Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Pei Xuanjing stood tall on the mountain peak, his clothing rustling as it was caught by the mountain wind.
Looking at the three people who appeared before him, a subtle expression crossed his face. These individuals were likely the people Jiang Bin mentioned from the Yin Department.
However, even Jiang Bin hadn't expected that they would arrive so quickly. Not only had they already reached Xuanfu, but they even knew that Pei Xuanjing would be present here today.
"Ghost Emperor of the Yin Department, " Pei Xuanjing said calmly, his voice as cold as ice.
As he spoke, his hand moved to rest on the hilt of the sword at his waist, ready to draw it at a moment's notice.
"Pei Xuanjing, you dared to murder the people of my Yin Department. Today, I will kill you in order to boost the reputation of the Yin Department!" The Southern Ghost Emperor gloated, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
The Southern Ghost Emperor, a long-established first-grade martial artist, was one of the Five Ghost Emperors of the Yin Department.
Not long ago, after hearing of Pei Xuanjing's killing of the Equality King, the Southern Ghost Emperor took the initiative to deal with Pei Xuanjing personally, determined to slay him and restore the Yin Department's dignity.
"Ha, kill me?" Pei Xuanjing sneered coldly as he looked at his opponent. "Seems like we are going to have one less first-grade martial artist in the world today."
"Humph, you arrogant brat! You think I am the same as that waste, Gong Xingqiu? That you, a second-class martial artist, can slay me!" The Southern Ghost Emperor dismissed with disdain.
Even when he heard that Pei Xuanjing had killed Mire Sect's deputy leader, Gong Xingqiu, a first-grade martial artist, with his second-grade martial artist's power, it did not deter his determination.
In his view, it wasn't that Pei Xuanjing was too strong, but that Gong Xingqiu was too weak.
Moreover, no one knew what actually happened that day. What if Pei Xuanjing resorted to some despicable tricks?
"Humph," Pei Xuanjing gave a cold, dismissive laugh, offering no further comment.
Unable to tolerate further idle talk with Pei Xuanjing, the Southern Ghost Emperor had turned to the two men behind him and ordered, "Black and White Impermanence, kill him!"
The two men who followed him, one in black and one in white, had long, disheveled hair and each wore a long and pointed black or white hat respectively. Each held a mourning stick in their hands.
"Yes, Ghost Emperor!" The Black and White Impermanence answered in unison.
The Black and White Impermanence were well-known assassins of the Yin Department, also known as the Soul Hookers because of the numerous skilled fighters who had died by their hands.
The pair immediately leaped into action, charging straight towards Pei Xuanjing.
The two mourning sticks whirled toward him, accompanied by the eerie aura exuding from their bodies.
In a flash, a chilling aura swept over the mountain peak, and stones flew around, heading straight for Pei Xuanjing.
Regardless of his previous condescension, the Southern Ghost Emperor kept a wary eye on Pei Xuanjing's every move.
Despite harbouring doubts about Pei Xuanjing's abilities, his many years of cautious instinct retained his vigilance.
As the Black and White Impermanence began their attack with the mourning sticks, Pei Xuanjing remained unfazed.
Clang!
With a crisp sound, Pei Xuanjing twisted his wrist and drew his long sword from its scabbard.
"Child's play!" Pei Xuanjing chuckled lightly.
sword light.
The sword's light was piercing, like a bright sun; no one could look straight at it. In a split second, the entire mountain peak was engulfed in the sword's light.
Synchronized with his sword strike, the True Qi within Pei Xuanjing's body circulated, filling him with Blood Qi, and his strength exploded.
The countless sword lights eventually fused into one!
Pei Xuanjing held nothing back, swords clashing in the wind and thunder, unmatched as they descended from the sky.
"That sword!" The Southern Ghost Emperor in the distance was aghast.
Despite the distance, he could feel the ferocious power emanating from that sword.
He had a premonition that even if it were him facing that violent strike, he would only be able to dodge, not withstand it.
If such were the case for the first grade martial artist Southern Ghost Emperor, then how would it be for Black and White Impermanence, who happened to be beneath the swords' light?
When they first attacked, they wanted to catch Pei Xuanjing off guard and not give him a chance to counterattack. This was their most familiar tactic.
However, they didn't anticipate that their opponent would act so quickly, unleashing such a violent slash in just a split second.
Presented with such a sword, they could clearly feel its endless power.
In fact, the pair sensed the breath of death that was almost palpable; how could this not frighten them?
In this case, faced with such a terrifying sword, the pair couldn't evade.
"We have no choice, go for it!" Because of their tacit understanding built over a long period, the Black and White Impermanence simultaneously made a decision within a split second.
At this moment, they both held nothing back, not daring to either.
Boom!
The boiling Blood Qi exploded, and their Blood Qi entwined together. There was no sign of rejection, yet they seemed to merge and gather further to boost their power.
"These two are even revealing their trump cards, they should now have no problem dealing with this sword." The Southern Ghost Emperor thought.
