Chapter 135: They have all come (7K guaranteed two-in-one)

"They're here."

Li Hongzhuang's eyes were slightly stern. Although she had expected it, when the demons really arrived, her fingers gripping the sword hilt still exerted force unconsciously.

The heaven-shaking demon Qi was not concealed in the slightest, covering over like dark clouds.

Four towering figures stood outside the camp. The cold wind swept over, but dissipated within a hundred zhang of them, unable to get close.

Li Hongzhuang and Li He had solemn expressions, stepping forward one step, hiding Li Hao behind them.

Although there had been arguments, Li He would not forget his duty.

And Li Hongzhuang felt that she was Li Hao's little aunt, so protecting Li Hao was a matter of course; she couldn't let this child have an accident.

Li Hao didn't intend to rely on their protection, handed the technique in his hand to Ren Qianqian on the side, and touched the little white fox's head, signaling it not to be nervous.

Subsequently, Li Hao picked up the pig tusk sword by his feet. The massive pig tusk sword was even taller than him, like a crescent door panel.

"Two Undecaying Realm, two Indestructible Realm!"

Li Hongzhuang sensed the unmasked demon Qi emitted by these four demons and detected their realms. Among them, there were two she had fought before, and they had also come to attack the camp.

"Li He, can you deal with one Undecaying Realm?" Li Hongzhuang asked.

Li He was only in the Indestructible Realm and had not reached Undecaying, but he practiced the Li Clan's top-tier techniques, and his True Qi was condensed with many resources, so his cultivation was slightly higher than demons of the same realm, unless it was a demon creature with a background, which would make him wary.

"I can delay one, but killing it is a bit difficult." Li He said solemnly.

"Okay."

Li Hongzhuang glanced at Li Hao who walked to her side: "I and Li He will attract the two Undecaying Realm ones away. You try your best to delay, and when I kill one, I will come to reinforce you. Also, be careful, there might be an ambush in the shadows!"

"There are two in ambush in the shadows."

Li Hao said, his words shocking.

Black Qi permeated his eyes. Since practicing the Bright Jade True Demon Technique, this body-tempering technique had tempered his whole body, and also incidentally condensed his eyes. His pupils contained black fiendish Qi, able to see through some mist demon arts, and also able to lock onto some hidden figures by fiendish Qi.

Hearing Li Hao's words, the two were stunned, and then their expressions changed drastically.

Six demons?

In that case, they couldn't disperse, otherwise, they would be broken one by one.

Li Hongzhuang looked back, glancing at the graveyard in the distance, sorrow emerging in her eyes.

She had long expected that such a day would come, but she hadn't expected it to come so quickly.

She couldn't... stay here to accompany her brothers anymore.

"Prepare to retreat."

Li Hongzhuang took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "I will cover you, Li He, you look after Hao'er."

"Yes!" Li He obeyed.

"No need."

Li Hao shook his head, dragged the pig tusk sword on the ground, and walked forward, the rough edge drawing a deep straight groove on the ground: "I came to guard this city. You can leave, but I will not leave."

"Hao'er!"

Li Hongzhuang changed color, shouting in shock and anger: "What time is it, are you still sulking? Life is important!"

Li He also wanted to persuade this stubborn young master, but at this moment, the four demons outside the camp had already lost their patience and strode into the camp behind the pass.

"Hongzhuang, I came to find you last time, asking you to be my wife. You have one more chance today—are you refusing me, or are you agreeing?"

Among them, a massive, deep blue peacock crossed the pass, naturally transforming into a graceful young master while walking.

He was tall and slender, walking with a folding fan in his hand.

But the rich demon Qi behind him did not dissipate, circling and condensing above his head, vaguely presenting the phantom of the original huge peacock.

Li Hongzhuang's eyes were cold, stepping out one step: "Letting me be your wife is fine, but you first kill that ugly fellow beside you, and consider it the bride price you send!"

Beside the peacock young master was a giant frog with a massive physique, like a mountain.

This frog had a tail, coiling and swaying like a long worm scorpion hook, seemingly ready to lash out an attack at any time.

Hearing Li Hongzhuang's words, this giant frog covered in meat bumps split its mouth slightly, saying ferociously: "You are dead, I must chew you to pieces!"

