"Roar..."
"Whimper..."
"Hiss..."
In an instant, Bai Zihe felt countless roars.
They came from his ears, yet echoed in the depths of his soul, lingering indefinitely, never ceasing for a moment, extremely bizarre.
"Heh..."
A cold glint flashed in Bai Zihe's eyes.
Did this mere trickery dare to show off?
In the Tower of Heaven, let alone mere wails and moans, Bai Zihe had already fought countless demon lords and ghostly overlords.
And.
He had triumphed in every battle!
Therefore, dealing with them was quite smooth.
"Scram—"
Bai Zihe let out a thunderous roar at those sounds.
Within the roar...
Appeared phantom Buddhist Vajra beings, solemn and majestic, with myriad forms, enveloped by faint Buddhist light and nature.
The Great Divine Abilities of Buddhism were the nemesis of all ghosts and bloodshed.
Furthermore, Bai Zihe had delved into it for a long time, so its power was naturally extraordinary. With just one roar, over twenty thousand monsters instantly scattered and permanently vanished into the cycle of reincarnation.
Those who managed to survive...
Were the ones the original owner of the Bone Spirit Sword and Qin Changkong had slain. These were cultivators of extraordinary strength whose souls were incredibly potent and were not annihilated by Bai Zihe's single roar.
"Hmm?"
Qin Changkong narrowed his eyes, and streaks of cold light erupted within them. His expression also turned extremely fearful at this moment.
"Bai Zihe..."
"I truly didn't expect you to know the Buddhist divine ability, the Vajra Lion's Roar!"
"It seems..."
"The secrets you hold are truly beyond my imagination."
"It's just that I wonder..."
Qin Changkong's lips curved slightly, filled with coldness and cruelty. "When I've beaten you to the brink of death and excavated all your secrets using the Soul Searching Technique, what a grand spectacle it will be!"
Soul Searching Technique!
This was a miraculous art that powerful beings of higher realms could employ against cultivators of lower realms when possessing overwhelming soul power.
It could not only deliver a massive impact to the opponent's spiritual sense but also search their soul, read their secrets, and expose everything, no matter how deeply hidden.
However.
This miraculous art, while immensely powerful, was also extremely wicked.
Those subjected to the Soul Searching Technique would, at best, suffer soul damage requiring a long recovery period, or at worst, lose consciousness and become imbeciles.
Even more so.
It wasn't uncommon for them to die on the spot.
"Soul Searching Technique..."
Bai Zihe's lips split, revealing his pearly white teeth, and he said brightly, "You've reminded me. I won't forget it by then."
The Soul Searching Technique was indeed miraculous.
But as fate would have it.
When Bai Zihe last entered seclusion to break through to the Mahayana realm, he coincidentally comprehended this very art, though he had never tried it.
And Qin Changkong...
As an ancient monster who had lived for hundreds of years, the Third Elder of the Tianshan Sword Sect, he likely knew a great many secrets.
If he were to search Qin Changkong's soul, he might gain considerable rewards!
"Arrogant!"
Qin Changkong immediately roared, "Bai Zihe, you are but a mere child in the Mahayana stage, with a superficial foundation and shallow techniques. What courage do you possess to dare to search my soul?"
"Die!"
In a fit of rage.
Qin Changkong, holding the Bone Spirit Sword, instantly traversed over a hundred zhang.
"Swish!"
"Swish, swish, swish!"
"Brush, brush, brush, brush, brush!"
Qin Changkong came charging with his sword, accompanied by countless sword qi.
These sword qi...
Contained a power comparable to Qin Changsheng's full-power "Sky-Breaking Sword" in the Molten Mountain Range.
Truly possessing the aura of a sword that could break the heavens!
However.
The sheer number of these sword qi was so dense that they were about to engulf Bai Zihe, leaving him no room to escape.
"Whoosh!"
"Swoosh..."
"Swish—"
Qin Changkong waved his hand, and all the silver-white sword qi rushed forward relentlessly.
"Swish!"
Bai Zihe, without hesitation, wielded his Zhu Tian Sword to parry.
The next moment.
Streams of sword qi shot out.
However...
Upon collision, Bai Zihe's body trembled slightly.
The sword qi emitted by the Bone Spirit Sword carried an extremely potent malevolent aura, which, at the moment of impact, actually attempted to counterattack him!
Were it not for his extremely powerful spiritual sense.
He might have been successfully ambushed by this dense malevolent aura just now.
This kind of malevolent aura...
While seemingly not causing much direct damage, in the clash between two masters, it was enough to disorient one's mind, confuse their spiritual platform, and thus lead to a disadvantage!
It was fatal!
"Hmm?"
Qin Changkong's brow furrowed, and a storm of shock also arose in his heart. "Bai Zihe, I didn't expect your spiritual sense to be this powerful!"
"The Bone Spirit Sword..."
"Is a top-grade Earth-tier artifact, just a step away from Celestial-tier!"
"The dense malevolent aura it possesses is something even masters of the same Tribulation Transcension realm find slightly difficult to resist and cannot afford to treat lightly."
"Yet you are completely unharmed..."
Qin Changkong's voice was filled with coldness and curiosity. "This shows you indeed have some skills, but that's as far as you go!"
Several attacks failed to yield results, and Qin Changkong gradually lost his patience.
He had been famous for many years.
And he was bullying a junior.
If he were still resisted by Bai Zihe repeatedly, it would be an absolute insult to him, a humiliation to his power!
Bai Zihe sneered, "Whatever abilities you have, just unleash them. If I, Bai Zihe, were to so much as furrow my brow, then I wouldn't be a true warrior!"
"Arrogant!"
Seeing that Bai Zihe dared to look down on him, Qin Changkong's anger intensified.
"Swish..."
He took a step forward and suddenly appeared in mid-air.
A powerful aura emerged abruptly, enveloping the entire space, pervasive and omnipresent.
And Qin Changkong...
His voluminous robe fluttered without wind, his lapels rippling.
He stepped on yin and yang, walked among the seven stars, and chanted aloud, "The world has the Dao, the world has the sword. Where the heart points, the sword reaches!"
"Using my body, I guide the sword!"
"Heavenly Sword Art!"
As Qin Changkong's final shout echoed, a thunderclap suddenly erupted in the sky.
The thunder illuminated the entire land, and all demons, ghosts, spirits, and monsters were exposed, as if revealing their true forms at this very moment.
Simultaneously.
Lightning descended upon Qin Changkong's Bone Spirit Sword.
Crackling.
Serpentine movement.
Ultimately...
A world-shattering sword radiance condensed upon it.
This sword radiance...
Reached from heaven to earth. With a single downward slash, it truly possessed a power that could confound gods and demons.
"Swish..."
The next moment.
Qin Changkong pointed the Bone Spirit Sword in his hand directly at Bai Zihe, and the world-shattering sword radiance slashed down from above.
Before the sword qi even arrived.
The surrounding air was compressed to its absolute limit.
The already ravaged trees and other objects in the vicinity were instantly flattened and pressed tightly to the ground.
"Die!"
Qin Changkong's lips curved upwards, and his gaze towards Bai Zihe was piercing.
As if...
He was already a dead man!