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“Huh?”
Seeing Li Hao’s imposing momentum, the hundred-zhang demon’s expression changed slightly, a hint of solemnity in his eyes, “This strange sensation, it’s somewhat familiar. Are you the prodigy Ancient Sage from the Great Wilderness Heaven?”
Li Hao did not answer. In a life-and-death battle, there was no need for words.
Kill!
His body ruptured and bled, Divine Blood of red-gold flowing, infused with the Power of Heaven and Earth that turned his hair silver-white, as if he was burning his life away.
Suddenly, he unleashed multiple Illustrated Handbook Attributes, charging at his opponent.
The moment he struck, he gave it his all.
Sword Dao Reincarnation!
It was as if the world fell silent for a moment when the Green Frost Sword, like autumn water, slashed out a pitch-black sword beam.
That sword beam, like a black thunderbolt, tore the void, reversed light and darkness, and everything congealed into one sword strike, directly tearing through the Dao Domain!
The Dao Domain was forcibly cleaved by the black sword beam, and then, like thunder pushing forward unstoppable, the sword beam sliced through like a knife through silk, aiming straight at the hundred-zhang demon.
“What!”
The hundred-zhang demon’s pupils shrank in shock, unable to believe his Dao Domain could be torn apart?
“My Dao Domain is invincible!”
The hundred-zhang demon roared, his Dao Domain closing in, striving to crush the black sword beam, and frantically wearing down its martial realm and power.
Various martial realms like thunder, fire, wind, and snow revealed themselves, the sword light producing all kinds of phenomena as it was worn away, but still not losing momentum.
What seemed like a single sword beam was actually the overlay of thousands of sword beams, each one a full-force eruption from Li Hao.
It was only at this critical threshold of transformation that Li Hao could instantly muster such a tremendous force, shaping it into a heaven-shocking, ghost-weeping sword strike!
With a loud boom.
In the midst of the hundred-zhang demon’s angry palm swing, the sword light shattered the dark light within his palm, blood spraying wildly as ghostly black Demonic Qi escaped.
Li Hao, howling, leaped forward, cloaked in the power of his ancestors’ spirits, wielding the Green Frost Sword and stepping into the Dao Domain, slashing down on the demon’s head.
“You!”
The hundred-zhang demon’s skull was torn apart, blood spraying wildly, more black Qi emanating from his body as it rocked backward in shock, staring at Li Hao.
The sword-cleaved Dao Domain closed in, enveloping Li Hao, but to the demon’s horrified discovery, the Domain failed to instantly shatter Li Hao’s body.
Li Hao’s body was trembling, yet it withstood the Domain’s rule-based Suppression; his body continuously broke apart, his bones cracking loudly, but it seemed he could hold on for a while!
This sight was beyond the hundred-zhang demon’s comprehension, inconceivable.
This was the Dao Domain!
Furthermore, he could feel that the rules of his Dao Domain hadn’t failed; it was just that Li Hao’s physical body was simply too formidable, comparable to a top Divine Weapon!
“Kill!”
Li Hao roared, sword slashing fiercely.
His body, comparable to that of a Divine Weapon forged eight times, was nearing a ninth, not even the Dao Domain could instantly destroy a weapon of this caliber.
Even a Divine Weapon beyond seven forgings would take some time to be refined in the Dao Domain.
Lu Yuan’s body, comparable to a six-forging Divine Weapon, was already among the elite of the Ultimate Study Realm, but the gap was vast compared to Li Hao at this moment.
With sword light furiously slashing, Li Hao ignored his own wounds as he launched a fierce attack.
The hundred-zhang demon, too, was enraged, having never suffered such humiliation.
He raised a surging Demonic Qi, his body burning like a black flame, repeatedly striking with his palm, his enormous demon hand easily able to cause a city to quake and sink from prosperity into a basin. Yet now, it was being pushed back by Li Hao’s sword light.
In the distance, Li Xiaoran, anxiously contemplating an escape route, also witnessed Li Hao’s battle, startled.
