Chapter 391: Full Power, Holy Saint Battle
"I originally intended to explore the Immortal Path first, and resolve you later when I had the chance. Who would have thought you would walk right into my trap? This must be what the Buddhist sect often refers to as predestined affinity!"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint laughed loudly, his figure flashing past swiftly, traversing through the rifts in space-time to pursue Li Hao.
They instantly covered tens of thousands of miles. This passage was extremely long, ending at a majestic mountain, its summit shrouded in thunderclouds, with silver serpent-like lightning fire occasionally striking down.
As soon as Li Hao arrived here, he felt a sense of oppression and trepidation, as if there was a monstrous beast ahead. Before he could even pause, the lightning on the mountainside seemed to be drawn to him, abruptly striking down towards his body.
This lightning contained terrifying tribulation power, as if intended to make him undergo a trial. Moreover, it also possessed the power of terrifying law origin, like the order of the Heavenly Dao.
Li Hao faintly sensed that there was a terrifying existence on the mountain peak, but he had no time to linger. He buried his head and sprinted madly, charging towards the lightning.
The lightning enveloped him, bathing him in a lightning purgatory of slaughter and tribulation. However, his fleshly body was like a slippery loach, impervious to the lightning, unaffected by the tribulation power.
He had refined his physical body with the laws of the heavens, cultivating to the Dao Ancestor Extreme Realm, immune to all paths. At this moment, he directly passed through, the lightning fire like a gentle breeze brushing his face, causing no sensation at all.
"Hmm?"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint, who was chasing from behind, instantly recognized the terrifying nature of this lightning fire. Seeing Li Hao pass through it without any obstruction, his expression shifted slightly. The power of this fleshly core was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Crossing with the physical body alone, even surviving the Three Calamities would be quite challenging. His eyes narrowed slightly, then burned even more intensely.
The stronger, the more nourishing!
"That is… an Immortal God phantom?"
Despite his excitement, the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint was not reckless. He faintly sensed an unsettling aura from the mountain peak. He quickly scanned it with his divine sense and saw a hazy figure seated there at the summit.
The figure seemed to be cultivating, inhaling and exhaling the power of the sun, moon, and stars. Great Dao energy surrounded it. The lightning fire was a manifestation of its Dao rhythm, intensified to the extreme.
With just one glance, the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint understood the situation. His heart couldn't help but be somewhat shaken.
In the ancient barbaric era, he had been fortunate enough to witness a trace of Immortality, but it was not as clear as what he saw now.
If he had not already reached the Holy Saint level, he might have mistaken that phantom for the Immortal God's true form. The power was too overwhelming. Just a residual phantom made his hair stand on end, even greater than the pressure he felt from Origin Ancestor.
"On this mountain, an Immortal God once cultivated here… the years have imprinted their figure here. Or rather, the surrounding Heavenly Dao rhythm still habitually gathers, operating according to their cultivation. How powerful must they have been to leave such a lasting imprint on even Heaven and Earth!"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint was deeply shaken. Even a Holy Saint would fade away with time, only borrowing power from the Heavenly Dao. Immortal Gods, however, seemed to be the masters of Heaven and Earth.
After a brief moment of shock, the burning desire in his eyes intensified. At this moment, he suddenly understood Origin Ancestor's obsession with the yearning for Immortal Gods.
Only by experiencing it could one understand how maddeningly alluring that power was!
"Die!"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint stopped toying with him. This place was extremely far from Dragon Saint. He directly revealed his true form, a jet-black horn extending from the top of his head. The deep, dark shell on his back cracked open, instantly shifting the very fabric of Heaven and Earth.
Like a roc leaping, his massive body cast a shadow, enveloping Li Hao's figure.
The lightning fire surrounded his body, but caused no damage at all, blown away directly by the terrifying aura emanating from his flesh.
With a loud bang, as he unleashed his Extreme Force Holy Dao, in an instant, everything between Heaven and Earth seemed to transform into fists and feet under his control. A vast power pressed down from the void.
Rumbling sounds of tremors echoed like ten thousand mountains collapsing. Li Hao felt the air like invisible palms clenching tightly around him.
Eternal Dao Domain, open!
He suddenly erupted, Dao Domains layered upon layers, instantly transforming into eternity. Countless sword shadows surged out like a tide, slicing the void into millions of sword images!
The void, as solid as iron plates, suddenly fractured, and the oppressive force within also lessened.
Li Hao showed no mercy, activating the Fatal Attribute. Although he didn't know if it would be effective against a Holy Saint, it could at least add a bit more power.
Kill!
While fleeing, Li Hao urged the sword shadows to burst out of the Dao Domain, attacking the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint, like a tide of swords, a silver dragon roaring through the sky.
His heart was tense. This seemingly enraged attack was actually extremely important.
In the initial clash, if the opponent was careless and intended to forcibly withstand the sword qi, with the sheer number of sword tides, it would definitely trigger!
Bang!
As the sword tide surged out, the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint coldly snorted. Seeing his Extreme Force Domain being breached, he raised a forelimb and slowly pressed down on the void.
