Chapter 339: Chapter 72: Battling Alone Against a Horde of Demons
The Dragon Demon King's massive body flew backward, crashing fiercely into the ground.
The Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation faced many Demon Kings and roared silently, swinging its arms and unleashing terrifying fist forces. Each fist force evolved into true phenomenal visions, like lightning flashing and thunder roaring, wind rising and fire surging, bombarding towards those Demon Kings.
The ferocious bodies of the Demon Kings fought fiercely with the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation, giving off the sensation of demons battling a true god.
Li Tian Gang's expression changed continuously as he hurried over at full speed.
The familiar Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation reminded him of the battle at Qingzhou City.
Back then, the fight was so intense that it split the heavens and shattered the earth, spanning from the Divine General Mansion to the outside of the city, with battles raging across the sky of Qingzhou City.
The proud and arrogant youth was suppressed by his immortal might.
Now, however, the power of this Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation seemed even greater than before.
The awe-inspiring aura inherent on the manifestation made him, who had now stepped into the Four Stands Realm, feel his heart pound with fear.
It was not youthful arrogance, but an undeniable majesty!
Bang, bang, bang!
With successive punches and kicks, Li Hao's Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation fought alone against several Demon Kings. The force of their colliding attacks tore the ground beneath the manifestation's feet, leaving terrifying claw-like fissures.
But the body of the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation, torn by the attacks of the Demon Kings, would heal instantaneously, with a continuous influx of power pouring in.
On the other hand, the Demon Kings were either smashed away or toppled over by Li Hao's manifestation, unable to get close and unable to inflict damage on Li Hao.
"Scram!"
Li Hao's eyes flashed coldly, and his manifestation swung its arms, unleashing a hundred-thousand-ton crushing force in a sweeping strike.
The Demon King shaped like a mountain ape from the Great Void Realm had just leaped forward when a punch slammed into its face and sent it flying backward.
Another Demon King, resembling a winged giant crocodile, dove down only to be kicked away by Li Hao, tumbling onto the ground dozens of miles away.
The manifestation raised its hand and gathered the power of heaven and earth in its palm, forming a sword light of pure force that was flung with a snap. Countless sword energy raindrops swept out.
The sword raindrops struck like blades and tides, slashing toward the many Demon Kings.
The enraged Demon Kings raised their hands to smash these sword lights, but the endless streams were as persistent as rain, forcing several Demon Kings to retreat.
The half-dragon Demon King from Dragon Gate roared forward, its body as tough as divine iron and its scales impervious to weapons, bravely enduring the sword rain in an attempt to break Li Hao's sword momentum.
But suddenly, as the Sword Qi raindrops hit its scales and the dissipating energy infiltrated them, the Demon King felt its strength stall, as if its soul was being hooked. Its body quickly became heavy as if a myriad of mountains were pressing down on it. With a thud, it plunged downward and collapsed at the feet of Li Hao's manifestation.
Its life force dissipated, and it died on the spot!
This eerie scene terrified the other Demon Kings, who suddenly realized that the sword tide contained a dreadful killing move, just like the killing moves within Li Hao's banner.
Invisible to the eye and impossible to guard against, the only solution was to avoid getting close!
"Don't let this Sword Qi touch you!"
"He has a strange attack!"
The many Great Void Realm Demon Kings were frightened, swinging their demon powers to shatter those raindrops and prevent them from getting close.
But the Sword Qi rain was overwhelming, and as they fought and retreated, they were pushed back a hundred miles by the might of Li Hao alone!
Li Hao's Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation forced the many Demon Kings back. Suddenly, he raised his hand and flung the sword light in his hand towards the dark clouds gathered by Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan was furious. The many Demon Kings could not stop Li Hao.
The mysterious attack also alarmed him, for even he had not seen how the elder died.
If Li Hao had killed the elder with a punch, he could accept it since he could see it, but although the sword energy raindrops were powerful, they clearly were not enough to kill a Demon King.
Yet the elder had indeed died.
Fear arose from the unknown.
At this moment, the sword light pierced the dark clouds, and Lu Yuan growled lowly, gathering the thunder from the clouds into countless Thunder Whips, entangling and shattering the sword light.
