Chapter 1394: Have Fun Together (III)

Not far away, Gan Wuliang’s body had completely exploded. His mental strength formed a wispy looking human. The man’s presence rose sharply; all of the energy in the immaterial dao universe surged into his dao stars.

Gan Wuliang was both shocked, fearful, and a little bit joyous. He’d reached sixth level Fused Dao in the blink of an eye, placing him on par with Hong Yitang. Hong Yitang had only reached that level because he wielded the corporeal dao universe.

As it turned out, Gan Wuliang was hot on his heels. He wielded the immaterial dao while Hong Yitang was in control of the corporeal dao!

Both of them were sixth level Fused Dao.

Bam!

An enormous detonation rang through the world. Celestial Pole had thrown Li Daoheng back with one stroke. Meanwhile, Li Hao was forcefully assimilating the star of time to the rear. He slammed into Li Daoheng during the process, making the man cough up blood.

However, Li Daoheng did not fly into a rage. He simply looked up at the sky and swept a frosty glance over the fragments of the great dao.

Zheng Yu! Aren’t you something! I nicknamed you trouble, but you really did view yourself as trouble and gave me this blow at a critical moment.

Li Daoheng’s presence had slightly declined, but Zheng Yu was dead and with it, his mark on his power. The energy that Li Daoheng had absorbed before smoothly integrated into his body. Although both wielders of the dao universes had run off, he’d absorbed a great deal of energy before that happened.

He was much stronger than before, but he’d lost both dao universes and the hope of verifying himself as an exalted emperor in the new dao!

Gan Wuliang drifted in from the distance, catching up with the fleeing Hong Yitang. The two looked at each other and didn’t say a word.

“Wielders of the dao universes... you are individually sixth level Fused Dao—peak Empyrean King,” Li Daoheng snorted. “You are unable to participate in our battle. You might as well devour each other and see who wins. Whoever succeeds will be a half step emperor and be able to share in the spoils!”

He didn’t care what happened at this point. All of his plans had been ruined!

A guarded look entered both Hong Yitang and Gan Wuliang’s eyes after hearing Li Daoheng’s words. Indeed, they were both only sixth level Fused Dao at the moment. This kind of battle between half step emperors, ones infinitely near exalted emperor, was not one that they could participate in.

But if they combined as one, they possibly stood a chance of joining the fray!

They might be able to verify their dao as exalted emperor with that increase in strength.

Hong Yitang was immensely wary. He was very weak at the moment and Gan Wuliang was a hotly ambitious person. He’d been kept in line by Li Hao before, but at the moment, neither Li Hao nor Celestial Pole had the effort to spare for the duo.

If... Gan Wuliang had ulterior motives in mind and wanted to swallow Hong Yitang, he might very well succeed.

Li Hao was truly very preoccupied with other things at the moment. He and Celestial Pole had taken positions in front of and behind Li Daoheng. The young man was in human form; an unsettled star inside of him continued to agitate, destabilizing his presence. He flicked a side glance at Gan Wuliang...

Zheng Yu had chosen to strengthen Gan Wuliang’s personal dao star in his last moments of life. The late Zheng scion had incorporated immaterial dao strength into the man. One had to say, he’d made a choice that was very much in-line with Zheng Yu’s personality. He loved causing trouble for others. If the victor had been Li Hao, he might’ve undertaken some actions to ensure the same displeasure in the young man.

Gan Wuliang... was fine enough when he was weak. He very much knew how to behave. But now that he was sixth level Fused Dao, he would be able to ascend to half step emperor if he swallowed Hong Yitang.

By then, he could even merge the two daos together, stand a chance of devouring the star of time, and fashion a real dao universe.

It would be a great deal of trouble for Li Hao if Gan Wuliang chose to turn traitor right this moment. Li Daoheng could naturally see that as well.

“Gan Wuliang, you’re a minor character that may see this kind of opportunity come around just once in your lifetime,” Li Daoheng chuckled. “I’ll keep Li Hao and the rest busy, you simply need to swallow Hong Yitang. Once you summon the star of time to yourself, you’re guaranteed to be a half step emperor or even exalted emperor. I won’t mind sparring with you at that time!”

His longsword flashed out again!

Li Hao swung his sword in the same moment, as did Celestial Pole make his move. The three powerhouses exchanged blows in the void, enveloping the world in their boundless might. Those who were weak had long been frozen by time. Only powerhouses barely managed to retain freedom from the power of time and watched the fight with trepidation.

No one could interfere in this battle.

Gan Wuliang looked at Hong Yitang and suddenly said, “Headmaster Hong, Li Daoheng makes a bit of sense. You and I are both sixth level Fused Dao, but we cannot participate in their fight. We do stand a chance if we become one...”

“You want to eat me?” Hong Yitang glared coolly at his counterpart.

“How would I ever?” Gan Wuliang hastily responded. “I’m just... just saying that we can temporarily integrate with each other... We can try helping ourselves so we can resolve the marquis’ strong enemies for him!”

But Hong Yitang did not trust him!

Once the two dao universes fully came together, the star of time might struggle free of Li Hao since it was the heart of the two universes. It might choose to return home, which would leave the young man in tremendous trouble.

