Chapter 42: Next is You!

Ding!

Two figures clashed and fought amidst the ruins. Zhou Genwei's dual knives created a flurry of blade shadows. Ding Hao now realized that one must never underestimate anyone in this world. Despite Zhou Genwei's position as the governor of Wuzhou being due to his sister's influence, his combat skills were genuinely formidable.

The two short knives danced wildly, and every time Ding Hao's finger guards made contact, sparks flew.

"Your strength is impressive," Zhou Genwei paused to catch his breath.

"Again!" Ding Hao lunged forward once more.

The situation was now at a stalemate. Zhou Genwei had the Shell Boar Immortal Root, providing thick defense, and he didn't fear Ding Hao's Fire Fist. Ding Hao also had armor, so Zhou Genwei's short knives couldn't cut through his body!

"Boy, you can't beat me!" Zhou Genwei's face darkened, and his short knives moved even faster!

Ding Hao's eyes locked onto Zhou Genwei, and he felt a growing sense of urgency. After all, they were in the native city, and if someone discovered them, it would be to his disadvantage!

However, Ding Hao soon noticed that Zhou Genwei's attacks were weakening, not as fierce as at the beginning.

At first, Zhou Genwei had used a brutal fighting style, relying on his Shell Boar's defense to withstand Ding Hao's punches while trying to cut him.

But now, despite his words, Zhou Genwei clearly dared not take Ding Hao's punches head-on!

"Turns out my Nine-Fold Fire Palm still hurt him, he's just pretending it's nothing!"

Understanding this, Ding Hao's punches became even more powerful!

He took two hits from Zhou Genwei's knives and then landed a punch on Zhou Genwei's chest, "Five-Fold Fire Fist!"

The Nine-Fold Fire Palm, now adapted into a Fire Fist, retained its power, and with the enhancement from the mundane treasure finger guards, the punch reached a terrifying level.

With a loud boom, Zhou Genwei was knocked down into the ruins.

Ding Hao took a cut on his arm, where there was no armor, and a large piece of flesh was torn off.

Zhou Genwei quickly jumped up, his voice cold, "Fighting me to the death, you'll be the one to suffer, little waste. You can't beat me, just kneel and beg for mercy."

Ding Hao laughed, "Zhou Genwei, stop pretending. You're already spitting blood, and you're still acting tough! Do you think that will break my confidence? My injuries are on the surface, yours are internal. Who is more injured, you know it well!"

"Little waste!" Zhou Genwei gritted his teeth.

He had been pretending all along, thinking his half-boar defense was strong. But after taking two punches from Ding Hao, he realized Ding Hao's punches were even more powerful! The Nine-Fold Fire Palm was no joke, and with the mundane treasure finger guards, each punch could break a tree!

Although Zhou Genwei appeared unharmed, he was already injured internally.

But he forced himself to keep going, trying to maintain his composure to undermine Ding Hao's confidence.

However, Ding Hao was much more perceptive and quickly noticed this, landing a punch that made Zhou Genwei spit blood.

Since Ding Hao had seen through his act, Zhou Genwei swallowed a handful of healing pills and coldly said, "Then let's see who runs out of energy first! I'm at the late innate stage, you're at the mid innate stage! Not only that, but you also need to channel spirit energy into the mundane treasure. Let's see whose spirit energy runs out first!"

Zhou Genwei believed he had the advantage in spirit energy.

But he didn't expect that after a while, Ding Hao found another opportunity and launched a powerful punch!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Six-Fold Fire Fist!"

"Bang!"

Six explosive sounds rang out almost simultaneously, each punch as powerful as a mountain. The six punches combined into a peak of power, each one stronger than the last, culminating in a final, devastating blow that hit Zhou Genwei's body!

Boom!

"What, six folds!" Zhou Genwei thought, "I could barely handle five folds, what about six?"

He was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into the ruins and sending up a cloud of black rubble!

During the fight, Ding Hao had been practicing his Nine-Fold Fire Palm, and he finally managed to deliver a six-fold punch!

It must be said that this punch consumed a terrifying amount of spirit energy, but the results were equally terrifying.

Pfft! Zhou Genwei spat out a cloud of blood.

While he was down, Ding Hao moved in for the kill, swinging his fist again!

Hit! Hit hard!

Zhou Genwei was quickly overwhelmed and collapsed, unable to fight back. At this point, he was finally afraid and begged for mercy, "Ding Hao, spare my life! We have no grudge, why do you want to kill me? You are a top-grade Immortal Root, and I am a useless person with an unstable Immortal Root. Please spare me!"

Ding Hao replied coldly, "If we have no grudge, why did you want to kill me? I'm a straightforward person. If someone wants to insult me, I insult them; if someone wants to hit me, I hit them; if someone wants to kill me, I kill them!"

Zhou Genwei had no response and said, "Ding Hao, my sister is Ling Yunxiao's concubine. If you kill me, Ling Yunxiao will surely have a grudge against you and won't take care of you anymore!"

Ding Hao said, "I've come this far on my own strength. Why would I need others to take care of me?"

Zhou Genwei had no response and shouted, "The young prince also wants to kill you, he's the mastermind! This time, it was me and Lone Wolf who came to kill you! What's the point of killing me? If you have the guts, kill them!"

"I'll get to them eventually!" Ding Hao coldly replied, his eyes sharp, and his fists continued to rain down in a frenzy!

Zhou Genwei soon started bleeding from his mouth and nose, barely breathing.

