Hand Over the Pills

A single punch? That broke Chen Jiang's arm?

Out on the street, everyone froze, staring in disbelief at the scene before them.

They even wondered if their eyes were playing tricks on them and they had somehow swapped the positions of Qin Hao and Chen Jiang!

One had to know that Chen Jiang's cultivation was already at the mid-stage of the Body Tempering Realm!

"It hurts, it hurts! Go easy! Qin Hao, I was wrong, spare me, I beg you to spare me, ah!..."

Chen Jiang only felt that the foot Qin Hao had planted on his chest weighed over a thousand pounds. Clutching his broken arm while wailing miserably, he no longer cared about losing every shred of his dignity.

Gulp!

On the other side, Chen Linshan swallowed hard, his body instinctively taking a step back.

Chen Jiang's cultivation was at the mid-stage of the Body Tempering Realm, while he, Chen Linshan, was only at the peak of the third stage of the Body Tempering Realm. This meant Qin Hao's strength far exceeded theirs.

Could that good-for-nothing Qin Hao have consumed some rare heavenly treasure? Otherwise, how could he possibly possess such formidable strength? A flash of jealousy and dread crossed Chen Linshan's eyes.

Liu Ruojie and several other youths of the Liu lineage widened their eyes in utter shock as they watched the scene unfold.

How long had it been since they last saw him, yet Qin Hao had changed so drastically?

"You lot, are you still planning to rob me of my Body Tempering Pills?" Qin Hao swept a cold, sneering gaze across Chen Linshan, Liu Ruojie, and the others.

Liu Ruojie started, his expression turning ugly as he forced a calm facade. "Qin Hao, don't be so arrogant! Even if you consumed some heavenly treasure and forcibly raised your cultivation, you only possess a rank-one martial soul; you can never achieve anything great! I advise you to be sensible and hand over the pills!"

Though he spoke the words aloud, deep down Liu Ruojie was panicking fiercely. He had only broken through to the fourth stage of the Body Tempering Realm a few days ago, and his strength was still inferior to Chen Jiang's.

"Is that so? Then let's see if you have the ability!" Qin Hao exerted force through his foot, and Chen Jiang immediately let out a miserable howl, rolled his eyes, and passed out cold.

Immediately afterward, he walked toward Liu Ruojie step by step, a faint, cold smirk playing at the corners of his mouth.

Liu Ruojie felt as though Chen Jiang's shrieks were a summons to the underworld, and he stammered in absolute terror, "Qin Hao, what are you trying to do? I'm warning you, my father is the head of the Liu lineage, and my elder sister has just been accepted into the Myriad Phenomena Hall. If you dare to do anything to me, ah..."

Watching Qin Hao draw closer and closer, Liu Ruojie spoke faster and faster. Suddenly, before he could finish his sentence, a vicious slap struck his face. Liu Ruojie let out a sharp cry, and a bright red handprint instantly appeared on his right cheek.

Liu Ruojie was completely dumbfounded. Staring in disbelief at the Qin Hao before him, he instantly flew into a furious howl. "Qin Hao, how dare you hit me? You actually dare to hit me... ah!"

Slap!

Qin Hao countered with a backhanded slap.

This time, the left cheek turned red as well.

Qin Hao sneered. "Don't even talk about you, even if Liu Ruoxue came over, I'd beat her just the same!"

With that, he delivered yet another slap.

Pfft!

Liu Ruojie could finally take no more, opening his mouth to spew a mouthful of blood mixed with teeth as he stared at Qin Hao with a face full of terror.

"Qin Hao, y-you... don't hit m-me, I won't do it again, I won't dare rob your pi-pills anymore..." Liu Ruojie spoke with a lisp, a tear welling up in the corner of his eye from the pain as he begged.

Qin Hao sneered coldly. "It's fine if I don't beat you—just take out every single pill you have on you!"

"Y-you... you're going to rob me of my pills?" Liu Ruojie was stunned.

"What, do you have an objection?" Qin Hao gave a cold huff.

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare, I'll give them all to you, I don't want the pi-pills anymore, take them all..." Terrified that Qin Hao would resort to violence, Liu Ruojie used his hands and feet deftly to fish out every single pill on his person in one chaotic pile.

Looking at the pills in his hands, Liu Ruojie felt like crying.

