75: Chapter 75 The disparity in strength leads to mutual destruction.

Bang!

Chen Hao and Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's fists collided violently, a deafening boom exploding outward!

Two formidable forces of internal energy clashed fiercely, transforming into an incredibly violent shockwave that swept wildly in all directions.

The ground was shattered by this force, creating dense, spiderweb-like cracks, and the walls in the distance were pelted with flying debris from the powerful shockwave.

The two stalemated for a moment, both feeling the vast power within the other, and both were inwardly astonished.

Chen Hao exerted all his strength, pouring out his power at the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm without reservation, yet the force coming from the other side was as steady as Mount Tai; no matter how he exerted himself, he could not shake it in the slightest.

He was horrified in his heart: "This security guard's cultivation is too formidable. I have already exhausted my full strength, yet I cannot even make him retreat half a step. His strength is far above mine!"

Lord Asura Ye Tianhan was also secretly surprised. He hadn't used his full strength just now, employing only fifty percent of his physical power. An ordinary martial artist at the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm would have already been heavily injured and collapsed after taking this punch, yet Chen Hao was able to catch it steadily.

He thought to himself: "As expected of a martial arts prodigy who reached the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm at eighteen, his natural talent is truly one in ten thousand. It's just a pity that his mind is twisted, paranoid, and vicious. He insists on provoking my daughter; he is simply courting death."

Chen Hao knew that if the standoff continued, he would undoubtedly lose. His eyes rolled, and taking advantage of the recoil force from Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's fist, his body flew backward. Not daring to continue the battle, he turned and ran for his life with all his might.

While running, he crazily shouted threats at Lord Asura Ye Tianhan behind him, attempting to enrage him: "Stinking security guard, if you have the guts, come chase me! Let's see if you can catch up!"

Seeing this, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan curled his lips in a sneer, his voice icy: "Running away from an Asura? Do you think you can escape?"

As his voice fell, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan exerted force under his feet. The concrete ground beneath him shattered instantly, cracking into a huge rift. His figure turned into an afterimage as swift as the wind, chasing directly in the direction Chen Hao was fleeing.

Both their speeds exceeded human limits. One chasing and one fleeing, they turned into two nearly invisible black shadows on the city streets, vanishing in an instant. Passersby only felt a gust of wind sweep past, unable to see their figures at all.

In just a moment, the two ran to a remote, deep mountain area more than ten kilometers away from Haishi University. The forest was dense and uninhabited, making it an excellent venue for a fight.

Chen Hao sensed that Lord Asura Ye Tianhan was still in close pursuit, and no matter how he increased his speed, he couldn't shake him off. Knowing he could not escape, he simply stopped running and decided to fight Lord Asura Ye Tianhan to the death here.

He stopped abruptly, stood beneath a thick, ancient tree, and turned to stare fixedly at the approaching Lord Asura Ye Tianhan.

Seeing him stop fleeing, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan slowly stopped as well, his hands behind his back. He looked at Chen Hao with a playful and mocking expression, his tone cold and amused: "Why aren't you running anymore? Didn't you run quite well?"

Chen Hao was angry and annoyed, his face livid. He cursed sternly at Lord Asura Ye Tianhan: "You damned security guard, you're just like a piece of dog-skin plaster that won't come off! I have no grudge against you; why must you persist in chasing me!"

Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and the killing intent around him surged again. He mocked coldly: "Do you now understand the taste of being pestered and annoying? You shamelessly harassed my daughter and wantonly touched my bottom line. Today, you must pay a painful price for your despicable behavior!"

Chen Hao still didn't believe that Lord Asura Ye Tianhan was Han Yan's father, only thinking that he wanted to possess Han Yan. He immediately cursed at Lord Asura Ye Tianhan: "You shameless thing! You clearly have ulterior motives for Han Yan, yet you pretend to be her father. You are simply shameless!"

Facing Chen Hao's foul language, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan said no more. The corner of his mouth suddenly curled into an exaggerated arc.

Without any nonsense, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan flashed forward, taking the initiative to attack Chen Hao.

Looking at the oncoming Lord Asura Ye Tianhan, the hair on Chen Hao's body stood on end. He immediately channeled all his cultivation and unleashed a move from the Red Sun Sutra—the Red Sun Palm!

In an instant, a raging, burning crimson internal energy rose from Chen Hao's palms. The scorching energy carried a violent heatwave, condensing into a massive, powerful palm print that slammed fiercely toward Lord Asura Ye Tianhan. The palm wind was sharp, and the momentum was terrifying; this was his strongest strike.

Looking at the incoming crimson palm print, the playful smile on Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's lips grew stronger, and he even whispered disdainfully: "Is this it? A petty trick, and you dare to show off in front of me."

