Chapter Seventy-six: Who's Next?

  What does Mu Chen Dong's words and the actions of the two families' children mean?

  Does he owe a life in the blue quiet forest? However, judging from the scene revealed by the Condensed Image Stone earlier, Qin Hao was clearly greedy for life and afraid of death, abandoning everyone else to escape alone.

  Why did these family members take such an entirely unreasonable action?

  In an instant, a thick layer of suspicion rose in the minds of many people. Some still firmly believed that seeing is believing and were convinced that Qin Hao was afraid of death, but in the hearts of many others, they had already begun to consider whether there was any hidden situation.

  Lin Zhan, the agitator who had infiltrated the crowd in Beian, was still working hard to stir up the atmosphere. However, when all the doubts were cleared up and people's questions became more and more concentrated, this flame was no longer easy to ignite.

  No one is a fool. Seeing what Mu Chen Dong and Du Wei did, everyone couldn't help but have different thoughts in their minds. The scene gradually calmed down under these circumstances.

  Lin Zhanbei's face was like a layer of ink, his carefully arranged play was suddenly cut off at the most critical moment, and his heart was already raging with anger.

  He sneered, looking at Du Ying and Mu Pan with a mocking gaze: "Two masters of the house, are you making such a big move to curry favor with the Qin family? However, before making a decision, it's best to think twice."

  Mu's family head, Mu Panlang, laughed and said: "My Mu family handles things in a more roundabout way, but no matter what, the principle of distinguishing between gratitude and resentment has never been forgotten from the beginning. At that time, Qin Hao helped my Mu family's children, regardless of his original intention, this favor is considered to have been acknowledged. Besides, this decision was not made rashly."

  Du Yingyi's tone was firm and decisive as he said, "I've been observing people for so long, if this decision is wrong, then there's nothing more to say."

  "Hmph, just watch then, hoping the two masters won't regret it in the future."

  Three people engaged in a war of words, Lin Zhan's tone was as cold and hard as iron, while Mu Dan and Du Ying's stance was also firm as a rock.

  So-called old foxes are usually smooth and thorough in their dealings. But if they set their sights on something, what they can achieve is not something ordinary people can do.

  In another place, Qin Hao was also sizing up Mu Chen Dong and Du Wei with great interest. He had thought of many situations, but he really hadn't expected this play to suddenly kill out these two families, helping him solve some problems in such a way.

  Du Wei gazed at Qin Hao's expression, which was still slightly unnatural. Apparently, the shadow left by Qin Hao on the night of the City Lord's gathering had not completely dissipated. On the other hand, Mu Chen Dong's reaction was quite appropriate, as he took the time to greet Qin Shan and others one by one.

  "Don't you think I really wanted to run away at that time?" Qin Hao asked with a light smile.

  "We're not idiots." Mu Chen Dong snorted coldly: "At that time, everyone present saw clearly that with your skills, you could have escaped long ago if you wanted to."

  "They can also see it." Du Wei looked towards the location of some other families participating in the beast hunt: "It's just that they are forced to withdraw from the matter due to Lin Shengbei, and neither side is offended."

  "You should also see that I'm not doing this mainly for you guys." Qin Hao felt Lin Zhanbei's gaze and gave him a provocative smile: "You're doing this, is it really because of my feelings or to get in good with the Qin family?"

  Du Yingmu and Pian'er smiled at each other and said, "Let's go halves."

  They didn't mean to hide anything. In fact, the two families have been on good terms for many years and naturally want to show enough goodwill. They did this partly because Qin Hao had helped them out before, but also to express their friendly intentions.

  Qin Hao didn't mind either way; in any case, he had received their help today and would remember this matter deep down.

  What was originally a big deal suddenly calmed down. Even though there were still some people who were dissatisfied with Qin Hao, they only muttered a few curses in private and no one was as arrogant as before.

  Perhaps they still had doubts about Qin Hao in their hearts, and even secretly scolded him, but this scolding would never again form the momentum it had before.

  Lin Zhanbei's face turned darker and darker, as if brewing a storm.

  In the middle, Long Feng and Yan Yin were still meticulously counting the number of demon beasts, from time to time calling out the successors of each family to come forward and receive the acquired martial skills.

  When they arrived at the Qin family's place later on, the number of demonic beasts piled up like a small mountain, leaving everyone in awe. The number was far more than the sum of several medium-sized families. Seeing Qin Hao's solemn expression, Qin Shan stepped forward to receive the martial skills manual on his behalf.

  Everything is proceeding as it did in previous years, as if Qin Hao's incident was just an episode.

