The Name of Eternals

Chapter 221: Slaying a Prodigy, Proclaiming a Divine Name

"Pain!"

The short man screamed in agony, staring at Li Hao in shock. Even if the opponent was on guard, how could he easily block such a close-range attack? Yet, it was blocked with ease. What kind of monstrous strength was this?

"You're at the Four Pillars Stage?!"

The short man was astonished. He couldn't discern Li Hao's aura, but judging by his age, he shouldn't be more than at the Three Immortal Stage at best.

"Spare me, I'll give you the item, just don't kill me..."

Without waiting for Li Hao's response, the short man hurriedly pulled out a belt and handed it to Li Hao, "The Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit is in here. Spare me!"

Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit? Li Hao was a bit surprised. Ji Yunge had just mentioned this item, and now it appeared right in front of him.

However, the item was in this belt? Li Hao was suspicious and didn't take it. Instead, he suddenly punched the man's head.

This person was being chased and now offered a treasure, clearly trying to shift the danger onto Li Hao. Though it seemed like a plea for mercy, his intentions were malicious.

"You..."

The short man roared in anger and fear, igniting a golden talisman in his palm. It was a Sacred Heart Talisman.

The burning talisman transformed into a blazing divine light, intending to shield his body from Li Hao's punch.

But as soon as Li Hao saw the golden talisman, he immediately reacted, using the "Flying Segment" attribute to double his attack range.

Before his fist fully extended, the terrifying destructive force struck the man's head.

With a loud bang, his head burst like a fruit.

The short man's mouth was slightly open. In his final moment, he still couldn't believe why he had to die.

His body lost all mobility, and a soul escaped from his skull, trying to flee.

However, Li Hao's condensed sword energy, with the "Hidden Bow" attribute, had been lurking around. As soon as the soul emerged, the sword energy struck.

If the sword energy is hidden with the "Hidden Bow" attribute and remains undetected, its lethality doubles.

The sword energy directly split the short man's soul, then exploded like a hedgehog, tearing the soul apart.

The short man was only at the Three Immortal Stage. In front of Li Hao, he didn't even have a chance to use the Sacred Heart Talisman to survive.

Everything happened in an instant. The short man was already dead, both body and soul destroyed, leaving only the burning Sacred Heart Talisman enveloping his headless corpse.

As the talisman burned out, only a corpse remained.

In this brief moment, the three figures chasing the short man had arrived. Seeing Li Hao kill the short man so quickly, they were all shocked. Immediately, they surrounded Li Hao in a triangular formation.

"Damn thief, you should have been killed by my hands, too lenient a death!"

The leading young man looked at the headless corpse, his eyes filled with anger and hatred. Although the opponent was only at the Three Immortal Stage, he had nearly snatched the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit from his hands. What a humiliation!

"Kid, hand over his corpse. I am from the Ancient Sacred Qin Family. You better not act foolishly like that stupid thief!"

The young man shouted at Li Hao, scrutinizing him closely. The more he looked, the more he frowned. This young man didn't seem to be from the Great Wilderness Heaven.

But an outsider with such a cultivation level at his age, capable of instantly killing a Three Immortal Stage cultivator? Impossible.

Li Hao held the corpse enveloped in divine light, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Shouldn't you thank me first? I stopped him and killed him for you."

"Boy, hand over the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit, and our young master will reward you generously."

Another middle-aged man, staring intently at Li Hao, spoke gently but quietly released his aura to sense the surroundings, trying to determine if Li Hao was alone.

Meanwhile, an elder locked the surrounding area with a secret technique, preventing Li Hao from escaping with the Sacred Heart Talisman or other techniques like the short man.

Li Hao, possessing the Heaven and Earth Vein, had a very delicate sense of the surroundings. He immediately sensed their movements and probing, feeling a chill in his eyes. It was clear they intended to kill him.

A trace of anger surged within him. The people of Great Wilderness Heaven seemed even more lawless.

"What do you want? Just say it. First, give me that corpse!" the young man demanded angrily, his earlier anger from the short man not yet fully dissipated.

"What if I don't want to?" Li Hao replied.

The young man's eyes turned icy, "Then you're courting death!"

"Die!"

The elder, having locked down the surroundings and ensuring there was no one else but Li Hao, didn't hesitate to attack.

