Chapter 130: They've All Come (7K Guaranteed Second Unity)
Chapter 130: They've All Come (7K Guaranteed Second Unity)
"They've come."
Li Hongzhuang's eyes narrowed. Although she had anticipated it, her fingers still gripped the hilt of her sword a little tighter when the Demons truly arrived.
The overwhelming Demonic Aura was not the least bit concealed, like a dark cloud enveloping everything.
Four towering figures stood outside the camp, the cold wind swirling around them, dissipating a hundred paces away, unable to get any closer.
Li Hongzhuang and Li He's expressions turned grave as they took a step forward, subtly shielding Li Hao behind them.
Despite their earlier disagreements, Li He would not forget his duty.
And Li Hongzhuang, feeling a sense of responsibility as Li Hao's aunt, believed it was her duty to protect him, ensuring nothing happened to the child.
Li Hao had no intention of relying on their protection. He handed the cultivation technique to Ren Qianqian, patted Little White Fox's head to calm it down, and then picked up the Boar Fang Sword. The massive sword, taller than he was, resembled a crescent moon gate.
"Two Indestructible Realm, two Indestructible Realm!"
Li Hongzhuang sensed the four Demons' unhidden Demonic Aura and identified their realms. She had fought two of them before, and they had also attacked the camp.
"Li He, can you handle one Indestructible Realm?" Li Hongzhuang asked.
Li He was only at the Indestructible Realm, not yet the Unfading, but he had cultivated the Li Family's top-tier cultivation techniques and refined his true qi with numerous resources, making his cultivation slightly higher than that of Demons at the same realm. Only Demons with deep family backgrounds could make him wary.
"I can delay it, but killing it will be difficult", Li He said solemnly.
"Alright."
Li Hongzhuang glanced at Li Hao, who had walked up beside her. "Li He and I will draw two Indestructible Realm Demons away. You try to hold them off, and once I kill one, I'll come to your aid. Be careful, there might be ambushes in the shadows!"
"There are two more in the shadows."
Li Hao's words came as a surprise.
His eyes were shrouded in black aura, and since cultivating the Jade Clarity True Demon Art, this body refinement technique had strengthened his entire body, including his eyes, which now contained a black killing aura that could see through some illusions and lock onto hidden figures.
Hearing Li Hao's words, the two were taken aback, their faces turning pale.
Six Demons?
In that case, they couldn't split up, or they would be picked off one by one.
Li Hongzhuang glanced back at the distant graveyard, her eyes filled with sorrow.
She had long anticipated this day, but she hadn't expected it to come so soon.
She couldn't... stay here any longer with her brothers.
"Prepare to retreat."
Li Hongzhuang took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "I'll cover you. Li He, take care of Li Hao."
"Yes!" Li He responded.
"No need."
Li Hao shook his head, dragging the Boar Fang Sword on the ground, creating a deep groove as he walked forward.
"I will stay and defend this city. You can leave, but I won't."
"Li Hao!"
Li Hongzhuang's face turned pale with shock and anger. "This is no time to be stubborn! Your life is important!"
Li He also wanted to persuade the stubborn Young Master, but at that moment, the four Demons outside the camp couldn't hold back any longer and strode towards the camp beyond the pass.
"Red Makeup, I came to see you last time, asking you to be my lady. Today, you have one more chance. Will you refuse me, or will you agree?"
One of the massive Azure Peacocks, as it crossed the pass, transformed naturally into a graceful gentleman.
He was tall and handsome, walking with a fan in hand.
But behind him, the dense Demonic Aura did not dissipate, swirling and coalescing into a faint, massive peacock shadow above his head.
Li Hongzhuang's eyes turned cold as she took a step forward. "I might consider being your lady if you kill that ugly thing beside you first. Consider it your wedding gift!"
Beside the Peacock gentleman was a massive Giant Toad, as large as a mountain.
The toad had a tail that coiled and swayed like a serpent's stinger, ready to lash out at any moment.
