Chapter 1058: Divine Spirits Inspire No Fear (II)

Rumble!

Powerful presences rocked the land as magnificent existences came striding through the void. Hundreds of student puppets, numerous plant spirit replies, and large sums of fearsome martial masters ripped through the void.

Li Hao’s sword descended!

The sky and earth changed color and rays of scintillating radiance burst out of the great hall in response. Multiple valiant existences quickly awakened. Some opened their eyes with bleary confusion, others with anger.

“How dare you!”

“Arrogant cretins!”

“You court death!” Divine spirits swiftly sprang to life. Towering figures formed beneath the heavens and blocked the ray of sword light that promised annihilation. Its existence shook some divine spirits with anger.

A massive mirror abruptly appeared in the void, alongside twelve formidable plant spirit primary bodies arrayed in the four cardinal directions. A gargantuan tree swayed in their middle while rays of resplendent light covered the ground.

“Assemble into formation!” General Pagoda’s calm voice rang in the air.

Boom!

The void seemed to be severed into various portions, as were the sky and earth. The thirteen plant spirits did not participate in the battle. Instead, they chose to set up a formation that sealed off the premises.

The queen’s eyes widened with shock. What level of confidence did it take to make such a decision! These thirteen daunting existences did not take to the field. Instead, they stayed out of the action to isolate the city!

She cast a swift glance at the people in the distance, at the person standing in the front—Li Hao!

Indeed, she knew that person was Li Hao. He was here!

“Li Hao!” shouted the queen. “You have a death wish!”

“Thou hast invaded Skystar,” boomed Li Hao’s voice, like it was the voice of the world. “Thou art wanting in benevolence, justice, loyalty, and filial piety. Thou hast no honor and a base nature. Thy crimes are unpardonable! Kneel in submission so that thou may be spared!”

“How ludicrous!” The queen shot into the air. A bright moon seemed to appear in the sky, illuminating the world! Her expression was chilly, sacred, and unspeakably holy. She was the mistress of the world!

“Li Hao, this world belonged to us to begin with, those of New Martial are the invaders. Thou are descendants of New Martial and thus, all invaders!” Moonlight imbued the queen; she radiated rings of formidable lunar radiance. The woman appeared every bit a demon god.

On the ground, the befuddled Divine Nation troops sprang up with sudden excitement and howled, “Our god shines evermore!”

“To divine battle!”

“Fight fight fight!” Countless soldiers howled with berserk fervor. They’d been nearly routed moments ago, but now erupted with zeal and forcing back the dauntless Battle Heaven Army.

Grisly combat commenced in the streets of the city. Such were zealots. Regular armies might’ve outright fallen apart when ambushed by fifty thousand armored superhuman elites. No matter how big the army, complete collapse was a high possibility, to say nothing of an army of only one million strong.

The Demon Hunters were Skystar elites, but they were swiftly pushed back.

Multiple figures appeared behind the queen and a fearsome existence crowed with great emotion, “The Moon God is about to return! We are the true spirits of this world and its masters!”

The Moon God!

Li Hao smiled and looked at the queen. “So it’s you!” He learned in this moment who the one with the physical body meridian was. It was the queen of Divine Nation!

She might have an even more important identity, which was why she could direct these divine spirits. She might be the reincarnation of the Moon God who’d been killed in years prior.

Or, she could be the second awakening of the Moon God.

The Moon God was the head of the divine spirits of Silver Moon.

“Kill!” Li Hao commanded harshly, sending out thousands of student puppets!

Blinding sword light shot out as Sky Sword and Earthturner Sword made their moves. Punches of the five elements also broke through the void. Everyone brought their strength to bear!

Light Sword swung an immense blow. A terrifying existence appeared in the void in response, as if a god. In reality, it

was

a god.

“Light is everywhere!” The power of light flooded the world with tragic mercy.

Boom!

Like a sun, the power smashed through Light Sword’s sword light. Just as the martial master seemed about to be obliterated, she howled with concentration and soundlessly struck a blow that emitted no shadow!

A combination of light and dark!

Heated combat had embroiled all sides. Replicas from the redwood tree and other plant spirits shot forward to encircle the city. At the same time, a goddess brimming with forceful vitality walked out of the void.

“I command life!” she sighed. “Plant spirits are but a branch of life!”

She filled the air with starlight when she waved her hand, as if motes of life force.

In the distance, a ponderous god of war hovered into being and declared coldly, “We have never been afraid of war! Fiiiiight!”

“The earth nurtured all living beings at the start of the world. I command the earth!” Another goddess emerged—the one of earth. The previous god of earth had fallen, its corpse was with Li Hao. Another deity of earth had been born, this time a goddess.

Multiple divine spirits appeared in the air, each of them unrivaled and unparalleled. The mighty god of war preoccupied a dozen puppets by itself. The world shattered when it punched; puppets were thrown through the air. Its strength was so incredible that numerous cracks were left on the puppet bodies.

