Star Gate

One stroke alone was difficult for the Reincarnation master to determine how many daos were in that blow. It covered the four corners and worlds, trapping a tiny Hornet within it.

Hornet was the strongest heavyweight under the southern overlord’s banner. It wielded four thousand dao rules. Countless poisonous spikes shot out from its body, but were promptly obliterated by sword light.

Hornet emitted a shrill pitch, but it didn’t have any effect on Li Hao. The sword still landed.

In the distance, a massive dragon took human form and landed on his feet. His expression twitched as he stopped in his tracks.

The wildly rampaging Human King tilted his head and looked over.

Countless exalted emperors watching the battle held their breath!

There was only this sword in existence!

The sword connected!

It took only a split second before Hornet’s body was melted by time. Sword intent vibrated it to dust, releasing endless venom. The void sizzled and popped as it was eaten through.

A dao domain centered on poisonous qi materialized, then was promptly obliterated. Innumerable dao rules broke apart. Hornet’s mental strength drifted outward. There was only incredulity to be found in its compound eyes.

How was this happening??

Six thousand daos? Or even more?

It didn’t know. It only knew that it’d been frozen under the effects of time and had to take the blow head-on. The stroke was so domineering that it annihilated Hornet’s body and snapped its dao rules. Even the monster spirit’s soul had been obliterated!

I am... a premier eighth rank of four thousand dao rules! I am the foremost monster spirit under Spring Autumn in the south...

Everything had been destroyed and dispersed with this blow.

The Exalted Hornet Emperor collapsed after one stroke. It didn’t understand what’d happened even as it drifted away in death.

What a joke! They say that Li Hao is just a seventh rank, but a seventh rank was able to kill me with one stroke?? Who came up with those rumors?!

Who??

Boom!

The worlds shook as the shadow broke apart, as did the chaos quake. A hum resonated in all corners and Li Hao’s laughter rang out, “It looks like this is all that the Exalted Hornet Emperor is good for!”

This is all that Hornet is good for!

Shock colored everyone’s face.

The Reincarnation master halted in his tracks. Peng Cheng and others about to rush out immediately backtracked. All of them were stunned and at a loss.

Hornet... was dead??

But how?!

In an unbounded place in the south, a shadow so massive that it seemed to stretch on forever filled the void. It crept toward the east and a presence filled the void.

It was very, very far away!

But in this moment, a dao universe seemed to extend to the eastern region. They sensed Hornet’s demise and could even see the exact circumstances of the monster spirit’s death.

Quickly, very quickly, the powerful and unbounded shadow returned to itself and vanished from sight. A suffocating sensation came down over the worlds. All of them shook and swayed. The Exalted Spring Autumn Emperor, overlord of the south, was furious!

Li Hao laughed heartily and struck with his sword again, sending out a towering sword image and endless sword intent. A sword of ten thousand daos careened at his opponents.

“Reincarnation! Can you... kill me?”

Sword intent raced to the heavens!

A myriad of dao shook and infinite chaos strength streamed toward them. The chaos dao quaked violently.

Battle had fully erupted. The death of a premier eighth rank had kicked things off!

......

Li Hao had waited so long and prepared so much for this technique. He’d even fully dismantled his most important asset—the star of time. This level of decisiveness could not be matched by many, even if they’d copied the daos within the star.

He was rewarded in spades for his decision now. He’d killed Hornet of four thousand daos with one blow!

A major monster spirit of the south had perished.

Reincarnation and other exalted emperors quickly backed away. The former was dumbfounded. Even he couldn’t kill Hornet with one blow.

His dao rules numbered fifty-eight hundred, making him a powerhouse of nearly six thousand dao rules. And yet, he couldn’t kill his opponents with one stroke. In his eyes, perhaps only Long Zhan of the four regions could accomplish that feat, if one counted out the overlords.

Long Zhan was an absolute powerhouse of seven thousand dao rules. Meanwhile, the overlords likely had more than eight thousand. They would be ninth ranks if they had nine thousand.

How many did Li Hao have?

Had the young man surpassed Reincarnation??

Impossible!

But Reincarnation wavered. He’d thought he’d made sufficient preparations for this clash, yet the eighth ranks behind him—including Earth Spirit—were looking on with wide eyes. Hornet had rivaled Reincarnation, yet had been killed by one move.

Peng Cheng wore an equally unpleasant expression on his face. He was at most on par with Hornet, or even slightly less than the monster spirit. How could this have happened??

Countless exalted emperors were shocked in the surroundings.

