Boom...!
Just as everyone was marveling at Dugu Qingxiao's sword strike, a streak of bloody light suddenly soared from the corpse of the Yellow Springs Hell Ghost Marshal.
Bang!!
But with a mere flicker of his figure, Dugu Qingxiao caught the crimson radiance in his hand.
Only then did everyone finally see the true form of that mass of crimson radiance-
A gigantic Ghost Eye Stone.
At the sight, Xu Ziyan said in relief:
"We have it, the last Ghost Marshal's Ghost Eye Stone."
Xu Taiping likewise let out a long breath.
Having heard about Second Senior Brother's plan from Xu Ziyan, he also knew that this was the most important step in Second Senior Brother's departure from Yellow Springs.
Blade Ghost and Old Daoist Huang, meanwhile, looked curious.
The two were deeply curious about a cultivator from the Mortal Realm devouring the inheritances of the Nine Prison Lord Ghost Marshals and ascending to become Yellow Springs Yama.
Just then, Dugu Qingxiao suddenly called out to Xu Taiping from the distant sky:
"Junior Brother, Ziyan, and you two elders, retreat another ten li."
They had already guessed that Dugu Qingxiao intended to swallow this Ghost Eye Stone directly and ascend to become Yellow Springs Yama.
Xu Taiping therefore called back:
"We'll retreat now."
As he spoke, he glanced at Blade Ghost beside him.
Blade Ghost immediately understood and said:
"Let's go!"
With that, he swept his broad sleeve, and the blade qi surging from his body swept Xu Taiping and the others backward through the air.
In the blink of an eye, they were standing more than ten li away.
When everyone looked closely again, they saw Dugu Qingxiao at the center of Yellow Springs Hell swallow the Ghost Eye Stone in one gulp.
"Thud-!"
In an instant, all of