Chapter 1136: Improvement of All Hands (I)

Li Hao reappeared over Silver City airspace and hovered beneath the diagram of the eight trigrams. He glanced at its internal workings—the red line representing the Li family was much weaker than before.

Tendrils of scarlet energy were infiltrating Silver City.

As he thought!

The self-detonation of Stellaris had further weakened the seal. This phenomenon would only take place in the past when it was raining. Now, no rain was required to utilize Red Moon power. In actuality, the rains before were an eruption of accumulated strength. Now, Red Moon could just outright contaminate the city whenever it wished.

Li Hao studied the diagram and city for a while, a myriad of thoughts running through his mind. Supernatural characters materialized around him and enveloped all of Silver City. He wanted to set up a large domain formation and drag the entire city into the Hao Cosmos!

Thanks, Red Moon exalted emperor! I’ll enjoy however much power you’re sending down!

The guy might sense what had happened after Li Hao’s next harvest and wouldn’t be willing to utilize more energy even when given such an opportunity.

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Almost all of the regular citizens of Silver City had been evacuated. Millions of soldiers were camped inside and out of the city. Innumerable people had congregated on the locale—all of them supernaturals. Each instance of absorbing energy created a small energy storm.

While everyone speculated over why Great Li was withdrawing its army and the absence of Silver City powerhouses, Li Hao busily planted supernatural characters in various parts of the city. He also hid countless energy stones in various corners.

The young man wanted to drag the entire city into the Hao Cosmos, or perhaps have the dao universe descend for a second and cleanse Silver City.

It was unknown how many were affected by the Red Moon power and he didn’t have time to identify them one by one. In that case, he would give this idea a try. It would also be an opportunity for everyone.

Li Hao didn’t give advance notification of the events to come. That would leak his intentions and give time for some to escape. There might even be riots that developed. When the Hao Cosmos descended, mutineers would naturally die.

A small horde of energy stones was hidden throughout every corner of Silver City. They would be the activation energy for the formation. A tiny bit of strength from an exalted emperor would be more than enough to enhance the soldiers.

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Time passed second by second. Some powerhouses arrived at Silver City—Huang Yu of the army and some of the commanders. They were going to select their people from the millions camped in Silver City.

This time, Li Hao delegated his authority to others beneath his command. He was no longer solely in charge of the military, that was the five commanders. The army and navy both had their own portion of strength, as did the Inspectorate.

Everyone was here to choose a batch of elites for their troops.

The armies stationed at Silver City had received word; they didn’t hide anything. Silver Moon province was going to disband part of the military and some of the elites would be redeployed to various troops for war.

Some were gratified to be spared from further fighting, others were disappointed.

Many armies had congregated on this spot, but no one was willing to stay. It was too dangerous and they’d suffered numerous injuries after many days of fighting. Although Great Li seemed ready to retreat, Silver City’s side was still worried that battle would break out again.

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Across the way.

The Great Li Dynasty.

The Great Li king frowned slightly at what he sensed. He’d received a message from Li Hao earlier that asked him to wait until tomorrow for his retreat. There was no rush at the moment.

Not only that, but Gan Wuliang had come.

The Great Li king did not like this person—Gan Wuliang did not fit in with the typical Silver Moon style and seemed rather two-faced. But once Gan Wuliang explained his purpose of helping Great Li eradicate the three great organizations, the king didn’t find it appropriate to say anything. The man had also come with one hundred million mysterious power stones, tens of thousands of drops of Water of Life, and numerous divine corpses. The king could hardly turn away Li Hao’s envoy after receiving all of these presents.

He suspected that Gan Wuliang was here to monitor him, despite not reading such an intention from the young man.

The Great Li looked into the distance; Silver City stood in front of them. Why... did it seem somewhat illusory? What was Li Hao up to?

Jiang Li understood some of the situation by now and looked at the city for a while too. “My king... Is Silver City... covered by a special energy?” he asked softly with confusion.

“I’m not sure.” The king shook his head.

How would I know? I can’t see anything, but I can sense that the city is filled with shifting emotional states of violence, anxiety, and unease.

It felt like a powder keg!

It wasn’t only Silver City, but also the Great Li army that fidgeted restlessly at the command to retreat. Some people didn’t want to withdraw, which put the king in a helpless mood. What, were they to imitate Divine Nation if they didn’t retreat?

One million soldiers had been obliterated in the blink of an eye!

Great Li was less than the late Divine Nation. Watercloud Dynasty had surrendered, Divine Nation had lost its army and countless divine spirits. The heavens smiled upon Great Li for it to be able to retreat wholly intact and losing only ten thousand soldiers in the invasion.

The Great Li king rather suspected that if he hadn’t been part of Li Hao’s ambush yesterday, then the next nation to fall after Divine Nation would be Great Li. At that point in time, the young man had urgently sought to slaughter people to quiet the emotional uprising of his heart.