Although the Black and White Impermanence were only second-class martial artists, they were brothers who shared meals and a roof from a young age, thus they excel in combination attacks. Even when facing a first-grade martial artist, they still had the strength to retaliate, even though they often lost.
Usually, a martial artist's Blood Qi contains the True Qi of that martial artist, so each martial artist's Blood Qi not only tends to resist each other, but also rejects each other.
But as brothers practicing complementary martial arts, the Blood Qi of these two people did not reject others as usual, but instead they merged and gathered, bursting out the power that could even match that of first-grade martial artists.
Bang!
The gigantic forces collided, causing an overwhelming vibration.
On the mountain peak, stones were flung about and exploded, creating a cloud of dust.
Thump! Thump!
The Black and White Impermanence were flung backward, their clothes torn and their bodies marked by countless sword wounds. They sprayed fresh blood as they crashed onto the ground.
It was obvious that they had lost to Pei Xuanjing's sword.
"How… how is that possible!" The Southern Ghost Emperor's face turned pale, finding it hard to believe.
The pair were very sturdy for they had once held their ground against a first-grade martial artist for a hundred moves, and even managed to wound that expert when they caught them by surprise, thus establishing their reputation.
However now the pair stood defeated on the ground after using their trump cards, and they had not even withstood a single attack.
"Too weak." Pei Xuanjing commented simply.
Hi
s expression was as calm as ever, clearly showing that defeating these two so effortlessly didn't give him a sense of accomplishment.
Since he had killed the first-grade martial artist Gong Xingqiu, Pei Xuanjing's opponents were no longer martial artists of the same realm. Only first-grade martial artist experts would be able to make him act earnestly.
After speaking, without giving a second look to the Black and White Impermanence who had lost their fighting spirit, Pei Xuanjing turned his focus to the Southern Ghost Emperor.
"Now, let me see the infamous powerful moves of the Yin Department's Ghost Emperor!"
Upon hearing Pei Xuanjing•s words, the Southern Ghost Emperor discarded his concern for the fate of the Black and White Impermanence.
At this moment, the arrogance on his face vanished, and he looked at Pei Xuanjing solemnly..
"I take back my previous words, you are already qualified to be on par with us." said the Ghost Emperor of the Southern Region in a deep voice.
With just one move, he defeated the Black and White Impermanence, leaving them no chance to fight back.
The contempt in the Southern Ghost Emperor's heart for the young second -class martial artist in front of him was completely wiped away, replaced by caution. He now regarded his opponent as his equal.
As a martial arts expert, he had seen talents like carps crossing the river, but among these talents, none was like Pei Xuanjing before him.
Even in the eyes of the Southern Ghost Emperor, this young man was even better than Tie Qianshan in the past.
However, thinking that such a genius had already become an enemy of the underworld and had caused significant losses to it.
The barely perceptible admiration in his heart quickly turned into an intense killing intent.
If he had previously wanted to kill Pei Xuanjing to reestablish the authority of the underworld.
Now, the Southern Ghost Emperor had only one goal, to kill Pei to prevent a possible future enemy that could really destroy the underworld.
"With your talent, you should have had an extremely bright future. But, I have to kill your potential future personally. What a pity…what a pity…" the Southern Ghost Emperor sighed softly.
As he spoke, he slowly drew the long saber from his hand. As the blade was unsheathed, all the emotions on him disappeared as if he had turned into a ghost god. His gaze was indifferent and emotionless, filled with pure killing intent.
"Make your move!"
The cold words of the Southern Ghost Emperor came out, his plain words were filled with unimaginable will.
Pei Xuanjing felt the terrifying killing intent and coldness from the Southern Ghost Emperor, but it did not affect him at all. His heart was calm as water, completely undisturbed.
"Die!"
He swung his sword again, the sword light was chilling, like a dragon swimming out to sea, a tiger roaring in the mountains, the momentum was tremendous.
In a flash, sword energies crisscrossed all over, the entire mountaintop was illuminated with the sword light, as if the mountaintop was covered by it.
At this moment, he was also unleashing his martial arts intent without reservation, along with the dazzling sword energy, like a fierce tiger escaping from a cage, he charged towards the Southern Ghost Emperor.
"Terrifying strike!" Commented the Southern Ghost Emperor.
But facing such a thunderous momentum, he didn't dodge at all.
As his words fell, he swung his long saber, and a blade light of extreme brightness emerged.
Unlike Pei Xuanjing's blazing sunlight, his blade light was rather like a calm and cold moonlight.
With a swing of the long saber, his true qi circulated throughout his body, his blood qi rolled, and it exploded in an instant.
The saber swung, as if at this moment, everything, perception, vision, were all cut off by the blade light, and only this slash was left between heaven and earth.
With a slash, a silver dragon made up of saber qi roared out!
This nearly substantial martial arts intent spread out, outlining a solemn killing hell, a ghost god dwelled within, judging all beings, dominating life and death.
Clang!
The two crossed swords and sabers, creating a deafening collision.
Clang, clang, clang, clang…
In just a few breaths, the two had already exchanged several rounds of blows.
Clatter!
