Chapter 353: Placing Stones to Slay Demons, Obstruction on the Ultimate Path

Li Hao looked at this exquisitely beautiful woman, surrounded by the Great Dao. Her face was like a fairy descending to the mortal realm, making one's heart flutter at the sight.

His mind wavered, and he immediately felt a chill. He steadied his Daoist heart, firmly guarding it, and pulled his thoughts back.

"Are you the swordplay prodigy who caused a stir in the Azure Wave Realm?"

The Saint of Lies' expression was indifferent, her eyes seemingly containing a lake of autumn water, tranquil and desolate. She spoke softly.

Hearing this, Lin Baichuan and the others couldn't help but look at Li Hao.

They had long known that the other party's origins were mysterious, but they hadn't been able to find out anything. There was no such figure in the minor chiliocosm. They didn't expect the Saint of Lies to know either.

"Senior is too kind."

Li Hao nodded in acknowledgment.

The Saint of Lies fixed her gaze on Li Hao for a moment, then chuckled softly, saying, "Indeed, you possess extraordinary bearing. In this battleground of realms, if you happen to encounter my few wayward disciples, I hope you will show mercy."

Hearing her words, the first to be astonished were the Saint Sons and Saint Daughters beside the Saint of Lies. They looked at their master in surprise. Faced with the Saint Son of the Saintly Thief Land, their master had never diminished her own prestige. Today, before even competing, she was already letting them be seen as inferior to the opponent. This was a bit unusual.

Lin Baichuan and Chu Hanwei looked at Li Hao in astonishment. What kind of background did this guy have to make the Saint of Lies say such words?

"Senior is too polite. I am new to your esteemed domain and will still need everyone's care and consideration."

Li Hao spoke gently and humbly.

"If you have time, please come to my Peak of Lies for a visit."

The Saint of Lies smiled, flicking out a command token and handing it to Li Hao.

Everyone's expressions changed upon seeing this. A Saint's invitation, what weight did that carry?

They became even more curious about Li Hao's identity. What kind of ability and background did he have to be personally invited by a Saint?

Seeing this, Li Hao could only accept the command token.

Feng Boping questioned suspiciously, "You wouldn't be deceiving even a junior, would you?"

The unspoken implication was that this invitation was fake, and there was another purpose behind it.

The Saint of Lies glanced at him, "What the Saintly Thief dares not accept, someone dares to accept. Your courage is not even as good as a junior's."

"I just don't want to give you cultivation power." Feng Boping said unhappily.

The Saint of Lies' cultivation system allowed her to increase her cultivation power by successfully deceiving others.

The Saint of Lies chuckled coldly, but waved her hand to open the rift in the high sky above her head, and said to her disciples, "In the battleground of realms, monstrous talents from other realms will also enter. The battle of Supreme beings is approaching, you must be careful."

"Yes, Master."

The Saint Sons and Saint Daughters of the Saintly Thief Land responded respectfully.

Feng Boping gave Lin Baichuan and the others a few words of advice, then turned to Li Hao and said, "You also be careful. Although there aren't many who can threaten you inside, if you are careless, there will still be danger."

Li Hao nodded. After Lin Baichuan and the others entered the rift, he also followed behind with Hong Yue.

After they had all entered, only Feng Boping and the Saint of Lies remained in the void.

"The one who helped you steal sincerity before, wouldn't it be this kid?"

The Saint of Lies' eyes flickered as she looked calmly at Feng Boping.

Feng Boping's expression was casual as he said, "How is that possible? He's just a young friend with whom I share common interests."

The Saint of Lies stared intently at him, then smiled, saying, "After so many years, you still haven't learned your lesson. Lying to me, don't you know that I can deceive the world, but the world cannot deceive me?"

Her words were full of confidence and ease. Seeing Feng Boping's forced nonchalant expression, she sneered, "I told you long ago, I have a sincere heart for you, you can take it at any time, but you are too timid!"

Feng Boping's eyes were devoid of emotion, and he said indifferently, "Those in our profession are not very brave. If we were brave, we wouldn't be thieves, but bandits!"

The Saint of Lies fixed her gaze on him, disappointment barely concealed in her eyes.

Feng Boping saw her expression and remained indifferent, saying, "Besides, I don't believe your words."

