Chapter 1216: The Silver Moon Conspiracy (II)

“We’ll attack together and bury this bastard here today!” shouted the queen. Someone rushed out as soon as she gave the command. Everyone was highly agitated.

Li Hao was here alone and his battle strength didn’t seem that impressive. In that case... perhaps they really could end the young man today!

He’d appeared so domineering before that everyone was a bit afraid of him. Who would’ve thought that it was all just a show, a farce!

Even Ying Hongyue frowned. Was this all there was to Li Hao? Impossible! If that was the limit of his abilities, how would he dare come alone and chase down his enemies?

Despite the myriad of questions in his heart, Ying Hongyue didn’t sit back and watch others rush out. He disappeared and materialized next to the queen, also punching out with dominating momentum. He, too, was very strong.

Li Hao was surrounded in the blink of an eye. Behind him, Panther was wary and a violent light glittered in its eyes. But it was just an initial Immortal, so anyone here could match it. It had to wait for the right time to give one of them a fatal blow.

The young man did not draw his sword, he only exchanged blows with the queen. The more they fought, the more excited the queen became. It was like they’d returned to their first battle, the one in which she’d unequivocally crushed Li Hao. If it wasn’t for Li Daozong’s replica utilizing a final strike, she might have been able to kill the young man then.

A variety of attacks churned from all directions. Immense energy shattered the void and caused it to sink into the chaos. The Immortals were immensely excited that Li Hao seemed to be a punching bag; bloody marks scored the young man.

Seeing that they were about to encircle Li Hao and kill him, the crowd grew ever more exhilarated. It was then that the young man’s eyes narrowed as he looked sharply at the queen.

“There’s something very wrong with you...” he suddenly said.

The queen blinked, then cursed to herself.

Trying to be all mysterious when you’re about to die! You court death!

There was no more amusement in Li Hao’s eyes. He lifted his head to the sky with a vague understanding—the Divine Nation queen... was human!

This was a massive deception!

The young man’s expression was so stern that Ying Hongyue began to feel uneasy. He sought to back away when sword qi erupted from Li Hao’s body and crossed the world.

“Sever!” he cried out. One sword pierced through the world, more than ten times stronger than all of his previous blows!

This was also when Panther made its move and bounded forward, startling the group. Before they had time to digest the sudden development, the void broke as another sword cut through the firmament.

Ninth Division leader Li Daozong of Battle Heaven!

Jaws dropped throughout the group. Not only that, but General Pagoda’s branches pierced through the world. Multiple Gold Armors also attacked through the void, followed by numerous powerful plant spirits!

BAM!

The world seemed to break apart. The heavens split open and the earth fissured.

“AHH!!” Ghastly shrieks abounded from anguished powerhouses.

Li Hao was expressionless as he brought his sword down on two people—the queen and Ying Hongyue. As for the rest... were they even using their brains? Battle Heaven was wherever he was, so how was he here alone?

He couldn’t even be bothered to waste his energy to kill them.

The addition of two Saints and dozens of other heavyweights immediately turned the tide. People on Ying Hongyue’s side exploded and their death wails echoed through the world.

Li Hao cut off the queen’s arms with a mighty swing!

“How dare you try to kill me?!” howled the horrified queen; color drained from her face. Immense Silver Moon power swept through the air as she mobilized it. “Don’t force me to completely unseal myself!”

Li Hao looked back up at the sky, his eyes glittering. Did the queen know?

Who would’ve thought that the queen—self-professed reincarnation of the Moon God—would be just another pawn?

The so-called power that you mobilize isn’t yours at all! It’s just someone tailing you and keeping you under watch!

It doesn’t make a difference normally, but if you truly wanted to utilize it to the point of breaking the seal, nothing will answer you!

How sad!

Ying Hongyue was furiously backing away. He’d grabbed the Celestial Sword Immortal and Yonder lord, wanting to flee. Violence shone out of Li Hao’s eyes as he slashed with his sword!

Sword qi filled the air. Not only that, but supernatural characters materialized and turned into copies of Li Hao. He was present from every direction.

A river of stars descended, encircling the world and sealing off the premises!

Ying Hongyue’s eyes widened and he set his jaw, flaring with Red Moon power. Eight bloodlines gathered over his head and shook the world!

Blood qi rose to the heavens!

Blood qi within Li Hao’s body also trembled, shaking his sword qi. Ying Hongyue took advantage of this moment to disappear.

“Li Hao, killing me now is not a good idea...” His voice carried back.

Li Hao laughed gently and stabbed his sword through the four directions!

Crunch!

A weapon exploded and a series of screams rang out.

“I’ve just helped you clear out some riffraff,” the young man laughed. “The three of you can continue roaming the world. You don’t need those tagalongs! Additionally, thank you for doing some of my work for me. Get some more people to come out, especially those weaker Saints, and have them revitalize the world more. I’ll split you some of the gains once I kill them!”