The Indomitable Sword in Pei Xuanjing's hand was cut into two by the opponent's saber.
"Indeed, without a good divine weapon at hand, it won't work." Pei Xuanjing sighed lightly.
But the Southern Ghost Emperor didn't give Pei Xuanjing any chance at all. Seeing that the long sword in Pei Xuanjing's hand was cut off, he stepped forward, and another saber slash came.
Pei Xuanjing didn't change his expression, he slapped out a palm, with the power of ten elephants added to it.
Boom!
Continuous palms were launched, in the face of Pei Xuanjing's overwhelming palm strikes carrying infinite power, the Southern Ghost Emperor naturally could only choose to dodge.
Once again, he repelled the Southern Ghost Emperor with a move, Pei Xuanjing reached out his hands, a great suction came from his palms, directly grabbing the mourning sticks from the hands of the incapacitated Black and White Impermanence into his hands.
Although Pei Xuanjing was not good at this kind of weapon, even with the simplest moves, he was able to unleash unbeatable power with his whopping ten-elephant force.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
The two mourner sticks crossed and whirled, accompanied by the sounds of tearing the air, each hit carried the power to shatter mountains and split rocks.
Boom, boom, boom, boom…
With each slam by Pei Xuanjing, there were sounds of wind and thunder, on the top of the mountain, countless boulders were turned into dust.
The Ghost Emperor of the South's blade light was piercingly cold, the ferocious glint of the blade flickered in all directions, driven by both True Qi and Blood Qi, unleashing endless dominance.
Crack,
Crack,
Another two sounds resonated, the two divine weapons in Pei Xuanjing's hand, despite being considered top-notch among the Indomitable Swords, were once again destroyed in the hands of the Ghost Emperor of the South.
"Today, you will surely die!"
The icy voice of the Ghost Emperor of the South echoed once again.
This time, Pei Xuanjing was without any weapon in his hand, he had all the advantages, the opponent was certain to die.
With that, he swung the long saber in his hand, striking directly downwards.
"Ha!" Pei Xuanjing sneered aloud.
At this moment, Pei Xuanjing mobilized all his True Qi and Blood Qi, the Dragon Elephant Art circulated throughout his body, his hands transformed into the colour of earth and ash.
His sturdy body gave out crackling noises, bones and muscles echoed, his internal organs trembled slightly, and his blood flow accelerated.
Even though Pei Xuanjing was just standing there, the airflow around him seemed to be vibrating, causing ripples to appear.
Giant Spirit Surpasses Mountains!
This palm strike, seemed as mighty as moving mountains and seas.
This palm strike, seemed as earth-shattering as overturning heaven and earth.
Bang!
Pei Xuanjing's palm strike came later but arrived first, hitting directly on the Thousand Refinement Divine Blade in the hand of the Ghost Emperor of the South.
Under the immense impact of power, the originally swinging long saber abruptly changed its direction, and the hand of the Ghost Emperor of the South gripping the saber went numb from the sudden resistance.
Crack!
His wrist was broken straight away.
"Ah!" The Ghost Emperor of the South couldn't help but cry out in agony.
At this moment, his originally cold and ruthless face began to twist.
Not only that, the massive power carried by the palm strike, along with the saber, hit his shoulder, the power of ten elephants dislocated his muscles and bones.
Looking at the Ghost Emperor of the South who was sent flying, Pei Xuanjing did not hesitate at all, his right hand grabbed again, and the broken sword soared into the air.
Pei Xuanjing fired the broken sword with his Qi Luck, and it shot straight out, heading for the Ghost Emperor of the South.
Splurt!
Facing Pei Xuanjing's attack, the face of the Ghost Emperor of the South changed dramatically, but he could not avoid it at all, he was impaled straight through his chest.
Clang!
The priceless Thousand Refinement Divine Blade fell to the ground, the eyes of the Ghost Emperor of the South filled with disbelief as he looked at Pei Xuanjing.
He didn't understand, he had seemingly already secured victory, and was about to personally kill this man who had disgraced the Yin Department.
But why!
Why was he the one who died?
With a deep sense of unwillingness and confusion, the Ghost Emperor of the South died.
Huff huff huff…
Pei Xuanjing was breathing heavily, taking several elixirs from his bosom, swallowing them, and sitting on the ground, trying to recover his True Qi and Blood Qi.
"Brother Pei, we just received news that the people from the Yin Department seem to have arrived…"
Just as he spoke, Lin Qingyi, leading a group of people, arrived from afar, his words were cut short when he saw the scene before him.
His face changed significantly, and he shouted in alarm, "Brother Pei, are you okay?"
Pei Xuanjing finished gathering his Qi, stood up, and said, "I'm fine."
Looking at the dead man, and the Black and White Impermanence half-dead on the ground, Lin Qingyi immediately understood what had happened here and the identity of these three strangers.
"Brother Pei, these people, they aren't from the Yin Department are they!?" He said, his face filled with shock, and he opened his mouth hesitantly to ask for confirmation from Pei Xuanjing.
Pei Xuanjing nodded, "Yes, it's them.."