Although aided by the spirits of his ancestors, the might Li Hao himself burst forth with was even more terrifying.
Seeing this scene, his anxiety intensified; a talent like Li Hao must not die at the Mo River.
Besides the ancestral hall, where could there be a way out?
Li Xiaoran continued to recall every clue from past explorations, vaguely sensing he was onto something.
At that moment, a massive tremor came from outside the Divine General Mansion; Li Xiaoran looked and saw a vast demon cloud sweeping over. The Array had been broken, and all the demons from outside the city were slaughtering onto the ramparts, engaged in fierce battle.
And among them, the most dazzling figures were Li Tianzong and the young man in tattered robes.
“Big brother, if you still have consciousness, give me a sign…”
Li Xiaoran’s eyes filled with sorrow, he bit his lip, continuing to follow the trail of thought he had just now.
Meanwhile, Li Hao and the hundred-zhang demon were locked in an intense fight, both soaked in fresh blood.
Li Hao’s blood scattered within the Dao Domain, instantly compressed and burst, the Domain containing an unimaginably oppressive gravity, where any common being of the Ultimate Study Realm would explode upon entering.
“Die!!”
Li Hao bellowed, drawing even more of the Power of Heaven and Earth, exceeding the 70% threshold, and pushing to a higher degree.
And this meant he could lose control at any moment.
As an even wilder power surged, Li Hao recklessly created hundreds upon thousands of layers around his body.
He wasn’t unaffected by the Dao Domain; rather, he continually resisted the Domain’s effect with his power, like water soaking through paper, which would take but a moment if only a single sheet, but a whole book would take a bit longer to soak through.
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Li Hao’s sword light, like a black thunderbolt, directly ripped through half of the hundred-zhang demon’s head.
The hundred-zhang demon, left with only a mouth, still roared, his body exploding with power, energy surging wildly.
Li Hao, however, rammed headfirst into his head, and upon seeing the blood spatter, a thought occurred to him, he reached into the demon’s brain and fiercely activated the Ten Thousand Blood True Demon Skill!
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With the violent power operating like an intense pump drawing water, the hundred-zhang demon let out a scream, its blood power being incessantly drawn toward Li Hao’s arm.
“What kind of evil cultivation technique is this?”
The hundred-zhang demon bellowed in shock and fury, finding the domineering technique evil even for a demon.
“Your obsession should disperse now!”
Li Hao’s eyes were chillingly cold, and seeing the opponent’s aura continuously wilt, he sensed an opportunity.
The Green Frost Sword danced around him, slicing out dark sword beams to block the power of the Dao Domain while his hands and even his whole body reached deep for the demon’s brain.
Under the nourishment of the flesh and essence, Li Hao’s shattered body showed signs of repair.
But the Power of Heaven and Earth had become violent, enveloping both Li Hao and the hundred-zhang demon.
Li Hao’s absorption rate increased, and with a series of miserable screams, the demon’s body knelt down, the surrounding Dao Domain that had been frenetically closing in suddenly halted, then dissipated.
As the Dao Domain faded, Li Hao’s arms felt as if a weight of thousands of pounds had been lifted, and he violently tore through the demon’s body.
Blood splattered, and Li Hao broke into its body, absorbing vigorously.
With the demon king’s blood power absorbed into his body, Li Hao’s physical form continued to condense, but it seemed that his transformation into an Immortal entered an unstoppable phase.
As the Power of Heaven and Earth tore at Li Hao’s body, and he simultaneously refined his flesh, this cycle of destruction and rebirth transformed and reborned his body.
Li Hao emerged bathed in blood, exuding Blood Qi like an Asura god of war, and with a sudden raise of his hand, he cleaved the surrounding Heaven and Earth.
The power of Heaven and Earth was instantly interrupted, and the disintegration of Li Hao’s body halted.
Li Hao controlled his body to close up, suppressing the Immortal transformation.
It was fortunate that the recent body refinement increased his control over his physique significantly, allowing him to pull back just in time to prevent losing control.
Li Hao took a few quick breaths and rapidly consumed a handful of divine medicines, feeling his body rekindle like a furnace, burgeoning with vitality.