Toppling Divine Nation hadn’t fully quelled his thirst for violence. When the Great Li king offered to retreat, he’d done so with extreme apprehension. He’d been deeply worried that Li Hao would still choose to annihilate Great Li.

Thankfully, the young man regained his mental faculties in the end and didn’t do so. He agreed to the king’s proposal of withdrawal and staying out of Skystar affairs.

The Great Li military camp watched as Silver City turned increasingly unreal. The king’s eyes narrowed as a surge of energy enveloped his camp as well—it wasn’t just Silver City that was affected. Li Hao’s presence appeared for a split second, but the young man didn’t show himself.

When the king turned to look behind him, he frowned slightly. Li Hao... seemed to be setting up a formation! Was it a formation to envelope the entire Great Li army? Did he want to capture them all in one fell swoop?

The Great Li king was starting to worry, but there was nothing he could do if those were Li Hao’s intentions. He tamped down the agitating emotions in his heart and chose to wait.

He would wait for Li Hao to let them go.

The young man’s voice came through some people’s visor at this time. “Everyone is to carry out their duties and keep the army under control. Execute anyone who raises a fuss! The Battle Heaven Army will fill in as the supervisory guards for now and patrol all areas. Look sharp!”

“Investigate and clear out Red Moon power!” Li Hao’s voice also rang by the Great Li king’s ear. “The Great Li army is to stay orderly as well. Those of Great Li do not practice the new martial dao, but they will not be targeted...”

“Everyone is to operate the Breakthrough Incantation and sit down cross-legged for cultivation!” Li Hao’s voice rang through the area. “You are not to converse with each other or move around no matter what happens. Powerhouses will safeguard you even if the sky falls in!

“I am going to summon the energy from the mine to facilitate everyone’s cultivation! We should meet and part on good terms. Whether you stay in the army or are decommissioned to go elsewhere, I hope that you understand one thing—soldiers should protect their homeland!

“Today, I give you the gift of a wondrous opportunity. This is your chance to clear acupoints. It is up to your personal fortunes however many you clear and how far down the path you can walk. You are the ones who decide if you can grab onto this opportunity!

“Do not try to claim someone else’s special ability. Everyone can just absorb your own!”

“......” A wild multitude of thoughts ran through everyone’s minds. They were being gifted an opportunity before they left? Summoning the energy from the mine?

Where did Silver City get such a mine from? Wasn’t that only in Skystar City?

But no one said a word. Some were even quite excited. To be gifted a fortuitous opportunity before they left... Commander Li was quite generous! The only question was, how much energy could they absorb? How many acupoints could they open?

Nearly half of the army of millions were Sunderers, a portion were still Slayers. The bulk of their main fighting force came from the northern provinces. Those armies boasted of many Dominators among their ranks.

Apart from the Battle Heaven Army, there were tens of thousands among the Demon Hunter Army and Silver Moon Guards. Their average cultivation level was Sunderer and there were quite a few Dominators. Those soldiers had cleared numerous acupoints.

There were many among the crowd who were confused or skeptical. Red light even sparkled out of a few of their eyes—those people found Li Hao’s commands somewhat inappropriate, but no one dared make a move.

Powerhouses took to the air at this time. Those such as Huang Yu and Lin Hongyu were all present. Their presences crossed the air, suppressing the world like they were demon gods.

“Don’t move, sit down cross-legged, operate the Breakthrough Incantation, and wait for the fortuitous opportunity to arrive!” they shouted at the armies.

“Everyone is to put down their weapons and sit down cross-legged,” commanded the Great Li king at the same time. “Do not move!”

The instruction rippled through the Great Li army, causing some unrest. What... was going on?

Despite not understanding the situation, no one disobeyed their king.

Silver City airspace.

Power collected by supernatural characters formed a massive shield over the city. The slightly tattered ‘dao’ character hovered in the middle of the city. Power surged to it from all sides and formed an enormous dome of light with the ‘dao’ character in the center.

The dome encompassed everyone.

Li Hao took a deep breath. It was no small feat to bring the Hao Cosmos to Silver Moon world. Not to mention, he wanted it to envelop all of Silver City. It was even more difficult without Stellaris being a tool!

But, it was worth a try.

If he succeeded, it would certainly cause the dao universe to erupt in a rampage since there was a lot of Red Moon power in the area. A thunder tribulation would be upon them; the subsequent convergence of great dao power would be very useful to him in times to come. The soldiers would only be able to absorb a limited quantity of dao power.

Additionally, the dao power would also make hidden dao meridians apparent. Li Hao had been unable to locate the god of prophecy’s dao meridian before. So despite killing the god, he could resurrect at some point in time.

At this moment, the diagram of the eight trigrams over Li Hao’s head seemed to be trembling.