Chapter 1373: The Wise Man Appears as the Fool? (I)

Thousands, even ten thousand supernaturals materialized near the ninth prince. They raised their weapons high and rushed him, howling, “We need to exterminate evil and return peace to the world!”

The ninth prince’s face twitched. The world really had changed. The era of a Jiang family member summoning a response from the entire population with a wave of their hand was long gone.

Not to mention, what prestige and authority did the Jiangs have left after everyone experienced the age of the nine ministries?

The changes that had taken place in the world over the past year rivaled those that’d taken place over the past one hundred years. And yet, the ninth prince still wanted to use the old methods to manipulate the people’s hearts. He was so behind the times.

All of the sky canopies in the world focused on him, projecting his expression of growing fear. The people snorted at the sight. Who did this prancing clown think he was?

“I am not willing to thoroughly eradicate a bloodline,” Li Hao’s voice echoed through the world with some aloofness. “The Silver Moon martial master rule is that we always leave behind some heritage from our opponents. That stands true even when we seek revenge! But since you do not respect the rules of the martial world and insult our forebears, you deserve death!”

The ninth prince’s expression flickered through a variety of changes.

“How dare you!” The prince gnashed his teeth. “Li Hao, I’ll tell you something! Do you think I haven’t been doing anything all this time? My family has saved up countless supernatural bombs all these years and I’ve scattered them throughout the Skystar continent. If you dare kill me, I’ll detonate them at the same time and sink the entire continent!

“Do you think I don’t know the consequences?! If you dare kill me, then countless people will be my burial goods. I’ll blow up the continent and bring the people with me. If I’m going to die, then we’re all going to die!”

His shouts were charged with emotion. Since he’d dared emerge from hiding, he’d naturally done so with certain assurance. Was he afraid of death?

Of course he was!

He knew that Li Hao was very strong and could kill him. Not even enhancement from the heavenly will would protect him!

Therefore, the prince knew that this might be the only way to curtail Li Hao’s actions.

If you kill me, I’ll detonate the entire continent!

𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Li Hao tilted his head to look at the Saints in the cities. Some of them were ashen-faced. If there really were countless bombs buried beneath them, then everyone present was guilty of severe dereliction of duty.

How could no one be aware of such a major happening? Li Hao had set watchers on the ninth prince a long time ago, yet he was still able to bury countless bombs underground with none the wiser.

Lin Hongyu and her colleagues... All of them were guilty of gross negligence!

In the distance, a hint of excitement and delight appeared in the ninth prince’s eyes.

The people help you cultivate, but that also means they are your weakness. Li Hao, you are constrained by the people.

Meanwhile, what Li Hao wanted to say was...

Go ahead and hit the button.

But upon further thought, that would be quite unfair to Marital Uncle Hong, especially as the martial uncle was now closely tied to the people. This would place him in a great deal of danger. If the ninth prince really let loose and destroyed Silver Moon, then the river of great dao might collapse.

That would be as much of a loss as it was a gain.

Stars continued to integrate with each other in the mental sea; the process was not yet complete. Or rather, it should be said that it had only just begun. Even this step of the process was just a beginning.

The critical point was yet to be reached.

A joke wanted to threaten Li Hao? How preposterous. The prince was just a pawn that all sides were using to judge Li Hao’s capabilities.

“What a pity...” Li Hao sighed. “You were genteel and elegant enough the first time I met you. When the Jiang family was toppled, I spared you since you hadn’t committed too much evil. But to think that you wouldn’t treasure your chance and roll around in the mud with that piece of shit heavenly will...

“Then... I shall grant you your wish!”

The young man smiled radiantly and summoned a long river of chaos. Li Hao stood over it, vanishing on the spot as he followed the water.

“How dare you...” snarled the ninth prince as his eyes widened with shock. “I’ll ignite all of the bombs if you dare approach me!”

He was a Saint at the end of the day. At the same time, Li Hao was so terrifying that the prince’s strength as a Saint was likely to be useless. After all, even Empyrean Kings were impotent in front of this opponent.

Seeing that Li Hao was completely ignoring him, the prince’s face twisted and he abruptly flew toward one of the moons. He headed for the one that the Moon God was present in. Not only that, but there did seem to be energy ripples stirring in various corners throughout the land.

“You guys made me do it!” A crazed light dawned in the prince’s eyes. “Li Hao, you’re depraved through and through! As I thought, you don’t care about the lives of the people! In that case, I’ll blow them up to the high heavens!”

He ignited the bombs!

Look what you made me do, Li Hao!

The prince himself sped for the Moon God, so that he could escape into the immaterial dao universe at a critical time and not be killed by Li Hao in return. For now, at least, they were partners of a sort.

“I want your great dao to shatter!” raged a crazed ninth prince. Countless bombs began exploding in the surroundings!

