Chapter 1284 - 1287: Wretch, How Dare You!

"Go to hell!"

Soul Refining also noticed Yun Hao's change, and knew that Yun Hao must have used some Secret Technique for his aura within the body to skyrocket so rapidly.

So he pushed forward hard with both hands. The Cloud-Breaking Fan, which was exuding a terrifying pressure in midair, as if encouraged, spun and flew toward Yun Hao.

"Before me, Yun Hao, all living beings are but ants!"

Watching the incoming Cloud-Breaking Fan, Yun Hao let out a furious roar, grabbed at the void with his right hand, then pointed a finger at the flying Cloud-Breaking Fan.

Star-Slaughter!

With that one finger from Yun Hao, everyone was shocked to see that behind him a Starry Sky Map suddenly appeared. From within this Starry Sky Map, currents of energy were flying out one after another, surging into Yun Hao's body.

From their perspective, Yun Hao at this moment seemed to be standing beneath the starry sky itself, all the Power of the Starry Sky obeying his guidance, yielding to his command.

An emperor beneath the starry sky…

All living beings are but ants!

Everyone couldn't help but recall this sentence. At this moment, although the two attacks had not yet collided, for some unknown reason, whether it was Ghost and the thirteen training camp members who had defected, or those who had chosen to support Soul Refining, they all shared the same thought: it seemed that in this battle, the final victor would be Yun Hao, who regarded all life as ants.

No reason, just a feeling…

Boom!

While everyone harbored their own thoughts, Yun Hao's Star-Slaughter collided with Soul Refining's Cloud-Breaking Fan, and a heaven-shaking boom resounded.

But to everyone's astonishment, in this clash, no rampaging energy gushed out. Instead, at the point where the energies met, a pitch-black rift appeared.

The violent energies all surged into that pitch-black rift, and then the rift vanished from everyone's sight.

The wind was calm, the waves were still; it was as if nothing had ever happened.

Only, when everyone looked at Yun Hao and Soul Refining, who had just fought, their jaws dropped in horror.

They saw Yun Hao's face as pale as paper, his body already dyed red with blood. Though he still stood where he was, his figure swayed slightly. The blood at the corner of his mouth flowed uncontrollably, and there were several marks left by the fan across his body; blood, as if it cost nothing, was madly pouring out from Yun Hao's body.

In contrast, looking at Soul Refining on the other side, his condition seemed much better than Yun Hao's. At least he wasn't bleeding non-stop, and he didn't have that many wounds on his body—only a finger-thick wound near his abdomen.

Could it be…

Yun Hao lost this battle?

It should be so. Judging by their states at this moment, Yun Hao was clearly more heavily injured, his whole person in a collapsing state, obviously an overstretched bow at its last draw.

"Yes, Lord Soul Refining has won!"

"Ghost, tremble, all of you! The Asura you chose has already lost!"

"Lord Soul Refining is invincible!"

"All of you surrender now, Lord Soul Refining cannot be defeated!"

The training camp students behind Soul Refining surged forward at this moment, jeering as they looked at Yun Hao and Chu Yan and the others behind him, shouting loudly.

Ghost and those thirteen members all had extremely ugly expressions on their faces at this moment; in their hearts, they shared the same thought as the others.

Only Chu Yan and Zhao Shishi remained as calm as before. Let alone that Yun Hao had not yet fallen— even if Yun Hao truly did fall, they were not afraid in the slightest. At worst, they would just die here together with Yun Hao. What was so frightening about that?

"Why?"

Soul Refining looked at Yun Hao opposite him and asked in unwillingness.

"If the heavens did not give birth to Yun Hao, the ages would be as long night!"

In response to Soul Refining's question, Yun Hao casually waved his hand, the Starry Sky Map behind him growing a few degrees larger. Pointing at those constantly flickering stars, he spoke with solitary arrogance.

If the heavens did not give birth to Yun Hao, the ages would be as long night?

"It seems you've realized…"

Soul Refining murmured softly, then a trace of sudden enlightenment flashed in his eyes. He slowly closed them.

Everyone was stunned. They didn't understand what this brief exchange between Soul Refining and Yun Hao meant.

Aside from hearing Yun Hao's arrogance and dominance, they also heard in Soul Refining's tone a deep unwillingness, and a faint reluctance.

As for that last sentence of Soul Refining's—"It seems you've realized"—what exactly it meant, they truly did not understand.

Yet, just as everyone was still tangled up in what the two of them were trying to express with that exchange, their gazes suddenly all shifted to Soul Refining's body.

Why?

Why was there no sign of life at all on Soul Refining's body?

Even flowers, plants, and trees possess vitality!

How could a living person have no life force?

Could it be…

Could it be that Soul Refining was already dead?

Impossible, this was absolutely impossible!

Clearly in his battle with Yun Hao, it was Soul Refining who had won. How could he suddenly just die?

Thinking of this, everyone turned their eyes to Yun Hao, hoping he could resolve their doubts.

Only, they were destined never to know the truth for the rest of their lives…

"If you make a choice, you should pay the price for it!"

Yun Hao's tone was gentle as his deep eyes slowly swept over the crowd opposite him, then his palm lifted slightly and an illusory palm, as if emerging from the void, struck toward them.

As that palm was unleashed, a wisp of ethereal Slaughter Origin drifted toward those training camp members who had chosen to support Soul Refining.

Thud, thud!

The sound of heavy bodies hitting the ground rang out one after another. Ghost and those thirteen members saw that the dozens of training camp members opposite them suddenly seemed to lose the support of their bones, collapsing to the ground one by one, their life force completely gone.

In an instant, within the vast training camp, only Yun Hao and Chu Yan, Zhao Shishi, as well as Ghost and the thirteen training camp members behind her remained; there was no one else.

"Now that Soul Refining is dead, those of you who want to go back to your hometowns can return, and those who want to continue in this line of work can continue. As for his money and assets, you can divide them among yourselves."

Yun Hao looked at Ghost and the others in front of him and spoke softly, then slowly walked to the Cloud-Breaking Fan lying ahead, bent down, and picked it up.

An upper-grade Immortal Artifact truly is an upper-grade Immortal Artifact!

After that incomparably fierce clash just now, it was still able to remain perfectly intact.

He slowly extended his Divine Sense into the Cloud-Breaking Fan, wanting to feel the power of this upper-grade Immortal Artifact.

However, the moment his Divine Sense entered the Cloud-Breaking Fan, a supremely powerful yet somewhat sinister energy surged out from within it, instantly wrapping Yun Hao's Divine Sense, even attempting to sever the Divine Sense he had sent into the fan from the body outside.

"Wretched beast, how dare you!"

Yun Hao was shocked and roared, tossing the Cloud-Breaking Fan into midair as his hands rapidly struck out with several palms, continuously hitting the Cloud-Breaking Fan.

At the same time, the Starry Sky Map behind Yun Hao unfolded once more, endless Power of the Starry Sky, under Yun Hao's guidance, surged toward the Cloud-Breaking Fan, wrapping it completely within.