He was too late to retrieve the bone shard that had been sent flying; it was a fragment of an extremely terrifying Demon King’s skull, which his father had polished into a precious weapon for him to carry for self-defense. Unexpectedly, at this moment, it truly blocked a lethal blow.
His face flushed with a mix of shame and anger, his eyes red with fury.
“Lion Heart Nine Transforms!”
He roared as he executed the secret technique, and his aura suddenly surged once more. With a sweeping slash toward Li Hao, the blade seemed to ignite with a flame-like illusion, a clear sign that he had cultivated a blade technique to the level of true state!
Li Hao’s expression shifted slightly as he swiftly evaded, employing the movement techniques of the Thousand Mountains Birds Flying Painting and the Snow Mountain Spirit Fox Painting, which made his movements nimble and his speed enhanced. Combined with the Body Refinement integrated into his movement technique, he danced away like a breeze, elegantly escaping the roaring sweep of the giant blade.
Wan Shan, the Little Demon King, roared as he chased and repeatedly swung his weapon, but Li Hao simply kept dodging, avoiding the sharp edge temporarily.
Perhaps the blade technique was extremely draining, for after a brief moment, Wan Shan, the Little Demon King, began to pant heavily. He seemed to see through Li Hao’s strategy, his eyes fierce:
“Do you think you can wear me down to death? Don’t forget, I’m in the Unwithering Realm!”
He activated the Unwithering Strength, and the wounds on his arms healed at a visible rate. At the same time, his breath also steadied quickly.
Once again stimulating his flesh and blood, he executed the Lion Heart Nine Transforms. At the same time, the Treasure Gang Divine Might protecting his body transformed into fierce flames, adhering to the blade as he madly charged toward Li Hao.
With the ceaseless support of his strength, his offensive became even more ferocious and ruthless than before, and the ground continued to crack into deep pits under the pounding of his feet.
But the previously retreating Li Hao now, instead, came to a halt.
The things he had been contemplating had already taken shape in his thoughts during the brief moment of evasion.
Endless Sea, the peak as heaven.
Originating from this sword, Li Hao named his new move the Heavenly Peak Sword.
This sword’s might was comparable to the other shore, yet with a different philosophy. The other shore could cut through spatial distances to achieve the ultimate speed and also had the capacity for ambush attacks.
While the Heavenly Peak Sword represented the ultimate power, condensing the waves of the vast sea’s Sword Intent into a singular unmatched peak.
But this was not what Li Hao had just been pondering.
He had been attempting to merge the other shore, the Heavenly Peak Sword, with the Taiji Qiankun Sword from the Tan Palace techniques.
Yin and Yang, death, ultimate slaying!
The three peerless techniques melded together in Li Hao’s mind, discarding their superfluous parts, and formed a new swordsmanship peerless technique.
Li Hao named it Reincarnation.
Watching Wan Shan, the Little Demon King, roaring as he charged, Li Hao took a deep breath. Once more, the power in his body’s major channels ran at their peak, and the characteristics of the Seven Stars Lighting technique released for the second time.
Having expended it once, he should have been physically exhausted, but after cultivating two demonic Body Refinement techniques, his physique had greatly strengthened, allowing him to bear the usage of the move once again in a short period!
As the cultivation technique operated rapidly, the power within him surged and intensified, and the ability to control objects integrated within the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation also became fully augmented in Li Hao himself.
Physical Strength, Qi Force, Divine Power, all reached their peaks in this moment.
Hum!
The Dragon Soar Sword resonated, the dragon figure coiling around the blade, as if sensing the intention of its master, let out a cold, deep roar.
Li Hao suddenly stepped forward, the sword light abruptly shining as if it cut through the night sky.
The circular arc of the sword light, like a full moon, resembled a gate of death!
The great golden blade wielded by Wan Shan, the Little Demon King, under the whirlpool-like sword light, had its trajectory altered, its divine fiery might completely worn away.
