The nimble, monkey-like young man was named Lei Hou. He was at the peak of Meridian Opening third layer and practiced a sinister, poisonous cultivation technique that made his true qi inherently toxic.
If an ordinary person let their guard down and was struck by Lei Hou, they would suffer the agony of Yin Poison Heart-Eater. Even if they did not die immediately, they would be severely injured on the spot and lose the ability to fight.
Yet now, the expected outcome had not materialized. Seeing Qin Hao's cold, merciless eyes, Lei Hou's wild laughter abruptly stopped.
Shock took its place.
"What?! My palm strike only injured you?"
Lei Hou hurled himself backward.
"I understand now! Stone man essence! It's the power of stone man essence! Damn it, I was careless! Qin Hao's body was already powerful, and with the protection of stone man essence, the sinister poison in my true qi couldn't penetrate his skin and enter his body at all."
Lei Hou was terrified, because that palm strike had also left his guard wide open, exposing a tremendous weakness.
"Do all you people from the Lei family love sneak attacks this much?"
Qin Hao spoke each word distinctly, then raised his sword and brought it down.
"How dare you!"
"You surrounded and attacked Qin Hao without cause! You deserve to be beheaded!"
Chi Zhenheng roared. Raging true essence swept across the sky, and a terrifying pressure descended in an instant.
He unleashed the full power of his true Martial realm ninth layer peak cultivation!
Chi Zhenheng was beside himself with rage.
After receiving Tuoba Xin's message, he and Xiahou Lie had rushed over immediately, arriving just in time to see Lei Hou attack Qin Hao with his sinister poison.
Despite Chi Zhenheng's furious shout, Lei Hou had