The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 364 - 176: Reproduction of Yang Ping’s City Governance Seal

Chapter 364: Chapter 176: Reproduction of Yang Ping’s City Governance Seal

"Boom—"

With an explosive sound, Qing Yu, just like Zhang Yangping, unleashed thunder from his palms. Lightning converged into the form of a dragon and roared forth.

Just as Zhang Yangping’s "Palming Thunder" had arrived in an instant before, Qing Yu’s "Thunder Sound Electric Dragon" also struck swiftly, leaving Zhang Yangping no time to dodge before he was struck.

"How can you know the Thunder Skill of our Dragon Tiger Mountain?" Zhang Yangping cried out in disbelief.

Hit directly by the "Thunder Sound Electric Dragon," Zhang Yangping’s hair was slightly curled as if he had received an ion perm, but he suffered no real harm to his body. After all, he himself was a cultivator of the Thunder Skill and was highly resistant to lightning.

Zhang Yangping’s surprise was not without reason. In the worldly society, there were indeed many Martial Arts bearing the names of thunder and lightning—like Thunderbolt Fist, Electric Pole Step, and so on. But in reality, they didn’t involve actual natural thunder and lightning.

There were also skills like Thunder Induction and the immovable Three Thousand Thunder Movement, which could manipulate thunder and lightning, but the process was exceedingly brutish—forcing the body to endure and adapt, and an accidental misstep could easily result in death.

The true Thunder Skill has always been within the Taoist School, abiding by the heavenly heart and conforming to yin yang, taming savage thunder and lightning to one’s will. Though the cultivation process was difficult, it did not endanger life.

Especially the Zhang Family of Dragon Tiger Mountain, their Thunder Skill was said to be unrivaled in their time. The story of how the Zhengyi Taoist Ancestor, Zhang Daoling, used the Thunder Skill to sweep away a horde of demons and shake the myriad evils was still told to this day.

"Thunder Skill isn’t solely your Dragon Tiger Mountain’s forte," Qing Yu’s palms surged once more, the wind and thunder intermingling within them, "Wind and Thunder Benefit."

Wind and Thunder Benefit, with the Symbol of the Wind above and the Symbol of Thunder below—this was the interplay of wind and thunder, the meaning of diminishing the above to benefit the below.

This move combined the thunder-abating wind with the rapid lightning, dramatically amplifying its sound and power.

Qing Yu appeared before Zhang Yangping with a speed beyond description and attacked directly, leaving Zhang Yangping unable to defend. Solely because his speed was just too fast.

Moreover, Zhang Yangping had already lost focus, his power failing to reach its peak.

Wind and thunder gave birth to each other in the palms; the mighty embraces of wind and thunder left Zhang Yangping skidding back more than ten meters on the ground and streaking the path with scorch marks.

After being struck by such a powerful move, Wind and Thunder Benefit to the chest, one could say that Zhang Yangping should have been dead or severely injured, but he still stood unyielding and his breath was not significantly weakened.

"Indeed, there is a precious artifact upon you."

Qing Yu furrowed his brows deeply. The scions of these Great Sects indeed carried precious artifacts, all famous individuals kept an artifact for protection. Perhaps it was a defensive measure bestowed by an elder.

When Zhang Yangping entered this place, Qing Yu had already sensed that he carried something extremely threatening. Hence, Qing Yu had never used his full strength but instead tested and probed step by step using his words mainly.

Now, he finally confirmed it.

Just now, when Wind and Thunder Benefit struck Zhang Yangping, a streak of black True Qi had blocked Qing Yu’s hand. This black True Qi, Qing Yu was very familiar with; after all, it was his first encounter with such evil and bizarre matter.

Indeed, it was the Black True Qi used by Zhang Yangde at the Heavenly Calculation Inheritance Relics. Should one say ’like brother, like brother, each possessing this Black True Qi?’

However, as seen by Qing Yu through the "Heavenly Son’s Qi Observation Skill," the black aura from just now did not emanate from Zhang Yangping himself but from that precious artifact he carried.

At this moment, Zhang Yangping looked downward, his body emanating wafts of black Qi. These black energies moved like living things, baring fangs and claws as if seeking to devour someone.

No, it was a living thing. Qing Yu had personally witnessed these black energies completely devour Zhang Yangde’s corpse. These black energies must rely on devouring the life force of living beings for sustenance, malicious and extremely odd.

"To think, a Great Sect of the Taoist path would carry such evil True Qi. I, whom you claim to be a heretic, am quite intrigued," Qing Yu said with a sneer.

"You need not provoke me."

Zhang Yangping’s voice took on a deeper tone, and his mental state began to stabilize, no longer as unsettled as before.

"Gong Ziyu, have you ever heard of the tale of how our Sect Ancestor Dao Ling swept away the hordes of ghosts and defeated the Demon King?" Zhang Yangping slowly raised his head, his face now shadowed, somewhat pale, and with a sinister charm.

He continued, "The so-called hordes of ghosts were actually just heretics who practiced the Ghost Path Martial Arts, with the Demon King as their leader. After the Sect Ancestor defeated and suppressed the leader of the Ghost Path, he used Yang Ping’s City Governance Seal to suppress it and created the ’Enslaving Ghosts and Driving Gods Technique,’ which allows one of the Righteous path to command Ghostly Energy."

Zhang Yangping took a Jade Seal from within his robes. The jade of the seal was thick, each length about an inch and a half, square with a knob on the top, and the jade surface was filled with wisps of black Qi.

"My name is Yang Ping because I am the only descendant of the Sect Ancestor who can command both the Righteous and the heretical, to use the body of the Righteous path to wield Ghostly Energy. Gong Ziyu, with the help of Yang Ping’s City Governance Seal, you have no way to live."

During this speech, ghostly energy flourished from Zhang Yangping, turning his white Daoist robe jet black, making him appear like a demon, not at all like one of the righteous path.

His aura rose unstoppably until a certain point, where it seemed to falter as if running out of strength, then stabilized.

Qing Yu knew that this was the peak of Divine Origin Realm, and the barrier to the True Pill Realm was hindering Zhang Yangping’s upward momentum.

With such strength, it was no wonder he said Qing Yu had no way to live.

But...

"If you truly had the confidence to kill, why would you need to strike with words?"

"The Seal in your hand must be a replica, right? The name of Yang Ping’s City Governance Seal is well known even to me, an outsider. It’s one of Dragon Tiger Mountain’s treasured artifacts and not something that can be easily taken away. Perhaps you can in the future, but definitely not now."

Zhang Yangping’s confident expression faltered.

"Besides, an external object, after all, is just an external object. You use the Thunder True Qi to block the invasion of the Ghostly Energy and prevent it from truly corrupting your body, falling into the Ghost Path, but this also reduces your resonance with it."

Qing Yu could see that underneath the ghost Qi surrounding Zhang Yangping, streaks of electricity frequently shot out. The combination of electric light and ghost Qi, along with his now bizarre black Daoist robe, made Zhang Yangping’s aura even more terrifying, like a ghostly deity. But in Qing Yu’s eyes, this was a reluctant move by Zhang Yangping.

If he did not use the Thunder Skill to block the ghost Qi’s invasion, Zhang Yangping would end up like his brother Zhang Yangde, falling into the Ghost Path, and ultimately unable to avoid being devoured by the ghost Qi.

’I thought it was some formidable artifact, but it turns out to be a replica,’ Qing Yu thought to himself, shaking his head.

He could now pinpoint where the sense of threat came from. It was not from Zhang Yangping or the replica of Yang Ping’s City Governance Seal, but from the devouring nature of the Black Ghostly Energy.

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