Star Gate

Chapter 395: Triple Kill! (II)

Three sides were closing in on their targeted site. They all had clues that pointed to Li Hao most likely hiding within the small mountain ahead of them on this night. The mountain was perfect—it made escape hard. It would be a perfect grave for this team of the Silver Moon Guards.

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The young man in question watched silently, watching three sides rush to him and three massive scarlet shadows soar overhead. All of them were treating him as meat on a chopping block and someone completely blind. Those shadows are huge and there’s three of them, do you really think I can’t see them?

But six Solars... that made for a lot of pressure. Stellaris manifested over his hand. Li Hao crushed eight mysterious power stones and had the little sword quickly take in the energy. Part of it was diverted into his body. He looked back and smiled at the armored martial masters.

“You’ve all improved a great deal after these days of fighting. However, trouble has come to us as well. Six Solars from the three great organizations are currently rushing us from different directions...”

The crowd shifted with unease. Solars! And six of them!

“I haven’t done much the past couple of days, but have taken a great deal of the gains. Since I am your leader, I cannot take without giving back,” Li Hao chuckled. “They all say that my master Yuan Shuo is the first among martial masters, but my master says that the student eclipsing the master is what he wants. My master made his name through his battle with the Qimei Staff. I wonder if the name of Li Hao will be known throughout the lands after tonight!

“Deputy Liu!” Li Hao called out. Liu Long was also wearing his suit of armor at this time.

“Here!” he swiftly called out.

“The Demon Hunters have a simple mission—watch the show and defend!” Li Hao said calmly. “Stay here and watch the proceedings. The Solars are here first, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be Sunflares to come along. They may be bringing up the rear...”

“We should be able to hold back a Solar if we coordinate our actions and utilize the formation,” Liu Long said hastily. “We won’t be able to kill them, but we’ll have no problem obstructing them. My brothers and sisters, don’t be afraid. We’ve...”

“There’s no need!” Li Hao raised his hand and cut him off with a smile. “Believe me! If I can’t kill these guys, there’s not much point to you guys stopping one of them.”

Could they stop a Solar?

The power of all fifty gathered on Liu Long made it very possible. But was there a need to do so? Who should they stop? The ones traveling alone were peak Solar. A lot of the Demon Hunters would die if the team was to delay them by only a little. The armor wasn’t truly invincible, it could just fend off Sunflare attacks.

“It’s enough to have such sentiment. I’m glad to see that we are no longer afraid of Solars! Kill any Sunflares that come!” Li Hao took a deep breath and looked into the distance. Who should he target first? Those from Red Moon?

No, they could wait. Red Moon would not brashly move against him. they would keep themselves in check if they attacked him. It was the other two organizations that would aim for his throat as soon as they made a move.

The peak Solar, then?

Li Hao thought for a bit and laughed. That was just as well. One should eliminate the strongest if one was to take action. However, he had to make sure that he wouldn’t scare off the others. He wouldn’t be able to catch them if they made a run for it. He just needed to commence his moves in closer quarters!

The young man bounded up over the mountain peak when his thoughts traveled here. A few hops and skips sent him through the air like he was flying. He swiftly approached his chosen direction, leaving Liu Long and the others watching ponderously behind him.

Six Solars! Li Hao was out of his mind.

Only now did Liu Long understand why Li Hao hadn’t been too bothered with cleaning up the battlefield the past couple of days. He didn’t even really conceal his tracks. He’d refused when people suggested sweeping their footprints away.

The young man had said that there was no need. Mmhmm, there indeed was no need as he’d been laying the groundwork for a larger operation.

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The earth sword aura and fire tiger aura stirred restlessly within Li Hao’s organs. The dot that was the metal aura didn’t move. He’d yet to successfully combine the third aura with the rest. In his hand, Stellaris seemed to be longer than before. It was only the length of a pair of chopsticks previously—it would be more accurate to term it a dagger than a sword. It was the length of his forearm now and could be considered a real sword, though it wasn’t as long as regular longswords.

The combination of two auras puts me barely on par with a peak Solar. I won’t be able to kill them...

He hadn’t been able to forcefully kill Huang Jie when they met in the alley. He’d had to utilize the Incantation of the Blade of Blood and rely on support from Hao Lianchuan to pin down the man in order to finish the deed.

Thus, the combination of two auras might help him rival a late Solar’s strength. He would have to fuse all three or utilize the Incantation of the Blade of Blood if he wanted to kill a peak Solar.

Li Hao was much stronger in his current condition, his body and blood qi well fortified, his mind intent a noticeable step above his previous high. If he utilized the incantation in his current condition, he could at least ensure a stable footing, even if he couldn’t easily kill the target.

If I want to guarantee victory.... I must assimilate all three auras!

A light sparkled in Li Hao’s eyes as he continued forward. The third aura that he wanted to fuse together wasn’t the metal dot—that was too cutting. He’d turned his sights to the water aura that came after the Nine Forged Force!

