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Chapter 402: Divine Bones, Dire Straits (Part 2)
Chapter 402: Divine Bones, Dire Straits (8K Monthly Votes) (Part 2)
However, Li Hao's Soul Spirit erupted with scorching golden light, piercing through the black mist. The golden flames burned through the darkness.
In terms of Soul Spirit strength, Li Hao felt he was now even stronger than the ancient demon leaders.
Soon, the fief was overrun.
The middle-aged warrior left one alive to interrogate and discovered that another ancient demon leader had come to discuss a summoning ritual.
Feeling the urgency, they rested for a few days before continuing their assault on other ancient demon fiefs.
Li Hao stored all the ancient demon corpses in the Heavenly Earth Space.
By the time they reached the tenth ancient demon fief, Li Hao and the middle-aged warrior decided to take a break.
Li Hao started by cooking the ancient demon leaders, eating them first to speed up his strength enhancement.
These ancient demons were massive, and even with their large appetites, they could only manage to eat one per day.
Especially the ancient demon leaders, who were over a thousand feet in size, like a mountain. Despite Li Hao and the middle-aged warrior being heavy eaters, they could only digest and absorb half of one leader's body in a day.
"If this situation is detected and an ancient demon commander comes personally, you should immediately retreat to the pseudo-realm of the Imperial Catastrophe", the middle-aged warrior said, his face grave as he ate the roasted meat.
Li Hao, hearing his words, thought for a moment and replied, "Do you have a way to deal with it? If you can handle the ancient demon commander, I can try to hold off the other ancient demon leaders!"
The middle-aged warrior was taken aback, not expecting Li Hao to have such courage.
"Even if your Soul Spirit has improved, the ancient demon leader is at the True Immortal level. You should know the vast difference between Immortal Power and the power within your body. A single strand of Immortal Power is enough to crush a mountain peak."
The middle-aged warrior shook his head. Although Li Hao's strength had improved at a divine speed over the past few days, from barely being able to kill third-stage ancient demons to now being able to massacre hundreds of third-stage ancient demons alone and easily kill second-stage ancient demons, reaching such a level as a saint-level cultivator was already extremely elite.
If he were in the True World of old, a prodigy like Li Hao would be enough to join one of the top sects.
"Besides, you don't even have a proper weapon. The fragments in your hands, though once Immortal Artifacts, are now blunt. They can still cut through second-stage ancient demons, but they can't even scratch the skin of first-stage ancient demons!"
Li Hao understood this. He could easily massacre these ancient demons, and the sharp fragments in his hands certainly helped, but he didn't plan to use them against the ancient demon leader. He intended to use his Soul Spirit to directly attack and restrain the enemy. If the middle-aged warrior could handle the ancient demon leader, he felt he could create a chance for a one-on-one battle.
The premise was that the information provided was accurate, and there were only seven or eight ancient demon leaders left on this ancient path.
"Moreover, with my current strength, I can't compete with an ancient demon leader, an existence on par with a true monarch. You're not an Immortal Deity, so you don't understand the difference between a True Immortal and a true monarch."
The middle-aged warrior sighed. He knew Li Hao's thoughts and was willing to take such risks to help him break through.
As for Li Hao, even if he wasn't a True Immortal, he could still retreat to the pseudo-realm.
But the middle-aged warrior had no such option.
Li Hao frowned slightly. The middle-aged warrior, being a True Immortal, couldn't enter the Land of Sages.
According to the middle-aged warrior, the Heavenly Catastrophe Immortal Emperor had set a chaos law for his pseudo-realm, preventing True Immortals from entering.
True Immortals could exit the pseudo-realm but not enter it. This meant the middle-aged warrior couldn't retreat to the pseudo-realm and could only survive in the battlefield between the True World and the pseudo-realm.
The Immortal Emperor had established this chaos law to protect his descendants within the pseudo-realm. However, with his demise and the passage of countless years, the chaos law had gradually weakened, leading to gaps in the Mysterious Mother Gate.
"If we consume all these ancient demons, do you think you can break through?"
Li Hao asked.
The middle-aged warrior's eyes showed hesitation. They had recently massacred several ancient demon fiefs, collecting a large number of ancient demon corpses. If they consumed them all, his strength would certainly surge, but he wasn't sure if it would be enough to break through.
Moreover, he had a premonition that they didn't have much time left. The summoning could come at any moment.
