Chapter 995: The First Battle of the New Dao (I)

On the ground.

He Yong was highly satisfied with a most perfect completion of his mission. He’d driven off the Prince of Southern Conciliation and Prince of Western Conciliation, completed the unification project of the central region, and was on his way back to Skystar City.

He suddenly raised his eyes to the sky. Frowning slightly, he attempted to determine what he’d sensed. A passing powerhouse?

He was no weakling these days. The current He Yong was no longer the insignificant character who could not fight Northern Fist, Earthturner Sword, or anyone he encountered. He was stuck at six element Arcanus now, just like everyone else.

Therefore, he wasn’t on lesser footing than anyone.

A six element powerhouse! There weren’t many heavyweights at this level in all of the central region—most of them came from Silver Moon. But... had someone been scanning him just now?

He continued to frown at the sky. If that’d been a Silver Moon martial master, they would naturally take a moment to greet him. So... that hadn’t been someone from Silver Moon then?

Could it have been someone from the three great organizations? Or perhaps his senses had been wrong and he was mistaken that someone had been spying on him?

At the same time, he trusted his intuition as a martial master.

Who the hell was peeking at me??

He sent out a message through his armor. This equipment now supported a range of fifteen hundred kilometers when it came to communication. They were more than fifteen kilometers out from Skystar City, but Li Hao’s communication system spanned far enough. There was certain to be a Black Armor on duty within fifteen hundred kilometers.

......

The news swiftly made its way to Skystar City. Not only that, but a report from Battle Heaven of their troops mobilizing quickly traveled to the central region as well.

Skystar City.

Li Hao had vanished once more and taken a group of martial masters with him. Lin Hongyu was quite resigned about that. At the moment, she was busy with the various martial academies across the land and literacy classes within the city.

Deputy Zhou suddenly floated over to her. He manifested a set of silver armor without further word. “The commander wanted me to give this to the city lord. We were so busy before that I temporarily forgot about it...”

“Battle Heaven armor?” Lin Hongyu asked with surprise when the deputy wasn’t forthcoming with more information.

“Yes, troop leader armor!” Deputy Zhou quickly explained. “First things first, Battle Heaven has sent out its troops. A Gold Armor is at the head of one thousand soldiers. They are headed straight for Skystar City, saying that they wish to avenge Director General Wang.

“We’re uncertain of the details, but this shouldn’t be a major problem since we’re on good terms with Battle Heaven. Of course, we must still be on guard against any undesirable happenings!

“Secondly, Southern Fist detected someone flying through the void during his return to the city. The interlopers scanned him—he didn’t sense anything else, but suspects that a seven element heavyweight has come from the north...”

Lin Hongyu frowned. The first matter could raise a major fuss, but could also be inconsequential. Li Hao had a close relationship with Battle Heaven. There may not be any problems from the Battle Heaven contingent and they might even turn out to be reinforcements.

The second matter could equally go both ways. A heavyweight passing by seemed to be quite normal. The world had stabilized enough these days that it could support the appearance of certain powerhouses. Even if their primary bodies wouldn’t be tolerated, it was no problem for a replica to set foot aside. There are many ruins in the central region, so it wasn’t a big deal for He Yong to come across one.

There was no need to make it into such a grave matter!

“Deputy Zhou has specifically made a trip to discuss this...”

“It would be fine in regular times,” the deputy said solemnly. “But today, changes have rocked the world. Outsiders don’t know much about them, but you and I know about some of the details. It might be the commander researching a new dao again.

“He made a trip to the Lu Zhen Research Center prior and brought a few things back. The phenomena in the world took place not long thereafter. Therefore, these people may have been lured here by the commander’s actions. They may not know that he’s caused the change in the world, but they might think that whether it is the commander or not, now is a good time to kill the commander since the world’s restrictions have loosened.

“Battle Heaven has sent out troops also because they are taking advantage of such a timing. They say that it’s to avenge their colleague... that may not be true. It could be to get a lay of the land!”

Battle Heaven may not have necessarily mobilized their troops for so-called vengeance. They should be clearly aware that Director General Wang was not dead. In that case, they might be here to investigate the changes in the world.

After all, a second sun had appeared today. Although it quickly vanished, it caused such an enormous disturbance. Who knew if the soldiers were really here for that instead?

“Skystar City may not be able to remain at peace!” intoned the deputy. “We fear nothing at present, but the commander does not wish to see the city lie in rubble after the ravages of war. He is pushing educational reforms and a technological revolution. What he needs most now is peace! Any sort of mishap might result in enormous changes!”

