Chapter 400: Nascent Soul Growth, Proactive Strike (Seeking Monthly Tickets - 8K Words)

"This flavor..."

The middle-aged general took it and began to enjoy it readily. But the moment he took a bite, his eyes widened in surprise.

The aroma of rich meat, and within the flesh, there seemed to be a special power. As he ate, this power flowed through his body, making him feel refreshed and revitalized, his nascent soul nourished.

"This ancient demon flesh contains soul force, and it's also an exquisite delicacy."

Li Hao was also enjoying the ancient demon flesh. Besides the pure, ultimate taste, he also incorporated the soul force within the flesh into his cooking as a seasoning. If it were eaten raw, it would be impossible to absorb. However, his culinary skills had reached the Dao, allowing him to cook even soul force, achieving effects comparable to alchemy, but with better absorption and no side effects.

"Delicious, incredible!"

The middle-aged general noticeably sped up his eating, almost devouring it, too engrossed to even comment.

He could sense that the culinary skill to transform ancient demon flesh into such a rare delicacy was far from ordinary, perhaps even comparable to skilled, high-grade alchemists.

"Don't rush, there's plenty more."

Li Hao smiled at his eating manner.

As a chef, the best compliment from a diner is to see them devour the food, which gave him a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

Both of them were too busy to talk much, swallowing large mouthfuls.

With each piece of ancient demon flesh entering his stomach, Li Hao felt his nascent soul ignite, a sensation of heat rising within. The power accumulating in his nascent soul, with no outlet, finally broke through, solidifying into a vein within his nascent soul, like cracking a shell.

Li Hao noticed a second golden vein gradually emerging in his nascent soul.

As the vein appeared, Li Hao clearly felt his nascent soul become even stronger, his thoughts clearer, and the range of his divine sense expanding further.

"If I continue cultivating like this, perhaps I can touch the ultimate realm of the nascent soul."

Li Hao mused to himself, this intuition filling him with excitement.

The Supreme Saints he had previously clashed with had all cultivated a nascent soul, which prevented his nascent soul from fully showcasing its advantages. But Li Hao knew that the strength of his nascent soul, when facing others who had not cultivated to the ultimate nascent soul realm, made it easy to斩 kill their divine souls, capable of instantly obliterating them.

Before long, the cooked ancient demon flesh was completely divided between Li Hao and the middle-aged general.

Both were covered in grease, a blissful expression on their faces, still somewhat unsatisfied.

"I didn't expect you could truly transform this ancient demon into a peerless delicacy."

The middle-aged general patted his stomach, looking at Li Hao with some amazement.

Beyond the enjoyment of his taste buds, his nascent soul had also been nourished. Years of fighting had left his nascent soul somewhat withered, with numerous hidden injuries, but now, they had healed considerably.

If he could eat more, he felt he could even return to his peak, and perhaps, even further!

If he were alone, he could only eat the ancient demon flesh raw, but that would cause indigestion, rendering it pointless. Even if roasted, he would still excrete most of what he consumed.

"The ancient demon's flesh is quite unique, but it's still a food ingredient, just more difficult to process."

Li Hao explained with a smile.

If his culinary skills hadn't reached the Dao, he might not have been able to turn it into a delicacy.

This top-tier ingredient was far more challenging to handle than dragon meat or phoenix blood. If not properly processed, consuming it would be akin to poison, not only not becoming a delicacy but also having adverse effects.

The middle-aged general looked at Li Hao, his gaze complex. Previously, he had hoped Li Hao would return quickly and stay away from the danger here. But now, he actually hoped Li Hao would stay. Having tasted such a delicacy once, he was somewhat reluctant to let it go.

But he didn't speak. If Li Hao truly wished to leave, he would allow him to.

After all, this ancient path was too despairing.

"Senior, do you play chess?"

After eating, Li Hao got up to stretch and casually asked the middle-aged general.

The middle-aged general was slightly taken aback. Chess?

His consciousness blurred for a moment. Pastimes like music, chess, calligraphy, and painting were memories from a very, very long time ago.

Here, fighting ancient demons, his memory and body were only filled with endless killing instinct.

"I've long forgotten."