  The rewards for each family have been distributed, and the crowd on the periphery is also dispersing. The masters of several families are also paying their respects to the old man, preparing to leave.

  "Lin Zhanbei, didn't Lanyi come today?"

  Always standing quietly by, smiling silently, Qin Hao suddenly shouted out this sentence. He wasn't shouting at the master of the Lin family, but was directly calling out a name.

  Lin Zhan's face turned iron-green, his fists clenched tightly, and a cold smile spread across his mouth. Just as he was about to speak, Qin Hao didn't give him the chance, instead continuing on: "But since you're here, that's enough, just watch this play."

  As soon as the voice fell, Qin Hao's figure suddenly disappeared on the spot. Like a thunderbolt, a violent wind swept across. Directly flashing towards Li's position, he looked like he was rushing straight at Li Zhong.

  No one thought that Qin Hao, who had been quietly standing still without any signs of movement, would suddenly move into action, not even giving a moment's warning.

  Qin Hao's speed was so fast that it was hard to imagine, his thousand-mile wind control had already reached a high level, at this moment he was like a bowstring fully drawn and shooting out an arrow, piercing through the air without any pause.

  Li Zhong was greatly shocked in his heart, after all, he was just a martial artist with ten layers of condensed mystery, and his martial skills were not refined. In an instant, he almost scared out of his wits. Subconsciously, his feet flashed, and he jumped into the position where the Li family's younger generation was located.

  The Li family members saw Qin Hao rushing over, his face suddenly changing color, and they hastily adopted a combat stance, but how could these cultivators of the Congxuan fifth or sixth realm have such fast reaction speeds? Many people hadn't even fully circulated their Xuanqi.

  Qin Hao was like a cannonball crashing into the position where the Bai family members were, and with this crash, several of the lowest-cultivation ones immediately fell to the ground, rolling to one side, groaning in pain.

  Qin Hao let out a cold laugh and ignored everyone else. His palms were bathed in fiery light, and wherever he passed, everything was in disarray. In the blink of an eye, more than ten people from the Li family fell to the ground, four of them defeated, six lost their will to fight and fled wildly. Only Li Zhong remained, facing him alone.

  Li Zhong saw no way to escape, gritted his teeth and fully activated his technique. A layer of cyan-colored aura completely covered the surface of his hands, making a whooshing sound as he danced, his two hands like two cyan-colored sharp blades, chopping towards Qin Hao one after another.

  "Feng Ben Zhang."

  Li Zhong almost blinded his eyes, and as soon as he made a move, he displayed a set of flat-level martial skills that he had been keeping up his sleeve, dancing with vigor.

  "Alchemization?"

  Qin Hao let out a cold laugh. This kid's foundation is quite solid, and he's close to the peak of the tenth level of Xuanxian, which allows him to use the Xuanhua state. Moreover, this set of ordinary martial skills seems to be extremely familiar to him.

  But that's all there is to it.

  Qin Hao's right foot stepped down, and the ground beneath his feet made a loud "crack" sound. The hard stone slab shattered instantly, and crack after crack extended from where he had stepped, stretching out for several feet.

  Qin Hao pulled his left hand back and then threw a punch at Li Zhong with all his might. This punch was not any martial arts technique, but the momentum it brought out and the strong wind it drew out were several times stronger than Li Zhong's.

  Bang!

  A loud crash, and the two sides finally collided thoroughly. The fiery red light and the cyan mysterious energy clashed with all their might, stalemate for an instant, and then the cyan mysterious energy completely dissipated, Qin Hao's fist, which had not diminished in power, struck Bai Zhong's chest.

  The white man was instantly like a broken rag bag, swept away and dragged out on the ground with a long trail.

  Everything happened in the blink of an eye. In a short moment, all eleven members of the White family were completely defeated before Qin Hao's eyes. The tenth-grade White Bell lay on the ground, looking disheveled and embarrassed.

  Unexpectedly powerful.

  "Who's next?"

  Qin Hao's icy voice brought the shocked and stunned crowd back from their daze, everyone's eyes focused on Qin Hao, filled with surprise, fear, and awe.

  "Who's next?"

  Qin Hao continued to speak, this time his gaze swept not only towards the young men but also towards the heads of several small families that were at odds with the Qin family.

  Lin Zhanbei's face was shrouded in a layer of dark clouds, and the two thick arms under his long gown had bulging veins. Li Yan, the master of the Li family standing behind Lin Zhanbei, could no longer hold back his anger. He had already thought of tearing Qin Hao into pieces.