Hearing Li Hongzhuang's words, the Giant Toad, covered in lumps of flesh, cracked its mouth into a menacing grin. "You're dead. I'll chew you to pieces!"
Its frog mouth was filled with sharp, fine fangs.
The Peacock gentleman turned his head with interest and said, "I think Red Makeup's suggestion isn't bad. Brother Earth, how about you make a sacrifice?"
"Scram!"
The Giant Toad roared, its saliva splashing onto Young Master Peacock, but he casually flicked his sleeve to shake it off.
"Don't waste time."
Beside them, another massive Giant Ox, covered in long, black hair like a beard, grumbled, "I heard that a human youth killed Commander Chi Hu. That must be the little shrimp, and he even managed to kill the Hibernating Pig."
Li Hao immediately felt the intense gaze of several Demons lock onto him, filled with overwhelming pressure.
But a red blur flashed before him, and Li Hongzhuang stepped in front of him. His slender figure, clad in a bright red, damaged battle armor, stood tall and straight like a spear.
"Commander Chi Hu was gravely injured by me. He just picked up the scraps for military credit. If you have the guts, come at me!" Li Hongzhuang said coldly.
"Don't be in a hurry. None of you will escape today."
The Giant Toad bared its sharp, menacing teeth. "Once I break her limbs, I'll give her to you as a lady. Long arms and legs, so ugly!"
"You're the one who's short, don't say my lady is ugly." Young Master Peacock smiled.
The Giant Toad glared at him angrily but didn't bother arguing further. It suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a massive, red-hot tongue that resembled a branding iron, hurtling toward the three of them.
Li Hongzhuang's pupils contracted, and he fiercely swung his sword.
The sword's energy sliced into the tongue, which was covered in twisted veins, producing a metallic clanging sound.
The giant tongue was deflected, and the Toad Demon leaped forward with incredible force.
His limbs burst with power, and the ground beneath him caved in and cracked as if struck by a meteor.
Dust rose and drifted, but when it reached Young Master Peacock, it was repelled by an invisible force. He gently waved his fan, covering his nose and mouth, as if finding it distasteful.
"Ten Elephant Demon Art!"
The Giant Toad roared, its demonic aura coalescing into the form of a massive elephant. The mountain-like figure charged forward with terrifying momentum.
Li Hao, Li Hongzhuang, and Li He all leaped into the air, not daring to withstand the brute force.
[Fishing Experience +412]
A notification appeared before Li Hao's eyes.
He wasn't surprised.
The charging Giant Toad had touched the hidden line he left behind.
This line was made of condensed energy, meaning it had entered the Fishing phase, though it was still in the pulling stage and not yet hooked. However, it had already begun to provide experience.
Fishing, even if the prey escapes, still grants Fishing experience based on the prey's cultivation and condition.
The Giant Toad was currently in the initial hooking phase.
Even at this stage, it provided over four hundred experience points, indicating the massive amount of experience that could be gained by directly Fishing a Three Eternities Realm Great Demon.
Li Hao's eyes gleamed with excitement.
At the same time, the Giant Toad also noticed the tangled force that had wrapped around its forelimbs. It recognized this as a peculiar cultivation technique used by humans.
"Roar!!"
The Giant Toad's body trembled, and it roared at the three figures in mid-air. The terrifying sound wave rushed toward them, causing Li Hongzhuang and Li He's faces to turn red as their internal qi churned, making them feel extremely uncomfortable and painful.
But Li Hao suddenly experienced a Great Dao Insight, his mind enlightened.
The Third Stage Dao of Music had given him a deep understanding of music. In the face of this piercing sound wave, he rapidly stimulated his major meridians, using his 84,000 pores as outlets to unleash a roar!
Roar!!
This roar was like a fierce tiger, a true dragon, and the wind of the world passing through his body, a powerful resonance of life!
