Chapter 1346: Killing Ying Hongyue (III)

Ying Hongyue grit his teeth and howled, turning himself into a diagram of the eight trigrams and shooting at Li Hao. He enveloped the young man, but Li Hao didn’t dodge the attack. He permitted the diagram to encircle him.

“That’s a miniature version of the Eight Trigrams Suppression Formation!” Zhang An shouted urgently as everyone jerked with shock.

You can’t let him seal you away!

He knew that Li Hao ardently sought vengeance and hoped to crush Ying Hongyue in all aspects possible, but in Zhang An’s eyes, tormenting or killing Ying Hongyue was already enough. Why take more risks?

It was too dangerous!

The complete version of this formation could seal an exalted emperor!

Although Ying Hongyue’s presence was incredibly domineering, he was not the complete version of the formation. At the same time, Li Hao was just fourth to fifth level Fused Dao. Although he suppressed the man at every turn, there were plenty of examples throughout history in which the enemy turned the tables at the last possible second!

Villains always died from talking too much!

To Zhang An, it was very unwise that Li Hao didn’t kill Ying Hongyue at first light and spent so much time measuring the two against each other. That was exactly how many villains ultimately lost in the end!

Li Hao seemed to be sealed off—the Eight Trigrams Suppression Formation covered his body!

“You are too arrogant, Li Hao!” Ying Hongyue’s voice rang coldly. The brat had occupied the upper hand the entire time, inflating his self worth to astonishing levels!

Li Hao let Ying Hongyue accumulate his strength as he would and seal off his opponent as he would. Perhaps this was indeed Ying Hongyue’s chance to truly seize the bloodline of the Lis, collect all eight families, and finally complete the integration of the eight bloodlines!

Li Hao was crazy!

A tremendous surge of devouring force reverberated from the eight trigrams. The eight bloodlines vibrated, as if wanting to consume all of the bloodline within Li Hao’s body.

The young man sat cross-legged, permitting Ying Hongyue to absorb his bloodline as the man would.

Gradually, strands of unique bloodline power seeped out of Li Hao’s body and were swallowed by the Eight Trigrams Suppression Formation. The eight trigrams shone ever more brilliantly; Ying Hongyue was incredibly agitated. He... he’d succeeded!

But how was this possible?

He couldn’t believe the sight in front of his eyes!

Had he really turned the tables?

On the perimeter, the Saints and Fused Dao cultivators squawked with alarm! Zhang An took a step forward, ready to barge inside. However, multiple Fused Dao appeared and blocked his way forward.

Lin Hongyu looked on solemnly and shook her head at Zhang An, transmitting, “His Lordship gave orders that no one is to interfere before he kills Ying Hongyue.”

“You...” Zhang An reddened with anger.

Do none of you see the situation at hand?!

We do!

However, Lin Hongyu insisted. “His Lordship gave standing orders!”

“You people...” Zhang An didn’t know what to say!

Do you realize what stage their fight has progressed to??

Tendrils of bloodline power were being continuously extracted from Li Hao’s body. It was a unique bloodline intermixed with some sword intent. As the process went on, even the golden light in the young man’s eyes began to dim. That was the sword eye ability!

The sword eye ability was fading away as his bloodline was being stripped.

Ying Hongyue nearly danced on the spot with joy! It was working!

Li Hao, you were too arrogant!

As more strength left him, Li Hao’s presence began to weaken. The one hundred stars in his mental sea started swaying with instability!

His sword intent was beginning to drift away as well!

But through the midst of all this, the look in Li Hao’s eyes remained clear and bright. He simply watched silently as Ying Hongyue went about his business.

The formation scintillated with light after an indeterminate period of time. Ying Hongyue was overjoyed, but also apprehensive. Li Hao... hadn’t fought back during the entire process! That was incredibly unsettling!

Why didn’t he resist?

The formation was strong, but Li Hao wasn’t weak either. Why didn’t he thwart the theft of his strength?

But there was no option to stop at this stage. Anxiety and alarm replaced some of Ying Hongyue’s excitement and glee.

Just as he was about to absorb the last tendril of bloodline, Li Hao suddenly breathed out. “Are you done? Not bad! To be honest, I’ve been wanting to extract the Li bloodline from me for a while. Li Daoheng clearly had some tricks up his sleeves that I was unable to defuse, so... thanks man!”

He grinned, lacking the golden sparkle in his eye that was present before. The young man seemed to have returned to his purest, most original state.

“The Firmament Sword has been a mainstay of my family for many years. The strength of the Li bloodline has burrowed deep into our bones.” Li Hao smiled. “I probably wouldn’t have been able to dispel the effects of the bloodline even if I changed to another body. I’ve always wanted to separate it from me and neutralize Li Daoheng’s fallbacks, but I’ve never been able to do it. Seriously, thank you!”

“Li Hao, do you think you’re coming out ahead after I’ve stripped the Li bloodline from you??” Ying Hongyue rasped. “I’m going to fully combine the eight bloodlines today...”

