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Chapter 398: Ancient Demon Catastrophe, Yudao Tenth Rank! (Part 2) (Part 1)
Chapter 398: Ancient Demon Catastrophe, Yudao Tenth Rank! (Part 2) (Part 1)
"Thank you, Senior."
Li Hao could sense that the other party had no ill intentions. Otherwise, with their terrifying aura, killing him would have been as easy as turning over a palm.
His mood relaxed, and he found a stone to sit on. "Senior, could you tell me about these matters? What is the Imperial Catastrophe Pseudo-Realm? What wars have taken place here? Why have the Immortal Deities disappeared? Did they all come here to fight?"
The middle-aged warrior saw Li Hao's calm demeanor, free of any fear or hesitation, and found him much more agreeable. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and the calm in his gaze turned sharp.
That moment of sharpness made Li Hao's relaxed body tense up instantly. He felt a chill run through his entire body, and the intense killing intent made him feel a shiver down his spine.
But soon, Li Hao realized that the killing intent was not directed at him.
At the same time, the malevolent aura around him suddenly grew more intense. Li Hao felt a sharp, low hum in his mind, stirring up his inner bloodlust and killing intent, making his emotions surge.
"What's happening?"
Li Hao was startled and quickly looked around, but his Divine Sense could only detect about ten miles.
That distance would not be enough to avoid an enemy attack; they could be upon him in an instant.
Li Hao immediately entered the Transcendental State, merging his body with Heaven and Earth.
But this time, Li Hao immediately noticed a significant difference from his usual Transcendental State.
Under the Ultimate Transcend to Immortality, his consciousness spread into Heaven and Earth, but within this realm, there was a dense energy that threatened to engulf his consciousness.
"Ultimate Transcend to Immortality cannot be maintained for long!"
Li Hao realized that if he tried to stay in the Ultimate Transcendental State as before, his consciousness might be overwhelmed and dissipate in this realm, much like when he first grasped Transcend to Immortality.
However, the power he controlled while Transcending to Immortality was now several times stronger than before.
With Transcend to Immortality, Li Hao's Divine Sense extended much further.
"That thing is coming. Quickly hide in the war chariot and don't come out. They love fresh flesh like yours."
At that moment, the middle-aged warrior's voice rang out, icy cold and authoritative, leaving no room for argument.
He seemed like a different person, radiating a thick, deadly aura that seemed to have been honed over countless battles. It spread out like that of an unparalleled killing god, terrifying in its might.
Li Hao snapped back to reality. His Divine Sense extended to about forty or fifty miles, and he immediately sensed a powerful wind sweeping in, indicating that a massive creature was rapidly approaching.
Li Hao didn't dare delay and quickly followed the other's instructions, hiding inside the bronze war chariot.
As soon as he entered the chariot, Li Hao noticed that it contained a vast, hidden space, like a spacious square that could house a palace.
However, the space was filled with neatly stacked skeletons, and in front of them were stone markers inscribed with names.
Li Hao guessed that this was the work of the middle-aged warrior.
He didn't have time to investigate the details of the chariot's interior and extended his consciousness outside.
He saw the middle-aged warrior take a step forward, his ancient sword turning and forming a Sword Flower, which condensed a Sword Qi to guard the chariot. His movements were clean and precise, embodying the natural perfection of the Great Dao.
Li Hao's eyes narrowed, following the warrior's gaze. He saw the clouds ahead part, revealing a monstrous demon, as large as a bat, with dark red veins like worms on its wing membranes. Its body was hairless, its claws dragon-like, and its long tail like a giant python, covered in spikes.
As soon as this demon appeared, Li Hao felt a suffocating pressure.
This was far beyond the intimidation of a Primordial Ancestor or a Supreme Sage, like a fierce beast from the Barbaric Age, radiating overwhelming malevolence.
Li Hao finally understood the source of the malevolent aura that had been permeating the surrounding void—this demon was the origin.
"Hmph!"
The middle-aged warrior's eyes turned cold, even revealing a hint of bloodlust.
Without a word, he suddenly lunged forward, his figure moving like lightning, closing the distance in an instant. A burst of Sword Light slashed out.
His movements were incredibly concise, each gesture seeming to cut straight to the essence, appearing simple yet filled with terrifying power.
Bang!