Inside its frog mouth, there were sharp tusks all over, dense and countless.

The peacock young master turned his head with interest and said: "I think Hongzhuang's proposal is good. Brother Earth, why don't you suffer a little?"

"Get lost!"

The giant frog roared, the saliva it spat landing on the peacock young master, but was flicked away by him with a light wave of his sleeve.

"Don't dawdle."

Beside, another giant bull with a massive physique and black fur like long whiskers on its body said in a muffled voice: "I heard that the one who killed Chi Hu Jun was a human youth, that little one, right? He actually killed the Burrowing Pig too."

Li Hao felt the gazes of several demons all locked onto him, carrying extremely strong pressure.

But a red shadow flashed in front of him, and Li Hongzhuang's figure blocked in front of him. The slender figure wearing broken red battle armor was now like a straight spear.

"Chi Hu Jun was heavily injured by me, he just picked up the leak and grabbed military merit.

"Don't be in a hurry; none of you are getting away today."

The giant frog revealed its ferocious sharp teeth: "Wait until I break her limbs, then I'll make her your lady. With those long arms and legs, she looks hideous!"

"You're short yourself, don't say my lady looks hideous," the Kong Que Young Master said with a smile.

The giant frog glared at him angrily, but too lazy to waste more breath, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a giant shadow as red as a hot iron, flying rapidly toward the three of them.

Li Hongzhuang's pupils constricted, and she swung her sword violently.

The sword Qi struck the tongue, which was covered in twisted veins and blood vessels, actually producing the sound of metal clashing.

The giant tongue was repelled, and the frog demon suddenly leaped forward.

The explosive power of its legs was astonishing. The moment it leaped and dashed, the ground beneath it suddenly caved in and cracked, as if it had been fiercely struck by a meteorite.

The dust kicked up drifted over, but when it blew toward the peacock youth, it was blocked by a force. He swayed his folding fan slightly to cover his nose and mouth, appearing quite disgusted.

"Ten Elephant Demon Art!"

The giant frog roared, its demonic Qi condensing into the figure of a giant elephant, its mountain-like body attacking with terrifying momentum.

Li Hao, Li Hongzhuang, and Li He all leaped up, not daring to take this brute force head-on.

【Fishing Experience +412】

A panel notification appeared before his eyes.

Li Hao was not surprised.

The giant frog that had charged over had touched the hidden line he had left in place.

This was a fishing line condensed from energy; in other words, it had entered the fishing process. It was still in the tugging stage and hadn't been hooked yet, but there was already experience feedback.

In fishing, besides hooking, even if the prey escapes, a certain amount of fishing experience is given based on the prey's cultivation and situation.

The giant frog was currently in a state of having just been snagged.

Even so, there was already over four hundred experience points. One can imagine what a massive amount of experience it would be if he could directly fish up a Three Imperishable Realm great demon!

Li Hao's eyes lit up slightly.

At the same time, the giant frog also sensed that its forelimbs had touched a mass of scattered line force. This force quickly wrapped around its forelimbs; it was some kind of special attack.

It interpreted it as a strange technique of the human race.

"Roar!!"

The giant frog surged with energy and roared at the three people in mid-air. The terrifying sound wave struck rapidly, shaking Li Hongzhuang and Li He until blood surged to their faces, their internal Qi and blood churning, feeling extremely uncomfortable and painful.

Li Hao, however, suddenly had the Great Dao enter his heart, a moment of sudden inspiration.

His Level Three Dao Realm in musical rhythm gave him a deep understanding of sound. At this moment, under this ear-piercing sonic boom, he suddenly surged his body's major meridians, using all eighty-four thousand pores of his body as apertures, and let out a roar! Roar!!

This roar was like a fierce tiger or a true dragon, and also like the wind of heaven and earth passing through his body, like the ultimate sound of life erupting! The roaring frog croak was actually torn apart, its sound waves impacted and destroyed by Li Hao's roar, and in the blink of an eye, it was drowned out!

The giant frog, which had intended to take advantage of the sonic vibration to launch a follow-up attack, was caught off guard by Li Hao's roar and was stunned for a moment.

