If Wu Zhen had joined the battle from the start, Lin Hao could only have relied on his Ghostly Divine Step to dance around him.

Coupled with the more than one hundred Wu family Martial Artists watching like hungry tigers, Lin Hao’s chances of survival would have been slim to none.

However, Wu Zhen was too arrogant and ultimately died at Lin Hao’s hands. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Just as Lin Hao’s spear ended Wu Zhen’s life, a figure fell from the sky, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.

Lin Hao looked and saw Ninety-Five, his face pale and his body on the verge of collapse.

He had been fighting Wu Tianli and Huang Tiannong, two Elemental Realm masters, all by himself. It was already a feat that he had lasted this long.

Wu Tianli landed in front of Ninety-Five. He glanced down at the training grounds, a look of shock flashing in his eyes as his expression turned utterly grim.

Over a hundred Martial Artists, plus Wu Zhen, a Blood Coagulation Realm Fourth Layer expert, had not only failed to take Lin Hao down, but had also suffered catastrophic losses.

How long had it been? The training grounds below were already stained red with blood. Severed limbs were strewn everywhere. Nearly half the Martial Artists had been brutally torn in two, their guts spilling across the ground. It was like a living Purgatory!

’Lin Hao! A little bastard at the Third Layer of Blood Coagulation Realm actually has this kind of combat power!’

In the center of the field, Lin Hao stood proudly, drenched in blood. His blood-red hair drifted as if in a phantom wind, and his eyes were ice-cold, like a blood-soaked Asura.

Seeing the remaining Martial Artists staring at Lin Hao in terror, as if they had met a devil, Wu Tianli roared, "Whoever takes down Lin Hao, I will adopt as my son and grant them the surname Wu! Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Then, Wu Tianli glanced to the other side.

There, Lin Tianxiao and Lin Tianhao were locked in a stalemate.

With a glint in his eye, he once again joined Huang Tiannong to pincer Ninety-Five.

’This is bad,’ Lin Hao thought. ’If I don’t go get the two Lin family elders now, Ninety-Five will definitely die here, and the Lin family will be in peril!’

He wanted to retreat, but the Wu family Martial Artists, spurred on by Wu Tianli’s roar, began to stir again and surrounded him.

Lin Hao raised his silver spear, Wu Zhen’s corpse still impaled on its tip, a conspicuous sight in mid-air.

With a flick of his wrist and a powerful jolt, he tore Wu Zhen’s body in two.

Blood and guts spewed out wildly.

A Fourth Layer Blood Coagulation Realm Martial Artist, and a Sect Disciple at that, had been torn apart by Lin Hao in such a gruesome manner. The surrounding Martial Artists felt their stomachs churn, and they retreated in unison.

"Those who block me die!"

Lin Hao roared, raised his silver spear at an angle, and charged toward the back mountain.

With the silver spear in hand, Lin Hao was like a tiger with wings. He unleashed the spear techniques he had just learned from Wu Zhen, and no one who stood in his way could withstand a single exchange.

The tip of the silver spear glinted coldly. With every thrust from Lin Hao, a Martial Artist fell, becoming a soul claimed by his weapon.

A soul-chasing silver spear, reaping souls and stealing lives. Every strike was a killing blow, and not a single one missed!

In no time, Lin Hao had carved a bloody path through the encirclement and was heading for the back mountain.

A few bold Martial Artists gave chase, but Lin Hao executed a backward thrust with his silver spear, unleashing its divine might once more.

The spear struck from an uncanny angle, and all who were hit had their abdomens ripped open. Several Martial Artists clutched their stomachs, faces etched with horror, trying to stuff their spilling intestines back in. For a moment, the field was filled with agonized wails.

The training grounds below had become a true field of slaughter!

The remaining Martial Artists’ legs trembled before they collapsed bonelessly to the ground. A few of them even had a yellow and white substance leaking from between their legs.

And Lin Hao strode away without a backward glance!

No one dared to stop him again!

"Bala bala mi..." A strange, rhythmic chant suddenly came from the mouth of Lin Tianhao, who was fighting Lin Tianxiao, echoing throughout the Lin family estate.