Even now, his skin was unbroken, showing the strong defensive power of the Immortal Root. However, his internal organs and bones were already shattered!

"Shell Boar, not so tough after all!" Ding Hao got up from Zhou Genwei's body, taking his storage bag and a pair of short knives.

He quickly checked the contents of the storage bag. There were few treasures, mostly various pills, most of which were for nurturing the Immortal Root.

This guy's Immortal Root was unstable, so he had spent all his wealth on pills to nurture it, making him appear not very wealthy.

"Still, there are a few million silver notes."

Ding Hao put the items in his pocket, emptied the storage bag, and threw Zhou Genwei's body inside.

Tang Family Merchant House.

Lone Wolf hadn't slept all night, searching the area and even encountering a magic Immortal Master, which scared him into retreating to the native city merchant house.

"General Zhou hasn't returned yet? Understood, call me when he comes back."

Lone Wolf returned to his small courtyard, took out some food, and fed a large eagle with human eyes.

At that moment, someone reported from outside, "Senior Lone Wolf."

"What is it? Has General Zhou returned?"

"No, someone entrusted a Tang Family manager to deliver an important item to you. Please open it personally."

"An important item?" Lone Wolf took the storage bag and poured it out, and a corpse rolled out.

"What, Zhou Genwei!"

On Zhou Genwei's body, four words were written: "Next is You!"

Lone Wolf was stunned, his face turning pale, and he gritted his teeth, "It must be Ding Hao! Bastard, no wonder we couldn't find him all night. He never left the city, I'm so angry!"

Upon further investigation, he found that Ding Hao had given the storage bag to the guard at the East Gate and then left the city through the East Gate.

"Ding Hao, don't think I can't find you!" Lone Wolf's face was cold, and he petted the large eagle standing on a tree, "Human-Eyed Eagle, it's up to you this time. He left through the East Gate, not long ago!"

Ding Hao indeed left through the East Gate. Although he had the flower seeds from Mr. Tuoba, he didn't need to risk going to the North Gate. Ding Hao never liked to put his life and future in others' hands. Even if Mr. Tuoba wouldn't harm him, he wouldn't use the seeds until the last moment. He preferred to rely on himself.

With his cultivation at the sixth innate stage, he was no longer a target for the Tang Family's inspections, so he easily left the city and entrusted the storage bag containing Zhou Genwei's body to the guard to give to Lone Wolf.

After leaving the native city, Ding Hao moved quickly, touching every tree he passed.

Each time he touched a tree, he used the Star Absorption Technique to absorb the spirit energy from the tree, replenishing his own.

He discovered that different trees contained different amounts of spirit energy.

Some trees had stronger spirit energy, while others had weaker spirit energy; some had clear spirit energy, while others had impure spirit energy.

"Spirit Rice can no longer help me improve. I must find a plant suitable for absorbing spirit energy!"

As he walked, he absorbed the spirit energy from many trees, but none of them were suitable.

"These trees all contain spirit energy, but none are suitable for me to absorb! Some have too little, some have too many impurities, and some can't be refined!"

After walking for half a day, Da Huang suddenly ran back, barking incessantly.

Ding Hao was startled, "What's happening? Did we encounter someone? We need to leave quickly!"

He followed Da Huang in another direction.

But they were not as fast as their pursuers!

"Grab her, kill her!" A loud voice came from behind.

Then came a series of loud booms.

Ding Hao turned back and saw a bright flying sword shooting towards him like lightning. The sword's path was straight, and all the trees it encountered were either cut in half or had large holes punched through them, but none could stop the flying sword.

As the flying sword passed, countless trees fell one after another.

Then, a woman with red and black patterns on her face ran towards them.

"Flower Demon Tree!" The woman raised her hand, and a giant tree sprouted from the ground, its trunk red like a giant covered in red flowers, using its branches to block the flying sword.

But the woman didn't expect another flying sword to shoot towards her from another direction.

Her body spun, and she slapped her spirit treasure bag, releasing a ring that collided with the flying sword. Clang! They bounced off each other!

But the woman didn't expect another flying sword to shoot towards her from an unexpected direction, slicing around her neck and causing her head to fall, blood spurting out.

Ding Hao, seeing this battle for the first time, was shocked. The last sword had grazed his scalp before killing the woman.

After the woman fell, three men and one woman ran over. The woman said, "We finally killed a demon Immortal Master. Junior Brother Liu, you can finally become a formal inner disciple!"

A tall, handsome man ran over from behind Ding Hao and laughed, "Yun Kun, becoming a formal inner disciple means you can be chosen by the elders to become a personal disciple. You will have the资格 to enter the Immortal Refinement World, congratulations!"

From another direction, the Immortal Master Liu Yunkun from the Nine Provinces Academy walked over and smiled, "Thank you for your help, especially Senior Brother Bai. You are truly a man of the Wandering Prince, and it was your last sword that did it!"

The tall, handsome Senior Brother Bai laughed and passed by Ding Hao, suddenly shouting, "Immortal Masters are handling this, innate stage, step aside! Sixth innate stage, are you looking for death here?"

Another young Immortal Master laughed, "Senior Brother Bai's last sword must have scared him into wetting his pants!"

The female Immortal Master laughed and spat, "Senior Brother Bai is the worst, always scaring the weak."

Senior Brother Bai said, "What's the harm in scaring these innate stage trash? Even killing them wouldn't matter." He glared and said, "Still not leaving?"

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