Chapter 401: Cooking True Immortals (120,000 character update requesting votes)
Bang!
As the primordial spirit was severed, Li Hao swiftly pressed his advantage, tearing its primordial spirit to shreds.
During this process, other third-rank ancient demons tried to reinforce, but Li Hao, wielding the broken blade, slew their physical forms and compelled them to stop.
Once the primordial spirit was shattered, the flesh of this second-rank ancient demon also withered, losing all signs of life. It crashed to the ground and died instantly.
Without the constraint of this second-rank ancient demon, Li Hao swiftly moved to kill the other third-rank ancient demons.
Seeing that Li Hao had actually killed their leader, the other third-rank ancient demons were horrified and fled in terror. They had never seen such a ferocious human before, one who was clearly only Saint-level, yet capable of killing their leader. Even during the grand wars of the past, such an existence would have been remarkably dazzling!
However, their escape speed couldn't match Li Hao's object manipulation. The broken blade rapidly sliced out, and his primordial spirit followed closely behind to deliver the killing blow.
Li Hao controlled two fronts simultaneously, chasing and killing several third-rank ancient demons, displaying extremely powerful momentum.
Soon, the ten third-rank ancient demons led by the second-rank ancient demon all perished at Li Hao's hands.
Li Hao glanced at the battlefield of the middle-aged general. He was engaged in fierce combat with the ancient demon named Zheng, and other ancient demons had already come to assist him. However, judging by the situation, the general was handling it with ease and didn't seem to be in any immediate danger.
Li Hao didn't rush to support him and provide assistance. Triggering the fatal attribute earlier was accidental. There were still three second-rank ancient demons left. If two of them attacked him simultaneously, he might not be able to rely on the uncertain power of the fatal attribute.
He sent the broken blade flying towards the second-rank ancient demon's corpse. The physical body had already been annihilated, but Li Hao's broken blade swiftly slashed out, probing its flesh.
The corpse didn't dodge, quietly waiting for Li Hao to dissect it. He was gaining an increasingly better understanding of the ancient demon's physical body.
Soon, when he felt about seventy to eighty percent confident, Li Hao quickly moved to reinforce the middle-aged general.
At this time, many ancient demons had already gathered in that battlefield, forming a demonic array. Waves of black mist emanated a scarlet light. The intense malice emanating from it even affected Li Hao's mind, causing a sense of restlessness and urgent agitation.
He manipulated the broken blade to swiftly attack.
Whoosh!
As a crescent-moon-like arc of light swept past, on the outer edge, the physical bodies of three ancient demons were instantly killed. As their primordial spirits detached, Li Hao's primordial spirit shot out like sword light, rapidly delivering the killing blow.
The three ancient demons perished within a single breath.
The three second-rank ancient demons who were besieging the middle-aged general noticed this situation and were somewhat shocked. Only then did they realize that their companion, who had previously broken away from their ranks to deal with Li Hao, was actually dead!
How could it be?!
The three second-rank ancient demons were all horrified. They could see that Li Hao's aura was only Saint-level, very weak, and he possessed a faint immortal power, making him an early-stage immortal. However, their ancient demon clan was naturally powerful. In the same realm, even True Immortals had to bow their heads, let alone be defeated in an upset victory like this.
Letting out angry roars, the three second-rank ancient demons exchanged glances. Their leader needed their assistance, as that True Immortal was too powerful. They couldn't all detach to deal with Li Hao.
Soon, after a brief discussion, one second-rank ancient demon detached from the demonic array, this time leading thirty ancient demons to kill Li Hao.
Those thirty ancient demons formed an array with their Saint Domains, displaying terrifying power.
Li Hao's gaze turned solemn. He unleashed the broken blade to attack.
As soon as the broken blade charged into their Saint Domains, Li Hao felt immense resistance. However, it was weaker than he had imagined, or perhaps the sharpness of the broken blade itself reduced the pressure on him.
Whoosh!
The broken blade drew an arc of light, killing one ancient demon.
Under the pressure of the Saint Domains, the arc of light was somewhat sluggish. The ancient demon sensed the danger and quickly dodged, but its body was still sliced open, though it wasn't directly killed.
