Searching for the Dragon Vein, they're seeking the dragon's vein, and severing it severs the whole.
Xu Qing's entire body forged from two hundred and four bones of Undying Bone is the real deal, genuine hard bones, even tempered gold and stone are not as hard as him.
If there's a single weakness, perhaps it's the two bones of the Huangting and North Sea on his body that have not yet been refined.
But these weaknesses ceased to exist the moment Xu Qing refined his first piece of Undying Bone, for offense and defense had interchanged.
A zombie touching the realm of Undying Bone, even if its entire bones and flesh are scattered or burned by external force, as long as the Undying Bone remains, its original consciousness can still persist, and it can control the surviving Undying Bone to absorb the Yin's death aura and resentment energy between heaven and earth, or even the essence blood of living beings, to regroup flesh, restore the skeleton, and ultimately rebuild a complete zombie body.
This process may be extremely lengthy, and the recovery speed may vary depending on the environment, but none of these alter the fact that the Undying Bone is the zombie's 'only vulnerability'.
Only by completely destroying the Undying Bone can this type of zombie be truly killed.
It could be said that the Undying Bone is the root of Xu Qing's immortality and indestructibility, and also his fatal weakness. Han Renshan's Dragon Vein Severing method has a chance to win only by destroying all the Undying Bones on his body.
But Xu Qing's Undying Bone is precisely the hardest part of his body. Not to mention cultivators of the same level, even those with a thousand-year cultivation couldn't easily destroy a single piece of Undying Bone.
A strong physique is inherently a zombie's mainstay, to suppress it would require magical power many times greater or power specifically designed to restrain zombies.
Such as the strongest divine techniques, otherworldly magical instruments and artifacts...
At this moment, Han Renshan apparently did not possess these conditions. His Dragon Vein Severing skills couldn't even damage the smallest piece of Undying Bone on Xu Qing's body.
Yet, Han Renshan's first target in his Dragon Vein Severing attack was precisely Xu Qing's Tianzhu spine.
"Impossible! How can a person have no weaknesses?"
Han Renshan's pupils shook violently. This was the first time since using the Dragon Vein Severing that he had failed.
Xu Qing seized Han Renshan's probing hand and grinned, "It's not that I have no weaknesses, it's just that my weakness happens to be the hardest part of me."
Unable to extricate himself, Han Renshan resorted to casting the Five Plague Method again. Xu Qing watched as the opponent's spore sacs burst open, and the colorful toxic mist instantly enveloped the two.
Xu Qing frowned and slapped Han Renshan hard.
"Don't you have any public decency? While you don't mind the mess, I do!"
"It's people like you, randomly polluting, that ruin the environment of the Jin Sect!"
"And you dare glare. Which of my words was wrong? Now you feel all aggrieved."
After a few consecutive slaps, Han Renshan's cheeks visibly swelled.
The Holy Master of the Celestial Heart Sect had never been humiliated like this, his teeth chattered, between anger and fear he said, "Why aren't you affected by the Five Plagues?"
Another slap landed, and Xu Qing cursed, "Not affected, really? You've turned my pure white robes into a patchwork quilt — anyone could mistake me for a beggar. And you call that no effect?"
"You've ruined my image as a funeral master; that's a severe crime!"
"..."
Han Renshan let out a hoarse laugh, clearly driven mad by the young man in front of him.
He growled, "If you won't let me live, then I won't let you off easily either."
Finished speaking, Xu Qing watched as Han Renshan's entire body began to bloat, numerous sources of toxic pathogens seeped out of his body, clearly intending to take him down with him!
Whether that net breaks or not remains to be seen, but for sure that fish isn't living past today!
Xu Qing backhandedly clamped down on Han Renshan's wrist, his entire body exuding death energy that instantly submerged his opponent.
Feeling his life's energy slipping away, Han Renshan laughed even more manically:
"This is the Ghost Immortal Legacy, you cannot kill me. I am Master Wenhuang, a spectral ghost king, possessing the dispersing plague ability, commanding ten thousand poisons. Once I shed this mortal shell, the Immortal Master will descend, guiding me straight to the Jade Pool Celestial Palace!"
Xu Qing gave a strange expression, thinking, is this another encounter like Ji Lingzhou, with a deceiver of spirits?
"Come on, don't you feel something's off?"
Han Renshan's smile faltered, suddenly realizing his own body had stopped expanding, all the toxin glands and sacs on him ceased to function, he could no longer feel his physical existence!
He almost felt as if he had truly become a corpse!
No! It should be that this Wenhuang ghost had lost its second life, a feeling even more terrifying than a ghost turning into a revenant.
"What did you do to me?"
Han Renshan's pupils dilated, and the young man before him seemed to become an executor of death, leaving him solely with fear.
"I am a funeral master, surely doing what needs to be done for every corpse."
The Sutra of Salvation turned its page, turning the now ghostly corpse of Han Renshan completely unresistant.
Xu Qing observed the body, also shedding tears of grief, unsure of what to say.
Despite everything, you two were nonetheless the leaders of the Celestial Heart Sect and Cangyi Group, yet both with such weak psychological endurance, easily brought to tears like little pearls...
Shaking his head, Xu Qing brushed off the stray thoughts and began to savor the cinema of a Holy Master's life.
Before the Holy Master Han Renshan rose to fame, he was just a young man of humble beginnings.
His father, Han Laojiu, true to his name, was addicted to alcohol; his stepmother, Madam Huang, with a mouth like a knife—it was a life of constant beatings and curses for Han Renshan; there was also a younger stepbrother, spoiled by parents and liked to bully him, the withdrawn one.
Anyone else in this situation would have found it unbearable long ago!
But as fate would have it, destiny handed Han Renshan a sweet candy amidst the cracks.