Those screaming were shocked by what he said, as was Ying Hongyue taken aback. A muffled grunt echoed through the air; the queen stared incredulously at the sword that’d pierced her throat.

“Are you really forcing my hand?!” she asked with growing madness. Silver Moon power swept through the land!

Li Hao suddenly retracted his sword and backed away with a laugh. Interesting!

The bloodthirsty queen watched him take a few steps back. All she wanted to do was to go down in flames with him, she didn’t want to stop at all. But the Silver Moon power she was wielding suddenly went against her command and mostly dispersed.

The queen was shocked! Why couldn’t she control her power?

But seeing that the young man seemed appropriately cowed, she didn’t dare reveal her emotions. She quickly made her getaway since it didn’t seem that she would be able to take Li Hao with her.

“Your Silver Moon power will rage out of control if we continue to fight,” Li Hao’s voice appeared in her mind. “Don’t think of securing a pyrrhic victory, you’re not the one calling the shots!”

What?! How does Li Hao know?

“Go with Ying Hongyue’s group, but you guys lack sufficient strength. You should lure more powerhouses over and make him think of a way to revitalize more of the world. The Forbidden Sea flows freely again, so why suppress it? I’ll come find you guys another time!”

The shocked queen immediately fled, vanishing on the spot with Ying Hongyue’s trio. None of the rest that remained survived. They fell to Battle Heaven blades.

A large quantity of Red Moon power drifted through the air; Li Hao absorbed it with gusto. He ignored all Immortal or core origin energy. Only Red Moon power held his interest.

“The rest is yours!” He vanished with those instructions, having entered the Hao Cosmos. Panther was by his side.

The thunder tribulation gathered more quickly than usual when he arrived, instantly converging as a storm of thunderbolts. Red Moon power struggled beneath the bolts.

RUMBLE!

Dao power rose from its demise. Li Hao sat down cross-legged to absorb it, swiftly clearing acupoints again.

How nice!

The young man smiled. These heavyweights bearing Red Moon power were the best present of all. So many Immortals meant a great deal of Red Moon power, which further facilitated his cultivation speed.

He either didn’t cultivate at all, or made the progress of five years worth when he did!

Li Hao sped through the meridians of the second set of thirty-six. Five had been opened to begin with, a number that increased to ten in the blink of an eye. It was soon fifteen, then almost twenty before the tribulation ended.

“How nice indeed!” Li Hao grinned. Two dozen Immortals had contained a lot of Red Moon power. What a pity that he was also much stronger than before, which meant it consumed more energy to open dao meridians.

If as before, he might’ve opened more than a dozen in one go. This battle had also cleared up some confusion for him.

The queen... is just a puppet. She’s not the true reincarnation of the Moon God! She’s just an ordinary human that someone is using as a replacement. The real Moon God may still be alive!

The fake moon in the sky might not be fake after all. Perhaps... it’s the Moon God’s actual body?

Then what about the one in the seal?

Had the moon been divided into two?

Possibly.

The queen of Divine Nation thought she was the reincarnation of a divine spirit that could control the world’s power. That was simply someone lending the ability to her. She was just a puppet used to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes.

The Moon God was Silver Moon word’s first divine spirit. I was wondering why she was so weak and so easy to anger. That’s because she’s very young and already very strong. She’s used to be worshipped by millions and treated as a divine spirit. Of course she’d get some airs from that.

The real Moon God would never be like this. Everyone simply thought she’d forgotten some things during the course of her resurrection, so they didn’t mind the discrepancies. But now... Li Hao was certain that she wasn’t the real Moon God, that she had other dao meridians.

So this means that the Lis are somehow connected to the Moon God. It may even be a conspiracy... against... the world!

Perhaps the Red Moon exalted emperor was part of their plans. Maybe the exalted emperor didn’t know either that the real Moon God was already walking free. The moon over his head was just part of the god’s body, wasn’t it?

The Moon God may have already discovered the dao universe!

Li Hao looked to the depths of the dao universe. There may be a celestial body somewhere there similar to Zhang An’s. These people had already visited the Hao Cosmos before.

A brutal light sparkled in his eyes!

The dao universe can only be mine. Silver Moon can only be mine!

I will not permit anyone to set foot here as my teachers, friends, and chief are sleeping here. Once there are disturbances that completely shatter some stars, that might also end their hopes for resurrection.

They can come back to life!

There is more than one dao meridian in the human body, it’s just that their primary stars have exploded. But there are so many meridians in the human body that it means there are countless other stars out there that belong to them.

They can return.

But once someone trespasses in this area and breaks too many stars, that might completely end that chance for them.

This was also why Li Hao wasn’t that willing to shatter random stars.

He didn’t want to end up killing his own people.