Such consumption would leave great drawbacks in martial arts, but Li Hao had no pity for this body.
Once his vitality recovered to its peak, Li Hao stepped out from the hundred-zhang demon’s carcass, and upon seeing the Candle Flame God still aggressively assaulting the Divine General Mansion, murderous intent surged in his eyes.
At this moment, the adversary seemed far less of a threat than before.
Li Hao could feel that his physical body had reached a new level; the tearing of the Power of Heaven and Earth and the condensing of his flesh had elevated his physique to match that of a Nine Cast Divine Soldier.
Whoosh!
Li Hao took a step, instantly appearing at the Array’s location.
Upon seeing Li Hao appear abruptly, the Candle Flame God showed a flicker of surprise, but then, disregarding it, he continued to break the array.
Otherwise, Li Hao would be able to attack from within the array while he could only defend from outside.
However, Li Hao didn’t plan to let the array take any more strain; he stepped forward, entering directly into the opponent’s Dao Domain.
“Huh? You’re actually seeking death…”
The Candle Flame God raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, but then he immediately sensed Li Hao’s provocation.
He suddenly operated his Dao Domain with full force, intending to incinerate Li Hao.
Li Hao felt the intense heat searing him, his blood as if boiling. This time, he didn’t release much power to block the Dao Domain, instead extending his finger and using his body to probe.
His fingertip stung painfully, as though pressed against a searing hot iron plate.
But even so, it wasn’t immediately reduced to ash.
With his body alone, Li Hao could already withstand the Dao Domain.
However, not for long.
With this, Li Hao could direct all the power that was isolating the Dao Domain into attacking.
“Die!”
Li Hao went all out in his assault, pushing himself to extremes.
Without the separation of power, relying solely on his physique, he was like standing in boiling water.
But his will was iron-strong, unshaken, no trace of pain on his face—only his eyes burst forth with a divine look as he swung his sword with all his might.
“What?!”
The Candle Flame God, seeing Li Hao’s state, was horrified, shocked that Li Hao could withstand the rules of the Dao Domain with just his body?!
He couldn’t comprehend nor imagine that such a thing could exist.
But upon closer inspection, he was astounded to find that Li Hao had condensed his physique to the strength of a Nine Cast Divine Soldier.
Among demons, that made him a monstrous entity!
You should know that the return on body refinement is extremely low, requires a long time, and demons do not take the route of pure body refinement.
Bang!
The sword light furiously slashed, and the Candle Flame God suddenly lifted his hand, pulling a fire halberd from the space of Heaven and Earth, smashing it towards the sword light.
The fierce collision almost flipped the Candle Flame God’s arm, and the glow of the fire halberd was shattered.
Li Hao re-entered the state of transforming into an Immortal, drawing on the Power of Heaven and Earth, ramping it up to eighty percent directly.
The Heaven and Earth Vein converged rapidly, an immense power filling him, and Li Hao stepped forth consecutively, executing the Heaven and Earth Traceless Skill, and the black sword light, like a fierce storm, hacked down relentlessly.
Previously, the Divine General Mansion’s Array had isolated the fight between Li Hao and the hundred-zhang demon, which the Candle Flame God had not probed. Now, with Li Hao unleashing his full power, the Candle Flame God instantly felt terrified.
He bellowed in rage as he swung the fire halberd, but Li Hao’s onslaught forced him into retreat, causing him to question his life.
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“My lord…”
Ms. Yin, upon witnessing this scene, was also dumbstruck, her beautiful eyes gaping in disbelief.
Lu Yuan, who had intended to assist from the side, was so frightened that he froze in place, staring at Li Hao as if he had seen a ghost.
This relentless killing all the way here made Li Hao far more terrifying than when he had seen him at Heavenly Gate Pass.
Bang!
The sword light, like black thunder, ferociously struck the Candle Flame God’s shoulder, tearing off an arm in the process.
