They had been refining the Ghost-devouring Flag for several years. The Altar Owner had mastered the skills required to manipulate the Flag during the process long ago. He made a formula to summon it, however, the Ghost-devouring Flag had not responded. It had never happened before.
But, the Altar Owner wouldn't give up. He made another formula with his hands, and then shot it toward the Ghost-devouring Flag.
Strangely, it remained motionless.
'What happened? Am I weak for some reason today?' the Altar Owner asked himself.
Once again, the Altar Owner made a formula, hitting the Ghost-devouring Flag.
To his despair, the Flag continued to lie on the ground motionless.
Finally, they realized that something must be wrong with the Flag.
"Shit! Why does the Ghost-devouring Flag look like it's lost its spirituality and luster?"
The Ghost-devouring Flag usually shone with black lights around its surface. Blowing a cold breeze, it occasionally produced sad and shrill cries, which terrified people and made them feel haunted by ghosts.
But now, the Ghost-devouring Flag was merely an ordinary flag. It created neither sound nor wind. In essence, it was dead.
"Something must be wrong with it!" one of them exclaimed.
They all began to panic.
"I have a hunch that something is off inside. Let's check it together with our spiritual senses," another proposed.
Even though all of them were in the premium stage of Earth Realm, they had practiced the first two levels of spiritual sense through ghost refining. Therefore, they had all gained spiritual sense. But, their spiritual senses were far weaker than Austin's.
All four of them had been involved in making the Ghost-devouring Flag and so they could make their way into the flag without difficulty. Immediately, they released their spiritual senses into the inner space of the Ghost-devouring Flag.
At that very moment, Austin was about to leave.
He sensed it as soon as the four spiritual senses entered the inner space. Austin could feel that the spiritual senses belonged to the four Ghost Sect disciples that he'd met in Ghost Valley.
The moment their spiritual senses entered the Ghost-devouring Flag, the four Ghost Sect disciples were shocked. The inner space was empty and quiet. The evil souls and ghosts that used to dwell in it had disappeared. All they could see now were a man, a woman and a small unknown beast.
"What is going on here? There should be at least a few thousand souls and ghosts in the Ghost-devouring Flag! Why can't we see any of them now?" one of the men screamed.
"My Goodness! Why are they all gone?" another one exclaimed. They looked at each other in despair, without a clue at all.
Once again, they used their spiritual senses to search the inner space of the Flag, trying to find a ghost. But their senses found nothing.
There had actually only been a dozen ghosts in the Flag at first. But after Austin had refined five Spiritual Sense Flying Needles, he had manipulated them to attack, so the ghosts became his live targets.
Within a second, they disappeared under Austin's attack.
As the four disciples continued to think over what could have happened, they finally directed their attention on Austin and Violet.
"Anyone who is swallowed by the Ghost-devouring Flag will have their flesh melted and turn into a ghost within an hour. These two people have stayed in the Ghost-devouring Flag for a full day. How could they not be affected?" one person asked, confused.
"You're right. Look at them! They look like they're in perfect condition. How can it be?" another one added.
"Do you think that the thousands of souls and ghosts were all destroyed by these two people?" the third one asked in amazement.
"I'm afraid you might be right. For all these years, our team has devoted unlimited labor and time into collecting ghosts to make this precious Flag. But now, it's been destroyed by someone within one day!
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