As a servant of the Ancient Sacred Qin Family, there was no one he dared not kill. Even if Li Hao was a descendant of another Sacred Family, it didn't matter. In Great Wilderness Heaven, the strong ruled. If you were weaker, you deserved to die!

With a loud bang, the elder's near-distance attack, infused with his profound cultivation and the Sacred Family's mystical techniques, struck like lightning. Under the guidance of Dao Rhythm, it was unavoidable.

Li Hao didn't dodge. The attack was too fast. His back trembled with a jolt, his body leaning slightly forward, his back stinging with pain.

But soon, the invincible body technique activated, healing the stinging scratches in an instant, and the pain vanished.

"How is this possible?!"

The elder's eyes widened in disbelief. This young man, without wearing any divine armor or treasures, had actually withstood his attack with just his physical body?!

The young man and the middle-aged man were also stunned, their expressions changing dramatically.

Li Hao's eyes turned cold. He set the headless corpse aside with his object control ability and suddenly stepped forward. Using the "Heaven and Earth No Trace" technique, he instantly approached the young man.

"You!"

The young man's expression changed, both shocked and furious, and he raised his hand to slash out with a sword.

But the sword light was shattered by Li Hao's punch. The sharp blade grazed Li Hao's fist, sparking fire and leaving a bloodstain. It was clearly a high-grade divine weapon.

But as the sword light shattered, Li Hao's fist struck the young man's chest.

A low roar erupted from the young man's chest, and a dark black Xuanwu phantom appeared, roaring at Li Hao, its back resisting Li Hao's punch.

Li Hao's eyes flashed with surprise. The golden robe the young man wore contained divine armor, and the robe itself was also a treasure, immune to fire and water, soft yet tough.

The powerful impact sent the young man flying, the black Xuanwu phantom thinning out.

Since he had attacked, he must eliminate all threats.

Li Hao's eyes shot out cold electric light, and he stepped forward, chasing after the young man.

"Damn it, stop being arrogant!"

The middle-aged man was furious, suddenly wielding an ancient spear. Although it looked roughly hewn from stone, it exuded an ancient and wild aura, thrusting it towards Li Hao.

Li Hao didn't take it head-on but used the "Heaven and Earth No Trace" technique to evade, his speed increasing dramatically.

Like a streak of lightning, he caught up with the young man.

A violent punch gathered in Li Hao's hand, and he struck out again.

"You're courting death!"

The young man roared, both angry and fearful. This young man was like a barbaric dragon, terrifyingly powerful. Even with divine armor, the young man's blood and energy were in turmoil. He was in the Dao Heart Realm!

At this moment, with Li Hao's aura suppression from the myriad phenomena attribute weakening, they could clearly see his cultivation level. He was only at the Three Immortal Stage!

Usually, prodigies defeated opponents of higher realms, but today, he was being humiliated by someone of a lower realm. The young man couldn't believe it.

The dazzling sword light roared like black flames, but Li Hao instantly activated the Supreme Body, entering a brief untouchable state.

The sword, influenced by the Supreme Body, lost its Dao Rhythm guidance. Though locked on by his sight, the sword edge slipped past Li Hao's side, unable to touch him!

Bang! Li Hao's punch struck again. The Xuanwu phantom roared, but this time, the violent fist intent overwhelmed it like a storm.

The phantom shattered, and the punch landed on the young man's chest. The golden robe caved in, and his chest collapsed into a deep pit, bones breaking, and organs shifting.

The young man spat out blood, his body flying backward like a broken bird.

"Young master!"

The middle-aged man and the elder, who had been chasing after him, turned pale with fright. Their young master had divine armor protecting him, yet he was still seriously injured?

Li Hao suddenly raised his hand, energy surging through the void. The Heaven and Earth Vein frantically absorbed the surrounding power, condensing into a terrible sword tide, forming two sword dragons that roared towards the two men.

They were shocked and hurriedly defended. The elder, seeing Li Hao still charging at the young master, roared in fury:

"Stop! How dare you be so arrogant!"

As he spoke, he didn't bother to block the sword dragons but activated his own divine armor. A rotating sword shadow surrounded him, protecting him from the sword energy coming from all directions.

But some sword energy still slipped through, striking his body.

Bang!

Before the elder could reach the young master, a sword energy pierced into his body. In an instant, he trembled all over, like a shrimp with its nerves severed, frozen in place.

A sudden force pulled him as if into a deep abyss.

