Star Gate

Li Hao spontaneously appeared in front of the life envoy, whereas the Human King manifested in front of Coiling Dragon. Sword and blade struck in unison!

Long Zhan howled and charged over. Chaos Sky also frowned and cursed to himself. What were these two doing?? And was Long Zhan seriously oblivious of the fact that his territory was riddled with holes?

Damn it!

Sword qi shot for the heavens and a myriad of worlds appeared when Li Hao flourished his blade. Countless mental entities stirred to attention. Were they going to kill people again? What an honor to share!

Boom!

The life envoy went flying, blood bubbling at his mouth. Incredulity was writ large over his face. How... did he appear right underneath me?

It was so sudden!

The life envoy was completely caught off guard. There was no forewarning, no ripples, just like when the dao master transported through the void...

Sword light flashed in front of him, breaking the void with a crunch! A dao star suddenly rioted—Li Hao reached toward it, delving into a dao universe with his hand. He broke through the barrier of dao and hauled out the star!

Li Hao had attacked a dao star and succeeded. It abruptly crumbled to pieces!

Faint spirit drifted out of it. Li Hao laughed and opened his mouth, swallowing all of the spirit. It dispersed completely.

“Spirit? I can eat it too,” Li Hao commented casually. “If I can’t, then Number Two can. We gave you some spirit through which to descend. Did that make you think that we can’t do anything about it?”

Spirit?

Other people might not be familiar with Skyward’s dao and can’t extract it, but I... am very familiar with it!

The daos in the dao chess might not be all that is within Skyward. While it may be hard to take down the Skyward master, does the same go for everyone else in Skyward? Of course I can do something about your spirit when you die!

“Life...” gasped the elemental envoys. One of the eighth ranks had been killed as soon as they exited the world!

The Human King shouted and swept his blade through the air, slicing Coiling Dragon into two with a massive crunch.

Long Zhan looked on with great worry. That was a dragon! He’d invested a lot of effort to recruit that one to his side. It was fine if the others died, Coiling Dragon could not!

“Stay your hand, Human King!” he roared.

Fang Ping ignored him. The momentum of the blade qi that cut into Coiling Dragon’s body barreled straight for the dao universe, wanting to eliminate the dragon’s dao star.

Long Zhan panicked. Coiling Dragon was an eighth rank dragon, a veteran powerhouse. He’d been immersed in Skyward’s presence all this time. It would be a great boon if Long Zhan could fully recruit this person. Coiling Dragon would absolutely rival Peng Cheng.

Seeing that Coiling Dragon was about to die to the Human King, Long Zhan hastily called out, “Stay your hand! I will trade five seventh rank dao universes for him!”

“......” The Human King pulled back slightly and turned back for a look. Long Zhan nodded with an ugly expression on his face.

Fang Ping smiled. Five seventh rank worlds? Swell!

But... do you have that many?

“Are you sure?”

“I am!”

The Human King grinned and swept his blade through the void. Coiling Dragon’s head tumbled down. Fang Ping collected the rest of the dragon’s body and Long Zhan grabbed the head as it flew toward him.

Coiling Dragon was still in a daze. Did I... almost die just now?

Long Zhan frowned, but didn’t say anything. He’d saved Coiling Dragon, at least.

“Senior Coiling Dragon, secede from the dao universe as quickly as possible,” he swiftly transmitted. “The Human King and Li Hao are determined to break through it. They want Skyward!”

Coiling Dragon didn’t say a word. He was... quite lost.

Did we fall into a trap? Did these two purposefully lure us out? Is Long Zhan part of their scheme?

A chill stole through his heart. Was Long Zhan colluding with them?

Seven eighth ranks and a few other seventh ranks in residence on Skyward did stand a chance of protecting their world. But now they were down two eighth ranks. They’d lacked the intimidating factor of a ninth rank world as soon as they left Skyward...

They’d suffered immensely from the very beginning!

“Not bad, Long Zhan!” called the Human King. “Good coordination. Let’s get some more next time...”

Long Zhan frowned ferociously, his temper flaring. These two flitted between different ideas from second to second. They did indeed want to kill him. Taking advantage of this opportunity to demolish Skyward was also a very real motivation.

These were both of their goals and they acted according to the situation. They didn’t have a concrete target at all! They drifted wherever the wind blew them!

Li Hao and the Human King materialized around the elemental envoys. The five immediately huddled in on themselves, full of fear and anger against great enemies!

They’d fallen into another trap!

“I already said that there were some things that you guys do not need to be involved in,” Li Hao chuckled. “Why bother? Long Zhan and us are just having some fun. Senior Long Zhan is powerful without compare and has some trump cards to play. He won’t die that easily to us!