As the blade was flung aside, the sword’s arc of light pressed forward, rolling down his arm and in an instant, countless hairs and flesh were torn and reduced to fragments.
The sword’s arc of light rolled straight toward Wan Shan, the Little Demon King’s head.
His pupils constricted, showing shock, horror, and a trace of fear. m _v,l-e _mp|y|r reader
“Young Master!!”
Not far away, the Jiao Fiend roared to the sky, its Divine Soul suddenly flaring up like blazing flames, rushing over with unimaginable speed, knocking Wan Shan, the Little Demon King’s body away while itself slamming into the sword’s arc of light.
With a loud crash, its Divine Soul shattered bit by bit, the hundred-foot body of the Jiao breaking into several segments, dissolving like snow and ice.
“Young Master, run…”
In the distance, the dissipating soul of the Jiao Fiend, its eyes fading, let out a feeble and mournful call.
Then, its body was taken advantage of by Li He and members of the Helian Clan from the Three Immortal Realms, who quickly decapitated it; the massive head of the Jiao rolled to the ground, its blood spraying and spattering all around.
Wan Shan, the Little Demon King who had fallen at a distance, was stunned; the blood spraying from the severed neck of the Jiao splashed onto him, hot and scalding.
That was Jiao’s blood…
“Young Master… run…”
The fading soul, with a final flicker of weak sound, dissipated into the heavens and earth, completely extinguishing.
Wan Shan, the Little Demon King, felt his blood run cold, somewhat in a daze.
After hundreds of years of cultivation, protected by his father, he was talented and smart, his cultivation going extremely smooth, breaking through the realms!
He was born with a physique at Cycle Heaven Realm Perfection.
Then Divine Traveling, stepping into the fifteen-mile range!
It took only ten years!
In the world of demons, he was counted among the top geniuses.
Then it took him another sixty years to step into the Heavenly Human Realm.
Another hundred years passed, and he stepped into the Three Immortal Realms.
When he reached the second Realm of the Immortal Realm, the Indestructible Realm, he went down the mountain, took Jiao and the Bull Demon, and waged wars all over the Liangzhou border.
First, he subdued other Three Immortal Demons on different mountains, bringing them under his command.
Conquering one mountain after another, he was full of glory and high-spirited!
At last, when he entered the Unwithering Realm a hundred years ago, he shifted his gaze towards Liangzhou, eyeing this place deemed untouchable by demons.
He ignited his ambition, wanting conquest, wanting to devour.
For decades he had made moves at the border, time and again tasting success, his audacity growing with each victory. This invasion into the heart of Liangzhou was spurred by received information and his own daring courage.
He thought everything would go smoothly, but now, he suddenly felt a strange sensation.
It was the feeling of death, fear, and trembling!
“Young Master!!”
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From afar, an earth-shattering roar came, carrying an urgent call.
Wan Shan, the Young Demon King, snapped back to reality, his pupils constricting—he had just been caught off guard.
Looking up, he saw the small human Grandmaster charging at him again, the long sword in his hand casting a shadowy arc, like opening a door made of swords in the darkness.
Wan Shan, the Young Demon King came to his senses, his rage overwhelming, but his instinct for self-preservation even stronger.
He knew that with his talent, he was destined to become a Great Demon King, far surpassing his father.
Then, he would have the chance to lightly touch the highest and most unreachable peak.
He could not die!
Not here!
Wan Shan, the Young Demon King, let out a fierce roar, unleashing the Lion’s Roar Skill, a sound wave attack that had little effect on the shadowy arc of sword Qi.
His body no longer maintained a humanoid form and he reverted to his complete lion state, sprouting a pair of wings on his back, a power inherited from his mother’s bloodline.
But the wings were too small to carry him aloft, they could only increase his speed as he charged toward the city gates not far away, choosing to flee.
His heart filled with sorrow and fury, he, who had conquered one peak after another amidst hundreds of years of warfare, had never been so disgraced!
Li Hao slightly raised an eyebrow, seeing the other’s recent roaring fury, claiming that he must kill him, appearing to have an unyielding spirit, yet turning tail to run.
