Star Gate

The tables turned when New Martial appeared on the scene.

A massive mirror projected the entire battlefield to the rest of the four regions and kept extending throughout the chaos...

It was then that the young man hidden in the shadows suddenly remembered something. Silver Moon had once done something similar. Now that he thought about it... sky canopies were part of the New Martial heritage.

Li Hao had always thought that New Martial created them to facilitate communication. But now that he took another look at them...

Was this seriously a communication method??

Had New Martial developed the sky canopies purely for communication, or for the Human King to make his splendor wide and known?

Whatever it was, the young man strongly suspected New Martial’s motives!

......

Within the darkness.

Silver Moon martial masters clucked their tongues, slightly envious of their brethren. While it was very childish, it was also a true display of brazen arrogance.

People like Southern Fist and his peers liked this kind of cockiness. But Li Hao didn’t, in comparison, so they could only keep it to themselves. New Martial had taken direct action, leaving Silver Moon lurking in the dark!

That didn’t sit well with some in the Silver Moon contingent. Just look at how New Martial was prancing all over the place! Those conceited faces were an eyesore to their enemies, but to the Silver Moon martial masters, so what of death in the pursuit of fame?

But when they thought of how Li Hao preferred to keep a low profile, they could only swallow their admiration. Forget it, we’ll just drool over their actions.

Martial masters naturally cared about their reputations! Who paid attention to a nameless martial master?

Who knew how many of them had died in Silver Moon province when they sought to make a name for themselves? They’d sparred each other all the time, just to be known throughout the land!

That had not changed even today, but they no longer seemed to have a chance to do so.

Li Hao could sense the group’s sentiments and knew that everyone was very envious of New Martial’s actions. They hoped that they could be renowned throughout the chaos as well, and not just remain anonymous or part of the masses that everyone addressed as Silver Moon!

They, too, wished for their names to echo throughout the chaos. It didn’t matter if they stepped into the spotlight today and promptly passed away right after.

But...

Li Hao sighed to himself.

I don’t have that kind of ability! New Martial gave a seventh rank the task of customizing a treasure like this and assigned the seventh rank to operate it. The Divine Forge Emperor’s not participating in battle!

Who can stand against this kind of mentality, preparation, and prioritization??

The young man had to give it to them, it was quite something to allocate strong personnel to the special effects team during a critical engagement. There was a reason why the Human King had swiftly built his reputation in the chaos.

Someone like him should be famous.

Thanks to New Martial’s participation, the chaos beasts managed to regain their footing. No longer were they overwhelmed since New Martial preoccupied four powerhouses as soon as they arrived.

Long Zhan refocused on Skyward’s exalted emperors of the five elements. He held his own despite being one against five.

Although the envoys of life and death, as well as Coiling Dragon, were also formidable, a joint force of Black Tiger, Qingqiu, Feng Yan, and Red Moon was able to fight them to a standstill.

Conditions on the battlefield reversed in a split second.

However, New Martial and the chaos beasts working in tandem only managed to barely stabilize the situation. It was clear from that just how dominating Skyward major world was.

And there was no movement from Thunder Region yet!

They might have permitted New Martial to enter the four regions not because they were afraid of the faction, but because they had other plans in mind as well.

You want to reel in your targets, but they want to do the same to you.

And would Silver Moon sit by on the sidelines during such massive upheaval?

Clearly not!

Therefore... they let New Martial in because... they want to save their strength... for me?

Li Hao understood! Thunder Region encompassed the four regions. Judging from the amount of thunder and lightning dancing in the center of the area, clearly many of their powerhouses had awoken.

They should’ve stopped New Martial from reinforcing the chaos beasts, but they’d remained in place instead. Only fools wouldn’t be able to read the situation by now.

They’re gunning for me!

Battle raged within the four regions. There seemed to be conflict brewing in the northern outer region as well. It was too far away to be sensed clearly, but Li Hao felt that... fighting might’ve broken out there as well.

Is it Spring Autumn or Chaos Sky?

It was hard to say, but he knew that that would prevent the north from interfering with the four regions. The two overlords genuinely wished to see the ninth ranks being delivered a setback, so the north would be curtailed by the south and west if it tried to get involved.

That was the understanding between them.

No one said much, but they all understood each other.

“Your Lordship...” The Silver Moon martial masters couldn’t sit still anywhere. It was so unsatisfying to watch other people have fun like this!

“Don’t worry, being in a rush won’t get you everywhere. New Martial looks fantastic, but they never end up with much loot...” A smiling Li Hao comforted his people. “Apart from making our name known, the whole point of fighting and killing is to collect a rich harvest from battle.