Of course, if Gan Wuliang was sincere about partnering, then the combined masters of the dao universes would advance to half step emperor and be able to help Li Hao.

But after experiencing so much today, how did Hong Yitang have any trust left when it came to these people? Even the foolish queen had known to employ some schemes so she could break free of being manipulated.

The incomparably shrewd Zheng Yu was now dead and his dao scattered. He hadn’t been able to prevail against Li Daoheng. And if Li Hao hadn’t fed himself to Number Two, the unrivaled Celestial Pole would likely also be dead because he didn’t dare resist Li Daoheng.

At the same time, someone as strong as Li Daoheng had been toyed with by Zheng Yu right before the latter’s death. He lost his opportunity to verify his dao as an exalted emperor for it.

All of these changes made it impossible for Hong Yitang to trust anyone outside of Li Hao. Would these people really be willing to fall behind others in their bid to verify their dao? Gan Wuliang normally followed orders, but he might not do so anymore.

Hong Yitang looked at Li Hao out of the corner of his eye; the young man had not fully mastered the star of time yet. He was barely holding off Li Daoheng after joining hands with Celestial Pole. Two swords and a blade flashed through the sky.

The key was, Hong Yitang knew of an important detail. Li Hao had once borrowed from his future and was destined to face one instance guaranteed disaster for it. Currently, the young man had expended a great deal of his power of time and was immensely aged for it. He was also a half step emperor now. Other than lacking the move of one thousand sword daos, everything else fulfilled the characteristics of the future self that he’d summoned.

The move of one thousand sword daos couldn’t be the deciding factor in his judgment either. Li Hao would be in an equal amount of trouble if he suddenly lost all of his strength right now.

......

The three fought ferociously in the air!

Heaven broke apart and the earth shattered!

Li Hao forcefully suppressed the star of time as he fought. The little guy refused to settle down and continued to scramble every which way.

“Come on, be a good star,” Li Hao continued to coax. “I’ll summon fun things for you to play with after I kill that guy. If you want to look at that cat again, I’ll have it come play with you...”

The star trembled.

No play. Terrifying!

It had been curious before, now it was no longer curious. Being the heart of the great dao, it’d even connected with the cat and could sense the cat’s strength and fearsome might. If it really encountered the cat, the cat might eat it!

“Do you not want to play?” Li Hao raised an eyebrow. “Then be a good star or I’ll summon it again to eat you!”

“......” The star shook once more, seeming to forget, or the thought didn’t occur to it that Li Hao was unable to accomplish that deed by himself. He would be dead before the cat appeared.

The star only thought of how the cat snapped the river of dao with one paw! It shuddered with renewed fear.

As Li Hao grew briefly lost in thought, he lost an arm for the lapse in attention. Li Daoheng lopped it off with a sword swing, then forced Celestial Pole away on the backswing.

“Since the situation has progressed thus and you two are unwilling to facilitate me into achieving my goal, then let’s play at something even bigger.” A wintry expression shone out of Li Daoheng’s face. “Zheng Yu’s dead, so I don’t even have someone to while away the time with anymore!”

𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

The seal trembled in Silver City airspace!

Inside the seal, Sword City started shaking. The eight cities had kept the Red Moon exalted emperor under control thus far, but with Sword City starting to shake, the seal showed signs of dispersing!

“You want to release him?” Li Hao smiled. He didn’t seem nervous at all. “Then release him! Since you like to play around, it doesn’t matter if we have one more or one less in the field. Let’s all have fun together!

“Withdraw the seven cities!” A violent light dawned in the young man’s eyes. “Martial Uncle Hong, Gan Wuliang, there’s no need for you to participate in battle. Withdraw the seven main cities and set them all in a protective circle around the central continent!”

Hong Yitang dashed into the nearest main city, awakening those stupefied by the power of time. The seven cities started retreating in the blink of an eye!

“King of Great Li, Senior Zhang An, Gan Wuliang, and Martial Uncle Hong... take Lin Hongyu with you. You guys will hold down the fort in the main cities and retreat with due haste!” Li Hao commanded again.

They didn’t dare say anything else. The Great Li king swiftly flew over and touched the lifeless Lin Hongyu.

Damn it, she’s dead isn’t she? Li Hao better not think I killed her. She was dead before I got here!

He grabbed the woman without another word, finding that his arm was wreathed by an air of death as soon as he touched her.

This death qi is incredibly dense!

The king quickly brought Lin Hongyu into a city. The moment he did so, he suddenly looked at a corner of the land. Blinking, he hesitated before flying back out. There was someone hovering in a patch in the void.

The queen!

Li Hao had taken the queen’s lunar strength and transformed himself into the heavenly will. She was incomparably fragile at the moment, but still alive. No one paid attention to her after Li Hao borrowed all of her strength.

However, the Great Li king flew over and quickly picked her up, shooting back toward the city. “The two of us aren’t really in cahoots with Li Hao,” he transmitted. “So this king will save you once. If you survive this... I hope I don’t regret this!”

There was no time for further thought, the seven cities trembled as they went on the move. The seal in the sky was cracking!