In the distance, Long Zhan hovered in the air with a solemn expression. The eighth ranks behind him could hardly believe what was going on. Surprise sliced through Black Tiger and Feng Yan’s fixation on revenge.

Red Moon also watched with a slack jaw. Was this real?? How was that Li Hao? Was this still the Silver Moon king that was a vassal to New Martial?

Although New Martial and Silver Moon had been independent of each other, the public considered Silver Moon to be under New Martial. Today, however, the Human King was fighting while the Silver Moon king had already killed a premier powerhouse.

That was incredible!

......

The Thunder Emperor and the rest were beside themselves. They nearly broke out in song and dance!

How was this happening? Li Hao had killed a heavyweight stronger than all of them, and he’d done so with one move!

The two eighth ranks behind Reincarnation had just reached the battlefield. They were powerhouses from Chaos Sky in the west. Dismay could be seen on their faces as soon as they arrived.

Seven overwhelming presences shifted at this moment, however.

The Reincarnation master quickly backed away, not wishing to start an offensive at this point in time. When one did not know enough about the enemy and sought to take advantage of a so-called lull, thinking that they were catching their breath... That was when he might lose his own life.

Reincarnation continuously shuffled back, widening the gap between him and Li Hao. His movements were followed by the previously eager Peng Cheng and Earth Spirit. None of them showed an iota of hesitation in withdrawal.

Their peer had been killed. They could feel danger nipping at their heels. Not measuring up to their opponent was one thing, being suppressed was another. But being killed??

That was an entirely different ball game!

Seven eighth ranks were in retreat.

The Thunder Emperor, dao chess, and Fog Mountain excitedly pressed the advantage. Apart from Myriad Changes, almost all of the alliance exalted emperors had been so terrified that they’d wanted to run away.

But now, they were having difficulty picking up their jaws from the ground. Their eyes burned bright and they stood their ground. No one’s legs shook as they swiftly followed without fear. It seemed... that the tables were turning!

They weren’t doing so from desperate conditions. The Silver Moon king seemed to have certain plans in mind from the very beginning and had made ample preparations.

New Martial was accustomed to turning the tides in the middle of battle, whereas Silver Moon always seemed to grasp the initiative when they fought. They rarely had to stage a comeback. The one time they did had been when they lost a lot of members in battle. After that, Li Hao only took action when he was highly confident of success.

One experience of having to turn the tides from a challenging position was enough. Li Hao didn’t think that he could handle having to always turn the tables from weak footing.

“Li Hao!” An extremely stern Reincarnation master looked at the young man, wanting to see through him. “Have you... fully mastered time?”

Time was not Li Hao’s creation. Almost all people present knew that. The dao should originate from someone else. But that Li Hao could cut down Hornet today with one stroke... did that mean he’d fully grasped the dao of time?

The thousands of imperial mental entities within Li Hao’s river of dao were inexplicably shaken and excited by the battle. It was like... victory was also theirs.

They would never forget that glorious stroke. Was this the sword of the dao master of Allheaven Hall, of the Exalted Hao Moon Emperor, of Li Hao?

It was the first time Li Hao occupied more of the limelight than the New Martial Human King. He was no longer just the ruler of a New Martial vassal world. He was Li Hao.

“Fellow Daoist Reincarnation thinks too highly of me!” Li Hao shook his head with a smile. “Time is comprised of ten thousand daos. If I was its master, I would already be a ninth rank. I’d be able to kill everyone here. Why would I waste time with you guys?”

He didn’t like talking to people like this. There was no need to be this wordy when one wielded absolute strength. Talk was necessary only when the two sides were evenly matched or one side was slightly weaker than the other. Who wanted to go into all that detail otherwise?

He didn’t like to fling around insults like the Human King. The man didn’t have fun unless he pissed off his opponents.

Li Hao looked into the distance. He’d sensed some ripples there, Long Zhan was nearby. Clearly, the dragon had been shaken by his blow and accidentally revealed himself.

“Long Zhan is nearby. Is Fellow Daoist Reincarnation still going to attack me?” asked the young man.

Reincarnation looked on unpleasantly, then broke into a smile.

“Long Zhan!” he called out. “You and I do not share a feud. Li Hao is acting in accordance with New Martial and holding down the fort in the eastern region to prevent you from leaving the four regions. He bears nothing but ill will toward the chaos race! Are you still going to support an enemy even at this stage?

“Peng Cheng is a chaos beast! You and I have a basis to work together. Do you have that with him?”

As strong as Reincarnation was, he still chose to appeal to Long Zhan in this moment.

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