Bai Hu and Chen Bin, who had been waiting at the side for a chance to launch a sneak attack, were also stunned by Qin Hao's monstrous defense. Cold sweat streamed down their foreheads of its own accord.
Seeing that none of them made another move, Qin Hao decided to strike first himself. He would kill one first and see whether these ghost cultivators could provide him with attribute points.
"Since you aren't planning to make a move, I'll have no choice but to send you to the Western Paradise for a look."
As soon as he spoke, Qin Hao's body began to sink with the momentum, and the ground beneath his feet could no longer bear the pressure and started to crack apart.
Seeing Qin Hao's movements, the people from Ghost Immortal City sensed that something was wrong and retreated one after another.
Bolts of lightning burst from Qin Hao's body and began gathering at his mouth. A terrifying aura swept across the entire battlefield.
"What trick is this brat pulling?!" Seeing that Qin Hao was not attacking any of them, Zhang Long cursed loudly.
"Something's wrong. That kid is gathering an extremely terrifying energy in his mouth! Get away from him!" Jiang Yin sensed that Qin Hao's move was anything but ordinary and warned Chen Bin and the others.
"No, we can't wait any longer! Strike first and gain the upper hand." As he spoke, Chen Bin took out his weapon, preparing to interrupt Qin Hao's casting. He could sense that the energy Qin Hao was gathering was extraordinary. If he did not take action, he might very well fall here.
With that, Chen Bin hid his body behind black mist, then vanished into it at astonishing speed, appearing above Qin Hao in an instant.
Holding a trident, he stared fixedly at Qin Hao below, while an astonishing aura also gathered around the trident in his hand.
Seeing that Qin Hao had not noticed his trail, he followed through with a savage downward thrust!
He shouted, "Heavenly Wolf Stab!" A gigantic wolf phantom appeared above Qin Hao and pounced toward him.
A smile appeared on Qin Hao's face. In truth, he had long since noticed Chen Bin changing positions.
Jiang Yin also saw the malicious smile on Qin Hao's face. His expression changed drastically as he realized Qin Hao might have already discovered Chen Bin's whereabouts.
He suddenly raised his head and shouted at Chen Bin, "Chen Bin, get out of the way!"
Hearing Jiang Yin's warning, Chen Bin's face turned deathly pale. He realized something was wrong, but he could no longer stop himself!
At that moment, Qin Hao suddenly changed the direction of his attack as well, raising his head to look at Chen Bin, who was thrusting down from above.
"Dragon's Roar!" The lightning in Qin Hao's mouth erupted, and towering divine thunder blasted straight toward Chen Bin.
Qin Hao opened his mouth and violently spat out a streak of divine thunder that soared into the heavens. Its power was unmatched, like a world-destroying tribulation. In an instant, it lit up the entire sky, turning night into day.
The air was filled with an aura of destruction that made one's heart tremble. Such power had already surpassed anything ordinary people could imagine.
The moment Chen Bin's giant wolf touched that world-destroying divine thunder, it was annihilated in an instant. Chen Bin vanished along with it into the brilliant sky, not even leaving behind ash. He evaporated from the face of the earth.
Jiang Yin and the others were also forced back again and again by the shockwave produced by that world-destroying blow.
Even the commoners who had already fled out of the county seat saw the scene resembling heavenly punishment.
They stared blankly at the pillar of lightning shooting into the sky from within the city, frozen where they stood.
"Th-this-this?"
"Heavens! Wh-what is going on? Is some great cultivator undergoing tribulation?"
"Don't spout nonsense. I heard that people from the Heavenly Dragon Guard are dealing with ghosts in the county seat. This must be the commotion those lords from the Heavenly Dragon Guard caused."
"That's right! Didn't you hear those ear-splitting explosions just now? They're cleansing the ghosts inside the city!"
"Whew, so that's what it was. Then we'll be able to return to the city soon, right? Heaven bless us!"