"After so many years, you still haven't changed."

The Saint of Lies shook her head slightly, "Master was right, you are timid by nature. Even if the Great Dao is right in front of you, you don't dare to step into it. With such courage, will you really dare to go with me to find that bitch for revenge in the future?"

"Before looking for her, at least we have to cultivate to the level of Supreme Saint first. You have deceived ten thousand sincere hearts and have overcome three tribulations, do you still have a path now?"

Feng Boping seemed to recall some past event, and a hint of killing intent appeared in his eyes as he spoke.

The Saint of Lies chuckled, saying calmly, "Of course there is a path. Deceiving Heaven and Earth, deceiving all beings, in the end, it's just deceiving oneself. If one day I believe I am a Supreme Saint, then I will be a Supreme Saint!"

Hearing her words, Feng Boping's mouth twitched slightly. Deceiving oneself into being a Supreme Saint?

Although these words were somewhat bizarre, he knew that her Dao was like this. If she could truly deceive her own Dao heart, then it would really come true!

She had already glimpsed that path. He actually felt a slight relief in his heart, and smiled, "In that case, let's wait a little longer."

The Saint of Lies fixed her gaze on him, "What about you?"

"I have my own path."

Feng Boping smiled, "And it's not far off. However, we have to wait until my young friend becomes a Saint before we go. Otherwise, I'm worried that with his temperament, without anyone to look after him, he might be devoured by all the Saints."

The Saint of Lies fell silent, and said in a low voice, "It seems you are using sincerity to steal sincerity, so be it…"

Her "so be it" was filled with regret. Then, she raised her head to look at the rift and said, "This child possesses the Sixth Extreme Realm, involving the secrets of immortals and gods, it will certainly not be peaceful. How long can you protect him?"

Feng Boping shook his head, only saying, "I'll try my best."

…

Behind the rift, within the battleground of realms.

As soon as Li Hao stepped into this place, he saw a dim and empty world, barren and devoid of vegetation.

The rocks here were all greyish-black, like meteorites from outer space, radiating high temperatures.

But in contrast to the desolation of the ground, the sky above was filled with dazzling starlight. This place seemed to be outside the barrier of the minor world, able to directly see the stars, the sun, and the bright moon.

"This is the Valley of Separation and Reunion. Stepping into the valley entrance is the battleground of realms."

Lin Baichuan and the others stood ahead. Before leaving, Lin Baichuan was instructed by his master's voice transmission to take good care of Li Hao in the battleground of realms.

These words made him feel stifled. Judging from his master's appearance, it was obvious that the other party's strength was not weaker than theirs. Why did they need to take care of him instead? Was this really pampering without limits?

Li Hao looked in the direction Lin Baichuan indicated and saw a valley ahead, with two towering peaks standing tall.

This place could be considered a place to regroup and prepare. Beyond that valley was the chaotic battlefield of realms.

Li Hao's gaze swept around. In the void, streaks of black murderous resentment gathered. Although this place was not in the battlefield, murderous resentment filled the entire battleground of realms and could be collected even here.

Seeing this, he smiled slightly and said to Lin Baichuan and the others, "You guys go ahead, I'll wander around by myself, no need to wait for me."

Lin Baichuan looked at Li Hao in confusion, while Chu Hanwei beside him asked curiously, "Even the Saint of Lies knows you, are you perhaps a disciple of some Supreme Saint?"

Li Hao was taken aback and shook his head, "I have no master."

"No master?"

Lin Baichuan frowned, obviously not believing Li Hao's words. He only felt that Li Hao was being overly proud and unwilling to reveal his true self to them.

However, they were already accustomed to the Saintly Thief Land's group of people being full of lies. Although they were being deceived at the moment, they were used to it, just feeling a little unhappy in their hearts.

"Forget it, since you are unwilling to be with us, then we will go first."

Lin Baichuan said.

Anyway, if something happened to Li Hao later, he could truthfully report to his master. It wasn't that he didn't take care of him, but that the other party was unwilling.

Chu Hanwei saw that Li Hao was unwilling to reveal his origins and felt a little regretful. She waved goodbye to Li Hao and flew with the others across the Valley of Separation and Reunion, heading to the depths of the battleground of realms.

