Chapter 220: Sword rises, wolf smoke (First update)

Li Hao said, secretly transmitting the usage of his battle flags to her.

Li Hongzhuang was startled, and upon hearing Li Hao's words, she was slightly stunned. The battle flags contained Li Hao's sword moves?

This was the realm of sketching formations, something only the Directorate of Astronomy could do. How did Li Hao do it?

She looked at Li Hao in confusion, inquiring via sound transmission.

Li Hao didn't explain, only saying: "There is no time left, Senior Hongzhuang. If you want to reinforce, set off quickly. I will give you fifty battle flags!"

Li Hongzhuang reacted, also realizing there was no time to investigate Li Hao's affairs at this moment. There were too many secrets on this nephew, impossible to investigate fully, and that stunning talent alone couldn't be explained, only attributed to monstrous talent.

"I'm not leaving."

A figure appeared, it was Li He.

He stared at Li Hao, knowing that with his current strength, he was no longer Li Hao's match, so his expression, besides being solemn, had more sincerity:

"Young Tianren Zongshi, in such a dangerous moment, there are demon attacks at Tianmen Pass too. Please let me stay with you this time."

Last time Tianmen Pass was in a desperate situation, he was beaten unconscious by that Four Standing Realm expert and sent out of Tianmen Pass. This matter had always weighed on his mind, both moved by Li Hao's grace in sending him away in a desperate situation, and ashamed of his dereliction of duty, unable to face himself.

"I am ordered to guard the Young Tianren Zongshi; even if I die, I want to die in front of the Young Tianren Zongshi."

Li He pleaded solemnly.

Li Hao was speechless; these martial generals of the Li Clan were indeed stubborn.

Li Hongzhuang glanced at him, thinking of the intelligence just detected at Tianmen Pass, her expression complex. She should have stayed to guard, but there was someone in the Four Standing Realms here, and Li Hao's own strength wasn't weak, so Fifth Brother needed her more over there.

"Hao'er, let him stay. I will go alone, and it will be faster." Li Hongzhuang said immediately.

Li Hao thought for a moment, and it was indeed the truth.

Li He going over, besides carrying battle flags, wouldn't have much effect.

Immediately, his divine soul left his body, whistling out, flying to the city wall of Cangya City, taking 50 of the 100 battle flags he had marked a hundred miles outside the pass. He gathered these battle flags and brought them back to the small courtyard.

50 battle flags stacked together were as high as several haystacks.

Li Hongzhuang covered these battle flags with object-control power, heard Li Hao's instructions, knew how to use these battle flags, and immediately said to Li Hao:

"I'm going, you guys be careful here!"

Looking deeply at Li Hao, under Li Hao's nod, her figure soared into the sky, carrying the battle flags and flying toward the interior of the realm, unleashing the speed of her body, exploding at full speed.

From this Tianmen Pass to the Western Border battlefield, it was thirty thousand miles away, and to reach the second defensive line Li Xuanli spoke of, it was also twenty thousand miles.

If using the speed of object control, tens of miles per breath to travel, it could indeed arrive very quickly.

But this was the extreme speed exploded during combat, difficult to sustain, and the energy surge was like a floodgate, the longer it persisted, the more the power consumption increased.

By the time it arrived at the battlefield, it would basically have no combat power left.

The entire Liangzhou was vast and broad, with hundreds of cities entrenched, each city's territory covering over a hundred miles, covering many towns, plus large areas of wilderness, with a diameter of one hundred thousand miles.

Even if unleashing Imperishable Power to travel at full speed, it would be exhausted halfway, and the state of Imperishable Power couldn't last that long.

At this moment, Li Hongzhuang also couldn't care about conserving strength, directly exploding at full speed, traveling in an extreme state.

Moreover, she didn't let Li He accompany her; her purpose was to unleash Imperishable Power.

At this moment, energy surged, and she could explode with the greatest extreme speed.

Li He was only in the Imperishable Realm and couldn't keep up with her pace.

After Li Hongzhuang left, Li Hao immediately called the Haotian Army, notifying the whole city to close and seal it.

At the same time, he sent out a demon disaster warning signal, letting those martial artists wandering nearby see the signal and either enter the city or hide.

Li Hao suddenly thought, if the Western Border was in trouble, demons dared to come to Tianmen Pass, it was highly likely that the Eastern Border and Northern Border would also be invaded by demons.

Thinking of the Eastern Border, his brows furrowed slightly; he hadn't paid attention to the situation there, nor did he want to.