Lin Hao, who was sprinting toward the back mountain, came to a sudden halt.

He sensed several overwhelming scents of blood closing in on him from all sides.

The stench of blood was especially strong in the direction of the back mountain.

Lin Hao paused for only a moment before resuming his sprint toward the back mountain.

In the next moment, he found the source of the bloody stench.

Five burly, imposing men appeared in his line of sight.

They were tall, with deathly pale faces and blank expressions, like corpses.

Only their eyes, which glowed blood-red as they opened and closed, were different. This was not a gaze a human should possess.

The Lin family’s death soldiers had arrived!

Previously, Lin Zheng had sent five death soldiers to hunt down Lin Hao, but they never returned. It turned out they had run into Wu Tianli and been killed by him.

The aura of these five death soldiers was even more powerful than the five Lin Zheng had dispatched.

Lin Hao noticed something was off about these five, but time was short. He had no time for other thoughts. With a flash of silver light, his spear shot out like a rainbow piercing the sun.

All five death soldiers were bare-handed. The one targeted by Lin Hao’s spear showed no change in his eyes as he faced the thrust. He simply swept his thick arm forward, completely devoid of technique.

CLANG!

The artless blow collided with Lin Hao’s silver spear, and unexpectedly, it produced the sound of metal striking metal.

Lin Hao felt the web of his hand go numb, and he nearly lost his grip on the silver spear.

He was utterly shocked. His strike carried over two tons of force, and his silver spear was incredibly sharp, yet it had been blocked by a single arm.

Not wanting to get stuck in a deadlock, Lin Hao’s feet moved. He executed the Ghostly Divine Step and instantly shot a great distance away.

Among the five death soldiers, the one with the thickest stench of blood had his eyes flare with crimson light. He reached out, grabbed another death soldier, and hurled him directly at Lin Hao’s back.

The speed was astonishingly fast.

Without even turning his head, Lin Hao executed a backward thrust.

He simultaneously unleashed the third move of that nameless spear art.

THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!

The sound of the spear sinking into flesh rang out in rapid succession. The flying death soldier was struck in the abdomen and suffered the same fate as the Wu family Martial Artists—his guts gushed out.

However, unlike the Wu family’s men, this death soldier seemed completely oblivious to his injury and raised a fist to strike.

Lin Hao’s eyes narrowed, a flicker of shock passing through them.

He had discovered that the man’s spilling guts were a filthy color, as if they were already rotten, and his blood was actually black.

Most importantly, even with his abdomen emptied, he didn’t collapse, and his movements were completely unaffected.

’An undead!’

After a moment of shock, a vicious aura suddenly rose in Lin Hao’s eyes.

These five had clearly been turned into death soldiers using a Secret Technique.

Thanks to the legacy of the Carefree Divine Monarch, Lin Hao happened to know about this Secret Technique.

The Secret Technique for refining death soldiers used living people, subjecting them to endless torment until they died. It was utterly vile. Such a thing was taboo not just on the Celestial Yang Continent, but even in the Divine Demon Destruction Domain. For Lin Tianhao’s faction to dare and defy such a universal prohibition!

’They’re completely insane!’

In that moment of hesitation, the five death soldiers surrounded Lin Hao again.

Knowing about the Secret Technique, Lin Hao naturally knew the death soldiers’ weak point. With a flick of his silver spear, he attacked again.

Without any suspense, his attack was blocked by a death soldier once more.

The silver spear was knocked away by the death soldier’s blow.

However, this was exactly what Lin Hao wanted.

His hand moved with the spear. With a sudden shake of his wrist, he straightened the vibrating weapon, and then the long spear shot forward like a rainbow.

BOOM!

The long spear tore through the air and pierced into one of the death soldier’s heads. The death soldier’s head instantly exploded.

The headless death soldier crashed to the ground.

The five death soldiers were thoughtless, so of course they wouldn’t be shocked by this stunning scene. Lin Hao, however, had already anticipated this, his heart as firm as a rock.