"Young Master, where are we going?"

Hong Yue saw that Li Hao wanted to go alone and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Her strength was low, and she hoped even more that Li Hao would follow the group rather than isolate himself.

"Just here is fine."

As Li Hao spoke, he took out a mat, a chessboard, and chess pieces from his spatial storage. Everyone else was working so hard, he also had to step up his efforts.

"Come, the scenery here is not bad, perfect for playing chess."

Li Hao said.

Hong Yue was stunned, never expecting that Li Hao had brought her here to play chess.

Other prodigies were all going to train, but Li Hao was playing here instead?

"Young Master, isn't this, isn't this wasting a great opportunity?"

Hong Yue couldn't help but say.

"How can you say it's a waste? Isn't it because you are here with me?"

Li Hao said with a strange expression.

Hong Yue blushed slightly upon hearing this, saying, "But, but Young Master should focus on cultivation. I heard that Young Master is also going to participate in the Supreme Prodigy Battle, competing with all realms. If you want to play chess, Hong Yue can accompany Young Master at any time in the future."

"Then let's do it now."

Li Hao raised his hand, interrupting her words. This time could not be wasted.

Seeing this, Hong Yue felt somewhat helpless, but had no choice but to obey.

The gale here was extremely strong, as if blowing from outer space, bone-chillingly cold. Li Hao saw Hong Yue shrink back and raised his hand to condense a barrier to shield her from the gale.

As for himself, his physical body was too strong, and the wind blowing on his body felt like a gentle breeze, without any sensation.

Playing chess, drinking wine, while the other was pondering their next move, Li Hao leisurely enjoyed the surrounding scenery. At the same time, while playing chess, he was also absorbing the surrounding murderous resentment.

This murderous resentment required divine blood to be seen. At this moment, when being absorbed, wisps and strands gathered, while Hong Yue on the opposite side was completely unaware.

Ultimate Path cultivation, accumulating experience through chess, enjoying oneself with wine and pleasure, Li Hao was doing all three without neglecting any.

After a long time, two consecutive games of chess were finished, one win and one loss.

While gaining a lot of chess Dao experience, Li Hao's murderous resentment also accumulated a lot, even more than in the Floating Life Demon Domain of Buddhism.

This Ultimate Path experience contracted in his arm, merged into his divine blood, and was imprisoned and refined by his divine blood.

As the surrounding murderous resentment gradually faded, the third game of chess also ended. Perhaps due to distraction, he lost by five stones.

Li Hao patted his body and stood up, saying, "Let's go, let's change places."

Seeing this, Hong Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Li Hao was tired of playing and wanted to go cultivate.

After playing three games in a row, she also felt mentally fatigued. After all, this was a serious game of chess, and each game required heavy thinking.

Li Hao raised his hand, putting away the chessboard and mat. Power enveloped Hong Yue, and he carried her flying out of the Valley of Separation and Reunion.

When they arrived at the peak in front of the valley, Li Hao saw that ahead was a vast and expansive land, without much cover, only occasional small hills protruding. The ground was covered in dry bones, and the murderous resentment was also extremely dense.

Li Hao immediately sat down on the peak, took out the chessboard and mat again, stretched lazily, and asked Hong Yue to accompany him.

On the other side of the battlefield, Lin Baichuan and the others, after passing through the Valley of Separation and Reunion, traversed the vast battlefield ahead and arrived at a rocky forest.

This place was already somewhat deep. From the chaotic rocks, one after another sleeping void demons sprang out, their bodies flashing with湛 blue lightning, attacking Lin Baichuan and the others.

These demons lived in the void, regarding the battleground of realms as their nests, or rather, the Saints had taken their nests as the battleground of realms.

At this moment, seeing Lin Baichuan and these invaders, they all bared their teeth and roared, attacking with hatred.

Lin Baichuan and the others had come here for practical training and quickly engaged in fierce combat with the void demons.

"It's a pity, knowing that we have entered, the realms have not started a major war. Otherwise, we could take this opportunity to earn military merit and exchange for incense."

While fighting the demons, Lin Baichuan was also regretting in his heart. At the moment, the battleground of realms was relatively empty, without a chaotic battle between realms. Otherwise, they, these Saint Sons and Saint Daughters, would surely be the most dazzling existences on the battlefield.

