Zhang Dahu's Revenge!

Looking at the imperious Deputy Camp Commander, Ding Hao raised his eyes to meet his gaze!

Though surprised, he could understand it.

After all, he had previously claimed the Merit of First to Ascend and earned Ding Yishan's favor. Once he regained his freedom, he might soar straight into the clouds!

But now, he was still a death row prisoner. In particular, the requirement of the Four Great Military Merits for a special pardon had practically blocked off his path to escaping that status.

It was only natural for the man's attitude to change before and after!

"Fine!"

"I was just planning to pay General Ding a visit as well!"

Ding Hao said no more. He got down from the bed and followed the other man out of the Death Row Camp.

But as they walked, Ding Hao frowned slightly. "Deputy Camp Commander, this doesn't seem to be the road to General Ding's tent, does it?"

The Deputy Camp Commander replied impatiently, "General Ding isn't in the main tent. He's outside Duan Yun Pass inspecting the area. Just follow me!"

"Oh?"

Seeing nothing unusual about the man, Ding Hao no longer harbored doubts and followed closely behind!

Very soon.

One before the other, the two arrived at a cliff outside Duan Yun Pass.

Yet the cliff was completely empty. Even the Deputy Camp Commander looked confused!

"That's not right!"

"Didn't the Camp Commander say General Ding was here inspecting the terrain? Why is there no one here?"

At those words.

Ding Hao's heart skipped a beat. "Who did you say? Zhang Dahu—this is bad!"

Sure enough, the next moment, a figure leaped out from the grass beside the cliff. Clad in bronze armor and wielding a great saber, his rugged face was vicious and feral—it was Zhang Dahu, the Camp Commander of the Death Row Camp.

At the same time, two more men leaped out behind Ding Hao and the Deputy Camp Commander!

They too wore bronze armor, their builds broad and imposing. One held a war saber, the other gripped a long sword. Their auras were even more powerful than Zhang Dahu's—they had already reached the level of Seventh-Rank Martial Artists!

"Camp Commander Zhang? Thousand Commander Zhao Chou? Thousand Commander Wang Tong? What are you..."

The Deputy Camp Commander was clearly bewildered by the sudden appearance of the three men.

Ding Hao, on the other hand, understood everything at once. Yet he did not panic. He merely sneered. "Heh, two Seventh-Rank Thousand Commanders, Zhang Dahu. You've really spared no expense to deal with me!"

Zhang Dahu gave the saber in his hand a shake and flashed a savage grin. "Smart. You may be a death row prisoner, but Ding Yishan thinks highly of you!"

"I paid a hefty price to invite these two Thousand Commanders here!"

Behind him.

The two Thousand Commanders, Zhao Chou and Wang Tong, said nothing. They merely watched coldly, like two merciless executioners who killed for money alone!

"Zhang Dahu, you said it yourself just now—General Ding values me greatly. If you kill me, how will you answer to General Ding?"

Ding Hao questioned coldly, but Zhang Dahu suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, answer to him? Of course I have an answer!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Dahu abruptly stepped forward and swung his saber, killing the Deputy Camp Commander before the man could even react!

Blood instantly dyed the cliff red as Zhang Dahu's vicious voice rang out.

"Death row prisoner Ding Hao, with no hope of pardon, killed the Deputy Camp Commander of the Death Row Camp in an attempt to flee, but we intercepted and executed him!"

"Ding Hao, what do you think of that explanation?"

Looking at the dead Deputy Camp Commander, Ding Hao fell silent at once!

It had to be said that Zhang Dahu truly was ruthless. To kill him, the man had cut down even his own trusted subordinate without a second thought!

If he had encountered such a situation right after coming down from the battlefield, it truly would have been difficult to handle. Once he was killed, even Ding Yishan would have nothing to say!

But now...

"Heh, Zhang Dahu, you truly are ruthless—and thorough!"

"But unfortunately, the three of you alone aren't enough to kill me!"

