Hua Yu finished speaking and charged at Lin Hao with a ferocious grin!
"Great Tablet Forest Palm!"
With a loud roar, Hua Yu struck at Lin Hao's face with both palms.
This time, he unleashed his full power. The Great Tablet Forest Palm manifested as over a dozen palm shadows.
Simultaneously, these palm shadows were also larger than when he had previously displayed the technique.
Lin Hao, looking at Hua Yu attacking with a sinister smile, was momentarily stunned.
He couldn't understand what Hua Yu was up to.
However, Lin Hao didn't have time to ponder. He formed a hand seal, shattered the dozen palm shadows before him, and then with a forceful clap of his right hand, he pressed his palm directly onto Hua Yu's chest.
"Bang!"
Hua Yu was sent flying backward, crashing onto the ground.
"Senior Brother!"
Hua Chengyang cried out in alarm and rushed to Hua Yu's side.
"Senior Brother!"
"I'm fine!"
Hua Yu slowly got up from the ground, waving his hand.
Then, Hua Yu stared intently at Lin Hao, his heart filled with shock and confusion.
He wondered.
Why was this happening?
Why hadn't Lin Hao's secret technique failed yet?
Did Lin Hao have a way to make the secret technique last longer?
No!
Impossible!
Hua Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and shook his head.
But at this moment.
Hua Chengyang, who was supporting Hua Yu, suddenly roared in fury and charged at Lin Hao.
"How dare you injure my Senior Brother? I will make sure you have no burial place!"
Hua Chengyang bellowed, his eyes filled with bloodlust as he lunged at Lin Hao.
Just as he was about to reach Lin Hao, Hua Chengyang suddenly produced a gourd.
He immediately opened the gourd's mouth and blew towards Lin Hao.
With this breath, the temperature in the entire villa dropped several degrees.
At the same time, several ghostly figures emerged from the gourd.
They appeared small, all resembling children of eight or nine years old.
These ghostly figures, upon emerging from the gourd, immediately began chattering and flailing their limbs as they rushed towards Lin Hao.
Lin Hao's gaze sharpened.
He hadn't been particularly angry before, but seeing these ghostly figures resembling young children ignited a surge of rage within him.
As a Diviner, he naturally knew what these ghostly figures were.
In layman's terms, they were "raised spirits."
In professional terms, they were "refined yin souls."
Refining yin souls meant finding the souls of recently deceased individuals and refining them into yin souls for one's own use.
The greater the resentment of the deceased during their lifetime, the more powerful the refined yin soul would be.
Besides this type, there was another kind of yin soul that, once successfully refined, would be no less potent than fierce or vengeful spirits.
This type was the souls of children.
The younger the child, the more ferocious the yin soul would be when refined.
As the saying goes, "The King of Hell is easy to meet, but a mischievous spirit is hard to deal with."
The "mischievous spirit" in this saying actually refers to this.
However, refining living beings into yin ghosts.
This was, at any time, an evil and forbidden art.
Aside from some demonic cultists, no one would engage in such practices.
If this matter were discovered, everyone would seek to eliminate them!
Lin Hao had not expected that Hua Chengyang not only refined yin ghosts but also refined children's souls.
The five ghostly figures floating out of the gourd indicated that a total of five children had fallen victim!
And now, these five children had lost all sentience, completely becoming Hua Chengyang's killing machines.
Lin Hao, watching the five child-like ghostly figures of eight or nine years old charge at him with bared teeth and claws, immediately unleashed a golden light seal.
Although he was not a disciple of Longhu Mountain or Maoshan, the ghost-exorcising techniques of the Mayi lineage were not weak.
In some aspects, they even surpassed them.
Indeed.
As soon as this golden light seal was unleashed, the five child-like ghostly figures seemed to have met their nemesis. They covered their eyes, fleeing and dodging frantically, letting out piercing screams.
The sharp screams pierced Lin Hao's eardrums. After temporarily repelling the five child-like ghostly figures with the golden light seal, Lin Hao immediately formed a grand hand seal and sent it towards Hua Chengyang.
Seeing a massive handprint flying towards him, Hua Chengyang's face turned ashen with fear.
He instinctively wanted to retreat, but before he could, the colossal handprint was already upon him.
"Boom!"
Hua Chengyang was sent flying backward, crashing against the wall!
"Chengyang!"
Hua Yu immediately rushed to Hua Chengyang's side.
"Shi... Senior Brother, I... I'm fine."
"Cough!"
As Hua Chengyang spoke, he coughed, and a stream of blood gushed from his mouth.
Hua Yu placed his hand on Hua Chengyang's wrist and felt his pulse. Immediately, his entire face changed.
Hua Chengyang's internal organs had been shattered by Lin Hao.
"Chengyang!"
Hua Yu roared, then gently placed Hua Chengyang on the ground. He stood up and looked at Lin Hao, his eyes filled with ferocity, and said word by word, "I will tear you into a million pieces!"
As Hua Yu spoke, his entire aura shifted dramatically.
His previous realm of Great Perfection in Inner Strength seemed to have broken through, instantly reaching the Grandmaster realm.
The corners of his clothes fluttered without wind. He merely clenched his fists, and the coffee table before him shattered with a "crack."
Xiao Hei, seeing the change in Hua Yu's aura, was startled.
"Senior Brother, Grandmaster, he's broken through to the Grandmaster realm using a secret technique!"
Xiao Hei shouted, then jumped in front of Lin Hao and said to him, "Senior Brother, you should leave this place quickly."
Lin Hao, seeing Xiao Hei's anxious expression, waved his hand and said, "It's fine. I want to see what the strength of the Grandmaster realm is truly like."
Hearing Lin Hao's words, Xiao Hei was shocked and immediately refused, "No!"
"Senior Brother, hurry and leave!"
"Senior Brother, listen to me, leave quickly."
"Although he's only temporarily elevated to Grandmaster through a secret technique, he will still possess sixty to seventy percent of a Grandmaster's strength."
"For a Grandmaster to fight us, ten percent of their strength is enough, let alone him possessing sixty to seventy percent of a Grandmaster's strength for a short period."
"Senior Brother, listen to me, leave quickly."
"As for me, you don't need to worry. After you leave, I have my own ways to escape."
Lin Hao, seeing Xiao Hei's extreme anxiety, smiled and said, "Have you forgotten? I never do anything without certainty."
Hearing Lin Hao's words, Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lin Hao with uncertainty, "Senior Brother, are you truly confident?"
"Whether I'm confident or not, won't we find out by trying?"
Lin Hao smiled and then proactively charged towards Hua Yu.
Seeing that Lin Hao wasn't running away but instead charging forward, Hua Yu let out a sinister laugh.
"Truly, you walk the path to hell when there's a way to heaven!"
With a sinister laugh, Hua Yu lightly tapped the ground with his right foot, and his entire body shot towards Lin Hao like a cannonball.
"Thunderous Fist!"
Hua Yu roared, his fist like a thunderclap, striking Lin Hao instantly.