The Ghost Realm envelops, all ghosts within the desolate post knelt down, without exception.
At this moment, the King of Calamities truly seemed to possess the status of an emperor.
"Execute!"
The Ghost King extended a bone claw, drew the Emperor's Sword, and flung it into the air!
At this time, the Emperor's Sword transformed into an execution order, and Xu Qing under the boundary stone seemed like a rebellious criminal brought before the court.
Xu Qing looked up at the Emperor's Sword, which, as if possessing a spirit, adjusted its tip independently as soon as it left the scabbard, descending directly towards the top of his head!
This sword was extremely evil; if a living person were to touch it, just the Yin aura entering the body would be enough to finish them.
Xu Qing's expression was stern. He immediately took out Baiyun Daoist's Magic Sword, using the Profound Lady Swordsmanship learned from Xuan Yu, meeting the falling Emperor's Sword without avoidance.
Though the Profound Lady Swordsmanship wasn't as forceful and powerful as the Heavenly Axe Technique, it was created by the Nine Heavens Profound Lady. Its destructive power might be lesser than the Heavenly Axe, but its energy efficiency and the intricacy of its changes surpassed the Heavenly Axe.
This swordsmanship's divine technique is agile and flexible while containing an unrivaled lethal intent.
Between Xu Qing's thrusts, chops, slices, and slashes, he became increasingly adept, even having the time to strike several sword lights towards the space above the boundary stone.
The King of Calamities hurriedly conjured an imperial seal to block. By now, he gradually realized, this pale-faced youth wasn't dueling with him but using him as a whetstone to hone his swordsmanship divine technique.
It's simply outrageous!
The King of Calamities manifested the imperial seal to block, but while the sword light could be stopped, the fierce sword intent was all-pervasive.
When the Ghost King realized something was wrong, he heard the sound of cloth tearing. Looking down, he saw that a wide sleeve of his dragon robe had been sliced off, revealing jade-like bones underneath.
The King of Calamities wasn't alarmed but rejoiced: "This swordsmanship... is the Guixu Divine Technique!"
Now, when the Ghost King looked at Xu Qing again, the looming shadows in his heart dissipated. The Guixu Divine Technique was a true immortal's spell, a guardian divine technique!
Though he didn't know where the opponent learned this true immortal's lost art, the immortal technique and divine technique being displayed were right before him—how could he miss this chance?
Greed swelling in his heart, the Ghost King could no longer suppress it. He again conjured the Emperor's Seal, but this time, it wasn't for defense; it aimed directly to suppress Xu Qing!
The palm-sized imperial seal grew in the wind, carrying the weight of ten thousand pounds. Before touching the ground, it transformed into a square prison cage, seemingly to bind Xu Qing entirely.
Seeing the seal descend, Xu Qing wasn't panicked.
After several confrontations, he had already glimpsed the foundation of the King of Calamities.
His royal sword and imperial seal were both Yin treasures refined from the Yin aura of the royal tomb; as for the aura emanating from the Ghost King's body, it was the death aura that corroded bones and decayed souls.
Xu Qing was all too familiar with this type of aura.
Corpse ghost death aura—mortals touched by it die instantly.
Though Xu Qing was enveloped by the death aura of the Ghost Realm, he was unaffected and even quite enjoyed it, feeling like he had returned home.
The Ghost King was bewildered. This person had quite the peculiar means; the Ghost Realm he used typically restrained the living and could continuously devour the yang energy of living beings. The king's sword and imperial seal, full of Yin aura, could also constrain one's actions, not to mention the constant erosion of death aura. It stands to reason he shouldn't respond so easily.
Yet the opponent seemed entirely unaffected. His movement became more rapid and at ease, almost as if he was like a fish in water in the spur of the moment...
"Who are you, exactly, and why do you not fear my Ghost Realm?"
Xu Qing chuckled and said, "I am a Funeral Master, and you are a pile of bones, naturally subjected to my control. If you're afraid, you should bow down early on. By then, I won't just spare you—a complete body burial, but also arrange a grand ritual for you, a splendid funeral!"
"Sharp-tongued! Let me see how long you can endure!"
Anger surged within the Ghost King. His massive figure, already like a city gate, grew even larger. In the blink of an eye, several dozen-zhang-high Ghost King Dharma bodies appeared in front of the broken Yin-Yang boundary stone.
The ghostly beings and cultivators at the desolate post never encountered such a formation. Seeing the Ghost King's Dharma body near the boundary stone, almost touching the sky, they were all shaken.
At this moment, the Ghost King wore the Emperor's Crown and Dragon Robe, overlooking the entire desolate post with true emperor-like supreme majesty.
Xu Qing clicked his tongue. He didn't know if his old neighbor could fight, but in terms of being flashy, he was far inferior.
Perhaps only the Lady Bao Sheng's Dharma body could outdo him...
While Xu Qing marveled, the King of Calamities had already extended a bone claw, smashing down at him!
The move was simple but violent.
Raising his eyebrow, Xu Qing swiftly threw out the red, black, gold, and blue Four-sided Lean Banner.
The four banners shot out before the bone claw could land, embedding in the four directions of the Ghost Realm.
The banners landed far beyond the reach of the bone claw's coverage. Xu Qing initially thought with the Four-sided Lean Banner, he could traverse freely, avoiding the Dharma body's assault.
However, the bone claw Dharma body seemed to follow him closely. No matter how he twisted and turned, the mountain-like bone claw always appeared above his head instantly!
Xu Qing finally realized something was amiss.
Simultaneously, the domineering voice of the Ghost King resounded above his head.
"Within the realm, all belong to the king! These thirty li of Ghost Realm are my dominion! You've destroyed the royal tomb, but you cannot destroy my Yin Country!"
As the bony palm descended with his words, the Ghost King seemed to wield the emperor's seal. Where the bony palm landed, the landscape shifted, shattering everything in its path.
As the rumbling echoed through the desolate post, a bone palm crater over a zhang deep appeared before the boundary stone of the Yin River. However, when the King of Calamities raised his palm, Xu Qing's figure was nowhere to be seen, only a wisp of Corpse Hair dissipating in the wind.
The King of Calamities squinted and saw, emerging from the rolling dust, eight youth avatars gradually revealed.