https://novelcool.info/chapter/Chapter-264-Nine-Layers-of-Dao-Domain-Ultimate-Dao-Cycle/13450396/
Chapter 263: A Sword to Clear the City (Part 2 Unity)
Chapter 263: A Sword to Clear the City (Part 2 Unity)
The earth-shattering cry of fury sent everyone into shock, all eyes turning toward the distant horizon in astonishment.
But the distance was too great, and they could see nothing. This also indicated that the voice's owner possessed terrifying strength, far beyond their senses.
"Who is that?"
"Who is shouting?"
"Is it reinforcements for the Li Family?"
Inside the city, all the soldiers were stirred by the cry. It was so loud, deafening, clearly coming from an extremely powerful being.
The commoners fleeing through the streets also heard it, their expressions filled with shock. To them, the voice seemed like that of a deity high above, roaring in fury as it surveyed the mortal world!
"Is this the voice of that child? It can't be, he's already dead..."
He Jianlan and Li Hongzhuang, along with others, were stunned. The voice was eerily familiar, yet different from what they remembered.
But the way he called out could only be from a junior, and among those juniors, only that child had the closest relationship with Li Muxiu.
Could it be a miracle?
Their blood surged with a mix of excitement and nervous tremors, unable to believe it, yet unable to look away.
But they still strained their eyes, gazing toward the distant horizon.
In the air, Long Jueshen and Feng Lingxiao, who were about to attack, were also taken aback.
Reinforcements for the Li Family?
They could sense the anger in the voice, trying to intimidate them, but despite the intense emotion, they couldn't see the source when they tried to perceive it.
The distance was too great, far beyond their senses. This meant the person's strength must be even greater than theirs.
They exchanged a glance, seeing the shock in each other's eyes, and the killing intent in their gazes grew rapidly.
Quick kill!
They had to resolve Li Muxiu quickly before anything else happened and complicated the situation.
At that moment, Li Muxiu, who was exhausted and waiting for death, also heard the sudden cry.
The sorrow in the voice and the familiar way of addressing him made his body, which had already relaxed in acceptance of death, suddenly tense up.
His closed eyes opened once more.
Was it an illusion? To hear the voice of the Little Rat just before dying.
But the child was dead, as the couple had said, witnessed with their own eyes, devoured by the Demon Sage, not even given the chance to enter the Mourning River, completely dissipating.
And when he investigated Heavenly Gate Pass again, he heard that Li Hao's avatar had also disintegrated at some point.
The destruction of the avatar was enough to prove that Li Hao's true body was dead.
But now... was he imagining too much?
Li Muxiu's eyes focused on Long Jueshen and Feng Lingxiao, who were rapidly approaching. Their Dao Domains extended swiftly, trying to envelop and crush him even before they reached him.
But Li Muxiu could no longer sustain a Dao Domain to defend himself.
Even if the child were alive, there was no reason for him to come...
The Li Family owed him too much...
Li Muxiu thought bitterly, watching the approaching Dao Domains, trying to resist but feeling as if his body was falling apart, only able to wait for the instant of pain that would end it all.
Just as the Dao Domains were about to cover him, time seemed to slow down, and a light as brilliant as Divine Fire blossomed before his eyes.
The two terrifying Dao Domain attacks were suddenly cut in half!
But after the Dao Domains, the Holy Heart Treasures of Long Jueshen and Feng Lingxiao followed, crashing down with a force that obscured all light.
Then, the world fell silent.
The precious treasures, which were about to strike Li Muxiu, whistled through the air with earth-shattering force but suddenly slammed into a red figure in front of him.
A loud, intense explosion echoed through the air.
The world shook!
All the violent attacks, all the roaring winds, were blocked by the golden figure, not even a fraction of the force reaching Li Muxiu.
The young man, his body like a mountain, stood in the flames, in the red-golden light, a towering, unyielding peak before Li Muxiu.
His golden hair flew, and the intense Divine Fire around him, ignited by the two Holy Heart Treasures, scattered like sparks from a red-hot sword struck by a hammer.
But his feet did not budge, and he relied solely on his physical body, his chest, to withstand the furious attacks of the two treasures!
Li Muxiu stared in disbelief, his mind racing.
The figure was both familiar and strange, making his previously despairing heart tremble violently. His eyes widened gradually, his thoughts and suspicions too overwhelming to touch, too fragile to disturb, for fear that it was all a dream, a fleeting illusion before his death.
At that moment, the young man slowly raised his head, his golden hair flaring like flames, his eyes burning with incomparable fury, staring at the two startled faces before him:
"How dare you!!!"
