Chapter 771: Incredible (III)

“Very good, then we’ll have to trouble the Sky Roc King. Once this succeeds, we’ll all sell some Water of Life at a low price to the king!”

Amusement appeared in the bird’s eyes. Did they think it was that careless?

That wasn’t the truth; it was simply confident that its defenses wouldn’t be easily pierced through. It was also a bird with extreme speed—nothing would happen to it!

What it wanted was a promise like Qian Wanhao had just given. It barreled out of the defensive circle and vanished in the blink of an eye. It was enormous, but it was so fast that the group couldn’t see its shadow.

Too fast!

Li Hao was ready to take action when he blinked with astonishment.

Fucking hell!

Where did this fool come from to wreck his plans? It was just as his teacher said, plans were useless when the strong fought. Everything was a function of adjusting to the circumstances. Change easily rendered all arrangements null and void.

I had it all perfectly planned out...

His ideas were suddenly in shambles! Li Hao set his jaw with some fury. A red light flashed through his eyes, looking onto the Sky Roc King hurtling through the sky. It was so fast that its sharp claws were very close to the young man. Li Hao glared at it with irritation.

“Are all monster spirits this idiotic??”

A sword manifested in the air and three written characters hovered in the void in an unexpected fashion. Across the way, Qian Wanhao blinked. The ultimate art of Tranquil Star? It was... very strong, but only relatively speaking. It was useless against true powerhouses as modern times were different from when the method was conceived.

“Lifeless!” The characters vanished into the sword. Li Hao struck!

Fire, water, wind, and thunder erupted soundlessly. Four elements exploded in the blink of an eye, alongside a domineering aura!

The sword traveled so quickly that the Sky Roc King didn’t sense any energy ripples, but it did register the threat of death. The look in its eyes shifted and a white bone appeared in front of it. Indeed, a bone!

It was from the skeleton of the ancient monster spirit and durable beyond compare. This was one of the reasons why the bird king was so confident. Its speed was incredible, as were the bone’s defensive capabilities. It whisked out the bone even faster than it was traveling, but Li Hao vanished in the next instant. A prodigious threat emanated over his head.

Clang!

The sky roc screeched a metallic cry. Before the powerhouses of the four directions could react, Li Hao flashed by like a shadow and pierced through the massive golden head with his sword!

He vanished; when he reappeared, he was already slamming his sword down on the people in front of him.

“Kill!!” roared the young man. Hong Yitang and the others immediately appeared and made their moves as well. Light faded away from the Sky Roc King’s eyes as its ponderous body slammed to the ground. A dog opened its mouth and swallowed the enormous monster spirit king whole; because the latter was dead!

Panther had been preparing to go against its own kind. Who would’ve thought that something would be wrong with this bird’s brain and it’d be the first to run out! Li Hao ran it through the head with one stroke. It was no use being strong if one’s intelligence was zero!

The Sky Roc King was very strong—a three element Arcanus and the indomitable monster spirit body, plus the bone of a major monster spirit as a shield... Regular people truly wouldn’t have been able to kill it. There weren’t many in the world who could manage the deed.

However, their ranks did not include Li Hao with Stellaris.

A four element Arcanus was much stronger than a three element, not to mention that Stellaris was indestructible. It was only that Li Hao hadn’t brought his weapon down on the ancient bone, or that would’ve split as well!

Panther morphed into a golden dog and swallowed the bird king with a single gulp. It ran to the rear instead of killing people. A massive gobble later saw countless mysterious power stones stream into its gut.

These items had to be stowed as well. If not, something unexpected might happen. Panther’s intuition told it that the stones could not remain here. Its senses showed that something seemed to have sucked out some of the energy out of the stones.

There were so many stones here that the others didn’t sense anything, but Panther was exceedingly sensitive to energy. It had a hunch that something may truly awaken in this place if the situation continued—now that would be terrifying!

Therefore, Panther did not choose to kill people in this moment. Its strength was decent, but those in the battlefield were enough. It wanted to take all of the mysterious power stones with it. However much it was, every little bit counted. Being too late to arrive might mean that nothing was left.

......

Across the way.

Qian Wanhao and the rest simply saw the scene flash before their eyes before the Sky Roc King disappeared, Li Hao struck, disappeared, and then reappeared again. The Sky Roc King, one of the overlords of the seven divine mountains, was dead when the dust settled!

Qian Wanhao was highly experienced and ready in his age. “Throw your items!” he shouted.

Those who reacted fast enough threw out their supernatural and core origin talismans, even large sums of supernatural bombs. At least two dozen potent sources of strength exploded in the blink of an eye.