The Candle Flame God lowly growled, the blood spurting from his wound incinerated by fierce flames to stop the flow. He looked at Li Hao, with his silver hair and white threads, in shock and fury, realizing the opponent had used some kind of extremely terrifying secret technique.
“Power reaching its pinnacle, able to shatter the Dao Domain? How is that possible…” The Candle Flame God felt his understanding being overturned. His Dao Domain continued to burn Li Hao’s body, but Li Hao’s healing power was terrifyingly formidable. His flesh that was destroyed kept regenerating.
The Candle Flame God, now truly enraged, unleashed his Unwithering Strength, instantly materializing an arm, and then clashed with Li Hao once more.
The two fought so fiercely that the heavens and earth seemed to fall apart, leveling the streets outside the Divine General Mansion to the ground. Everywhere they went was scorched black, incinerated by the Dao Domain.
Ms. Yin and Lu Yuan exchanged glances, spotting the horror in each other’s eyes. Despite being in the Ultimate Study Realm, they couldn’t intervene in this fight!
That youth was too terrifying. If they let him leave alive, he would quickly become a figure to be reckoned with, as fearful as the Buddha Lord, and turn into the third person in the Dayu Divine Dynasty that struck fear into others!
Bang!
The body of the Candle Flame God was cleaved by Li Hao’s sword and slammed into the ground far away, carving out a scorched, deep crater that extended for hundreds of meters.
Li Hao once again swung his sword to kill, the Green Frost Sword, forged from cold iron, had also become red-hot after a prolonged battle in the Dao Domain. The nine sword souls on it dared not show themselves, to avoid being incinerated by the Dao Domain the moment they emerged.
Only the innate hardness of the Divine Weapon allowed it to hold out in the Dao Domain.
“Die for me!”
The Candle Flame God roared, emerging from the ground, not dodging but also cleaving with his fire halberd.
They pierced through each other, Li Hao cutting off half of his body, and his own arm severed in the process.
The flesh of the Candle Flame God wriggled, regrowing rapidly under the Unwithering Strength, but he was only halfway through when he saw Li Hao’s severed arm had already regenerated, coming for him once more.
The speed of physical regeneration was several times his!
The Candle Flame God was struck in the face by the sword light and chopped down.
Li Hao attacked again, but from within the depths of the crater, a streak of firelight surged towards him.
By the time Li Hao dispersed it, he saw the Candle Flame God transforming into a long rainbow, trying to flee far away.
Ms. Yin had already taken the opportunity to retreat earlier, vanished from sight.
When Lu Yuan saw the Candle Flame God running away, he finally came to his senses, cursing angrily in his heart but trembling with fear, he turned to flee, rushing towards another direction, deeply afraid of being targeted by Li Hao.
“Why are you fleeing? Weren’t you going to break the formation and kill me?”
Li Hao pursued the Candle Flame God, shouting angrily.
Hearing Li Hao’s words, the Candle Flame God was so infuriated his complexion turned crimson, but he was powerless with rage.
He felt a rage and tremor in his heart, knowing he was no match for this mad youth without resorting to his ultimate trump card.
Let the other dead souls wear down Li Hao!
“You will die sooner or later!”
The Candle Flame God suppressed his anger, his gaze icy, and with a sudden slap, he used a Holy Heart Talisman to boost his speed once more, disappearing in the blink of an eye as he flew out of Dragon City.
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Seeing the opponent wrapped in runes, accelerating, Li Hao immediately slapped a Holy Heart Talisman as well. Covered in talisman light, he pursued at full speed.
But just as he left the city walls, Li Hao sensed a strange, dangerous omen. It seemed that behind that wave of demons outside the city, there were a few extremely cold gazes, watching him.
Among them, there were likely several Ping Tao Realm Demon Kings!
During this brief hesitation, the Candle Flame God had already flown into the dark forbidden area a hundred miles outside the city, all in the span of half a breath.
There were rules that promised certain death to the Human Race, and while Li Hao could withstand the rules of the Dao Domain, he might not be able to violate the Mo River rules.
Li Hao had an ugly look on his face. At this point, he had even given up hope of escaping the Mo River, yet even if he were to die here, he wished to kill the Candle Flame God before his death.
