hmmm

The talisman transformed into a red light that surrounded him, boosting his movement technique speed dramatically, instantly leaving Li Hao far behind.

Li Hao, taken aback, immediately realized what the other had done. His face filled with murderous intent, he did not stop but continued the pursuit.

With Feng overseeing Heavenly Gate Pass and having just gone through such a battle, the Demons' forces could likely only spare one Ultimate Study Realm expert as their limit.

He no longer needed to worry about the safety of Cangya City. He was determined to chase and slay this old dragon to the ends of the earth.

Otherwise, with the other party so grievously injured, if he was no longer stationed in Cangya City, chances were high that the enemy would seize the opportunity to destroy the place that had shamed him.

Thus, death was a must!!

Li Hao tracked the demon qi, unleashing his full power as he chased on.

Drawing continuously on the surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth through the Heaven and Earth Vein as a relentless propelling force, he had yet to use the Unwithering Strength, but this replenishment from the Heaven and Earth Vein was equivalent to half of the Unwithering Strength itself.

He could extravagantly wield his power without any reservations.

In the blink of an eye, following the demon qi, Li Hao had pursued over thousands of miles!

Crossing cities, mountains, rivers, and lakes, at ten thousand miles, Li Hao finally caught sight of that old dragon once more.

"You insufferable brat, when will this ever end!"

Lu Yuan, seeing Li Hao rapidly closing in from behind, felt his recently calmed mood tighten again, both shocked and furious.

He couldn't afford to stop and heal but continued to rush forward at full speed.

He had intended to rush to the frontline battlefield to see if he could join forces with Ms. Yin to kill the Great Desert Sword Saint first before turning to deal with Li Hao. Now that Li Hao had pursued him, he had no choice but to lead him there.

"To think you are of the Dragon Clan, do you only know how to flee?!"

As he chased after Lu Yuan, Li Hao loudly taunted him, fearing that the other would use a sacred Spirit Talisman to escape again.

Lu Yuan roared, "I will make you pay with your life later!"

"If you're capable, turn around now!"

"Ahh, you damned brat, I will definitely kill you!"

Lu Yuan was nearly driven mad with rage. Already humiliated, he felt utterly disgraceful being mocked by Li Hao.

Bang!

As they spoke, Li Hao had rapidly closed the gap.

He suddenly accelerated, throwing a fierce punch out.

The punch thundered, striking directly on Lu Yuan's tailbone, sending Lu Yuan's body tumbling forward as he was flung through the air.

Fuming inside, Lu Yuan didn't stop to fight. He pulled out two more talismans, not the Sacred Spirit Talismans but regular Spirit Talismans, which were much less effective.

The talismans burned, lifting his body as he rushed forward once again.

With another escape, darting for thousands of miles, Lu Yuan heard the clashing sounds of battle and saw the far ends of the plain where the Liangzhou Human Race had erected a second line of defense.

Outside the defense line, a sea of Demons surrounded it!

Yet, at this moment, the Demon armies weren't moving but simply encircling the line, seemingly waiting for something.

He knew they were waiting for his reinforcements. After all, the Bird Demon from Tianji Palace had mentioned that these creatures were awaiting his arrival to breach the formation.

"Damn it, where is Ms. Yin? Hasn't she arrived yet?!" Lu Yuan raged.

They agreed to have a Great Void Realm warrior lead the way, yet it seemed he had run into the prickliest existence in Liangzhou.

Having run into him was one thing, but the truly infuriating part was that he had not managed to defeat him.

Seeing the Great Void Realm display such incompetence made his anger surge even more.

However, before he could vent his fury, the whistling sounds from behind were rapidly approaching.

Lu Yuan glanced back, spotting Li Hao's chasing figure and his anger soared. He rushed toward the vast Demon army, bellowing:

"Demons, heed my call, come and quickly slay this Human!"

His roar thundered through the wilderness, spreading for miles.

The Demons resting on the plains were all alarmed.

And all the people on top of the walls within the defense line also heard that thunderous roar.

