The kick was too powerful, too fast. Before Chen Hao could even figure out what was happening, Luo Tian had sent him flying into the bushes.
"Pfft!"
The impact sent a metallic taste surging up Chen Hao's throat, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Luo Tian spat the Purple Thunder Pearl out of his mouth and charged at Chen Hao with his blade, cursing all the way.
Seeing that the Purple Thunder Pearl had failed, Chen Hao finally panicked and started backing down. "Hey, hey, buddy, let's talk this out. Let's talk this out! Want money? I can give you money. Name your price."
But there was no way a few words from Chen Hao would sway Luo Tian. Instead of slowing down, he picked up speed.
Realizing how bad things looked, Chen Hao frantically rummaged through his Qiankun Bag, cursing eighteen generations of the Thunder God's ancestors as he searched.
After all that rummaging, the Counterfeit Golden Cudgel seemed to be the only hard object in the Qiankun Bag that even looked like a weapon.
Chen Hao felt utterly helpless as he looked at the thing, which was embarrassing just to take out. But he had no other options, so he gritted his teeth and pulled it out.
He waved it in front of himself a couple of times and shouted without much confidence, "Don't come any closer! I'm warning you, even I'm scared of what this thing can do! You..."
At that point, Chen Hao froze, because a voice suddenly rang out in his mind: "Congratulations. Counterfeit Golden Cudgel successfully bound. Beginner skill acquired: Earth-Shattering Staff Strike."
"What, what, what? What's this?" Chen Hao was completely baffled. This had come out of nowhere.
He raised the Golden Cudgel in his hand and examined it, finding