The Giant Toad's roar was torn apart, its sound wave shattered by Li Hao's roar, which quickly overpowered it!
The Giant Toad, which had planned to follow up with another attack after the sound wave, was caught off guard by Li Hao's roar and momentarily froze.
Li Hongzhuang and Li He both reacted, their hearts filled with shock. Fortunately, Li Hao had mastered this sound technique and interrupted the Giant Toad in time. Otherwise, if the attack had continued, they would likely have been injured.
After all, there were five more Demons lurking nearby, ready to strike!
"Looking for death!"
Li Hongzhuang and Li He's eyes flashed with killing intent as they launched their attacks.
The Giant Toad had ventured in alone, leading the charge to test them. They couldn't afford to hold back.
Li Hao also swung his sword, the light of the blade cascading like an avalanche.
Feathers in the sky suddenly fell like a collapsing snow mountain, accelerating and whistling as they swept toward the Giant Toad's mouth.
A sharp, metallic sound rang out as the sword's energy cut through the Toad's mouth, slicing against its sharp teeth.
Small, superficial cuts appeared on the soft tissue inside its mouth.
If this had been a Tianren Realm Demon, it would have been torn apart instantly. But the Giant Toad was at the peak of the Indestructible Realm, with flesh as hard as steel, and only suffered minor injuries.
Li Hao had fought Three Eternities Realm demons before, and now, seeing that his attack had caused only this much damage, he was secretly alarmed. The weak spot on this Giant Toad didn't seem to be its mouth.
The tender, soft flesh inside its mouth was likely tougher than the outer skin of some Three Eternities Realm demons!
After swinging his sword, he took advantage of the gap between Li Hongzhuang and Li He's attacks to quickly reel in the fishing line.
At the Fifth Stage of the Fishing Dao, he had mastered various fishing techniques, and the invisible line was one he had long since perfected, now reaching a higher level. The Giant Toad, a Three Eternities Realm demon, didn't even notice the fishing line at first.
At this moment, the energy-infused fishing line was like a divine iron chain, wrapping around its forelimbs, extending, and coiling around its mouth and eyes.
The front end of the fishing line condensed into a vicious, curved explosive hook.
This hook wasn't a single hook but rather a combination of a dozen fish hooks welded together. Once it embedded itself into flesh, it would tear out a large chunk!
Li Hao remembered Uncle Second's words: even a Three Eternities Realm demon could be reeled in with a fishing line, making its mouth pout.
He hadn't thought that just a few years later, he himself could now fish for Three Eternities Realm demons!
"What the hell is this!"
The Giant Toad was enraged. It could feel its forelimbs and hands being entangled by an extremely thin line, which was sharper than a sword, causing it pain.
Moreover, it was almost impossible to see the line with the naked eye; it could only make out a faint, transparent shadow, and even its aura was hard to detect!
But the most bizarre thing was that this thing was now like a venomous snake, climbing and wrapping around its body, instilling a strange sense of fear in its heart!
"Madam, come over here."
Li Hongzhuang was about to strike the Giant Toad with his sword when the Peacock Young Master flickered in front of him, his fan waving. It turned out to be a divine weapon, clashing with the sword and sparking.
Li Hongzhuang's eyes flashed with cold light, and he launched a full-speed attack.
The Peacock Young Master wanted to make a quip, but Li Hongzhuang's frenzied assault forced him to retreat step by step, his face grave.
On the other side, the ground trembled as the massive Ox Demon charged over, hooves pounding.
It was another Indestructible Realm demon, and its horns were emitting purple monster fog, charging at Li He.
But just as it charged, its front hooves seemed to kick something, nearly tripping it.
"Huh?"
A shallow blood mark appeared on its front hooves.
The Ox Demon looked down, annoyed, and scanned the area but saw nothing that had blocked it, finding it extremely strange.
Recalling the Dragon Lord's instructions, it didn't dare to be careless and suddenly enveloped itself in black light, causing the earth to tremble. Sharp, earth-like spikes shot out, sweeping across the ground.