Li Hongzhuang and Li He both reacted, their hearts filled with shock. Fortunately, Li Hao had mastered this sound technique and interrupted the giant frog in time; otherwise, if they had been attacked continuously by the opponent, they would likely have been injured.

One must know that, besides those in the open, there were five other demons lurking in the shadows! "Seeking death!"

Killing intent erupted in the eyes of Li Hongzhuang and Li He as they launched their attacks.

At this moment, the giant frog was essentially deep in enemy territory, acting as the vanguard to test them, so they could not show mercy.

Li Hao also swung his sword, the sword light pouring down like a great avalanche.

The sky full of goose-feather snow instantly became like a collapsing snow mountain, suddenly accelerating its descent, whistling as it swept toward the giant frog's mouth.

Clanging sharp sounds rang out in its mouth; that was the sword Qi striking its full mouth of fangs, emitting a metallic sound.

There were a few tiny sword wounds on the soft flesh inside its oral cavity.

If this sword had been used against a Heavenly Human Realm demon, it would have been torn to shreds on the spot, but the giant frog was at the peak of the Indestructible Realm, its flesh and blood like steel, so it was only slightly injured.

Li Hao had the experience of fighting a Three Imperishable Realm demon yesterday. Seeing that he had only caused this much damage, he was secretly shocked. The weak spot on this giant frog did not seem to be its oral cavity.

The soft flesh inside its mouth, which looked tender, was likely tougher than the outer skin of some Three Imperishable demons!

After swinging his sword, he took advantage of the gap in Li Hongzhuang and Li He's attacks to quickly retract the fishing line.

With Level Five in the Fishing Dao, he had mastered many fishing techniques. The hidden line was one he had mastered long ago, and now it had reached a more profound level. This giant frog, despite being in the Three Imperishable Realm, had not been able to detect his fishing line at the first moment.

At this moment, the energy-condensed fishing line, like a divine iron chain, wrapped around its forelimbs, continuously extending and winding toward its mouth, eyes, and other parts.

The front end of the fishing line condensed with energy, transforming into a ferocious, curved explosive hook.

This hook was not a single hook, but like a dozen fishhooks pieced and welded together. Once embedded in flesh and blood, it would inevitably tear away a large chunk!

Li Hao remembered what the Second Master had once said: even a Three Imperishable Realm cultivator could be reeled in like a common fish by him.

He just hadn't expected that, only a few years later, he himself would be able to fish for Three Imperishables!

"What is this thing!"

The giant frog was furious. It could feel its forelimbs being wrapped by an extremely thin line. This line was sharper than a sword, causing it pain.

Moreover, it was difficult to see with the naked eye; it could only see an extremely blurry, transparent shadow, and even its aura was hard to capture! But the most bizarre thing was that this thing was now climbing and wrapping around its body like a spirit snake. It felt a trace of fear inexplicably in its heart! "My lady, come to me."

Li Hongzhuang was about to swing her sword at the giant frog, but the Kong Que Young Master flickered and blocked her path. The folding fan in his hand moved, revealing itself to be a divine weapon, sparking as it rubbed against the sword edge.

Cold light flared in Li Hongzhuang's eyes as she launched a full-speed, frenzied attack against him.

The Kong Que Young Master still wanted to tease her a few times, but he was forced into silence by Li Hongzhuang's frenzied assault, retreating step by step, his expression turning solemn.

On the other side, the ground shook, and that huge ox demon also charged over with its hooves.

It was another Indestructible Realm demon. At this moment, purple demonic mist radiated from its horns as it rammed toward Li He.

But not long after it charged out, its front hooves seemed to kick something, and it nearly stumbled.

"Hmm?"

A shallow bloodstain appeared on its front hoof.

The ox demon lowered its head to look, feeling somewhat annoyed. It scanned its surroundings, but didn't see what had just obstructed it; it was extremely bizarre.

Remembering the Dragon Lord's instructions, it didn't dare to be careless. Suddenly, its whole body was shrouded in black light, triggering a massive earthquake as earth-peak-like spikes shot out and swept away.

The ground cracked, and the remaining tents in the camp were torn apart by the suddenly erupted earth peaks, extending all the way out.

