Star Gate

Across the way, Li Hao was so pale that he appeared half dead. He simply watched quietly, seeing a streak of light slowly emerge from the depths of chaos dao. Someone was walking toward them. The Skyward master was about to return!

Li Hao chuckled and looked at the Human King and Long Zhan. “Senior Skyward’s replica is about to arrive...”

With that, he looked at Thunder Region in the distance and chuckled again. “Old Fart Calamity wants to come as well! Does he think that not enough of his people have died yet?”

All of these ninth ranks were choosing to descend upon the four regions at this time!

Long Zhan had been composed enough, but now lowered his head with a curse. “Fucking hell!”

Can’t you two be more reliable??

One of the ninth ranks is within expectations, but two... I really hadn’t planned for that. Are you lunatics not afraid of death?

I don’t want to die just yet!

Two more of them is beyond our abilities! Stop joking around!

The Human King cackled and mumbled to himself, “Two is way more fun. Don’t run off, Ole Long. If you do, I’ll kill all of your people!”

“......” Long Zhan stared speechlessly at the human. He believed the madman’s words. If he dared run, they would absolutely destroy all of the chaos beasts!

He was caught between a rock and a hard place!

As he thought, working with these people was a thrill, but it was a huge pitfall at critical moments!

......

The light and dark, yin and yang envoys had been killed one after another. Calamity sixth ranks had died as well. The supreme led the rest of New Martial’s heavyweights in killing the Skyward seventh ranks...

The casualties continued to mount!

Battle was over as quickly as it started. But in reality, this was just a beginning for Li Hao and the others. They hadn’t considered these people as their enemy from the very start!

Indeed, that had never been the case.

These guys were cannon fodder.

They didn’t know anything about the current chaos and dared return when they didn’t know any of the players. They were arrogant, cocky, and too full of themselves. What were they worth?

Only the ninth ranks were the real enemies!

The chaos would be quiet for a while only if the ninth rank idea of descending upon the chaos right now was shattered, and their delusions dismantled. Otherwise... there would be no end of unrest.

The ninth ranks had been away for too long.

But they were strong enough!

The light and dark envoys had not been, so they were destined to receive the short end of the stick when going against the overlords. Long Zhan, New Martial, and Silver Moon could’ve handled more people, to say nothing of the paltry few that’d returned.

There were more of the overlords who were yet to participate!

Chaos Sky of the west and Spring Autumn of the south...

Would they just sit by and watch ninth ranks come back to lord it over them?

Of course not!

Therefore, the envoys hadn’t died a needless death. Long Zhan and the rest might not have used all of their trump cards. The dragon wouldn’t still be here if he had.

A bunch of fellows from a million years ago, who knew nothing of the circumstances and lacked sufficient strength... was just offering their heads on a silver platter with their return!

“Envoys of the five elements and Exalted Emperor Long Zhan, why don’t you guys stop fighting?” said Li Hao. “Take your people and withdraw. I will ensure that you survive this encounter. The Skyward master is about to return. Whether you would like revenge or something else, all that can wait until he is back!”

The surviving eighth ranks looked skeptically at the young man. Meanwhile, Li Hao looked back at the dragon. Long Zhan smiled back at him.

“Since Fellow Daoist Hao Moon has spoken, I will make good on my promise,” he said softly. “These small fry are not my target either. Since Skyward is about to return, they can... do as they wish!”

Small fry?!

The braves of Skyward colored angrily. Small fry!

How were a bunch of eighth ranks small fry?! They weren’t negligible even a million years ago! They were exalted emperors of the ninth rank Skyward major world, and respectable eighth ranks in their own right! They were lofty envoys of Skyward!

The elemental envoys could even jointly stand against Long Zhan...

And now he called them small fry!

But as four major heavyweights were killed and even the envoys of life and death showing signs of collapsing, Flamefire of the elemental envoys sighed, “You guys...”

Li Hao disappeared just as he was about to continue. The group jerked with surprise!

Long Zhan raised an eyebrow, but didn’t make a sound. Sword intent percolated through the world, reaching the two envoys fighting Feng Yan’s group. The death envoy’s eyes widened!

The longsword had pierced through his chest!

Li Hao’s river churned and swept him into the waters. The death envoy disappeared and Li Hao returned to where he’d been standing moments ago.

“You...” stammered the aghast Flamefire.

“I promised to pay back the favor I owed you.” Li Hao turned back with a chuckle. “Just as I said in the past, I will do what I said! Therefore, I will spare your lives. The others do not count among this fortunate group. I have use for death qi, so therefore... it’s better for the death envoy to die!”

