Chapter 131: Not a blade of grass left (Make-up for 10/11, 7K two-in-one)

While roasting the tusk with his palms, Li Hao asked Li Hongzhuang:

"You know the locations of the lairs of the few Great Demons that attacked tonight, right?"

"Hmm?"

Li Hongzhuang was slightly stunned, saying, "Why, you still want to go and wipe out their lairs?"

"Is there a problem?"

Li Hao was puzzled.

"..."

Li Hongzhuang was speechless. Naturally, there was no problem. As long as they could be wiped out, let alone Li Hao, she would want to go and flatten them herself.

When she was guarding here in the past, she couldn't leave. Otherwise, if demons invaded, without her sitting guard and shielding them, these soldiers, with the help of a few deputy generals, would not be enough to withstand the attacks of Three Imperishable Great Demons.

After all, the original Cangya City had already been breached, and there were no fortified city walls, no protection at all. The divine might of a Three Imperishable Great Demon alone was enough for the army to suffer.

"You just arrived, and I haven't had time to tell you about the demon forces outside this Tianmen Pass."

Li Hongzhuang used her sword to draw on the sandy ground in front of the campfire.

Previously, she hadn't intended to chat about these things with Li Hao; after all, he was just a child.

From the news she got from Li He, she already knew that her Seventh Brother intended to abandon this Tianmen Pass. After all, the reinforcements sent over these years were getting fewer and fewer, and no one repaired the city walls when they were broken.

If it weren't for the fact that this was the territory of Emperor Da Yu and the pass opened up by their Li Clan ancestors, they wouldn't be guarding this place to the death.

Now, sending this child over to do the so-called handover was just telling them that this place could be abandoned.

Incidentally, it was to let this genius son who had conflicts with her bow his head and experience the viciousness of demons.

It was just that Seventh Brother probably didn't expect that on the very first night of his arrival,

this monstrous son of hers would consecutively behead two Three Imperishable Great Demons that had been causing disaster here for many years!

This battle record, if it were to be rewarded for merit at other borders, would probably be awarded a First-Class Special Merit, and if he didn't have a title, he could be directly crowned a Third-Class Earl!

"The three demon creatures you saw tonight belong to the demon kings of three mountain peaks respectively."

Li Hongzhuang used her sword to draw a circle: "This is our Cangya City."

Speaking of this, she smiled self-deprecatingly. What else around here could be called a "city"?

"Three thousand miles to the east is a border city of the Northern Rin Kingdom."

"In the middle of this three-thousand-mile gap, here, there is a mountain range, which is the first major demon force outside this border."

Li Hongzhuang drew a small circle, her expression turning solemn:

"That is the Longshan Dojo. Living inside is a ten-thousand-year-old True Dragon, calling itself the Dragon Lord!"

"That is a Great Demon of the Four Standing Realms!"

Hearing her words, Li Hao's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the circle in front of the sword tip.

"This is a forbidden area. No matter what happens, do not set foot there."

Li Hongzhuang said earnestly: "Under normal circumstances, the Dragon Lord will not leave the Longshan Dojo, nor will it attack our Tianmen Pass, because if it comes, it is equivalent to invading the realm!"

Li Hao nodded slightly, thinking of the hearsay he had chatted about while fishing with Second Uncle in the past.

These Great Demons of the Four Standing Realms outside the border did not dare to rashly invade the realm.

What was the reason?

It was very simple: they had all been personally visited and warned by the older generation of each Divine General Mansion.

This was like an agreement signed between Emperor Da Yu and the Four Standing Realm demon kings.

Not listening?

Either the older generation of the Divine General Mansion would take action, or it would be that True Person from the Dao Palace who would take action.

They dared not disobey.

This towering, ancient dynasty, although already aged, still possessed this foundation and spirit to deter the eight wildernesses.

As for why it was just a warning instead of directly beheading them, that was another matter.

The number of these Great Demons was not small, but they were not united. If warned one by one, they could still be wary, but if they were slaughtered on a large scale, in case the remaining ones were angered and all banded together, it would instead cause Emperor Da Yu to suffer heavy casualties.

In the final analysis, it was ultimately because Emperor Da Yu no longer had the ability to wipe out all the demons around it.