He shook his head.

Li Hao was somewhat disappointed. He could only set up his fishing lines himself. Earlier, when those ancient demons came over, they had touched the fishing lines, earning him quite a bit of fishing experience.

After setting up the fishing lines, Li Hao continued to paint. This was currently his only form of entertainment.

"You don't plan to leave?"

Seeing Li Hao's actions, the middle-aged general couldn't help but ask.

Li Hao shook his head and smiled, "If I leave, it will be hard to find such top-tier ingredients again in the future."

The middle-aged general was stunned, then chuckled, his gaze towards Li Hao softening considerably.

He didn't know if Li Hao was being truthful or not, but this place was dangerous. Li Hao staying here secretly fulfilled a hope deep within him.

After all, countless years had passed, and he was too lonely.

"My divine blood is receding, I'll rest first."

The middle-aged general said, his flesh and skin contracting, revealing white bones.

Li Hao nodded.

He also began to paint, depicting the corpses of the ancient demons. Soon, he gained considerable experience.

Initially, he could use this experience to judge the strength of an opponent, but these ancient demons were corpses, so the experience gained couldn't be used as a reference.

However, as he finished painting ancient demon corpses one after another, a "Painting of Ancient Demon Corpses" was completed, and Li Hao's painting Dao experience approached perfection.

As time passed, Li Hao rested when tired and cooked ancient demon corpses when hungry.

After the second-tier ancient demon fragments were eaten, he continued with the remaining third-tier ancient demon.

Whenever Li Hao finished cooking an ancient demon, the middle-aged general would also awaken and enjoy it with Li Hao.

With each ancient demon consumed, the rich soul force nourished their nascent souls. Li Hao's nascent soul also solidified another golden vein.

Li Hao's nascent soul was getting stronger and stronger, and so was the middle-aged general's. The hidden injuries in his nascent soul completely healed, and he faintly felt he was about to break through some kind of shackle, a transformation occurring in his nascent soul, also solidifying golden veins.

"Legend has it that when the nascent soul is cultivated to its ultimate form, even if only the nascent soul remains, it can regenerate the physical body!"

The middle-aged general's injuries had healed, and his nascent soul had also strengthened. He looked vibrant, the sorrow and despair buried deep in his eyes dissipating, gradually revealing glimmers of hope.

He looked at Li Hao, his eyes sincere, no longer treating Li Hao merely as a junior who had accidentally arrived, someone he would never meet again after Li Hao left.

Over the past dozen days, spending time together day and night, chatting about many things while eating and drinking, he had developed a strong liking for this junior.

"The ancient demon is almost finished."

Li Hao looked at the remaining half, only enough for one more meal.

In the past ten days, no more ancient demons had come to invade, which was normal according to the middle-aged general.

After all, if they came frequently, the middle-aged general wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long.

Usually, they came once every few decades. The recent frequency was due to Li Hao's aura arriving here, being detected by the ancient demons.

Hearing this, the middle-aged general swallowed the hot roasted meat in his hand and exchanged a glance with Li Hao.

They looked at each other and both smiled.

"Are you really going to stay here with me, fighting ancient demons?"

The middle-aged general chuckled, Li Hao's boldness and unrestrained manner impressed him.

"If senior can hold off the first-tier and second-tier ancient demons, I can handle the rest."

Li Hao said. This ancient demon flesh could enhance the nascent soul, an ingredient impossible to find outside. Even when he previously consumed the demonic body of Hun Tian, the primordial beast, it only enhanced his physical body; his nascent soul remained unchanged.

The precursor to the nascent soul was the divine soul, and divine soul cultivation was inherently extremely difficult. After transforming into a nascent soul, cultivation and advancement became even harder.

Even absorbing the essence of the sun and moon only served to nourish and maintain it, not allowing for further progress.

Previously, during the tribulation of Dao Sacrifice, relying on the feedback from the Heavenly Dao, he had broken through the extreme realm, allowing a golden vein to solidify in his nascent soul.

Now, the effect of this ancient demon flesh was actually comparable to a Heavenly Dao bestowal, enabling him to solidify more golden veins, strengthening his nascent soul. This opportunity was rare.