The earth cracked, and the remaining tents in the camp were torn apart by the suddenly erupting spikes, extending outward.
Li Hao sensed that another fishing line he had set up had been snapped but didn't pay it much mind. He couldn't fish for two Three Eternities Realm demons simultaneously, and the force on that line was minimal. His entire focus was on the Giant Toad in front of him.
He manipulated the hook, which, like a rolling thorn, continuously climbed up, puncturing the Giant Toad's skin and leaving blood spots, moving toward its eyes.
The Giant Toad sensed the hook and, upon seeing the massive, half-meter-long curved hook, was both terrified and enraged. What kind of attack was this?
It felt a memory from thousands of years ago, a memory long buried, resurface in its mind.
Back then, it was just a small frog in a swamp, nearly caught by a young scholar.
"Damn it!!"
The Giant Toad roared, its buried memories attacking it. Now, having achieved the Three Eternities Realm, how long had it been since it had seen such a thing?
How dare someone still try to fish for it?
It wasn't a small frog in the swamp anymore!!
The Giant Toad leaped up, its demonic power pushing outward like a wind, flinging the hook away.
The hook, unlike the fishing line, wasn't as easy to hide. Li Hao's expression tightened; he had expected the hook to be flung away, as this was already a direct approach.
It was normal for prey to resist.
"Bad packaging."
Li Hao immediately realized his mistake. The hook had been revealed too quickly; it should have been disguised as something else.
Thinking of this, he summoned numerous demon corpses and swung them at the Giant Toad.
These demon corpses were from yesterday's battle, some weighing tens of tons, but under his True Qi power, they were easy to manipulate.
As he threw them, Li Hao transformed the True Qi hook into the shape of a needle, mixing it into the demon corpses, preparing to first anchor it inside the toad.
"You, boy."
Old Feng's voice echoed in Li Hao's ear.
Feng Boping had been watching from the side, and seeing Li Hao, in such a tense battle, still have the leisure to fish, and for a Three Eternities Realm demon no less, he was both surprised and amused.
This little rat, his heart is bigger than a fish hook!
However, Li Hao’s actions made him a bit itchy to join in as well.
Li Hao chuckled when he heard Old Feng’s words. He could afford to relax mainly because Old Feng was there to cover his back.
With a swoosh, the fishing hook, which had transformed into a flying needle, followed the corpse of the Demon and pierced into the Giant Toad’s body. However, it only penetrated a few dozen centimeters, which, given the toad’s size, was just a scratch.
Although his skill in crafting the hook was enhanced by the fifth stage of the Fishing Dao, he was still only at the Tianren Realm. Being able to make the fishing line strong enough to resist being easily broken was already quite an achievement.
“Die!!”
The Giant Toad, sensing the foreign object piercing its skin, was filled with shock and anger. It suddenly spewed out a large amount of decaying matter, emitting a pungent and acidic odor. The substance landed on the ground, burning it to a blackened crisp, with the sand and gravel melting as if under intense heat.
Li He wanted to provide support, but he was cut off by the earth peaks rising from the ground. The continuous earth attacks left him no time to react, and his face turned pale.
At the same time, the fourth Demon joined the fray. It was a massive mummy, covered in countless maggots and black, multi-legged centipedes-like insects that crawled in and out of the rotting holes in its body.
It raised its hand and a wave of ghostly spirits emerged from its body, flying toward the battlefield.
Li He swung his sword, but the blade passed through the spirits as if cutting through air.
The spirits then pounced on him, gnawing at his armor, which offered no resistance.
Li He was horrified, realizing this was a powerful Divine Soul attack. He quickly summoned his Divine Soul, condensing Divine Might into flames that enveloped his sword. With another swing, he managed to tear some of the spirits apart.
But the spirits seemed endless, continuously pouring out from the massive mummy Demon, leaving him struggling to keep up.
