"The two Void-Breaking Realm grand experts of the Tang Sect were just killed by him like that?"
People scrambled up from the ground, seeing Tang Yun's corpse lying not far away while the old ghost had been reduced to nothingness. They found it utterly incomprehensible how Lin Hao could pull off such a heaven-defying feat.
This completely exceeded the scope of their understanding.
A wedding banquet, which ought to have been lively and joyous, had taken such a drastic turn due to the appearance of the Young Master of the Tang Sect.
Yet the Young Master of the Tang Sect was mere scum in Lin Hao's hands.
Even his two protectors had appeared only to perish one after another.
Now, the guests here had no desire to stay a moment longer.
They wanted to rush home and escape this place of trouble and right and wrong.
Yet not a single person dared to take their leave first.
After all, the grand wedding between Lin Hao and Mei Shiyun had not yet concluded, and departing at this time would inevitably offend the Xuantian Sect.
If the Tang Sect failed to destroy the Xuantian Sect when the time came, their own days ahead would not be pleasant.
In stark contrast to the guests who were caught in a dilemma, the members of the Xuantian Sect were brimming with joy.
"Our Eldest Senior Brother is truly the Eldest Senior Brother! Even powerhouses from Zhongzhou are no match for him."
"Who knows, perhaps in the future he will lead us into Zhongzhou, wipe out the Tang Sect, and shock the entire world!"
"Hahaha, it is truly wonderful to have joined the Xuantian Sect!"
"Following Eldest Senior Brother is definitely the right choice!"
The admiration of the Xuantian Sect disciples for Lin Hao had now surpassed even their respect for the Sect Master.
And no wonder.
After all, the strength of either of those two protectors was far superior to that of Ye Liuyun.
"Dad, Eldest Senior Brother won! Did you see that?!"
Ye Ling hugged her father happily.
Ye Liuyun also shed tears of joy; seeing Hao'er achieve such success today meant his life had been fulfilled.
...
In the sky, only Lin Hao and Tang Chen remained once more.
Having witnessed Lin Hao's terrifying strength with his own eyes, Tang Chen's legs turned to jelly. How could he possibly dare to fight him again?
"That Lin, Lin..." Tang Chen wanted to back down and beg for mercy, but with so many people present and his naturally proud disposition, he could only force a stiff smile. "Young Master Lin, you are indeed a rare talent. My father often teaches us that a peerless genius surpasses a hundred thousand ordinary disciples, so I wish to recruit you into the Tang Sect. Would you be willing?"
"He wants to recruit Lin Hao into the Tang Sect?!"
Mei Shiyun felt as though she had been struck by lightning; the tattered garments she was holding almost slipped from her grasp.
Fortunately, her younger sister was quick-eyed and nimble, helping her catch them just in time to prevent another wardrobe malfunction.
"Join the Tang Sect?"
Lin Hao let out a mocking chuckle. "Does the Tang Sect deserve me?"
Tang Chen: "Don't be so arro—too, too high-and-mighty, won't you? Even in Zhongzhou, my Tang Sect is the second-ranked faction. We possess countless resources within our gates, and our cultivation techniques and martial arts are..."
"Enough." Lin Hao couldn't be bothered to listen to his nonsense and cut him off on the spot. "I'm actually a very easy-going person. As long as you are willing to kneel and apologize, I agree to spare your corpse."
"Even if I kneel, you still want to kill me?" Tang Chen could not help widening his eyes.
Kneeling!
It wasn't out of the question!
But if he was still going to be killed after kneeling, what difference did it make whether he knelt or not?!
With his expression shifting uncertainly, Tang Chen approached Lin Hao and whispered, "Brother, aren't you just after Mei Shiyun? As long as you spare my life, I promise, I will make her willingly marry you!"
Lin Hao: "..."
"And her sister, Mei Shiyun's younger sister Mei Shishi, she is also a rare little stunner. I'll let them both marry you and serve you, how about that?!"
"If that's not enough, when I go back, I'll arrange for three thousand beauties and maidens to be sent over to you, guaranteed to be top-tier beauties every single one of them!"
Tang Chen urged anxiously.
That he viewed Mei Shiyun as a stunner was something Lin Hao had already guessed.