The moment the Sword Light was unleashed, it seemed to accelerate, crossing time and space, striking the demon's chest and abdomen. A massive gash opened, and dark, black blood spurted out. The demon let out an angry roar, emitting a thick black mist to engulf the middle-aged warrior.
But before the black mist could envelop him, the middle-aged warrior split it apart with a single sword strike and then engaged in close combat.
"Such formidable Sword Art!"
Li Hao couldn't understand the Body Movement Techniques the middle-aged warrior used, but he could sense the Sword Techniques, which were terrifying and seemed to be a natural extension of the warrior. This truly felt like genuine Sword Art, the essence of Sword Dao.
"This is definitely not a Tenth Rank Sword Art; it's even higher..."
Li Hao was deeply captivated by the middle-aged warrior's Sword Art. The power it unleashed was earth-shattering, and even the aftereffects made Li Hao feel extremely threatened. If he were to be hit, he might be injured even if he used his full strength to defend.
"This black mist..."
Li Hao watched the battle, but suddenly his eyes began to sting as if someone had rubbed chili water into them, causing a burning sensation.
To his horror, he noticed black blood vessels appearing on his eyeballs, as if his body was being polluted and distorted.
"What kind of attack is this?"
Li Hao quickly closed his eyes, but the pain continued. He felt that even if he gouged out his eyes and regrew them, they would still hurt. This was beyond his comprehension.
"Don't stare. That's the beast's strongest attack, which can devour souls and directly affect the soul."
At that moment, the middle-aged warrior's voice echoed in Li Hao's mind.
Immediately, a Sword Light appeared in Li Hao's mind.
The Sword Light swiftly cleaved through the darkness.
The pain lessened and quickly disappeared. Li Hao opened his eyes again, but he only glanced briefly at the battle, seeing the middle-aged warrior fighting the Demons in the black mist.
The black mist surrounded the middle-aged warrior but couldn't get close, as it was dispelled by the Sword Qi around him.
Li Hao didn't dare to stare for long, but he was still shocked.
He could kill Supreme Sages, which meant his combat strength was at the Supreme Sage level, but he didn't even have the qualifications to observe the battle in detail. This was the level of Immortal Deity battles?
As the intense vibrations continued, Li Hao saw the middle-aged warrior gradually gaining the upper hand, leaving deep scars on the Demons. These scars didn't seem to heal, and blood continuously seeped out. The Demons let out shrill screams, as if in a fit of rage.
Li Hao cautiously glanced at the battle from time to time. Suddenly, he sensed a warning.
"Be careful, several Third Rank Ancient Demons are coming!"
The middle-aged warrior's voice echoed in Li Hao's mind.
Li Hao's face changed slightly as he identified the source of danger. He looked around and saw several massive, sinister figures flying from several dozen miles away. They resembled bats, each several hundred feet long, with varying sizes and shapes. Some had twisted wings, while others had broken wings, as if they had been contaminated.
They were of the same species as the Demon the middle-aged warrior was fighting, but they were much smaller and less powerful.
Li Hao carefully examined them and was startled. These Third Rank Ancient Demons had Holy Palaces concealed outside their bodies, and their power was comparable to that of Supreme Sages and Dragon Saints!
The seven or eight Third Rank Ancient Demons arrived at the battlefield, observed the direction of the middle-aged warrior's fight, and then looked around. They soon locked their gazes on the bronze war chariot.
Li Hao, hiding inside the bronze war chariot, felt their gazes connect with his, as if they had sensed each other.
"Trouble, they seem to be targeting me."
Li Hao's face changed, and he took out the sharp broken sword, ready to act at any moment.
With a whistling sound, the seven or eight Third Rank Ancient Demons rushed toward the bronze war chariot. But before they could attack, the Sword Qi floating outside the chariot suddenly shot out.
The Sword Qi, accompanied by thunderous sounds, swiftly pierced through the void, impaling three Ancient Demons.
The bodies of these Ancient Demons, like ice and snow, disintegrated and vanished into the heavens and earth, their auras dissipating.
The remaining Ancient Demons were startled and stopped, but the Sword Qi dissipated after impaling the three. They cautiously looked at the middle-aged warrior, who was still engaged with the leader and couldn't intervene. They immediately swooped down toward the bronze war chariot.
Before they could get close, Li Hao felt the Holy Palaces enveloping him.
At the same time, a strong, foul odor spread out.
Li Hao's face changed, realizing that hiding like a turtle in a shell wouldn't help. Staying in the chariot would only make him an easy target.