"Still not fast enough."
Li Hao took a deep breath. The golden veins on his primordial spirit erupted, and the arc of light from the broken blade intensified again.
Bang!
Sweeping through the Saint Domains, it penetrated the body of an ancient demon, rapidly slashing and killing its physical form.
Subsequently, from a distance, his primordial spirit unleashed a sword intent.
His primordial spirit itself didn't charge into the enemy's Saint Domains, otherwise, with the overlapping Saint Domains of over thirty ancient demons, his primordial spirit would also suffer severe damage.
Now, striking from a distance with a sword, the sword intent vibrated, impacting the opponent's primordial spirit and cleaving it apart.
However, the opponent's primordial spirit quickly healed. Li Hao didn't have time to launch a second strike. His expression slightly changed as he saw the leading second-rank ancient demon diving down to kill him. He quickly turned and fled.
The second-rank ancient demon's movement technique was extremely fast, closing in in the blink of an eye. In terms of movement techniques, Li Hao had yet to find another artistic skill mind realm to improve. Although he had enough artistic skill points, he was stuck at the sixth rank. His cultivation time was simply too short, and many things hadn't had time to accumulate.
Bang!
Li Hao retaliated with a sword strike, unleashing the Heavenly Star Veins with full force. This strike was an all-out effort.
The imposing sword strike, like a finger point from an immortal, made the second-rank ancient demon pause slightly, intimidated by the power of this attack.
But it soon realized that this strike couldn't inflict a fatal wound on it and accelerated again to pursue him.
Li Hao seized this opportunity and fled towards the bronze chariot at full speed.
His and the middle-aged general's prior plan was to weaken the ancient demon's forces, not to defeat them in one fell swoop.
As he approached the bronze chariot, the ancient demon behind him pursued and closed in again. Li Hao wielded his sword with all his might, each strike being a peak attack. Although he couldn't kill the second-rank ancient demon, he could barely delay its pursuit.
"Roar!"
The second-rank ancient demon roared in anger. When it saw the bronze chariot, it became somewhat anxious. It knew that the immortal array on the bronze chariot was extremely powerful and not something it could break through in a short time.
If it allowed this human to escape inside, it would be difficult to kill him. It couldn't keep guarding here indefinitely. After all, the situation on the leader's side was also worrying. It wanted to quickly kill Li Hao and then return to support its leader.
Whoosh!
As the second-rank ancient demon accelerated, Li Hao abruptly stopped in front of the bronze chariot.
Then, he suddenly turned around and saw the rapidly approaching second-rank ancient demon. A cold smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
"You're out of sync!"
Clang!
The broken blade was suddenly deployed, instantly unleashing an arc of light as swift as moonlight. With a puchi sound, the second-rank ancient demon's physical body instantly cracked open, but it wasn't directly killed.
Li Hao's eyes flickered slightly. There was still a missed spot he hadn't probed earlier.
He didn't stop and, seeing the thirty ancient demons forming an array and closing in behind, quickly unleashed a second arc of light.
Puchi!
Just as the second-rank ancient demon was about to attack Li Hao, its eyes suddenly widened, and a hint of panic appeared in its ferocious gaze.
Just two strikes, and its physical body was dying!
If not for its primordial spirit, or if the broken blade didn't possess the power to attack primordial spirits, this second strike would have directly killed it! It suddenly thought of the death of its companion earlier. So that was it.
While it was in shock, Li Hao's primordial spirit didn't hesitate. It had long been gathering momentum and directly charged out to engage the opponent's primordial spirit.
Seeing Li Hao's primordial spirit attacking, the second-rank ancient demon let out a violent roar. Using a primordial spirit to attack it was simply courting death!
It immediately unleashed its innate ability, and blood-red light permeated its primordial spirit, intending to devour Li Hao's primordial spirit.
However, Li Hao's primordial spirit transformed into sword light, and the golden veins erupted, causing its power to suddenly surge.
Bang!
With a single sword strike, the second-rank ancient demon's primordial spirit was torn apart.
Then, in less than the blink of an eye, his primordial spirit unleashed hundreds of sword lights, completely annihilating the opponent's primordial spirit!