The Northern Border was too far from here, almost opposite, spanning one hundred thousand miles of Liangzhou, and couldn't be reinforced in a short time.

"The defensive line contracts, if the Eastern Border and Northern Border are defeated, they should also shrink to the second defensive line. The news of the border falling should have reached all parts of Liangzhou. If those aristocratic families want to survive, they should also send reinforcements."

"Moreover, with such great chaos, the Royal Army should also come."

"Just need to guard the second defensive line and drag it out until reinforcements arrive."

"But the Western Border has Demon Kings, other places should also have them. The defensive line contracts, those demon forces will also gather, the pressure will only be equally great, or even greater."

Li Hao's gaze flickered, he took a deep breath, the 50 battle flags just given to Li Hongzhuang, he was afraid the number wasn't enough.

He called another Tianren Zongshi, who served as a captain of the Haotian Army, and Li Hao took another 20 battle flags, letting him ride a fast horse, carrying the battle flags to reinforce the Western Border defensive line.

The Tianren Zongshi took the order, rode a blood-red horse, and went out of the pass.

Li Hao let the scouts probe the news outside the pass again, to see what demons they were and how many there were.

"Didn't give them a lesson after clearing them before? The Heavenly Machine Palace knows my strength, yet still dares to invade, highly likely at least four Demon Kings or more..."

Li Hao's expression was solemn; the next part was also a hard battle.

"Young General..."

Xu Zhouyuan in the side heard these shocking news, his body trembling, feeling the blood-evil aura of the border soldiers for the first time.

Li Hao issued orders one by one, and the courtyard was already empty at this moment.

Hearing Xu Zhouyuan's voice, Li Hao looked at him, seeing his nervous appearance, smiled: "Senior, don't worry, Tianmen Pass will be fine."

After speaking, he sat back at the mat and said: "There is still time, let's finish this game of chess."

Xu Zhouyuan was startled, looking at the youth who remained calm in the face of danger, suddenly feeling a sense of shame.

Although he wasn't a martial artist, he had lived for seventy years, yet he wasn't as calm as this youth.

"Then I will accompany the Young General to finish this game."

Xu Zhouyuan took a deep breath, also organizing his thoughts.

At the same time, outside Tianmen Pass.

Seven hundred miles away, in the wilderness where giant trees touched the sky.

A group of vast demon figures swept over like a tide, led by four Three Imperishable Realm great demon monsters.

"The Eastern Border and Western Border have both been broken, as expected of the Dragon Gate and Grand Void Realm, one move is indeed extraordinary. This Liangzhou will soon be our territory!"

"Now their military strength should all be concentrated in the inner realm, if they don't contract the defensive line, they will die faster."

"This brat at Tianmen Pass, previously destroyed my nest, ruined my ancestral land, now I don't know if he can still sit still!"

"Wait for this brat to leave, we will break this Tianmen Pass, taking the opportunity to make a contribution, so we can be divided a piece of territory in the future."

The few leading great demon monsters were all demons that had been cleared and driven away by Li Hao outside the pass before.

With the prompt from the Heavenly Machine Palace, they left early and hid, so they didn't encounter danger.

But their old nests were destroyed, and even flagged, making them afraid to approach.

"Several Lords, that Young General Haotian hasn't returned yet. He went to the Heavenly Machine Building six days ago. Even if he only contemplated for one day, if he traveled normally, he would need to return tomorrow."

A bird demon from the Heavenly Machine Palace flew over, bringing the intelligence.

Li Hao hid his tracks when leaving the pass, they couldn't detect him either, only able to judge through the guide of the Heavenly Machine Building.

Now, they had mobilized the intelligence point of the Heavenly Machine Palace in Yongzhou to help probe the intelligence outside the Heavenly Machine Building.

But the Heavenly Machine Building was also in the business of intelligence, their Heavenly Machine Palace was established by imitating the Heavenly Machine Building, and they didn't dare to be too close to that Heavenly Machine City, so Li Hao's tracks could only be guessed.

"Hmph, the one on the city wall is just a clone, right? Like our demon arts, just to scare people."

An Imperishable Realm great demon sneered. Although clone techniques were rare, they had seen many, and most of these clones could have one-tenth of the body's combat power, which was already considered not bad.

"Take advantage of him not returning, shall we launch a surprise attack?"

Some demons proposed.

They discussed for a while, and soon made a decision, immediately ordering the great army to advance at full speed.

Soon, the scouts probing ahead detected the movements of these demons and passed the intelligence back.

