Chapter 282: Chapter 48: If You Can’t Beat Li Hao, Kill Li Tian Gang First
With the Demon King’s defeat, those Three Immortal Realm Demons that had come from far away also recognized the grim situation and prepared to flee.
But their speed couldn’t compare to the Demon King’s. After his failed pursuit of the Demon King, Li Hao immediately infused his immortal power into the Dragon Soar Sword and went full force after them.
With the Flying Phase complemented by the Hidden Bow attribute, he also laid many traps around the area. As the Three Immortal Realm Demons attempted to flee, they ran into these hidden strings and were immediately entangled and strangled, incidentally granting Li Hao a wealth of fishing experience.
“Spare our lives…”
The Three Immortal Realm Great Demons trembled and shivered, begging for mercy in front of Li Hao.
Li Hao paid them no heed; the Dragon Soar Sword flew past, piercing through these demons.
These Great Demons had come from thousands of miles away seeking revenge, only to face such an outcome, filled with regret and anger until their deaths.
Li Hao controlled the Dragon Soar Sword, pursuing and slaying all the demons within a hundred li, quickly sweeping clean all the living beings visible nearby.
Releasing the strings, Li Hao strung the corpses of these demons together.
The body of the Ten Thousand Caverns Ghost Mother, with countless ghoul-like limbs inside it, looked extremely terrifying and was also strung up by the strings.
These strings, dragging numerous demon corpses, fluttered like a string of kites along the way, exuding an aura of death.
Far away, a Bird Demon from the Tianji Palace was hidden in the clouds, secretly witnessing this scene and trembling uncontrollably, having never seen such a terrifying spectacle.
To the demons, this scene was as if a demon had attacked and killed people from the Human Race’s cities, binding their crushed corpses to his belt in a grisly and horrifying manner.
At this moment, in their eyes, Li Hao was such a demon, extremely terrifying.
“The Demon King couldn’t stop him, it’s over, we’re doomed!”
The Tianji Palace’s Bird Demon, stricken with horror, quietly transmitted Li Hao’s movements.
As Li Hao sped along his way, what he saw were empty mountain tops where the demons had long since fled.
“What, the Human Race is invading?”
“More like entering, you call this an invasion?”
“He killed the Demon King?”
Upon hearing the information from the Tianji Palace, the many demons at first looked down upon it, but when they learned that the Human had slain the Demon King, they were all shocked and stricken with terror.
Some hurriedly packed their belongings and fled, while a few remained half-doubting, depending on their own abilities, hiding nearby in caves, hoping to secretly catch a glimpse of the truth about this member of the Human Race.
But it was this very idea that cost them their lives.
In a mountain lake five hundred li away.
A portly middle-aged man lay in the middle of the lake, surrounded by fish demon beauties, like orioles and swallows, having a joyful time, when suddenly a bird rushed in, speaking anxiously:
“Paying respects to Lord Abyss Lake.”
“Hmm?”
The portly man looked askance, recognizing the Bird Demon from the Tianji Palace, and nonchalantly said, “What’s the matter?”
“Lord Abyss Lake, I beg you to leave quickly. A young human is heading this way, slaughtering demons,” said the bird urgently.
“Hmm?”
The portly man was stunned, then burst into laughter: “Do you know what you’re saying? You want me to leave?”
“That young man just fought with three Demon Kings. Feng Shan Jun and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Ancestor were defeated, and the Ten Thousand Caverns Ghost Mother died at his hand. Please, my lord, do not underestimate him,” the bird hurriedly said.
The smile froze on the portly man’s face, and he turned serious. He had heard of the names Feng Shan Jun and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Ancestor.
They were defeated by that Human Race youth?
“Who is that? When did the Human Race have such a young generation? Could it be a disciple of that True Immortal?” the portly man asked.
“No, that young man is Marshal Haotian from the Heavenly Gate Pass, from the Li Family!”
“The Li Family?”
The portly man frowned. He knew of the Divine General Mansion of the Dayu Divine Dynasty but had spent many years dominating the demon territories and had not approached that dynasty. He had not paid much attention to it, content to live out his days as a mountain king in comfort.
“My lord, please leave quickly to avoid harm,” the bird urged.
The portly man’s expression soured. He had spent thousands of years in this mountain lake, and now he was being driven away by a brash youngster from the Human Race?
Without even seeing his face.
Yet he was a Demon King. When had he ever lost his dignity like this!
“Absolutely absurd!” he exclaimed furiously.
The portly man, despite his anger, knew that the Tianji Palace would not provide false information nor dare to deceive him. He took a deep breath and gathered the fish demons around him, saying, “My beloved wives, my children, come with me, we must leave for now!”
Though they left, using his Demon Art, he instructed some common small fish demons to stay behind and watch what happened.
Then, he took his whole family of demons and flew away from that place.
Not long after the portly man had left, Li Hao’s figure rushed in.
Coming upon a mountain lake, Li Hao’s Divine Soul surged into it and discovered a demon lair built at the lake bottom, ostentatiously luxurious, decorated with many pearls and jewels.
In the fault trenches inside and outside the lake were also piles of bones from many demons and the Human Race.
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Li Hao snorted coldly, his Divine Soul transformed into the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation, standing in the lake like a towering giant, stirring the water with his arms and raising thousands of layers high, killing all the small demons and aquatic life within!
