âVery good, then weâll have to trouble the Sky Roc King. Once this succeeds, weâll all sell some Water of Life at a low price to the king!â
Amusement appeared in the birdâs eyes. Did they think it was that careless?
That wasnât the truth; it was simply confident that its defenses wouldnât be easily pierced through. It was also a bird with extreme speedânothing would happen to it!
What it wanted was a promise like Qian Wanhao had just given. It barreled out of the defensive circle and vanished in the blink of an eye. It was enormous, but it was so fast that the group couldnât see its shadow.
Too fast!
Li Hao was ready to take action when he blinked with astonishment. Fucking hell! Where did this fool come from to wreck his plans? It was just as his teacher said, plans were useless when the strong fought. Everything was a function of adjusting to the circumstances. Change easily rendered all arrangements null and void.
I had it all perfectly planned out...
His ideas were suddenly in shambles! Li Hao set his jaw with some fury. A red light flashed through his eyes, looking onto the Sky Roc King hurtling through the sky. It was so fast that its sharp claws were very close to the young man. Li Hao glared at it with irritation.
âAre all monster spirits this idiotic??â
A sword manifested in the air and three written characters hovered in the void in an unexpected fashion. Across the way, Qian Wanhao blinked. The ultimate art of Tranquil Star? It was... very strong, but only relatively speaking. It was useless against true powerhouses as modern times were different from when the method was conceived.
âLifeless!â The characters vanished into the sword. Li Hao struck!
Fire, water, wind, and thunder erupted soundlessly. Four elements exploded in the blink of an eye, alongside a domineering aura!
The sword traveled so quickly that the Sky Roc King didnât sense any energy ripples, but it did register the threat of death. The look in its eyes shifted and a white bone appeared in front of it. Indeed, a bone!
It was from the skeleton of the ancient monster spirit and durable beyond compare. This was one of the reasons why the bird king was so confident. Its speed was incredible, as were the boneâs defensive capabilities. It whisked out the bone even faster than it was traveling, but Li Hao vanished in the next instant. A prodigious threat emanated over his head.
Clang!
The sky roc screeched a metallic cry. Before the powerhouses of the four directions could react, Li Hao flashed by like a shadow and pierced through the massive golden head with his sword!
He vanished; when he reappeared, he was already slamming his sword down on the people in front of him.
âKill!!â roared the young man. Hong Yitang and the others immediately appeared and made their moves as well. Light faded away from the Sky Roc Kingâs eyes as its ponderous body slammed to the ground. A dog opened its mouth and swallowed the enormous monster spirit king whole; because the latter was dead!
Panther had been preparing to go against its own kind. Who wouldâve thought that something would be wrong with this birdâs brain and itâd be the first to run out! Li Hao ran it through the head with one stroke. It was no use being strong if oneâs intelligence was zero!
The Sky Roc King was very strongâa three element Arcanus and the indomitable monster spirit body, plus the bone of a major monster spirit as a shield... Regular people truly wouldnât have been able to kill it. There werenât many in the world who could manage the deed.
However, their ranks did not include Li Hao with Stellaris.
A four element Arcanus was much stronger than a three element, not to mention that Stellaris was indestructible. It was only that Li Hao hadnât brought his weapon down on the ancient bone, or that wouldâve split as well!
Panther morphed into a golden dog and swallowed the bird king with a single gulp. It ran to the rear instead of killing people. A massive gobble later saw countless mysterious power stones stream into its gut.
These items had to be stowed as well. If not, something unexpected might happen. Pantherâs intuition told it that the stones could not remain here. Its senses showed that something seemed to have sucked out some of the energy out of the stones.
There were so many stones here that the others didnât sense anything, but Panther was exceedingly sensitive to energy. It had a hunch that something may truly awaken in this place if the situation continuedânow that would be terrifying!
Therefore, Panther did not choose to kill people in this moment. Its strength was decent, but those in the battlefield were enough. It wanted to take all of the mysterious power stones with it. However much it was, every little bit counted. Being too late to arrive might mean that nothing was left.
......
Across the way.
Qian Wanhao and the rest simply saw the scene flash before their eyes before the Sky Roc King disappeared, Li Hao struck, disappeared, and then reappeared again. The Sky Roc King, one of the overlords of the seven divine mountains, was dead when the dust settled!
Qian Wanhao was highly experienced and ready in his age. âThrow your items!â he shouted.
Those who reacted fast enough threw out their supernatural and core origin talismans, even large sums of supernatural bombs. At least two dozen potent sources of strength exploded in the blink of an eye.
