Chapter 158

"How dare you, you're courting death!!"

Just as Li Hao's sword light flew out, a voice of rage suddenly came from the void.

Immediately following, a sound of breaking air arrived suddenly; it was a brilliant, golden flying feather.

This feather shot through the void, appearing extremely abruptly and moving as fast as lightning.

By the time Li Hao saw it, it was already about to pierce his eyeball, right before his face.

He couldn't block it!

Li Hao's pupils constricted, and his blood felt as if it were freezing. In that instant, death loomed, and he had never felt such a shadow so clearly.

But in a flash, the flying feather disappeared.

An aged palm, moving with a motion that seemed extremely slow and gentle like scooping the moon from the sea, actually caught the feather in an instant, leaving behind trails of afterimages.

A figure appeared before Li Hao, dressed in a simple gray robe with an ordinary, worn wooden hairpin in his hair, but his back was straight—it was Feng Feng Bo Ping, who had been following in the shadows.

Li Hao snapped to his senses, his expression changing drastically as he looked forward. He saw a figure like a ghost, appearing out of nowhere above the Little Demon King's head, dressed in black with cold, icy rage in his eyes.

"A Demon King crossing the border—you really don't want to live anymore."

Feng Feng Bo Ping looked at the other party calmly, his hand clenching, and the flying feather, which had been flowing with divine light, dimmed and shattered in his palm.

"Uncle Gao."

The Wanshan Little Demon King also reacted and hurriedly called out to the man in black.

"Since I have made my move, all of you must die!"

The man in black had murderous intent in his eyes, his body radiating a heaven-engulfing demonic might that darkened the entire sky.

Li Hao felt this surging demonic aura, and his heart began to beat uncontrollably; the opponent was actually a Demon King!

Listening to the Little Demon King's call, it seemed he wasn't the Wanshan Demon King, but another one.

"I'm afraid that might be a bit difficult."

Feng Feng Bo Ping's expression remained unchanged; instead, he chuckled and said.

Then, with his hands behind his back, he didn't look back and said to Li Hao, "Little Haozi, I'll leave this to you. Can you hold on for a quarter of an hour?"

"No problem."

Li Hao said in a deep voice.

Old Feng hadn't shown himself before, likely because he had secretly sensed this Demon King.

There shouldn't be a second Demon King here, so there was no need to hide anymore.

Opposite them, the man in black also knew Feng Feng Bo Ping's thoughts; they couldn't fight here, or else they would only end up hurting each other's protected ones, leading to mutual destruction. He was also worried about the Little Demon King being swatted to death.

"What are you still playing around for? Hurry up and finish this, protect the Young Tianren Zongshi!"

The man in black sent a cold telepathic message.

The dragon demon, who was fighting Li He, saw him appear, his expression changing drastically, his whole body trembling slightly as he hurriedly replied, "Yes!"

The other bull demon also shuddered in fear and responded quickly as well.

"Then let's see who dies first in a quarter of an hour!"

After the man in black finished his secret instructions, he said coldly to Feng Feng Bo Ping.

The two looked at each other, and then their bodies suddenly disappeared, leaving no trace to follow.

But the massive demonic aura shrouding the sky did not dissipate; instead, it became even more intense, thick as ink.

"Bastard, you deserve to die!!"

The Wanshan Little Demon King looked up at the man in black leaving, and when he looked back at Li Hao, his expression was furious to the point of being hideous.

He hadn't used his true power before, which led to him nearly being severely injured by Li Hao, and consequently forced Uncle Gao, who was following in the shadows, to make a move.

But once Uncle Gao made a move, it meant he would be placed on the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty's Demon King Must-Kill List, and the top Four Standing Realm experts of the Emperor Da Yu Divine Dynasty would be sent to suppress him. Unless he hid in the Great Desolate Heaven, there was no way to escape.