The formation transformed into a person as the eight bloodlines began to come together. Ying Hongyue’s presence billowed and he spontaneously suppressed Li Hao. There was a vicious cast to his expression. The two were almost face-to-face and he stared coldly at the young man.

Expelling Li Daoheng’s failsafes?

No!

You’ve failed even if you’ve done so! You’re too cocky, Li Hao!

The young man didn’t even look at Ying Hongyue, he was looking up at the sky. “It’s about time!”

What?

Just as the thought passed through Ying Hongyue’s mind, the seven main cities flared with radiance. Sword City erupted as well within the seal!

The seal in the sky shook violently and two words appeared over Li Hao’s head—Battle Heaven!

“The eight bloodlines have converged to request the emergence of the exalted emperor’s blade!” Li Hao shouted. The world trembled as a blade the color of blood stirred beneath the Tranquil Star ruins.

Great Li!

The god of Initial Martial had just returned to his territory when his eyes widened with shock.

“Senior, please bring the blade into the world and nourish it with Ying Hongyue’s blood!”

The god’s expression changed dramatically before he clenched his jaw and yelled, sending a powerful surge of blood qi through the world!

The blade of blood beneath Tranquil Star stirred wildly, then shot upward, emerging from another dimension!

A powerful existence flew out of the north and hurtled through the void, grasping the blade with one hand. He shook all over and smashed through the void, immediately arriving in Silver City airspace!

The look in the Initial Martial god’s eyes was complicated.

“Senior, please sever the eight bloodlines with the blade!” Li Hao declared calmly.

The god’s expression shifted through a variety of emotions, Ying Hongyue’s face also spasmed.

“The eight bloodlines were arranged by the Sword Sovereign and Exalted Blood Emperor!” he roared through clenched teeth. “They were appointed to safeguard Silver Moon! You have a policy of noninterference, you cannot take action...”

“Senior, use the blade to sever the eight bloodlines!” Li Hao remained calm.

The Initial Martial god ignored Ying Hongyue. He looked meaningfully at Li Hao, his voice low. “This... was your plan from the beginning... You wanted to use me...”

“Senior, please deploy the blade and complete your mission! The combined eight bloodlines are the best nourishment!”

The god sighed deeply.

Oh for... I stepped into the kid’s scheme after all! Do I deploy the blade?

...of course!

A blade the color of blood swung down! Ying Hongyue had just combined the eight bloodlines; he raised a hand to stop the blade. However, he faced more than an exalted emperor’s blade—the wielder was also a half step emperor!

One stroke!

The bloody pillar that was the eight bloodlines collapsed. Within the blade, the sleeping cat opened its mouth and devoured all of the bloodline power in one gulp!

The Initial Martial god promptly disappeared with the blade after he made his move. His conflicted and resigned voice came back on the wind. “Don’t expect me to owe you a favor after this... I’m not owing you anything! If you want to collect on this favor, go to the Exalted Blood Emperor. I’m just a henchman... Damn it, damn it all to hell!”

The fully integrated eight bloodlines was indeed the greatest nourishment of all. It exceeded the power of faith that he’d spent all these years gathering. The cat within the blade even showed signs of opening its eyes!

This was a debt of gratitude incurred by both him and the Exalted Blood Emperor!

Damn it!

This pisses me off so much!

I helped Li Hao weaken his enemy and owe him for it afterward!

The Initial Martial god itched just to think about it and disappeared on the spot.

The eight bloodlines were spontaneously severed!

Ying Hongyue had just blazed with peak condition when his blood qi and strength free fell. Ashen with horror, he stared dumbly at the coolly composed Li Hao. It seemed like everything had been within the young man’s grasp.

“You... used me?” the man murmured.

“Used you? How is this using you?” Li Hao said softly after long consideration. “The combination of the eight bloodlines is indeed the best nourishment for that blade. You schemed against the whole world, how did you not know this?

“What could you have accomplished if it wasn’t for this? Why didn’t Zheng Yu assimilate the eight bloodlines? Or Li Daoheng? Do you think you’re smarter than everyone and the only person who can combine the bloodlines?

“Everyone knows that the bloodlines can become one,” jeered Li Hao. “Is a half step emperor dumber than you and you’re the only one who thought about becoming invincible through integrating the bloodlines? Damn, Ying Hongyue, you’re the only genius in the whole wide world, huh?”

Ying Hongyue’s face turned even paler as he mumbled, “No... that’s not it... The combination of the eight bloodlines can manipulate the blade...”

“Since when would it fall to you to control a blade that belongs to an exalted emperor? Its master isn’t dead! The integration of the eight bloodlines is when it stirs to action because that means someone’s devoured all eight families. To the Exalted Blood Emperor, whoever dares do so deserves to be executed! How can that person not die after killing their own?

“Therefore, the moment you or anyone finished combining them would be the moment of their death!” Li Hao crowed mockingly. “Did you really underestimate those New Martial exalted emperors?”