The northern wind howled, passing over the desolate valley and eliciting a series of eerie cries. Silhouettes of trees swayed wildly, endless falling leaves pouring down like rain. A trail of black smoke roiled and twisted amidst the forest. Suddenly, it constricted, forming into a mass of shadow which gradually condensed into a figure clad in a black robe.
As the robed figure appeared, he placed a little girl he held in his arms onto the ground. The girl was unconscious, yet even in that state, her face was still etched with a look of intense fear.
The robed figure then retrieved the Buddha statue he had prepared in advance and struck it with his fist. The statue, seemingly just an ordinary bronze artifact, remained completely unscathed by the assault from the robed man.
The robed man was capable of standing up to Wang Lan's Sunlight Sword Swordplay head-on. His strike could make heaven and earth tremble, but when this strike hit the Buddha statue, there was no reaction at all.