His pupils constricted, realizing his strength was rapidly draining. Terrified, he thought, "Am I dying? But I haven't even been seriously injured!" As his consciousness began to fade, in panic, he activated his reverse fate power.

The family sent him to accompany the young master because he had this chance to reverse fate, even in dangerous situations, to help the young master escape.

But unexpectedly, he himself was on the brink of death first. Now, this chance could only be used on himself.

With a whoosh, his soul shot out from his feet, enveloped by a force, fleeing into the distance.

Perhaps due to the reverse fate's influence, his mind was filled with an overwhelming fear of death, leaving no room to care about the young master.

The chasing sword energy fell short, allowing the elder to escape.

Li Hao frowned but didn't pursue. With his current strength, he couldn't contend with the forces of fate.

He turned towards the young man, attacking with a flurry of punches. The young man raised his sword to block, emitting a powerful aura, but two punches from Li Hao shattered his defense. The remaining punches all landed on his body and head.

"I... I am..."

Quickly, the young man's body was smashed to pieces, blood and flesh mangled. His soul was also trapped within his body and crushed together.

Before his death, the young genius of the Ancient Sacred Qin Family couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Surrounded by sword dragons, the middle-aged man saw this and was terrified.

Although their young master was just one among many in the Qin Family, with talents not considered top-tier but mid-upper level, he shouldn't have been so easily killed.

Moreover, the one who killed the young master was just a teenager!

Could it be an elite prodigy from another Ancient Sacred Family?!

"You... you're dead!"

The middle-aged man was terrified, his eyes showing fear. If the young master's brother found out that his brother was killed while chasing the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit, who knows how furious he would be!

As their bodyguards, they would be held accountable.

Li Hao, hearing the middle-aged man's words, picked up the young man's sword from the ground. The sword was made of flowing silver, intricately crafted, and emitting a faint silver glow.

He glanced at the middle-aged man, then casually threw the divine sword.

With a swoosh, the sword light pierced through the air like a shooting star, slashing towards the middle-aged man's head.

The middle-aged man was horrified, pulling out a Sacred Heart Talisman, which burned into a black bell-shaped shadow to protect his body.

But the next moment, the bell rang and shattered, the silver light slashing down on his widening eyes.

The divine sword, extremely sharp, unleashed even greater power in Li Hao's hands, cleaving the middle-aged man in half.

Even his soul inside was cut and erased.

"Kid, you're decisive. Too bad that reverse fate one got away."

Ji Yunge, who had been hidden on Li Hao's body, smiled, having witnessed Li Hao swiftly slay the Qin Family juniors.

"Will he go back and report?"

Li Hao frowned, worried about bigger trouble coming.

"Certainly."

Ji Yunge said, "Otherwise, why would the Qin Family send a reverse fate cultivator with this kid? But it seems he's not planning to return."

As he spoke, a black smoke shot up from the distant mountains, signaling something.

"That's the Qin Family's distress signal. There must be other Qin Family experts nearby."

Ji Yunge remarked, "It looks like they plan to settle this grudge here and now."

...

At a crimson cliff, a huge hole exposed a twisted, withered vine several dozen meters long, twitching slightly.

Outside the cliff, on low hills, numerous figures had gathered, dressed differently, all young elites from various tribes and families within the Great Wilderness Heaven.

They watched the Crimson Blood Vine King's body with glowing eyes, waiting for its emergence.

Initially, they had come for the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit but discovered the Crimson Blood Vine King was transforming, condensing a second blood body.

Now, it had reached halfway and couldn't stop, sensing the intruders yet helpless.

They didn't interrupt, waiting for the second blood body to form, which would absorb most of the Crimson Blood Vine King's essence, making it as precious as a newly grown ten-thousand-year-old blood ginseng, ten times more valuable than the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit.

Thus, no one chased after the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit that had been stolen earlier, as the Qin Family had sent a young master to pursue it.

For the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit, they avoided conflict with the Qin Family, but this second blood body was different.

"The Qin Family's prodigy, Qin Tianchen, is also here. It might be hard to snatch it."

"Let's see who makes the first move. The Crimson Blood Vine King isn't easy to deal with, and other families are here too."

Many eyes focused on several outstanding figures in the field, one particularly striking figure being the Qin Family's prodigy, Qin Tianchen.

Rumor had it he was born with a sacred bone, extraordinarily talented, with the potential to become a sage. He began cultivating at three, reached the Spirit Wandering Realm at ten.

