Chapter 1539 - 1434: Jin Kui’s Current Situation
"I’m here to find Jin Kui," Qin Hao said calmly, speaking directly.
"Jin Kui? You mean that mischievous brat? Why are you looking for him?" The person blocking the way had a hint of hostility on his face, his eyes like a hungry wolf seeing a little rabbit.
"He’s my brother," Qin Hao said indifferently.
"Brother! So you’re that mad dog’s brother? Great! Now that mad dog is hiding, I’ll start with you!"
The disciple shouted loudly and raised his arm, transforming it into a knife hand, aiming for Qin Hao’s neck.
Clang!
The strike landed squarely on Qin Hao’s neck.
But surprisingly, Qin Hao’s neck didn’t break, nor did the man faint.
He stood there motionless, his body unchanged, as if merely brushed by a mosquito.
"You!" The disciple was stunned. This strike, although not infused with Spiritual Qi, should have been able to cut through stone due to his enormous natural strength.
Yet, it couldn’t even make the Conical Hat Man’s neck soften?
"Scram!" Qin Hao coldly spat out a word.
He had gathered that Jin Kui wasn’t well-liked here, and he needed to find him without wasting time on this trash.
"You dare insult me?" The disciple was somewhat frightened of Qin Hao but knew that survival in this land required courage.
He contemplated ways to handle Qin Hao, but suddenly saw a fist coming at him, and then he fell to the ground, his vision turning black, knowing nothing.
Bam!
Qin Hao punched the roadblocker, dusted off the dirt as if he merely swatted a mosquito, and continued forward.
Walking into the grassy huts, Qin Hao realized each house was very low, even older than the residential area of the Outer Courtyard.
Notably, each house had no doors or windows, allowing a clear view inside.
As Qin Hao walked along, he saw several filthy, ragged disciples sitting inside many of the huts.
He suddenly recalled a legend.
The Punishment Hall Elder was always harsh, treating disciples the same way.
The "Abyss" he established was a special prison composed of prisoners and rebellious disciples. It had no law, no rules, and permitted all killings, making it a nightmare for the kind-hearted.
Qin Hao observed the disciples’ expressions, noticing each with a fierce and cruel demeanor. Of course, there were cowards among them, but those were basically like slaves to the ruthless ones.
"So this is the Punishment Hall Elder’s way of disciplining disciples?" Qin Hao felt a bit displeased. "Throwing a bunch of pampered True Disciples into this hellhole and then neglecting them? Punishment Hall Elder, your style is unique indeed!"
Talking like this, Qin Hao couldn’t help but feel anger rising within.
No matter what, Jin Kui was his brother; watching him suffer in a place like this unquestionably made him upset.
"Kid!"
As he pondered, a giant man approached Qin Hao, standing at two meters tall, his upper body naked, wearing shorts below, every muscle as hard as a rock. "I’m called Barbarian, the leader here, I’ll give you ten seconds to take off your clothes, or else..."
The big man named Barbarian clenched his fists tightly, making a cracking sound.
Others would be frightened into a stupor seeing him like this.
Qin Hao, however, wasn’t; he responded with his own fist.
Qin Hao punched out, and Barbarian had no chance to dodge and was hit right on the cheek.
Bam!
The big man fell to the ground, blood flowing from his nose, a tooth falling to the ground.
He covered his nose with his large hand, glanced at the blood in his palm, and screamed miserably: "I’m bleeding! My teeth hurt so much!"
"Now, let’s have a good chat," Qin Hao’s voice came, causing the big man to retreat fearfully: "Don’t come near me... I... I’ll bite crazily!"
Originally, he saw Qin Hao dressed well and assumed he was a newcomer to bully.
Little did he know, this was a complete tiger.
Barbarian deeply regretted it now.
"Then bite,"
Unexpectedly, Qin Hao extended a finger, placing it near the big man’s mouth.
Barbarian was scared half to death, nearly fainting on the spot.
But seeing the ring on that finger, his eyes lit up.
This newcomer even has a Void Storage Ring? Damn! A big catch indeed!
Driven by greed, Barbarian suppressed his fear and opened his mouth to bite the finger.
And then.
Ping!
With a crisp sound, Barbarian felt his teeth biting into an iron block, the painful agony nearly made him pass out on the spot.
"Ah!" Yet despite this, he opened his mouth, his teeth filled with blood, "What is this thing! How can it be this hard!"
"It’s a finger, you fool!"
Qin Hao pointed his intact finger at Barbarian’s head.
At that moment, Barbarian felt a real threat of death, trembling he said: "What are you doing... It allows harming here but prohibits killing... Do you dare kill me?"
"Do you think I dare?" Qin Hao’s mocking voice came, shattering Barbarian’s spirit.
He instinctively felt that this Conical Hat Man really dared to kill him!
"I was wrong! Please don’t kill me!" Barbarian began kowtowing without any backbone.
"Letting you go isn’t impossible, just tell me where Jin Kui is," Qin Hao said plainly.
"Jin Kui!" Barbarian jerked up his head, "You know that crazy kid?"
"Crazy kid?" Qin Hao frowned. "Tell me about his deeds."
Around them, people gradually passed by.
They initially had the same idea as Barbarian, intending to slaughter Qin Hao, this big catch.
But seeing Barbarian’s plight, they became fearful, all taking a detour.
Barbarian was very embarrassed but didn’t care, he started narrating away: "That kid was regarded as easy prey by the Earth Dragons on his first day here because he’s the Punishment Hall Elder’s disciple, while the Earth Dragons are prisoners, hating the Elder greatly, so the kid was beaten badly, beaten every day..."
Hearing this, Qin Hao’s face turned cold; it seemed Jin Kui had suffered a lot indeed.
"Later, the kid, though beaten every day, managed to develop tough skin and thick flesh. And somehow, once he lashed out, blinding an Earth Dragon... Then he fled into the Gale Prison..."
"Gale Prison?" Qin Hao frowned.
"Gale Prison is a dangerous training ground for disciples, its Gang Feng has benefits of body tempering, condensing spiritual Qi... But this place has two entrances, one for Inner Sect disciples, and another for us prisoners..."