However, despite the numerous benefits, the danger here was also significant. After all, when ancient demons came, not everyone could escape unscathed. Otherwise, the countless immortals and gods here wouldn't have fallen, their bones buried in this place.

Along his journey, Li Hao had encountered tribulations far exceeding what his normal combat strength should be able to handle. It was only because he was excessively powerful for his realm that he had managed to barely resolve them each time.

"That's no problem. The current me doesn't need to conserve too much strength to deal with those first-tier ancient demons."

The middle-aged general's eyes gleamed. For some reason, he faintly sensed a glimmer of hope appearing before him. Perhaps, this was an opportunity to break through the ancient path!

The arrival of the young man before him was like a reward from the Heavenly Dao, sent to liberate him.

If they could continuously kill ancient demons and eat their flesh to improve themselves, it wasn't impossible to break through this ancient path!

Previously, he hadn't dared to fully engage in battle with first-tier ancient demons, always needing to avoid damage to his nascent soul. But now, with the nourishment of ancient demon flesh, he no longer had such worries.

"Then let's give it a try."

Li Hao said.

He also felt a faint desire to break out of this ancient path. Though not particularly strong, if there was a real chance to break through, why not seize it?

At the very least, the human race's situation wouldn't be so hopeless, and he could have a chance to see that true realm in the future.

Moreover, the Gate of Xuanpin had a gap. If he returned to the Land of Saints, even if he lived an invincible, carefree life there, as time flowed, who could guarantee that ancient demons wouldn't invade one day? Without the power of immortals and gods, they would only be sitting ducks.

"Good!"

The middle-aged general nodded, immediately telling Li Hao about the information he had gathered regarding the ancient demons.

In these years, besides guarding this place, he had also secretly explored ahead along the ancient path, seeing that there were still many other first-tier ancient demons, which had made him feel despair, knowing it was impossible to leave the ancient path.

"You wait here, I'll go scout the ancient path again."

The middle-aged general said to Li Hao.

Seeing him about to act alone, Li Hao couldn't help but worry.

"Don't worry, I've survived for so many years, I still have some skills. My movement techniques and concealment abilities, if it weren't for a section at the end of the ancient path where many first-tier ancient demons are gathered too densely, I could even slip out unnoticed."

The middle-aged general smiled at Li Hao.

Hearing this, Li Hao felt reassured. Indeed, after countless years of fighting, he should have honed some terrifying skills.

After saying goodbye to Li Hao, the middle-aged general quietly vanished, setting off to scout.

His figure simply disappeared before Li Hao's eyes, turning into a gust of wind, dissipating into the world.

Li Hao was dumbfounded, completely unable to perceive any trace of his departure.

He didn't even see the rift of Gui Xu open. His opponent seemed to possess some incredibly terrifying movement technique.

Without the middle-aged general by his side, Li Hao also became cautious, hiding inside the bronze chariot to wait.

Two days later, the middle-aged general's figure suddenly appeared, returning beside the bronze chariot.

Li Hao hadn't even been in the mood to paint for these two days, worried that something might have happened to him.

"The situation is not good."

As soon as the middle-aged general appeared, he noticed Li Hao in the bronze chariot, his expression somewhat heavy.

Li Hao jumped out of the chariot, seeing that he wasn't injured, he asked, "What's the situation?"

The middle-aged general immediately explained the intelligence he had gathered to Li Hao in detail.

The ancient path beyond this canyon was extremely long. Outside the ancient path were chaotic rifts left from the great battle, terrifying scars caused by the fight between Immortal Emperors and ancient demons. Once touched, even true immortals would perish within them.

Therefore, they could only walk along the ancient path to exit this battlefield.

And ahead along the ancient path, first-tier ancient demons formed small groups, wandering here.

The ancient demon that had attacked before was named 'Zheng,' with hundreds of third-tier ancient demons and seven second-tier ancient demons under its command. It was their leader.

In the great battle of the past, these first-tier ancient demons were centurion-level figures in the ancient demon legions.

