Chapter 399: Chapter 397: Slaying
In the depths of the Golden Protector’s chest, a surge of blood and energy roiled.
The terrifying force from Qin Hao’s fist had directly penetrated his extremely formidable Outer Sect Skills, injuring his internal organs!
A deep sense of shock immediately filled the Golden Protector’s eyes. How could such an existence be present in this mundane world?
He was stunned, but Qin Hao gave him no chance to breathe. Drawing close with an overpowering, domineering stance, Qin Hao swung another whip kick at him.
The whistling wind approached instantly. The Golden Protector couldn’t evade it; he raised his dagger and fiercely struck at the incoming whip kick from Qin Hao.
If the kick continued, even if Qin Hao severely injured the Golden Protector, his leg would certainly be crippled. The Golden Protector’s intention was clear — to exchange injury for injury, force Qin Hao to retract his move, break away, and then drag Qin Hao into his Sword Intent.
However, just as the Golden Protector’s dagger came stabbing over, Qin Hao’s lips curled with disdain. The whip kick, that had been advancing relentlessly, suddenly transformed into a feint, and the next second, his knee collided with the Golden Protector’s abdomen.
Bang!
Inside the Golden Protector’s stomach, a violent upheaval set in. Though he was powerful, he had no experience in life-and-death combat. Against a top-tier assassin like Qin Hao, who emerged from mounds of corpses and seas of blood, he was quickly overwhelmed in close combat.
The knee strike shattered all the defense on the Golden Protector’s body, completely disrupting his attack rhythm. Yet, this was only the beginning.
The next instant, Qin Hao’s assault fell upon him like a hurricane.
At this moment, Qin Hao had turned himself into a killing machine. His fists, fingers, joints, elbows, knees — every part of his body became the most terrifying weapon.
Initiating with a hook punch, after unleashing the punch force he instantly reversed with an elbow strike, pressing forward again, his knee just like a cannonball, striking at the chest.
Each chained attack flowed smoothly like running water. Qin Hao fought with greater and greater ease, while the Golden Protector initially could barely resist, ultimately turned into a punching bag, absorbing all of the rapid storm-like consecutive attacks.
Close combat is a contest of power, speed, and experience, as well as a battle of courage and will. In this area, the Golden Protector was utterly crushed by Qin Hao. When Qin Hao delivered his final kick, sending him flying, he landed on the ground, already on his last breath, drained of all energy, completely reduced to a lamb awaiting slaughter.
Qin Hao took a deep breath, slightly calming the surge of power throughout his body. He slowly walked to the Golden Protector’s side, then gave a disdainful smile and said, “Does an Ancient Martial Family mean much? The ordinary people you see as ants still trample you underfoot.”
The Golden Protector collapsed limply on the ground. Upon hearing Qin Hao’s taunts, his previously pale face suddenly flushed with an unhealthy crimson. Driven by extreme anger, he coughed up another mouthful of blood.
Qin Hao arrogantly placed a foot on the Golden Protector’s chest. Seeing this, Xiao Jintian was frightened and shouted repeatedly, “Stop!”
“Qin Hao, he is the Left Protector of the Golden Stone Sect!”
After Xiao Jintian shouted, the Golden Protector also stubbornly lifted his head, forcing a breath to threaten coldly, “Do you dare to kill me? Kid, I’m with the Golden Stone Sect. If you kill me, no matter where you hide, my Golden Stone Sect will skin you, break your bones, and scatter your ashes!”
Hearing this, Qin Hao smiled indifferently and gently withdrew his foot.
The Golden Protector was delighted, thinking that the reputation of the Golden Stone Sect had intimidated Qin Hao, and he arrogantly cursed, “Hahaha! See, I knew you wouldn’t dare to kill me!”
“An ordinary person is still an ordinary person, a group of ants; even if a few grow wings and fly, they are still ants!”
While speaking, he gave Qin Hao a venomous look. Qin Hao, on the other hand, slightly curled his lips, then directly stepped on his neck, exerting a bit of force. With a crunching sound, Qin Hao’s foot crushed his cervical vertebrae, throat, and windpipe into a pulp.
“You may have misunderstood. I just find your babble annoying, so I wanted you to die a quick and thorough death.”
Qin Hao shrugged, disdainfully flipping these words toward the Golden Protector’s corpse, then turned around and walked toward Xiao Jintian.
The Golden Protector’s corpse lay with eyes wide open, unable to find peace in death.
And Xiao Jintian was utterly petrified. When Qin Hao approached him, he kept staring blankly at the Golden Protector’s body, as if still unable to believe it was real.
“Got any other tricks? Bring them on, I’ll take them all today.”
Qin Hao said coldly, his gaze icy as he stared at Xiao Jintian.
It was only then that Xiao Jintian snapped back to reality. He shivered all over, stammering as he pointed at Qin Hao, “Don’t come near! Stay away from me!”
“I-I’m not easy to mess with. My Xiao Family, Xiao Family will destroy you!!”
Seeing him babbling nonsense out of fear, Qin Hao felt even more disdain and immediately strode up.
Xiao Jintian hurriedly retreated a few steps, only to trip in his panic, stumbling on his butt. Seizing the moment like grasping a final straw, he brought up Xiao Lingtian.
“If you dare to kill me, my Xiao Family, Xiao Lingtian will never let you go!”
“My father, Xiao Lingtian, is a War God of the military, he controls the heavens! Don’t come near! If you kill me, you won’t die peacefully either!!”
At this point, Qin Hao had completely lost interest in bickering. He stepped forward and kicked hard at Xiao Jintian’s mouth.
With a thud, all of Xiao Jintian’s teeth were sent flying in disorder. He babbled, and Qin Hao delivered two more kicks, knocking him out completely.
Xiao Jintian lay unconscious on the ground, and a hint of disdain flickered in Qin Hao’s eyes.
“Don’t worry; I’ll let you live a bit longer.”
Saying this, he found a sack, stuffed Xiao Jintian into it like a dead pig, then dragged it casually on the ground and headed out the door.
There was dead silence throughout the Xiao Family’s villa.
Qin Hao opened Xiao Jintian’s car in the garage, threw him in the trunk, then started the car and sped away, rushing to Qingshan City by night.
Upon reaching the Provincial Government, Qin Wentian remained in Qingshan City, secretly consolidating the Qin Family’s remaining forces while also collecting the Qin Family’s corpses, purchasing a secluded and desolate cemetery to bury them together.
This cemetery was precisely Qin Hao’s destination this time.