"Report!!"

The shouting sound rose, rushing into the small courtyard with the fence.

Xu Zhouyuan had just picked up a black piece and nearly didn't hold it steady, hurriedly looking over.

Li Hao stopped, his eyes narrowing slightly, signaling the other party to report.

"Report to the General, the traces of the demons outside the pass have been detected, the number is about fifty thousand, among which there seem to be two Three Imperishable Realm great demon monsters, the strength of the other demons is temporarily unknown."

Li Hao raised his brows slightly.

Fifty thousand?

Only this much?

If led by a Demon King, they would never bring only fifty thousand great armies, unless they were covering their own tracks, paralyzing the enemy, or wanting a quick attack.

But for a quick attack, the Demon King himself was enough, with small movements and fast speed, never letting the demon army startle the enemy.

After all, the strength gathered by fifty thousand great armies wasn't enough for a few slaps from a Demon King.

"Probe again and report." Li Hao said.

"Yes."

The scout left.

Li Hao turned back, immediately seeing a vacancy for a black piece on the chessboard, smiled, and filled in a white piece.

"Young General..." Xu Zhouyuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva slightly.

Li Hao smiled slightly, saying: "Senior, don't worry, Tianmen Pass will be fine."

After speaking, he sat back at the mat, saying: "There is still time, let's finish this game."

Xu Zhouyuan was startled, looking at the youth who remained calm in the face of danger, suddenly feeling a sense of shame.

Although he wasn't a martial artist, he had lived for seventy years, yet he wasn't as calm as this youth.

"Then I will accompany the Young General to finish this game."

Xu Zhouyuan took a deep breath, also organizing his thoughts.

At the same time, outside Tianmen Pass.

Seven hundred miles away, in the wilderness where giant trees touched the sky.

A group of vast demon figures swept over like a tide, led by four Three Imperishable Realm great demon monsters.

"The Eastern Border and Western Border have both been broken, as expected of the Dragon Gate and Grand Void Realm, one move is indeed extraordinary. This Liangzhou will soon be our territory!"

"Now their military strength should all be concentrated in the inner realm, if they don't contract the defensive line, they will die faster."

"This brat at Tianmen Pass, previously destroyed my nest, ruined my ancestral land, now I don't know if he can still sit still!"

"Wait for this brat to leave, we will break this Tianmen Pass, taking the opportunity to make a contribution, so we can be divided a piece of territory in the future."

The few leading great demon monsters were all demons that had been cleared and driven away by Li Hao outside the pass before.

With the prompt from the Heavenly Machine Palace, they left early and hid, so they didn't encounter danger.

But their old nests were destroyed, and even flagged, making them afraid to approach.

"Several Lords, that Young General Haotian hasn't returned yet. He went to the Heavenly Machine Building six days ago. Even if he only contemplated for one day, if he traveled normally, he would need to return tomorrow."

A bird demon from the Heavenly Machine Palace flew over, bringing the intelligence.

Li Hao hid his tracks when leaving the pass, they couldn't detect him either, only able to judge through the guide of the Heavenly Machine Building.

Now, they had mobilized the intelligence point of the Heavenly Machine Palace in Yongzhou to help probe the intelligence outside the Heavenly Machine Building.

But the Heavenly Machine Building was also in the business of intelligence, their Heavenly Machine Palace was established by imitating the Heavenly Machine Building, and they didn't dare to be too close to that Heavenly Machine City, so Li Hao's tracks could only be guessed.

"Hmph, the one on the city wall is just a clone, right? Like our demon arts, just to scare people."

An Imperishable Realm great demon sneered. Although clone techniques were rare, they had seen many, and most of these clones could have one-tenth of the body's combat power, which was already considered not bad.

"Take advantage of him not returning, shall we launch a surprise attack?"

Some demons proposed.

They discussed for a while, and soon made a decision, immediately ordering the great army to advance at full speed.

Soon, the scouts probing ahead detected the movements of these demons and passed the intelligence back.

"Report!!"

The shouting sound rose, rushing into the small courtyard with the fence.

Xu Zhouyuan had just picked up a black piece and nearly didn't hold it steady, hurriedly looking over.

Li Hao stopped, his eyes narrowing slightly, signaling the other party to report.

"Report to the General, the traces of the demons outside the pass have been detected, the number is about fifty thousand, among which there seem to be two Three Imperishable Realm great demon monsters, the strength of the other demons is temporarily unknown."

Li Hao raised his brows slightly.