He was ruthless and heartless!

Even Long Zhan looked on approvingly. Damn, Li Hao!

The young man wasn’t strong, but five thousand dao rules and with the envoys of life and death being preoccupied all this time...

Li Hao had simply said he would spare the elemental envoys. Long Zhan had agreed to it. The envoys of life and death might have thought that mercy extended to them as well, so they’d relaxed their guard.

Who would’ve thought that Li Hao would catch them by surprise!

He’d flashed through the river of time to kill the death envoy with one blow!

Ah...

Numbness prickled at Long Zhan’s scalp. Is this what you call paying back a favor? Clearly, you said all that to distract them. Man you’re vicious!

Coiling Dragon in the distance also drew back with horror. What a brutal person! He acted on the drop of a hat and killed an immense heavyweight with one blow. This guy was too blackhearted!

Li Hao remained coolly unconcerned.

That had been an ambush under the guise of distraction. Feng Yan’s group had been the main battle force, making room for him to suddenly strike. Killing a guy of four thousand dao rules didn’t mean much. The death envoy hadn’t been as strong as Li Hao.

Dead was dead.

He’d wanted death qi because he suddenly thought of Lin Hongyu. She needed death qi to perfect her system of hell. Since the death envoy was in Li Hao’s sights, there was no reason to not kill him!

Li Hao flicked a glance out of the corner of his eye at those people, particularly the metal envoy who’d refuted him in the past. Got anything to say now?

Unpleasant expressions marked the faces of the elemental envoys, but no one denied Li Hao’s notion of paying back a favor. Because... their memories indicated that this person was someone who killed as soon as something irritated him. He was hardly the person they’d known before.

The Silver Moon king was no saint. He was the most vicious person in existence!

Thunder and lightning covered the four regions, nearly exterminating everything within them!

This wasn’t the first time that Li Hao had done so.

Figures on Li Hao’s side pierced through time, swiftly descending. The presences gathered by the young man’s side. It was the dao chess and the group at Thunder Region. All of them brimmed with killing intent!

They were delighted to see Li Hao as they’d won a resounding victory!

Of course, it all had to do with Li Hao forcefully stripping the energy out of Thunder Region powerhouses. Toward the end, not a single arc of electricity could be seen. That was how some much weaker cultivators had slowly worn them down to death!

They’d died grisly deaths!

Only when the Calamity master’s presence wafted through the region did they quickly rejoin Li Hao. They couldn’t stand against someone of that caliber.

“C’mon, let’s take advantage of the seventh ranks being gone to swallow their worlds.” Li Hao laughed as he looked around the chaos. “That’s a couple dozen worlds! Ling Yue, collect all of their people. Panth, devour the worlds. Number Two, eat their origin of life...”

Long Zhan’s eyes widened!

“Senior Long Zhan, I’m worried that the Skyward master will devour all of the worlds in the surroundings when it arrives and use them in recovery! That would be aiding the enemy...” laughed the young man.

Long Zhan’s scowl darkened!

There were several dozen worlds around them and their seventh rank masters had run off. Even if there were anyone left, it would be just one or two seventh ranks. How could they stand against a bloodthirsty group such as this one?

Li Hao... was going to take them all!

That little bastard!

This was the four regions!

“You guys go too!” growled the brooding dragon at his subordinates.

Battle was mostly over at this point. The elemental envoys didn’t dare fight any further. They took their underlings and retreated to Skyward. There were seven eighth ranks and a dozen seventh ranks left.

It was half of their original numbers and more than half of their overall strength.

Since Long Zhan knew that he couldn’t stop the humans, he could only choose to do the same as them. If your people go, so will mine...

Over on the New Martial side, another group shot toward the nearest major worlds without needing orders from the Human King.

Worlds for free!

The loot was theirs!

The dao chess and some were a bit embarrassed and hesitant at first, but picked up the pace when they saw New Martial fling themselves at the worlds.

Nuh uh! Those are ours!

Li Hao grinned at Long Zhan. The dragon glowered back. There were some worlds belonging to chaos beasts in the surroundings.

“You guys can do as you wish with the human worlds,” he intoned. “But my people needs a stable home too. Don’t go overboard, Hao Moon!”

“Of course not!” The young man’s grin deepened. “Everyone, you are not to trespass on chaos race territory! But those without high ranks in residence might not belong to the chaos race. Worlds such as those may be swallowed!”

Long Zhan narrowed his eyes at Li Hao.