They found void demons and hunted them rapidly. These demons were extremely tricky among those of the same realm, belonging to very powerful demons. Even the Dragon race could only barely compare.

They were killing happily, when suddenly a loud roar erupted from among the void demons, the sound reverberating.

Lin Baichuan realized something, but he was not afraid. He narrowed his eyes and looked ahead. Suddenly, the ground began to tremble. From the ground caves in the distance, a large number of void demons crawled out.

They were like insects in shape, their bodies covered in 湛 blue lightning, gathering in hundreds and thousands.

"Not good, it's a void tide!"

Chu Hanwei's expression changed slightly.

"Human wave tactics are useless." Another Saint Son sneered, his expression quite confident.

Just then, the electric lights on the bodies of those void demons unexpectedly gathered together, and suddenly erupted with a激荡 blue light, impacting the surroundings.

The Saint Son was unable to dodge in time and was immediately hit. Blood burst from his body, and his skin actually cracked inch by inch. Void power was eroding and tearing his body.

"Save me!"

He cried out miserably, urgently.

But his face also cracked, and his whole body was broken. If not for relying on his own secret technique to barely hold on, he would have died on the spot.

"Corridor Mysticism!"

Lin Baichuan's expression changed, and he suddenly unleashed a top-tier divine power, helping the other party reverse the void power in his body and move it outside. The man hurriedly used the power of imperishability to heal his body and quickly dodged away.

"Run quickly, there are too many, they will join forces to release the void tide. Once touched, it's either death or serious injury!"

Chu Hanwei obviously had experience and hurriedly said.

They quickly took to the air, using Return to Origin instantaneous movement, and rapidly dodged to another place.

Those many void demons did not find their figures, roared angrily, but suddenly rushed towards the distance.

Lin Baichuan and the others appeared in another high altitude. Seeing the ground shaking and many void demons running away into the distance, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

They didn't expect that these demons, when gathered together, would be so terrifying.

"Thank you, Brother Lin." The Saint Son who had been rescued earlier couldn't help but say to Lin Baichuan.

Lin Baichuan shook his head, looking at the cave, and said, "These demons crawled out, I wonder what the scene inside is like. Who dares to go with me to take a look?"

Hearing his words, several people hesitated.

Although they were prodigies, they were not reckless fools. While they had confidence, they had just experienced danger. This cave was a demon wormhole, and it was likely extremely dangerous.

"Wait, just now that group of void demons, seems to be running towards the Valley of Separation and Reunion."

Chu Hanwei stared at the void demons in the distance, suddenly her expression changed slightly.

Everyone was stunned, but there was no reaction. But Lin Baichuan understood Chu Hanwei's meaning, his expression changed slightly, and he stared intently, saying, "That kid should have gone somewhere else too, it's impossible for him to stay there."

"It's been so long, that person must have gone elsewhere to search."

Others reacted and immediately nodded.

Chu Hanwei breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, thinking that it was also true, it had been so long, even if the other party was walking, he would have already walked out of the Valley of Separation and Reunion.

"Don't worry about that side, who is willing to accompany me down this cave?"

Lin Baichuan withdrew his gaze and said to the others.

Chu Hanwei said, "I'll go with you to take a look."

"Good."

Lin Baichuan laughed.

Seeing that the two of them were going, the others felt somewhat helpless, but could only accompany them, also feeling a little tempted in their hearts.

While they were heading to the void wormhole, on the peak of the Valley of Separation and Reunion, Li Hao, who was pondering his next move, suddenly felt the ground beneath him vibrate.

He came back to his senses and looked towards the distance, seeing a horde of demons rushing over.

Hong Yue also saw it, her face instantly turned pale.

"Young Master!"

She cried out urgently.

Li Hao glanced at the horde of demons, discovering that there were quite a few, and all of them were at the Listening Dao Realm, and couldn't help but feel secretly surprised. The demons in this battleground of realms had such high cultivation levels.

Was it because of the harsh conditions here?

Li Hao didn't think too much. Seeing Hong Yue panicking, he quickly reassured her, "Don't worry, don't interrupt your train of thought."

"…"

Hong Yue was speechless seeing that at this time, Li Hao was still worried that her chess playing would be affected.