Li Hao, however, disappeared as thunder and lightning! Fire, water, wind, and thunder circulated over his sword. He struck and shattered the defensive dome created by the four mirror fragments. As Qian Wanhao and the rest gaped with shock, a man appeared in front of themâHong Yitang, not Li Hao!
âSky turns!â
A âswordâ character appeared with the light of thunder, fire, earth, and metal sparkling around it. Heaven and earth overturned as the world shifted beneath everyoneâs feet. Their footing grew unstable as Hong Yitang disappeared from view.
Within the crowd, the Stable Mountain Prince stared dumbly at the hole in his chest and raised his head to look at Earthturner Sword. This was just like what his younger brother had experienced! Hong Yitang had done the same that day, running through the Steppe Princeâs chest with a single stroke. That marked the end of the glorious prince whoâd dominated the age, and he repeated his actions today!
Qian Wanhao had said that everyone would be safer togetherâthe prince very much agreed with the notion. He wasnât even standing at the very front, but once that stroke overturned heaven and earth, heâd been flipped upside down and suddenly appeared in the very front of the group. Itâs like heâd run to his death!
The Stable Mountain Prince didnât have time to deploy his mighty strength before being run straight though. He stared dumbly ahead, life fading away from his eyes. Was this what his younger brother had felt before his death? Perhaps I really shouldnât have come today...
âImpossible...â Qian Wanhao couldnât believe his eyes. Roaring, he let loose with four elements. A weapon that looked like a gold coin appeared in his hand and blocked Li Haoâs swing with a loud crash.
BOOM!
Qian Wanhao took a step back, Li Hao stumbled a small step back. Rumble echoed behind them as explosions detonated continuously! Hou Xiaochen and Sky Sword shouted, erupting with force and rushing out. When the dust cleared, they saw that Li Hao had forced back Qian Wanhao with one blow and Earthturner Sword killed the Stable Mountain Prince with one stroke!
The two pulled up short, what was going on here? Had two premier powerhouses died, just like that? They were yet to finish collecting their senses when Qian Wanhao roared, âPlease aid us, plant spirits!â
He flung out a storage ring that explodedâan action followed by many others. Everything was happening too quickly! Two on their side were dead before they even knew what happened!
As storage ring after storage ring exploded, mental strength flooded the premises. Shadowy forms filled the air. There was a rose, a massive willow tree, a sunflower, a bush of thistles or brambles, and something that looked like a coconut tree.
Five plant spirits were on the scene. Their transparent roots extended into the world, seeming to both be deploying abilities and simply absorbing energy from the surroundings.
The plant spirits werenât in a hurry to take action. âItâs nice to get a breath of fresh air since weâre here.â Mental ripples traveled through the air. âWhy hide away and be reluctant to expend this bit of core origin power...â
âThatâs true!â Laughter rang through the air as a redwood tree and another massive tree emerged. That made for seven plant spirits present, hailing from the nine ministries apart from the Inspectorate and Finance. Although Mu Hai wasnât present from Internal Affairs, he still sent someone with a replica of his ministryâs plant spirit.
Seven terrifying beings filled the air with domineering presences, instantly surpassing the late Sky Roc King and even the four element Qian Wanhao. The man heaved a sigh of relief!
Theyâd truly invested a great deal to kill Li Haoâseven plant spirits! These plant spirits were just core origin replicas, with some not even worthy of being called replicas since they were so weak. Each one of them, however, possessed the strength of five elements. Any one of them was an invincible existence in this day and age. Seven had appeared all at once!
Even Qian Wanhao felt that they were using a butcherâs knife for cows to kill chickens. But thankfully theyâd overestimated Li Hao, resulting in such a thorough mobilization of their resources. They might truly have suffered some losses otherwise. The kid was terrifying! Both he and Hong Yitang were four element Arcanus and they could still use the auras of a martial master. That was unbelievable!
Qian Wanhao relaxed with the assurance of victory.
Within the crowd, Hu Mingfa from the Ministry of the Judiciary shouted, âLi Hao, do you think youâre still in the outside world? Youâve hidden yourself well, but so what of it?â
A four element Arcanus!
No one had imagined that possibility; they thought he was a three element at most. But here he was, much stronger than he anticipated. This rate of improvement was horrifying!
Various expressions flickered rapidly through the faces of the powerhouses here to kill Li Hao. The lord of Buddha Mountain, in particular, looked on gravely. He was here for revenge, but who knew that this would be what awaits them? Thank goodness they were fully prepared, or they wouldâve truly lost everything.
The expedition was so strong, but Li Haoâs group had killed two of theirs right beneath their noses!