Li Hao sensed that the other fishing line he had just set up had been snapped, but he didn't care. He couldn't fish for two Three Imperishable great demons at the same time. He hadn't used much power on that line, and at this moment, all his focus was on the giant frog before him.

He manipulated the fishhook, crawling upward like a rolling thorn, pricking blood points on the surface of the giant frog's skin, all the way to its eyeball. The giant frog noticed the fishhook and saw the half-meter-wide, sharp, curved hook. It felt both shocked and furious in its heart. What kind of attack method was this? It felt as if some extremely distant, sealed memory from thousands of years ago was surging into its mind.

Back then, it was just a small frog in a swamp, nearly fished away by a young man who looked like a scholar.

"Bastard!!"

The giant frog roared. Dead memories were attacking it. Now that it had cultivated to the Three Imperishable Realm, how long had it been since it had seen such a thing?

Was there actually someone who dared to try and fish for it?

It was no longer the small swamp frog of the past!! The giant frog leaped up violently, its demonic power pushing out like a skin-scraping force, throwing the fishhook away.

The fishhook was not as easy to hide as the fishing line. Li Hao's expression was slightly solemn; the fishhook being thrown away was within his expectations, as this already counted as hard fishing.

It was normal for the prey not to bite.

"Didn't package it well."

Li Hao immediately realized his mistake. The fishhook had been revealed too quickly; he should have disguised it as something else.

Thinking of this, his heart stirred, and he took many demon corpses and swung them toward the giant frog.

These demon corpses were left over from yesterday, some weighing dozens of tons, but with his True Qi power, they were still easy to manipulate.

When throwing them, Li Hao condensed the True Qi-transformed fishhook into the shape of a flying needle, mixing it into the demon corpses, preparing to take root in its body first.

"You little brat."

The voice of Old Man Feng reached Li Hao's ears.

Feng Feng Bo Ping had been watching from the side. Seeing that Li Hao actually had the leisure to play with fishing in such a tense battle, and that the target was a Three Imperishable, he was somewhat stunned and laughed.

This little mouse had a bigger heart for fishing than he did! However, Li Hao's actions also made him feel a bit itchy to join in.

Hearing Old Man Feng's words, Li Hao smiled. He could have this leisure mainly because Old Man Feng was there to guard the formation.

With a swoosh, the fishhook, transformed into the shape of a flying needle, followed the demon corpse and pierced into the giant frog's body, but it only pierced in a few dozen centimeters. Given the giant frog's size, it could only be considered embedded in its fur.

Although his technique for condensing the hook had the blessing of the Level Five Fishing Dao, he was, after all, only in the Heavenly Human Realm. Being able to condense the fishing line to a degree where it wouldn't be easily snapped was already quite difficult.

"Die for me!!"

The giant frog sensed the foreign object piercing its skin and felt shocked and angry. It suddenly spat out a large amount of rotting matter, emitting a pungent odor and acid rot. When it landed on the ground, it actually scorched the earth black, as if the gravel had been melted by high temperatures.

Li He wanted to provide reinforcements, but he was blocked by the earth peaks on the ground. The successive attacks of the earth peaks left him unable to dodge in time, his expression changing drastically.

At the same time, the fourth demon also made its move. It was a huge dried corpse, with countless maggots and black, multi-legged centipede-like strange insects crawling all over it, moving back and forth through the rotting holes in its body.

At this moment, it raised its hand and waved, releasing waves of vengeful spirits from its body, which flew toward the center of the field.

Li He swung his sword to strike, but the sword edge passed through the vengeful spirits as if cutting through empty air.

The vengeful spirits pounced on him and began to gnaw, and even his armor couldn't resist them.

Li He was horrified, knowing this was an extremely powerful soul attack. He quickly sacrificed his soul, condensing his divine power into flames to cover his sword, and swung again, only then tearing some of the vengeful spirits to shreds.

But the number of vengeful spirits seemed endless, continuously flying out from the huge dried corpse demon, leaving him overwhelmed.

The joint attack of the two great demons soon forced him into a dangerous situation.

At this moment, the two demons lurking in the shadows suddenly made their move.

One suddenly attacked Li He like a leopard, its movement extremely fast.