He had thought that the other would stubbornly continue to attack.
Indeed, one should never trust demons lightly.
Li Hao paused briefly, then swiftly gave chase, while the Dragon Soar Sword left his hand, controlling it remotely, he slashed out at extreme speed.
“Die!!”
From a distance, the Bull Demon roared, crashing through the Three Immortal Realms barrier and charging at Li Hao, releasing countless needle-like hairs shooting towards the Dragon Soar Sword.
The Dragon Soar Sword, incomparably sharp, sliced through these hair needles easily, yet with the continuous needle barrage, like rain pounding, it was still somewhat hindered.
“Die!”
The Bull Demon lunged forward, as if it had the power to move mountains. Li Hao felt a sharp momentum piercing at him, he frowned slightly, recalled the Dragon Soar Sword, and once again sent out a sweeping Reincarnation Slash.
The sword light whirled, like a vortex, grinding away the sharp momentum; then it charged at the Bull Demon’s head.
The Bull Demon roared, its body burning with a blazing light, choosing to burn its Divine Soul.
It lifted its hoof and stomped down hard on the sword light.
But the sharpness of the sword light exceeded its expectations. Although it was in the Indestructible Realm, with an extremely hard body, it was far less resilient than Wan Shan, the Young Demon King; under the tearing of the Dragon Soar Sword Qi, the hoof was swiftly cleaved off, as easily as cutting tofu, seemingly without any resistance.
The hoof tumbled down as the sword light slashed through, cleaving half of its body.
The Bull Demon’s eyes widened in disbelief, looking at the young man before it. Was this just a Grandmaster Realm?
Its body fell, but it let out an ear-splitting roar, the sound waves causing the nearby houses to explode.
Its Divine Soul detached from its body, burning like flames, executing a Peerless Technique of the demons it had created, rushing over like a massive mountain.
Li Hao raised his sword and cut straight down.
The dragon soul on the Dragon Soar Sword emerged, wrapping around and suddenly biting the Bull Demon’s Divine Soul’s head, pinning it to the ground. Then the sword light came down, and the Divine Soul instantly dimmed.
“Young Master… “
The fallen Bull Demon’s eyes reflected only the image of the giant lion fleeing frantically into the distance, with a mixture of sorrow and desperation, “Uncle Hei is useless…”
The flames spread, the divine might of the Dragon Soar Sword enveloping it, burning and erasing the Divine Soul.
The middle-aged man from the Three Immortal Realms who had been fighting the Bull Demon hurried over, pausing as he noticed the scene, his complexion changing slightly, as he looked at Li Hao.
He naturally knew the identity of this young man. However, he couldn’t fathom how a fourteen-year-old from the Li Family could be so powerful.
Li Hao didn’t look at him, instead, he charged directly with his sword towards the fleeing Wan Shan, the Young Demon King.
Letting the lion return to the mountain spelled endless troubles.
As he was about to give chase, the ground began to tremble.
Li Hao’s expression changed, his Divine Soul flew out above his head, hovering over Dayue City, and he could see the tide of demons from a hundred miles away had already surged forward.
And atop the city walls, the figures of the Grandmasters who had discussed the Dao before stood, joining the city defense army, preparing to meet this tide of demons.
The man from the Three Immortal Realms noticed as well, his expression changing as he quickly rushed off.
In that tide of demons, there were Great Demons from the Three Immortal Realms; the Grandmasters alone could hardly resist them.
Li Hao only glanced once, then pursued Wan Shan, the Young Demon King once more, the Dragon Soar Sword flying from his hand, chasing to kill.
Wan Shan, the Young Demon King thrust back a palm, which was shattered by the Dragon Soar Sword, his heart filled with sorrow and anger, yet he didn’t dare to look back, feeling that a quarter of an hour had never been so long—Gao still hadn’t returned!
The city gate was right before his eyes, Wan Shan, the Young Demon King could already see the demon army outside the city. As long as he could join the large army, he could conceal his breath and hide among them, making it hard to be pursued.
