Cough, cough!
"Heh! I didn't want to either, but if that kid's master found out I'd abandoned him and run off alone, I'd be in trouble. That's why I had to protect him." Jiang Yin coughed up blood and sneered.
Jiang Yin turned to look at Bai Hu, who lay on the ground. If Bai Hu had not had an elder of Ghost Immortal City backing him, Jiang Yin would never have taken that blow for him.
Seeing Jiang Yin's tone, Qin Hao's deep gaze fell upon him.
He had clearly turned tail and run without caring about anything just moments ago. How had this old bastard's attitude changed so drastically in only a few minutes?
Qin Hao narrowed his eyes and said to Jiang Yin disdainfully, "Oh? So you think you have the strength to protect him from me?"
"Do you have that kind of strength?"
Seeing Qin Hao's contemptuous gaze, Jiang Yin's expression darkened. He slowly raised his head and said coldly, "Did you think I would have come back if I had no trump card?"
Hearing this, Qin Hao frowned and began probing the surroundings.
After sweeping an area several hundred meters around them, he found no trace of anyone else.
Yet just as Qin Hao was distracted, a spatial rift suddenly appeared above him.
A bloody claw emerged from the rift like a ghost, carrying immense might as it blasted toward Qin Hao.
Qin Hao came back to his senses and hurriedly raised both hands to shield himself, but he was still too late to dodge.
With a muffled groan, he was sent flying like a golden mountain toppling and a jade pillar collapsing, crashing hard into the ground as the taste of blood surged up his throat.
His chest and both arms had been smashed into a bloody mess, but fortunately, his physical body was tough enough!
Otherwise, any other body-tempering martial artist would likely have been killed by that blow.
Seeing that the strike had succeeded, a gaunt old man dressed in the black robes of Ghost Immortal City slowly stepped out.
His dark pupils stared fixedly at Qin Hao in the pit below, and a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face.
When the badly injured Bai Hu below saw that figure, he excitedly struggled to his feet and shouted, "Father!"
The newcomer was Bai Hu's father, Bai Tianyang, an elder of Ghost Immortal City. However, because his injuries were too severe, Bai Hu collapsed back onto the ground.
The gaunt old man heard Bai Hu's voice as well and turned toward Jiang Yin and the others.
Seeing Bai Hu's injuries, the old man took a step forward. With a footwork art that shrank the earth into an inch, he suddenly appeared beside Bai Hu.
He took out a pill from his Storage Bag and fed it to Bai Hu. The moment it entered his mouth, Bai Hu's injuries began recovering at a visible rate.
"Father." Bai Hu, whose injuries had improved considerably, hurriedly stood and spoke.
Seeing that Bai Hu was no longer in mortal danger, the old man looked at Jiang Yin and snorted. "Heh, Jiang Yin, I think I just heard that you abandoned my son and ran away by yourself?"
The old man's gaze sent a chill down Jiang Yin's spine. The man before him was an elder of Ghost Immortal City, possessing the strength of Peak Nascent Soul.
He was only one step away from crossing tribulation.
Jiang Yin was merely at the middle stage of Nascent Soul and had no backing to speak of, so he could only say humbly, "Hehe, Elder, what are you saying? Hadn't I merely judged the timing and prepared to lend a hand?"
"I think we should deal with that kid in front of us first."
Feeling the old man's aura, Jiang Yin hurriedly changed the subject.
"At least you know what's good for you." The old man knew Jiang Yin had only returned to save his son after sensing his arrival.
But since Jiang Yin had ultimately acted, the old man did not pursue the matter any further. After all, Jiang Yin had just saved his son.
As he spoke, he looked toward Qin Hao. The smoke had already dispersed, and a figure was slowly rising to his feet.
Although Qin Hao was still stained with blood, the wounds on his arms and chest had completely healed.
Seeing that Qin Hao could actually still stand, and that his injuries had already healed completely, everyone present revealed shocked expressions.
"How is that possible?! I clearly saw Elder Bai's attack seriously injure that kid!"
"How can he still stand? And how have all his injuries healed?!" Jiang Yin stared at Qin Hao as if he had seen a ghost.
He truly could not believe that anyone in this world possessed such terrifying recovery ability.
"Y-yes, how is this possible?" Bai Hu was likewise stunned by Qin Hao's formidable recovery.
Even the old man beside them revealed an incredulous gleam in his eyes.
He narrowed his eyes as he examined Qin Hao. He had originally thought that even if his casual strike could not kill this body-tempering brat, it should at least have severely wounded him.
Yet this brat was completely fine, and he had fully recovered in only a few breaths!
He had never encountered anything like this among the martial artists he had fought before. Could this brat have reached the Golden Body Physique at such a young age?
But that was impossible! The youth before him was only in his teens. There was no way this brat possessed a Golden Body Physique.
And if he truly possessed a Golden Body Physique, then even he might not be a match for him! Thinking of this, Elder Bai muttered, "Could it be... Bloodline Power?"
The other two immediately lost their composure upon hearing this.
"Bloodline Power! Elder Bai, are you saying this brat possesses Bloodline Power?" Jiang Yin hurriedly asked.
He truly had not expected such a genius to exist in a godforsaken place where even birds would not shit!
"Yes. Only that can explain what happened to him." Bai Tianyang seemed to have already confirmed that Qin Hao possessed Bloodline Power.
The way he looked at Qin Hao also gained a trace of coldness. Those who possessed Bloodline Power were simply too rare!
Awakening any one of them meant possessing the qualifications to charge toward becoming an immortal. If this brat attained the Dao and ascended to immortality in the future, or advanced his strength another step further, Bai Tianyang would be in danger. Therefore, he intended to uproot the grass and remove the roots!
Seeing the people from Ghost Immortal City injure him, scrutinize him, and chatter away at the same time, how could any hot-blooded youth endure it? Qin Hao immediately took out the Black Fiend Hammers, charged forward, and swung the massive hammers at the old man.
Bai Tianyang shielded the two behind him with one hand, then met Qin Hao's hammers with a palm strike.
When the two collided, thunderous roars erupted through the air, and radiance shot in all directions in an instant.
Qin Hao was blasted away, sliding for a hundred meters before stopping. The old man also took several steps back, and their collision kicked up dust that filled the sky.
Qin Hao stared straight ahead through the dust at the old man in the distance, his expression grim. This man was undoubtedly the strongest opponent he had ever faced. Even Gui Wuya would absolutely not have been a match for this old man.
Qin Hao carefully examined the old man. He was far from being his opponent. It seemed he could only raise his own strength a little.
He had just killed so many ghosts and ghost cultivators. His attribute points should be enough.
Qin Hao then checked his attribute panel.
Bloodline: Divine Thunder Barbarian Dragon bloodline Name: Qin Hao Strength: Power of Two Elephants 134600 Cultivation Art: Barbarian Bull Fist—Mastered, Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, Second Layer 0/20000) Attribute Points: 6730 Bloodline: Divine Thunder Barbarian Dragon bloodline (1%) Items: Coiling Dragon Divine Body, Turtle Shell Art.
Over six thousand. The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art required twenty thousand, so it seemed he could only improve the two body-tempering arts in the space.
Qin Hao examined them carefully. Both primarily enhanced defense, which happened to be exactly what he needed.
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