Some people had already fallen to their knees, praying for Heaven's protection.
Elsewhere, Ge Wengong at the county yamen also saw the lightning pillar soaring into the heavens and fell into a daze. He had never expected Qin Hao's battle to create something like this.
Even Lord Ma Zhong, stationed in Qingshi County, was likely no match for Qin Hao in terms of power.
"What a heaven-sent genius. I truly underestimated that boy Qin Hao."
"Perhaps when he goes to the Imperial Capital, he will be able to enter the Earthly-level Heavenly Dragon Guard directly." Looking at the lightning pillar Qin Hao had created, Ge Wengong could not help sighing.
At the same time.
After dealing with Chen Bin, Qin Hao let out a deep breath. This thunder dragon's roar had consumed a great deal of his stamina.
But Qin Hao had not expected its power to be so great. Fortunately, he had fired it into the sky. Otherwise, if he had blasted it directly at Jiang Yin and the others, more than half the county seat would have been destroyed.
Ding! Obtained 1,000 attribute points.
The system notification sounded in his mind once more.
Sure enough, ghost cultivators could also grant him points!
Qin Hao smiled and looked again at the three people in the distance, who had been scared out of their wits. Every one of them was a considerable sum of attribute points.
He could not let a single one escape. With a smile, Qin Hao charged toward Jiang Yin and the others.
Seeing Qin Hao attacking in their direction, Jiang Yin's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly shouted at Bai Hu and Zhang Long, "Damn it, run!"
Without waiting for the two to react, he sprinted directly in one direction—the very direction of the person who had previously attacked Qin Hao with a bow and arrows.
Only then did the two react to Jiang Yin's warning. Seeing Qin Hao coming toward them, Zhang Long's face turned pale with fright, and he did not dare move an inch from where he stood.
Bai Hu, on the other hand, transformed into black mist and fled into the distance.
Qin Hao exerted force once more. With every step he took, the earth trembled, and everywhere he passed, the ground was destroyed by the monstrous strength he carried with him.
Qin Hao directly took out the Black Baleful Hammer. At once, the sky-piercing Killing intent of the Black Fiend Hammers swept across the battlefield.
The aura emitted by the Black Fiend Hammers jolted Zhang Long awake.
He suddenly staggered backward. He had sensed an aura from the weapon in Qin Hao's hand.
He could feel an aura from the hammer that inspired reverence throughout his body, and his thoughts raced at an astonishing speed.
Very quickly, he confirmed it. The familiar yet awe-inspiring aura staining the hammer came from Ghost Immortal City. He had seen the ghost race in Ghost Immortal City, and their lingering aura was exactly the same as the aura on Qin Hao's hammer.
He widened his eyes and stared at Qin Hao in shock. Could the failed mission their organization had undertaken some time ago have been the work of this brat standing before him?!
Had he known, he would never have bothered with those little ghosts in the residence!
His fear had now risen to its peak.
Qin Hao crossed three steps in two and flashed before Zhang Long, seeing Zhang Long stare at him in terror.
Zhang Long knew he had no chance of escaping and wanted to make one final desperate counterattack.
"Ah, I'll fight you to the death, brat! Watch my Heavenly Spirit Hammer Technique!" the old man shouted madly.
This was his all-out blow. Yet he knew it could not inflict any harm on Qin Hao. Still, he was unwilling to die just like that.
"Heh! Ridiculous. Let this young master show you what true hammer technique is!"
"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Hao raised the hammer high. An astonishing might surrounded it as he swung it in a full circle and smashed it down viciously!
The instant the iron hammer and bone hammer collided, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Yet the bone hammer still shattered in an instant, and the Black Fiend Hammers crashed heavily into Zhang Long's head.
Qin Hao showed no mercy whatsoever, smashing Zhang Long directly into a pulp. Even his primordial soul was smashed into dust and scattered ashes, without the slightest chance to escape.
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