, and placed it in Luo Hongyi's mouth.

Luo Hongyi's red robe was stained even redder with fresh blood.

"Senior brother, I... I was careless," Luo Hongyi said with a hint of blood trickling from her lips, a wry smile on her face.

Yang Hongfu shook his head: "It's nothing, just rest for now."

Embracing Luo Hongyi, he quickly retreated two steps and placed her beside Zhang Chongchen, instructing him to take care of her, then looked up at Qiuming Mountain: "This round, we won it, right?"

Qiuming Mountain seemed utterly indifferent to the death of the black-robed man, laughing heartily and applauding: "Indeed! Indeed! The Heavenly Master Tao truly possesses the supreme method to counter the Yin Ghost Sect. Alas, even if your junior sister survives, having been poisoned by the Yin Ghost Sect, she might last at most seven days, wouldn't you say?"

Yang Hongfu's complexion paled slightly but quickly returned to normal: "Guardian Qiu, according to the wager, since our Heavenly Master Tao won the round, we should be allowed to let one person go, right?"

Qiuming Mountain smirked playfully: "Yang Hongfu, are you genuinely naive or just pretending to be? You want to talk to me about wagers? Haha, today, I'm already assured of victory, why would I want to be unreasonable?"

Yang Hongfu's voice turned cold: "Are you refusing to release someone?"

"Haha, not only will I not release anyone, but I will also kill!" Qiuming Mountain waved his hand, his face suddenly turning cold: "Submit to our Eternal Life Hall, or die! All unrelated persons shall be killed! Except for those who are useful."