“How can this be?”
“Quick, let’s get out of here.”
“The exit is gone, and my Mie River Register can’t summon it.”
The people from the Wang Family who had followed Li Hao inside quickly tried to figure it out, growing increasingly nervous, not just out of fear of death, but because many of them held real power within the Wang Family. If all of them were to perish here, it would deal a tremendous blow to the Wang Family.
The merging of the Mie River was an incredibly rare event, yet they had encountered it, almost as if they had seen a ghost!
“Uncle Zhendong, why aren’t you leaving?”
Wang Yongzhi had also tried calling the Mie River Register but to no avail, so he turned to Wang Zhendong.
The presence of the Sea-Calming Divine Needle from the Wang Family still provided them a sense of security.
“Of course I want to leave, but I plan to observe here a bit longer to see the merging situation of this Mie River and that Hell Ming River…”
Wang Zhendong frowned, “This is a rare opportunity that comes once in a thousand years. If we leave now, and come back next time, this place might have been completely merged by the Hell Ming River. By then, without the simpler rules of the Netherworld Level Mo River protecting us, being directly in Hell, even I might die. This is a rare chance to understand closely the Hell Level Ming Rivers.”
“And look at you all, rushing in with so many people.”
Saying this, his glance at Wang Yongzhi carried some dissatisfaction.
Wang Yongzhi immediately understood Uncle Zhendong’s thoughts; now with the two Ming Rivers merging, although they were suppressed by the rules of the Netherworld Level Mo River, this river was also resisting the Hell Level Ming River, thus the rules actually protected them.
Otherwise, the Hell Level rules would dominate, and that would be extremely terrifying, possibly unstoppable even by the Dao Domain.
“Uncle Zhendong, then do you know how to leave?”
Wang Yongzhi quickly asked.
He had planned to come see how Li Hao would solve the Netherworld Ming River and to take the opportunity to strengthen relations.
Tying them all together in the Netherworld Level Mo River was supposed to be a casual trip, but now it felt like they had just stepped outside and been caught in a violent hailstorm.
Seeing their nervous expressions, Wang Zhendong snorted coldly, knowing this wasn’t the time to blame them, “Now the rules here are reversing, the original path out has disappeared, and you all have tokens on you, right? I will take you there.”
Hearing there was a way out, Wang Yongzhi sighed in relief and regained his composure, at least outwardly.
“We do.”
Wang Yongzhi nodded. He had long been familiar with the Netherworld Ming River and had prepared tokens on his person to ensure they could leave at any moment.
He turned to Li Hao, “Haotian Divine General, you’ve heard the situation. It’s going to become very dangerous here quickly; we need to leave as soon as possible.”
Before Li Hao could respond, Wang Zhendong suddenly raised his eyebrows, “What did you call him?”
He had previously ignored Li Hao, but also recognized Li Hao’s status. So young and yet controlling the Dao Domain, there was only one such youth in the entire Dayu domain, the Haotian General from Liangzhou.
This time he had come personally on the Emperor’s secret command to handle this task for that General, aiming to clear this Netherworld Ming River.
Understanding the Emperor’s high regard for him, he could comprehend it, as any Divine General Mansion would be envious and regretful of not having such a son.
But General and Divine General were vastly different; one must not misaddress.
“Haotian…”
The two young juniors beside Wang Zhendong were stunned, then stared outright at Li Hao.
Wang Yongzhi, seeing Uncle Zhendong’s displeasure with their rash journey and worried that he would vent his anger on Li Hao, quickly sent a message to explain.
“What?”
Wang Zhendong, hearing Wang Yongzhi’s message, initially frowned deeply, then looked in shock and immediately turned towards Li Hao.
Chong Er?
The Chong Er who topped the Merit List by a wide margin?
The one who established three provinces and had unparalleled achievements, who also founded the Merit Treasure Vault?
Wang Zhendong was slightly dazed, staring at that young face, somewhat in disbelief.
But soon, he realized why Wang Yongzhi and the others had come so recklessly; they must have wanted to see if this Chong Er had any special tricks to clear the river.
His anger towards Wang Yongzhi and the others dissipated somewhat; putting himself in their shoes, he felt he probably would have wanted to come in and see as well.
“So young, yet so capable…”
Wang Zhendong sighed softly, but seemed much cheered, and got up, saying,
“Let’s get you out of here first, it’s dangerous.”
As they talked, Li Hao’s Divine Soul was continuously paying attention to the dark fault outside the town, sensing its approaching speed, which was very slow, similar to an ant crawling, but it was steadily moving closer. According to its current pace, it would touch the town’s buildings in a dozen more two-hour periods.
Considering the Mo River’s increasing decay, the merging speed might accelerate.
There wasn’t much time left.
Li Hao looked at the Wang Family members preparing to move, and said to Wang Zhendong,
“Elder, do you have any clues or strategies for clearing this Ming River?”
“You still want to clear it?”
Wang Zhendong’s expression changed slightly as he stared at Li Hao, “Impossible now. There might have been a way before, but now that the Ming River is merged, the Hell-level laws will interfere, making it very difficult!”
“I want to try.”
Li Hao looked at him seriously, “But I will send you all out first, I will try on my own.”
He didn’t want to give up easily on this trip; if he didn’t try his hardest, he would be uneasy. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire
Wang Yongzhi and the others also looked shocked, not expecting Li Hao to be so determined. Could it be that the Thief Saint was a relative of Li Hao?