The combined attacks of the two Great Demons quickly put him in a dangerous position.
At this moment, the two Demons lying in ambush suddenly struck.
One lunged at Li He like a cheetah, moving with incredible speed.
Li He, hearing the sound of the attack, his pupils constricted in shock. He turned his head to see a grotesque mouth, ready to swallow him whole!
Just as Li He’s blood ran cold, the massive mouth suddenly hit something and was yanked upward in an odd manner, as if a rope had caught its head and thrown it into the air.
The wolf-like Demon, eyes wide with terror, looked up to see a figure sitting high in the clouds, barely visible through the mist.
Sitting amidst the clouds, leisurely fishing for all things.
“Hooked!”
Feng Boping let out a light laugh. The feeling of fishing for Demons was far more satisfying than simply killing them.
With his strength, he could easily crush them with a single blow, but it would be devoid of any sense of accomplishment.
By burying the fish hook behind Li He and predicting the Demon’s movements, he had lured it into a trap. This was simply too exhilarating!
Killing monsters was not difficult, but toying with them, outsmarting them, and engaging in a battle of wits was truly gratifying!
Feng Boping relished this feeling, finding it his greatest source of entertainment during his leisure time.
Now, the wolf was being dragged into the sky, struggling desperately.
But Feng Boping wasn’t about to let it escape so easily, not with the young man watching. If it managed to break free, the brat would mock him for life.
Feng Boping didn’t pull hard; instead, he gently sent a pulse of energy, extending the fish hook deeper into the Demon’s body. The Soul Power extending from the hook locked the Demon’s Divine Soul firmly, making it impossible to break free.
“Up!”
Feng Boping commanded, waving his hand. The fishing line extended from his fingertips, rapidly pulling the wolf Demon into the clouds.
The Demon’s internal organs were nearly torn apart by the hook, which seemed to have embedded itself into its meridians and bones, giving it the feeling of being skewered on a spit. It was both terrified and in excruciating pain, looking up at the old man in the clouds with a heart full of dread.
“Spare me, Senior!”
It pleaded, trembling all over. While it had suspected that the human side might have an ambush, it never imagined it would be a Fourth Establishment Realm elder.
“We fishermen never bluff. Once the hook is set, it must catch.”
Old Feng smiled calmly.
The wolf didn’t understand, but that didn’t stop its fear from making its fur stand on end.
Meanwhile, the other Demons engaged in the battle below noticed the wolf being dragged into the sky. When they focused their gaze, their faces turned pale with horror.
The small figure sitting in the clouds was like a star, making them feel as if they were bearing the weight of ten thousand mountains.
“Fourth, Fourth Establishment Realm...”
The Demons were petrified with fear, their eyes wide with terror.
The Ox Demon turned and fled immediately.
The Giant Toad let out a strange cry, roaring, “Cowardly!”
As it spoke, it struggled to break free, leaping away to escape.
But Li Hao, seeing Old Feng’s move, had already anticipated the Giant Toad’s actions. He had pre-emptively buried lines and hooks along its path.
In a panic, the Giant Toad completely missed Li Hao's movements. Just as it leaped mid-air, the hook pierced it, the massive impact driving the fishhook deep into its belly.
A look of surprise flashed across Li Hao's eyes. He quickly split the fishhook, which then rooted itself inside the toad’s body, spreading out like a claw and firmly gripping its internal organs and flesh.
Whoosh!
The tremendous force transmitted through the fishing line yanked Li Hao forward, his body involuntarily surging ahead.
He was dragged hundreds of meters before he managed to stabilize himself. His Major Meridians burst with energy, and the characteristic of Seven Stars Lighting the Lamp was activated, his Cultivation Techniques rapidly cycling seven times, with the eighth cycle amplifying his strength.
He pulled hard on the fishing line, determined to keep the Giant Toad in place and finish the hunt!
"Pain!"
