"As expected, it's your Divine Sea Sect again. I didn't expect you to be lying in ambush here this time."
Seeing that they were from the Divine Sea Sect, Bai Hao was not surprised at all. He had a premonition that he would encounter people from the Divine Sea Sect on the way. He was already puzzled that he hadn't encountered them for a long stretch of road, but he didn't expect that the Divine Sea Sect had already arrived here.
To be honest, Bai Hao was quite surprised by this.
"Hmph, enough nonsense! Our sect and your Falling Sea Sect are sworn enemies. Today, it's either you die or I live!"
The elder of the Divine Sea Sect had a gloomy face. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding disciples drew their weapons and rushed forward.
Zheng Long and the others immediately took out their weapons, ready to fight back, but Bai Hao took the initiative and stomped hard on the ground again.
"boom!"
The earth-shattering force sent all the Shenhai Sect disciples who rushed forward flying, crashing heavily into the surrounding bushes, their cries of agony filling the air.
"You guys go straight to Huangshi City. Leave this to me. Let me have some fun with them," Bai Hao said calmly to Jiang Bai and the others without turning his head.
He didn't even consider these people a threat.
Seeing that everyone around him was now lying on the ground, Jiang Bai hesitated for a moment, then nodded towards the other side.
"Okay, but you have to be careful and not let your guard down!"
Bai Hao's strength is beyond doubt. At the Zhixing Realm, he ranks second only to Su Yuewan in the entire Luohai Sect. Compared to the Shenhai Sect, apart from the half-dead Feng Qingjue, only their Supreme Elder is Bai Hao's match.
This Shenhai Sect elder is clearly not a Supreme Elder.
"Okay, you guys go ahead."
Jiang Bai and the others put away their weapons and resolutely headed towards Huangshi City.
...
Bai Hao carefully examined the elder of the Divine Sea Sect. He was a middle-aged man with a thin and pale face and a weak aura. Although he had reached the mid-stage of the Spirit Integration Realm, he was not worth mentioning in Bai Hao's eyes.
Even without Bai Hao, Zheng Long and Jiang Bai alone could have taken him down.
I really don't understand where he got the courage.
"Hey, are you an elder of the Divine Sea Sect? What's your name?" At this moment, Bai Hao couldn't help but want to tease this person.
The man became very angry at his teasing tone; veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes turned bloodshot.
"I am Zhao Ling, an honorary elder of the Divine Sea Sect! Today, in the name of an elder of the Divine Sea Sect, I will execute you!"
Zhao Ling's expression turned furious. He growled and his body slowly emitted black true energy, which became increasingly solid, eventually forming a tangible black true energy armor that covered his body.
At this moment, Zhao Ling's aura actually increased slightly.
Seeing this strange behavior, Bai Hao realized it was the first time he had ever seen someone use true energy like this, and he couldn't help but become interested, carefully examining Zhao Ling.
"Condensing true qi onto the body's surface can reduce damage to some extent, but even armor is useless against absolute power."
"You will pay the price for your arrogance!"
Despite Bai Hao's taunts, Zhao Ling's armor remained fully formed. He stomped his foot, shattering the ground, and slammed his palm straight at Bai Hao!
"Then let me see just how capable you are!"
Bai Hao remained motionless, but he also raised his hand and unleashed a powerful palm strike, his palm containing immense energy.
In that instant, Zhao Ling's expression changed slightly. Even though he was the one who took the initiative to attack, he was forced to retreat several steps by Bai Hao's palm strike, and his face became even paler.
This is clearly not a pleasant experience!
"To be honest, I admire your loyalty to the Divine Sea Sect. It's just a pity that you followed the wrong person, and today you've run into trouble. With just a surge of passion, can you be my opponent?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Hao leaped up and struck again. The force of his palm wind was so strong that even before it arrived, the surrounding bushes were blown around wildly. Zhao Ling felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him, making him almost unable to move, not even able to twitch a finger.
"I am... an elder of the Divine Sea Sect!"
Zhao Ling let out a low growl from his throat, his voice hoarse and strained, unleashing all his strength to buy himself the ability to move. He quickly raised both palms to meet Bai Hao's palm strike!
"boom!"
Zhao Ling gave it his all, but Bai Hao showed no mercy.
With this palm strike, Zhao Ling's full-force palm strike shattered completely, and Bai Hao crushed it with overwhelming force, even destroying the true qi armor on his body.
A palm strike landed directly on Zhao Ling.
"cough!"
Zhao Ling coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his whole body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground, his life hanging in the balance.
Even if Zhao Ling didn't die on the spot from this blow, he would still be seriously injured.
Bai Hao never intended to show any mercy to the people of the Divine Sea Sect. After all, they were the ones who tore off the mask first, so why should he hold back?
"What a pity, if only you were an elder of our Falling Sea Sect." Looking at Zhao Ling, who was seriously injured and convulsing on the ground, Bai Hao sighed softly.
Putting aside other factors, Zhao Ling's loyalty to the Divine Sea Sect is still admirable in terms of character. Even knowing that he was no match for Bai Hao, he still did not back down.
It's a pity, a pity he's from the Divine Sea Sect. And such a person is unlikely to betray the sect, and would even do anything for the sect. Keeping him around would always be a problem for the Falling Sea Sect, so he has to be eliminated.
Shaking his head with a sigh, Bai Hao turned and walked back. He needed to return to Luohai Sect before dark.
Suddenly, a strong sense of crisis surged into Bai Hao's heart like a flood. Without thinking, he decisively dodged to the side. A black sword aura almost grazed past him, striking a tree not far away. A horrifying scene unfolded—
The tree struck by the black sword energy wasn't immediately severed; instead, it was rapidly eroded, losing all its vitality. The lush tree withered instantly, its trunk visibly drying out, devoid of any life force.
Seeing this, Bai Hao was also taken aback and quickly turned around to look.
Not far away, Zhao Ling, who should have been completely incapacitated, suddenly stood up again, swaying unsteadily. In his hand, a black longsword appeared out of nowhere—clearly, the sword energy he had just unleashed was his.
But at this moment, Zhao Ling gave Bai Hao an extremely dangerous aura. His whole body was shrouded in black energy, and his aura was strange and powerful, as if he had completely changed into a different person.
"Tsk tsk tsk, I never thought I would end up like this."
Zhao Ling uttered cold, eerie words as he slowly raised his head, his blood-red eyes like two eerie lights…
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