With a roar, the ground below seemed to rise in a wave of dust, a vast aura sweeping like a hurricane, dispersing everything in its path.
At the same time, it forced Long Jueshen and Feng Lingxiao to halt their advance.
"Dao Domain, you are..."
"Impossible!"
Long Jueshen and Feng Lingxiao were utterly incredulous, their faces a mix of shock and horror as they stared at the young man before them. His crimson-golden body, akin to that of a deity, was proportioned to perfection, like a wall of gold, making it impossible for them to overcome.
What left them both in awe and terror was not the Dao Domain aura emanating from the young man, but the fact that he had relied on his Physical Body to block the attack from the Holy Heart Treasure!
What kind of monster was this?!
"Kneel!"
The young man slowly uttered a single word.
Five layers of Dao Domain instantly suppressed the area, and with a resounding boom, the hundreds of meters of space in front of him were completely sealed. The ground seemed to be pressed down, causing a violent tremor.
Long Jueshen and Feng Lingxiao didn't even have time to react. The speed at which the young man's Dao Domain unfolded was too fast, beyond their ability to respond. Just as they realized what was happening, they hurriedly tried to erect their own Dao Domains to defend, but another shocking event occurred.
Their Dao Domains were locked within their bodies, unable to be unleashed at all!
Without their Dao Domains to resist, the overwhelming might of the young man's Dao Domain instantly took effect on them. With a thud, the two leaders of the top Demon factions fell to the ground, crashing down heavily.
From head to toe, even to the tips of their hair, they were covered and suppressed by a power that rendered them completely immobile!
This power was vast and overwhelming, exceeding their imagination and their ability to resist. It could easily kill them, as if crushing a mere insect.
The shock and horror in Long Jueshen and Feng Lingxiao's hearts were beyond measure. Their eyes were nearly bulging out of their sockets. For thousands, even tens of thousands of years, they had never felt such confusion and fear. Everything had happened too suddenly, and the young man's appearance had been too abrupt!
Earlier, their senses hadn't even detected the young man, but he had crossed the sensory limit and appeared before them in an instant. The speed was simply incomprehensible!
Li Hao looked at the two Demons lying on the ground, immobilized, but the flames in his eyes did not wane. The icy anger in his heart made him unwilling to end their lives so easily.
He turned around, facing away from the entire city, and a power lifted Li Muxiu's body, gently cradling it.
Seeing the Master’s broken arms, half his body sliced diagonally, Li Hao's eyes, filled with rage, were slightly moist.
When Li Hao turned and looked at him, Li Muxiu's slowly widening eyes suddenly widened to their fullest extent.
The face before him was different from what he remembered, but those eyes, the emotions in them, instantly confirmed for him that this was the child who had made him weep so many times.
The child who had fished with him by the lake.
The child who had eaten roasted meat with him in the Rain Listening Pavilion.
His body trembled, and he rasped, "Is it really you, Li Hao? Are my old eyes failing me, or why can't I recognize you anymore..."
Li Hao had reshaped his Physical Body using the power of the Abyss, changing both his appearance and his voice, but those closest to him could still see the traces of his past self.
"It's me, Second Uncle."
Li Hao held his mangled body, his head lowered, his teeth clenched, and said with sorrow, "I came too late!"
Youzhou was very close to Liangzhou. When he had set out from the Li Family on that snowy day, it had taken him five days to reach Heavenly Gate Pass in Liangzhou.
Now, crossing Liangzhou to return from Youzhou, even with the Candlelight Deity's full-speed sprint, the journey still took half a day.
Since entering Qingzhou, Li Hao had seen the devastated cities and lands, with many city walls already occupied by Demons. He immediately knew that Qingzhou City was in grave danger. Otherwise, with the Li Family's military strength, they would not have abandoned these cities and their commoners, unless they were struggling to save themselves.
Therefore, he didn't even stop to rescue the cities occupied by Demons, urging the Candlelight Deity to unleash its Enduring Power and sprint at full speed. This is how he barely managed to arrive in time.
Fortunately, he had the Flight Segment Attribute, which doubled his attack range. By simultaneously bursting through nine layers of Dao Domain, he pushed his power to its limit, continuously displacing the air at the attack limit distance, effectively performing a series of short-range teleports. This allowed him to block those two fatal attacks at the last possible moment.
Hearing Li Hao's words, Li Muxiu finally confirmed that this was the child he had thought of day and night, the one who had never left his heart.
"You still want to call me Second Uncle..."
Tears welled up in Li Muxiu's eyes. "But Second Uncle failed to protect you, letting you suffer so much. Second Uncle is too weak..."
