Chapter 1650: Devastating Losses (IV)

Immense dao strength exploded at this moment, descending as if a red moon and hurtling straight for Void. The latter’s face changed and he erupted with the strength of death without a word. A god of death appeared in the sky!

It clashed with the red moon with a loud rumble. Two surges of strength ricocheted through the air.

Kaboom!

A shadow appeared in the void after the explosion and tilted its head at Soul Eclipse. “Come back!”

Soul Eclipse started, then brightened with joy. It was the Exalted Sorrowless Emperor!

This was another sixth rank from Red Moon. He’d known that Sorrowless was hiding within Orchid Forest, so who would’ve thought that the man would choose to emerge now?

Wait...

Soul Eclipse quailed. This was bad. Sorrowless had been in the shadows, but exposed himself to save Soul Eclipse.

But he couldn’t be distracted by thought about this, he needed to redeem himself for this grave misstep! He needed to work with Sorrowless to kill these people.

Soul Eclipse shot back to his starting position!

“He’s a tough guy,” Void transmitted to Li Hao. “I might have to utilize the two extremities of life and death to deal with him. We won’t be much of a threat otherwise!”

Li Hao nodded. “I’ll try to combine the five elements as one! Although I may not be able to fight a sixth rank, I’ll be able to provide some help to you. We just need to beat them back and make sure they do not have the ability to handle us.

“They need to think that two sixth ranks aren’t enough, and that sending just one more won’t do the deed either. This way, they’ll send at least two more sixth ranks at least. That will reach our expectations!”

“You know how to combine five elements as one?” Void asked with surprise.

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Li Hao couldn’t be bothered to respond.

I cultivated the five elements from the very beginning, y’know? It’s just that my earth, metal, and wood elements are much weaker than the other two. I won’t be that much stronger after the five elements are one.

The two were still of a mind to chitchat while the two Red Moon sixth ranks quickly convened with each other.

The newly appeared Sorrowless didn’t berate his comrade in public. Instead, he transmitted, “Soul Eclipse, if the two of us can’t eliminate them, then both of us will lose the chance to ascend to seventh rank! You idiotic bastard, who told you guys to split up??”

Soul Eclipse found it difficult to voice his troubles!

How did I know that there was a sixth rank hidden among them?! How would I know that Myriad Dao is an exalted emperor of fire and water?? It’s you bastards who didn’t collect the right information and sent back the wrong reports!!

In addition, everyone had been on guard against the seventh rank behind Myriad Dao. Red Moon had been monitoring the space outside Orchid Forest, vigilant against the arrival of a seventh rank.

Who knew that there was another premier sixth rank within the world?

You blame me, but I’m not even blaming you yet!

“It’s not the time to talk about this, Sorrowless, we need to take them out or we’ll be in trouble. The seventh rank seats have yet to be decided upon. It won’t be outsiders who laugh at our fall from grace, but

that

group of bastards!”

So many sixth ranks at home were waiting to make hold of this opportunity. They might die of laughter if Soul Eclipse and Sorrowless failed.

“We need to work together to kill them!” Sorrowless said nothing else. He’d been forced to show himself. Otherwise, there was no point in him hiding if Soul Eclipse died as well. The fact that he’d sat alone this entire time and refused to intervene in the deaths of multiple Red Moon exalted emperors was already sufficient fodder for his rivals back home.

The two quickly struck together!

Dao strength surfaced in the world; it seemed to be enveloped by a red moon. Although there seemed to be only one kind of Red Moon’s great dao—the power of desire—it was subdivided into many categories.

Soul Eclipse’s dao strength was suffused with a strong corrosive strength, one that would eat through the entire world. It would eat through the great dao and soul.

Meanwhile, Sorrowless also demonstrated an exceedingly strong dao strength. Unbearable tragedy and sorrow appeared in Li Hao and Void’s hearts. These two exalted emperors were hardly weaklings.

Void grunted, summoning death qi and directing a god of death into the mortal world. This was also when a dense vitality burst forth. Everyone within the domain could sense their life force being stripped from them!

“Life

and

death!” gasped Sorrowless. This was an exalted emperor of two extremes as well! What the fuck??

Was mastering the daos of two extremes that easy?

Boom!

Life and death exploded, the world tore apart. The two avenues of Red Moon dao shook violently.

The power of the five elements materialized as Li Hao rushed out with his sword. Since the young man knew fire and water, the fact that he could summon the other three elements wasn’t as surprising.

The other three weren’t that strong. That could only mean that Myriad Dao was stronger than anticipated. When it came to the five elements becoming one, the integration of fire and water was the hardest. The remaining elements didn’t induce as much wariness in others.

However, Void’s eruption of strength still levied extreme pressure on the two Red Moon sixth ranks. As strong as Li Hao’s sword intent was, it could be accepted.

“This is bad... Sorrowless, he’s an exalted emperor of life and death. We... probably won’t be able to take him!” Soul Eclipse was immensely depressed!

