Volume 2 - Chapter 73: The Transcendent Strike
The battlefield was engulfed in flames of war.
Li Xuanli stood atop the city walls, commanding the battle. Although he had dispatched elite troops to engage the tide of demons and monsters, his gaze remained fixed on Li Hao.
Seeing that the demon kings ignored the tide of monsters and focused solely on killing Li Hao, his heart sank, and his face was filled with anxiety.
When Li Hao was struck to the ground by the ultimate technique, Thunder Dragon, unleashed by the old dragon Lu Yuan, Li Xuanli trembled with fear, dreading the worst for Li Hao. However, in this grand-scale war, being only at the Three Immortals Realm, he was powerless to intervene.
“Kill him!”
The demon kings, seeing Li Hao pinned by the Limitless Thunder Dragon, launched a furious assault. They unleashed terrifying demonic arts, pouring all their true force into their attacks. They knew that without their full strength, they couldn’t harm this fearsome young warrior.
Boom!
Suddenly, a world-shaking aura erupted.
The Thunder Dragon, which had been mauling Li Hao, was abruptly gripped by a massive hand that clutched its throat. The dragon radiated destructive lightning, the energy like countless swords, attempting to break free from the grasp of the Heavenly Avatar.
Despite the dragon’s resistance and the bursts of lightning, the Heavenly Avatar’s grip remained unyielding, sustained by the inexhaustible energy drawn from the Earth and Heaven Meridian.
As the Thunder Dragon struggled, its lightning was gradually exhausted, leaving it weaker and reduced to pitiful howls.
Li Hao’s Heavenly Avatar emerged once again, clutching the Thunder Dragon. He turned to the incoming demon kings, his body suddenly emanating a dazzling silver radiance.
The scorched, blackened skin on Li Hao’s body from the lightning burns began to fall away rapidly. He knew that with the interference of these demon kings, the only way to quickly eliminate the Absolute Technique Realm old dragon was to enter the Transcendent State.
Earlier, during the prolonged chase, Li Hao had already exited the Transcendent State; otherwise, such a long pursuit would have pushed him to the limits of the Transcendent Realm.
Initially, he planned to reassess the situation to avoid hidden threats from other Absolute Technique Realm demon kings on this vast battlefield. Now, it seemed there were none.
In that case, he would end this quickly!
As he opened the gates of his body, the Earth and Heaven Meridian resonated. The power of the heavens surged in an unstoppable torrent into Li Hao’s body.
Bang!
Li Hao’s Heavenly Avatar crushed the Thunder Dragon, while he himself stepped forward abruptly, appearing before a demon king in an instant.
He struck with a single punch!
The terrifying force of the punch swept through, and even the scorching flames accompanying it caused the demon king’s rough hide to crack open. The punch landed with devastating impact, shattering the demon king’s skull.
A wisp of its soul attempted to escape, but Li Hao roared.
The roar carried a sonic attack that rippled outward. The soul shrieked as a powerful force tore it apart, annihilating it instantly!
In the blink of an eye, a Dao Heart Realm demon king fell.
Li Hao turned abruptly, his gaze locking onto the remaining demon kings. With Heaven and Earth Unbounded Technique, he moved like lightning.
Boom!
Another punch followed. A demon king at the Void Realm barely reacted, summoning a protective layer of gray wooden armor, which shattered into fragments. Li Hao’s punch pierced through its chest, sending blood flying.
In the distance, the Heavenly Avatar, having crushed the Thunder Dragon, vanished briefly before reappearing behind Li Hao. The enormous avatar grabbed the tiger-lion-like demon king by its front and hind limbs, tearing it apart with terrifying strength.
Blood gushed like boiling water, splattering everywhere.
The demon king’s soul barely had time to emerge before the Heavenly Avatar opened its mouth, immobilizing it with a single inhale. Then, a sword qi materialized in midair and slashed through the soul, obliterating it instantly!
In mere moments, a second demon king perished.
