"Kid! You're asking for death!"
An incomparably powerful aura surged forward. Hua Xian raised his hand and struck down with a palm aimed at Lin Hao's crown.
Lin Hao frowned. As he retreated and dodged, he evaded Hua Xian's vicious palm strike, his mind simultaneously becoming more alert.
"Hmm?"
Hua Xian's palm strike missed its target, and he froze for a moment.
He hadn't expected Lin Hao to be able to dodge his furious attack.
Although he had only used seventy to eighty percent of his strength, it should have been more than enough to deal with an ant who hadn't even reached the Grandmaster realm.
Yet, to his surprise, his palm strike had missed.
After a brief moment of stunned disbelief, Hua Xian shifted his feet and struck towards Lin Hao's chest with his raised hand.
This time, he used his full strength.
He decided to kill Lin Hao with a single blow.
Lin Hao watched as Hua Xian's palm, swift as lightning, shot towards his chest, and he couldn't help but nod inwardly.
Grandmasters were indeed Grandmasters.
They were in no way comparable to Hua Yu, who had only reached the Grandmaster realm through some secret technique.
As Lin Hao pondered this, he channeled the spiritual energy within him, gathering it in his palm, and met Hua Xian's strike head-on with a palm of his own.
"Boom!"
An explosion-like soundwave erupted, causing pain in the eardrums.
Nearby bookshelves and other items collapsed under the force of the soundwave!
After their palms collided, Lin Hao and Hua Xian immediately retracted their hands.
Hua Xian's robes fluttered without any wind, and he remained unmoved.
Lin Hao frowned slightly but also did not retreat.
The two were evenly matched.
However, despite their equal footing in the clash,
Hua Xian was inwardly immensely shocked.
In that last palm strike, he had used his full power.
Lin Hao, in a head-on collision with him, had not budged an inch.
Furthermore, his expression remained as calm as ever.
Hua Xian thought about these things as he looked at Lin Hao.
He found it hard to believe.
Because he could tell that Lin Hao's cultivation realm was only at the peak of Inner Strength.
How could someone at this level withstand his full-power palm strike without moving?
At this moment, he began to wonder if Lin Hao had used some secret technique.
But then again, he was a true Grandmaster.
Even if he was only at the introductory stage of the Grandmaster realm, an ant, even with a secret technique, could not possibly fight him to a standstill.
One must understand.
In the path of martial arts,
A Grandmaster was a Grandmaster.
They were an insurmountable peak.
And below the Grandmaster realm, one was an ant.
No matter how strong you were, you were still an ant.
With these thoughts swirling in his mind, Hua Xian looked at Lin Hao and said coldly, "I don't know what method you used to withstand my palm strike."
"However, I want to tell you that a Grandmaster is a Grandmaster."
"Even if you used some unorthodox method to block my palm, if you are not a Grandmaster, you are still an ant!"
After speaking, Hua Xian let out a fierce roar.
"Great Stele Forest Palm!"
With a loud shout, Hua Xian's palms, carrying the force of thunder, struck towards Lin Hao's face.
And this Great Stele Forest Palm,
When wielded by Hua Xian, truly showcased its power.
Unlike Hua Yu and Hua Chengyang, who produced several palm shadows, Hua Xian's strike manifested as a massive hand, like a stone stele, descending to suppress Lin Hao.
Lin Hao looked at the imposing Great Stele Forest Palm, sensing a trace of danger.
Gazing at the Great Stele Forest Palm descending upon him, Lin Hao narrowed his eyes. The spiritual energy within him gathered like a sword between his index and middle fingers.
Then, Lin Hao pointed a single finger forward.
"Boom!"
Hua Xian's imposing, stele-like hand, upon contact with Lin Hao's spiritual energy sword, instantly shattered!
"You want to be big, huh?"
Lin Hao smiled. The moment Hua Xian's Great Stele Forest Palm dissipated, he formed a large hand seal and struck out.
As Lin Hao unleashed this hand seal,
A colossal palm print instantly filled the entire room.
Then, this palm print, carrying the force of a collapsing mountain, surged towards Hua Xian.
Hua Xian's expression changed drastically as he looked at the super-large palm print that filled the room, bearing down on him with the force of a collapsing mountain.
"Dharma Seal!?"
"This is a Dharma Seal?"
"So you're a Dharma cultivator!"
Hua Xian suddenly realized. It was no wonder that when he investigated Zhou Renxiong's cause of death, he found it to be unusual.
So it was a Dharma cultivator.
But weren't Dharma cultivators always weak in combat?
How could this Lin Hao be so strong?
He could even fight him to a standstill!
If he were a martial cultivator, wouldn't that mean Lin Hao had already reached the Grandmaster realm?
With these thoughts, many doubts arose in Hua Xian's mind.
However, at this moment, he no longer had time to ponder these matters.
Because Lin Hao's Dharma Seal was already upon him.
Hua Xian gathered his vital energy, his eyes widened, and he roared.
"Thunderclap Fist!"
With a mighty shout, Hua Xian's fist struck towards Lin Hao's Dharma Seal like a clap of thunder.
Simultaneously, sounds of thunder echoed throughout the room.
In an instant, the Thunderclap Fist collided with Lin Hao's Dharma Seal.
The Dharma Seal shattered with a resounding boom.
However, Hua Xian, as if struck by a backlash, took a step back.
Hua Xian's expression changed, but he then looked at Lin Hao and sneered, "I didn't expect you to be a Dharma cultivator."
"However, you probably don't know the saying in the world of arts: 'Dharma cultivators are destined for a dead end,' do you?"
Hua Xian looked at Lin Hao and smiled with pity.
If Lin Hao had been a martial cultivator, he wouldn't have been so deeply affected.
But Lin Hao was a Dharma cultivator.
One must know.
He himself had been a Dharma cultivator in the past.
At that time, people said that Dharma cultivators were destined for a dead end.
He refused to believe it and dedicated himself to cultivating Dharma.
However, when he was on the verge of entering the Grandmaster realm, he found himself unable to advance further.
In other words, he was completely stuck outside the Grandmaster realm.
If one cultivated Dharma, there was no hope of ever becoming a Grandmaster.
Then, after much painful reflection, he decided to abandon Dharma and switch to martial arts.
Finally, his efforts were rewarded.
He successfully entered the Grandmaster realm on the path of martial arts.
However, years after entering the Grandmaster realm, he suddenly discovered that his cultivation seemed to have stagnated, unable to improve further.
At first, he attributed it to the realm itself.
After all, after entering the Grandmaster realm, advancing even a small stage was extremely difficult.
Some people, after becoming Grandmasters, would remain stuck at the introductory stage of the Grandmaster realm for their entire lives, unable to progress further.
Hua Xian initially believed this was the reason, but as he pondered it more and conducted experiments by taking Zhou Renxiong as a disciple,
He discovered that the reason he could no longer advance was his past cultivation of Dharma.
Therefore, seeing Lin Hao, who was also a Dharma cultivator, he truly felt pity for him.
One must know that back then, when he abandoned Dharma to cultivate martial arts, he had a fortunate encounter that ultimately led to his current success.
Without that fortunate encounter, he feared he would have suffered severed meridians and exploded into a bloody mess during the process of switching cultivation paths.