But then, she saw a shocking scene.

She saw that the black chess piece in the young man's hand, which he had been twirling, originally thinking about how to place it, suddenly bloomed with light. Immediately after, it flew out, transforming into a stream of light.

The chess piece traversed the void, like a firefly's flying light, rushing into the surging demons. Then, like drawing silk threads, it passed through the bodies of one demon after another.

Bang bang bang!

Many demons all had their bodies explode open. The places where the chess piece passed through were like being struck by a sledgehammer, exploding with a bang.

This chess piece contained the will of the Sole Path Sword Dao, easily obliterating the Dao domains of those demons, and severing the void laws they had condensed, like slaughter.

With the chess piece in his hand gone, Li Hao picked up another one from the chess container. He finally remembered his previous train of thought, placing it at the dragon's tail of the opponent's white piece.

"Your turn."

Li Hao reminded.

Hong Yue looked at the battlefield in the distance, somewhat lost in thought, her mouth slightly open, in disbelief.

Those rushing demons, at this moment, under that stream of light, were like tripping over a tether, all tumbling and falling, their bodies bursting open.

In the blink of an eye, they were almost completely wiped out.

Hearing the reminder in her ear, Hong Yue turned her head and looked at the composed young man, whose gaze was fixed on the chessboard, not even glancing at the demons. Shock filled her eyes.

After being stunned for a moment, she finally realized what was happening, withdrew her mind, and thought that this was the power comparable to those Saint Sons, too terrifying!

Her mind wavered, looking at the chessboard in front of her, her mind was in a mess.

Li Hao saw that Hong Yue was slow to make a move and couldn't help but sigh softly, in the end, she was still affected.

He didn't urge her either. This game of chess was halfway through, if it was restarted, the experience would be wasted, which was a pity.

He looked into the distance. The chess piece followed his will, piercing through the last void demon. The power on the chess piece was also withdrawn, and the chess piece instantly turned into dust, dissipating with the wind.

While waiting for Hong Yue to calm down, Li Hao focused all his attention on absorbing murderous resentment.

As more and more murderous resentment gathered, Li Hao seemed to hear the wailing and howling of ghosts in his ears. His expression remained unmoved, brushing away those resentments.

As the accumulated murderous resentment grew more and more, Li Hao felt a sense of fullness in his body. Within his divine blood, something like a core seemed to condense, becoming even more powerful.

While absorbing and refining, Li Hao observed this battleground of realms, realizing that the scenery here was indeed very beautiful.

The stars of the heavens, like ten thousand divine lights, shone on the battlefield.

"Surpassing the beauty of the mortal realm."

Li Hao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Hong Yue heard Li Hao's words and couldn't help but look at him curiously. She had also seen many top prodigies, but most of those prodigies were only focused on cultivation, never having the leisurely mood like the young man in front of her, having this leisure to appreciate external things.

Li Hao released Xi Yan from his spatial storage. Such beautiful scenery, naturally had to be shared with her.

"Where is this?"

Xi Yan transformed into the appearance of a little girl in a red dress, looking around curiously.

"Battleground of realms." Li Hao smiled.

"The sky here is so beautiful."

Xi Yan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, her eyes shining brightly.

Li Hao smiled. He had promised to take her to see all the beautiful scenery in the human world. Now that they were not in the human world, they could only look at the sky.

Xi Yan surrounded Li Hao, looking around, very lively and excited.

Li Hao continued to absorb murderous resentment. As it accumulated more and more, when the divine blood in both arms and legs was full, the remaining murderous resentment gathered in his chest.

But when he reached this point, Li Hao suddenly felt some obstruction. The incense in his body, like a glowing barrier, was actually blocking the gathering of murderous resentment.

Li Hao immediately thought of Old Feng's words, the dual Saints could not be combined, was this the reason?

Li Hao's eyes flickered, unexpectedly there really was an obstruction, and he encountered it so quickly.

"Incense is the power of wishes, murderous resentment is the ultimate path of destruction. Two completely opposite forces cannot coexist, mutually repelling each other."

Li Hao's eyes wavered, feeling that these two forces were like the positive and negative poles of a magnet.

No wonder they could not be cultivated together.

(End of chapter)