Chapter 166: Unable to Defeat Li Hao, Kill Li Tiangang First
Chapter 166: Unable to Defeat Li Hao, Kill Li Tiangang First
As the Demon King retreated in defeat, the Three Immortalities Realm Demons who had come from afar saw the situation turning dire and prepared to flee.
But their escape speed was no match for the Demon King's. Li Hao, failing to catch up with the Demon King, immediately infused his Dragon Dawn with immortal power and charged at them with full force.
The Flying Segment, combined with the Hidden Bow’s attributes, set up numerous Hidden Threads around the area. These Three Immortalities Realm Demons, in their attempt to escape, collided with the Hidden Threads and were instantly entangled and strangled, providing Li Hao with a large amount of Fishing Experience.
"Spare us... spare us..."
The Three Immortalities Realm Demons trembled and begged for mercy before Li Hao.
Li Hao paid no heed. The Dragon Dawn Sword flew past, piercing through these Demons.
These great Demons had traveled thousands of miles to seek revenge, only to meet such a tragic end. They died with regret and fury in their hearts.
Li Hao controlled the Dragon Dawn Sword and pursued these Demons within a hundred miles, quickly clearing out all the living beings in the vicinity.
He released Hidden Threads to bind and string together the corpses of these Demons. The corpse of the Thousand Caves Ghost Lady, with countless ghostly limbs inside her body, looked extremely terrifying and was also strung up on the Hidden Threads.
These Hidden Threads dragged the numerous Demon corpses like a string of kites, drifting along the way, emanating a deathly aura.
From a distance, a bird demon from the Tianji Hall hid in the clouds, secretly witnessing this scene and shuddering. It had never seen such a terrifying sight.
This scene was as horrifying to the Demons as a Demon head attacking a Human Race city, attaching numerous Human corpses to its waist like a belt.
In their eyes, Li Hao was now a fearsome demon, terrifying to the extreme.
"The Demon King couldn't stop him, it's over, it's over!"
The bird demon from the Tianji Hall was terrified and quietly relayed Li Hao's movements.
Li Hao flew past, seeing only empty mountain ranges where the Demons had already fled.
"What, Human Race invasion?"
"More like an entrance, you mean invasion?"
"Killed the Demon King?"
Many Demons, upon hearing the intelligence from the Tianji Hall, initially dismissed it with disdain. But when they learned that the opponent had killed the Demon King, they were all terrified.
Some hastily packed their belongings and fled, while a few, half-believing and half-doubting, relied on their own abilities and hid near their caves, wanting to secretly verify the truth of the Human Race's presence.
But this decision cost them their lives.
Five hundred miles away, at a certain mountain lake.
A portly middle-aged man lay in the middle of the lake, surrounded by beautiful Fish Demon maidens, enjoying a joyful moment. Suddenly, a bird rushed in, urgently saying:
"Greetings, Lord Yuanhu."
"Hmm?"
The portly middle-aged man raised an eyebrow, recognizing the bird demon from the Tianji Hall, and lazily asked, "What is it?"
"Lord Yuanhu, please leave immediately. A Human Race young man is heading this way, slaying Demons", the bird hastened to say.
"Hmm?"
The portly middle-aged man was taken aback, then laughed, "Do you know what you're saying? You want me to leave?"
"That young man just fought three Demon Kings. Lord Fengshan and the Devouring Heaven Demon Ancestor were defeated, and the Thousand Caves Ghost Lady was killed at his hands. Please do not underestimate him", the bird quickly added.
The playful expression on the portly middle-aged man's face froze, and his expression turned serious. The names of Lord Fengshan and the Devouring Heaven Demon Ancestor were not unfamiliar to him.
Defeated by that Human Race young man?
"Who is he? When did such a young generation emerge in the Human Race? Could he be the disciple of a True Person?"
The obese middle-aged man asked.
"It's not that. That young man is General Haotian of Heavenly Gate Pass, a young man from the Li Family!"
"Li Family?"
The obese middle-aged man frowned. He had some knowledge of the Divine General Manor of the Great Yu Divine Dynasty, but he had been entrenched in the Demon territory for many years, far from the dynasty, and thus paid little attention to it. He was content to be a mountain king, living a comfortable life.
"Lord, please leave quickly to avoid losing your life."
The flying bird hurriedly said.
The obese middle-aged man's face darkened. He had lived in this mountain lake for thousands of years, and now he was being forced out by a mere Human Race youngster?
And he hadn't even met the boy.
He was a Demon King, and when had he become so powerless!
"This is outrageous!"
The obese middle-aged man was furious, but the intelligence from Tianji Hall was reliable, and he didn't dare to take it lightly. He took a deep breath and immediately gathered the Fish Demons around him, saying, "My consorts, my children, come over, we must leave for now!"
As he left, he used a Demon Art to inform some ordinary small Fish Demons to stay and observe the situation.
Then, he led his entire family of Demons away from the area.
Not long after the obese middle-aged man left, Li Hao's figure sped over. Seeing the mountain lake, Li Hao's Divine Soul entered it and discovered a luxurious Demon lair built at the bottom of the lake, adorned with numerous luminous jewels.
In the deep trenches and ravines both inside and outside the lake, there were many piles of Demon and Human Race skeletons.
Li Hao coldly snorted, and his Divine Soul transformed into a Heavenly and Earthly Dharma Image, standing tall like a giant in the lake. His arms stirred the water, raising it in towering waves, and he killed all the Lesser Demons and aquatic creatures inside!