But the sword light also annihilated countless thunders, delaying the brewing of the Peerless Technique within the clouds.
"Attack, do you want to wait for death?!"
Lu Yuan roared.
The many Demon Kings looked grim. They knew that if they truly grew timid, things would only get worse.
"Kill!"
They roared again and charged in, spreading out in different directions to surround Li Hao.
By now, Li Tian Gang had arrived and yelled anxiously, "Hao Er, run!"
Li Hao, who was about to attack Lu Yuan, frowned slightly at the shout and glanced in that direction.
When he saw Li Tian Gang's figure, his brow furrowed again, but then it relaxed, and without looking further, he charged straight towards Lu Yuan.
Seeing that Li Hao ignored him, Li Tian Gang felt both anxious and angry, shouting at the Demon Kings, "If you dare, come at me!"
"I will keep you company!"
Monarch Bai, who had been hesitating on whether to join the battle, struggled with the decision; staying out of the battle meant facing Dragon Gate's fury later.
But joining the battle... he did not want to die.
Now that he saw Li Tian Gang approaching, he suddenly found the human general, whom he had despised for fifteen years in Northern Yan, somewhat endearing. As he felt awkward being just a spectator, an opportunity for action had presented itself.
Stepping forward, Monarch Bai quickly intercepted Li Tian Gang.
"Scram!"
Li Tian Gang, enraged, swung his divine blade to chop down.
Monarch Bai flicked his finger, emitting a Sword Qi that shattered the light of the divine blade.
He scoffed softly, "Just stepping into the Tao Heart Realm and you dare to be so wildly arrogant, truly a member of the Li Family. But compared to your son, you're far from ready to face me!"
"Then let's give it a try!"
Li Tian Gang's eyes glinted coldly as divine might erupted from him like fierce flames enveloping his body. His momentum rapidly soared, executing the Heaven-Defying Nine Steps, stepping out in succession, his presence like towering mountains.
Monarch Bai was no longer polite either, manifesting his true god form, his massive body lunging at Li Tian Gang to strike him down.
The two immediately engaged in intense combat.
Atop the city walls, Li Xuanli wasn't idle either. He quickly commanded others to activate the array nodes, taking the opportunity to strike at the demons outside the defense line, forcing those Demon Kings to retreat.
With the Thousand-Mechanism Taoist flanking the array, even if Demon Kings came rushing to reinforce, they would still have time to retreat.
Before long, the atmosphere atop the city walls also erupted with the momentum of thousands of troops and horses, shouting as they charged out towards the enemy beyond the city.
The tide of demons was startled, many Three Immortal Realm Great Demons commanding their demon armies. Seeing these members of the Human Race daring to sally forth, they were enraged, bellowing commands for the demons to kill.
However, Li Hongzhuang led the charge, holding the Haotian Flag high, and rushed into the tide of demons.
She threw three battle flags in succession, which tore through the tide of demons upon impact. Suddenly, towering Sword Qi slashed out, sweeping across, and countless demons were directly slain without a chance to resist.
The Three Immortal Realm Demons within were also affected by the Sword Qi from the battle flags, horrified and exerting all their power to concentrate on their indestructible bodies. Yet, the Sword Qi swept across, slicing straight through, severing their physical forms!
Each battle flag acted like a depth charge in the demon horde, blasting open a chasm tens of miles wide.
Witnessing such a terrifying force, the tide of demons suddenly started to panic.
On the other side, faced with the encirclement of many Demon Kings, Li Hao's Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation bent down to pick up the corpse of a dead demi-dragon, suddenly wielding it in a whirl.
With two thudding sounds, the dragon corpse, like a long whip, struck other Demon Kings, immediately smashing their flesh open.
These Demon Kings, swept by the swung dragon corpse like a long whip, were consecutively knocked away, unable to get close.
After whirling the dragon corpse a few times, seeing that these Demon Kings stubbornly kept coming, Li Hao's heart filled with real fury. He suddenly launched into the air, deploying the Heaven and Earth Traceless Skill.
He stepped forward, and in an instant appeared before a Demon King, raising his hand and smashing down with a punch.
