Overwhelming Crush

The old man did not answer Qin Hao immediately. Instead, he slowly walked forward to the three ghosts and stared at them with a sinister gaze.

In the blink of an eye, several iron chains shot out from the old man's body and lashed toward the ghosts. In an instant, the ghosts were tightly bound by the chains, unable to move, terror filling their eyes.

Qin Hao was startled by the old man's move. Why had this old bastard suddenly done that?

While Qin Hao was still stunned, the chains binding the ghosts rapidly reeled back in. Before long, the old man forcibly dragged the ghosts into his body!

"Ha ha ha ha! Kid, just wait and see how this old man kills you!"

After dragging the three Fourth-tier ghosts into his body, the old man began to transform again. His skin turned blue, his height shot up to a terrifying four meters, and his muscles swelled to an astonishing degree. He resembled the Hulk, except the old man was even more terrifying and sinister.

Seeing this, Qin Hao said with a face full of disappointment, "Damn it! I was a step too slow. The duck that was already in my mouth flew away!"

Seeing Qin Hao's dejected expression, the old man revealed a long-lost smile. "Kid, now you know fear? Heh heh, too late! Ha ha ha ha!"

At this moment, the old man seemed to have shed his mortal form and exchanged his bones. All his earlier dejection had vanished, leaving only a face full of smiles.

"Take a hammer from this old man! Let's see whether you can still act so arrogant!" With that, he raised the bone hammer and charged at Qin Hao again.

Qin Hao grew excited as well. He lowered his body, tensed his legs, and shot forward like a cannonball.

"Ha ha ha! Let this young master see how much you've improved!" As he spoke, he threw a punch at the old man.

The old man did not panic. He calmly swung the bone hammer at Qin Hao.

With a thunderous boom, the ground collapsed, and the Old Zhang Family Residence became an enormous crater.

The sound of fist and hammer colliding once again resounded throughout the city.

"Ha ha ha, good!" Qin Hao became more excited the more he fought. After receiving a hammer blow from the old man, Qin Hao immediately spun three hundred and sixty degrees in midair and delivered a savage kick to the old man's back. A section of his back visibly caved in, followed by the sound of bones breaking.

"Ah!" Caught off guard by Qin Hao's kick, the old man was sent flying hundreds of meters away.

The instant he was blasted backward, the old man slammed the bone hammer viciously into the ground to slow himself down. The shockwave from that kick destroyed every house along the way, carving out a gully several hundred meters long.

After finally coming to a stop, the old man endured the intense pain wracking his body and raised his head toward Qin Hao's position.

But when he focused his eyes, he discovered that Qin Hao had vanished. Just as surprise flashed through him, he felt a chill descending from overhead. He had barely begun to raise his head to see what was happening when a familiar voice came from above.

"Hey! Old man, where are you looking? This young master is right above your head!"

Qin Hao had already appeared above the old man, his right hand drawn back in a charged stance.

"Damn it!"

Before the old man could react, Qin Hao's heavy punch crashed directly into his back. A muffled explosion that shook the heavens rang out, and the old man was blasted straight into the depths of the earth.

A shockwave even more powerful than before swept across the entire area, further expanding the destruction among the county town's houses.

Seeing that his strike had landed, Qin Hao leaped backward and stood quietly some distance away, watching the smoke-filled crater in silence.

Qin Hao knew that this punch alone was not enough to kill him.

After a while, the dust slowly dispersed, revealing a crater dozens of meters deep. At its bottom lay a blue figure, motionless.

Qin Hao did not hurry in to finish him off. Instead, he waited for something.

At that moment, the old man in the crater began to move. Sure enough, he had not died, but slowly rose to his feet.

His entire body was covered in blue blood. After being kicked in the back by Qin Hao and then struck with that heavy punch, his back had become a mangled mess of flesh and blood, too horrific to bear looking at.

The old man slowly raised his head, searching for Qin Hao. After scanning the area, he finally spotted him.

Qin Hao stood at the edge of the crater with his arms folded, the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he looked down at him. The sight enraged the old man, but with his severe injuries, he did not dare act rashly.

He simply could not believe that this young man before him was so strong. It completely defied reason.

"So, old man, did my punch feel good? Ha ha ha ha." Qin Hao rubbed his right fist, then looked at the old man provocatively.

The old man did not show anger as he had before. Instead, he quietly crouched on the ground and healed his injuries.

He knew that everything he did now was futile. He could only wait quietly for reinforcements to arrive.

"This old man admits that I am no match for you! Spare this old man's life, how about it? This old man will give you the Immortal City cultivation method."

"That way, your strength can improve even faster."

Knowing that he was no match for Qin Hao, the old Ghost cultivator tried to negotiate.

But Qin Hao had no interest whatsoever. Cultivating this kind of Ghost Tribe Cultivation Method would turn him neither human nor ghost. How was he supposed to marry a wife afterward?

Moreover, Qin Hao knew that the old man was stalling for time. He had long noticed that when the old man evaded his claw strike, he had released a little ghost to deliver the news.

He was thinking that if ghosts could provide attribute points, then perhaps Ghost cultivators who cultivated the Ghost Tribe Cultivation Method could provide attribute points as well. That was why he had not immediately killed the old man, but waited for the other Ghost cultivators to arrive.

If the old man died, the other Ghost cultivators might not come. If they truly could provide attribute points, he would suffer a massive loss.

Even if they could not, he could still eliminate evil for the people. Killing two birds with one stone.

As for whether he could beat them, he had considered that too. No matter how many Nascent Soul-stage Ghost cultivators came now, he could still escape with his powerful defense and recovery ability. Besides, he had the enhancement brought by his bloodline. He was not afraid in the slightest.

Qin Hao estimated that even a Deity Transformation-stage cultivator could not kill him with physical attacks.

"Hmph! Stop pretending. Aren't I just waiting for your reinforcements?"

"I'll give you the chance." Qin Hao teased him at that moment.

Hearing that Qin Hao knew his intentions, the old man looked at him with a dark expression. "And you aren't afraid?"

"Afraid? Since this young master started practicing martial arts, I've never been afraid again."

"I only waited for you because I hadn't had enough of fighting you. Otherwise, did you think an old fossil like you could have lived this long? Ha ha ha."

Qin Hao raised his head slightly and looked down at the old man, fully displaying his true nature of showing off.