When Li He sensed the sound of breaking air, his pupils constricted and he turned his head in horror, only to see a ferocious, bloody mouth swallowing toward him, intending to bite him in one gulp! Just as Li He's blood turned cold and solidified, the giant mouth that had pounced before his eyes suddenly hit something, and its body was pulled violently upward in a bizarre posture.

It was as if a rope had grabbed its head and suddenly flung it into mid-air.

This wolf-like demon had a look of horror in its eyes. It looked up and saw a figure sitting quietly amidst the clouds and mist high above.

Sitting amidst the clouds, leisurely fishing for all things.

"Hooked!"

Feng Feng Bo Ping let out a light laugh. This feeling of fishing for demons was much more satisfying to him than killing them directly.

With the opponent's strength, he could kill it with a casual slap, which gave him no sense of achievement.

But burying the fishhook behind Li He beforehand and walking a few steps ahead, yet the opponent still walked right into the trap—this was simply too satisfying! Killing demons is not difficult; playing with these demon creatures in the palm of one's hand, calculating and pitting wits against them, is truly satisfying! This is the feeling Feng Feng Bo Ping loves, and it is also his greatest entertainment during his leisure time.

At this moment, the giant wolf was pulled toward the high sky and struggled desperately to break free.

But how could Feng Feng Bo Ping let it break free so easily? That kid was still watching from the side; if he let it break free, he would be laughed at by this brat for a lifetime.

Feng Feng Bo Ping didn't pull violently, but instead fed the line out gently, while simultaneously extending the fishhook to pierce deeper into the opponent's body. The soul power extending from the hook locked the opponent's soul firmly within its body, making it unable to break free.

"Rise for me!"

Feng Feng Bo Ping gave a light shout, his fingers moved, and the fishing line extending from his fingertips retracted rapidly. The giant wolf demon was pulled directly to the clouds by him.

The internal organs of the demon were almost torn apart by the fishhook. It felt as if the hook was embedded in its meridians and bones throughout its body; its body felt as if it were being supported on a barbecue grill, unable to break free.

It was terrified and in extreme pain, looking at the old man on the clouds before it, its heart and gallbladder shattered.

"Se, Senior, spare my life!"

It begged, its whole body trembling and shivering. Although it had anticipated that the human side might have an ambush, otherwise how would they dare to kill Chi Hu Jun.

But it hadn't expected the ambush to be an old guy in the Four Standing Realm.

"We fishermen never return empty-handed. Since the hook is out, it must catch something."

Old Man Feng said with a calm smile.

The giant wolf didn't understand, but that didn't stop it from being afraid, its whole body trembling and shivering.

At the same time, the several demons fighting fiercely below also noticed the giant wolf being pulled into the sky. When they looked closely, their expressions changed in horror.

The tiny figure sitting there was like a star, making them feel as heavy as if they were carrying a hundred thousand mountains on their backs.

"Fo, Four Standing Realm..."

Several demons were terrified, their eyes filled with deep fear.

The ox demon hurriedly turned and fled.

The giant frog also let out a strange cry, roaring, "Despicable!"

While speaking, it was also struggling desperately, leaping toward the distance, trying to escape with its life.

But Li Hao, seeing Old Man Feng make his move, had anticipated the giant frog's actions in advance and had buried lines and hooks along its path of escape.

In its panic, the giant frog didn't notice Li Hao's movements at all. It had only leaped halfway when it was pierced by the hook. The huge impact force drove the fishhook directly deep into its belly.

Joy appeared in Li Hao's eyes. He quickly split the fishhook, taking root inside its belly like a spread-out claw, firmly grasping its internal organs and flesh.

Swoosh! The huge force transmitted from the fishing line caused Li Hao's body to be pulled forward involuntarily.

Carried along for hundreds of meters, Li Hao finally stabilized his body. His major meridians erupted, and he unleashed the Seven Star Lighting the Lamp characteristic, his technique operating at high speed seven times, with the eighth time seeing a surge in power.

He pulled the fishing line violently, intending to keep the giant frog, to fish and kill it!

"It hurts!"

The giant frog screamed, terrified beyond measure. The old man's figure above its head was like a judge from the underworld, making it feel a thick aura of death. It was both angry and panicked at the bizarre means hindering its escape.

