YM778.TV Chapter 398: Known Throughout the Lands (II)
Chapter 398: Known Throughout the Lands (II)
“Demon Sword...” murmured the water Solar. This person... was stronger than Yuan Shuo. Compared to when Yuan Shuo killed the Qimei Staff, the current Li Hao was indeed stronger than his teacher.
A ruthless expression dawned on the water Solar’s face; he pounced on Li Hao the moment the young man approached. He wanted to make his last stand—he would grievously injure Li Hao even if he couldn’t kill the young man!
Li Hao stomped on the ground like he was a massive bear and opened his arms wide, permitting the other to leap at him. He wrapped his arms around the other and called upon the bear style, infinitely increasing the strength in his arms.
Bam!
Death through bear hug!
Li Hao’s arms were as if iron bands locking the other in place; he hugged the water Solar to death. The Solar’s arms broke, his rib cage collapsed, and his organs ruptured. His head hung, but he looked at Li Hao out of the corner of his eyes.
Why??
Why was the young man so strong?!
Why could he spontaneously heal from his injuries?
Why?!
He didn’t understand any of this and died with great reluctance.
Li Hao wasn’t in the mood to guess what the man was thinking. He threw away the water Solar—now a pile of broken bones—and looked around him. Focusing on a bearing below, he leaped into the air and chopped down with his sword!
A terrified supernatural with his mysterious power withdrawn stood unmoving in the void. He’d hoped that the night sky could conceal his movement. However... sword qi came for him the next second!
The supernatural in the sky split apart on the spot!
Li Hao continued when he landed on the ground, jumping back up to descend upon a new spot and causing a partial collapse with a stomp, crushing a Sunflare to a mashed pulp!
The young man still looked elsewhere. A tiger roar shook the land, squeezing someone out from another part of the void. Highly incredulous, they roared, “Impossible!”
This latest was a Celestial killer who wasn’t too strong, but possessed a very special ability. He could hide within the darkness and become one with it, making detection impossible. He’d even assassinated a Solar before and was a Celestial genius with high potential and hopes of ascending to Solar or Nova.
He couldn’t believe that Li Hao had forced him out of hiding with one roar, but then the young man punched him into bloody pieces without further word.
Impossible? There’s a massive sun right in front of me, what isn’t possible about that? Figure out how to hide from my eyes first before you guys whine that it’s impossible.
He looked in the four directions, finally seeing a lack of balls of light. However, Li Hao knew that some had gotten away earlier. This battle would not remain a secret. He’d sensed a few Sunflares around when he killed Yue Pu—they’d probably fled as soon as they witnessed the young man’s terrible might.
With how long the fierce battle took, he had no way of tracking where the Sunflares had gone. It was impossible to cordon off the news. He’d killed these people after taking out the Solars because they stayed to watch until the very end. They courted death!
However, the only ones who got away were those who’d left early. They’d only seen him kill Yue Pu in an ambush, but didn’t have an inkling that sword energy could heal injuries or that he had melded three sword auras into one. It put Li Hao more at ease.
They likely didn’t see the Incantation of the Blade of Blood being deployed either. Then all was fine.
A team of martial masters in black armor rushed over.
“Supernaturals attacked us on all sides!” Liu Long was drenched in blood. “We killed them, but some hiding in the shadows seem to have gotten away. There were also a few earth supernaturals that fled through the ground. We were unable to catch them.”
Those that they killed were the supernaturals that’d stayed behind. There wasn’t anything that the Demon Hunters could do about those who’d run. Everyone looked ardently at Li Hao with traces of passionate worship. One person against six Solars, and he’d killed them all!
Li Hao grinned and raised a hand, waving it around in a clenched fist. “Demon Hunters!”
“Demon Hunters!” answered roars that reverberated through the wilderness! Li Hao would be known through the land after tonight!
Another heavyweight had appeared among martial masters, one that might eclipse Yuan Shuo because Li Hao was so young and his achievements so stunning. He’d fought one against six and killed them all!
Fleeing supernaturals in the distance nearly wet themselves when they heard the roar! Run! Run as fast they could! Li Hao had won! Six Solars and a dozen Sunflares had come from the three great organizations to kill him, but the young man led his people in a victorious fight against them all. Only four had made it out. The rest were buried in this nameless mountain.
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In the wilderness.
Killing intent filled the air. They hadn’t battled that many times, but the Demon Hunters appeared particularly berserk at the moment. They were almost fanatic and itched to follow Li Hao to the central region.
This was their leader! Someone who’d killed six Solars by himself in the same battle, and not through accumulated fights! Solars were titans to these people, but a half dozen of them had died here tonight.