Li Hao understood what he meant. Images flashed through his mind, but he shook his head slightly, reining in his grief. He took a deep breath and said, "Second Uncle, rest and tend to your injuries. Xiyian, please take care of Second Uncle."
"Sure, your Second Uncle is my Second Uncle."
Xiyian obediently complied, extending from Li Hao's wrist to take root in the ground beside him. Then, a Red Beard emerged, like a soft little hand, gently touching Li Muxiu's wound and channeling Power to heal him.
Li Muxiu sensed that this was a Demons, but he wasn't afraid. He allowed the entity to treat his injuries without hesitation.
At that moment, the figure of Candlelight Deity rushed over. Li Hao had just unleashed an extreme burst of power, blocking the attack for Li Muxiu, and his speed was so fast that he left Candlelight Deity far behind.
Seeing Candlelight Deity, Li Muxiu's pupils constricted. Although the Void Realm had been isolated for a thousand years and the Tai Xu Sovereign rarely showed himself, Li Muxiu had seen him before and immediately recognized him as the Tai Xu Sovereign!
"Second Uncle, don't be afraid."
Li Hao said, placing Li Muxiu on Candlelight Deity's back.
Li Muxiu was stunned, immediately sensing that Candlelight Deity was extremely respectful of Li Hao and emitted no hostility.
Could it be that Li Hao had already tamed him?
The thought made his heart tremble. This was the ruler of the Void Realm...
After securing Master Zi An on Candlelight Deity's back, Li Hao turned to face the vast city.
His aura, which had been surging, remained uncontained, making him look like a burning deity, his gaze cold and imperious, exuding a domineering presence that seemed to claim he was the sole ruler of heaven and earth.
At that moment, even though he stood Outside the City, he became the sole focus of all attention.
Inside the city, apart from the Demon Tide still surging on the city walls, the Demon Elders of the two warring factions all halted their attacks, staring in shock at the young man.
The young man's single word had suppressed two Great Demon leaders, shattering their understanding of the world and leaving them trembling in fear!
Besides these Demon Kings, He Jianlan, Li Hongzhuang, and others inside the city were also dumbfounded, staring at the young man.
The young man's face was as handsome as a god, but his brows were as cold as frost, exuding a heavy aura of killing intent.
His face felt familiar, yet they dared not recognize him. But the way he treated Li Muxiu was something only that child would do, making them feel as if they were witnessing a miracle.
Could it be that he really didn't die?!
"Who is he?"
"He doesn't have the Li Family aura, but he's incredibly strong, stronger than we can imagine!"
"Dao Domain, and he has cultivated more than one path. His Physical Body can withstand a Sacred Heart Celestial Treasure; is this for real?"
In the air, many Li Family Ancestral Heroic Souls were also stunned by the sudden appearance of the young man on the battlefield. They all wore expressions of shock, a mix of awe and joy, but mostly confusion.
When did the Great Yu Divine Dynasty produce such a prodigy?
"Who is he? Our Li Family has actually befriended such a person. If we had known, we wouldn't have had to leave the Ancestral Hall."
One of the Li Family's elderly ancestor souls couldn't help but ask.
Beside him, a young man was staring dumbly at the golden figure, saying:
"That should be... Hao Ge."
"Hao Ge?"
The elderly ancestor soul looked at the chubby young man, surprised by his intimate address. Could they be acquainted?
But apart from their age, their cultivation levels seemed vastly different, yet they still knew each other?
"It's him, no doubt. He called for Second Uncle, so it has to be him..."
Beside them, Li Wushuang murmured, gazing at the young man. Despite the change in his appearance, that aura and the golden-red body were unmistakable. She knew it was him, and tears welled up in her eyes. He hadn't died, he had returned!
"Of course, I knew it. That Chong Er really is him..."
High in the sky, Song Yufeng also saw the young man, his eyes blazing with excitement.
The Li Family had previously announced his death and even held a funeral for him, which seemed impossible to fake. This had even made him doubt what he had seen earlier, wondering if that Chong Er was not Li Hao.
After all, when someone died, their name was removed from the Merit Board.
Yet, Chong Er's name was still on the Merit Board.
The Li Family wouldn't joke about such a serious matter.
This contradiction had left him questioning reality, but now, he was elated, almost bursting into laughter.
There was no doubt that the Merit Board never made mistakes; it was not something mortals controlled. Humans, however, could make mistakes. Clearly, the Li Family had been mistaken, and the child hadn't died. Perhaps they had only seen a false death.
