Devouring the Ghost Artifact's Yin Qi!
"Who?"
"Sister, be careful!"
The two women were terrified.
Qin Ming concealed his aura and silently crept up behind them. They didn't notice him at all, and by the time they realized what was happening, it was too late.
"Pfft!"
Qin Ming slapped the two women on the back with both palms, and the scorching hot Fire Poison and Sha Qi exploded out.
Ah--
The two women screamed in agony as a large amount of Yin Qi escaped from their ghostly bodies. The white-clad female ghost, in particular, was already extremely weak and was nearly killed by the Soul Scattering.
"Elder sister!"
The Red-Clad Female Ghost quickly helped her up, transferring her own Yin Qi into the woman in white's body.
"They're still alive!"
A cold glint flashed in Qin Ming's eyes, and he attacked again, intending to kill the two women completely.
But at that moment, one of the Demon Hunters from Wangjing Prefecture suddenly pounced on Qin Ming.
The man exuded a powerful Qi and Blood, and he held a blood-red longsword in his hand. As he swung the sword, Sword Qi energy surged, relentlessly attacking Qin Ming.
Qin Ming was shocked.
This Demon Hunter from Wangjing Prefecture was incredibly powerful, his Qi and Blood and qi surging, his cultivation clearly at the Blood Refining Realm or even higher! A casual swing of his sword immediately made Qin Ming feel a strong threat of death!
In the face of life and death, Qin Ming had no time to think. He drew his Butcher's Knife, channeling all his power into it.
"Black Tiger Severing Fate!"
Without hesitation, Qin Ming used his trump card, unleashing the strongest strike from the "Black Tiger Xingyi Saber".
The moment the swords clashed, Qin Ming trembled violently. His arms seemed to lose all feeling instantly. A powerful force swept over him like a ferocious beast, and Qin Ming's bones groaned as if they were about to be shattered.
The opponent's strength far exceeded Qin Ming's imagination. His all-out attack was instantly shattered, and he was sent flying hundreds of meters like a broken sack, crashing into several houses before finally being buried under a pile of rubble.
This sudden scene left even the two female ghosts stunned.
The Demon Hunters from Wangjing Prefecture actually took the initiative to help them out of their predicament!
Even the other two Demon Hunters were bewildered.
"Qingfeng, what are you doing? Come back and help!!"
Only when the three of them worked together could they reliably suppress the man in black robes; now that only two remained, the pressure had increased dramatically.
"A great opportunity!"
Suddenly, a large amount of thick black mist gushed out from the black robe of the man in black robes, instantly engulfing the two of them.
With two muffled groans, the two fell from the black mist and crashed heavily to the ground.
"Wow--"
Both of them coughed up a mouthful of blood, their auras weakened, and their strength greatly diminished.
In contrast, the man in black robes, hidden in the black mist, laughed loudly, looking up at the sky.
"It seems your companions are more concerned about my Ghost Slave."
The two were furious, staring intently at Li Qingfeng, their eyes filled with incomprehension and anger.
"Li Qingfeng, what are you doing? Have you gone mad?"
"Li Qingfeng, are you fucking having another episode?! Damn it!"
They had long heard that Li Qingfeng had strange quirks because he had been in love with a female ghost and would occasionally have seizures, but seeing him today, they realized how unreliable he really was.
At the crucial moment, they abandoned them to save a completely unrelated female ghost, resulting in both of them being severely injured by the Ghost Entity!
"Quack!"
The man in black robes let out a strange laugh, transforming into a black whirlwind that swept over the two of them.
As the whirlwind dissipated, the two Demon Hunters had turned into dried Dry Corpses. With a "thud," their bodies crashed heavily to the ground, shattering into pieces.
Ignoring the fate of his two companions, Li Qingfeng stared intently at the white figure, a flicker of reminiscence and pain in his eyes. "Ling'er! Is that you? Ling'er?"
"I'll send you to see your Ling'er right now!"
The man in black robes laughed loudly and was about to kill Li Qingfeng, but suddenly he seemed to notice something. He looked Li Qingfeng up and down a few times, his eyes filled with suspicion and uncertainty.
"I see!"
He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes suddenly showed a hint of interest. "Capturing you will surely satisfy that person!"
The man in black robes laughed loudly, flicked his sleeve, and forcibly pulled Li Qingfeng into his sleeve.
After doing all this, the man in black robes turned around and looked at the Ghost Artifact still in mid-air. He opened his palm and forcefully sucked the Ghost Artifact towards him.
Just as the Ghost Artifact was about to be obtained, a black blade suddenly slashed towards the black-robed man's arm from the crack below, carrying a strong aura of corpse demons. If the black-robed man did not stop, his arm would be severed by this blade.
"Ghost Blade! You really came! I knew it!"
The man in black robes snorted coldly, seemingly having anticipated this scene. He flipped his hand, and the Yin Qi within his body transformed into a giant skull that shot out. After colliding with the blade light, it stirred up a terrifying shockwave, shattering everything within a radius of dozens of meters.
From the crack below, a White Bone Skeleton over three meters tall crawled out.
It wore a tattered straw hat and a worn-out raincoat, and held a long black sickle in its hand. The sickle looked more like a sickle attached to a long stick, which looked extremely strange.
"Ghost Blade, this is something I went through a lot of trouble to create. Are you Dead Man Manor really going to get involved?"
The man in black robes spoke in a cold voice.
