Chapter 69: Rising Moon, True Form
As Li Hao descended from the sky, Li Yuanzhao and the others, who had been paralyzed with fear by the demon horde, were left in stunned disbelief.
Yu Wei’s mouth hung open, his eyes bulging as he stared at Li Hao as if he’d seen a ghost.
“You’re here too?”
Li Hao hadn’t expected to encounter them on the west side of the city. Weren’t they supposed to be on a patrol mission? How did they end up here?
He glanced at Cui Fan, whose face looked pained, clearly showing his reluctance. Li Hao then looked over at Wei Feng, recognizing him as the man who had been tailing him for a while.
“You…”
Wei Feng gaped at Li Hao. He was of the Fifteen Li Realm, so he could clearly sense that of the two who had arrived through the air, it was not Yue Shuhong taking the lead but the young man before him.
The person he and Li Fu had been following and protecting turned out to be at the Fifteen Li Realm?!
And his cultivation was even higher than Li Fu’s?!!
Who exactly was protecting whom here?
Wei Feng felt his mind go blank. He had roamed the world since the Soul Fusion Realm and had seen numerous prodigies, but… a Fifteen Li Realm cultivator at such a young age?
Unheard of!
People always said the Divine General Mansion produced monstrous talents, but nothing of this caliber, right?
“The demons are coming!”
At this moment, someone nervously shouted.
Everyone’s gaze turned to the area beyond the city walls. The demonic creatures rushing towards them had already entered the archers’ range.
“Release the arrows!!”
The commander here, a middle-aged man at around the eighth or ninth level of the Soul Fusion Realm, shouted immediately.
Arrows as dense as black rain poured out—specially crafted arrows with demonic-repelling properties.
Under the onslaught of arrows, many of the demonic creatures were wounded, but even more pressed forward through the arrow storm.
“Activate the Demon-Suppressing Formation!”
The commander bellowed again.
More than a dozen Demon Subjugators dressed in dark robes hurried to a high platform on the city wall. They each summoned their Soul Fusion, unique in form, and clasped hands. Their soul forces intertwined, attempting to maintain a certain balance to activate the formation.
Li Hao looked at the demons nearing within a hundred meters of the wall and then turned his gaze to the sword in Ren Qianqian’s hand.
“Let me borrow your sword.”
Ren Qianqian snapped out of her daze, looking at Li Hao in disbelief. She still hadn’t fully come to terms with the terrifying level of cultivation Li Hao had displayed just moments ago.
When she saw him reaching out to borrow her sword, she instinctively tightened her grip on the scabbard and asked, “You… can wield a sword?”
Throughout the journey, she hadn’t seen him carry any weapon.
“A little.”
Li Hao nodded.
He’d entered the martial world hastily, without time to bring a sword. If he were to step into the martial world again, he’d remember to take the treasured sword Second Master had given him at the mansion.
Ren Qianqian hesitated—swords were always kept close to a swordsman, and she cherished hers deeply. However, given the danger of the battle, she knew Li Hao possessed a high level of cultivation but had no weapon.
After a moment’s pause, she finally handed the sword to him.
Clang.
Li Hao drew the sword, its blade gleaming like autumn water as it emerged from the sheath.
In that instant, the blade vibrated, as if awakening, emitting a clear hum and a dazzling, snowy-white sword glow that pulsed and shimmered.
Li Hao turned with the sword in hand, stepping forward until he stood suspended in midair about ten meters beyond the city wall.
His figure, floating in the air, drew the attention of countless soldiers on the wall, all of whom stared in shock. Standing in midair—this was a mark of the Fifteen Li Realm!
Even Lord Yue, the City Protector, had only reached the Soul Wandering Realm, not the Fifteen Li Realm!
“The Moon… Rises!”
Li Hao murmured softly.
Over the past five years, he had naturally studied the last three sword techniques in Boundless Sea.
Boundless Sea consisted of four techniques.
Tide, Severing River, Rising Moon, Boundless Sea.
In this moment, he executed the third technique of this supreme sword art, second only to its ultimate move.
Rising Moon!
In an instant, everyone on the city wall seemed to see a bright, full moon rising from Li Hao’s hand.
The bright long sword had disappeared, leaving only a radiant silver-white moon, full and brilliant, rising from his palm, and then lifting slowly as though rising over the ocean, heading toward the demonic horde.
The level—True Form!
As the onlookers marveled at the beauty of the moon, it swept into the demon ranks. With a burst of moonlight, the countless demonic shadows surging toward them were like darkness driven away by light, retreating like a tide.
But they weren’t retreating—they were vanishing!
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“This sword technique…”
Ren Qianqian’s pupils contracted, her beautiful face displaying shocked disbelief as she stared at the young man’s back, sword in hand.
That bright, almost divine moon overwhelmed her with awe.
Could that really… be swordsmanship?!
Not only was Ren Qianqian astonished—Yue Shuhong and Wei Feng were equally stunned.
Only now did Yue Shuhong realize that when Li Hao had defeated the Tiger-robed Immortal earlier, he hadn’t used his full strength, not even a tenth of his power.
This magnificent sword technique alone was enough to shake all of Qizhou!
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“This sword technique…” Wei Feng’s eyes glazed over. Ren Qianqian’s father was a master swordsman, but even he had never performed a sword technique this stunning.
The clear, dazzling moon on this battlefield to the west of the city was mesmerizing, and only when the dreamlike moon faded did everyone begin to snap back to reality, suddenly aware they were still on a battlefield, still in the heat of battle!
But as the soldiers hastily nocked their arrows, they all froze.
There, within several hundred meters of the city wall, not a single demonic creature remained!
All that was left on the ground were shredded, broken demonic corpses!
And the blood of demons, spilled like a crimson rain across the battlefield!
With one sword strike, he had cleared nearly an entire mile of demons!
Where there had been the chaotic howls and piercing cries of demonic creatures, the battlefield now fell silent enough to hear a pin drop!
Not only were the soldiers on the wall stunned, but even the demons in the distance, who had been preparing to charge, stood frozen, their avalanche-like momentum coming to an abrupt halt.
The demonic creatures glanced at each other in terror.
Among them was a greater demon commander at the Soul Wandering Realm, the same level as the Tiger-robed Immortal.
But now, his eyes were filled with shock and fear.
The young figure standing alone, sword in hand, suspended beyond the city wall, seemed as imposing as a peerless Sword Immortal.
Untouchable!
Li Hao glanced at the halted demonic horde. Without a word, he threw the sword forward, wielding it through divine control.
The flying sword turned, shooting out like golden light, instantly reaping the lives of more than a dozen demons.
At this, the frozen demonic creatures finally snapped back to their senses, screaming as they scattered in all directions. What had been an overwhelming offensive was shattered in an instant, disintegrating into nothingness!
The countless soldiers on the city wall gaped in awe, staring at the young man’s back.
That figure, in the next twenty years, would remain engraved in their minds, impossible to forget.
The golden sword moved like a needle, swiftly slaying large numbers of demons, including the Soul Wandering Realm demon commander who tried to restrain his aura and hide. Yet, Li Hao noticed and, with a flicker of the sword’s light, beheaded him, erasing his soul.
In his presence, greater demons were no different from ordinary ones—all died in a single blow!
Seeing this scene, Wei Feng on the wall was left in stunned silence.
Even if he had personally entered the fray, he could never have achieved such overwhelming might. The speed of Li Hao’s sword control was two or three times faster than his own!
He was immediately reminded of the demon serpent killed by a streak of dark light—exactly the same technique.
This was… the predecessor they had bowed to on the road?
What kind of monster was Li Fu truly protecting?!!