  "No need to show mercy. Get rid of him if you have to." A elderly man with a prominent cheekbone and a face full of wrinkles, who had been standing beside Li Yan, said this to Li Yan. His expression was gloomy as he ordered several members of the Li family to help Li Zhong and the other Li family disciples who were lying on the ground back up. This old man was the elder of the Li family, with a cultivation level similar to that of Li Yan, also in the fourth realm of Lingxuan.

  "I understand." Li Yan's tone was icy as he stepped forward step by step.

  "There's something, I'll take care of it." As Lin Zhanbei passed by, Li Yan heard his deliberately lowered voice, and the smile at the corner of his mouth became even colder. Lin Zhanbei meant that if Qin Feng wanted to come knocking on his door, he would block him himself.

  "How arrogant! Youngster." Li Zhong walked ten steps in front of Qin Hao, his entire body enveloped in a layer of cyan light, with an overwhelming and sharp aura.

  "What's it to you?" Qin Hao's expression didn't change, and the red glow on his body grew stronger, his aura almost surpassing that of He.

  "Alright." Li Zhong's fist relaxed, and he raised it to his chest. He quickly formed hand seals one after another. His hands moved in a rhythmic motion, condensing into a long whip in an instant. The whip was a deep green color and crystal clear. On its surface, dense and menacing thorns were distributed all over.

  Qin Hao became vigilant in his heart.

  They are both spiritual and mysterious, but the difference in realm is extremely large. Condensing the mystery from one to three layers is a low-level range, this level can only make the mysterious energy externalize, and starting from the fourth layer, it can transform the mysterious energy into various shapes, attack with sharp weapons, defend with strong shields, and the actual strength increases by an unknown amount. The fourth layer is a huge watershed.

  Qin Hao's foot stomped heavily on the ground, leaving a deep footprint, and his body also swept past like a gust of wind.

  "Looking for death." Li Zhong's whip cracked on the ground, sending shattered stones flying everywhere, and a winding whip mark was deeply embedded in the ground. The blue long whip snapped into the air, like a spirit snake, and swung towards Qin Hao in mid-air.

  Qin Hao.

  Everyone in the Qin family's heart was tightly gripped. In mid-air, without any leverage point, how could Qin Hao avoid this whip? Mu Chen and Du Wei also secretly wiped away a cold sweat.

  Only Qin Yuxian was calm and composed, without any tension.

  The long whip approached Qin Hao's figure, and when it was about to touch the fluttering hem of his clothes, Qin Hao's body twisted strangely, and his entire figure darted out a short distance in an upper diagonal direction.

  Li Yan's face changed color, and what he thought was a sure hit turned out to be a miss, leaving him greatly shocked.

  "How did he do it?"

  A burst of exclamations erupted simultaneously. While in mid-air, he was able to change direction once again, and his movements were as unpredictable as a deer hanging from a cliff, leaving no trace or clue. This kind of movement had already exceeded everyone's imagination. They had never seen anything like it before. Even the most skilled martial artists may not be able to achieve this.

  Only those who had learned about the Thousand Mile Wind like Qin Shan noticed something was off.

  Qin Hao's Thousand Mile Wind Control had already reached its peak. On that day, he had used this move to dodge the wolf's attack with ease, and today it was even more effortless.

  When he landed, Qin Hao's right foot lightly touched the ground and then flew forward several feet again, with a fist aimed at Li Zhong's chest.

  Charge your fist! Qin Hao shouted in his heart.

  A whip shadow suddenly swept over and hit Qin Hao's hand.

  Bang! A low, muffled sound came out, the long whip's momentum unabated. The cyan light on Qin Hao's hand was suddenly dispersed, his body shape-shifting to avoid the whip tip, rushing to Li Yan's back and striking a palm at his heart.

  Explode!

  The whip was incredibly agile, twisting and popping like a spirit snake spitting letters, once again blocking Qin Hao's offensive.

  Bang!

  One after another, the muffled sounds kept coming out. Li Yan's whip danced into circles, protecting his body from any invasion. Qin Hao, on the other hand, was swift and agile, his figure flashing continuously, as if flowing light around Li Yan.

  Throughout the process, Qin Hao was probing and looking for Li Yan's weakness. He only used basic martial skills in his hands, and he would only launch a full-force attack when he was sure to capture Li Yan's opening.

  Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The momentum grew stronger, Li Yan's whip constantly swept out marks on the ground, and Qin Hao's footprints spread out like a spider web. Within five zhangs of the two men, it was a mess, with shattered stones flying everywhere.

  Everyone was stunned.

