Star Gate

"The heavens cannot contain me, but it can restrict you," Zhang An said softly. "Come out from the ruins if you're disgruntled by that!"

"Do you think I won't dare to?"

"Do you?" Zhang An chuckled, his voice reverberating through the ancient city. "I may only have the strength of a false Saint, but you guys can't even leave your hiding place! You want to go to the Barren wastelands? Forget about it!"

"You're forcing me to massacre the other main cities!"

"There's nothing I can do about that if you really decide to do so," sighed Zhang An. "Don't worry, Li Hao will kill them sooner or later even if you don't. If you kill those who have stayed behind to defend and he goes to clean up... I will be completely unburdened after all of that."

"You..."

"Zheng Yu, your strength of a half step emperor is useless prior to the second awakening. Just quietly sit on your hands and wait for it to take place!"

"Hmph!" snorted Red Dust. The second awakening, the second awakening! He'd plotted so many years for it, but it was ruined again and again. What a bunch of damned pests!

But unfortunately for you, you've also miscalculated this time, Zhang An. I may not be able to get there in time since Li Hao tends to act very quickly. It doesn't matter if I go or not. Li Hao's even mastered the way to contract chaos presence! The key does not lie with me.

Since you chose to keep me here, I'll play along with you.

Red Dust suddenly smiled. This was just as well. Otherwise, Zhang An might identify the one at Tranquil Star if he was present on the battlefield. The others might not be able to do so in his absence. Wouldn't that be interesting?

"I'll entertain myself with you then, Zhang An!"

Boom!

The ancient city shook and immense gusts of wind swept through the land. Zhang An continuously reached out to calm the wind. He raised an eyebrow—was Zheng Yu not in a hurry anymore?

He tilted his head at the far distance. Would they be victorious in this battle?

It was hard to say. But at the moment, that was not the most pressing concern on his mind.

......

Barren.

Several Saints jointly killed the leopard desolate beast as soon as they joined the battlefield. They grunted—a longword pierced through the world, followed by a second one from another direction.

The Ninth Division leader Li Daozong!

The two sword cultivators were adept at offense, and another one of the powerhouses among them was also skilled at attacking—Capsize Sea. Its primary body was that of a water cow. Its golden body erupted and it lowered the horns on its head to charge. The cow was as if a holy demon ramming its enemies.

General Pagoda's branches filled the air; Guardian Turtle turned into a massive seal that descended over the battlefield. Its primary body was a tortoise shell, but right now it appeared as a massive seal. This brought to Li Hao's mind the first excursion to Battle Heaven, when the expedition group originally mistook the Black Tortoise Seal as the turtle's primary body.

Clearly, the old turtle might not be unaccustomed to attacking. It was just being humble.

As Li Hao flew through the world, the heavenly void gathered in the void and draped over him. Not only that, but there seemed to be thousands of people worshipping him from all directions.

"The Demon Sword is mighty!"

Li Hao brandished his sword; a circular river in the Hao Cosmos trembled as the dao universe seemed to turn inside out. The river melded into the massive longsword, bringing countless daos through the passageway that the young man had stabilized.

It was five powerhouses against three Saints. The Saints' eyes widened with dismay before they shouted, sending blood qi through the world. Their great dao manifested—although they were isolated from the core origin dao proper, some core origin energy still pierced through the air to enhance their presences.

With the eruption of their blood qi, they no longer cared if they would be identified through their core origin dao. They were even bringing the Incantation of the Blade of Blood to bear! Their weapons transformed to bloody blades that they brought down on Li Hao!

Out of the five powerhouses, it was Li Hao that brought them the greatest risk of death. The three didn't dare hesitate!

"Kill!" Li Hao's roar echoed through the vicinity. Ahead of him, a powerhouse fought in the murky gloom.

Yu Hai vaguely sensed something amiss. He grunted with effort as a long blade the color of blood cut down the horse desolate beast!

Both sides furiously hacked at each other! Both seemed to be playing for time and wanting to end the battle as quickly as possible, so they could help another side.

BAM!

An enormous collision shook the battlefield as a handsome horse crumbled away. A monkey desolate beast howled at the sky and expanded into a massive monkey of chaos.

"You two are not with each other..." Its eyes grew bloodshot.

KABOOM!

Yu Hai ignored the accusation and sheared the monkey into two with one stroke. That made for three desolate beasts that he'd killed on the spot—the previous two being the horse and cow.

The remaining two desolate beasts were stunned and horrified. This person was an Empyrean King! And one stronger than initial Empyrean King.