Regardless of the reason, the prodigy was still alive. He wasn't just a prodigy of the Li Family but also a future top power of the entire Great Yu Divine Dynasty!
"Seems he's already reached Dao Domain. What a monster..." Song Yufeng said in amazement after his initial joy.
Nearby, the Water Qilin stopped, its aqua-blue eyes brimming with moisture as it gazed at the figure.
"Who is that..."
Ji Qingqing gazed into the distance, feeling a sense of familiarity, but mostly strangeness.
At this moment, Li Hao's gaze had already swept across the entire city, his Divine Sense enveloping and covering the whole of Qingzhou City.
After all, the entire city spanned no more than a hundred miles. Though it was a vast metropolis, even an ordinary Fourth Establishment Realm cultivator could span it with a single thought, let alone him.
His gaze swept over the familiar figures within the city, and seeing some familiar faces still around, Li Hao felt a slight relief. He exchanged a brief glance with the azure Water Qilin and gave her a gentle smile.
Then, his gaze fell upon the golden residual souls, which seemed to cloak the Li Family members like feathered garments. This scene reminded him of the Dragon City River of the Dead, and he instantly understood.
The Demon King Elders, however, seemed to be intimidated and did not dare to make any rash moves.
However, the Demon Tide was still desperately assaulting the city from all sides, attempting to breach the defenses. Some had already slipped through the gaps in the army and were rampaging within the city, chasing after the Commoners and causing chaos.
Li Hao's eyes turned cold, like frost. He raised his hand, and the Heaven-Earth Meridian extended out, instantly gathering all the Power within hundreds of meters, converging in his palm like a whale sucking water.
This Power continued to condense, forming a Sword Qi several dozen meters long, brilliant and fierce, as if it pierced through the Heavenly Gate, making the heavens and earth pale in comparison.
As the Sword Qi condensed in Li Hao's palm, more Sword Qi split off from it, flying up to the sky above Qingzhou City, densely arranged, forming a canopy of swords in an instant.
The vast expanse and the sheer number of swords left all the Demon King Demons in the city frozen in place.
Among them, a Demon who had fought in Liangzhou, his face pale like the White Divine Lord, finally came to his senses. Although his appearance had changed, the feeling was unmistakable.
That young man... it was the terrifying young man from Liangzhou!
"It's Hao Tian, it's that General Hao Tian!!"
The White Divine Lord's eyes filled with fear, but more so with despair.
During the battle in Liangzhou, he had experienced the young man's Power beyond the Pass. Choosing not to join forces to attack the young man in the final battle had saved his life.
But now, the young man had returned, and he was even more terrifying, his growth surpassing imagination!
Their Palace Master was suppressed, and the Dragon God of Dragon Gate was also suppressed.
Moreover, the White Divine Lord recognized the Candlelight Deity, a Void Realm sovereign who was now obediently standing beside the young man, seemingly having submitted to him.
"Run!!"
A strong desire to survive made the White Divine Lord scream in despair, turning to flee. At this moment, he cared nothing for the Demons or his identity as an Elder of the Holy Palace; he only wanted to escape.
Escape from here, escape from Qingzhou, escape from Dayu!
The White Divine Lord's terrified and desperate cries snapped the other Demon Kings back to reality, causing a shock to reverberate through their hearts.
Hao Tian!
Since the battle in Liangzhou, the name had become a household word among the Demons, almost a reflex!
It was the Human Race's Hao Tian, that monstrous War God young man!
"Didn't he die...?"
A Demon King, gazing at the Sword Qi condensing in the sky, feeling the vast and overwhelming Qi Power, seemed to lose the courage to even flee.
The Li Family had long spread the news of the young man's death, and they had known about it for a long time.
But how to explain this scene? It was like a nightmare!
No one answered, no one had an answer.
Only the ever-increasing Sword Qi, like countless eyes, coldly gazed down upon the numerous Demons.
As the Demon Kings fled, these Sword Qi instantly shot down, chasing them at an unimaginable speed.
The Sword Qi, like rain, formed dragons, charging toward the fleeing Demon Kings.
The White Divine Lord knew Li Hao's attacks were bizarre and dared not use his Physical Body to resist. He roared, unleashing his full power, revealing his true form, and using Demon Art to destroy these Sword Qi.
But this Sword Qi, forming a dragon, was far more ferocious than what he had encountered in Liangzhou. As the dragon roared with fangs and claws, it immediately tore apart his Demon Art and struck him.
The White Divine Lord's pupils contracted, suddenly realizing a terrifying fact. The young man's attacks were extremely bizarre and could not be touched. Now, the young man had reached the Fourth Establishment Realm, the Great Peace Dao Realm, and thus mastered the Dao Resonance of the Dao Mind Realm.