After all, among these demons, some tricky existences had also appeared.

That True Person from the Dao Palace sat in the Imperial Capital of Yu Prefecture all year round and did not easily step out, just because he was worried that some demon creatures would directly lurk and attack the Imperial Capital!

At this time, Li Hongzhuang told Li Hao the terms and agreements of the Four Standing Realm demon kings invading the realm again, and then said:

"Although these Four Standing Realm demon kings seem honest and dare not rashly invade, now that our dynasty's military strength has declined, the Mo River has held back the Tianzhao Divine General Mansion for seven or eight hundred years, and these demon creatures are stirring again."

"They themselves dare not take risks easily, worried about being pursued and executed, but they often indulge other demons under their command to come and test and invade."

"In this way, even if the imperial court questions them, it's just a war of words, meaningless, so we can only endure it!"

Li Hao nodded and continued to listen.

Previously, he had asked Second Uncle why, since the Four Standing Realm Great Demons dared not invade, they didn't let the older generation sit guard at the border; wouldn't that be extremely stable?

But the answer he got was that the number of Four Standing Realm experts of the older generation was not large.

Secondly, apart from these old demon kings who were similar to those registered and warned, every few years or more than a decade, other Four Standing Realm demon kings would emerge from time to time.

They came from further away, or cultivated out from deep mountains and old forests, and were not familiar with Emperor Da Yu.

They wandered into Emperor Da Yu's territory, often unscrupulously, directly slaughtering cities and destroying lands. If they couldn't be stopped in time, they could even swallow half a prefecture.

The older generation needed to deal with these demon creatures, and for this kind of demon creature that had already invaded the realm and caused large-scale casualties, there was no point in warning them; they had to be executed to serve as a warning to others, which inevitably led to the outbreak of a great war.

Many of the older generation of the Divine General Mansion also died because of this.

Seeing Li Hao just listening without any questions, Li Hongzhuang raised her eyebrows and immediately began to speak on her own:

"Although the Longshan Dojo Lord cannot step into the realm, if you rashly appear in its territory, it has a reason to kill you, so you must absolutely not approach."

"The Chi Hu Jun you saw tonight is actually the mount under the Longshan Dojo Lord."

Li Hongzhuang's eyes turned cold, saying: "These Four Standing Realm demon creatures don't move themselves, but indulge the demons under their command to repeatedly invade and test. Once injured or defeated, they flee back directly. If you rashly pursue and kill them outside, you will instead be caught and eaten by it."

A mount? Li Hao's expression was strange.

A True Dragon demon king, and its mount is a tiger?

A dragon riding a tiger?

No wonder that tiger demon had chains on its body; it was mostly a restraint similar to a saddle, which also became its weapon for attacking.

"Besides the Longshan Dojo Lord, the second demon king is in the north."

Li Hongzhuang drew another circle on the ground, but the range was much larger and closer to the camp's circle:

"This is the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range, inside which is a demon king that has cultivated for a very long time. We call it the Ten Thousand Mountain Demon King."

"This Ten Thousand Mountain Demon King is comparable in strength to the Dragon Lord. I don't know which is higher or lower; anyway, if we encounter it, it's definitely a death sentence."

"But it is also registered and warned. The Six-Tusked Burrowing Pig you just slaughtered is a fierce general under its command."

She then drew a circle in the south:

"There is an isolated peak here, but within a radius of five hundred miles, no one dares to step in, and no demon creature dares to rashly enter."

"Inside is the third demon king, the Shengshan Demon King!"

Li Hongzhuang glanced at Li Hao and said: "You might be somewhat familiar with the origin of this demon king. It once cultivated in the Shenggong over in Yanbei, mastered the absolute arts of the Shenggong demon race, and seems to have once been an elder inside. Now it has broken away, occupied a mountain peak hundreds of years ago, and calls itself the Shengshan."

"Your father has been fighting with the Shenggong for more than ten years. The situation in Yanbei should be extremely complex, and I don't know much about it either. It is truly fortunate that your father was able to return."

Li Hao didn't speak, his face expressionless.

He heard the implication in Li Hongzhuang's words: the war in Yanbei was arduous.

The other party probably thought that his conflict with that man was because the other party had been fighting for many years and hadn't returned home, and he held a grudge and didn't understand.