Because of his own negligence and contempt, Uncle Gao would now have to live a life of hiding, and the Wanshan Little Demon King was completely enraged.

His fur trembled, and from his chest to his arms, crimson, flame-like veins emerged. This was an extremely powerful demonic body-refining technique he had obtained from a fragment of an ancient slip.

It was precisely this body-refining technique that made his physical body like divine iron, indestructible. Among the Three Imperishable Realm cultivators of the same level, very few could injure him, yet today he had been slashed by a human little Tianren Zongshi!

"I want you dead!!"

He roared and finally drew the blade from his back.

This blade had originally been extremely small, hidden in his fur, but now it absorbed divine power and swelled in the wind, turning into a giant golden blade dozens of meters long. The wild wind stirred up by the blade surface alone was enough to overturn houses and split the earth!

Rumble~~!

His great blade swung over, hacking down at Li Hao's head, the blade technique containing his Tianren Zongshi martial realm and the power of wind and thunder!

Under the massive blade, Li Hao was like a tiny black ant, but deep light flickered in his eyes. He hadn't gained nothing from the previous Tianren Zongshi Dao discussion; while fighting the Grandmasters of the world, he had also absorbed their martial realms, deepening his understanding of all things by one step.

Sword intent rises with the wind!

Facing this explosive and fierce blade like wind and thunder, Li Hao's sword light was like a wisp of clear breeze, and he himself turned into a fluttering butterfly, dodging nimbly under the blowing blade wind.

Then, like a galloping lightning bolt, he passed the great blade, his sword light like a thunderbolt, thrusting toward the Wanshan Little Demon King's eyes.

"My Wind-Thunder Dao!"

The Wanshan Little Demon King recognized the intent contained in Li Hao's sword. His pupils constricted, revealing shock and anger: "How is it possible that you know it too?!"

Just as the sword light was about to pierce his eyeball, a gray bone fragment suddenly flew out, emitting a hazy gray mist and blocking the sword light.

The bone fragment was knocked away but didn't shatter, yet Li Hao himself was impacted. It was this brief pause that allowed the Wanshan Little Demon King to hurriedly dodge.

He didn't have time to retrieve the knocked-away bone fragment. This was a fragment of a skull from an extremely terrifying Demon King, polished by his father into a precious tool for his self-defense. He hadn't expected it to actually block a dangerous strike at this moment.

His face was full of shame and anger, his eyes crimson.

"Lion Heart Nine Turns!!"

He roared as he unleashed a secret technique, his aura surging once again. At the same time, he swung his blade at Li Hao again, the blade burning with flame-like illusions—he had actually cultivated a blade technique to the level of the True State!

Li Hao's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly dodged, unleashing the movement attributes of the Thousand Mountain Bird Flight Map and the Snow Mountain Spirit Fox Map. His figure became nimble, his speed was enhanced, and combined with the movement technique infused with his martial realm, he drifted away like a gust of clear wind from the roaring great blade.

The Wanshan Little Demon King roared and chased after him, swinging repeatedly, but Li Hao just kept dodging, temporarily avoiding the sharp edge.

Perhaps because this blade technique consumed a great deal of energy, before long, the Wanshan Little Demon King was panting like an ox. He seemed to see through Li Hao's plan, his eyes hideous:

"You think you can wear me out? Don't forget, I am in the Unfading Realm!"

He unleashed the power of the Unfading Realm, and the wounds on his arms healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, his aura immediately stabilized.

He stimulated his flesh and blood again, unleashing Lion Heart Nine Turns, while his protective divine might turned into flames, attaching to the blade as he charged madly at Li Hao.

Supported by a continuous stream of power, his offensive was even more fierce and brutal than before, and with every stomp of his feet, the ground cracked into deep pits.

But Li Hao, who had been retreating all along, stopped at this moment.

The things he had just been pondering had found a thread of thought during this brief dodging.

The sea has no bounds, the sky is the peak.