The remaining demon kings were struck with terror. As they realized that this youth had been holding back earlier, their eyes filled with dread.
What kind of monster is this?!
Finally, they understood why this young man had pursued Lu Yuan to such extremes. It was not merely due to his earlier displayed skills.
Escape!
The Void Realm demon kings, their courage shattered, decided to abandon the Demon Alliance. Centuries of cultivation and seclusion couldn’t end here.
Moreover, they could tell they were no match for Li Hao. Without extraordinary divine weapons, they couldn’t harm him.
Meanwhile, Li Hao was like an unstoppable humanoid war machine, crushing everything in his path!
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Li Hao roared, “Tiger Pressure!”
“Blood Sea Savage Flood Dragon Diagram! Qiongqi Mountain Diagram!”
As he pursued, his body erupted with terrifying might, evoking images of a tiger’s roar and a blood sea’s surging flood dragon. But the most fearsome was the figure of Qiongqi atop a massive mountain—a legendary ancient beast whose prey included even true dragons.
The Void Realm demon kings froze momentarily in fear. In that fleeting hesitation, Li Hao acted decisively, swiftly killing two more demon kings, smashing their heads into unrecognizable pulp.
The enormous bodies of the fallen demon kings were hurled into the oncoming tide of monsters, creating massive gaps in the ranks. Even the great monsters clashing with human warriors stopped in their tracks, startled by the falling corpses.
Seeing the battlefield from afar, both human generals and demonic commanders were left dumbfounded.
What they had thought was a stalemate between the demon kings and Li Hao turned out to be a one-sided massacre. Li Hao had scattered them like a fierce tiger among helpless wolves, killing the demon kings one by one and forcing the rest to flee.
“Haoyang!”
Li Xuanli, who had been closely monitoring the situation, widened his eyes in shock at the sight.
Meanwhile, Bai Shenjun, who was locked in an intense battle with Li Tiangang, had been discreetly observing Li Hao’s side. Though they appeared evenly matched, both men had reserved some focus for the other battlefront.
When Bai Shenjun saw Li Hao unleashing his devastating might, he was utterly shaken.
Thank heavens I didn’t intervene... Bai Shenjun trembled internally. That boy is a monster. He’s terrifying!
The realization prompted Bai Shenjun to retreat mentally. He decided against continuing the fight, having already discerned that Li Tiangang was no pushover. The battlefield was clearly doomed to collapse.
Without hesitation, Bai Shenjun broke away from Li Tiangang, retreating into the distance to avoid being entangled any further.
Li Tiangang staggered back, his blood surging chaotically, but he didn’t pursue his long-time rival.
Instead, his gaze shifted to the fleeing demon kings and the young warrior chasing them with ferocious determination.
The scene felt surreal to Li Tiangang. In all his years on the battlefield, he had never been this distracted. Yet today, he found himself repeatedly stunned.
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Li Hao moved forward with unstoppable strides, relentlessly pursuing his prey.
One of the Void Realm demon kings, realizing Li Hao was closing in, screamed and activated a rare reverse-fate opportunity. It turned and fled with all its might.
Li Hao immediately sensed a strange force descending, disrupting the area and seemingly dulling his killing intent for the escaping demon king.
So, this is the power of fate?
Li Hao’s eyes flared with rage as he summoned the Earth and Heaven Meridian, drawing all the surrounding energy within a thirty-mile radius toward himself.
He gathered it all into his fist.
“Die!”
With an earth-shaking roar, Li Hao took a half-step forward, his fist radiating an indomitable will. Hidden within the punch was a sharp sword intent, its killing power absolute.
Boom!
The punch erupted with unrelenting force, unleashing countless streaks of sword qi that soared into the heavens. Propelled by the fist’s momentum, the sword qi rained down like a storm, piercing through the fleeing demon kings as though turning their bodies into sieves.
The deadly attributes of Li Hao’s attacks triggered continuously, giving the demon kings no chance to evade or flee. They felt their very essence being drawn away...