Monarch Bai and other Great Void Realm warriors from the Dragon Clan, as well as the Demon King, heard Lu Yuan's angry shout. They felt puzzled and astonished, turning their gaze to see a True Dragon hastening in their direction.

However, at this moment, Lu Yuan's scales were blasted off in many areas, revealing bloodied flesh caked with dirt, appearing quite disheveled.

"??"

The many Demon Kings were baffled.

What was going on?

Lu Yuan, at the Ultimate Study Realm, had taken on the True Form and yet, found himself in such a tattered state?!

Soon, they noticed a rapidly approaching shadow behind Lu Yuan.

Monarch Bai's eyes focused, and when he recognized the black shadow, his pupils shrank with shock.

Was it that ferocious young man?

How had he gotten here?

Wait.

Lu Yuan of the Ultimate Study Realm was being chased by him?!

Monarch Bai was momentarily stunned upon receiving this revelation.

On the distant city walls.

Li Tian Gang, Li Xuanli, and others were also startled by the roar, the dawn's first light shining down on them as they looked in its direction.

"It's the Demon King!"

Seeing Lu Yuan's figure, Li Tian Gang and the others' eyes narrowed with shock.

Especially Li Tian Gang, who had battled across the lands and succeeded Li Jun Ye's position as the True Dragon, governing the Li Family, he knew much more and recognized at a glance that the Demon King was the eldest elder of the Dragon Gate!

Lu Yuan!

It was him!

The Demon King of the Ultimate Study Realm was actually here?!

Li Tian Gang's heart pounded with shock, but considering Ms. Yin of the Great Void Realm had earlier encountered him, the presence of this elder from the Dragon Gate seemed not so unexpected.

"Hmm?"

At that moment, Li Tian Gang and Li Xuanli noticed the black figure closing in behind Lu Yuan.

They focused their gaze and quickly made out the figure's appearance.

"Hao Er?"

Li Xuanli was astonished.

Li Tian Gang was stunned as well.

Quick, surround and kill him!"

In mid-air, Lu Yuan rushed swiftly, his body spinning and speeding forward.

He roared in anger, commanding Demon Kings outside the city to assist, but even more so, he wanted to provoke Li Hao's vulnerabilities, thereby taking the chance to strike.

Hearing the enraged shout of this top elder from the Dragon Gate, Monarch Bai and other Demon Kings displayed faces full of astonishment and doubt.

This was Lu Yuan!

Well-known among Demon Kings, an existence of the Ultimate Study Realm, did he really need assistance?

"Even Lu Yuan can't deal with that brat?!"

Monarch Bai's face was filled with disbelief.

The killing moves of the Ultimate Study Realm were incredibly strong, capable of easily killing a life from the Defying Fate Realm.

And yet, Li Hao was the one chasing him?

He thought back to when the elder said he would go to Heavenly Gate Pass to deal with that glaring thorn.

Could it be, he had been chased all the way from Heavenly Gate Pass?

He felt his heart wrench violently, filled with frustration and fury.

What kind of son had Li Tian Gang actually brought into this world?

He had sent people to assassinate him repeatedly in the past, each time using nearly foolproof methods, yet they all failed.

The first assassination attempt was by a person from the Zhou Tian Realm.

The hardest part of that assassination was infiltrating the Divine General Mansion.

Yet, they managed to infiltrate successfully.

Back then, the child was only six years old, and it seemed like a sure thing, but that Zhou Tian Realm assassin failed.

Later, he sent a pair of Fifteen Li Realm Jiao Generals to ambush and assassinate, two Jiao Generals against a fourteen-year-old child. Even Li Junye of the Li Family wasn't in the Fifteen Li Realm at fourteen, right?

Such an assassination, once an opportunity was seized, was bound to result in certain death!

Yet again, it ended in failure, and they were counter-killed instead.

Only through messages conveyed by Tianji Palace did he learn that the young boy hid his strength, being the most monstrously talented cultivator the Li Family had seen in hundreds of years.

Shortly after that, as the battlefield in Northern Yan came to an end and the various Demon Races started to clamor for a dispersal, he was also reprimanded by a top elder from the Holy Palace.