A new move born from this sword, Li Hao named it the Sky Peak Sword.

The power of this sword is equivalent to "The Other Shore," but they are two different approaches. "The Other Shore" can cut through spatial distance, achieving extreme speed and the ability to ambush.

And the Sky Peak Sword is extreme power, condensing the surging sword intent of the sea into a single absolute peak.

But this still wasn't what Li Hao had just been thinking about.

He had just been trying to combine "The Other Shore," the Sky Peak Sword, and the Tan Palace's supreme art, the Taiji Qiankun Sword.

Yin-Yang, Death, Absolute Kill!

Three supreme arts, combined under Li Hao's contemplation, stripping away their respective branches to form a new supreme sword technique.

Li Hao called it "Reincarnation."

Looking at the Wanshan Little Demon King charging over with a roar, Li Hao took a light, deep breath, the power of his great meridians once again running to the limit, and the Seven-Star Pointing Lamp characteristic was released for the second time.

Having released it once before, his physical energy should have been exhausted, but after cultivating two demonic body-refining techniques, his physique had been greatly enhanced, allowing him to support himself to unleash it again for a short time!

As the technique ran rapidly, power surged and increased within his body, and the object-manipulation power integrated into the Heaven and Earth Dharma Image was also added to Li Hao himself.

Physical strength, energy, and divine power all reached their peak at this moment.

Hum!

The Long Xiao Sword trembled, and the dragon shape coiled around the sword body seemed to feel its master's intent, letting out a cold and low hiss.

Li Hao stepped out abruptly, and the sword light flashed suddenly, as if cutting through the dark night in the long sky.

The arc of the sword light's rotation was like a full moon, and also like a door of death!

The massive golden blade swung by the Wanshan Little Demon King had its trajectory changed under this vortex-like sword light, and the divine flame on it was completely worn away.

As the blade was flung away, the arc of the sword shadow pushed out, rolling along his arm. In an instant, countless fur and flesh bloomed and cracked, turning into fragments.

This arc of sword shadow rolled straight toward the Wanshan Little Demon King's head.

His pupils constricted, revealing shock, horror, and a trace of terror.

"Young Tianren Zongshi!!"

Not far away, the dragon demon let out a heaven-shaking roar, his soul suddenly burning like a scorching flame. He lunged over at a speed beyond imagination, knocking the Wanshan Little Demon King's body away, while his own soul collided with the arc of sword shadow.

With a bang, his soul suddenly crumbled inch by inch, and his hundred-zhang dragon body broke into several segments, melting away like ice and snow.

"Young Tianren Zongshi, run..."

The dragon demon in the distance, his eyes unfocused, let out a mournful and weak call.

Then, his body was seized by Li He and the Helian family's Three Imperishable Realm cultivator, who quickly slashed off his head. The massive dragon head rolled down, and blood sprayed and splashed all around.

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The Wanshan Little Demon King, who had fallen in the distance, was stunned. The blood sprayed from the dragon's neck splashed onto him, scorching and hot.

That was Uncle Dragon's blood...

"Young Tianren Zongshi... run..."

At the end of his melting soul, a trace of a weak voice remained, before finally dissipating between heaven and earth, completely extinguished.

The Wanshan Little Demon King's blood felt as if it had frozen, and he was somewhat lost.

With hundreds of years of cultivation, under his father's protection, he was naturally intelligent, his cultivation extremely smooth, breaking through realms all the way!

Born with the physique of a perfected Zhou Tian Realm.

Then Ji Hun, Shenyou, stepping into Fifteen-Li!

It only took ten years in total!

Among demons, this was considered the top genius.

Then he spent another sixty years stepping into the Heavenly Human Realm.

Another hundred years later, he stepped into the Three Imperishable Realms.

When he cultivated to the second level of the Three Imperishable Realms, the Indestructible Realm, he came out of the mountains, bringing Uncle Dragon and the bull demon to fight everywhere on the Liangzhou border.

