You call this the way of the sword?

As the saying goes, people are three parts afraid of ghosts, but ghosts are seven parts afraid of people.

Upon opening her eyes and seeing Yang Qingfeng right in front of her, Bai Xiaoxing suddenly shuddered.

Her body was buried deep in the ground, showing no signs of abnormality, but when the exposed skull shook, several strands of hair fell out.

As soon as his hair loosened, Yang Qingfeng saw the dark eye sockets underneath, and two wisps of soul fire.

To be honest, this scene was quite creepy.

A skull with incomplete flesh and a head full of long hair lying on the ground defies both common sense and reason, so it can only be a matter of magic and natural law.

After a brief standoff, the soul fire within the skull was extinguished without anyone noticing.

"Your skill is quite interesting."

Yang Qingfeng couldn't hold back any longer and tapped Bai Xiaoxing's skull with the hilt of his sword.

However, after two knocks, there was no response.

Bai Xiaoxing's head just stood there on the ground.

It's as if a dead pig isn't afraid of boiling water, and a dead bone isn't afraid of being buried on the spot.

Driven by curiosity, Yang Qingfeng tapped Bai Xiaoxing's bones several more times and discovered that they were somewhat unusual.

He hadn't seen any other skeletons, but he had gnawed on things like pig bones and chicken bones.

Bai Xiaoxing's bones were noticeably harder, giving the impression that they were not easily broken, which was quite strange.

"Ignoring me means you see me as an enemy. If you see me as an enemy but don't attack, it means you're in a state where you can't attack me, or your attack power is too low."

"Conversely, your defense should be very high now, so there's a high probability you won't 'die' again."

Yang Qingfeng pondered to himself, while simultaneously grabbing Bai Xiaoxing's hair and tugging at it like pulling a radish, but he couldn't budge it.

He finally couldn't help but laugh out loud: "How can a few bones be so tightly connected? I wonder if I could cut them off with a sword?"

As Yang Qingfeng spoke, he actually drew Yu Jun's sword, and upon hearing the sound of the sword being drawn, Bai Xiaoxing immediately felt a tingling sensation in her neck.

She's practically skinless and fleshless now; if they really operate, they'll be going straight for the bone.

Although she was confident that she wouldn't be cut open and wouldn't feel pain while in her death-faking state, this couldn't go on forever.

Are you sick?

Suddenly the skull spoke.

Yang Qingfeng brushed Bai Xiaoxing's hair aside, looked at the ghostly fire in her eyes, and chuckled, "Is there anything wrong with me trying to kill you?"

"..." Bai Xiaoxing wriggled her lips, wanting to spit in Yang Qingfeng's face, before realizing she didn't have a mouth.

She suppressed her annoyance and gestured, "Look behind you, here's my little gift for you."

Just as Yang Qingfeng was about to say something, a chilling voice came from behind him.

The once silent valley was filled with the sound of insects flapping their wings, and the sound grew louder and louder.

Suddenly, rocks fell from both sides of the mountain, and battlefield locusts swarmed out of their caves!

"You can control the demonic locusts?"

Yang Qingfeng immediately noticed the anomaly.

These demonic locusts have no soul.

The largest of them are about half the size of a fist, and their bodies are covered with sharp barbs. Even a slight graze can tear off large pieces of flesh.

Yang Qingfeng quickly stood up and simultaneously flung a piece of gravel into the air.

Skill: Sword Bursts Across the Land.

With a deafening roar, the swarm of locusts was instantly blasted to pieces, turning into a rain of blood.

Behind Yang Qingfeng, a skeleton dressed in red had just crawled out when it was stunned into place by the sudden explosion.

The aftershocks of the explosion whipped up a fierce wind that whipped her red dress, lifting her long skirt to reveal her two straight, smooth thigh bones, and even her hip bones.

The cool sensation suddenly hit a sensitive spot, and Bai Xiaoxing looked down in surprise, only to find that she had climbed too fast and her hips hadn't caught her underwear, which had fallen to the ground!

"Damn it!"