Under the enormous force crushing down like a boulder, the sword tide shattered to pieces. However, the shattered sword light, still under Li Hao's control, swept towards the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint like debris.
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint had no intention of resisting, merely looking indifferently at Li Hao, who was enveloped by his power, as if he were an ant in his palm.
Cracking sounds echoed. Li Hao felt the bones all over his body being squeezed by this vast force, as if about to shatter. But his eyes were fixed tightly on the shattered sword tide.
Even if it was incomplete sword light, as long as it touched him…
As the sword light danced, approaching the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint, a power like stellar wind suddenly appeared, blocking all the sword shadows and shattering them completely.
Li Hao's expression shifted slightly, shock appearing in his eyes. Was that Dao罡 (Dao Aura)?
"You don't even have the qualification to injure me."
Seeing Li Hao's expression, the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint sneered slightly, "I achieved sainthood through my physical body, devouring countless primordial ferocious birds and dragon species, refining Dao with blood essence and Dao Aura with Dao. Others only know that my physical body is the strongest among the heavens, but they don't know to what extent. Aside from Origin Ancestor's imperial weapon, the imperial weapons that can harm me can be counted on one hand!"
As he spoke, at the same time the sword qi shattered, Li Hao also forcefully endured the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint's attack.
His Eternal Dao Domain seemed to teeter on the brink of collapse, squeezed almost to the point of explosion. However, as strands of extreme realm power emerged, it gradually stabilized.
Divine Power, Heaven and Earth Meridians, Primordial Spirit Burning!
In an instant, all of Li Hao's extreme realms erupted. At the same time, he also entered the Transformation into Immortality state. This was an open card, nothing to hide.
As his hair turned silver-white, the imposing aura Li Hao exuded suddenly surged more than tenfold, seemingly becoming one with Heaven and Earth.
"Sixth Extreme Realm, truly mysterious…"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint saw Li Hao's aura become completely different from before. It actually contained an ancient and ethereal feeling, just like the Immortal God phantom on the mountain peak—a trace of Immortal God power.
As an ancient Holy Saint, he had deeply researched extreme realms, knowing that the state brought by extreme realms might be some kind of ability from the later stages of martial arts, or even beyond.
Just like Return to Ruin Instantaneous Movement, surpassing Dao Rhythm Instantaneous Movement of the Four Establishments Realm.
"Once you're in my belly, I'll refine your primordial spirit, strip your soul and draw out your essence. I want to see why this Sixth Extreme Realm is so difficult to cultivate!"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint no longer held back. He directly condensed Holy Dao in his hand and pressed down towards Li Hao, attacking extremely fiercely.
He used the methods of a Holy Saint, borrowing a fraction of Heavenly Dao power. The lightning fire on the majestic ancient mountain actually seemed to extinguish, blown away.
Li Hao looked up, his face ice-cold. Glory instantly fell into his palm, and he slashed out with a sword.
This was his first serious exchange with a Holy Saint. The Unique Sword Dao contained the Immortal Guiding the Way, a sword that illuminated the entire ancient mountain, seemingly severing space-time.
Bang!
Sword qi stretched for three thousand miles, the sword light as dazzling as a silver river.
However, the enormous, sharp claws relentlessly pressed down. The Extreme Force Holy Dao itself was an extremely terrifying Holy Dao. Everything possesses force, directly pointing to the origin of the Great Dao, not even inferior to Origin.
After all, the origin of all things cannot be separated from the role of force.
Combined with a physical body that had also achieved sainthood, comparable to a Sixth Tribulation Imperial Weapon, that peerless sword strike landed on the claws, yet they remained unscathed!
Li Hao's expression shifted slightly. This sword was enough to kill a Three Calamity Saint ten times over, yet it couldn't even break the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint's defense.
Seeing Li Hao's expression, the sneer at the corner of the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint's mouth deepened. The claws rapidly pressed down.
Li Hao's figure swayed, wanting to use Return to Ruin to dodge, but the surrounding space-time rifts abruptly sealed, filled by a force.
Bang!
Li Hao's body was smashed heavily against the mountainside, creating a massive crater.
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint raised his hand. A force of suction enveloped the crater, and Li Hao's figure suddenly flew out from within, his speed like lightning and thunder. Using that suction force, he swung out his second sword.
This sword was ten times more dazzling than before, its light blinding, as if it could cleave open the entire ancient mountain!
"Hmm?"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint was taken aback, a look of astonishment in his eyes. This power had far surpassed the previous one. Li Hao's power had been only second to a Holy Saint before, yet now it could still increase?
He saw Li Hao's extreme realms manifested all over his body. All eight extreme realms had erupted. He should already be fighting at full power.
Bang!
Sword light tore through the void, arriving in an instant, striking the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint's forelimb. The terrifying power shattered his domain, overturning the claws.
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint's figure paused, looking at Li Hao in astonishment.
At this moment, light converged around Li Hao's body, Great Dao energy encircled him, and the Meridians of the Heavens and Stars clearly emerged behind him, as if the shadows of countless stars were projected, emitting the power of stellar origin, empowering Li Hao.