"Treasures belong to the capable; the Ghost Mansion can obtain them. What can't my Dead Man Manor obtain?"
Ghost Blade swung his scythe, and the jet-black blade carved a shallow crack in the air where it passed, with wisps of yin Yin Qi seeping out from the crack, emanating a chilling aura.
"Court death!"
A ghostly fire flashed in the black-robed man's eyes, and he charged forward swiftly, his palms wreathed in green flames.
The two ghosts were both extremely powerful and nearly equal in strength. The aftershocks of their battle shattered the surrounding buildings into dust, and even the Ghost Artifact was affected. It drew an arc in the air and was knocked off. Coincidentally, the Ghost Artifact landed right in the ruins above Qin Ming's head!
Qin Ming was cleaved into the ruins by Li Qingfeng's sword, and half of his body became numb.
The difference in their cultivation levels was too great. If Qin Ming hadn't practiced several Horizontal Training Martial Arts, that sword strike would have turned him into a bloody mist.
Even so, it took Qin Ming quite a while to recover. Just then, Qin Ming suddenly sensed a powerful ghostly aura. When he looked up, he saw that the Ghost Artifact was right above his head!
Only when he got closer could Qin Ming see the appearance of the Ghost Artifact clearly.
It was a ghost eyeball the size of a baby's fist.
Its entire body was blood red, resembling some kind of ferocious beast.
What surprised Qin Ming even more was that the eyeball contained a massive amount of Yin Qi. As long as he got his hands on it, it would definitely bring him a huge amount of Free Attribute Points, far exceeding any Yin Artifact he had ever seen before!
The problem is that the moment he makes a gesture, the black-robed man and the skeleton man will notice, and either of them could easily crush him to death!
"Fortune favors the bold, let's take the risk!"
Qin Ming quickly made up his mind.
His vital Qi and Blood was abundant, making him as conspicuous in the Ghost Fog as a beacon in the darkness. The man in black robes and the skeleton must have already spotted him. Rather than sitting here timidly waiting to die, he might as well take a gamble!
In the blink of an eye, Qin Ming made his decision. Without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed at the Ghost Artifact.
Strangely, neither the man in black robes nor the White Bone Skeleton intervened upon witnessing this scene, and a mocking glint even flashed in the man in black robes' eyes.
The Ghost Artifact contains extremely yin and ghostly energy; any living person who touches it will die instantly. Even a Blood Refining Realm expert cannot touch it and must use tools. Qin Ming, a mere Flesh Refining Realm, dared to take it with his bare hands—wasn't that just courting death?
Before he could even touch the Ghost Artifact, Qin Ming would likely be penetrated by the extremely cold ghost energy, eventually freezing his Qi and Blood to death.
Seeing that no one stopped him, Qin Ming was secretly pleased.
As his fingertips gradually approached the Ghost Artifact, an extremely cold and yin energy suddenly surged into his body through his fingertips, almost extinguishing Qin Ming's originally vigorous Qi and Blood, and freezing his limbs so much that he could not move.
No wonder they were unmoved...
Qin Ming's face was deathly pale, his hair was covered in white frost, and his teeth were chattering, as if he had been thrown into an ice cave and was almost frozen to death.
Fortunately, the chill came and went quickly, and as the Free Attribute Points on the panel increased rapidly, the chill also dissipated quickly.
In just two breaths, Qin Ming gained 5,000 Free Attribute Points, plus the 5,000 from killing Pei Heng's Hundred-Ghost Bodies, for a total of 10,000!
Ten thousand Free Attribute Points can be used to upgrade either the second stage of "Black Tiger Xingyi Saber" or "Pure Yang Art".
The Pure Yang Art contains the most yang energy, which is most effective against Ghost Entity. Qin Ming did not hesitate to upgrade the Pure Yang Art.
As 10,000 Free Attribute Points suddenly disappeared, the Pure Yang Art also advanced.
[Eighth-Rank Martial Arts: Pure Yang Art (1/20000) Greater Mastery]
As Qin Ming entered the second stage of the Pure Yang Technique, a wisp of pure Yang power was generated in his dantian, bringing the total to three wisps of pure Yang power.
These three strands of Pure Yang Power were thicker and thicker than the last. The Pure Yang Power that was first condensed during the breakthrough was about the size of a hair, while the Pure Yang Power that was just condensed was about the thickness of a chopstick.
As Qin Ming enhanced his Pure Yang Art, the Yin Qi energy within the Ghost Artifact was being continuously absorbed by the panel.
Soon, the aura of the Ghost Artifact plummeted, and the Ghost Artifact, which had originally emitted a blood-red light, suddenly dimmed by more than half.
Qin Ming was also feeling bad.
Yin Qi needs to enter his body before it can be absorbed by the panel and become Free Attribute Points. His body is essentially the medium between the two. The extremely yin and cold Yin Qi poured into his body, like a bucket of ice shards forcibly passing through his meridians, as if being slowly sliced to death.
On the other side, the man in black robes was the first to notice something was wrong.
Although Qin Ming's face was deathly pale and he was shivering from the cold, he still slowly reached his hand towards the Ghost Artifact.
Most importantly, the oppressive aura emanating from the Ghost Artifact rapidly diminished at a visible rate.
"You damned little beast, what have you done?"
The man in black robes flew into a rage. He shook off the Ghost Blade with a palm strike and charged at Qin Ming with overwhelming fury.