He scooped up the lake water and splashed it, then moved two large mountains from nearby to fill the lake, causing the water to spread and irrigate the surrounding area, leaving a trail of destruction before continuing on.
As he traveled, he flattened mountains and drained lakes, leaving a path of terrifying destruction.
The land was scarred, and the Demon territory was devastated. Wherever he passed, it was as if an iron hoof had trampled over it, plowing a thousand miles of wasteland.
The Tianji Hall bird demons were limited in number, and they only reported the presence of high-cultivation Demons. Lower-realm Demons, such as those at the Tianren Realm, were often not informed in time, and even smaller Demon tribes were simply overlooked.
These Demon tribes, still enjoying their leisure, suddenly saw a young man galloping toward them from the horizon.
Behind the young man, numerous Demon corpses were strung together like kites, a vast and terrifying sight.
When these Demons realized what was happening, it was already too late. Li Hao's Sword Qi, summoned with a single finger, pierced through them, leaving the ground littered with bodies.
Many Demons were killed, and others fled to other areas.
As Li Hao continued his advance, the Tianji Hall bird demons realized that his cleansing was not random but radiated outward from Heavenly Gate Pass in a fan shape, extending horizontally but not venturing too far.
"He is cleansing the Demon territories outside Heavenly Gate Pass!"
The Tianji Hall bird demons quickly understood the young man's intentions but were both amazed and terrified.
Although he was only cleansing the area corresponding to Heavenly Gate Pass, the scope of his cleansing was vast, extending several thousand miles from the city!
As Li Hao traveled, he had already driven away three Demon Kings and destroyed their lairs.
These Demon Kings, receiving intelligence from Tianji Hall, could only suppress their anger and temporarily leave their nests, planning to return and assess the situation later.
The earth-shattering commotion here also spread to more distant places.
The three major Demon factions gathered outside Liangzhou all received intelligence from the Tianji Hall.
This Liangzhou branch of the Tianji Hall was short on personnel, so the main hall had dispatched a new batch of reinforcements. They were divided into three sub-halls, each specifically stationed outside Heavenly Gate Pass to monitor the situation there.
Such treatment was second only to the Five Divine General Manors' headquarters.
"That young man can actually slay a Demon King? How old is he?"
"They say he's only fourteen. Earlier, in Qingzhou, he had just entered the Tianren Realm. How could he suddenly be able to kill a Demon King!"
The Liangzhou branches of the three major Demon factions were all shocked upon receiving the news.
However, when they learned that the young man was only cleaning up the area outside Heavenly Gate Pass, they breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Then they thought of the young man and his father's battle in Qingzhou.
"Perhaps the news is true. Otherwise, the Li Family wouldn't need to concoct such a scandal to tarnish their own reputation."
"If this young man is really just keeping his word, then our attack on Liangzhou shouldn't affect him much."
"Why don't we start from the eastern side of Liangzhou? If we can't beat the young one, we'll take out his father first!"
"Agreed. I've had it with Li Tiangang. In Yanzhou, he was as stubborn as a pile of stinky dog shit, causing us heavy losses!"
The three major Demon factions were secretly deliberating.
"My Dragon Gate Grand Elder won't emerge from seclusion for another year. Let's see how things play out then."
"Let's confuse them first. We'll pretend to launch a feint attack, making them think we're just trying to distract them and have no real intention of attacking."
The three factions continued their discussions.
Meanwhile, Lord Fengshan and the Devouring Heaven Demon Ancestor, who had fled earlier, were severely injured. The Devouring Heaven Demon Ancestor, though he managed to save his life, had most of his power stripped away, causing his realm to drop to the Three Immortalities Realm. He needed time to regain his strength before he could return to the Demon King realm.
He wanted revenge but had to endure for now.
Lord Fengshan, on the other hand, had only minor injuries. After a short period of rest, he would be fully healed. Upon hearing about the gathering of Demons in Liangzhou, he immediately rushed over, hoping to gather intelligence and possibly use the Demons' strength to exact his revenge.
...
Li Hao swept through the area, slaying countless Demons. He sat atop a mountain, surrounded by the remains of his foes.
Looking up at the stars and moon, Li Hao knew it was time to return.
He had cleared a vast distance, and it was about as far as he needed to go.
After a night's rest, Li Hao set off the next day, dragging numerous Demon corpses behind him. On his way back, he picked out some of the higher-cultivation Demons from the ones he had already slain and strung them together to bring back.
As Li Hao returned, the Tianji Hall bird demon, who had been secretly tailing him, was overjoyed and immediately informed the fleeing Demon Kings and major Demons that the scourge had finally left!
The Demons, both frustrated and relieved, hurried back to their strongholds.
However, when they returned to their territories, they found them completely devastated and uninhabitable.
Yuanhu Demon King returned to his mountain lake, feeling resentful but thinking he could endure it for now.
But when he saw that two mountain peaks had been leveled into his lake, and all the Lesser Demons in the lake had been brutally killed, he nearly spat blood in rage.
"Aaaah... I will have my revenge!!"
Yuanhu Demon King roared in fury.
The other two Demon Kings, feeling the same way, endured their overwhelming anger. They gathered intelligence from the Tianji Hall and hurried to the Liangzhou border, where they temporarily joined one of the three major Demon factions, hoping to gain support for their revenge.
(End of Chapter)
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