By fourteen, he entered the Grandmaster Realm, and by seventeen, the Three Immortal Realm, slaying a Demon King in a reverse situation, extremely fierce.

Now at twenty-four, his strength rivaled many elders. Recently, he had ventured into the wilderness and slain an ancient beast alone!

Among the crowd, Qin Tianchen, graceful and extraordinary, quietly watched the Crimson Blood Vine King in the cave.

Not far from him, several other figures occasionally glanced his way, their eyes revealing caution.

It was said that he had reached the pinnacle of the Universal Power Realm and mastered the divine power state, yet he still came here.

As everyone waited, suddenly, a black smoke shot into the sky from afar.

Two elders beside Qin Tianchen noticed it and their faces changed. That was the direction the second young master had gone.

Qin Tianchen also noticed, his cold face showing a moment of shock, then his eyes widened, a powerful aura bursting from him, soaring into the sky.

"Young master!"

A soul swiftly flew over from afar, the elder who had attacked Li Hao earlier.

Seeing Qin Tianchen, he quickly said, "Young master, someone stole the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit and killed the second young master."

"Who?!"

Qin Tianchen's pupils contracted. He had come to protect his brother and help him obtain the Dao Rhythm Blood Fruit. Now, someone dared to kill his brother?

Everyone competing for the fruit was here, none had left.

Seeing the soul-only elder, his expression changed, "Where is Tianyu?"

"I... I used the reverse fate to escape..." The elder stammered, nervous and afraid.

Qin Tianchen's eyes shot out lightning-like divine light, "So, you abandoned my brother to save yourself?"

"Young master, please save the second young master..." The elder pleaded, having used his reverse fate chance to escape, fearing the second young master wouldn't survive without help.

Qin Tianchen's face darkened, wanting to kill him on the spot, but now wasn't the time. He turned to leave but saw a figure flying over, wearing a golden robe and holding a silver sword.

It looked like his brother's attire.

But it was a young man.

Li Hao, having escaped from the battle in Liangzhou to the River of Death, had his clothes in tatters. After killing the young man, he took his clothes, a treasure robe, to cover himself, changing his torn robe.

The divine armor was already broken, so he didn't bother taking it.

Now, he had tracked them here, intending to strike first and avoid them hunting him down, which could bring trouble to the Great Yu Divine Dynasty if traced outside the Great Wilderness Heaven.

"So many people?"

Li Hao scanned the area, seeing many figures on the nearby hills.

His gaze locked on the elder's soul, seeing him pleading with a young man, realizing this was likely the target of the distress signal.

"It's you?!"

Qin Tianchen saw Li Hao in his brother's clothes, holding his brother's sword, and his eyes turned red with rage, his previously cold face now furious.

"Who are you?!"

The two elders beside Qin Tianchen rushed over, shocked at Li Hao's attire, shouting angrily.

The commotion drew everyone's attention. The nearby elites waiting for the Crimson Blood Vine King's second blood body were all stunned.

Judging by the situation, the second young master of the Qin Family, who had gone out earlier, seemed to have been killed?!

Seeing Li Hao wearing his clothes, everyone recognized it immediately. Even his weapon was taken, indicating the young master must be dead!

"Who is that? So young!"

"He looks like he's in his teens. Which family is he from?"

"Daring to kill a Qin Family member and come here, this guy has guts!"

Everyone was shocked, discussing in astonishment.

"Listen up, I come from the Ancient Divine Clan, the Celestial Clan!"

Li Hao, hearing the elder's question, decided to conceal his identity. If he simply left, who knows what means the Sacred Families had. It wouldn't be good if they traced him outside the Great Wilderness Heaven.

Since they were Sacred Families, why not claim to be from a Divine Clan?

Hearing Li Hao's loud response, the crowd fell silent, all stunned.

Ancient Divine Clan?

Did they hear wrong? Never heard of it!

In the Great Wilderness Heaven, there were ancient divine clans?

Everyone was shocked, feeling they had witnessed something extraordinary.

Qin Tianchen was also taken aback, his furious face showing a hint of doubt. Ancient Divine Clan?

His elders never mentioned it. The reason Sacred Families were called sacred was because their ancestors were ancient saints!

Thus, they had the bloodline inheritance of ancient saints.

This young man claimed to be from a Divine Clan, implying he was a descendant of gods?

But where were there gods in this world? Never heard of them!