. The middle-aged man flipped several times before collapsing on the ground, a thin line of blood trickling from his corner of his mouth."You bunch of bastards, I'll fight you all!" A group of farmers...[ ]

"Another War Emperor" Ling Hao frowned: "Since you're so eager to die, I'll fulfill your wish!"

The colleague who was speaking, spurred to action, raised his hand and met the attack with a powerful palm strike. His move was like a howling hurricane.

Boom!

The two forces clashed with tremendous intensity, sending a powerful shockwave rippling outwards. Rows of trees were snapped clean in half, their leaves swirling through the air.

Poof!

At the same time, the newcomer spat a large mouthful of blood into the sky and flew backwards at high speed. In mid-air, he sputtered another arc of blood.

After flying out a distance of fifty or sixty meters, it smashed into the hard mountainside, creating a large crater. Its bones were shattered, and its entire body went limp like a deflated ball.

"How is that possible"

With great difficulty, he opened his mouth and managed to utter a few words before his head lolled back and he lost consciousness.

His face was a mask of disbelief. A War Emperor-realm expert like himself couldn't even withstand a single move from the opponent!

Whew!

After sending his opponent flying with a palm strike, Ling Hao didn't hesitate for a moment and pursued him further.

Although there was a brief delay of a few seconds, he quickly caught up to the elderly man ahead.

"You dare kill the Elder of the Dark Domain Temple You're doomed!" The old man shouted as he ran wildly.

Waves of shock and awe crashed over him. He had never imagined that Ling Hao's skill could be so formidable!

"Stubborn, lay down for me!" Ling Hao said in a deep voice.

Next, with a flick of the wrist, the Blood Shadow Saber appeared in hand. A crimson blade slashed down from the sky, speeding towards the opponent.

"Don't!" Sensing the crisis behind him, the old man was terrified and quickly dashed to the side.

Bang!

Although he reacted quickly, it was still too slow. The blade flashed past his right knee, and his lower leg fell to the ground at once, followed by a headfirst plunge.

This is clearly the result of Ling Hao doing it on purpose, otherwise, even if he had ten lives, he wouldn't be able to live!

"Ah!" the old man cried out in pain.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Ling Hao arrived later and, with a flick of his wrist, shot three silver needles into the elder's body.

"What are you doing" The elder gasped for breath and asked, then after a moment's pause, exclaimed again, "You sealed my inner strength"

"If you're saying 'it's better to be dead than alive,' answer me a few questions!" Ling Hao said in a deep voice.

Of course, the purpose of sealing someone's abilities is to prevent them from committing suicide.

"Hmph! I admit I'm inferior in skill. If you want to ask me questions, wait until your next life!" The elder wouldn't back down so easily.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Ling Hao's eyes narrowed, and with a flick of his finger, several gusts of wind shot out from his fingertips, vanishing into the elder's chest.

"Ah!" The next moment, the old man rolled on the ground, his eyes ferocious, and cold sweat dripping from his body.

He couldn't last thirty seconds and hysterically shouted, "I said I said stop!"

Whew!

Ling Hao swept out another gust of wind, and the old man's intense pain instantly vanished. Then, he lay on the ground like mud, trembling uncontrollably.

"Tell me, what does this jade pendant have to do with anything" Ling Hao asked.

“I... I don't know either,” the old man spoke with difficulty. “I... I only follow orders.”

"It seems like you still want to taste that feeling again" Ling Hao frowned.

"It's true, I really don't know," the old man trembled, "I only know it's related to a huge secret, but what exactly it is, I really don't know."

"Hmm" Ling Hao frowned again.

He could tell from the look in their eyes that they weren't lying.

"I'm afraid not even a few people in the entire Dark Domain Temple know," the old man continued to add.

Whew!

Ling Hao let out a foul breath.

It seems like I'll have to find another answer about the jade pendant!

"This time, the Purgatory Gate captured people from my Xia country's Imperial Court. Was it on the orders of your Dark Domain Temple Besides capturing people, is there any other purpose" Ling Hao pondered for a moment before ceasing to talk about the jade pendant.

The Elder responded after swallowing hard, "The Dark Temple knows that the Raksasa Hall belongs to you, so they want to use this as bait to capture them all."

"Is this the intention of your Dark Sanctuary or is someone else behind it" Ling Hao continued to ask.

It was within his expectations all along to use Shen Wangguo as bait and lure out the people from Luosha Hall.

What he couldn't figure out was, if the Dark Domain Temple wanted to deal with the Rakshasa Hall, they could have made a move long ago. Why did they wait until after the White Tiger and the others arrived before taking action

This is clearly making things more difficult for themselves, which doesn't make sense!

When things are strange, there must be a demon.

He vaguely had a feeling that the other party's target wasn't Rakshasa Hall at all, but Blood Shadow Erlang!

"I'm not quite sure about the specifics," the old man's eyes flickered with a hint of panic.

Click!

Before his words could even finish, a bone-shattering sound erupted. The opponent's shoulder blade had been pulverized by Ling Hao's palm wind.

"Ah!" The old man let out another cry of agony.

After a slight pause, she spoke in a trembling voice: "I'm not really sure. All I know is that at the beginning, the Dark Domain Temple only wanted to capture your court's domain master."

But later on, why use this as bait against the Rakshasa Hall, I didn't pay much attention. I just heard that someone gave the Dark Domain Temple a large sum of money to have the Dark Domain World take action against the Rakshasa Hall.

"Who" Ling Hao frowned.

I knew this wasn't going to be that simple!

"Yes," the old man said after taking a deep breath.

Whoosh!

Just then, a sniper bullet whizzed past with the faintest whisper of wind.

Ling Hao was lost in thought, so he didn't react immediately.

Puh!

The next moment, a cloud of blood erupted from the elder's brow, a headshot.

"Hm!" Ling Hao furrowed his brow, turning to look towards a hillside several miles away. His eyes narrowed into a sharp focus.

However, he didn't pursue further. The other party was slightly too far away, and snipers like this weren't likely to know much anyway. Even if he caught up, there wouldn't be much practical use.

And, about this matter, he had a vague hunch in his heart that it was likely related to several major families in the country!

In the domestic sphere, they dare not act recklessly. But in this dark world, they can run rampant, using the Dark Temple to eliminate their own brothers and sisters, unseen and unheard!

"You better pray I don't find the evidence!" Ling Hao stared ahead, a chilling killing intent spreading.

Then, he bent down and picked up the dragon-shaped pendant from the elder's body. He took a quick look at it and realized it was almost identical to his own. The only difference seemed to be the color of the dragon's head, which was slightly different.

Without thinking anymore, he turned around and returned the way he came.

A few minutes later, after arriving at the flat ground outside the cave, he treated the wounds of each brother in the Blood Guard one by one.

After about half an hour, Lu Yue and the others came out of the cave.Ling Hao: "Big brother, when are we going to the capital city"Hearing this, Cang Lang and the Judge turned their heads to look at Ling Hao."A few more days then!" Ling Hao replied, gazing ahead with a...