The ghosts erupted in an uproar!
Especially the Underworld Bailiffs and Underworld Soldiers on the altar-someone had actually drawn a sword and killed a ghost at the slightest disagreement, inside their barrier, on their home ground!
No, there had not even been a disagreement. He had simply struck!
The nearest Horse-Face lunged upward. This time, he was fully prepared, yin power surging throughout his body, seemingly ready for a head-on clash.
His entire soul body seemed to dissolve into nothingness, a moving mass of black mist. There was no telling where his soul source lay, leaving his opponent nowhere to strike. This was precisely the unrivaled secret art for dealing with traditions like Sword Cultivators.
He had prepared to deal with a flying sword, but what greeted him was a Bone Dragon!
The Bone Dragon descended from the sky, opened its great mouth, and inhaled, sucking the entire cloud of ghostly mist into its mouth without leaving a trace. Onlookers could still see a mass of black qi struggling and howling inside its belly.
The Daoist concealed his face, but not his name. "Tan Xiao of the Chu Sect hereby lays down this rule: whoever dares destroy a departed soul shall be treated as though they have slaughtered a citizen of our Jinxiu!"
Two humans, with enough gall to swallow the heavens!
Hundreds of Underworld Bailiffs and Underworld Soldiers on the altar moved as one. They could not possibly swallow such humiliation!
But the Daoist Sect cultivators on the nearby mound moved too. Gao Yunqi said in a low voice, "Using this to probe the Netherworld's true intentions is just what we need!"
Du Changqing followed close behind. "Wonderful! The Netherworld's intentions are unclear, so the best approach is to give them a little provocation. In any case, the Shanmen