To prevent the enemy from escaping and bringing disaster to Liangzhou.
However, it now seemed that even this wish was difficult to fulfill.
Li Hao gazed sharply for a moment, then decisively turned and dashed at full speed towards another part of the city.
Lu Yuan was flying toward the outskirts at full speed; he wasn’t one of the undead here. Even if these dead souls died, they wouldn’t vanish, forever reincarnating in the Mo River until the Mo River was cleared and resolved, when they would finally be freed.
But if he died here, he would truly die.
However, it felt much harder to leave the city now than when he had entered.
At the spot he aimed for escaping, several older generations of Li Family soldiers appeared to block him—though their cultivation was not as high as Lu Yuan’s, they were utterly fearless in the face of death.
Lu Yuan roared in fury, releasing thunder to repel these men.
But at that moment, a beam of light whistled hurriedly from behind him.
Lu Yuan turned in dread, only to see a black sword light streaking across the sky, cleaving across fifty miles!
The furious slash of the sword light decapitated Lu Yuan, and the Dao Intent within it shattered his Divine Soul in an instant.
The massive dragon corpse fell from the sky.
This Ultimate Study Realm elder of Dragon Gate couldn’t withstand a single peak-condition sword strike from Li Hao!
It was mainly because Li Hao was empowered by many forces at this moment, including numerous divine medicines and the heroic spirits of his ancestors, etc.
Most importantly, his physical body, refined to be comparable to a Nine Cast Divine Soldier, was nearing the limit of the Immortal Realm, and the vastness of the Heaven and Earth power he attracted during his ascendance was beyond imagination.
Back when he was merely in the Heavenly Human Realm, Li Hao could fight against the Tao Heart Realm and withstand attacks from the Defying Fate Realm by relying on forty percent of his ascension. Now, with the Heaven and Earth Vein and approaching the Three Immortal Extreme Realms, his power was even more fearsome.
Li Hao glanced at the bisected dragon corpse, stepped over it, activated the Ten Thousand Blood True Demon Skill, absorbing its essence, and once again refined his body.
As the dragon’s corpse dried up, Li Hao felt a slight sense of relief in his heart, having dealt with one of the three Great Demon Kings.
He didn’t take another look at the ancient dragon, which had cultivated for tens of thousands of years and was famous throughout Dayu, and turned around to head towards the city walls.
By the time Li Hao arrived, he saw that the top of the walls had been overwhelmed by a tide of demons, with corpses of soldiers and demons scattered everywhere, blood flowing like rivers.
Chen Hefang, Li Qingling, and other women from the Li Family, who had come earlier to reinforce the wall, were already nowhere to be seen.
Li Hao enveloped the battlefield in his Qi but detected no trace of them.
This meant that they were most likely overwhelmed by the tide of demons, possibly already devoured by the mouth of some demon or in the belly of another.
Li Hao took a deep breath and wielded the Green Frost Sword to enter the tide of demons, weaving through the battlefield.
Soon, Li Hao realized that the presence of his other “brothers” had also dissipated.
Now that the north city wall had been breached, it was likely that those few, given their temperament, had also perished in the tide of demons.
Li Hao sighed inwardly and continued to fight against the tide of demons, doing his best to hold them off.
If he fought with all his might, there was still a chance of holding the defense for a day.
With Li Hao’s addition to the fight, the battlefield was swept clean, his Sword Qi crisscrossing, tearing through the tide of demons.
The previously faltering situation was immediately propped up by Li Hao’s intervention.
The tide of demons was unrelenting, and Li Hao fought desperately. Without the Grand Tao of Peace Realm, he didn’t need to enter the state of transformation. Relying solely on the recovery power of the Heaven and Earth Vein, he could maintain a half-Unwithering Realm state; a war of attrition was not difficult for him.
Within the tide of demons, many Demon Kings burst forth, seeming to see hope for escape, charging towards Dragon City.
