Star Gate

BAM!

Li Hao and Ying Hongyue's swords clashed together. They flung themselves at each other, sword intent breaking through the sky and two longswords scraping through the firmament!

"You were suppressed by my master to the point of begging for mercy once!" Li Hao said coldly. "You are still less than the Five Styles discipline even when my master is not here!"

The young man suddenly tossed aside his weapon and transformed into a ferocious beast!

"I will subdue you filthy animal with the Five Styles discipline!"

Ying Hongyue frowned slightly, carving the skies with his longsword. He drew stroke after stroke, making it difficult for Li Hao to break the defenses despite his constant permutations of the Five Styles.

The two exchanged a multitude of blows, but Ying Hongyue's brows remained tightly furrowed. He looked around with growing confusion.

Li Hao was... very strong! Extremely strong, but the young man didn't bring his usual sense of fear or unease to bear. In the past, even when Li Hao wasn't that strong, a faint sense of anxiety had always stirred in Ying Hongyue whenever he faced the young man.

Things were a little strange today!

The person in front of him was plainly Li Hao; he employed the Five Styles so skillfully. Five kinds of aura swept through the world. There was none other than Yuan Shuo or Li Hao who could utilize the Five Styles to this degree!

BOOM!

A loud collision rang out nearby as the book of great dao trembled slightly. Shadowy figures flickered out!

Zhang An remained hovering in the air, holding the book in his hand. More figures walked out to charge the skeleton. "You are of Initial Martial, how dare you attack one of New Martial?" he said calmly.

The skeleton howled and punched, shattering a figure. Zhang An stumbled backward in response.

"Who were you in Initial Martial??" he asked with shock.

Unfortunately, he didn't receive an answer!

Zhang An was starting to fall behind as the battle went on. "Kill them and come help me, quickly now!" he yelled angrily.

BAM!

In the distance, more than a dozen Saints struck at the same time, nearly ripping the world asunder. A Saint on the other side screamed in response as he was run through by countless branches. General Pagoda had kept quiet all this time—it suddenly rose from the bottom of the sea and ran through a Red Moon Saint.

The old turtle descended upon the scene, smashing that Saint's body and forcing a scarlet shadow to appear.

A curved blade pierced through the void as soon as it was visible!

Whoosh!

The scarlet shadow howled with agony in short succession and split apart into tendrils of energy!

......

"He's about to die and no one is coming to help..." Zheng Yu extended his senses in all directions and found that there was indeed a lack of corresponding ripples from incoming powerhouses. He quickly ordered, "Mobilize and join the battlefield!"

"Understood, sir!"

A massive city appeared in the air and immediately produced nine Saints over the Forbidden Sea. The city disappeared after that. Nine Saints had joined the fray!

Ying Hongyue heaved a sigh of relief.I knew that Zheng Yu wouldn't sit by and watch us be killed! So he came in the end and sent us nine Saints.

All was within Ying Hongyue's calculations. Nine more Saints still might not counter Li Hao's side, but there were more waiting in Galewind. Zheng Yu would make further moves if he saw Ying Hongyue faltering. In that case, why would he send more Saints straight off the bat?

That would only raise Li Hao's guard!

Indeed, with the new reinforcements, that brought Ying Hongyue's side up to seventeen Saints. Li Hao only had thirteen, there were more on Ying Hongyue's side! He would still win this fight!

Just as the thought took shape in his mind...

The nine Saints that just arrived suddenly saw an ancient city materialize in front of them—Star River. It'd been staying out of the fray because it lacked powerhouses within its walls. There were only a few Immortals and student puppets.

Were they here with a death wish given that level of battle strength?

Although the nine Saints didn't convene with the other Red Moon Saints, their appearance still incensed Li Hao's side.

"Very well, Zheng Yu!" Capsize Sea shouted angrily. "It looks like you're not afraid of losing all of your Saints!"

Li Hao's side had possessed overwhelming advantage just moments ago and was on the cusp of killing a Saint. One down would certainly give rise to a chain reaction. They would be able to kill the remaining seven soon!

But now with nine more... Although they'd expected that something similar would occur, it was still enraging that it'd happened so quickly!

......

Upon Ash Mountain, the queen pursed her lips. She'd wanted to watch a show, but Zheng Yu's participation dialed down the amount of fun. The two sides were nearly evenly matched and the key was, Li Hao was starting to lose against Ying Hongyue, as was Zhang An against the skeleton.

If the two were defeated... then Li Hao might suffer an enormous loss today!

The queen snickered derisively to herself. That irritating boy was so arrogant, but look at him about to suffer all the same!

This was wonderful!

He was too pompous and full of himself. It was best if he suffered a tremendous loss, or he might really think that he was the strongest in the world.

......