Ding Hao sneered. Not only was he unafraid, his fighting spirit surged like a raging tide!

After all, he had just wanted to fight and kill a powerhouse at the Thousand Commander level. Right now, this was exactly what he wanted!

"Can't kill you?"

"What a joke!"

"Take my saber!!"

Zhang Dahu let out a savage laugh. Unable to suppress the fury in his heart any longer, he was the first to swing his great saber down at Ding Hao!

Though Zhang Dahu was only a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist, he had enough skill to serve as Camp Commander of the Death Row Camp and manage several thousand death row prisoners. In particular, when his great saber came crashing down, it carried the force of a thousand jun!

Otherwise.

How could a fifth-grade martial warrior's deputy camp commander be cut down by him without even reacting?!

"Trash!"

Ding Hao merely sneered at this, utterly disdaining Zhang Dahu. Back when he had just come off the battlefield, he had already suppressed Zhang Dahu!

Much less now!

Before Zhang Dahu's broadsword could fall, Ding Hao threw a punch.

That punch employed no technique whatsoever—only pure strength.

But with the Heavenly Tyrant Body combined with Innate Strength, pure strength alone amounted to several thousand jin of force, and it was incredibly fast besides!

Boom!

With a dull, heavy impact, Zhang Dahu, who had charged in with his blade raised, seemed to have been struck by a mountain beneath that single punch!

Not only was his broadsword sent flying, his chest caved in on the spot. His bones cracked and shattered, and blood erupted from his mouth at once.

At last, with an incomparably agonized scream, Zhang Dahu shot out like a cannonball, smashing hard into the mountainside before sliding down!

He could not even rise to his feet. A single blow—heavily wounded!!

"What?!"

"Damn it, this one's tough! Join forces and kill him!"

The sight made the two thousand-commanders behind him, Zhao Chou and Wang Tong, tremble.

But from the moment they had appeared here, there had been no turning back. If they wanted to avoid punishment afterward, they could only kill Ding Hao!

Clang! Clang!

The two immediately brandished their sword and saber as they charged at Ding Hao. Moreover, they followed the principle that even a lion used its full strength to catch a rabbit!

They went all out from the very first strike.

The whistling saber edge slashed toward Ding Hao's head, while the sword stabbed at his back. Every move was fatal!

Sensing their attacks, Ding Hao immediately moved with the wind. His speed was astonishing as he evaded the lethal saber and sword.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Chou and Wang Tong were startled, but their reactions were swift as well!

Both activated Wind Treading Steps, their figures pursuing Ding Hao as they hacked at him!

At this moment, both of them even employed powerful martial arts.

One's saber technique was like a raging gale, while the other's sword technique was like a tidal downpour. Dense blade light and sword shadows completely enveloped Ding Hao!

"Golden Bell Shield!" Without hesitation, Ding Hao activated the Golden Bell Shield!

Surging inner force instantly formed an earthen-yellow bell-shaped phantom around his body!

As soon as the golden bell phantom appeared, it blocked the blade light and sword shadows outside his body. Fierce metallic explosions rang out across the cliffside!

"Damn it!"

"Didn't General Ding only teach him these martial arts three days ago? It's only been three days—how can his mastery be so profound?!"

Looking at that Golden Bell Shield, nearly solid in form, Zhao Chou and Wang Tong were utterly dumbfounded!

As thousand-commanders, they naturally cultivated the army martial arts Wind Treading Steps and Golden Bell Shield as well, but even after more than a decade of practice, they had never reached such a level of mastery!

"Damn it!"

"Take the Qi-Boosting Powder! We have to kill him!!"

In the end.

Seeing that they could not break through after attacking for so long, Zhao Chou and Wang Tong both hardened their hearts and reached into their robes, pulling out packets of medicinal powder and swallowing them.

Boom! Boom!

The moment the powder entered their stomachs, the two men's auras surged by thirty to forty percent!!