But just then, a chilling sense of death approached from behind.
Wan Shan, the Young Demon King suddenly turned, and saw the dazzling shadowy arc of sword Qi smash towards him.
His heart lurched with fright, his eyes revealing shock and disbelief.
His speed was already fast enough, how could the young man’s control over his flying object reach such a level?
With a loud bang, the sword light slashed out, and the head of the Wan Shan Little Demon King burst open, brain matter spraying out, and its huge body tumbling forward, destroying and crushing all the buildings and shops in its path.
The next moment, a divine light burst out from the headless lion body, fleeing swiftly into the distance.
Dragon Soar chased after it like a golden light, instantly cleaving the divine light apart, followed by a scream of agony.
The injured Divine Soul, no longer able to consider any other thoughts, ignited itself in desperation. The Wan Shan Little Demon King panicked, never having felt such terror before, with only one thought in his mind—to survive.
As the Divine Soul burned, his speed surged, even though he might be forever stuck at his current cultivation level, nothing was more important than living at this moment.
Bang!
A Sword Qi, like a phantom, suddenly extended over, striking his Divine Soul.
“How is this possible…”
The consciousness of the Wan Shan Little Demon King trembled, on the brink of collapse and extinction. He couldn’t believe it as he looked back and saw the young man far in the distance, and that famous sword also far from him, a range that should have been impossible to be attacked from…
But why was he still hit…
Unable to comprehend, his thoughts dispersed, and he could think no more.
Seeing that the Divine Soul of the Wan Shan Little Demon King had completely perished, Li Hao also breathed a sigh of relief. Since he couldn’t catch up just now, he had no choice but to use the Flying Phase.
It had to be said, the Flying Phase, when unexpected, had a remarkably good effect.
His range of attack with his flying object doubled, reaching a hundred miles!
Li Hao called back Dragon Soar, and flew over to the corpse of the Wan Shan Little Demon King, inspected it closely and confirmed it was completely dead before he relaxed.
At this time, the shaking outside had intensified, and the angry, desperate roars of Demons came over.
The Great Demons outside the city, who had also used their Divine Souls to witness the battle here, had seen the Wan Shan Little Demon King burn his Divine Soul in vain trying to escape the attacks of the young man, and they roared furiously.
In response, countless Demons echoed back, unafraid and even more ferocious and wild after losing their Demon King.
Li Hao’s gaze shifted, realizing that these Demons seemed to be as well-trained as a Demon army, and not like a hastily assembled group that would scatter like birds and beasts upon the death of their leader.
“It seems the Demon forces are more troublesome than I imagined,” Li Hao mused to himself.
If the Demons led by other Demon Kings were as vicious as human soldiers, then a full-scale battle between the two sides would surely be extremely brutal.
Li Hao didn’t linger any longer; he looked up as his Divine Soul stepped out from behind him, flying high into the sky, scanning the surroundings. Quickly, he found Shen Yunqing and the others, as well as the disciples from White Hall, on a city tower.
As he took notice, the Demons from outside the city had already swept over, and at the western and northern gates, Demons had already climbed onto the city walls.
Li Hao’s figure flashed, heading towards where Shen Yunqing and the others were.
He glanced around the city once more, aside from the Bull Demon, three Great Demons from the Immortal Realms had attacked in other places, causing tremendous destruction, and the city lord’s mansion had already collapsed and cracked.
However, at this moment, the Great Demons inside the city had all rushed out, merging with the torrential wave of Demons from outside.
Li Hao’s gaze swept around but did not see Li Wushuang’s figure. He then glanced at Ren Qianqian and saw she was still in the Debate Platform, and only then did he relax.
In such a grand battle with Demons, those of the Soul Succession Realm were no different from cannon fodder, and even a Grandmaster Realm would fall in an instant.
Whoosh!
Li Hao rushed to Shen Yunqing and the others’ side.
