"You've been hiding your strength?" Tu Zhan looked at Cao Jun, somewhat incredulous.
"Hahaha..."
Cao Jun looked at Tu Ba and coldly smiled, saying, "If Esteemed One didn't hide my strength, how could Esteemed One have made you willingly become the stepping stone for my Breakthrough? Esteemed One has been stuck at Half-Step Martial Emperor for ten years. It's time to break through, but Esteemed One just lacked an opportunity. Otherwise, do you think Esteemed One became this Sect Leader for nothing?"
Tu Ba sighed, "Alright, this time I've lost. If you want to kill me, then kill me!"
"Hahaha... Tu Ba, this is also the first time Esteemed One has seen you admit defeat. It's rare! This time it's you, the next target is that old geezer Guo Wei. From now on, Hao Xian Sect will be Esteemed One Cao Jun's world." Cao Jun laughed wildly, full of boundless smugness.
Tu Ba looked at Cao Jun and angrily said, "Cao Jun, don't forget, back then, without the Supreme Elder, you absolutely couldn't have become this Sect Leader. Now you are actually going to be ungrateful and deal with the Supreme Elder, you are simply not human."
"Hmph, ungrateful? These past years, although Esteemed One has been the Sect Leader, Esteemed One has been suppressed by him. This Sect Leader position is better off not held. Now Esteemed One's cultivation is the same as his, why should Esteemed One still be manipulated by him?" Cao Jun said coldly.
"Alright, Esteemed One has said enough to you. Now, you can die!"
After Cao Jun finished speaking, he was about to attack Tu Ba.
"Stop!" A sharp shout rang out from Cao Jun's ear.
Cao Jun turned his head and found that the person speaking to him was Zhang Hao. Earlier, when he was fighting Tu Ba, he hadn't paid attention to Zhang Hao's side. In his opinion, ten Law Enforcement Hall Elders dealing with a mere Inner Disciple should be effortless. But now, it seemed the situation had changed.
"You killed the ten Elders of the Law Enforcement Hall?"
Cao Jun looked at Zhang Hao coldly, his expression somewhat disbelieving.
Zhang Hao smiled faintly and said, "They wanted to kill me, so naturally, I killed them. It's a very natural thing, is it strange?"
"You deserve to die!"
Cao Jun looked at Zhang Hao coldly, his eyes filled with killing intent.
"Many people have said that to me. For example, Wen Guangyuan, and those Twelve Judges. They all said that to me, but aren't I still living well now?" Zhang Hao looked at Cao Jun and scoffed.
Cao Jun's eyebrows twitched upon hearing this, and he asked Zhang Hao in shock, "You killed Wen Guangyuan and the Twelve Judges?"
"That's right, those who kill will always be killed," Zhang Hao said coldly.
Zhang Hao's words not only shocked Cao Jun but also Tu Ba and the group of Inner Disciple Elders.
During this period, Hao Xian Sect had dispatched countless manpower and resources to search for Wen Guangyuan and the Twelve Judges. But they were like stones sinking into the sea. They originally thought the disappearance of Wen Guangyuan and the Twelve Judges would become an unsolved mystery, but unexpectedly, the truth was now revealed.
"So it was you who killed them." Cao Jun's brow furrowed, somewhat unable to believe it.
"Believe it or not."
"Release Elder Tu, otherwise, I'll kill your son." Zhang Hao grabbed Cao Yang from the ground and choked his neck.
"Zhang Hao, perhaps you don't understand Esteemed One's personality. Esteemed One does not allow others to threaten Esteemed One. Otherwise, Esteemed One will retaliate against you a hundredfold. Esteemed One will give you one chance, release Cao Yang, and then cripple your cultivation. Esteemed One guarantees that Esteemed One can let you go."
A terrifying pressure emanated from Cao Jun, enveloping Zhang Hao. It was as if in the next second, Cao Jun would deliver a devastating blow to Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao's heart sank, knowing that Cao Jun wasn't joking and would truly do as he said. However, a stern look appeared on his face. Although Cao Jun's strength was formidable, he wasn't without trump cards.
When he killed Old Man Mingxue, a martial arts character possession card was dropped. It could be used now. However, the character summoned by the martial arts character possession card was very random, and he didn't know what kind of character would be summoned. If someone like Wei Xiao Bao or Hu Yi Dao was summoned, he would be asking for abuse.
Now he was facing a Martial Grandmaster. Ordinary martial arts characters, even those like Yang Guo or Ouyang Feng, wouldn't be of much use. These people would struggle against a Martial King, let alone a Martial Grandmaster.
"Ding dong! A martial arts character possession card has been detected. Do you wish to use it?"
As Zhang Hao's thoughts moved, the System immediately captured his idea and responded.
"Use it!" Zhang Hao silently chanted in his heart.
"Ding dong! Congratulations Player Zhang Hao, the 'martial arts character possession card' has been used successfully! Summoned character: Jue Wushen." The System prompt sounded.
Holy crap, Zhang Hao finally let out a sigh of relief. Jue Wushen! That was a formidable character from the Fengyun World.
He was the master of the Wushen Jue Palace in Dongying. Don't look at Jue Wushen as seemingly a villain. His strength was also top-notch.
Summon Card: Jue Wushen
Cultivation: Martial Emperor First Layer
Martial Skills: Killing Fist, Immovable Golden Body
Description: Master of Wushen Jue Palace in the Fengyun World.
With Jue Wushen, Zhang Hao felt relieved.
"Zhang Hao, take Cao Yang and leave here!" Tu Ba looked at Zhang Hao and said.
"Don't worry, a mere Martial Emperor can't do anything to me," Zhang Hao sneered.
Just at this moment, Cao Yang, who was being held by Zhang Hao, took advantage of Zhang Hao's slight lapse in attention. A Bloodline power suddenly erupted from his body, increasing his strength tenfold. Caught off guard, Zhang Hao was sent flying ten meters away by Cao Yang's palm.
Having lost his hostage, Zhang Hao immediately felt a powerful oppressive force.
"Brat, go to hell!"
Cao Jun slammed a palm down towards Zhang Hao.
This palm strike was like Mount Tai pressing down. The void instantly darkened. Sand and stones flew, and dark clouds covered the sky.
Zhang Hao didn't even have time to use the martial arts character possession card. After all, although the martial arts character possession card was powerful, it still needed ten breaths to adapt to the body.
"Substitute Wooden Puppet!"
Zhang Hao's thoughts moved. He connected to the Substitute Wooden Puppet in his System space.
"Boom!"
The Substitute Wooden Puppet had just been used. Zhang Hao's body was blown apart.
"Zhang Hao!"
"Young Master!"
Liu Mengyao, Song Sitian, Liu Jie, and others' eyes turned red with rage.
Cao Jun's brow furrowed. Although that palm strike seemed to have killed Zhang Hao, he felt something was off, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
"Hahaha... He's dead, right? This is the consequence of going against This Young Master!" Cao Yang danced with joy, laughing loudly.
After the dust settled, a figure appeared twenty meters away. It was Zhang Hao.
"Zhang Hao!"
Song Sitian, Liu Mengyao, and the others were overjoyed when they saw that Zhang Hao was fine.
"Wow!"
Zhang Hao couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Although the Substitute Wooden Puppet could take ninety percent of the force for him, there was still ten percent that he had to endure.
If Zhang Hao's Physical Body hadn't broken through to the Martial Grandmaster Third Layer, combined with the Heavenly Venerate Armor he was wearing, he would have been finished by now. Even so, Zhang Hao was not lightly injured.
"Use Jue Wushen Possession Card!" Zhang Hao silently chanted in his heart.