As for crashing the wedding, to put it bluntly, he merely wanted to use this opportunity to put on airs in the Northern Wasteland and incidentally enjoy the reverence of its cultivators.
Only, he hadn't managed to show off, and now his life was on the line.
Such an outcome was certainly not what he had expected.
To save his life, he had shamelessly attempted to use the two sisters as sacrificial pawns and present them to Lin Hao.
When he lost a fight, he would use women as sacrifices.
Tang Chen's wretched nature truly disgusted Lin Hao.
From this, it was clear that the Tang Sect was nothing special either!
Looking at Tang Chen's expectant expression, Lin Hao's lips curled slightly, and with a swift *whoosh*, he pressed the wooden sword in his hand against the base of Tang Chen's neck.
At that instant, Tang Chen was scared into dropping straight to his knees in mid-air, trembling all over as he bitterly pleaded, "Please spare me! Spirit stones, cultivation techniques, martial arts, beauties—whatever you want, I will give you all of it."
"I only beg you, in your magnanimity, to treat me like a fart and let me go."
"I'm begging you, I don't want to die, I haven't lived enough yet!"
Tang Chen's crying, pissing-in-fear appearance utterly shocked everyone present.
Especially in the eyes of Mei Shiyun and Mei Shishi, the lofty and untouchable image of the Zhongzhou Tang Young Master instantly shattered.
Shattered all over the floor!
"He, how could he..."
Mei Shiyun watched with a flushed face.
How utterly humiliating.
Mei Shishi also lowered her head, unable to bear even a half-glance further.
...
The Young Master's image was shattered.
And all of this was thanks to Lin Hao.
On the side of the Xuantian Sect, seeing such a Zhongzhou prodigy actually bow down before their Eldest Senior Brother, the disciples felt an immense sense of secret satisfaction.
If not for the fear that the other party's background and identity were far too terrifying, they probably would have started cheering aloud right then and there.
"Hao'er, this is all just a misunderstanding. Why don't you just let him go back?"
Ye Liuyun suddenly called out at this moment.
Having killed two powerful figures of the Tang Sect, the sect would certainly not let the matter rest.
But if even the Young Master of the Tang Sect were to be slaughtered, the Tang Sect would exhaust all its resources to hunt them down.
Either way, it was a hunt.
Still, one would imagine the intensity would undoubtedly be different.
Ye Liuyun was not afraid of death himself; what he considered was the safety of Lin Hao and the entire sect.
However.
Lin Hao understood one fundamental truth!
Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself and one's comrades!
If he didn't even possess this shred of resolve, then what was the point of asking about the sacrificial path?
"Foster father, I know what you are worried about."
"I will personally wipe out the Tang Sect and make the Xuantian Sect the overlord of this realm."
Lin Hao cast a frigid gaze downward.
Tang Chen was scared out of his wits.
Yet, Lin Hao did not notice that his panicked eyes seemed to be struggling and agonizing over something...
Just as Lin Hao raised the wooden sword in his hand.
Tang Chen suddenly slapped the empty air with his palm, his figure rapidly retreating backwards as he roared frantically at Lin Hao, "Fine! You forced all this upon me! Even if the entire Northern Wasteland is turned upside down, you can't blame me!"
Hm?
Lin Hao frowned in curiosity. "Could it be you still have some other trump card? Why don't you bring it out and let me have a look."
"Heh..."
"Lin Hao, you are too arrogant. You simply don't know what it means for there to be heavens beyond the heavens!"
"There are some things I originally didn't want people to see, because this matter is of the utmost importance and involves too many ties. Once it comes to light, everyone who sees it must die."
"Since you insist on driving me into a dead end, don't blame me for bathing the entire Northern Wasteland in blood!"
"All of this is your doing, you forced me into this!!!"
With a ferocious expression resembling a mad dog, Tang Chen suddenly retrieved a jade pendant from his storage ring and clenched it in his fist.
Inside the jade pendant, a drop of black blood seemed to be suspended.
"Come forth, Chimei!"
Tang Chen violently crushed the jade pendant.
The sky instantly turned pitch black.
Upon hearing the name "Chimei," Xiao Qi's warning instantly rang out in the depths of Lin Hao's consciousness...
"Be careful, Chimei is a beast-slave of the Asura clan!"