Li Hao fought valiantly, slaying these Demon Kings, and transformed the essence and blood power within their bodies to refine his own flesh, making it stronger and stronger, with many Body Refinement techniques pushing his body to even more extreme limits.
The battle continued, and Li Hao relieved the pressure on the north side before heading towards the east side of the city.
He was like a sword on the battlefield, shuttling everywhere, continuously assisting the broken defenses at various points.
But Dragon City was too large. Even with Li Hao’s support, there were still places being infiltrated by demons, with civilians scattering throughout the city.
As Li Hao continued the fight, he ordered the Li Family’s army to contract their defense lines, retreating to the inner circle of Dragon City.
Since the Array was gone, they had to rely on human walls to stop them.
Time flew by.
As the time approached the halfway mark, Li Hao suddenly heard an angry roar.
He saw a huge demon’s figure fall from the sky, crashing into the city.
Li Hao recognized that it was the true form of the young man in the torn robe who had fought against Li Tianzong for a long time without a decisive outcome. Now, however, his body was covered in cracks, and as he plummeted down, his Divine Soul dimmed.
Li Tianzong, engulfed in pitch black smoke, swooped down furiously, the black smoke engulfing the demon’s true body quickly, with horrifying sounds of tearing and the squelching of flesh coming from within.
Li Hao tried to probe with his Divine Soul but was blocked by the black smoke.
His action seemed to disturb something. The black smoke suddenly roiled and then contracted like a whale absorbing water, gathering on a single figure.
It was Li Tianzong.
The Demonic Qi rolled off him, but his eyes had turned blood-red, and he seemed to be muttering something under his breath.
Li Hao, with his extraordinary hearing, quickly made out what the other was saying.
“I must hold on…”
“I must hold on…”
Li Tianzong seemed delirious, mumbling indistinctly.
Feeling Li Hao’s gaze, he suddenly looked up, his eyes violent, with none of his previous composure or gentle smile.
Li Hao felt a chill in his heart at the stare, sensing he was being targeted.
He was internally alarmed, realizing that Li Tianzong was not in the right state, seemingly turned into what Li Xiaoran described as an untouchable state.
As Li Hao’s expression grew solemn, Li Tianzong’s blood-red eyes seemed to freeze for a moment, reflecting Li Hao’s image. After a pause, the violent killing intent in his eyes gradually revealed a hint of lucidity.
“Go quickly… to the city…”
Li Tianzong shouted loudly, but it seemed to trigger something, his expression quickly twisting into one of pain.
With a roar, his body suddenly shot up from the ground, heading towards the outskirts of the city, shouting, “Let me go!!”
The shout resonated over Dragon City, and outside the city, several lurking figures began to exude stronger Qi.
“What’s happening?”
At this moment, hiding among the demons outside the city, the Candle Flame God and his wife Ms. Yin, who had concealed their Qi and remained hidden, were waiting for the Soul Death Demon Kings to break through the city, deplete Li Hao, and then take their chance to strike.
Seeing Li Tianzong, who was defending Dragon City, charge out like a demon, they were both taken aback by the unexpected turn of events.
This was their first visit to the Mo River, and many things were unknown to them. Usually, a first visit was only for gathering information.
The Candle Flame God noticed that several Dao Realm Demon Kings from within the tide of demons, who previously looked down on him, now seemed eager to act, exuding overwhelming momentum.
“Are they targeting Li Tianzong?”
The eyes of the Candle Flame God flickered with a mix of surprise and suspicion.
Just then, a scene that shocked him to the core occurred.
Several Dao Realm Demon Kings rushed out of the tide of demons and surrounded Li Tianzong, not to attack, but to crash into him.
Li Tianzong’s appearance was even more frightening; he grew giant like a demon, his body expanding massively, and he swallowed several Demon Kings whole.
“This…”
The Candle Flame God and Ms. Yin’s pupils shrank in shock at this sight.
Seeing Li Tianzong, after devouring the Demon Kings, radiate a terrifying Demonic Qi, turning into a ghastly and demon-god-like figure, he roared to the heavens, his hair flying and his body growing as large as a wild beast.