“Clean up the corpses and battlefield, be quick about it!” Li Hao coughed. “We need to retreat—I’ll give you ten minutes to go with me. We might really be running for our lives this time. There could be Novas after me soon... Cough cough cough!”
He coughed violently, reminding people of Hou Xiaochen. But when they looked at Li Hao again, they threw thoughts of the director to the back of their mind. So what of Hou Xiaochen? Was he as mighty as Li Hao at the young man’s age?
Not to mention, Hou Xiaochen was Hou Xiaochen, Li Hao was the one who brought them on battles around the province and helped them grow stronger.
The group swiftly spread out and began cleaning up the battlefield. Six Solars and a handful of Sunflares... Their gains were significant after this battle.
Solars typically carried storage rings on them—an immense step up from Sunflares. They also had mysterious power stones, energy rings, and contained at least one thousand cubes of mysterious power within themselves, accessible when they died.
Li Hao waved his hand after ten minutes; fifty-one people swiftly withdrew into the darkness.
......
Not long after they left, news began spreading thanks to the escaped supernaturals. The world shook!
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A Red Moon base.
Blue Moon briefly lost his train of thought and didn’t know what to say to a room full of powerhouses. No one heard the content of his call, so they remained looking at him. Shocked senseless, Blue Moon promptly set Hou Xiaochen aside. It didn’t matter if the four institutions sought to suppress them or were doing so as they spoke...
He was very much in a daze.
“Blue Moon!” Violet Moon’s voice woke him. “What is it?”
His mouth dry, the man swallowed rrbefore saying slowly, “Zheng Ping and the others caught up to Li Hao on the other side of Rift Canyon...”
That was good! The group was confused.
“And then...” Blue Moon smiled bizarrely. “Celestial’s Yue Pu arrived, as did Yama’s Iron Wall and Seduction. The six Solars were going to capture Li Hao together...”
Those assembled waited for the results. Blue Moon sat on a chair and leaned back, breathing out, “But they’re all dead!”
What?! Shock rippled through the assembly.
“How dare Yue Pu and the others ambush Zheng Ping...” It also felt like a bolt from the blue had struck Violet Moon. It was only natural that she thought of this. Internal conflict!
Well, it didn’t really count as internal conflict. All that could be said was that the three great organizations had erupted in quarreling and brought about each other’s deaths.
Blue Moon smiled, as rueful as he could be. “No... Li Hao killed them all!”
“WHAT?!” Now that was truly impossible to believe.
Blue Moon’s smile disappeared and he breathed out softly, holding a fan in his hand. He waved it around, as if pacifying the agitation in his heart. “They’re all dead”, he said when he regained calm. “Li Hao killed Yue Pu at the first opportunity—it didn’t take him long. Large-scale battle brought out after that. Someone said he defeated the defense-focused Iron Wall with one stroke. And then... there is no further information beyond that!”
Blue Moon chuckled. “Everyone says that Yuan Shuo is powerful, that Hou Xiaochen can be scary... But why has no one ever mentioned that Li Hao is also terrifying?”
Had anyone ever said that before?
No.
All that was mentioned when they spoke of Li Hao was “Yuan Shuo’s final disciple” or “the only heir to the eight families”. No one said that Yuan Shuo’s disciple was a powerhouse himself—this battle wouldn’t have turned out like this if they did. The three great organizations had spent six Solars and more than a hundred supernaturals to prove Li Hao’s might.
The entire hall quieted down, so silent that a pin drop could be heard. They were digesting the news, but it was so far-fetched that they could barely believe it. Li Hao... Yuan Shuo’s disciple! He’d barely managed to win against Qimei Staff’s disciple last month. Had he hidden his strength then, or had he improved to such a terrifying degree in less than a month?
He must have concealed his strength!
They didn’t believe that someone could progress from Sunderer to killing six Solars in the span of a month. This kind of strength would place him in the upper echelon of Solars, despite the young man making use of ambushes and everyone underestimating him. Who knew, perhaps he’d be able to fight Novas!
The entire Red Moon organization quieted down to digest the news. Violet Moon did so as well. She was the only one present who’d come in contact with Li Hao for an extended period of time. Had he been so terrifying when they’d traveled to the ruins?
The young man had seemed honest and simple then. Was he truly the same Li Hao that’d killed six Solars tonight?
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A massive wave swept through all of Silver Moon.
The Night Watchers.
Manager Yu was finally out from seclusion; her face was pale. She walked out into frenzied activity as the entire agency was being mobilized.
“Director...” A stupefied Hao Lianchuan stood dumbly, reciting his report like he was a puppet, “Li Hao... Li Hao killed six Solars in the northern area of the province tonight. One peak Solar, two late Solars, two mid Solars, and one initial Solar. The news has spread far and wide and Novas have surfaced in the three great organizations. They seem to be heading toward the northern reaches of the province...”