Regarding this, he didn't explain anything, nor did he need to explain.

"Did the Northern Rin Kingdom invade the realm?"

Li Hao asked.

Li Hongzhuang frowned slightly. Seeing Li Hao didn't pick up her topic, she sighed inwardly.

As Li Hao's little aunt and Seventh Brother's younger sister, she naturally hoped that this pair of father and son would resolve their conflicts and return to good terms.

But now it seemed that there was no effect for the time being.

She didn't think much more, her thoughts returning to Li Hao's words, saying:

"How would the Northern Rin Kingdom dare to offend openly? They just like to do some small tricks in the dark, for example, worshiping that Longshan Dojo Lord, secretly sacrificing many living lives every year, letting it test us."

Speaking of this, her expression turned icy.

Li Hao frowned. Using living people to sacrifice to demons—this only happened in some extremely backward villages and towns in Emperor Da Yu.

Mortals worshiped demons, exchanged for protection or demon power, and used this to bully the local people.

Once discovered, the Demon Suppression Division would come forward to solve it and execute all involved personnel.

But now, other great nations were using this shameless method to target Emperor Da Yu.

Sure enough, in the face of war, all means were used without hesitation.

After Li Hongzhuang finished speaking, Li Hao had a general understanding of the situation outside this Tianmen Pass.

"The Chi Hu Jun and Six-Tusked Burrowing Pig you slaughtered last night will probably be furious. They might attack again in the near future, or even tomorrow."

Li Hongzhuang's eyes didn't retreat, but instead, icy killing intent emerged.

Li Hao nodded slightly and asked: "Then do they usually live in the demon kings' lairs, without their own nests?"

"Naturally not."

Li Hongzhuang said: "The Longshan Dojo Lord is a thousand miles away from here, and it takes quite some time to rush back and forth. Besides, which fierce general likes to stay under the master's nose every day? They all have their own nests outside, and it's more convenient for mating, eating, and drinking wine on weekdays."

Li Hao's gaze moved slightly, saying: "Then do you know the locations of their lairs?"

"Are you really going to wipe out their lairs?"

Li Hongzhuang asked in surprise.

Li Hao nodded: "Since I've killed them, naturally I'll kill them all."

He said it calmly, but Li Hongzhuang heard it and narrowed her eyes, then a smile appeared on her cold face:

"Well said, you have spirit!"

Immediately, she used her sword to draw two circles on the ground: "Previously, scouts had checked, and it seems to be in these two directions, about three or four hundred miles away. You can check them, but don't go too far, otherwise, if you enter the demon hinterland and are detected by the demon king, even gods won't be able to save you!"

Li Hao glanced at the sloppy map she drew and remembered the directions.

At this time, the tusk in his hand had also heated up enough.

He immediately restrained the scorching flame power in his hands and began to grind and carve with the beast horn.

【Carving Experience +24... +19... +35...】

Experience prompts appeared one after another, and Li Hao was grinding earnestly.

After being roasted by flame power for half an hour, combined with the beast horn and giant force, the sharpening progress of this tusk improved rapidly.

Perhaps the material of this pig demon's tusk was quite rare, as the experience prompts were continuous, and occasionally large amounts of experience points would appear.

When the roasted meat was ready, Li Hongzhuang picked it up and ate it herself.

And Li Hao was still grinding. His Carving Dao suddenly showed a prompt, actually accumulating to 500 experience points, improving to Stage 2!

In the blink of an eye, two skill points were in hand.

Li Hao couldn't help but sigh; obtaining skill points for this Carving Dao was really simple.

However, he guessed that it was inseparable from the quality of this pig tusk. If he were carving ordinary wooden plaques, he guessed the experience points would only increase by 1 or 2 points.

To verify this, Li Hao ground it halfway, and when heating the pig tusk for the second time, he carved on the tree stump he was sitting on with the beast horn with one hand.

With Stage 2 Carving Dao, he was already able to perform fine carving, lifelike.

On the spot, he carved a little man in overalls, but it only gave him less than 20 experience points.

Stingy.

It seemed that carving was indeed related to material quality, just like his painting and fishing; the more difficult it was, the more experience he got.