It spat along the fishing line, and the rotting venom touched it, wanting to corrode it.

Li Hao, however, shot out several other fishing lines simultaneously. Although these lines were thin, they consumed a great deal of True Power to condense, and he couldn't condense too many or too long lines.

Just as he was tugging, suddenly, a low dragon roar came from outside the camp.

Immediately following, a hurricane-like force swept over, like blades formed from chaotic, wild winds.

Feng Feng Bo Ping, who was retracting the line, narrowed his eyes and let out a cold snort.

A certain power seemed to come from his voice, vibrating outward and resisting this murderous chill.

"I didn't expect it to be you."

A low voice came from a distant place outside the camp.

Hearing this voice, Li Hongzhuang's face turned pale. That Dragon Lord had actually come too!

Just for the death of a mount, that Dragon Lord had actually traveled thousands of miles and was hiding in the shadows.

The next moment, Li Hongzhuang realized the reason. The opponent likely felt that since they dared to kill Chi Hu Jun, they might have some reliance, which was why he had come to take a look.

Reliance... Li Hongzhuang looked up toward the clouds, where a gray-robed figure sat, dressed simply, with an unclear face.

She couldn't recognize who it was, but she knew the opponent was in the Four Standing Realm! There had actually been a Four Standing Realm powerhouse secretly protecting them all along! Li Hongzhuang had guarded this place for many years and had nearly died many times without any Four Standing Realm expert intervening. Clearly, this senior had come following Li Hao, who was by their side.

Was it someone sent by the Seventh Brother?

But hadn't the Seventh Brother sent Li He?

While thoughts surged in Li Hongzhuang's mind, the several demons before her took the opportunity of the Dragon Lord's move to flee rapidly, running out of the camp in the blink of an eye.

Only that giant frog, held by Li Hao's fishing line, was unable to escape for the moment.

Seeing its peers running away, its eyes became bloodshot with anxiety, and it let out bursts of roars.

"Daring to invade the realm, do you want to die?"

From the clouds, Feng Feng Bo Ping's voice came out coldly.

"I didn't invade the realm; I just came to teach a few disobedient children a lesson. You and I..." the low-voiced speaker said.

But before he could finish, he stopped abruptly, as if interrupted.

With a bang, the ground shook violently, like a magnitude-ten earthquake, the earth moving and mountains shaking.

Immediately following, an angry dragon roar came from afar:

"You are also a demon, yet you are working for the human race!"

With a hum.

The azure sword light was a thousand feet high; even from a hundred miles away, one could see that sword Qi rushing into the sky!

The sword Qi slashed vertically, as if to cut the earth in two.

The surrounding forest seemed to have been slashed into an extremely long gully.

Immediately following, water waves appeared from the air, washing down like a waterfall.

Roar! In the river-like waterfall of water, a dragon roar was emitted, shaking Li Hao, Li Hongzhuang, and the others, who were a hundred miles away, slightly in their hearts.

After this dragon roar, a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering tremor came from afar. The ground seemed to have been struck again, and the gravel at the feet of Li Hao and the others bounced.

Afterward, everything returned to calm.

But before a few breaths had passed, two screams rang out one after another, but they stopped abruptly as soon as they were emitted.

In the mountain forest outside the camp, it was silent, with an inexplicable deathly stillness.

Li Hao, Li Hongzhuang, and the others all had solemn expressions as they looked at the long road outside the pass.

Not long after, a figure walked over slowly from there.

She had a slender figure, a long dress that flowed with light like water, and a head of azure hair drifting like a waterfall. Just her hair color alone was not like that of the human race.

Not to mention, she also had a pair of clear, azure eyes like a bright stream, reflecting all living beings.

Behind this graceful and slender woman were two chains formed from deep blue water, and at the two ends of the chains were two giant beast figures, which were none other than the ox demon and the peacock that had fled earlier.

At this moment, only a faint, weak vitality remained in the peacock's eyes, and it was on the verge of death.

Its chest was pierced, with a huge bloody hole, and its fanned-out tail was also drooping and retracted, dragging on the ground.

(End of chapter)