With his arms, he scooped up the lake water and splashed it around, then brought over two large mountains from nearby to fill in the lake, causing the water to spread and irrigate the surroundings, leaving a trail of devastation before continuing forward.
As he advanced, he flattened mountains and lakes in his path, leaving behind a terrifying trail of destruction.
The earth was scarred, the demon territory laid to waste.
Wherever he passed, it was as if iron hooves had trampled, ploughing a thousand miles of wasteland.
The number of Bird Demons in Tianji Palace was limited, so they only reported to the Demons of high cultivation levels; those of lower realms, such as the Demons of the Heavenly Human Realm, didn’t even have time to be notified, while the smaller demon clans were simply overlooked.
And these demon clans, still basking in comfort and pleasure, saw a youth galloping towards them from the horizon.
Behind the youth was a kite-like string of countless demon corpses, densely packed and terrifying to behold.
When these demons realized what was happening, it was already too late to flee; they were pierced by the Sword Qi that Li Hao pressed out with a single finger, leaving corpses strewn everywhere.
A great number of Demons perished or escaped, fleeing elsewhere.
As Li Hao continued to press forward, the Bird Demons of the Tianji Palace realized that his area of clearance was not aimless but radiated in a fan shape from the foundation of Heavenly Gate Pass, extending widely sideways, and the youth did not progress further there.
“He’s clearing out the demons’ territories outside Heavenly Gate Pass!”
The Bird Demons of Tianji Palace quickly grasped the thoughts of this youth but were both shocked and fearful in their hearts.
Although it was just clearing the region reflected by Heavenly Gate Pass, the scope of the cleanup was too deep, extending four to five thousand miles from Heavenly Gate Pass!
Li Hao had already driven away three Demon Kings along his path and destroyed their lairs.
These Demon Kings, upon receiving the information from Tianji Palace, could only suppress their anger and temporarily leave their dens, planning to return and inspect the damage later.
The clamorous disturbance here also reached even further away.
The three major demon forces gathered outside Liangzhou received the reports from Tianji Palace.
Tianji Palace in Liangzhou was short of members, so the main hall of Tianji Palace dispatched an additional batch and divided it into three branches, specifically to stay outside Heavenly Gate Pass to monitor the situation there.
Such treatment was second only to that of the headquarters of the five great Divine General Mansions.
“That youth can actually kill Demon Kings now, how old is he?”
“Isn’t he just fourteen years old? Wasn’t he just entering the Heavenly Human Realm in Qingzhou? How did he become capable of killing Demon Kings in the blink of an eye!”
The Liangzhou branches of the three major demon forces were shocked upon receiving the news.
However, when they learned that the youth was only clearing the area outside Heavenly Gate Pass, they breathed a sigh of relief.
They then recalled the youth and his father’s deeds in the great battle in Qingzhou.
“Maybe the news is true; otherwise, the Li Family wouldn’t need to concoct any schemes, letting such a scandal splatter onto themselves.”
“If this youth is really just abiding by the agreement, then our attack on Liangzhou shouldn’t have much impact on him.”
“Why not, let’s start from the east side of Liangzhou. If we can’t defeat the small ones, let’s kill his father first!”
“Good idea, I’ve also had enough of Li Tian Gang. He was as stubborn as a lump of dog shit in Yanzhou, causing us heavy losses!”
The three major demon forces were secretly discussing.
“Our Dragon Gate’s Grand Elder will not leave seclusion until a year later, so let’s wait and see then.”
“First, let’s confuse them with a feigned attack, making them think we’re just trying to draw their attention and not actually planning a real assault.”
The three forces were discussing their plans.
Meanwhile, Feng Shan Jun and the Heaven-Devouring Demon Ancestor, who had previously fled, were severely injured. The Heaven-Devouring Demon Ancestor, though having survived, was greatly weakened and stripped of most of its power during the escape from death, plunging its cultivation level down to the Three Immortal Realms.
It would need some time to accumulate power in order to return to the Demon King status.
It desired revenge but had to bide its time.
As for Feng Shan Jun, after escaping, it was only wounded and would recover after a period of convalescence; hearing about the gathering of demons in Liangzhou, it immediately rushed over, hoping to gain information and possibly leverage the power of these demons for revenge.
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Li Hao pushed forward relentlessly, slaying countless Demons, and sat atop a hill surrounded by remains.
Gazing at the stars and moon above, Li Hao knew it was time to head back.
Having cleared such a great distance, it was about time.
After resting for a night, Li Hao dragged back numerous demon corpses the next day, making his way back.
On his way back, he selected and brought back some of the higher cultivation level demon corpses from those he had previously slain.
As Li Hao returned, the Bird Demons of Tianji Palace who had been stealthily tailing him were suddenly overjoyed and immediately notified the escaped Demon Kings and Great Demons that the scourge was finally gone!
These Demons felt both aggrieved and relieved, and they hurried back to their dens.
However, when they arrived at their territories, they found their lands were devastated and no longer suitable for habitation.
The Abyss Lake Demon King returned to his mountains and lakes, and although frustrated, he thought he could bear it.
But upon seeing that two mountains had filled in his lake and that all the lesser demons had died tragically, he nearly vomited blood from rage.
“Aaaaargh… I will have my revenge!!”
The Abyss Lake Demon King roared in fury.
The other two Demon Kings with similar sentiments did the same. Containing their towering rage, they obtained information from Tianji Palace and headed to join the three major demon forces on the borders of Liangzhou, willing to temporarily pledge their allegiance.
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