Time passed quietly.

When the campfire dimmed slightly, Li Hao's third sharpening also ended. The original curved long pig tusk had been ground by him into a relatively sharp moon arc.

But there was still a gap compared to a sword, barely counting as a massive heavy sword, and one with an extremely dull edge.

Chopping might not kill anyone, but smashing would probably kill them.

Li Hao chiseled a round hole at the root of the tusk to make it convenient for his hand to grip.

He instructed Ren Qianqian to not run around everywhere in the camp and to take good care of the little white fox.

As for himself, he casually shouldered this moon-like pig tusk sword and walked outside the camp.

"You're going tonight?"

Li Hongzhuang returned to the small mound, saw Li Hao's action, and couldn't help but be stunned.

It was still late at night, in the early hours of the morning.

"Lest they run away." Li Hao smiled. To be safe, while sharpening the tusk sword, he also took the opportunity to rest, and by now he had already recovered seven or eight percent.

"..."

Li Hongzhuang was somewhat speechless, not expecting this young man to be more enthusiastic about slaying demons than she was.

"Then be careful." Li Hongzhuang said. Li Hao could slaughter two Great Demons and retreat unscathed; although he was only in the Heavenly Human Realm, his actual combat ability was already at the Three Imperishable level, and with Li He looking after him, she was still relatively at ease.

After all, if a Three Imperishable expert still had to be looked after like a child in swaddling clothes, that would be too ridiculous.

Li Hao nodded, then flew out, disappearing into the night outside the camp.

The whistling wind came, and Li Hao traveled over mountains and ridges in the darkness.

His divine soul rushed out from the top of his head, patrolling the world under the moonlight, monitoring all directions.

Along the way, he occasionally saw small demons remaining, and he casually controlled objects to slaughter them.

Traveling in a straight line in one direction, leaving the wilderness outside the pass, crossing forests, and climbing over several mountains, he galloped for three hundred miles overnight.

Li Hao finally smelled a strong, foul stench.

On the ground here, there were still quite a few fresh bloodstains, as well as some limbs of demon creatures.

He looked at them for a moment. There were three demon corpses remaining here, their flesh and blood tattered, seemingly injured and eaten by their own kind.

Li Hao's gaze looked forward, seeing a mountain peak, all around which were all kinds of remains, the foul stench drifting over.

Without hesitation, Li Hao flew straight over.

"Madam, please grieve, Mr. Black Scale has already headed to the Longshan Dojo."

In the massive mountain cave chiseled in the middle of the mountain, there was firelight shining, reflecting several ferocious shadows on the cave wall.

"Shut up, you cowardly things. If you had covered for the Great King, how could it have died?"

A woman's low roar came from inside.

The cave was slightly silent.

Suddenly, wind drifted into the cave.

"Who?!"

The several shadows on the cave wall were suddenly startled. Immediately after, two shadows shrank, but it was two figures walking out from a turn, the distance to the cave wall closing, and the shadows shrinking to their front accordingly.

"To actually dare to linger here, courage is commendable."

A calm voice said.

In the moonlight at the cave entrance, Li Hao, shouldering the pig tusk sword, walked in. Outside the cave behind him, under the cold moonlight, were demon corpses scattered across the mountains and plains.

The manner of death was extremely miserable, all with bodies split open, killed in one strike.

"It's you!"

Among them, a burly middle-aged man with a leopard tail behind him changed color abruptly, his eyeballs popping out, shocked beyond compare.

He recognized the young man's face; the Great King was killed by the other party!

Run!

After the shock, this thought instantly appeared in his mind. His body instantly transformed, rushing toward another part of the cave, wanting to escape.

But a sword Qi suddenly slashed over, and petals seemed to appear all around.

Where did petals come from in the cave?

Subsequently, the middle-aged man's body split open, falling onto the petals on the ground, his whole body instantly torn and shattered.

*Whoosh! * A divine soul rushed out from his body, terrified beyond compare, but before it had time to escape, it was swept past by another sword Qi, and the divine soul was instantly stirred to nothingness.

Seeing this situation, the other demon creature didn't care about saying anything, and also fled toward the depths of the cave.

Two minutes later.

Li Hao sat in the depths of the cave, in front of a huge campfire built with a few tree stumps.