Li Hao, however, disappeared as thunder and lightning! Fire, water, wind, and thunder circulated over his sword. He struck and shattered the defensive dome created by the four mirror fragments. As Qian Wanhao and the rest gaped with shock, a man appeared in front of them—Hong Yitang, not Li Hao!

“Sky turns!”

A ‘sword’ character appeared with the light of thunder, fire, earth, and metal sparkling around it. Heaven and earth overturned as the world shifted beneath everyone’s feet. Their footing grew unstable as Hong Yitang disappeared from view.

Within the crowd, the Stable Mountain Prince stared dumbly at the hole in his chest and raised his head to look at Earthturner Sword. This was just like what his younger brother had experienced! Hong Yitang had done the same that day, running through the Steppe Prince’s chest with a single stroke. That marked the end of the glorious prince who’d dominated the age, and he repeated his actions today!

Qian Wanhao had said that everyone would be safer together—the prince very much agreed with the notion. He wasn’t even standing at the very front, but once that stroke overturned heaven and earth, he’d been flipped upside down and suddenly appeared in the very front of the group. It’s like he’d run to his death!

The Stable Mountain Prince didn’t have time to deploy his mighty strength before being run straight though. He stared dumbly ahead, life fading away from his eyes. Was this what his younger brother had felt before his death?

Perhaps I really shouldn’t have come today...

“Impossible...” Qian Wanhao couldn’t believe his eyes. Roaring, he let loose with four elements. A weapon that looked like a gold coin appeared in his hand and blocked Li Hao’s swing with a loud crash.

BOOM!

Qian Wanhao took a step back, Li Hao stumbled a small step back. Rumble echoed behind them as explosions detonated continuously! Hou Xiaochen and Sky Sword shouted, erupting with force and rushing out. When the dust cleared, they saw that Li Hao had forced back Qian Wanhao with one blow and Earthturner Sword killed the Stable Mountain Prince with one stroke!

The two pulled up short, what was going on here? Had two premier powerhouses died, just like that? They were yet to finish collecting their senses when Qian Wanhao roared, “Please aid us, plant spirits!”

He flung out a storage ring that exploded—an action followed by many others. Everything was happening too quickly! Two on their side were dead before they even knew what happened!

As storage ring after storage ring exploded, mental strength flooded the premises. Shadowy forms filled the air. There was a rose, a massive willow tree, a sunflower, a bush of thistles or brambles, and something that looked like a coconut tree.

Five plant spirits were on the scene. Their transparent roots extended into the world, seeming to both be deploying abilities and simply absorbing energy from the surroundings.

The plant spirits weren’t in a hurry to take action. “It’s nice to get a breath of fresh air since we’re here.” Mental ripples traveled through the air. “Why hide away and be reluctant to expend this bit of core origin power...”

“That’s true!” Laughter rang through the air as a redwood tree and another massive tree emerged. That made for seven plant spirits present, hailing from the nine ministries apart from the Inspectorate and Finance. Although Mu Hai wasn’t present from Internal Affairs, he still sent someone with a replica of his ministry’s plant spirit.

Seven terrifying beings filled the air with domineering presences, instantly surpassing the late Sky Roc King and even the four element Qian Wanhao. The man heaved a sigh of relief!

They’d truly invested a great deal to kill Li Hao—seven plant spirits! These plant spirits were just core origin replicas, with some not even worthy of being called replicas since they were so weak. Each one of them, however, possessed the strength of five elements. Any one of them was an invincible existence in this day and age. Seven had appeared all at once!

Even Qian Wanhao felt that they were using a butcher’s knife for cows to kill chickens. But thankfully they’d overestimated Li Hao, resulting in such a thorough mobilization of their resources. They might truly have suffered some losses otherwise. The kid was terrifying! Both he and Hong Yitang were four element Arcanus and they could still use the auras of a martial master. That was unbelievable!

Qian Wanhao relaxed with the assurance of victory.

Within the crowd, Hu Mingfa from the Ministry of the Judiciary shouted, “Li Hao, do you think you’re still in the outside world? You’ve hidden yourself well, but so what of it?”

A four element Arcanus!

No one had imagined that possibility; they thought he was a three element at most. But here he was, much stronger than he anticipated. This rate of improvement was horrifying!

Various expressions flickered rapidly through the faces of the powerhouses here to kill Li Hao. The lord of Buddha Mountain, in particular, looked on gravely. He was here for revenge, but who knew that this would be what awaits them? Thank goodness they were fully prepared, or they would’ve truly lost everything.

The expedition was so strong, but Li Hao’s group had killed two of theirs right beneath their noses!