While harboring that hatred, he heard various news about Qingzhou and the Li Family.

Until now.

The infant in swaddling clothes whom he had repeatedly failed to assassinate was now, right under his nose, chasing the top elder from Dragon Gate?!

Monarch Bai felt the world was upside down, unable to believe this was real.

But Lu Yuan's earth-shaking roar was indeed real and tangible, nor was the terrifying dragon's authority he emitted any bit false.

However, Monarch Bai did not take action.

After thousands of years of cultivation, he was one of the highly gifted among the Demon Kings. How could he not see that Lu Yuan wasn't summoning them to surround and kill Li Hao but was... asking for help!

If even Lu Yuan could not overcome him, wouldn't they die even quicker if they joined the fight?

Monarch Bai had no more opportunities to defy fate. Thinking of Li Hao's terrifying Sword Array from before, he felt as though he was nailed to the ground, as if he hadn't heard the call.

Demon Kings from the Great Void Realm also realized the situation was grim. They had heard about the emerging young general from Heavenly Gate Pass; Tianji Palace had sent them a lot of intelligence on that young heroic general, which was why they specifically avoided the pass, letting only Lu Yuan go and execute the beheading.

Now, however, the enemy had failed.

"Great Elder!"

While Demon Kings of the Great Void Realm hesitated, several Demon Kings from the Dragon Gate were the first to act, rushing towards Lu Yuan at high speed, while shouting at the other Demon Kings:

"What are you all dawdling for? Is a little human brat scaring our Demon Alliance into dissolving?!"

With these words, many Great Void Realm Demon Kings flushed with shame, feeling humiliated.

Indeed.

The renown of a youth had actually scared them into stagnation?

"Kill!"

"Help Brother Lu Yuan, kill that human kid!"

Great Void Realm Demon Kings also started taking action, one of them swiftly sending out a distress signal for the Great Void Realm.

Originally, they hadn't planned to call for help, only transmitting signals through Tianji Palace for Lu Yuan to quickly arrive and break the Array.

Now, with Lu Yuan defeated, they could only call for help.

This call for help would inevitably affect Ms. Yin, who was battling the Great Desert Sword Saint, but there was no time for such concerns.

As numerous Demon Kings dashed out, the overwhelming Demonic Qi of the monsters besieged outside the defensive Array all surged out, heading towards the young man speeding through the air.

Atop the city walls, within the Array.

Li Xuanli and Li Tian Gang finally came to their senses, their faces full of shock.

Li Hao was actually chasing that Demon King!

How was it possible?!

Both Li Xuanli and Li Tian Gang were somewhat stunned, their shock mingled with confusion.

This was beyond their imagination and understanding.

That was a Demon King!

How old was Li Hao?

He was only fifteen this year. When he suppressed all the Grandmasters, he was only in the Heavenly Human Realm. In less than a year since then, even if Li Hao was monstrously talented, stepping into the Three Immortal Realms within a year, could he really confront a Demon King?

Yet the truth was right before their eyes.

As the Demon Kings collectively charged out, aiming to hunt down Li Hao, Li Xuanli urgently said:

"Quick, form the Array, let's go annihilate the Demon tide, and draw those Demon Kings here!"

They wanted to help Li Hao but couldn't. Not only could they not make it in time, but that was also Demon King level combat, something they couldn't interfere with.

Li Tian Gang suddenly turned to Li Hongzhuang and said, "Give me five battle flags!"

"What are you going to do?" Li Hongzhuang asked in astonishment.

Li Tian Gang retorted angrily, "Of course, I'm going to save that damn kid. Doesn't he know what place this is? He even dares to come here. Give me the battle flags, quick!"

Li Hongzhuang quickly said, "I will come with you."

"You and Fifth Brother go kill the Demon tide, draw the other Demon Kings back. If they return, immediately retreat back into the Array!"

Li Tian Gang then turned to the Thousand-Mechanism Taoist, "Senior, I'll have to trouble you to help protect from the sidelines!"

Ever since they intimidated those Demon Kings with the battle flags yesterday, and the Demon tide camped outside the defense line, they were at a loss.