First, he beat the Three Imperishable Realm demons of other mountains into submission and incorporated them under his command.

Conquering one mountain after another, he was infinitely glorious and high-spirited!

Finally, when he stepped into the Unfading Realm a hundred years ago, he turned his gaze toward Liangzhou, looking at this place that demons regarded as untouchable.

He ignited his ambition, wanting to conquer, wanting to devour.

After decades of repeated attacks on the border and success after success, his courage grew, and this time, invading the hinterland of Liangzhou was because he received other news, and combined with his own boldness, he dared to come here.

He thought everything was going smoothly, but at this moment, he felt a strange sensation.

It was the feeling of death, it was fear, it was trembling!

"Young Tianren Zongshi!!"

A heaven-shaking roar came from the distance, carrying an urgent call.

The Wanshan Little Demon King came back to his senses, his pupils constricting; he had actually been lost in thought just now.

He looked up and saw the human little Tianren Zongshi attacking again. On that long sword, he was once again wielding an arc of sword shadow, as if opening a door made of swords in the darkness.

The Wanshan Little Demon King sobered up. Although he was full of anger, he valued his life more.

He knew that with his aptitude, he would surely become a Great Demon King in the future, completely capable of surpassing his father.

At that time, he would have hope of reaching out and touching that unreachable peak.

He couldn't die!

He couldn't die here!

The Wanshan Little Demon King roared suddenly, unleashing a Lion Heart Roar technique. The sound wave impacted, but its effect on the arc of sword shadow was minimal.

His body no longer maintained its semi-human form, turning into a complete lion state, with two wings stretching out from his back—this was his mother's bloodline power.

But the wings were a bit small, only able to add to his speed. At this moment, he rushed toward the city gate not far away at full speed, choosing to flee.

His heart was filled with grief and indignation. Having fought for hundreds of years and subdued one mountain after another, when had he ever been so wretched!

Li Hao raised his eyebrows slightly. Seeing the other party's previous roaring and angry appearance, threatening to kill him, he seemed to have a backbone of steel, yet he had actually turned and run.

He had thought the other party would continue to be stubborn and attack.

Sure enough, demons cannot be trusted lightly.

Li Hao paused slightly, then quickly chased after him. At the same time, the Long Xiao Sword left his hand, moving through object-manipulation, slashing out at extreme speed.

"Go to hell!!"

In the distance, the bull demon roared, suddenly knocking aside the Three Imperishable Realm cultivator and rushing toward Li Hao, releasing countless flying needles made of ox hair, shooting toward the Long Xiao Sword.

The Long Xiao Sword was extremely sharp, easily cutting these ox hairs, but under the continuous barrage of ox hair, like raindrops hitting, it was still somewhat affected.

"Die!"

The bull demon arched forward suddenly, seemingly possessing the power to move mountains. Li Hao felt a sharp aura piercing toward him. He frowned slightly, recalled the Long Xiao Sword, and slashed out another "Reincarnation."

The sword light rotated like a vortex, grinding away that sharp aura completely, and then collided with the bull demon's head.

The bull demon roared, his whole body burning with crimson flame-like light; he had actually chosen to burn his soul.

He raised his ox hoof and stomped fiercely down at the sword light.

But the sharpness of the sword light exceeded his imagination. He was in the Indestructible Realm, his physical body extremely solid, but compared to the Wanshan Little Demon King, he was much worse. Under the tearing of the Long Xiao sword energy, the ox hoof was quickly severed, like tofu, seemingly without any resistance.

The ox hoof flew off, and the sword light continued to cut across, splitting half of his body open.

The bull demon opened his eyes wide, looking at the youth before him in disbelief. This was only the Tianren Zongshi Realm?

His body collapsed, but he let out a deafening roar, the sound wave causing nearby houses to explode.

His soul detached from his body, burning with flames, and he unleashed the demonic supreme art he had created, charging over like a giant mountain.