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Lin Hongyu nodded and thought over the situation again. Li Hao was most likely preoccupied elsewhere. “If there really are powerful enemies on our doorstep, they’ll most likely be seven elements strong. Although you and I won’t fear them, casualties are inevitable if fighting breaks out...

“I hear that there are many New Martial student puppets within the city walls at present.”

“That is correct.”

“Let’s gather them and burn mysterious power stones for the cause. We’ll head outside the city and take a stand at the Skystar Sea to stop the enemy in their tracks!” Lin Hongyu declared. “We’ll make all the preparations we can. Summon thirty students, request ten million mysterious power stones from storage, and give each student three million stones.

"I will personally lead them to lie in wait for our enemies. It’s fine if no one comes. If they do, we’ll try to capture them alive. If we can’t, we’ll kill them all!”

Being a decisive person, Lin Hongyu quickly came to a decision. There was temporarily no need to notify Li Hao of the happenings. If she had to depend on him for guidance in all matters, then what was she good for?

She was here to alleviate the young man of his worries and solve his problems!

“Bring the sky canopy with us, just in case!”

“Alright!” Deputy Zhou nodded.

“What is the commander researching this time?” wondered Lin Hongyu. The deputy shook his head. He really didn’t know.

“Let’s take the Mus and Chens with us. They need to put in some effort even if we only end up intimidating those incoming. If they do turn out to be strong enemies, then these people will have an effect,” the deputy recommended.

“Sounds good!” Lin Hongyu quickly concurred.

A group of excited student puppets walked out of the city before long, flying to the north with another group of people. It hadn’t been long since they emerged from prolonged confinement in the ruins. Who would’ve thought that there would be a battle to participate in so soon after their foray into the new world?

This group of dauntless fellows did not know the meaning of fear. The world at present did not support the existence of even stronger personages. They would face initial Apex at most; that was a level not too far from them. If they couldn’t take the enemy in single combat, they would fight two against one!

......

Li Hao had absolutely no idea about the events of the outside world. Such were the benefits of a team. Some matters could be entirely handled by others. He didn’t need to do a single thing.

Armed with experience from the first trial, the young man was creating more bodies.

“This is just a whetting of the appetite.” He grew more excited the more he worked with the bodies. “The earlier bodies wouldn’t have that many supernatural locks, the ones formed later will have more...

“We’ve already successfully set the coordinates with core origin dao, not the physical body. Therefore, all we need to do later is move the core origin dao to the body of your choosing. I don’t need to establish the location again!”

However much Li Hao was exhilarated was however much as Director General Wang was glum. He’d been raked over the coals numerous times and the key was, he felt an innate sense of kinship whenever he saw the young man now. Li Hao was blatantly taking advantage of him!

Li Hao ignored whatever thoughts the man might have and continued crafting more bodies. He raised an eyebrow at the divine corpse nearby. “We can’t waste this body. Although it only has one dao meridian, it’s very, very strong!

“It’s actually rather suited to Vice Head Qi and the rest of you guys, but... you guys don’t know much about the dao of divine spirits. You might not bring too much of its battle strength to bear...

“Elder Qi, if you want, I can make a modern human body for you later. Or I can help you recover your New Martial body. Whatever it is, I want this divine corpse!”

“You can do whatever you like,” smiled the vice head. He didn’t care.

“Nice!” Li Hao exclaimed. “Then I’ll take it and modify it to be my trump card. I’ll fortify it to the Saint level. The faux Empyrean King body from before was a New Martial body that I can’t use, but I can refine this one and control it through the earth supernatural character. Although I won’t be able to fully deploy its battle strength, it will absolutely dominate the modern age!

“I was just worrying that although my strength has risen by a lot, I’m still not on par with those powerful existences at present. Venturing off into the ruins by myself is a very dangerous proposition!

“But if I refine this body, I’ll be invincible in the outside world! And inside the ruins, it’ll take more than an ordinary person to break the body of a Saint...”

Li Hao wanted to modify this divine corpse into a puppet for his use. With it by his side, he’d be daring enough to head underground by himself and clean up a few messes.

“In addition, everyone should practice the Breakthrough Incantation these days,” he commented. “We need to improve our strength as quickly as possible and turn these resources into personal might. You can use this mine however you’d like! If it still stands when we are dead... then that would be a waste!”

No one said anything in particular to this announcement; Li Hao turned his attention back to creating human bodies.

Director General Wang suffered through attempt after attempt as the young man wasn’t in a hurry to call it a day. After Li Hao ran through another few attempts, he changed tack to studying the divine corpse. This was one of an earth divine that had a dao meridian so strong it eluded Li Hao’s full control.

Despite the young man not being able to bring Saint-level strength to bear, he could still sense how formidable the body’s strength was when his control over it deepened. It was as magnificent as the great earth!