Upon seeing Li Hao sprinting over, everyone was taken aback, but then they visibly relaxed with relief.
“You actually killed that Great Demon!”
Shen Yunqing’s Divine Soul was soaring high, constantly monitoring the surroundings. As Li Hao flew over, he looked toward the previous battlefield and noticed the dead Wan Shan Little Demon King, and he couldn’t help but be astounded.
That was a Great Demon from the Three Immortal Realms, and it was rumored to be of the Unwithering Realm! exclusive content mv-lempyr
This young man was merely in the Heavenly Human Realm, but he managed to defy the odds and slay one of the top beings from the Three Immortal Realms!
The other disciples from White Hall were also in the Divine Soul Realm, with their Divine Souls similarly aloft, and upon hearing Shen Yunqing’s remark, they too noticed the mess on the Debate Platform battlefield and were shocked.
“They’re coming,” Li Hao said, his gaze fixed on the approaching tide of Demons.
At his words, everyone snapped back to reality, growing more serious and tense.
Li Hao took one more look and then stepped out into the high sky beyond the city walls.
Waiting for the Demon tide to get close would mean chaotic combat, with countless soldiers potentially falling, and Shen Yunqing and the others would also be in danger; he couldn’t look after everyone at once.
Unless, he could annihilate them in advance.
Suddenly, Li Hao seemed to remember something. He paused mid-step, then turned his head to look at the familiar faces on the city tower.
“Li Sir,”
Song Yueyao, Zhou Zheng and many others, taken aback, looked back at Li Hao as he turned around.
“I only taught you two lessons before I left Qingzhou,” Li Hao’s fingers tightened slightly around the Dragon Soar Sword as he spoke slowly, “Now is the perfect opportunity. This will be your final lesson. Watch closely.”
Tan Palace had come from afar to present a peerless technique, and he had to fulfill his promise to the Palace Master.
“The final lesson?”
Upon hearing Li Hao’s words, numerous disciples of the White Hall were stunned.
In the face of the vast demon tide, at this crucial moment when Dayue City was on the verge of collapse, Li Hao actually hadn’t forgotten that he still owed them a lesson.
Hum!
Before the crowd could react, the Dragon Soar Sword in Li Hao’s hand buzzed like cracking ice, emitting streaks of Sword Qi that coiled around Li Hao’s arm.
“Endless Sea emerges!”
Li Hao stepped onto the city wall and tread the air, like a peerless celestial banished from heaven, carrying an air of transcendence and calm amidst the dust of the mortal world.
The cultivation technique within his body whirred into action, forcibly initiating the third Seven Stars Lighting.
The energy bursting from all the major meridians in his body converged into his palm, and for a moment, it seemed as though the sound of sea birds and waves could be heard, yet it was just the sound created by the Sword Qi as it frayed the air.
The Dragon Soar Sword flew from his hand, and at the same time, an illusion of waves seemed to diffuse across the city wall—endless Sword Qi gathered there with Li Hao’s stroke of the sword.
The roaring Dragon Soar Sword transformed into a writhing, roaring True Dragon, encircled by dragons, bringing with it a sky filled with sea tides, colliding with the demon tide a dozen li away!
In an instant, the sword tide surged like waves, inundating everything.
Within the waves, the Dragon Soar Sword like a joyful True Dragon frolicking in the water, roared and galloped, flipping and piercing through a vast expanse of blood mist in the blink of an eye, as countless demons perished in an instant.
Such a terrifying sight left all the soldiers on the city wall, including Shen Yunqing and the others, staring in astonishment.
With his own strength, he subdued a horde of demons!
This sword incorporated elements from Bright Moon Rising and Endless Sea, as well as the fusion of the Falling Snow Sword Skill, with the essence of waves and an avalanche, its intricacy and level of peerless technique barely comparable to the newfound Reincarnation Sword Skill.
But Reincarnation was a single burst, whereas this was a sword tide with an expansive range.
Thud thud thud thud thud thud…
Series of sonic booms echoed throughout the place, numerous blood mists in the demon tide burst, swept up in the sword tide.