It was the Great Li king and Jiang Li who were most nervous at the moment. The two of them stood behind Zhang An, but couldn't fight any openings to join the fight. Zhang An couldn't keep the skeleton under control! The two of them were completely outclassed!

The king watched painfully as the nine Saints joined the enemy.Damn it! Fucking hell!Their opportunity was gone! They had a chance earlier, but that was all gone now with the addition of the nine Saints. Setting aside the fact of whether or not they could win... the new question was whether he and the priest would survive the day!

The Great Li king thought nothing of the newly appeared city. It was just Immortals inside, they were useless! The enemy had nine more Saints!

It wasn't just one. If it was, then the Immortals might have a chance of accomplishing something. But when it wasnineSaints... that was just a death wish!

Zhang An yelled furiously, "If you dare harm those in the city, you will be met with devastating retribution!"

"You better take care of yourself!" jeered a Galewind Saint. "Do you still think this is as times past? Zhang An, what are you in the absence of the supreme?"

Do you still think that this is one hundred thousand years ago? Those imperial descendants in the city, these elites of Martial Alliance and Steadfast Sky were all key figures in New Martial back in the day. But now, we're butchering them!

"Kill them!" shouted a Saint. The nine Saints acted at the same time! They were going to raze the city to the ground!

The world seemed to freeze for a moment and a ray of dim sword light flashed over. The sword light didn't seem that strong, but it flashed across a person!

Fast! It was indescribably fast! The only thing that could be said about it was fast!

The Saint in the lead suddenly felt something amiss. He was still flying toward the city, but why could heseehis own body fly forward?

He was confused, but the people next to him gaped with shock and horror! Their leader's head... had fallen off!

The world shifted colors when sword light flashed. It'd taken one move to behead one Saint. As the rest reacted with terror, they also shifted to counterattack and direct their blows at the sword light!

There was a powerhouse there! Who?

A soft shout echoed in the vicinity. "Suppress!"

Suppress!

A supernatural character appeared, corralling the world. The Saints blinked, bleary-eyed for a moment. It took only that one moment for the sword to run through two Saints!

They were speared like kebabs; the longsword immediately drained them of everything!

Ying Hongyue seemed to sense something and he looked at the Li Hao furiously battling him with a severe look. "Li Hao?!" he howled.

Li Hao was inside that city! Damn it, how was this possible??

The young man was currently in the form of a tiger as he attacked Ying Hongyue. He sneered, as if saying, "Didn't you account for this?"

Inside Galewind.

Zheng Yu had just left when his eyes widened and he raised his head for a look. It'd taken only the blink of an eye for three Saints to be run through and their physical bodies crumble away!

A figure hovered in the air. Li Hao!

"Hmm?" wondered the man on the silver moon in the sky.

"Li Hao??" goggled the Moon God.

......

Inside the temple to the Initial Martial god.

"I wondered what felt off. So that was a replica..." a voice murmured. "Why did it seem so real? The replica has nearly replaced the genuine article, and it possesses the strength of peak Saint... Are these the capabilities of modern martial masters?"

That was strange! No wonder Li Hao could hoodwink the entire world! And the key was, the kid hadn't put in a showing until Zheng Yu sent out his Saints as well. It was obvious from this that he intended to eliminate all of Zheng Yu's Saints!

It was quite a show of decisiveness!

But soon enough, the Initial Martial god shook his head. "This isn't a worthy trade... This replica is quite incredible and not worth being exposed just to kill a few Saints!"

Of course, that was up to Li Hao's personal preferences. If he felt it was worth it, then it was worth it!

......

The situation immediately changed after Li Hao's appearance. Three Saints were dead!

Li Hao brandished his longsword with a radiant smile. "My thanks to Senior Zhang's bestowment. Next time, send me some Empyrean Kings!"

With that, the longsword erupted with sword qi!

The six Saints jerked awake, but the heavens opened up and one hundred million stars arrived. They smashed into the world, terrifying the Saints, whereas Li Hao's presence abruptly exploded as he thrust his sword out.

All daos were one!

BOOM!

He eviscerated a Saint!

Close at hand, Li Daozong's eyes widened and he whipped his head back. The man with a sword on his back rose as well and muttered, "A sword of a myriad daos being one!"

That was the technique of the Sword Sovereign!

It wasn't exactly the same, but Li Hao had demonstrated the Sword Sovereign's glory in the true meaning of the concept. His sword bore true resemblance to the Sword Sovereign's for the first time.

A sword of a myriad daos being one, a sword that could challenge those at a higher cultivation level! A sixth rank could kill an eight rank, an Apex could kill an Immortal! That was the Sword Sovereign!

When he was a Saint, he could kill Empyrean Kings! When it came to fighting those above one's cultivation, the Sword Sovereign came first in that feat. Not even the Human King could measure up!