Seeing Su Chen break through, Qin Hao's face turned terribly grim.
This guy had been using him all along to create an opportunity for a breakthrough.
His expression twisted viciously. "Even if you break through, I can still kill you."
He suddenly sprang forward, his body shooting into the air. A phantom blood python appeared over his arm, radiating a bloodthirsty gleam.
"Bloodlust, Blood Python Hand!"
At that moment, Qin Hao unleashed all the power within him. His normally flesh-colored palm turned blood-red in an instant, and scales like a serpent's armor appeared across it.
His hand clenched into a fist, and he punched. His force exploded, and his scaled arm tore through the air, crashing toward Su Chen with savage violence.
Su Chen was still sensing the force within his body when his expression changed.
He immediately stamped his foot against the ground. His innate energy surged into his Ice Qilin Arm, and scales rose across his arm as well.
A faint golden sheen glimmered across them.
The Vajra Primordial Force tempered his outer skin, and this Qilin arm had been undergoing the same refinement.
He clenched his hand into a fist, and a terrifying wave of power appeared around it. The air seemed to buckle under the pressure.
"Qilin Arm, Vajra Fist!"
Su Chen gave a low shout and punched.
The instant his fist shot forward, not only did a chill surge forth, but it also carried an overbearing force.
Boom!
Their attacks crashed together with tremendous force. A wave of air burst from the point where their fists met.
It collided with the surrounding air, unleashing a shrill screech.
After the first clash,
Qin Hao didn't retreat. Instead, he stepped forward again, his dark eyes filled with ferocity as the blood qi within him began to churn violently.
He was like a man wreathed in flames.
He punched again.
His speed and strength far surpassed his previous attack. More importantly, true qi surged from his fist like a tide, pressing down on Su Chen.
Innate Peak Stage.
Qin Hao was, after all, still at the Innate Peak Stage, and his innate energy was naturally abundant.
His force held the advantage.
His blood-red fist came crashing down.
Sensing the pressure, Su Chen swiftly circulated the Vajra Primordial Force within him.
Dark gold spread across his body. He punched, his fierce fist-force shattering the pressure and slamming into the blood-red fist.
Bang!
The two forces collided.
Su Chen was sent staggering backward, while Qin Hao didn't retreat even a few steps.
"Your body may be stronger, but even after breaking through, your force is only at the Innate Mid Stage."
Qin Hao's expression grew even more twisted.
He raised his hand and punched again.
The terrifying wind of his fist pressed against the air, producing a shrill boom.
At that moment, Su Chen felt tempted to use the Fine Rain Blade.
He knew the Blade-Containing Art. One strike would be enough to take Qin Hao's life.
Just as he was about to use it,
he realized that when Qin Hao's force struck him, the Vajra Primordial Force inside his body had begun circulating faster without him noticing. It seemed to be on the verge of breaking through to the fifth layer.
If he held on a little longer, he could definitely break through.
Su Chen was secretly delighted and abandoned the thought of using the Blade-Containing Art.
He continued to withstand the attacks with his body.
Qin Hao's force entered his body, making his flesh tremble. But as the Vajra Primordial Force circulated, it continually tempered his flesh.
His flesh gradually changed, speckled with tiny points of dark gold, while the force in his body continued to grow.
At that moment!
As Qin Hao attacked, he sensed that something was wrong.
He still hadn't managed to take Su Chen down, even after all this time. His expression grew even uglier.
Though he had been pummeling Su Chen, failing to kill him was a humiliation.
Boom!
In that instant of distraction,
Su Chen punched Qin Hao back.
Then he pushed off the ground, borrowing its force to leap into the air.
All the fist-force within his body surged into his arms.
Both fists shot toward Qin Hao like antiaircraft cannons.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The powerful fist-force collided with the air, booming violently as it rained down on Qin Hao.
Qin Hao tried to block the barrage.
But after he stopped the first punch, Su Chen's next fists came down like a thunderstorm, one after another.
His arms went numb from the repeated blocks.
He hurriedly circulated his true qi to restore them, but the dense fist-force kept falling like spears.
Su Chen's attacks drove him steadily backward.
As he attacked, Su Chen kept his attention on the flow of force inside Qin Hao.
Suddenly!
He poured extra strength into one punch.
Qin Hao's circulating force abruptly faltered.
In that instant,
Su Chen's fist suddenly accelerated, flashing with dark gold as it struck the precise point with vicious force.
He let out a low growl.
The roar shook the heavens and split the ears, making the entire secret chamber tremble.
Qin Hao's eardrums shuddered. The roar left his vision black.
Crack!
"Ah!"
The arm Qin Hao had raised to block Su Chen's blow snapped under the impact, and he cried out in agony.
At that moment,
in the courtyard, Elder Xue had just finished dealing with some matters and was heading to the secret chamber to guard Qin Hao when he heard the sound.
His expression changed drastically, and he rushed toward the chamber like a ghost.
But just as he was about to reach the artificial hill,
a dark figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
The moment the figure appeared, he spotted Elder Xue and instantly drew his blade, slashing once.
Light shimmered along the blade's edge. Like a blood-red bolt of lightning, it tore through the darkness and appeared before him.
Elder Xue's expression changed dramatically.
His opponent's blade was too fast, and this strike gave him the sense that nothing could possibly stop it.
He could see only that flash of light. Nothing else.
Shhk!
When he opened his eyes again,
his opponent had already sheathed his long blade.
He looked at Elder Xue.
Seeing this, Elder Xue tried to act, but the instant he moved his hand,
his vision went black, and his body split cleanly in two. A moment later, blood began to spill from the two halves.
Just like Mo Beiming, he had been cut in half by Bai Tianyu's blade.
The Divine Blade, Invincible Bai Tianyu.
The Divine Blade's reputation was well deserved.
One slash had finished him off, leaving him no chance to react.
Elder Xue had sworn earlier that Bai Tianyu's blade couldn't break through his defenses.
Yet when he actually faced it,
it had still taken only one strike.
He'd died with his eyes open, at least!
Looking at Elder Xue's body, Bai Tianyu's gaze sharpened.
He had killed Mo Beiming earlier, and someone had probably studied the traces his blade had left behind.
Now that he had killed Elder Xue, someone would surely be able to identify him from the traces.
His gaze sharpened. He reached out and seized both halves of the corpse, preparing to take them away and destroy the evidence.
Inside the secret chamber, Qin Hao's body slammed against the stone wall. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the abundant force around him shattered in an instant.
He looked utterly miserable.
"Who are you? I'm Qin Hao of the Qin family. If you kill me, you'll die for it!"
He snarled, cursing inwardly as well.
Why hadn't Elder Xue arrived yet?
Su Chen looked at Qin Hao, killing intent filling his face. Since they had already fought, he couldn't let Qin Hao live if he had the chance to kill him.
He flashed forward and punched toward Qin Hao's head.
He was going to smash Qin Hao's head to pieces.
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