Chapter 905: Battle (III)

Director General Wang suddenly understood why Li Hao had left with his opponent. The latter must wish to become master of the world and Li Hao had already obtained some approval from the consciousness of heaven and earth. The two sides would naturally want to eliminate each other when they encountered the other.

Fighting alone without interference from outsiders might be a subconscious wish bestowed onto Li Hao by the world! It would make sense then, that the always cautious young man who wanted nothing more than for someone to protect him would just walk off with an obviously strong adversary.

The director general’s expression shifted slightly as he shouted, “Attack and kill these guys! Li Hao’s in danger!”

Growing irritation budded in him. This was his first mission with Li Hao, but undesirable developments had happened straight off the bat. They’d been stymied by this big tree!

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Golden light sparkled over him; Director General Wang ripped through the void with his bare hands. The strength of an Immortal erupted from him and blasted space apart.

The crowd beneath him paused with shock.

On Li Hao’s side, the first to take action was Panther! The black dog was as if a wraith in the darkness—it instantly turned a golden color and slammed a paw down on one of the guardians. Rips scored the void with a crunch!

The three guardians backed away with astonishment. What a terrifyingly strong dog! They were just about to leap into action when two puppets manifested. They targeted the other two guardians while a blazing Deputy Zhou landed explosively in front of the Eight Legions main commander.

“Stop playing around and bring our full force to bear,” roared the deputy wrapped in golden light. “Kill them all!”

Boom!

Sword intent tore through the void and turned heaven and earth upside down. Earthturner Sword and Sky Sword were allying together once more to bring their combined move to bear. As they struck together, one of Eight Legions leaders that’d been holding their own was abruptly chopped into two!

“Didn’t Li Hao go on purpose?” Sky Sword asked with puzzlement.

Indeed, according to what they’d seen, Li Hao had wanted to go with his enemy. One captured the ringleader first before capturing all of the followers—that was their long-standing impression of the young man. Would he take the risk if he wasn’t fully confident in the outcome?

That would be a strange development!

Hence, everyone had thought that he was fully assured in his actions. That was why the rest of them were so at ease and taking their time. But now that they thought about it... the situation rang wrongly.

Director General Wang didn’t have time to speak anymore.

Boom!

Thousands of branches shot through the air and struck him, but golden illumination shimmered over him as something akin to a shield manifested. It appeared to be a turtle as it erupted with aureate radiance that shook the vicinity!

The reaction shattered multiple branches and forced the white tree back. “You... have mastered the Black Tortoise Shield of the Wangs!”

Although the shield itself wasn’t present, this person carried the shield’s core origin strength and could bring unassailable defenses to bear.

“I remember your name now, White Evergreen!” snorted Director General Wang. “How dare you rebel!”

“I have not rebelled,” protested the white tree. “We have lost contact with New Martial and the young lord is just doing this to open the Star Gate and contact New Martial again...”

“Bullshit! This is Li family territory and Hong Tu is scheming to seize Silver Moon! You are all insurrectionists and today, I will execute you in the name of carrying out military discipline!” Director General Wang shouted sternly and punched out, wearing the power of the shield as a cloak!

The white tree jerked with dismay. It’d consumed too many resources over the years and hadn’t had time to recover. It faced a genius of the Wang family, a family most adept at defense, and one bolstered by the Black Tortoise Shield. His defenses were incomparable!

No wonder Battle Heaven dared send this person out.

The tree’s branches pierced through the void, but countless were broken by a single punch.

“Plant spirits are plant spirits in the end,” Director General Wang snorted. “You don’t know your fates and fail to recognize how insignificant you are. I would be wary of you if you were a true Saint. How dare you be sold brazen with that broken Saint body of yours?!”

He delivered a punch that was very different from the ones before it. It was as if the heavenly dao itself had manifested. The director general grabbed the great dao and swung it like a club, smashing it down on the tree!

“You...” stammered the white tree.

“You what??” sneered Director General Wang, sweeping out with a staff. The white tree hastily stepped out of the way, but was still struck with the ripples. It grunted and sent out a wave of core origin. A shaking massive dao manifested in the air!

The staff broke through the air as Director General Wang loomed imposingly. He was completely without fear even though he faced a once-Saint.

“Idiot Li Hao... fell for tricks from a piece of trash! The Hongs are strong, but Hong Tu is one of the more garbage of their descendants. But it’s that piece of shit that lured Li Hao away...” the director general cursed to himself as he swung around with his staff.