“New Martial marches so much more than we do and has probably killed more than we have, but New Martial’s profits are never as rich as ours and they can’t maximize their benefits...”

There were pros and cons to each style.

The pro was that New Martial brought its full force to bear each time. Everyone went berserk and maintained that condition.

The con was that they had to pay an enormous price to do so. It consumed all of their loot from battle and made it so that each campaign didn’t result in much. For example, they’d gained a lot from conquering Arctic Frost major world, but the Human King had used most of it to resurrect the fallen.

That was the drawback!

Silver Moon suffered fewer losses, which meant that a greater portion of the spoils remained available for its use. It might not reap as much as New Martial, but it could salvage more of what it had.

Of course, there were different considerations when it came to each outcome. This also meant that Silver Moon martial masters could never fully give vent to their inclinations and go all out. Even though Li Hao had given orders this time to fight at all costs, that didn’t mean they were supposed to join the battlefield with a death wish!

The young man sometimes felt that those of New Martial exercised a constant death wish. They self detonated even when they shouldn’t. That was real lunacy that he had trouble coming to terms with.

Seeing how everyone looked at him expectantly, Li Hao had to say, “It’ll be soon now, don’t worry. We haven’t gotten a full handle on Thunder Region’s capabilities yet. Either we don’t do anything, or we get them all in one fell swoop.

“We also don’t know if there are ninth ranks from other worlds in the four regions. They might not all be taking that passageway. Perhaps there are silenced worlds that have awakened to our ignorance. Whatever it is, we should be more careful.”

The group was resigned, there was nothing they could debate in Li Hao’s instructions. The young man liked to conduct his affairs in a more prudent manner. He pursued winning with one blow! He always doomed his enemies beyond redemption whenever he fought!

With that, Li Hao chose to ripple the power of time.

......

Near Thunder Region.

Some people materialized. There was a character of calamity over Panther’s head that exuded faint ripples of the dao strength. Hu Qingfeng had summoned someone next to him that looked almost exactly like Li Hao. Apart from a slightly weaker presence, it was almost impossible to identify who was real and fake!

The ripples coming off the simulacrum immediately raised certain attention.

......

Within Thunder Region.

A group of people were observing battle when Exalted Emperor Thunder’s eyes darted in a certain direction. He smiled at the outskirts. “He seems... to have come!”

The cultivator of time had appeared with the dao of calamity!

Being part of calamity, they could easily sense the extremely faint ripple entwined with their great dao. Li Hao is here. I knew it. Silver Moon would never sit by and ignore what was happening. They’re just a lot slower than New Martial.

That doesn’t matter, he’s here!

“Thunder, should we let him enter the region and then surround him, or should we charge out at him?”

“Silver Moon doesn’t seem to have that many eighth ranks. It was Thunder Emperor, Fog Mountain, dao chess, Li Hao, and possibly Myriad Changes that participated in the attacks before...”

That seemed to be the sum total of Silver Moon’s eighth ranks.

For the moment, it remained unknown that Void had entered eighth rank. Many cultivators had ventured through Thunder Region in the past and were killed during their attempt to cross it. The Calamity cultivators had interrogated some information out of these people before they died.

What they learned was that they faced initial eighth ranks, which meant there was nothing to fear.

More than twenty exalted emperors had returned on Calamity’s side. Apart from six eighth ranks, the rest were seventh ranks and very strong.

This level of strength... could even handle the previous New Martial. Not to mention, Skyward was nearby. While Calamity major world didn’t match Skyward, it wasn’t that far off.

Their leader Thunder even rivaled the light and dark envoys. Perhaps he would be a few hints stronger than them in single combat. However, all Skyward powerhouses were adept at fighting together.

Hence, light and dark would join hands in a real fight and defeat him. But the combination of these two could fight Long Zhan or the Human King. Clearly, the king of Silver Moon was much weaker than those personages.

The other eighth ranks were veteran eighth ranks. They would have no problem suppressing some initial eighth ranks.

“Be careful,” Thunder said softly as he looked into the distance. “Be careful of... time! Time is very complicated. According to what the dao master says, reversing time or following its current might result in unpredictable changes!

“Therefore, it’s best to trap them with Thunder Region once they venture inside. We can’t give Li Hao the chance to utilize time. If he does, we need to squash it! Only then will we have a chance to fully exterminate him!

“New Martial is very interesting,” smiled Thunder. “They sent such a massive projection through the area, leaving room for us to handle Silver Moon with peace of mind. Otherwise, we’d have to worry about their interference as well...”

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