"As expected, I have no experience."

They both spoke at the same time and turned their heads at the same time.

When their eyes met, Yang Qingfeng's eyes lit up, while Bai Xiaoxing was startled.

Her incredibly slender legs instinctively took a half-step back, then she turned and ran towards the valley, shouting as she ran, "Don't you dare run away! Wait for me here!!"

A skeleton, about 1.6 meters tall, wearing a red dress and still with hair, ran out so gracefully, taking huge, fast strides.

Encountering such a unique scene on his first encounter with ghosts, even in the midst of a battlefield, Yang Qingfeng's playful nature was involuntarily aroused.

"If you run out, I might not chase you anymore, but if you run in... well, you're out of luck."

No sooner had Yang Qingfeng finished speaking than Bai Xiaoxing's scream echoed back.

Not far ahead, the ten sword spirits formed an almost inescapable net, and no matter which way Bai Xiaoxing ran, he would run into their trap.

Taking two sword blows won't hurt.

Even after turning around and taking two more sword blows, it still didn't hurt.

But the sword spirit didn't care whether she was in pain or not. He just attacked her whenever he saw her, until Bai Xiaoxing had nowhere to go but to burrow underground. Then he collected his soul and prayed that Yang Qingfeng couldn't find him.

However, Bai Xiaoxing herself was unaware that her [Death Escape] skill had a flaw.

The so-called "soul concealment" simply means completely masking the soul's aura, not destroying it.

Bai Xiaoxing could use the death ruse to avoid the battlefield locusts and the pursuit of the young men, but he could not escape the soul vision of the sword spirit.

She is not really dead; her soul flame still exists.

Unless Bai Xiaoxing digs three feet into the ground and buries herself, her soul fire is more conspicuous than a conspicuous bag to Yang Qingfeng.

"Stop running! You've seen my sword spirit, don't you understand?"

Seeing Yang Qingfeng strolling over leisurely, Bai Xiaoxing felt a surge of despair and angrily retorted, "Don't push your luck! If you have the guts, let me recover! What's the point of chasing after me? You..."

Before Bai Xiaoxing could finish speaking, Yang Qingfeng's words nearly choked her: "I didn't bully anyone, aren't you a ghost?"

The soul fire in Bai Xiaoxing's pupils suddenly swelled, as if she were staring in disbelief.

Then the soul fire receded and gradually dimmed, much like the extreme despair.

She was already at the peak level of the Pingchuan battlefield, but she was only level 29.

Yang Qingfeng had previously used his Insight Technique on her and knew her level. His continued relentless pursuit under these circumstances was not recklessness, but rather a display of confidence and fearlessness.

After this chase, Bai Xiaoxing still didn't know why, but he understood that his Dao body was being restrained.

Her [Death Escape] ability is excellent at saving her life, but it comes at a high price: she can't use other attack skills and can't return to her original state in a short time.

Most importantly, she absolutely cannot suffer a serious injury. Otherwise, even losing a toe bone would leave her crippled during recovery; if she loses a part, it will be gone forever.

Just now, as the sword spirit struck her repeatedly, Bai Xiaoxing felt no pain, but the sense of crisis in her heart grew stronger with each strike.

She had a premonition that if she were to take a few more sword blows, even her tough bones would shatter.

In the end, Bai Xiaoxing gave in, "I swear to heaven, I have never killed a human since I began cultivating. Can you just pretend you've never seen me?"

Yang Qingfeng squatted down, leaning on his sword, staring at the violently shaking soul fire inside the skull, and slowly said, "Just now you were manipulating the demonic locusts to kill me. If I hadn't been able to deal with it, I would probably be dead by your hand."

"Therefore, it won't work."

The soul fire no longer trembled.

Bai Xiaoxing said, her anger barely concealed, "Then what do you want? If you're going to kill me, then do it now!"

"Wait, let me ask you something first."

Yang Qingfeng opened his cultivation space, took out his underwear, unfolded it, and held it in front of the skull. "The demon-ghost alliance is all-encompassing. Do you know what this is?"