The Soul Succession Realm, Divine Travel Realm, and even the Fifteen Li Realm were like gravel washed away by the tide, unable to cause the slightest disturbance nor prevent it, undergoing a one-sided slaughter!
Only some demons in the Heavenly Human Realm struggled to resist within, using demon arts and spiritual treasures to barely preserve themselves.
But as the sword tide cleansed the fields, more and more demons perished, allowing many of the Sword Qis to merge and focus their attacks on some of the Great Demons.
In addition, these condensed massive strands of Sword Qi gradually manifested different aspects of the Grandmaster Martial Realm.
Stars and moon, flowers and birds, falling leaves.
Decay, sharpness, speed.
The various imageries of the Grandmaster realm were on display within the sword tide, like waves crashing violently into the demon tide.
Shen Yunqing and the others’ pupils constricted, their eyes widened, and Zhao Zongyuan hurriedly said, “Quick, watch closely!”
All the disciples of the White Hall tried their best to keep their eyes wide open, both shocked and eager to understand how this sword came into existence, causing such a sweeping momentum and spectacle.
“Don’t look at the sword moves; you won’t understand them. He’s not teaching moves; he’s teaching the way—the Way of the Sword!”
Shen Yunqing also shouted excitedly, his own eyes filled with intense focus as he fervently memorized those Sword Intents.
“Is this the extreme of the Grandmaster Martial Realm that he comprehended, encompassing so much?”
Su Yehua stared in astonishment, finding it unbelievable, her mind racing and captivated by the countless waves within the sword tide, each wave representing a Grandmaster path in the Martial Arts.
Among the defenders on the city wall, there were also Grandmasters, including the Grandmaster who had previously been defeated by Li Hao, Bai Chunhai, and his disciple, who were also present, watching this scene in utter shock.
The youth standing aloof from the world, simply standing there, seemingly possessed a calm and unstoppable might.
The surging sword tide was terrifying beyond measure, unheard of before.
“Quick, pay close attention!”
Bai Chunhai reacted, hastily telling his stout male disciple behind him.
The stout man was already stupefied, completely lost in the majestic Sword Intent of the waves.
“Is this the limit of the Grandmaster Realm…”
Bai Chunhai murmured to himself, suddenly recalling the painting the young man had earlier sought to buy. If they could survive this time, what would giving it up matter?
Outside the city, the carnage within the demon tide was extreme; the sweeping waves had forcefully held them back ten li from the city, unable to advance an inch.
The demon army that had been rushing forward had all turned into blood-stained bones, their bodies pierced through, some with tiny wounds that were instantly fatal.
In the midst of the demon tide, there was one of the Three Immortal Demons leading. Shock filled its eyes; it could hardly believe this was an attack that a Human Race Grandmaster could unleash.
To sustain such a large range of Sword Qi attacks, it was impossible on Qi Force alone, unless one had reached the Unwithering Realm.
“Damn it!”
Its gaze filled with ferocity and resentment. With the minor Demon King perishing, it couldn’t withdraw easily.
“Kill!!”
It roared, charging out recklessly towards the Divine Sword that had transformed into a True Dragon.
At the same time, Dragon Soar sensed this Immortal Realm demon emerging, buzzed sharply, and soared up from the midst of the demon horde, slashing rapidly toward it.
“Demon Swamp over Heaven!”
The Great Demon roared, releasing countless black mire lights, causing the ground beneath it to rot and transform into a swamp, from which a mud dragon extended, charging towards Dragon Soar.
With a bang, the brilliant divine light that exploded from Dragon Soar struck like a thunderclap, slicing the mud dragon apart, piercing through the Great Demon’s body in an instant.
The countless bits of mud were washed away by the sword tide, utterly submerged.
The Great Demon panicked. Unlike an Indestructible Realm demon, its body was not strong enough, and the Divine Sword was terrifyingly sharp. Although resentful, its desire to live surged, and it chose to flee.