“We’d have to pay a huge price to kill Senior Long Zhan. There’s also Senior Chaos Sky watching the show. We’re... perfectly right in the head. Or did you guys think otherwise?”

Why would they kill Long Zhan?

Chaos Sky was blatantly on the sidelines. A premier powerhouse, supposedly a ninth rank, continuously put on a show of being able to fight anyone, yet was unable to achieve any victories!

Wasn’t that the usual tactic of New Martial’s Suppression King?

Li Hao and the Human King were all too familiar with it!

He stood a fifty-fifty chance of beating anyone he fought. This was one of the Suppression King’s habits. How would Li Hao and the Human King really pay an enormous price to kill Long Zhan and hand everything to Chaos Sky on a silver platter?

Killing Skyward cultivators and seizing the major world was key!

The seven eighth ranks were abruptly six and Coiling Dragon was gravely wounded. The five elemental envoys could not stand against their enemies at all.

“Gentlemen, we should live and let live in all things,” Chaos Sky finally addressed the group. “The Skyward is still alive. It would not be appropriate to fully extinguish his heritage...”

He didn’t seem ready to eradicate Skyward.

Their boss is still alive, alright? Only his replica is dead. If you kill all of his people, you might be in bigger trouble next time he descends!

“That’s fine, I’m not the sort to insist on slaughter,” Li Hao chuckled. “The five seniors simply need to withdraw from Skyward’s dao universe. It is no longer suitable for you, but I know a place that is!

“The major world of Five Elements in the north! It’s a perfect fit for you. You might take a step forward and become overlord of the north once you head there. That will ensure that Senior Skyward has a place to stay next time he returns. He won’t have to be confined to the tiny four regions...”

“Just kill them,” grumbled the Human King. “Why let a tiger roam free back to its home?”

“Senior Human King, I do have a history with Seniors Flamefire and Dainty Water,” Li Hao smiled. “I even wanted to stop you when you were after Senior Coiling Dragon. Let’s just leave it here, let them go!

“There’s elemental strength everywhere, why are they fixated on this spot? Withdraw from the Skyward dao universe. Also, I don’t want Skyward either. Senior Human King, you can have the energy from the life envoy and use it to revive the others...”

The Human King raised an eyebrow. Long Zhan and Chaos Sky furrowed their brows.

Head to the north?

The elemental envoys were eighth ranks. There was a group of elemental eighth ranks in the north as well. It was difficult to say whether the two sides would be working together or... enemies.

But no matter what, Li Hao was... purposefully strengthening the north.

Chaos Sky narrowed his eyes. If the north was stronger and the south wasn’t weak either, did the young man intend to curtail his expansion?

Long Zhan thought rapidly as well. Could these guys hem in Chaos Sky if they headed to the north?

Perhaps!

“Senior envoys... my apologies,” he quickly said. “I didn’t know that those two would be this way. It has caused the downfall of the life envoy. Why don’t you guys... head to the north!”

The five envoys looked around with an unpleasant expression. They didn’t want to go, but all of them might go down together if they stayed!

Li Hao was giving them a choice. Secede from Skyward and retain their eighth rank strength. That could be used to find their footing in the north...

The north was territory of five elemental exalted emperors. They were the same attribute!

Some knew more of what was happening behind the scenes, so thoughts quickly passed through their minds. Flamefire sighed and said, “My thanks... to the Silver Moon king for your aid. Any debt or grudge you might have with Skyward’s exalted emperors... is henceforth null and void.”

There was a bitter taste in his mouth!

They’d been minor characters from beginning to end, at the mercy of others. So what of a ninth rank world?

They were nothing after the dao master’s replica died. Their enemies arranged their fates for them. At least they were able to stay alive.

Six out of twelve eighth ranks were dead!

And judging from Long Zhan’s attitude... he was clearly determined to save Coiling Dragon and wouldn’t let the latter leave again.

Having five left was... not bad.

And so, Flamefire was forced to thank their enemy against his own wishes. He was afraid... that Li Hao would suddenly change his mind again and want to kill them. To prevent that, he had to thank the enemy that’d killed many of their own...

The five envoys grieved deeply, but there was nothing they could do about it.

“You’re welcome, it’s good that everything’s clear between us!” Li Hao smiled radiantly. “There’s not much warmth in the chaos, but there is some between you and I. I wish you safe travels, everyone!”

“I didn’t really want to kill you guys either,” the Human King laughed as he sensed his presence declining. “It was Long Zhan who insisted on having you guys come out. I was worried that you guys might interfere with me... Don’t hold a grudge for this, everyone. I’m actually a very friendly person!”

Long Zhan didn’t say a word. These two animals were vile! It was inevitable that the five envoys resented them after this. But there was nothing he could say at this stage.

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