Beside the campfire were four demon corpses lying prone, already without life breath.

He flipped through two techniques in his hand, recorded them all into the panel, and then said to the woman kneeling in front of his feet, who was burly and broad-backed:

"No other techniques?"

"No, no more."

The burly woman said tremblingly, deep fear appearing in her eyes.

In front of this young man, they didn't even have a chance to escape. The sword Qi was like something formless, seemingly ignoring distance, able to arrive instantly.

"You said that under the Longshan Dojo Lord, there are six others with the same realm as your Great King?"

Li Hao frowned slightly. Six Three Imperishable Realm demon creatures—if they attacked at the same time, Li Hongzhuang and the others should have been gone long ago.

"Yes."

"Then why didn't they join forces to attack Mount Tianmen?" Li Hao asked.

"The, the Great King said, the Dragon Lord won't let them take down Mount Tianmen so quickly. That way, they can slowly savor more delicacies, and at the same time, they can hold back the Li Clan's military strength..." the burly woman said tremblingly, her eyes filled with fear, but seemingly hiding ferocity.

"Since that's the case, then why did it want to attack tonight?"

Li Hao asked again.

"The Great King said, it wanted to eat that Li Hongzhuang. As for Mount Tianmen, just leave it here, see if there are any other Li Clan members coming to continue guarding it, and eat them one by one."

The burly woman said, carefully looking at Li Hao. The young man in front of her seemed to be a Li Clan member too.

Li Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. Was this treating Mount Tianmen as a fishing platform?

Borrowing Mount Tianmen, eating the Northern Rin Kingdom's offerings, while fishing for the Li Clan.

"Why drag the Li Clan here?" Li Hao asked again.

"I don't know about that, the Great King didn't tell me." The burly woman said with a pale face.

"Hmm?"

Li Hao stared at her.

"It seems to be..." the burly woman tentatively leaned closer.

*Roar! *

Suddenly, the tusks in her mouth swelled, her expression ferocious, transforming into a massive lion head, wanting to bite off Li Hao's head.

But just as she rushed over, she was pressed down from the top of her head by Li Hao's palm, her chin slamming fiercely onto Li Hao's sitting knee. The facial bones of the lion head were obviously not as hard as Li Hao's kneecap, like slamming onto a stone, making the sound of bone fracture.

While her brain was buzzing and dazed, Li Hao's palm had already swept to the back of her neck, his fingers flicking, and sword Qi shot out from his fingertips.

It pierced through the spine behind her head and neck, severing a section of the spine, separating head and body.

At this time, a divine soul flew out from the lion head in a panic, terrified and wanting to flee. Li Hao blew a breath at it, his object-controlling power covering it, and squeezed her divine soul to explode.

After doing these things, Li Hao's gaze fell on the two techniques in his hands.

His hand gripped tight, and the technique pages shattered into slag, scattering on the ground along his fingertips.

Li Hao stood up, patted his butt, and carried the pig tusk sword out of the cave.

He stood in front of the cave entrance, his divine soul flying out, centering on this mountain, patrolling all directions for dozens of miles.

He slaughtered all the demon creatures he saw within a radius of thirty miles by flying his divine soul over.

He saw some wild beasts on the ground that hadn't been stained with demon Qi, and also casually killed them.

Including the few ant nests behind the mountain, he also waved his hand to collapse them, and even crushed a group of small fish swimming in the nearby stream.

At the same time, he manipulated the sand and soil to fill in both ends of the stream, cutting off the activity of this water source.

Without a water source, wild beasts wouldn't gather here, and their survival rate would be greatly reduced.

After doing these things, Li Hao checked one last time, confirming that no life had been missed, before lifting his feet to leave, his figure disappearing into the night.

One hour later.

Li Hao appeared in another mountain hill basin.

This was the lair of that Six-Tusked Burrowing Pig, and a small patrolling demon was wandering on the mountain peak outside the basin.

Li Hao casually picked up a weed and pierced through its brow ten miles away.

The patrolling flag in the small demon's hand also fell down accordingly.

Li Hao walked straight into this basin, and the foul stench of excrement and urine rushing toward his face made him frown slightly, and he immediately held his breath, rushing into it quickly.