This made the middle-aged warrior feel bitter. Originally, he had come to offer aid, but it had turned into a death sentence instead. Without the summoning, they could have secretly killed the ancient demon leaders one by one. If they had managed to kill and consume them all, he was confident he could break through to the true monarch level.
After all, he had been here for far too long, lacking only the abundant Immortal Power.
"Try your best. No matter what, your retreat is the pseudo-realm. Don't hesitate when the time comes."
The middle-aged warrior told Li Hao. The summoning could come at any moment, and he was prepared to face death in battle, at least to give Li Hao a chance to escape.
Li Hao nodded. In the face of uncertainty, the best approach was not to overthink it but to focus on what could be done at the moment.
Currently, what they could do was eat and sleep, and then eat again.
With their efforts, their Soul Spirits grew rapidly, and the second Divine Bone was refined.
Apart from the Divine Bones, Li Hao felt that the Immortal Power accumulated in his body was also extremely potent. This power could be harnessed during his Ultimate Transcendence to Immortality, transforming into a vast force of Heaven and Earth Power.
Li Hao felt that no Supreme Sage could withstand this power.
Time flew by.
With Li Hao and the middle-aged warrior diligently eating and drinking every day, half a year passed.
The ancient demon flesh they had accumulated earlier was not yet finished. To prevent a summon from arriving at any moment, Li Hao and the middle-aged warrior once again mounted their bronze chariot and continued to hunt other ancient demon fiefs.
As the middle-aged warrior put it, one never knew whether tomorrow or an accident would come first, so they might as well kill more ancient demons.
He harbored a deep-seated hatred for these ancient demons.
Many of his comrades and family members had fallen to these ancient demons, their souls unable to escape, losing their chance at reincarnation.
As Li Hao and the middle-aged warrior reached their fourteenth ancient demon fief, they were resting when suddenly, a second-stage ancient demon flew into the fief.
The middle-aged warrior was the first to notice and immediately captured it. However, he found that this ancient demon was different, carrying a massive war banner.
When this second-stage ancient demon was captured by the middle-aged warrior, it saw the gruesome scene within the fief—nothing but the corpses of its kind, like a hell on earth.
"You, you..."
The second-stage ancient demon was utterly shocked. Humans were actually here?
The middle-aged warrior plundered its memories and then killed it.
"Damn, it was a messenger."
The middle-aged warrior's face darkened.
The purpose of this ancient demon was to rule over all the ancient demons, preparing them for the summon and the impending battle!
Now, with the fourteen ancient demon leaders resting on this ancient path all slain, the ancient demon commander would soon realize the loss of most of his subordinates and would undoubtedly take notice of him and Li Hao.
"It's too late. I haven't broken through yet. If the commander notices, we're both dead. You need to return to the pseudo-realm immediately."
The middle-aged warrior immediately told Li Hao, glancing at the ancient demon corpses scattered around. "Take these bodies with you. Only you can cook them; otherwise, they'll just rot here."
As he said this, his expression became complex.
They had finally seen a glimmer of hope, but it was about to be extinguished.
This was an unstoppable disaster.
Li Hao's face also darkened. He hadn't expected the situation to be so urgent. If they had a few more years, they might have been able to finish the ancient demon flesh, and the middle-aged warrior might have had a chance to break through.
The hope of life was right in front of them, yet it was suddenly snuffed out, leaving Li Hao feeling unable to accept it.
But there was no other way.
"Go, don't hesitate. In the final years of my life, to have met a friend like you, I can die without regrets."
The middle-aged warrior patted Li Hao's shoulder, giving him a smile.
Li Hao remained silent, pondering other possibilities.
The middle-aged warrior seemed to understand what Li Hao was thinking and shook his head slightly. He had fought for countless years, and his mindset was rather pessimistic. At this moment, he no longer held any hope.
He hadn't expected that the war outside would be the final straw.
The thing he had yearned for so long was now blocking his path to survival.
The middle-aged warrior prepared to send Li Hao away, mounting the bronze chariot to return to the canyon exit.
They returned to the place where they first met.
However, before they could say anything, a roar suddenly echoed from the sky.
immediately, Li Hao felt a vast malevolent intent, along with a piercing pain in his organs, a powerful Soul Power that made him shiver and feel physically uncomfortable even before it approached.
Was this the ancient demon commander?
"Trouble!"
The middle-aged warrior's face changed drastically. He hadn't expected the ancient demon commander to detect them so quickly.
He soon realized that he had overlooked something. The messenger must have had something on him, and the ancient demon commander likely sensed it as soon as the messenger died, prompting him to rush here.