Having succeeded with one strike, Lin Hao didn’t hesitate in the slightest. He strode forward and attacked with his long spear again.

The death soldiers had no minds of their own, so they didn’t understand coordinated attacks. As long as he didn’t let them get close, he could defeat them one by one.

The long spear in Lin Hao’s hand hummed. In just a few moments, he took down two more death soldiers in the same manner.

With three of the five gone, the pressure on Lin Hao lessened considerably. He used his Ghostly Divine Step again, but this time he didn’t retreat. In a single step, he appeared behind another death soldier.

The long spear was as fast as lightning, striking straight into its head!

The fourth death soldier fell!

For the last remaining death soldier, the one with the strongest scent of blood, Lin Hao tried the same method, but it didn’t work. It actually knew how to protect its head!

’Hmph! Fine by me. Lin Tianhao, I’ll leave one of your precious creations for you!’

Lin Hao snorted coldly in his mind. Then, his spear moved like a Spiritual Snake flicking its tongue, piercing the death soldier’s right shoulder.

With a twist of his wrist, he tore off the death soldier’s arm.

Executing the Ghostly Divine Step, Lin Hao’s spear moved again, and he tore off the death soldier’s left arm in the same fashion.

Then, its two legs...

A moment later, Lin Hao stood with his spear at rest. Four of the five death soldiers were dead, their heads exploded. The last one had all its limbs severed and was no longer capable of stopping him.

Behind him, the fluctuations from the Elemental Realm experts grew even more terrifying. Lin Hao knew the battle had reached a fever pitch, and he was running out of time.

He executed the Ghostly Divine Step, moving at his utmost speed. The afterimage behind him solidified, resembling a long dragon...

On the Lin family’s training grounds, Lin Tianxiao and Ninety-Five stood back-to-back, their faces pale and blood trickling from the corners of their mouths.

Just moments ago, Wu Tianli had launched a sudden sneak attack on Lin Tianxiao.

"After today, there will be no Treasure Hunting Pavilion in War Dragon City, and you will be buried here!" Wu Tianli wore a smug expression, as if Ninety-Five were a turtle trapped in a jar.

Huang Tiannong puffed on his long-stemmed pipe, his old face wrinkled up like a chrysanthemum.

"Lin Tianhao, the Lin family’s foundation will be ruined at your hands!" Lin Tianxiao stared at Lin Tianhao, his face a mask of grief.

Lin Tianhao was disdainful.

"If the Pavilion Master falls in the Lin family residence today, do you think the Lin family can escape the consequences? If you persist in your delusion, the Lin family is doomed!"

Lin Tianhao’s expression changed.

"Brother Lin, don’t listen to his nonsense. We are allies, and your worthy nephew is still a guest in my Wu family home. I know he isn’t fond of women, so the two beauties I selected for him are quite special." A strange light gleamed in Wu Tianli’s eyes.

Lin Tianhao looked as if he had been struck by lightning, his face instantly turning deathly pale.

He had been blinded by greed before, thinking Wu Tianli would be wary of the Wu family in the capital and hold back for fear of collateral damage.

Now he finally understood. With the Hu family’s support, and with the Wenren family currently suppressing them, the Hu family would surely fan the flames. The capital’s Lin family must be too busy to even fend for themselves, so how could they possibly manage affairs in War Dragon City?

And his son, Lin Zheng, was a crucial part of Lin Wei’s plan. Nothing could be allowed to happen to him!

Thinking of Lin Wei’s plan, Lin Tianhao’s confidence suddenly returned. As long as the plan succeeded, the Lin family of War Dragon City was completely expendable.

And when that time came, the Wu family could be destroyed with the flip of a hand.

"Heh heh, my actions today will only make the future Lin family stronger. Tianxiao, I won’t kill you. I will definitely let you see that my words are not empty," Lin Tianhao said, his face full of confidence.

Lin Tianxiao shook his head but glanced toward the back mountain of the Lin estate.

’Lin Tianhao is being used; he can’t be counted on. To save the Lin family, all hope now rests on Lin Hao alone.’