The Giant Toad let out a scream of agony, its terror palpable. The figure of the old man hovering above it, like a judge from the underworld, filled it with a deep sense of impending death. It was both enraged and panicked by the bizarre method hindering its escape.
It spat a stream of Toxic Liquid along the fishing line, hoping to corrode it.
However, Li Hao simultaneously shot out several more fishing lines. Though thin, these lines required a significant amount of True Energy to form, and he couldn't produce too many or make them too long.
Just as he was pulling, a deep dragon's roar suddenly echoed from outside the camp.
Immediately, a hurricane-like force swept in, like chaotic winds turned into blades.
Feng Boping, who was reeling in the line, narrowed his eyes and let out a cold snort.
A force seemed to emanate from his voice, repelling the chilling intent.
"I didn't expect it to be you."
A deep voice came from a distant point outside the camp.
Upon hearing this, Li Hongzhuang's face turned pale. The Dragon Lord had actually come!
Just for the death of a mount, the Dragon Lord had traveled a great distance to hide in the shadows.
In the next moment, Li Hongzhuang realized the reason. The Dragon Lord likely suspected they had some backing, which prompted his visit.
Backing... Li Hongzhuang looked up at the clouds, where a figure in a gray robe sat, dressed simply with an indistinct face.
She couldn't recognize who it was, but she knew it was a Fourth Establishment Realm cultivator!
They had a Fourth Establishment Realm powerhouse secretly protecting them all along!
Li Hongzhuang had guarded this place for years, narrowly escaping death many times, and no Fourth Establishment Realm cultivator had ever intervened. Clearly, this senior had come with Li Hao.
Was it someone Seven Brother had sent?
But hadn't Seven Brother sent Li He?
While these thoughts raced through Li Hongzhuang's mind, the Demons in front of her seized the opportunity to flee as the Dragon Lord made his move, swiftly escaping the camp.
Only the Giant Toad, caught by Li Hao's fishing line, couldn't escape.
Seeing its companions run away, it became frantic, its eyes bloodshot as it roared in desperation.
"Dare to invade our territory, do you wish to die?"
Feng Boping's cold voice echoed from the clouds.
"I haven't invaded your territory; I just came to teach some disobedient children a lesson. You and I..."
But before he could finish, his voice was abruptly cut off, as if interrupted.
With a loud thud, the ground shook violently, like a ten-level earthquake.
Then, a furious dragon's roar came from the distance:
"You are also a Demon, yet you serve the human race!"
Buzz!
A thousand-foot-high azure sword light pierced the sky, visible even from a hundred miles away!
The sword qi split the earth, as if trying to sever it in two.
The surrounding forest seemed to be cut open, forming a long, deep trench.
Then, a wave of water appeared in the air, cascading down like a waterfall.
Roar!
A dragon's howl echoed from the waterfall, its power so immense that it made Li Hao, Li Hongzhuang, and the others tremble from a hundred miles away.
After the dragon's howl, a deafening shockwave came from the distance, the ground trembling once more as if struck again. The sand under Li Hao and the others' feet shifted slightly.
Then, everything went quiet.
But before long, two agonized screams rang out, only to abruptly cut off.
The forest outside the camp fell into an eerie silence, a sense of death hanging in the air.
Li Hao and Li Hongzhuang, along with the others, exchanged grave looks, their eyes fixed on the path leading out of the camp.
Before long, a figure slowly approached.
She was slender, wearing a flowing, light-catching dress, her Azure Hair cascading like a waterfall, a color not of the human race.
Her eyes, clear and azure like a mountain stream, reflected the world around her.
Behind her, two Deep Blue Water Chains trailed, each end binding a giant beast: the Ox Demon that had fled earlier and the Peacock.
The Peacock's eyes now held only a faint, weak spark of life, barely clinging to existence.
A massive blood hole pierced its chest, and its once magnificent tail feathers hung limply, dragging on the ground.
(End of Chapter)
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