Li Hao raised his sword and slashed straight down.

The dragon soul on the Long Xiao Sword flew out, coiling around and suddenly biting the bull demon's soul head, pressing it to the ground, before the sword light slashed down, and the soul suddenly dimmed.

"Young Tianren Zongshi..."

The bull demon's eyes, as he lay on the ground, only reflected the giant lion fleeing madly into the distance, filled with grief and despair: "Uncle Black is incompetent..."

Flames swept over, and the divine might on the Long Xiao Sword spread, burning and erasing his soul.

The middle-aged Three Imperishable Realm cultivator who had been fighting the bull demon rushed over, stunned for a moment upon seeing this, his expression changing slightly as he looked at Li Hao.

He naturally knew the identity of this youth, but he couldn't imagine how this fourteen-year-old Li family lad could be so strong.

Li Hao didn't look at him, but instead held his sword and chased straight after the Wanshan Little Demon King in the distance.

Letting a lion return to the mountains leaves endless trouble.

Just as he chased out, the ground began to shake.

Li Hao's expression changed slightly, his soul flying out from the top of his head and hovering above the city of Dayue, where he saw the demon tide that had been a hundred miles away now already rushing over.

And on the city walls everywhere, there were the figures of the Grandmasters who had been discussing the Dao earlier. They had already climbed the city walls and, together with the city garrison, were preparing to meet this demon tide.

The Three Imperishable Realm cultivator also noticed this, his expression changing slightly as he rushed over quickly.

Within that demon tide, there were also Three Imperishable Realm great demons; relying only on those Grandmasters would be difficult to resist.

Li Hao just took one look, then chased after the Wanshan Little Demon King again, the Long Xiao Sword leaving his hand to pursue and slaughter.

The Wanshan Little Demon King swatted out a palm, which was shattered by Long Xiao. His heart was filled with grief and indignation, but he didn't dare to look back, feeling for the first time that a quarter of an hour was so long—Uncle Gao hadn't returned yet!

The city gate was right before his eyes. The Wanshan Little Demon King had already seen the demon army outside the city. As long as he could join the army, he could restrain his aura and hide among them, making it difficult to be tracked.

But just at this moment, a chilling aura of death came from behind.

The Wanshan Little Demon King turned his head suddenly and saw that brilliant arc of sword shadow smashing over instantly.

His heart was filled with horror, his eyes showing terror and disbelief.

His speed was already fast enough; how could that youth's object-manipulation speed reach this level?

With a bang, the sword light slashed out, and the Wanshan Little Demon King's head burst open, brains spraying, his massive body rolling forward, destroying and crushing all the buildings and shops along the way.

The next moment, a divine light rushed out from the headless lion body, fleeing rapidly into the distance.

Long Xiao chased out like golden light, instantly splitting this divine light, and a scream was emitted.

The injured soul, now unable to care about any other thoughts, burned itself directly. The Wanshan Little Demon King was panicked and flustered, never having felt this way before. At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind: to survive.

Under the burning of his soul, his speed surged. Although this might mean his cultivation would be stunted for life, at this moment, nothing was more important than surviving.

Bang!

A sword energy suddenly extended like a ghost and slashed onto his soul.

"How is it possible..."

The Wanshan Little Demon King's consciousness trembled, on the verge of collapsing and dying. He couldn't believe it, looking back, only to see the youth in the far distance, and that famous sword also very far away from him—this should have been a range that couldn't be attacked...

But why was he attacked...

He couldn't figure it out, his thoughts dissipated, and he could no longer think.

Seeing the Wanshan Little Demon King's soul completely extinguished and dissipated, Li Hao also breathed a slight sigh of relief. He hadn't been able to catch up just now, so he had to unleash "Flying Segment."

It must be said that "Flying Segment" has excellent effects when used by surprise.

His object-manipulation attack range doubled, reaching a hundred miles!