The Demon King, startled by Li Hao's sudden appearance, was scared out of its wits. Just as it tried to dodge, it was struck down by Li Hao.
Li Hao pressed the attack, throwing several consecutive punches, causing the ground to tremble as he pounded the Demon King's head into a bloody pulp.
The other Demon Kings roared and attacked, but despite numerous strikes landing on him, Li Hao paid no mind. His physical body at this moment was akin to a divine weapon cast seven times, impervious to these Demon Kings' assaults.
With a boom!
Li Hao smashed the Demon King's head to pieces, and as its Divine Soul burst forth, the Heaven and Earth Law Manifestation raised its hand to grasp, catching it and then with a low growl tightened its grip, crushing the Divine Soul mercilessly.
Before Li Hao, a Demon King of the Tao Heart Realm had no power to resist.
Such ferocity shocked and frightened the many Demon Kings. This Human Race youth was even more terrifying than the notorious reputation that came from Tianji Palace; he was like a fearsome, ancient Demon King reincarnated!
Seeing the other Demon Kings cowed, Li Hao quickly picked up the limp body of a defeated Demon King. The Law Manifestation merged into one with him, and his strength surged as he infused it into his body.
His aura angrily surged forth, soaring into the sky, and he charged to confront Lu Yuan.
With a whoosh, he hurled the soft, decaying body of the Demon King into the dark clouds, tearing a gap through the dense formation.
Countless bolts of lightning bombarded the Demon King's body, tearing it apart.
Li Hao raised his fist and struck at Lu Yuan, his punch drawing on the surging power around him, condensing into a collapsing fist shadow with a terrifying killing intent, and blasting in front of Lu Yuan.
Enraged, Lu Yuan could only channel the power he had been gathering.
Endless lightning transformed into a thunder dragon, roaring as it charged towards Li Hao's body.
Neither attempted to defend against the other's killer moves; they both attacked directly, opting for a brutal exchange of injuries!
Li Hao's eyes were cold and determined, not dodging or evading, allowing the thunder dragon to roar towards him. His flesh swelled, and the body refined by various Body Refinement skills operated to their utmost limits, releasing waves of Gang Qi trembling forth.
Bang! Bang!
Two violent collisions sounded, Li Hao was bitten by the thunder dragon and smashed into the ground, ploughing out for more than ten miles.
Lu Yuan, too, was struck by Li Hao's fist, spewing blood from his dragon muzzle, his body hurtling backward with a pained moan, falling from the sky.
"Hao Er!"
Li Tian Gang caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye and his face changed drastically, filled with both shock and horror.
Li Hao's power exceeded his expectations; facing the joint attack of many Demon Kings, he could still severely injure the Ultimate Study Realm's old dragon Lu Yuan. No wonder he had been able to chase him all this way. Experience new worlds on M-VL-em|p,yr
In just over a year, how had he grown to such an extent?!
"You still dare to be distracted!"
Monarch Bai roared, suddenly striking down with a claw, smacking Li Tian Gang's body firmly to the ground.
He then dived down furiously, seemingly wanting to unleash all the anger accumulated from over a decade of confrontation with Northern Yan on Li Tian Gang in this moment.
Especially since being slain by Li Hao outside the city cost him his second life, Monarch Bai no longer dared to behave recklessly.
Kill!
His body crashed down like a force of ten thousand jun, tearing the armor on Li Tian Gang's body.
Li Tian Gang spat out a mouthful of blood, yet he glared fiercely, his mighty aura bursting forth, repelling Monarch Bai's pursuit.
Monarch Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, Li Tian Gang indeed was strong; facing his Defying Fate Realm might, he still had the strength to fight back.
"All of you from the Li Family truly deserve to die!"
"However, compared to your son, you really fall short."
With eyes cold as arrows, Monarch Bai said icily, "If your son had been defending Northern Yan from the start, would we have needed to battle for over a decade?"
"But you should really be thankful, that little monster was only born a decade ago. Had he been born ten years earlier, I fear I would have been defeated at his hands by now."
As he spoke, a violent killing intent burst from his body and he charged at Li Tian Gang once again.
Shaken by his words, Li Tian Gang's face went through a whirl of emotions. Seeing him charging over, he roared and swung his blade to rise again.