Behind that ancient demon named Zheng, there were more than a dozen first-tier ancient demons with forces no less powerful. The situation was similar to what the middle-aged general had explored in the past, no reduction in numbers, and in the farthest place he had explored, near the exit of the ancient path, the number of ancient demons guarding there seemed to have increased.

This situation made the middle-aged general feel uneasy.

Countless years had passed, and these ancient demons were not only still lingering here but also increasing in number.

Could it be that the true realm had truly fallen, and ancient demons were breeding in greater numbers?

He knew that ancient demons had extremely strong reproductive capabilities and cultivated very quickly, which was why they could ravage the entire true realm like locusts, causing severe damage.

However, there was another possibility: the battlefield outside the ancient path might still be where true realm immortals and gods were fighting ancient demons, wanting to clear this battlefield, hence these ancient demons were guarding here.

If that were the case, perhaps they could encounter the immortal and god armies of the true realm if they broke out of the ancient path.

"Senior actually understands the language of ancient demons?"

During their conversation, Li Hao noticed that the middle-aged general was extremely familiar with ancient demons and even knew their secret language.

When ancient demons wanted to communicate with immortals and gods, they could directly use telepathy, and both sides could perceive each other's meaning. But if they intended to conceal something, ancient demons could communicate in their own language, which immortals and gods wouldn't understand.

"I caught an ancient demon before and learned it from it."

The middle-aged general said, then looked at Li Hao, "You know the situation now, are you still willing to accompany me on this journey?"

"Let's try to walk it. We'll see what happens when we can't go any further."

Li Hao smiled.

The middle-aged general was serious, but seeing Li Hao's relaxed expression, he knew Li Hao was also serious.

He took a deep breath and said, "Then let's give it a try."

He immediately sketched out what he had seen, casually outlining it.

Although not as spiritually resonant as Li Hao's paintings, it still showed the terrain of the ancient path ahead and the distribution of ancient demons.

Afterward, the two formulated a battle plan based on this terrain.

Directly fighting head-on would alarm too many ancient demons, causing big trouble. They could only proceed gradually, ambushing them secretly.

"We can only slowly weaken the power of that Zheng demon. When it realizes something is wrong and wants to call for help, we'll quickly kill it. But before that, we must first clear out the ancient demons around it, otherwise, if even one ancient demon escapes, it will alarm the other ancient demons."

The middle-aged general said.

After they finalized the plan, Li Hao cooked and ate the remaining half of the ancient demon, filling their stomachs. The middle-aged general rested for a night, and then they quietly set off with Li Hao.

This time, the middle-aged general brought the bronze chariot along, driving it and galloping on the ancient path.

Traveling hundreds of miles, they arrived at the edge of that ancient demon's territory.

This ancient path was desolate everywhere. The bones nearby had been collected by the middle-aged general into the chariot, leaving only some scattered and lusterless broken weapons.

Li Hao couldn't spare time to collect these broken weapons for now. After the chariot stopped, the two exchanged a glance. The middle-aged general was the first to rush into Zheng demon's territory. He suppressed his aura, but intentionally revealed a little, wanting to attract the attention of that first-tier ancient demon, splitting their forces with Li Hao.

At the same time.

Inside a majestic cave in Zheng demon's territory.

Zheng was entrenched in the cave, its massive body dominating, its eyes pitch black, seemingly capable of swallowing light.

Opposite it was another ancient demon of equal size, named Man.

"Zheng, it's been so long, and you still haven't dealt with that true immortal? How about we join forces, and afterward, his immortal soul, we split it half and half?"

Man chuckled lightly at Zheng.

Ancient demons could sweep through the myriad races of the true realm. Besides their terrifying power, they also possessed extremely high intelligence.

"The initial contest was mine, you win some, you lose some."

Zheng coldly said.

"But so much time has passed, you should be clear that you can't kill that true immortal alone. That true immortal has lived until now, more formidable than other true immortals. If he weren't stuck here, he might have even become a true sovereign."

Man said indifferently.

"There's power left by the Demon God Lord here, he can't cultivate, he'll eventually be worn down."

Zheng sneered, clearly unwilling to share the delicious food it had been guarding for so many years.

After all, the environment outside the ancient path wasn't optimistic recently. Finding such delicious food wouldn't be easy.