Li Hao recalled Long Xiao and flew to the Wanshan Little Demon King's corpse, checking it carefully twice to confirm it was dead before feeling at ease.

At this time, the shaking sound outside became even more intense, and the mournful and desperate roars of demons came.

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The great demons outside the city also used their souls to spy on the battle here, and seeing this exceptionally talented Little Demon King burn his soul without being able to escape the youth's attack, they let out roars that made their eyes split with rage.

Countless demons responded accordingly. Having lost their Demon King, they didn't flee; instead, they became even more ferocious and crazy.

Li Hao's gaze flickered. These demons seemed to be a well-trained demon army, not like the kind of temporarily assembled demon groups that would scatter like loose sand once their leader was defeated.

"It seems the demon forces are even trickier than imagined."

Li Hao muttered to himself.

If the demons led by other Demon Kings were also this ferocious, as fierce as human soldiers, then if the two sides fought a great war, it would inevitably be extremely tragic.

Li Hao didn't delay any longer, raising his head. His soul stepped out from behind him and flew into the high sky, looking around. Soon, he found Shen Yunqing and the others, as well as those White Palace disciples, on a city tower.

And just as he noticed them, the demons outside the city had already swept over, and demons were already climbing the city walls at the west and north gates.

Li Hao's figure flickered, and he rushed toward where Shen Yunqing and the others were.

He glanced around the city again. Besides the bull demon, there had been Three Imperishable Realm great demons attacking elsewhere, causing great destruction, and the City Lord's Mansion had already collapsed and cracked.

However, at this moment, the great demons in the city had all rushed out of the city and joined the demon tide outside.

Li Hao's gaze swept over, but he didn't see Li Wushuang's figure. He looked at Ren Qianqian again, and seeing that she was still in the Dao discussion arena, he felt at ease.

In this kind of vast demon war, the Ji Hun Realm is no different from cannon fodder, and even the Tianren Zongshi Realm would fall in the blink of an eye.

Whoosh!

Li Hao rushed over and landed beside Shen Yunqing and the others.

Seeing Li Hao flying over, everyone was stunned, then pleasantly surprised and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You actually killed that great demon!"

Shen Yunqing's soul soared into the sky, constantly monitoring the surrounding situation. When Li Hao flew over, he looked at the previous battlefield and discovered the dead Wanshan Little Demon King, unable to help but be shocked.

That was a Three Imperishable Realm great demon, and it was said to be in the Unfading Realm!

The youth before him was only in the Heavenly Human Realm, yet he could actually kill a top Three Imperishable Realm cultivator while at a disadvantage!

The other White Palace disciples were also in the Shenyou Realm, and at this moment, their souls also soared into the sky. Following Shen Yunqing's words, they noticed the messy battlefield outside the Dao discussion platform and were all shocked.

"They're coming."

Li Hao's gaze was fixed on the demon tide ahead as he said this.

Hearing this, everyone came back to their senses, sobering up, their expressions becoming solemn and nervous.

Li Hao stared for a moment, then stepped toward the high sky outside the city.

If he waited for the demon tide to approach, in the chaotic slaughter, who knew how many soldiers would die, and Shen Yunqing and the others would be unavoidable; he couldn't take care of everyone at once.

Unless he wiped them out beforehand.

Suddenly, Li Hao thought of something. He paused his steps, then turned his head to look at the many familiar faces on the city tower.

"Tianren Zongshi Li."

Song Yueyao, Zhou Zheng, and the others were slightly stunned to see Li Hao turn back.

"I only taught you two lessons before I left Qingzhou."

Li Hao's fingers tightened slightly on the Long Xiao Sword he was holding, and he said slowly, "Now is just the right time to take this opportunity. This is the last lesson I will teach you—watch clearly."

The Tan Palace had sent supreme arts over ten thousand miles, and he also had to fulfill his promise to that Palace Tianren Zongshi.