"Don't come out. A mere Third Rank Ancient Demon can't break the Immortal Array of the war chariot!"
The middle-aged warrior's voice echoed in Li Hao's mind.
Despite the intense battle, the warrior was still paying attention to Li Hao. Li Hao paused, feeling a sense of gratitude.
At that moment, the Holy Palaces landed on the bronze war chariot. The strange beasts carved on the chariot seemed to come to life, letting out low roars. A light array enveloped the chariot, blocking the Holy Palaces outside.
The low roars of the strange beasts made the approaching Ancient Demons wary, and they retreated slightly. However, they soon advanced again, using their Holy Palaces to wear down the light array on the chariot.
Li Hao could feel the power within the light array, which surpassed the Saint Path, but it seemed to be weakening. While it might not break, it would continue to be consumed by the Ancient Demons.
Li Hao turned to look at the middle-aged warrior and saw that the thousand-foot-long Demon was now covered in scars, yet it had become even more ferocious. The middle-aged warrior, however, remained calm and composed, completely suppressing the Demon.
Whoosh!
A sudden gale swept through, and the ancient demons summoned wind, thunder, and sand to surround the bronze chariot, attempting to overturn it. However, there was a power on this battlefield that prevented them from doing so.
"Take this!"
Li Hao could no longer stand by idly. He suddenly summoned the broken blade, leaped out of the bronze chariot, and slashed at the nearest ancient demon.
The ancient demon seemed caught off guard by Li Hao's sudden attack. Combined with the extreme sharpness of the broken blade, it was instantly pierced through.
However, its body quickly healed after being torn apart.
Li Hao's attacks couldn't prevent the wounds from healing, unlike those of the middle-aged warrior.
Despite this, Li Hao didn't lose heart. Instead, he used his Soul Spirit to control the broken blade, continuously piercing through the ancient demons' bodies, moving swiftly within them.
Boom!
An ancient demon roared and suddenly struck the broken blade with its Holy Palace.
Li Hao felt his Soul Spirit tremble slightly, causing a buzzing sensation in his head, but he gritted his teeth and endured it. He then applied attributes like Flying Segment and Hidden Bow to the broken blade, doubling its range and making its presence hard to detect, appearing and disappearing in quick succession.
Li Hao had already discovered that his Panel attributes remained effective even against Supreme Sages.
The ancient demons before him, unlike the one battling the middle-aged warrior, were only at the Sage level.
Kill!
Li Hao crouched on the chariot's platform, fully concentrating on controlling the broken blade to slash at the ancient demons.
The broken blade remained razor-sharp, easily piercing through the ancient demons' bodies. However, due to the lack of other powers, the wounds quickly healed, causing only pain without significant damage.
For beings capable of Blood Drop Rebirth, such healable wounds were barely considered injuries.
The ancient demons no longer dodged Li Hao's broken blade. Instead, they used their Holy Palaces to continuously strike the bronze chariot, depleting the power of the light array.
Li Hao, however, kept slicing through their bodies, changing his target areas constantly—head, eyes, chest, wings, tail, and more.
Sometimes, the broken blade slid along their flesh, causing pain but healing almost instantly, so the ancient demons didn't take it seriously, focusing instead on breaking the light array and then extracting Li Hao to devour him.
Without the interference of the Holy Palaces, Li Hao's control over the broken blade grew faster, and his focus became more intense, like a top-tier chef meticulously examining his ingredients on a cutting board.
With the blade in hand and his eyes fixed on the "ingredients", he seemed to gently feel the texture and structure of the flesh and bones even before making a cut.
As he continued to slice, Li Hao lost count of how many times he had pierced through the ancient demons' bodies. In his mind, however, a vivid image of an ancient demon's body was gradually taking shape.
The number of bones, the flesh, and the veins all became clear in his mind.
When the entire body of the ancient demon appeared in his mind, Li Hao's eyes suddenly sparkled with intense determination.
The ancient demons, continuously attacking the light array, suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of unease.
"Bone Separation!"
Li Hao whispered.
The broken blade in his hand began to spin rapidly, like a stone skipping across water, tracing a smooth and agile arc along the skull of an ancient demon, cleanly separating the bone from the flesh.
In an instant, the ancient demon's body became a lifeless corpse.
Its body had fallen into death!
In that brief moment, all its organs were destroyed, and the bone and flesh were separated.