  Qin Hao's reputation was not small before, but no matter what, he was only a strong man of his generation. People's understanding of him was that he had high talent, and as for his strength, it was still at the original level, compared with other families of the same generation.

  But at this moment, Qin Hao was able to fight with the master of a family to this extent. What's going on?

  Li Yan, although not the strongest in Tianlang City, was still a clan leader with some reputation. Now, this nearly sixteen-year-old youth could fight him to a stalemate even when he went all out. His movements were extremely familiar and mature, responding with ease and composure.

  What kind of monster is this kid named Qin Hao?

  Qin Hao in the field, his figure getting faster and faster, completely controlling the situation, but Li Yan's defense was impenetrable, without any loopholes.

  Qin Hao's eyes flashed, and his ten fingers shot out extremely fine threads of mysterious energy, which wrapped around the green long whip. Li Yan swung his whip at high speed, constantly chasing Qin Hao's movements, but he didn't notice Qin Hao's small actions.

  The mysterious aura threads wrapped around his whip were increasing in number, and the fiery red color was becoming more apparent, with two or three sharp-eyed individuals starting to notice.

  At this moment, Qin Hao's foot slipped, revealing an opening. Li Yan sneered and swung his whip like a snake spitting towards Qin Hao's ribs.

  Qin Hao's mouth curled up into a sarcastic smile, his ten fingers pulled back, and the movement of the long whip suddenly stopped, tilting to one side.

  Li Yan was greatly startled and discovered the thin threads wrapped around the long whip. He hastily wanted to swing the whip to untie the bindings, but it was too late. Qin Hao's left hand pulled, grasping the front end of the whip.

  Qin Hao's left hand was suddenly pierced with blood, he didn't care, pulled the whip and used the recoil to bounce towards Li Yan.

  Shattered Golden Three-Link Break was unleashed simultaneously. A flurry of three punches, swift as shooting stars, overlapped and struck out, leaving behind a trail of red light that thundered past. Li Yan's pupils slightly enlarged, the mysterious energy on his body surged wildly, forming a small, cyan-colored barrier at the front of his chest.

  Crack crack!

  The blue wall barrier was hit by Qin Hao, producing a few fine marks, and then completely shattered into pieces. At the same time, Qin Hao's right hand was also completely blocked.

  Li Yan's heart relaxed a bit, and before he could make another move, Qin Hao's mocking voice had already penetrated his eardrum.

  I still have my left hand.

  Li Yan was shocked and lost his color, realizing that the whip had suddenly become much lighter, it turned out that Qin Hao had unknowingly released the long whip at some point.

  Burst!

  Li Yan's chest was hit by a solid punch, and he retreated more than ten steps, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. His face turned pale as paper, and he panted heavily, clutching his chest in disarray.

  "Looking for death."

  Just then, another whip shadow came from the right side, Qin Hao hurriedly dodged. After a closer look, he found an old man staring at him with a gloomy face, his eyes like a poisonous snake, as if to choose someone to bite. Unexpectedly, Li's family elder finally threw away his face completely and took action without any scruples.

  Everyone was stunned by this change, a sixteen-year-old boy beat the master of a family, and the long-famous elder also made a move on this boy at the same time. The situation is getting more and more unpredictable.

  The Qin family members all emitted a mysterious aura, with Qin Shan standing at the forefront of the group, ready to lead them in a charge.

  "No need." Qin Yuxian blocked everyone's way and stopped them from advancing: "Let him handle this matter himself."

  Qin Yuxian gazed at Qin Hao, whose youthful face showed a hint of determination. Her eyes were complex and hard to decipher. She let out a soft sigh, knowing why Qin Hao had chosen to do something so ostentatious at this time. To establish his authority, intimidate the crowd, make everyone wary, so he could leave with peace of mind and gain experience outside.

  "Qin family's young master, you're quite arrogant." Li Lide said with a sinister tone. At this moment, Li Yan also stood beside Li Lide, his hand condensing into a long whip once again.

  Qin Hao's footsteps changed constantly, retreating continuously, while a thread of mysterious energy was injected into the ring. Nearly ten first-level Sealing Mysterious Arrays suddenly jumped out. Qin Hao grasped his right palm and crushed it, and the energy of the "Recovery Mysterious Array" poured into his body, rapidly recovering the nearly half-depleted mysterious energy within him.

  Then, a dark golden seal array appeared in Qin Hao's hand. He bent his fingers and pinched, a cluster of dark golden energy surged out, wrapping around his right arm, condensing into a dark golden armor sleeve. The exquisite and majestic armor sleeve had flowing golden light, shining brightly.