Yu Hai furrowed his brows and looked behind him. Wu Peng's replica was still there, but the man looked on blankly. He peered ahead, murmuring, "What are they doing here?"

Yu Hai frowned, had... Li Hao discovered something and excluded Wu Peng from his plans because of that?

"My replica cannot survive anymore, they may suspect me," Wu Peng quickly said. "Take out these desolate beasts as quickly as possible. I'll break my replica so the primary body will be aware of what's happened. I'll see if the primary body is alone in Battle Heaven. If I am... I'll direct Battle Heaven here!"

Yu Hai agreed. Indeed, the old turtle and others were present on the other side, but they didn't sense Wu Peng. Was Wu Peng really in Battle Heaven?

Wu Peng's replica crumbled away and his orange armor took to the air, making for the void. Yu Hai was briefly tempted to cut it down, but gave up the notion after further thought. Perhaps the armor could return and deliver a message to the primary body. Wu Peng's primary body was still alive, wasn't it?

The replica should've crumbled away a long time ago if the primary body was dead. That it still existed meant that despite the other side's speculations, they hadn't moved against Wu Peng. It'd been multiple days since Wu Peng's replica arrived at this locale.

Yu Hai put the matter out of his mind and sneered at the two desolate beasts wanting to flee. He swung his blade over!

Are you trying to use these desolate beasts as a delaying tactic, Li Hao? Are you maybe even attempting to kill me?

You think too simply! An Empyrean King is so much stronger than you think! Not to mention, these desolate beasts are savage and crude. They don't know any techniques or battle methods. The only thing they know is to barge around and throw themselves at things. How can desolate beasts like these kill an Empyrean King?

Bam!

The two desolate beasts howled as the blade descended. Their cries shook the air as they swallowed the chaos around them. They wanted to expel the chaos in order to interfere with Yu Hai.

Chaos presence was already rocking uneasily in the air. The deaths of several Saint level desolate beasts impacted the entire Barren territory.

......

Meanwhile, Li Hao's side concluded their opening moves with their opponents. Their swords descended!

Bam!

The void ripped open and the firmament shattered. Li Hao's singular sword broke through the three powerhouses' killing moves. The young man stumbled slightly in return and took a few steps back.

The next blow came from Li Daozong's sword. He smashed through a Saint's chest with a crack, instantly followed by Capsize Sea's golden horns in a head butt. The injured Saint was thrown into the air and exploded.

Its shadowy form appeared as it clenched its jaw. "We can all die together!"

KABOOM!

A detonation ripped through the air—self detonation!

New Martial powerhouses almost always self-detonated at the last moment of battle. It was the key as to why they continuously swept through their enemies. There was a chance for them to come back from a losing fight even at the last possible second. Self-detonation was a commonly accepted fact of life.

But this time, the massive seal transformed into a shield that bounced off the enormous energy blast. The two remaining Saints were thrown every which way from the violent eruption. As they threw up blood, they cursed to themselves.

You idiot! The Black Tortoise Shield of the Wangs is here. Your self-detonation won't hurt the enemy, just us!

The writing was clear on the wall that the immediate future looked grim. They looked into the distance, finding that it was in the late stages of the army's eruption of blood qi. The heavens were not as overwhelmed as they'd previously been. They could clearly see a splendid blade cut down a desolate beast.

It's him!Their eyes widened. No wonder the five desolate beasts hadn't been able to take him down and were completely routed instead! They still had a chance, they needed to drag things out!

One of the Saints suddenly felt a piercing pain in his chest. Li Hao had been backing away moments ago, but he was suddenly behind one of the Saints and had driven his sword into the latter's chest. The look in his eyes was incomparably calm as he penetrated the man's body with his sword. The domineering strength blew the man apart!

"What... are you doing here??" gasped the remaining Saint. Li Hao was supposed to be behind the shield! He was defending against the self-detonation of their other companion!

Li Hao didn't say a word, he raised his head to look at the sky. Heavenly will churned in all directions, sweeping through the land as desolate beasts died and the chaos was thrown into disarray. Mass confusion was starting to engulf the chaos domain.

Why am I here? The heavenly will said that I would be able to appear here if I passed through the void, and so here I am.

Li Hao turned to look into the distance and saw the shadowy figure kill a desolate beast with one blow. Yu Hai had already killed four desolate beasts! He was so strong and so fast!

The two sides had leapt into motion at nearly the same time, but Yu Hai took down four desolate beasts by himself. There were five on Li Hao's side, but they only had three Saints to show for themselves.

"Kill!" A shout rang through the world.

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