The Heaven and Earth Meridians contracted like a hurricane, appearing dim and insignificant beneath the Meridians of the Heavens and Stars.
"This is… the realm beyond the Heaven and Earth Meridian Extreme Realm?"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint was stunned. He had cultivated the Divine Blood Final Realm, reaching the pinnacle of physical strength, and was also exploring the Final Realms beyond other extreme realms.
However, the Final Realm was not as simple as the Extreme Realm. Apart from the Divine Blood Final Realm, for the Heaven and Earth Meridian Extreme Realm, the path he had pioneered was the Force Meridian.
He had established three Force Meridians, yet still failed to touch the Final Realm.
And Li Hao before him clearly represented a path, but his aura was even more terrifying than his Force Meridian?
Could it be that his Final Realm path was wrong?
Many thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. The killing intent in the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint's eyes intensified. At this moment, he felt a hint of chilling dread from Li Hao.
Not yet 30 years old, yet able to cultivate to this extent, open up the Eight Extreme Realms of martial arts, and even break through the Second Extreme Realm, exploring the path to the Final Realm. This was almost monstrously inhuman.
Even the legendary Immortal Gods might not have been this unbelievable!
"Giving you a little time to grow was already a mistake, but your growth is excessively exaggerated."
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint's expression was gloomy. He suddenly felt fortunate that he had encountered Li Hao now. Otherwise, if he had truly allowed Li Hao to cultivate to the Three Calamity Realm, perhaps even he would not be able to kill him. Although this thought was incredible, he did not feel exaggerated at all now.
Without further hesitation, the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint directly erupted with true power. On the towering black horn on his forehead, terrifying light began to grow, as if transforming into a terrifying curved battle blade.
An ancient, barbaric aura emanated from the horn. As the light grew increasingly dazzling, it abruptly slashed towards Li Hao.
Wherever the light passed, the void cracked open, revealing pitch-black cavities.
This scene was reminiscent of Origin Ancestor battling the Divine King, tearing apart the void.
Li Hao's face was extremely cold. At this point, he had no retreat. If he ran, his movement technique was insufficient, he simply couldn't escape, he could only fight to the death!
He placed his hopes on the Fatal Attribute triggering, heavily injuring him.
"Star Lord!"
Revealing the true form of the Meridians of the Heavens and Stars, Li Hao also directly entered the Second Final Realm state. The 1464 stars that had manifested in his Dao Domain all erupted with extreme brilliance.
The lights converged, coalescing into one, and in an instant, it seemed as if the power of the entire starry river was pouring into Li Hao's body.
Even with the Ancient Hall separating them, it still penetrated through.
He was bathed in starlight, embraced by the stars. A vast and transcendent aura, as deep as the ocean, emerged. As he raised his hand, black marks appeared in the void.
Li Hao raised his sword again. Glory sensed the immense power from the hilt, emitting an excited hum, and then the sword body radiated hundreds of feet of sword light, as if he was holding light and thunder.
Slash!
Li Hao poured out all the power of the Meridians of the Heavens and Stars, condensed the Holy Dao, and unleashed a supremely brilliant sword strike.
Immortal Guiding the Way!
Bang! The entire ancient mountain violently shook. A terrifying shockwave tore through the void. The force instantly vented into the pitch-black void, the tremors disappearing thereafter.
A long black seam was drawn in the void. Li Hao's body jolted, flying backward and crashing to the ground, but he only felt some vibration pain.
Starlight shone, and the power he had consumed was instantly replenished to his peak state.
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint, however, stared blankly at this scene, disbelief in his eyes. He had already become serious, yet he and Li Hao had fought to a draw?
The power of that sword was already at the Holy Saint level, definitely not something a Three Calamity Saint could compare to. Even top-tier Three Calamity Saints like Star Saint and Nether Saint were far inferior.
This was truly a Holy Saint-level technique.
"You…"
The Mixed Heaven Holy Saint was somewhat lost in thought. The young man in front of him only possessed the aura of a One Calamity Saint, his tribulation power was very weak, yet he had unleashed Holy Saint-level power?
Seeing Li Hao's aura return to its peak, the Mixed Heaven Holy Saint regained his senses. His expression was so gloomy that it seemed to drip water. The light gathering on the horn atop his head became several times more intense than before, almost a full-power eruption.
"Die!!"
He suddenly slashed down with the horn, the Extreme Force Holy Dao drawing in all the energy between Heaven and Earth, transforming it into his power.
Li Hao also erupted with even greater power, extending his consciousness into Heaven and Earth, vaguely sensing a wisp of Heavenly Venerable will.
He tried to merge his consciousness with it. His aura instantly became imbued with it, and his control over the power of Heaven and Earth immediately became even more solidified.
He could even sense the opponent drawing away the power of the surrounding Heaven and Earth like a whale inhaling water, but this speed was still too slow.
With Heavenly Venerable will, he directly commanded, and the power of Heaven and Earth, like soldiers, instantly condensed, transferred to the sword body, and he slashed out with an all-out sword strike.
(End of Chapter)