  This is his only successfully cultivated second-grade primary Sealing Mystical Array, Golden Arm. With Qin Hao's current Double Spirit Realm strength, he still can't control the transformation of mystical energy, but using this Sealing Array, he can achieve it.

  "Unexpectedly, you still have this Xuan Yuan Formation. Qin Feng is indeed generous to give you such a thing." Li Yan sneered with a strange smile.

  In his heart, Qin Hao knew that he had a second-level Sealing Mystical Array, which was naturally bought for him by Qin Feng with all his might.

  "But today, no matter what, you will have to pay a price. Otherwise, it would be true that the Li family has no one left." Li Li's long whip danced, bringing out wave after wave of fierce gusts.

  Two long whips suddenly jumped up at the same time, transforming into two streaks of light that shot over, Qin Hao's pressure increased sharply, jumping and changing direction continuously in mid-air. Although Qianli Yufeng was mysterious, it was also impossible to deal with the joint attack of the two people lightly.

  Hiss! Qin Hao's arm was struck, a piece of his sleeve shattered into fragments, and a deep red lash mark appeared on his arm, with blood seeping out continuously. This was still the result of Qin Hao using his Xuan Qi to cover his arm and defend himself proactively.

  Qin Hao's expression became increasingly solemn, and the two people cooperated extremely tacitly, with a smoothness that was unmatched. If it were just Li Yan alone, Qin Hao could still lure him into revealing his flaws, and with the addition of the old ghost from the Li family making up for it, they would truly be seamless.

  Break it with force! This idea suddenly flashed out from Qin Hao's body, and he directly broke open the whip circle of the two men with brute force. This was the best way to solve the problem with his strength.

  Qin Hao's body surface overflowed with more and more mysterious aura, wrapping his entire body, like a fire man. After flashing through another strike, Qin Hao suddenly stood up, with the aura in his whole body flowing wildly.

  His right hand swiftly rose, and the golden arm shone dazzlingly under the sunlight. His entire body emitted a powerful and hard aura, as if transformed into a giant battle axe, pointing straight at the sky, with his body as the handle and his arm as the blade.

  "Frenzied Battle Axe."

  Qin Hao rushed forward in a straight line, at this moment all his movements were retracted, his body shape was straightforward and completely relied on brute force. This martial skill created by the Qin family's elder was originally extremely hard and powerful, pursuing absolute tyrannical and brutal power.

  Li Yan and Li Li went all out, their whips dancing wildly, the wind howling like a spring thunderclap. Two whip shadows tore through the air, bringing with them a sharp whistling sound that swept towards Qin Hao one after another. With one strike, Qin Hao's body's vital energy dimmed significantly, while the tip of the whip, however, was completely dull and dispersed.

  The two men's faces changed in unison as they quickly withdrew the remaining part, coiling it up like a whip wall blocking their way.

  Qin Hao rushed forward until he was three steps away from the two, at which point his entire body's Xuan Qi surged into the center of his right palm. The Xuan Qi in the center of his palm rotated rapidly, making a whooshing sound.

  A mighty fist intent burst forth from Qin Hao's hands. Like a raging river, it galloped forward with the momentum of ten thousand horses.

  The momentum of the mad axe battle, the fist intent of the shocking palm, two martial arts were mixed together like this, naturally smooth and fluent.

  At this moment, the hearts of all the spectators in the audience jumped to their throats. Most of them couldn't even call out the names of Qin Hao's two martial skills, let alone know what level they were at. Yet, at this moment, that aura of martial arts, that unstoppable momentum, they truly and deeply "saw" it.

  "Broken."

  Under the gaze of the crowd, the golden arm guard with a strong momentum slammed heavily into the whip wall, and then a brilliant light burst forth from the point of contact.

  Boom! A shocking and earth-shattering sound.

  With the three people standing as the center, the crowd within tens of meters went crazy and fled outward. The bricks and stones at the place where the three stood were all reduced to powder, and the dust flew everywhere, covering everyone's line of sight. The sound of "crack crack" continued to extend outwards, along with dense cracks like spider webs.

  "Who won?" This is the question in the minds of all spectators.

  "Who won?" Mu Chen Dong and Du Wei looked at each other and asked in unison.

  "Who won?" The fists of the Qin family's young masters were clenched so tightly they were almost dripping with sweat, their eyes fixed intently on the spot shrouded in smoke and dust, not daring to shift even slightly.

  The dust gradually dispersed, and a somewhat thin figure standing upright gradually became clear. Afterwards, a voice slowly came out.

  "Who's next?"

  Overbearing, yet confident.

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