What a pity that he couldn’t fully deploy the method yet. It’d also only been a short while since he attained the eighth layer. But... he could give it a try. What was there to be concerned about? If he couldn’t do it, he would just force the assimilation to take place.

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Li Hao moved exceedingly quickly, but quietly. He ran straight for the biggest ball of light and stopped when he was one thousand meters away. The other balls of light in the other directions weren’t too far from him.

The young man stopped in the midway point between all parties, waiting quietly. The fierce tiger in his heart snarled and tore at the ground. It dragged the chains around, eager to walk out and witness even better glories.

Nine hundred meters... eight hundred... The biggest ball of light proceeded at a moderate pace, but it was a bit strange. It ran left and right and left again, as if it was playing hide-and-seek by itself.

A dark attribute supernatural! Li Hao remained unmoving, like he was a stone sculpture.

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Off in the distance.

Celestial’s Yue Pu seemed to see someone ahead. They were like a shadow in the darkness, maybe it was difficult to see them.

Is there... someone ahead? Yue Pu started. Who would come to the wildness in the dead of night? They weren’t a supernatural, he didn’t feel any energy ripples.

Is it Li Hao? The group of people with Li Hao? Was it them fishing again?

Yue Pu grinned radiantly beneath his outfit. Are these guys addicted to being bait? They’d done so so many times over the past couple of days that the three great organizations were aware of their tactics. These people had the same habits and tricks, and they liked repeating themselves.

Did they think of everyone else as idiots?

The more Yue Pu drew closer, the more confused he was. The person up ahead wasn’t wearing armor—but that made sense, for bait. His eyesight was fine in the darkness and this person seemed vaguely familiar...

Wait, wasn’t that Li Hao?

The three great organizations had records of Li Hao’s likeness. Li Hao? What is the boy doing here, and by himself? This was very strange! Did this fellow not know that the three great organizations wanted his head, or was he cultivating here because he thought they wouldn’t be able to find him?

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The Red Moon contingent was the second to discover Li Hao. Their scarlet shadows had also discovered him here.

“Hurry, Yue Pu’s nearby!” Zheng Ping transmitted urgently. The three picked up speed!

Li Hao was out in the wild and standing by himself. Yue Pu was only several hundred meters away from him! The Red Moon trio were dismayed and Zheng Ping quickly instructed, “Send the divine shadows to hold off Yue Pu. Jin Jiu, use yours to get Li Hao!”

Two scarlet shadows dove at Yue Pu to prevent him from doing anything to Li Hao. The other zoomed at the young man.

The trio’s movements were big enough that they raised attention from the Yama duo. They’d yet to see Li Hao, but Red Moon’s sudden agitation was explanation enough that Li Hao might have been sighted.

The two quickly changed course in the direction that everyone was heading in.

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Li Hao raised his head to see a scarlet shadow flying at him. He also saw another two shooting at a cloaked figure.

Yue Pu had wanted to spend more time observing the situation, but he sensed the shadows. The creeping sensation moving towards him alerted him to the fact that Red Moon’s blood pearls were nearby.

“Hmph!” he snorted. I wanted to take a look first, but you guys are in such a hurry that you made the first move. Then don’t blame me for answering strongly!

He flashed toward Li Hao, prompting dismay from Zheng Ping. Yue Pu was so fast and adeptly concealed that it was difficult to detect the man. He had no choice but to yell, “Li Hao, you need to leave! Celestial’s killer is close to you! Abandon resistance and let the divine shadow take you away...”

Now wasn’t that laughable? It was a Red Moon member who gave Li Hao a warning at this time. The young man, however, wasn’t surprised in the least. This organization was likely the enemy who wanted him alive the most.

He didn’t move.

Yue Pu appeared in front of Li Hao, discarding his concealment. What was there to hide? He was a peak Solar, was he afraid of Li Hao picking up on his movement?

He crossed the last several hundred meters like an arrow, even finding the time to rebuff the scarlet shadow for Li Hao. Dark attributed mysterious power exploded over Li Hao’s head, shoving back a shadow with a boom.

Regular methods could not be brought to bear against the scarlet shadows, but someone of Yue Pu’s level could vaguely sense their existence. Celestial and Yama had certain countermeasures for these entities. These things had to do with a mental level. All the supernatural needed to do was to intermix some mental energy into their mysterious power to effectively hit the shadows.

A loud rumble exploded over Li Hao’s head.

“Red Moon wants you so they can skin you alive and extract your bones,” Yue Pu said eerily. “Come with me...”

Celestial might not kill you and might even negotiate with Red Moon.

Yue Pu approached the young man to grab him. Mysterious power surged out, forming a massive net to capture Li Hao. Even now, the latter remained unmoving, as if he’d been scared out of his wits.

He might not have this kind of opportunity in the future. Right now, everyone underestimated him.

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