Moreover, another young immortal had come recently, also good for a snack. Furthermore, the appearance of that young immortal also meant that door seemed to be openable.

That was the pseudo-realm created by the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor, filled with abundant resources and countless delicious souls.

This secret was currently only known to it. It wouldn't let any other guys interfere. The only thorn in its side right now was that true immortal. If it could kill him, then the Heavenly Calamity Immortal Emperor's pseudo-realm was like a vast treasure trove, waiting for its harvesting.

"Don't be unwise. How about a 60-40 split, you get 60, I get 40. You also know the situation outside. Before long, the commander should be summoning all of us to go and fight. Whether we can survive that battlefield is still unknown!"

Man said coldly.

Zheng frowned, this was also what had been bothering it recently.

"Things in my mouth, there's no precedent of spitting them out. You should go back." Zheng coldly refused, wanting to dismiss the guest.

"Ungrateful!"

Man glared at it and could only get up to leave.

But just as it was about to walk out of the cave, suddenly, its and Zheng's expressions both shifted. Surprise flashed in Man's eyes, while Zheng's eyes revealed shock, followed by furious rage.

In Zheng demon's territory, the middle-aged general had approached a third-tier ancient demon and killed it with a single sword strike.

His movements were silent, but the sudden disappearance and demise of an ancient demon's aura was bound to alert other ancient demons. After all, these ancient demons were all Supreme Saint level in strength, not so numb as to be oblivious.

"It's that true immortal!"

"He actually dared to proactively invade here, kill him!"

"Quick, quickly report to the leader."

Other ancient demons quickly gathered, not daring to go forward alone to meet the challenge, which would be tantamount to courting death.

They were somewhat enraged. Over so many years, this wasn't the first time the opponent had proactively killed into their territory. The opponent had done it once before, seemingly seeking death, attacking only to eventually escape again.

"It seems, the food in your mouth wants to deal with you."

In the cave, Man sensed the aura of the true immortal and couldn't help but sneer.

Zheng's expression was ugly. Compared to the opponent's invasion, it was more worried about Man interfering in this matter.

"Need help?"

Man looked at it tauntingly.

"I can handle it myself, no need to see you off!"

Zheng said coldly.

Man chuckled, its eyes flickering, but it restrained its aura, saying, "Then I'll wait and see."

Saying that, its figure vanished from the cave.

Zheng's face was gloomy, knowing that the other party wouldn't go far. It had to kill this true immortal to cut off the other party's thoughts, otherwise, it might be seized by the other party.

"Gather!"

With a roar, Zheng instantly rushed out of the cave, summoning its demon hordes.

Seven second-tier ancient demons immediately gathered, and hundreds of third-tier ancient demons also rushed towards its cave.

The middle-aged general had anticipated this situation, knowing that these ancient demons had a demonic formation. Once they formed a formation, he would also have to flee in disarray.

He had infiltrated here not intending to kill that first-tier ancient demon, but to weaken its subordinates. Once weakened to a certain extent, he would then quickly kill it.

Whoosh!

His figure flew rapidly, rushing towards those second-tier ancient demons.

Sword edge furiously slashing, a galaxy-like sword light swept out, instantly felling a second-tier ancient demon that couldn't dodge in time, cleaved in two by a single sword.

Zheng roared angrily, proactively charging towards the middle-aged general.

The middle-aged general ignored it, focusing on the second-tier ancient demons, attacking with all his strength.

These six second-tier ancient demons were somewhat panicked. The opponent suddenly attacked, frantically targeting them, yet not attacking their leader, leaving them baffled.

In just a short moment, the middle-aged general killed two more.

At this point, Zheng unleashed the ancient demon's innate killing move, Soul-Devouring Black Mist, engulfing and trying to inflict heavy damage on the middle-aged general.

Whoosh!

The middle-aged general slashed out with his sword, scattering the black mist, engaging in fierce combat with Zheng.

The other four second-tier ancient demons breathed a slight sigh of relief. With their leader holding back this true immortal, they could assist from the side.

"Form formation!"

An ancient demon roared.

The hundreds of third-tier ancient demons that had gathered all released black mist light from their bodies.