Only a few individuals were yet to make their move on the two sides. The queen stood in the void, staring frostily at Li Hao with fury!

Li Hao calmly looked back at her. Jiang Li was standing next to him, stunned by the strength displayed on both sides. Li Hao had already brought out matchless battle strength, but Divine Nation instantly mobilized more than thirty divine spirits in response!

Each of them was so overwhelming that they were certainly more than seventh level Mountain and Sea. Jiang Li had no words for the depths of his shock! According to Li Hao’s cultivation system, these divine spirits possessed more than seventh level Mountain and Sea, and fell within a range between that and third level Sun and Moon.

Whereas with Great Li, apart from a few premier royal guards and temple priests, only Jiang Li and the Great Li king barely counted as the Sun and Moon level. But here, there were at least seven with that kind of battle strength. They’d all opened at least ten dao meridians.

Were these the capabilities of Divine Nation? There were more presences rising from the divine hall in the distance. Perhaps more divine spirits were awakening and would make their appearance soon.

......

“Commander Li...” The speechless Jiang Li looked at the young man. Li Hao was staring at the queen. He could sense a powerful presence awakening in her, it fought him for the aura of heaven and earth and mastery of the world!

This reincarnation of the first Moon God or the second generation Moon God was vying for supremacy! And... he seemed to be on the losing side. Heaven’s will seemed to favor this one more!

“You should know that we are the original inhabitants of this land.” The queen served an arctic look at Li Hao. “All of you are foreigners! Whether it is heaven’s will or the heavenly dao, all of it belongs to us!”

Immense pressure roiled in all directors. Li Hao could sense a domineering wave of heavenly aura.

It’d always been him bringing great pressure to bear down on others; this was his first taste of what it felt like to be suppressed by the world. It was like he was going to be crushed alive!

Such was heaven’s will!

Li Hao was not more favored than the queen of Divine Nation.

Jiang Li sweated profusely, sensing the enormous pressure from above. Li Hao began sweating as well.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

“Open!” the young man shouted, summoning a rift to the Hao Cosmos!

His sword ripped through the universe, bringing a waterfall of energy into his body. “Heaven’s will is too infantile. Dao is the true core of this era! Suppressing me does not mean that you can suppress the great dao!”

Rumble!

Ponderous might reared against the pressure. Stars manifested in the sky as Li Hao reached out a hand. He threaded them into a straight line and brought them down on the queen!

“How can grains of rice contend with the luster of the moon and sun!” dismissed the queen. A wheel of the bright moon appeared and rolled right over the stars, popping them out of existence.

Li Hao’s expression did not change!

“You guys don’t need to pay attention to me,” his voice swept through the battlefield. “Kill all of the divine spirits and leave the Moon God to me!”

All of his dao meridians floated to the fore—nine complete attributed meridians and ten fully opened unattributed meridians. Twenty-six partially opened dao meridians were also visible.

His incomparable battle strength was on full display, but the queen was equally unrivaled. A scepter appeared in her hand and she swung it at Li Hao. It seemed to break the universe with its momentum—even the passageway that Stellaris maintained trembled with its movement.

“Li Hao, do you think that this queen does not know what you rely on?” snorted Divine Nation’s ruler. She knew!

She hadn’t personally witnessed the battle between Li Hao and the Great Li king, but she knew of the particulars. She even knew that Li Hao had borrowed the might of the dao universe, that he himself wasn’t that strong. The young man would only be a powerhouse of roughly twenty dao meridians if she broke his connection with that second universe.

Based on Li Hao’s system that he’d made public, twenty dao meridians was but fifth to sixth level Sun and Moon. All thirty-six would be peak ninth level Sun and Moon. When compared to New Martial, they would be a present-day Immortal. That did not measure up to an Immortal of core origin dao.

Divine Nation’s queen had also broken through the limits of the world. Her battle strength was the epitome of formidable and she smashed Li Hao’s strand of nine stars to pieces.

Jiang Li paled with dismay. She was so strong! No wonder Divine Nation could reign supreme in the west and be unmoved for countless years. No wonder it’d even survived New Martial!

The priest hadn’t wanted to take a stand prior to this, but now the color of white jade appeared over his body and a daunting Initial Martial air rose from his body. He moved to help Li Hao, but the young man directed him elsewhere.

“Go handle the god of war!”

Off in the distance, the god of war demonstrated why he was called such. Nine student puppets encircled him, but they were so thoroughly dominated that they couldn’t lift their heads. Cracks were beginning to form on their bodies. The robot cats such as Jiang Yingli were stronger than the puppets and had joined the fight, but still could not claim a victory over their opponent.

Does... Li Hao not need help?

Although skeptical, Jiang Li didn’t say anything. The young man was bringing the Great Li king’s strength to bear. In fact, the king had been defeated when Li Hao forged a connection to the Hao Cosmos. This queen not only withstood the young man, but was able to counterattack.

Her strength was greater than the Great Li king’s!