"Violet, you should stay here. Be careful when you're dealing with those men from the Ghost Sect."
Austin advised Violet telepathically.
Austin was extremely worried about the fight between Seth and Theon. He recognized the Ghost-devouring Flag as soon as Seth displayed the seven-colored flag. Shrouded under its typical weird halo, it shimmered to catch his attention.
Austin's memory about the power of the Ghost-devouring Flag was still fresh. He had experienced it on his last visit to the Ghost Valley.
As far as Austin was concerned, the Ghost-devouring Flag mainly regarded the cultivator's spiritual soul as its target of attack. Anybody captured by the Ghost-devouring Flag would be put through a terrible battle, in which the cultivator's spiritual soul would have to face attacks from countless ghosts and evil spirits.
It was almost useless for one to fight against the ghosts and evil spirits in the Ghost-devouring Flag with his or her vital energy force, because the spiritual sense was the only and sole effective energy that could expel and eliminate them all.
Since Theon, Elder Xu and Elder Xiao were warriors only with Mysterious Real cultivation base, they were not strong in spiritual sense.
Austin knew well that the three of them were in a terrible situation now. Their spiritual souls would have been damaged in the Ghost-devouring Flag. They were probably suffering tremendous injuries. Even if they were able to retreat from the attacking range of the Ghost-devouring Flag, they would become disabled. The consequences were catastrophic.
Such a consequence was the last thing Austin hoped for.
Austin knew the importance of Theon. It was a fact that he did not hold a good impression in Austin's eyes. However, Austin knew that if Theon died in the fight, the Sun Sect would have no leader to rely on and would thus sink into a mess.
Actually, Austin didn't hold any deep feelings for highly-ranked elders like Theon in the Sun Sect. But as he had spent about six years in the Sun Sect, he didn't want to see it decline and perish. He didn't feel responsible for the leaders but his heart valued the region and the sect which he had inhabited.
After having told Violet to keep an eye on the battle on the other side, Austin jumped into the sky and flew towards the place where Theon, Elder Xiao and Elder Xu were trapped by the Ghost-devouring Flag.
"Austin, how can you control the corpse generals and corpse soldiers of our sect? Where did you learn it? Tell me!"
Seth shouted furiously at Austin when he saw the young man come.
He had every reason to get pissed off. Under severe attacks by the Ghost Sect in the past couple of days, the Sun Sect was already on the brink of collapse. He was extremely confident that he would annihilate the Sun Sect this time. It was easier now, but Austin's arrival could affect his plans.
Seth was elated and hopeful of his great would-be achievement of wiping out the Sun Sect from the world. It would be a marvelous feat because it was one among the five most famous sects in the Violet Orchid Empire. That would be an accomplishment only a few people could aspire for.
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