Not long after, in the stench inside the basin, there was a rich bloody smell mixed in.

Li Hao's figure rushed out from inside, covering his nose and leaving quickly.

The place where this pig demon was located was truly enough to stink a person to death...

This pig demon knew how to enjoy itself; besides seven or eight sow demons in the lair, there were also two leopard demons and a sparrow demon, and its private life was quite exciting.

Traveling fast in the night, Li Hao returned to the camp.

Li Hongzhuang sat on the small mound, holding her sword in her arms, seemingly closing her eyes in light sleep.

The sound of Li Hao's returning footsteps made her eyebrows wrinkle slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes, some weariness in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it and asked: "Did you find them?"

"Yes."

Li Hao nodded.

"Was there any danger?" Li Hongzhuang asked, but after looking at Li Hao's body, she knew she was asking a redundant question.

"Almost threw up."

Li Hao said with lingering fear.

"?"

Li Hao smiled, "You rest first."

Li Hongzhuang glanced at him, didn't ask any more, closed her eyes, and slept lightly again.

Li Hao returned to the campfire. In the tent next to it, Ren Qianqian walked out and said: "Young Master, you're back."

"Not asleep yet?"

"Just fell asleep."

"Then go back to sleep."

"Then you..."

"Don't worry about me, go rest yourself." Li Hao waved his hand.

Ren Qianqian glanced at him twice, immediately knowing she couldn't help with anything, said goodnight, and returned to the tent.

Li Hao came to the campfire and sat down, looked at the night scene all around, knowing Old Man Feng was still accompanying him in the shadows, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, yearning more and more to become stronger as soon as possible. That way, the Old Master could also be a bit more relaxed.

"Add a meal tomorrow."

Li Hao muttered to himself.

"Stinking brat, you said it." A voice drifted into his ears.

Li Hao heard it and couldn't help but laugh, nodding forcefully.

Moonlight and starlight, the night sky was clear.

The figures of an old man and a young man were both covered in this night, both revealing faint smiles on their faces.

Li Hao didn't rest, but practiced the body-tempering technique he had just obtained, five in total.

But inside, only two were top-tier, even exceeding the Thousand Dragon Sacred Body of the Listening Rain Tower.

Probably only the complete Primordial Technique that Li Hao deduced could compete with it.

These two techniques were "Five Viscera Primordial Body" and "Bright Jade True Demon Technique".

With the panel input, the two techniques were also rapidly improved to the highest level.

The large amount of memory that had surged into his mind earlier was now searched out by Li Hao. He reviewed it once, and then stood in front of the extinguished campfire pile to practice.

As his body moved, his bones seemed to emit low thunder.

The Qi, blood, and bones in his body, in the practice of the technique, stimulated powerful strength, and at the same time greedily absorbed the energy between heaven and earth, filling it continuously.

Li Hao's physical body was transforming rapidly, his skin color becoming tender, smooth, and tough.

Li He stood in the shadows, watching Li Hao practice, surprise appearing in his eyes.

In these days of tracking, this was the first time he had seen this heaven-gifted young master practice.

People in the mansion said they had never seen this young master practice; he hadn't expected the other party to practice in the middle of the night.

However, just relying on this little time every day, could he practice to the level of shaking the world?

At this time, Li He suddenly saw the energy between heaven and earth surging, rapidly gathering toward the young man's body.

Li He's pupils shrank violently, revealing a look of shock.

Was this practicing, or plundering?

The energy between heaven and earth gathered like a storm, pouring into Li Hao's body like a funnel, absorbed by the Five Viscera Primordial Body technique.

Li Hao's body was rapidly forged and tempered, the organs in his body, including flesh, blood, and meridians, were all condensing.

Bursts of terrifying strength radiated from Li Hao's body, and his physical strength was growing significantly.

Such a commotion made Li Hongzhuang in the distance also couldn't help but open her eyes slightly, looking over sideways.

Along with finishing a set of techniques, Li Hao felt his whole body's strength increase a lot, the Qi in his body became more abundant, and his physical body was as tough as beast skin.

He then continued to practice the second time, the third time.

With practice time after time, by the ninth time, the improvement brought by this technique gradually saturated. ===== CHAPTER 132 =====