With the Myriad Phenomena Genius Tournament fast approaching, although only the top three geniuses of the tournament could enter the Myriad Phenomena Hall, securing a spot in the top ten would also earn rewards from the Myriad Phenomena Hall.

Therefore, in order to motivate their respective younger generations to improve their cultivation, all the major lineages had distributed a large number of Body Tempering Pills. As the young master of the Liu lineage who was being groomed with focused attention, Liu Ruojie had received twelve Body Tempering Pills.

Now, all of these pills benefited Qin Hao.

Without the slightest bit of politeness, Qin Hao swept them all into his grasp, then cast his gaze toward the remaining Liu lineage youths, saying coldly, "And the rest of you!"

The few Liu lineage youths jumped in fright, frantically digging out their own pills in terror and obediently handing them over to Qin Hao.

"You can get lost now!" Qin Hao said indifferently after stowing away the Body Tempering Pills.

Watching Qin Hao take all the pills away, those youths felt like crying without tears. They had just received their monthly allowance yesterday, and before they could even warm them up, Qin Hao had robbed them clean!

"Let's go! Let's go!"

Terrified that Qin Hao might go back on his word, Liu Ruojie called out and eagerly hurried away from the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, the group vanished into the throng of people.

Qin Hao shifted his gaze, letting it fall upon Chen Linshan as he sneered, "Surely I don't need to remind you, do you?"

Chen Linshan shivered, placed his bottle of pills on the ground, and ignoring the unconscious Chen Jiang, began retreating while yelling furiously, "Qin Hao, I'll mark this grudge today! You just wait for me, Brother Tian won't let you off—prepare to meet your death!"

"Still daring to threaten me!"

Qin Hao's expression turned frosty. Before Chen Linshan could even make it out of the crowd, a few light steps brought him instantly to Chen Linshan's back, followed by a fierce kick.

"Ah!~"

Chen Linshan felt a surge of brute force wash over him, his body staggering as he pitched directly forward.

Whoosh!

The crowd erupted in an uproar, subconsciously scattering out of the way.

Lacking the support of the surrounding people, Chen Linshan met the dirt face-first and crashed heavily onto the ground.

Qin Hao planted a foot squarely on Chen Linshan's back, sneering, "Go back and tell Chen Yuntian that I'm waiting for him to come find me! As for you, since you enjoy talking big, you must bear the price of speaking such words."

With that, Qin Hao stamped down fiercely.

"Pfft!"

Chen Linshan opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, his entire presence instantly withering—it was clear he had already suffered severe injuries.

Chen Yuntian was none other than the young master of the Chen lineage, as well as its most prominent genius.

In the past, Qin Hao and Chen Yuntian had already clashed several times, and the animosity between the two sides ran deep.

Afterward, without even glancing at the Chen Linshan beneath his feet, Qin Hao strode toward Chen Jiang.

As Qin Hao turned around, Chen Jiang's previously motionless, laid-out body gave a noticeable shudder.

Qin Hao sneered. "If you don't want to spend the rest of your life bedridden, get up yourself, hand over the pills, and get the hell out of here!"

"I'll give them, I'll give them! Qin Hao, don't come over!"

The next second, Chen Jiang was seen grimacing in pain as he scrambled up from the ground. Casting a terrified glance at Qin Hao, he hurriedly fished out every single pill on his person and said cautiously, "Can I leave now?"

"Scram!" Qin Hao said indifferently.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm scrambling right now, scrambling right now!" Bobbing his head and bowing, Chen Jiang turned and melted into the crowd.

Whoosh...

As Qin Hao's gaze swept over them, everyone watching inhaled sharply, their bodies instinctively retreating a step.

Chen Jiang, Liu Ruojie, and the others, who had originally set out to stage a highway robbery, had ended up on the receiving end.

This dramatic twist left everyone feeling it was utterly unimaginable.

More importantly, because Chen Linshan had dared to utter a mere couple of threats, Qin Hao had crippled him without a moment's hesitation.

Such a decisive and ruthless method left the onlookers utterly awestruck.

As Qin Hao walked onward step by step, the crowd automatically parted to clear a path.

Every single person looked upon the departing Qin Hao with eyes full of reverence.

Not a single soul dared to utter so much as a single word of idle gossip!