The two that they faced wouldn’t necessarily triumph over them either, but this meant the complete failure of the mission. They would be unable to explain themselves to the world master if they did not eliminate those two.

Sorrowless likewise cursed to himself. “Those two are remnants of New Martial!” he growled. “Yu Xiu, you guys will swiftly join the battle and help us eradicate this sin!”

In the distance, the wandering cultivator Yu Xiu cursed to himself.

The fuck man, you want me to make a move now??

We’re not blind, we can tell you guys can’t take them. That’s why you want us to help and don’t want more reinforcements from Red Moon!

The two of you have high status, but this failure will mean that there is no future for you as a Red Moon seventh rank!

So... should we do anything?

“Do not voice wild thoughts!” Yan Fang said softly in the distance as Yu Xiu waffled over his next moves. “We may not be able to guarantee who Myriad Dao and his group are, but no one is permitted to cast aspersions upon Orchid Forest without concrete evidence!

“If it is confirmed that they are from New Martial, then Orchid Forest would be the first to destroy them! Our master of dao died to the New Martial Human King, we have a blood feud with them! Sorrowless, your words will cause Orchid Forest to lose its footing within the chaos!

“We are willing to supply you with a location for your battle,” he bit off furiously. “That is already showing extreme tolerance! How dare you further do us an injustice?? Do you think that all Orchid Forest exalted emperors are dead?!”

Boom!

Strong presences erupted around the world. There were many exalted emperors among Orchid Forest’s ranks. Whether it was the world master or the dao master’s faction, all of them flared their presences in this moment.

Even though the dao master’s faction might be unwilling to do so, they couldn’t display their dissatisfaction as such. The world master was still alive.

Not to mention, it was like Yan Fang said, New Martial was their arch nemesis who’d killed their master of dao. If they didn’t take a stance now, then those of the dao master’s faction would lose all moral high ground. They shared a blood feud with New Martial!

As more presences exploded, all of Orchid Forest shook uneasily. Yu Xiu and the other wandering cultivators, however, heaved a sigh of relief.

It’s not that we’re not showing face to Red Moon, but that Orchid Forest is involved now. It’s not convenient for us to intervene.

......

Sorrowless and Soul Eclipse were furious beyond belief!

“Yan Fang!” Sorrowless’s icy tones swept over the land. Yan Fang’s actions would sever their hopes of reaching seventh rank. That would be a blood feud! Did Yan Fang have a death wish??

He intimidated others and denied their participation. What could Sorrowless and Soul Eclipse do now other than request help from their home world?

Once they did so, that indicated the failure of their mission. Failures had no right to reach seventh rank!

“This is Orchid Forest!” The coolly composed Yan Fang didn’t let up; he rather demonstrated the bearing of a powerhouse. “We have numerous allies around, such as Red Moon, Skywave, Cold River, and Nether Moon! Do you wandering cultivators really think there is no one from the four major worlds to respond to the disturbance you are causing?!

“Do not force my world master to make a move and kill you. Although there are many of you, can you stand against the assorted ranks of Orchid Forest’s exalted emperors? Can you fight the high ranks of the four major worlds?”

The world fell silent!

Everyone held their breaths, waiting for what would come next. These words had just been spoken in front of Red Moon exalted emperors... saying that Red Moon backed Orchid Forest... How ludicrous!

And yet, that was reality.

Sorrowless and Soul Eclipse raged with fury!

That bastard!

It’d be best if Orchid Forest sought help from Red Moon. The Red Moon master would be able to outright descend upon the world. The key was, Yan Fang was clearly just running his mouth. He would never seek aid from Red Moon.

The two of them were no major threat to Red Moon!

A loud rumble sounded as the two struggled with their rage. Void had combined life and death—a dao star smashed through the world and shook the two red moons. Void was enraged by the show of disrespect!

How dare these two bastards lose their concentration while fighting us! They court death!

Dao strength cascaded like it cost nothing and smashed the two back!

However, Sorrowless and Soul Eclipse were delighted by the reaction! Didn’t this guy know that they were on Orchid Forest? Dao strength consumption would be hard to recover from, yet he was throwing it around without reservation...

They wanted to wear him down some more!

And yet, Void recovered at an astonishing speed—he maintained peak condition at all times. And with Li Hao leading the other exalted emperors in harassing the two Red Moon exalted emperors...

The two sixth ranks were forced to flee after a bout of fighting, their injuries were mounting! That damn exalted emperor of life and death made them incredibly resigned! It was like there was no end to his dao strength!

They didn’t know what the situation was—they could only guess that the combination of life and death and lowered his consumption to a very low rate and raised his recovery to a very high rate. It would be the two of them running dry if the fighting continued!

In reality, Void had secretly utilized the method of revitalization. It was just as the two Red Moon sixth ranks had guessed, his depletion was minimal and his recovery instant. It would take a heavyweight to kill him. Otherwise, he feared no one in a contest of resource consumption.

The world quieted down as the two sixth ranks fled for their lives.