He was more yelling at himself that he’d also fallen for the same tricks. He’d felt that the pavilion master was just a clown and so hadn’t paid much attention to him. Who would’ve thought that he’d be a reincarnated Hong Tu and wouldn’t move his eyes from Li Hao?!

They were in trouble now!

A tattered Saint was still a Saint, their battle strength was still evident. Although he held the upper hand for the moment, it was just a surface showing of strength. Not to mention, Li Hao had followed the other into the great hall. That was a Hong family treasure! The director general might not be able to break in, even after killing the tree!

Damn it!

Director General Wang had been quite confident in himself when he left Battle Heaven. Would he be able to show himself to his comrades if someone took out the young man on his watch??

The more his thoughts dwelled on this, the more furious he grew!

Purpling with anger, he dismissed the staff and stuck it in the great dao hovering in the air.

“I will break this core origin dao today even if I don’t kill you,” shouted the director general. “How dare plant spirits mutiny! You deserve death!”

He shot out as a streak of shadow, his staff nailing the tree’s great dao in place in the void. The great dao shook incessantly as it pummeled the staff, but the director general was already close by and delivering a furious barrage of blows!

He only attacked and did not defend!

The white tree was finding the fight incredibly unbearable. It hadn’t anticipated encountering a New Martial general. Back in the day, it would easily take out an Immortal. But now... its abilities did not service its intentions. It could only pray that the young lord quickly disposed of Li Hao.

Once Li Hao was out of the picture, the young lord would receive more feedback from the world and truly become its will. Granted, they were a ways off from that period of time, but at least he would occupy more of the auras of the world for now.

The Silver Moon martial masters fighting below them were quite formidable, but they fell short in numbers. The two puppets firmly suppressed the other two guardians, whereas Panther and Deputy Zhou were slightly weaker than seven elements, so they were suppressed in turn.

Panther didn’t utilize the projection of the monster spirit envoy since it ran out of strength after one instance. If it were to cast it on the battlefield, he would use it against the powerful plant spirit. Therefore, the dog barked wildly!

It needed everyone to quickly finish with their opponents so they could help it with the guardian in front of it. Only then would it have the room to maneuver so it could coalesce the projection and smite the white tree to death.

......

As the fighting raged outside, two Li Haos continuously attacked their opponent inside the hall. The Li Hao of the five elements was dispersed by a single sword stroke, whereas Li Hao’s primary body pierced through his opponent’s shoulder blade with a quick blow.

Hong Tu whipped his head back when he broke the Li Hao of the five elements and sneered. “How interesting, the supernatural characters gather all sorts of energy. Is this the key to why you’ve obtained the favor of the world?”

Li Hao materialized in the air and summoned his broken characters with a wave of his hand. He panted and frowned at Hong Tu. This guy was a cockroach that wouldn’t die! And the reason for that was that mirror!

The mirror kept whittling away at his damage, preventing his blows from being properly lethal enough. There wasn’t much energy that actually made it into Hong Tu’s body. His own energy consumption would be too great if this continued. All Hong Tu needed was to rely on the mirror to make life difficult for him.

Li Hao’s energy levels were continuously decreasing. Although Stellaris was a source of replenishment, it was unable to break the mirror. It was the young man’s first time encountering this kind of problem—a treasure that Stellaris couldn’t damage.

Hong Tu erupted with power once more; mental strength churned through the vicinity. All sorts of illusions appeared in Li Hao’s mind—countless Hong Tus. Li Hao wasn’t able to identify where his opponent’s primary body was. The tremendous mental strength suppressed Li Hao’s mind intent and even his auras of the five elements.

He’s a New Martial powerhouse to begin with, even with his reincarnation. HIs mental strength grew very quickly, no wonder it’s so strong...

Inspiration stuck and Li Hao focused his mind—blade intent manifested!

Boom!

His sword cut through everything as if severing the world!

Hong Tu’s true body appeared once more and stumbled in front of Li Hao.

“Blade intent of the Exalted Blood Emperor... no wonder!” he gasped. Hong Tu recognized it this time. “Li Hao, the stronger you are, the more excited I am! Only in such a condition are you worthy of being favored by the heavens. This justifies my attention on you as well!”

Li Hao looked coldly at him, then at the mirror in his hands. It was the young man’s first time meeting such a difficult opponent. He’d delivered tangible damage to even Immortal plant spirits. But here, today, the mirror blocked all of his attacks.

“Favored by the heavens?” Li Hao murmured.

You believe in favor from the heavens, don’t you? Then let it kill you!