As his voice fell, his figure suddenly turned into a straight line. Cold, pitch-black internal energy swirled around him, and he transformed into an indestructible ice needle, rushing straight toward the crimson palm print. With a crisp "crack," the strike that Chen Hao had unleashed with all his might was effortlessly pierced and shattered by Lord Asura Ye Tianhan!

Chen Hao's eyes widened, and he shouted in terror: "How is this possible!"

Before he could react, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's fist, carrying the force of a thunderbolt, had already arrived in front of him. Chen Hao was terrified; there was no time to dodge, so he could only hurriedly cross his arms to protect his chest.

Bang!

With a dull, heavy boom, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's fist slammed into Chen Hao's arms, and a destructive force instantly poured into his body.

Chen Hao flew backward like a kite with a broken string, slamming heavily into the thick tree behind him. The trunk of the tree was snapped by the tremendous impact force and then collapsed with a crash.

Chen Hao staggered and steadied himself, in unbearable pain all over. He looked down at his arms and saw his left arm twisted at a bizarre angle, followed by a piercing pain that swept through his whole body.

His left arm had actually been broken by Lord Asura Ye Tianhan with a simple punch!

Chen Hao's face was pale, his heart enveloped by endless fear and shock, his whole body trembling uncontrollably: Just one punch, and he broke my arm. The gap in strength is so vast; I'm afraid I'm going to be completely finished today!

Lord Asura Ye Tianhan slowly lowered his fist, standing tall and upright in place.

In just one move, the outcome was decided!

Lord Asura Ye Tianhan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Chen Hao's miserable state. His eyes were as cold as knives, and his tone carried undisguised mockery:

"Kid, I only used half a percent of my strength, and you already couldn't hold on. With only this much strength, you dare to provoke Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's daughter? You truly have a death wish.

Today, I will cripple your cultivation, so you remember for the rest of your life the consequences of provoking Han Yan."

Listening to Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's cold and murderous words, Chen Hao said nothing. He gritted his teeth tightly, the veins on his forehead bulging, and bean-sized cold sweat rolled down his cheeks, soaking his collar.

He endured the excruciating pain of his shattered left arm and grabbed his bent forearm with his right hand. With a "crack"—a sound that set one's teeth on edge—he forcibly snapped the dislocated bone back into place.

Immediately after, Chen Hao tore off his white T-shirt, which was already covered in dust, and tore it into strips. He tightly wrapped them around his fractured left arm. His movements were crisp and efficient, and he didn't utter a single groan of pain throughout the process. Only his muscles, trembling uncontrollably, revealed the extreme agony he was enduring at that moment.

Lord Asura Ye Tianhan watched him finish all this quietly, a flicker of imperceptible surprise flashing in his eyes, before returning to coldness:

"I didn't expect you to have a bit of backbone. But even if you snapped the bone back, so what? It's just a deathbed struggle; you will never be my opponent."

Chen Hao ignored his mockery, a flash of resolute ruthlessness flickering in his eyes.

He knew that if he didn't fight with his life today, his cultivation would really be crippled, and the hope of completely curing the fire poison would also vanish into thin air.

He took a deep breath, spread his feet shoulder-width apart, and slowly raised his right palm, facing upward, to his chest. Although his left hand was wrapped in cloth, he arduously formed a strange hand seal.

Crimson internal energy swirled around his fingertips. He assumed a semi-lunge stance, his back straight as a spear, and the aura around him began to become violent and unstable.

This was precisely the forbidden technique of the Red Sun Sutra: the Life-Burning Art. It uses the sacrifice of one's own lifespan to forcibly break through the shackles of the realm, exchanging it for a short-term surge in strength.

"Red Sun as the guide, burn my lifespan, break!"

Chen Hao roared in a low voice, and the crimson internal energy around him surged instantly, enveloping his entire body like a raging fire. His skin took on an abnormal scarlet color, and the veins beneath his skin throbbed wildly.

A terrifying aura, far more powerful than before, erupted from within him, shooting straight into the clouds! His cultivation, originally at the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm, forcibly broke through the barrier of the peak of the Grandmaster Realm in just a few seconds, stepping directly into the early stage of the Great Grandmaster!

Feeling the surging, seemingly inexhaustible power within his body, Chen Hao looked up and laughed wildly, his eyes crazy and bloodthirsty. He stared fixedly at Lord Asura Ye Tianhan:

"Stinking security guard! Now, the one who should have their cultivation crippled is you!"

Before the words faded, his figure flashed, and he actually stepped into the air, appearing instantly in front of Lord Asura Ye Tianhan. His right fist, wrapped in violent crimson internal energy, carried the might to burn mountains and boil seas as it smashed straight at Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's face!

"So fast!"

Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's heart tightened; he never expected that Chen Hao would burn his lifespan to perform a forbidden technique, forcibly breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm.

Although the Grandmaster Realm and the Grandmaster Realm belong to the same major realm and have no essential chasm between them, the increase in power brought by the gap in the realm cannot be underestimated.

He dared not be careless, twisting his body violently to dodge rapidly to the left. Chen Hao's fist flew past his cheek, the wind from the punch scraping his cheek and causing pain.

Before Lord Asura Ye Tianhan could steady his figure, Chen Hao's attack followed closely. He took the opportunity to perform a shoulder-shoving Iron Mountain Lean, his whole body like a cannonball fired from its chamber, smashing fiercely toward Lord Asura Ye Tianhan who was close at hand!

At this moment, Lord Asura Ye Tianhan had just completed the dodging movement, his hands still in an open state. There was simply no time to defend, nor was there any room to dodge.

"Bang!"

The dull sound of the impact made the ground tremble slightly. Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's chest took this full-force Iron Mountain Lean solidly.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of blood suddenly sprayed from Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's mouth, staining the security uniform on his chest red.

His whole body was like a sandbag hit by a heavy hammer, flying backward for dozens of meters and slamming heavily into a huge rock. The rock instantly shattered into several pieces, debris flying everywhere.

Chen Hao's eyes were fierce; he knew the duration of the forbidden technique was very short, and he had to finish the battle quickly.

He didn't give Lord Asura Ye Tianhan any chance to catch his breath, his figure surging again, intending to press the advantage and completely kill Lord Asura Ye Tianhan here.

Just at this critical moment, a sharp sound of breaking air suddenly rang out!

A rocket, trailing flames, whistled toward Chen Hao!

Chen Hao's expression changed. This turn of events forced him to give up chasing Lord Asura Ye Tianhan and dodge to the side.

The rocket flew past his shoulder and exploded with a roar on the open ground not far away. The huge explosion kicked up dust that filled the sky, and flames soared.

In the swirling smoke and dust, a graceful figure wearing a black tight-fitting combat suit descended from the sky like a ghost.

She raised her hand, a palm strike carrying vast black internal energy, and slammed it fiercely toward Chen Hao!

"You're courting death!"

Chen Hao roared angrily and met it with a palm strike of his own.

"Boom!"

Two incomparably strong forces of internal energy collided with a boom. The violent shockwave swept through the surroundings like a tsunami. Trees within a hundred meters were all snapped at the waist, and a layer of the ground was forcibly scraped away.

The dust settled, and Chen Hao landed steadily on the ground, unscathed.

The black figure, using the recoil force from the palm clash, retreated rapidly to Lord Asura Ye Tianhan's side. A mouthful of hot blood surged up her throat; although she forcibly swallowed most of it back, a trace of bright red still spilled from the corner of her mouth.

She looked at Chen Hao, her eyes full of gravity, and whispered to herself: "Is this the strength of a Great Grandmaster..."

Lord Asura Ye Tianhan, who had been knocked flying and lay on the ground, clutched his aching chest and raised his head with difficulty. Looking at the woman who had suddenly appeared before him, he was full of surprise:

"Rakshasa? Why are you here?"

The woman called Rakshasa hurriedly reached out, carefully helping Lord Asura Ye Tianhan up from the pile of rubble, supporting his swaying body with her own. Her tone carried a hint of amusement:

"I am, of course, here to find our Lord Asura."

Then, without any nonsense, she said directly: "This is no place to stay long. Let's leave first!"

After speaking, Rakshasa ignored Chen Hao in the distance. Supporting the heavily injured Lord Asura Ye Tianhan, her figure turned into a black shadow, fleeing rapidly into the depths of the mountain forest.

Chen Hao stood in place, not giving chase. He gripped his fists tightly, watching the direction in which they disappeared, his eyes full of unwillingness and humiliation.

He could clearly feel that the vast power within his body was rapidly ebbing away, like the receding tide.

Indeed, after only a dozen seconds, the crimson internal energy around him began to fluctuate violently. His originally powerful Great Grandmaster cultivation plummeted rapidly, returning to the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of blood containing black impurities sprayed from Chen Hao's mouth. He staggered back a few steps, knelt on one knee, his face as pale as paper.

The side effects of burning his lifespan erupted. A tearing pain surged through all his meridians, and his head was dizzy and heavy; even standing had become difficult.

He looked up in the direction where Lord Asura Ye Tianhan had disappeared, his eyes so gloomy they could drip water. With his last bit of strength, he roared in a low voice:

"Lord Asura Ye Tianhan! And that stinking woman! I, Chen Hao, have marked today's grudge! You just wait for me; one day, I, Chen Hao, will personally tear you to pieces!"

After speaking, Chen Hao collapsed to the ground and fainted.