However, for an ancient demon, this did not mean death. Its Soul Spirit still existed, and it automatically separated from the Physical Body.
As the Soul Spirit was about to reattach to the Physical Body to heal it, Li Hao's Soul Spirit transformed into a blade and struck swiftly, while his other hand drew the lifeless corpse towards him.
"Roar!"
The ancient demon suddenly erupted with a sharp scream, realizing the imminent danger of death. The other ancient demons also sensed the change and quickly used their Holy Palaces to envelop the corpse, preventing Li Hao from taking it. If all were destroyed, the Physical Body would be irreversibly ruined.
Although they could Blood Drop Rebirth, if they lost even a single drop of blood, they could no longer regenerate and would be reduced to existing only as Soul Spirits.
Li Hao's Object Control Power was blocked by several Holy Palaces, and his Soul Spirit, transformed into a blade, aimed to slay the ancient demon's Soul Spirit.
However, the ancient demon's Soul Spirit suddenly emitted a dark black light. As soon as Li Hao's Soul Spirit touched this dark light, he felt a searing pain, and a strong corrosive force began to melt his Soul Spirit!
"What kind of attack is this?"
Li Hao's face changed, and he quickly withdrew his Soul Spirit. In just a moment, his Soul Spirit's aura had weakened significantly, indicating it was injured.
"Be careful, this ancient demon specializes in devouring souls and has a great destructive power against Soul Spirits."
The middle-aged warrior's voice echoed in Li Hao's mind, filled with a mix of surprise and approval.
"Just hold on, I'll finish this battle soon!"
Li Hao glanced at the opponent and saw that the Great Demon was already fleeing, with the middle-aged warrior in hot pursuit. He breathed a sigh of relief and didn't dare to summon his Soul Spirit again. Instead, he manipulated the Broken Blade to strike at the other Ancient Demons.
The Ancient Demon that had been wounded earlier had a moment to catch its breath. Its Soul Spirit quickly merged with its Physical Body, healing it and restoring its vitality.
Meanwhile, Li Hao's Broken Blade targeted another Ancient Demon. In an instant, the Broken Blade, as smooth as a scalpel, severed the demon's body, cutting off its life force and turning it into a corpse.
The Soul Spirit of another Ancient Demon was forced to detach, and the other Ancient Demons quickly used the Holy Palace to protect their Physical Bodies, allowing their Soul Spirits to return.
Seeing this, Li Hao had no choice but to use the Broken Blade to repeatedly strike down their bodies, forcing them to switch from offense to defense.
These Ancient Demons all possessed Supreme Sage-level power and were covering each other. It was almost impossible for Li Hao to kill them. If it were a one-on-one fight, he might have had a chance, but Li Hao wasn't in a hurry. He just needed to stall until the middle-aged warrior returned.
As his Broken Blade continued to cut, Li Hao repeatedly struck down the Physical Bodies of the Ancient Demons. The Broken Blade was so fast that the demons realized its terrifying power too late. They tried to stop and evade, but it was already too late.
In just a breath, the Broken Blade could sever their Physical Bodies. Only then did they realize that the Human Race's initial attacks were not mere jests but were probing their Physical Bodies.
But it was too late for regret. They dodged and covered each other, unable to attack the bronze war chariot.
After a few moments of continuous attacks, the Ancient Demons suddenly sensed something and abruptly stopped. They looked in one direction and then fled in panic in the opposite direction.
"Now it's too late to run!"
The middle-aged warrior's voice rang out, not through telepathy but from the sky.
Immediately, a sword shadow shot through the air from a distance, piercing the body of one of the Ancient Demons.
The demon's body crumbled on impact, breaking apart into black mist, annihilated in the heavens and earth.
The middle-aged warrior then stepped forward, appearing outside the bronze war chariot. He casually swung his ancient sword, releasing a terrifying sword beam that shone like a galaxy, slicing through several Ancient Demons.
The sword beam contained fearsome power. The Ancient Demons that were struck cried out in agony as they crumbled and were annihilated.
The middle-aged warrior glanced at the scene, a cold smile on his face, and then sheathed his sword, landing in front of the bronze war chariot.
"These beasts, cunning and foolish at the same time, keep coming to their deaths."
He seemed to be talking to himself. Then, he looked at Li Hao on the chariot, a hint of a smile in his eyes, and said:
(End of Chapter)
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