Just then, in the distant sky, a dazzling saber shadow shot directly over.

Bang!

A third-tier ancient demon was pierced through by the blade, its physical body killed on the spot.

This scene startled the other ancient demons.

There was someone else?

Soon, they recalled the news brought back earlier, unexpectedly even that young immortal had come here.

Accompanied by roars, a second-tier ancient demon suddenly rushed out of the group, leading ten ancient demons towards Li Hao.

Li Hao's expression was solemn. His and the middle-aged general's trip was only for guerrilla warfare, killing as many as they could, not intending to eliminate the opponents at once, as there were simply too many.

Whoosh!

He manipulated the Broken Saber, unleashing a full-force strike, the saber light's speed three times faster than before.

In just an instant, it pierced through three ancient demons, instantly disintegrating and killing their physical bodies!

And at the same time, Li Hao's nascent soul, like a sword, swiftly struck out, the dazzling sword light no slower than the Broken Saber.

The nascent souls of those three ancient demons hadn't even reacted before they were斬 killed by the nascent soul sword light!

On Li Hao's nascent soul, there were already five golden veins at this moment.

These five golden veins made Li Hao's nascent soul much stronger than before, also affecting the speed of his object manipulation.

Coupled with the御 Dao's own influence on object manipulation speed, it enabled Li Hao to face ten third-tier ancient demons, and even without relying on the bronze chariot's protection, he could directly kill them before they even got close!

"Roar!"

That second-tier ancient demon roared furiously, its eyes revealing shock and anger. It could sense that Li Hao's aura wasn't strong, but his object manipulation speed was terrifyingly fast, and his nascent soul was also extremely formidable. The golden light in that nascent soul made it feel a sense of pressure, which was somewhat unbelievable.

Whoosh!

Li Hao ignored it, the Broken Saber continuing to slash.

With just one arc, it pierced through four ancient demons, instantly dismantling and killing their physical bodies!

Then, the nascent soul sword energy followed almost immediately, and another four third-tier ancient demons fell!

The remaining three were somewhat terrified. Too terrifying, this felt almost like facing a true immortal!

The second-tier ancient demon was also somewhat trembling, but it was already between the true immortal and Saint level in strength, stronger than Li Hao in realm, and didn't believe this human could kill it either.

Since the birth of ancient demons and their sweep through the true realm, it was rare to hear of them being killed across realms by the myriad races of the true realm.

Rapidly approaching, the second-tier ancient demon arrived in front of Li Hao in the blink of an eye, abruptly spitting out black mist, engulfing Li Hao, while simultaneously unleashing streaks of blood-red light, containing destructive power.

Li Hao instantly unfurled his Extreme Realm and also stepped into the ultimate 化仙 transformation.

His hair flew wildly, silver long hair flowing, golden divine eyes shining brightly, like a God of War.

He drew out Gong Ming, fiercely slashing out with a sword, barely parrying that blood light.

Then, the Broken Saber rapidly slashed out, piercing through the body of this second-tier ancient demon.

The body structure of this second-tier ancient demon was somewhat different from that of third-tier ancient demons. Even with Li Hao's full-speed cutting, he still couldn't instantly kill it. This also resulted in his cuts healing almost instantly on the opponent's body. Although constantly causing damage, when the Broken Saber left the opponent's flesh, its body would recover in a blink.

"Roar!"

This second-tier ancient demon was shocked and enraged. The sharpness of that Broken Saber exceeded its imagination, its physical body couldn't withstand it, could this be an immortal artifact?

But fortunately, there was no other power in that Broken Saber, just pure sharpness.

Although the physical body healed quickly, the pain caused by Li Hao's constant tearing made it exceptionally furious.

Fortunately, Li Hao couldn't pose the same kind of threat to it as he could to third-tier ancient demons.

As the black mist enveloped, its innate power was unleashed, and Li Hao instantly fell deep into the black mist. This black mist could actually isolate Gui Xu for a moment, making even the rifts in the fabric of space disappear. Forcing his way through would be akin to running through a sea of fire, causing immense harm.