"Scoundrel!"
In the sky, a massive ancient demon, thousands of feet in size, charged toward them. Its body was no longer like a fearsome bat but resembled a headless human demon.
It had four pairs of flesh wings, two strange mouths on its chest, and a snake-like lower body.
Seeing that most of his subordinates on the ancient path had disappeared, the ancient demon commander was enraged, his eyes turning blood red.
A major battle was imminent, yet a huge fire had erupted in his backyard. He was nearly driven mad.
"Run!"
The middle-aged warrior urgently told Li Hao.
At the same time, Immortal Power erupted from his body, and a silver crack appeared on his forehead—his immortal seal.
His Soul Spirit manifested, and he drew his ancient sword. A moment of hesitation flashed through his mind. He knew that once he took this step, both he and his old companion would fall in battle here.
But in just an instant, he stepped forward resolutely and said to Li Hao, "Don't worry about me. Live well, and I believe that one day, you will step out again!"
"If that day comes, don't forget to visit Guangyan Sect and find a woman surnamed Li."
"Tell her I waited for her!"
He said this without looking back, with a tragic air, and charged toward the ancient demon commander.
Li Hao's mind was shaken. Facing the ancient demon commander, despite the significant improvement in his Soul Spirit over the past three years, he felt as insignificant as an ant.
This feeling was even more desperate than when he first arrived and saw the ancient demon leader.
"None of you will escape!"
The ancient demon commander roared ferociously. It was about to use its troops when they were killed, leaving it in a rage.
It released a terrifying Intimidation, and suddenly, the space-time of heaven and earth seemed to freeze.
Li Hao immediately felt his body stiffen, unable to move, and his Soul Spirit was suppressed within his Physical Body, unable to manifest.
Moreover, the Power between Heaven and Earth was completely solidified. The only ones who could still move were the middle-aged warrior and the ancient demon commander.
However, the middle-aged warrior's movement was extremely slow, as if he were struggling against a violent storm, making it extremely difficult.
Li Hao struggled desperately, trying to erupt into the Ultimate Realm, but his Physical Body remained still, and the Power within him was suppressed.
This kind of technique was beyond his understanding, and a hint of madness appeared in his eyes.
Was he going to die here?
As Li Hao continued to struggle, trying to regain his ability to move, the ancient demon commander's attack landed on the middle-aged warrior. With just one claw, it pinned him to the ground, creating a deep crater in the earth.
"So, you're at the peak of True Immortal, almost reaching the level of a true monarch. No wonder you killed so many of my subordinates. Damn you, you deserve to die!"
The ancient demon commander was infuriated, grabbing the middle-aged warrior and beating him mercilessly, not killing him outright but wanting him to die in agony.
The middle-aged warrior spat out blood, and his Soul Spirit was scorched by the other's attack. The Power within his Soul Spirit was being continuously absorbed. He knew this was the ancient demon's technique, intending to turn his Soul Spirit into nourishment.
He swung his sword wildly, but the weapon could not pierce the other's skin.
After several more strikes, the middle-aged warrior's Soul Spirit dimmed, and the Divine Bones on it faded.
"Such a strong Soul Spirit, very delicious indeed. And that saint-level guy's Soul Spirit isn't weak either. I will crush your souls bit by bit!"
The ancient demon commander said angrily, transmitting its intent through its soul, wanting to make these two humans die in fear and despair.
Boom!
At that moment, a sound of something breaking through the air came from the sky.
Immediately afterward, a Spear Light shot over from thousands of miles away.
The Spear Light carried a spiraling sound and light, rotating as it pierced through the void, creating a distorted vortex storm.
The ancient demon commander's pupils contracted in shock, surprised that the opponent had arrived so quickly.
It hurriedly turned to block, but the spear pierced through its claw.
Then, a red figure appeared, moving as if by instantaneous teleportation.
She had flying black hair, wore crimson battle armor, and had cold, sharp eyes. She was a female general.
She raised her hand, and the spear that had pierced the ancient demon commander retracted. She held a red-tasseled spear, her gaze scornful as she scanned the valley.
Noticing the situation, her gaze fell on the bronze chariot beside Li Hao. Seeing the construction of the battle chariot, her eyes flickered, instantly recognizing it as a product of ancient times, still retaining some Power.
Her gaze swept over Li Hao, noting that he was only at the saint level, causing her eyebrows to arch slightly.
"Die!"
Then, she moved quickly, holding her spear and charging toward the ancient demon commander.
(End of Chapter)
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