In other words, once locked on, the attack would inevitably hit.
Unless he could block the Dao Resonance!
However, it was clear that while he had the ability, the cost was immense. It was manageable once or twice, but the Sword Qi was innumerable, and he simply couldn't block them all!
Most importantly, in this vast battlefield, amidst this torrential Sword Rain, the young man could somehow make every strand of Sword Qi converge and draw upon Dao Resonance. What kind of terrifying Divine Sense was this?!
Bang!
The Sword Qi rained down on his body like a shower of needles. The White Divine Lord roared in fury as the Sword Qi tore through his flesh, not enough to kill him, but his struggles soon turned feeble, as if his spine had been suddenly yanked out.
His soul seemed to be dragged away, and his power rapidly diminished.
"I..."
The White Divine Lord's eyes widened, losing their luster, filled with intense resentment and fear. He once again felt the terror in the young man's attack.
But he had no more chance to Reverse Fate.
Thud!
As the White Divine Lord's body fell, the other Demon Kings met similar fates. In the air, they were pursued by long dragons of Sword Qi, quickly falling to their deaths, their life forces extinguished.
The two Great Demon factions' elders, who had once made the entire Li Family and even the Li Family Ancestor fight to the death, now fled like panicked insects, but they fell one after another, none able to escape the young man's attacks. The closer they got to the edge of the city, the more intense the attacks became!
These once mighty Demon Kings now screamed and wailed as they fell, some even begging Li Hao for mercy, willing to serve him as loyal subjects, but none escaped their fate of being slain.
The Sword Rain, a bloodbath, left everyone who had fought so hard to defend the city in shock.
The names the Demon Kings called out were well-known to them.
Initially uncertain, they now confirmed the young man's identity without a doubt.
"Li Hao..." He Jianlan and others had tears in their eyes.
They never thought that in their most dire moment, Li Hao would return to save them.
The young man who had once left the Li Family now single-handedly saved the entire city of Qingzhou.
At that moment, the Demon Tide outside the city continued to surge forward, the front ranks already terrified, but the rear ranks, with their limited perception, still followed orders and charged ahead.
Li Hao's eyes swept over the scene, and then the sword light he had gathered in his hand slashed out.
It seemed like a casual flick, but the Sword Qi, guided by Dao Resonance, transformed into a shocking sword beam that struck the vast Demon Tide outside the city.
This single sword stroke, like a finger of a heavenly deity pressing down, instantly created a chasm in the Demon Tide, the ground cracking open, and countless Demons were killed or annihilated where the Sword Qi struck.
The Sword Qi did not dissipate but transformed into countless sword lights, piercing through the Demon Tide at breakneck speed.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
One by one, the Demons, unable to react, were pierced by the Sword Qi, their Divine Souls extinguished.
The Demon Tide, stretching for tens of miles, began to crumble visibly under the onslaught of these flying sword lights.
Li Hao retracted his hand, his gaze falling on the two Demon leaders prostrate on the ground before him.
"Please, don't kill me, I can be your mount!"
Feng Lingxiao begged urgently.
The suppressed Dao Domain made him feel like a chicken on a chopping block, completely powerless.
Long Jueshen, however, gritted his teeth. As a dragon god with millennia of cultivation, he cherished his life, but his pride as a member of the Dragon Race would not allow him to be so humble.
"Even if you kill me, the Tianyuan Dragon Race will never let you off."
Long Jueshen stared at Li Hao, knowing that his pleas would at best earn him a fate as a mount. Rather than live in perpetual humiliation, he preferred to die with his head held high.
Not all lives would grovel in the face of death.
"You plotted against the Great Yu Divine Dynasty. Someone must have been behind you, directing your actions."
Li Hao looked down at them, his eyes cold and devoid of emotion, and asked, "Who gave you the audacity to make such a desperate move?"
Feng Lingxiao hurriedly replied, "I'll tell you. It was all the San Huang God's doing. Our Holy Palace coexisted peacefully with the Great Yu Divine Dynasty for millennia, bound by an ancient agreement with the Former Emperor. We were forced into this."
"San Huang God?"
Li Hao's eyes flickered. When he had expanded his Dao Domain, he had detected a trace of a strange power in the air, true Dao power, the same he had sensed from the Ji Family's Enlightened Realm.
To be able to command these top-tier Demon factions and keep the True Person of Qian Dao Palace as still as a statue, this San Huang God must also be an Enlightened Realm cultivator.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