Li Hao's expression tightened, feeling a tremor in his soul. The black mist was like strong acid, untouchable, or else his soul would be swallowed and torn apart.

"Break!"

Suddenly, Li Hao's consciousness enveloped a third-tier ancient demon corpse that he had killed earlier, fiercely swinging it towards the black mist.

Whoosh!

The ancient demon corpse swept across, stirring up and dispersing the black mist.

This scene made the second-tier ancient demon suddenly widen its eyes.

He could do that too?

While it was in shock, the Broken Saber manipulated by Li Hao didn't stop, still rapidly cutting its flesh.

Li Hao's mind was extremely immersed in the cutting, whole-heartedly feeling every structure of the opponent's body.

His cutting speed was extremely fast, three times faster than before, which meant he would more quickly figure out the opponent's body structure.

Faster! Faster!

Li Hao manipulated the Broken Saber, constantly cutting from the ancient demon's head, wings, and other parts, not only analyzing the structure of flesh and blood but also the distribution of the Great Dao within its body.

The surrounding black mist constantly assailed, while another part of Li Hao's mind controlled the ancient demon corpse, constantly scattering the black mist.

His own physical body dared not touch this black mist, as it would scorch his soul, but the ancient demon's body was different, especially since it was already a corpse, its nascent soul extinguished.

Seeing its own kin being used as a tool by Li Hao, this second-tier ancient demon was incomparably furious, directly descending in front of Li Hao, claws tearing towards Li Hao, a streak of blood light ripping through, like lightning, causing even spacetime to feel distorted.

Li Hao quickly deployed Eternal Dao Domain, and at the same time, waved his sword in the Dao Domain. Immortal Guiding Path led countless sword energies in the sword domain, fiercely launching out.

With a bang, a violent tremor erupted, the blood light being blocked, Li Hao's body flying backward, bones throughout his body resonating, a sensation of surging blood.

He quickly deployed the Celestial Star Veins, and immense power surged in, recovering in the blink of an eye.

The second-tier ancient demon before him roared, wanting to attack again, but suddenly, its eyes bulged, feeling an inexplicable panic.

A fear that went straight to the bone, suddenly crawling all over its body.

It smelled a strong scent of death.

Its body suddenly felt like something had broken, like it was about to fall into an abyss.

How could this be?!

It was shocked, pupils constricting, looking at Li Hao in terror.

It desperately tried to struggle, to take flight, to get away from this monster-like human, but the power throughout its body seemed to be cut off, some kind of order like the Heavenly Dao, enveloping it.

Bang!

Its huge body tottered, a power of death and decay engulfing it.

It could no longer care about preserving its physical body, and could only rush out its nascent soul, escaping the spread of that power.

If it had been any slower, its nascent soul might also have perished.

At the critical moment, it even unleashed the power of Reverse Fate.

This power contained a trace of Heavenly Dao aura, allowing it to escape the pursuit of that terrifying power.

With a thud, the second-tier ancient demon's massive body suddenly collapsed.

Li Hao was stunned for a moment, then realized it was the Deadly attribute triggering!

But the nascent soul of this second-tier ancient demon rushed out, not dead.

Although the Deadly attribute could kill enemies, relying on the power of Reverse Fate, or other means, there was still a sliver of chance to escape, as long as it was timely enough.

Li Hao hadn't expected that the Deadly attribute would also work against ancient demons. It seemed the panel attributes were indeed the most amazing existence.

However, if he had persisted a little longer, he would have also quickly figured out the body structure of this second-tier ancient demon.

Seeing the opponent's nascent soul revealed at this moment, Li Hao hardly hesitated, instantly transforming his nascent soul into a sword, abruptly unleashing all his power, slashing out with a sword.

Bang!

Dazzling sword intent accompanied by the nascent soul, directly tearing apart the nascent soul of that second-tier ancient demon.

On the opponent's nascent soul, there was a chain of black smoke entangled, stronger than the nascent soul of a third-tier ancient demon. From the black smoke came piercing wails, seemingly countless wronged souls imprisoned within.

As Li Hao's nascent soul slashed out, the black smoke chain snapped, and the nascent soul was also cleaved in half!

(End of this chapter)