Everyone in the world jerked with shock and alarm. How many bombs had this person buried? How many were going to die today?

It was then that a river that looked a bit different appeared at the end of the river of chaos. It stretched forward, encircling the ninth prince. Time seemed to flow in reverse!

The prince was shooting through the air when the scene blurred in front of him. A dazed blink later saw him reappear where he’d started.

What had just happened?

The explosions ripping through the air had dissipated—even vanished. It was like nothing had ever happened. Li Hao walked out of the end of the long river and reached for the prince!

A surge of heavenly will violently rocked the void, waking the ninth prince. The heavenly will, however, fled!

So horrifying!

Li Hao ignored the heavenly will, instead reaching his hand toward the ninth prince.

Crunch!

The young man closed his hand around the prince’s head.

“What did you do to me?!” The prince was pale with horror.

“What a shame that Martial Uncle Southern Fist’s good wishes have come to this... My apologies, martial uncle!” Li Hao sighed. He didn’t wish to target the prince and only felt regret that he could not respect He Yong’s wishes.

Crunch!

Bam!

The prince’s head exploded and his body was pulverized to dust. Endless energy wafted in all four directions and shot at the ordinary cultivators coming their way.

“This energy is bestowed upon you guys. Your actions well deserve a reward!”

BOOM!

The explosions rang successively as the ninth prince completely blew apart. His ghastly scream rang in the upper reaches of the sky, tinged with incredulity and despair.

He was dead, just like that?

.......

The entrance to the immaterial dao universe.

The three powerhouses looked at each other with a slight change in their expression.

“That guy really can control time now. He is able to reverse it!” Zheng Yu murmured. Time control was time control, even if only for a few seconds!

“It’s only a small area, but... he truly can reverse it!” The Red Moon exalted emperor was likewise moved. “That is indeed astonishing. His control of time is only relative—he can not only command an area to be silent, but also reverse it!”

These were two entirely different concepts!

To silence an area was to stop time in that area alone; time would flow naturally in other places. It was the equivalent of a pause. Just now, however, Li Hao had reversed the flow of time in a spot!

This meant that his control of time had reached even more terrifying heights!

Although it was only a split second, it was still an incredible result for a powerhouse.

The ninth prince’s probing proved to be useful in the end. At the very least, it enabled them to see the young man’s more deeply hidden aces. This guy was much more terrifying than before.

“He didn’t fully reverse it!” Zheng Yu soon shook his head. “He only targeted one person and didn’t cover the entire area affected. He is able to affect a tiny spot, perhaps even only one person!

“The bombs didn’t go off because of cause and effect. But no matter what, such skill is already impressive! No one grasped the power of time during New Martial. Why has it appeared in the new dao?”

They didn’t care about the death of the ninth prince. What was a Saint, and a forcefully enhanced Saint at that, worth? They wouldn’t blink even if a few Empyrean Kings died.

Royal descendants and the Jiang family were jokes in their eyes. The greatest use for the ninth prince was to force out Li Hao’s hidden trump cards. That was the prince’s biggest contribution!

“How much longer do you need?” Zheng Yu frowned. “Something feels off—Li Hao utilized the power of time against a minor character. This means he might have something even bigger hidden or grander plans. Li Daoheng, bring out whatever you’ve got to stop him!”

A minor character!

The ninth prince likely would’ve never guessed that this was his assessment from certain premier powerhouses.

Standing removed from the duo, Li Daoheng frowned. “He does indeed have something else in mind, I can sense something wrong! Li Hao isn’t doing this just to devour the world. Zheng Yu, you and I don’t need to hide anything at this point. Those small tricks are effective against weaklings, but useless against you and me. We should just deploy them all at once!”

“Very well!” Zheng Yu nodded with a smile. “Let’s do so, we shouldn’t delay!”

......

At the same time.

The queen however in the air widened her eyes. A tremendous surge of infinite power flowed into her through the primary body of the moon. It was a very familiar strength!

It was lunar power—the Moon God!

As I thought!

Just as the queen had surmised and Li Hao guessed, she was nothing more than a pawn to the Moon God, Li Daoheng, and Li Hao. No matter how strong she was, she would never escape the fate of being a pawn.

Not only that, but figures appeared around her. She was very familiar with them as they were divine spirits—the god of prophecy, misfortune, destiny, calamity...

These were numerous divine spirits of immaterial dao! Their presences were very strong as they weren’t typical Saints. Divine spirits were Saints to begin with. They’d seemed to recover to their peak and even taken a step further.

Divine presences flared and the power of misfortune and disaster spread throughout the land. The queen’s presence instantly changed to the Moon God’s presence.

“Slaughter the world and kill all cultivators. Bring calamity to the mortal world!”