As the primordial spirit perished, its physical body also lost power and fell from mid-air.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The thirty third-rank ancient demons rushing over were stunned when they saw this scene, and couldn't help but look at Li Hao in horror.
Li Hao, however, breathed a sigh of relief. It would be much easier now that he had dealt with this second-rank ancient demon.
He looked at the thirty ancient demons and didn't stop. As if tireless, the broken blade charged into their Saint Domains. At the same time, Gongming fell into his hand, and he continuously unleashed full-power strikes.
A Dharma Body of Heaven and Earth emerged behind him, surrounded by celestial stars. Immense power surged forth. Under his all-out attacks, terrifying sword lights slashed out, bombarding their Saint Domains.
These sword lights were like heavy clubs crashing down, constantly shaking their Saint Domains.
The thirty ancient demons were somewhat shocked. To simultaneously unleash such terrifying power and yet show no signs of exhaustion was simply freakish.
Taking advantage of the ripples caused by the sword lights, Li Hao seized the opportunity to kill an ancient demon's physical body, and then his primordial spirit violently erupted.
Puchi!
As one ancient demon fell, the power of their overlapping Saint Domains also weakened slightly.
But Li Hao himself remained at his peak. The Heavenly Star Veins made his power seem like an abyss, inexhaustible.
Bang! Bang!
As Li Hao attacked like a madman, more and more ancient demons fell.
The second, the third… and more!
Li Hao stood before the bronze chariot, his silver hair flying in the wind. With the three-foot sword in his hand, he faced thirty ancient demons alone, shaking half the sky.
As the number of ancient demons dwindled, the power of their Saint Domains also decreased, but Li Hao's killing speed became faster and faster.
These ancient demons were terrified and roared in rage as their Saint Domains enveloped Li Hao.
But Li Hao quickly dodged to the bronze chariot, using the chariot's light array as a shield to fight them.
After all, these ancient demons were equivalent to the combined attack of thirty Supreme Saints. Under the superposition of their Saint Domains, even an Eternal Dao Domain would crumble in an instant.
With the broken blade's reaping, the number of ancient demons rapidly decreased, quickly dropping to only twenty.
Before long, only fifteen remained.
Li Hao's killing speed was increasing, but the remaining ancient demons were somewhat terrified. The light array on the bronze chariot was difficult for them to break through with their power, only serving to wear them down.
But their lives couldn't afford to be wasted here.
When only ten ancient demons remained, they all turned and fled without prior agreement.
Seeing this, Li Hao jumped out of the bronze chariot, urging the broken blade to pursue them.
These ancient demons were filled with anger and frustration at being chased all over by a Saint-level cultivator despite outnumbering him. In that war back then, their combined force would have been a considerable squadron, enough to give even True Immortals a headache.
Li Hao pursued these ancient demons. With the Flying Paragraph attribute, his object manipulation distance doubled. These ancient demons simply didn't realize that escaping was impossible in front of him. Fighting back might have allowed them to live a bit longer.
Soon, as one ancient demon after another fell, Li Hao chased back and killed the last ancient demon. The thirty ancient demons who had come to hunt him earlier were all dead, including the second-rank ancient demon.
Li Hao looked towards the middle-aged general's battlefield, where black clouds pressed down from above, and hundreds of ancient demons were surrounding the area. Two second-rank ancient demons were commanding from the sidelines. Dissonant, shaking sounds came from the black mist, but neither the figure of the middle-aged general nor the ancient demon leader was visible.
Li Hao's expression turned solemn. He continued to manipulate the broken blade, ambushing the ancient demons on the periphery.
As several ancient demons were quickly killed, the two second-rank ancient demons noticed the commotion and looked at Li Hao in shock.
He wasn't dead yet?!
Soon, they discovered that the aura of their previous companion had also disappeared, and there were many corpses on the ground.
This scene made them doubt their demonic existence. Such a formation, yet they had all perished? Could it be that this human was a pig in tiger's skin, actually a True Immortal in disguise?
These two second-rank ancient demons felt a chill in their hearts, sensing a trace of unease. They immediately sent a message to their leader.
"Hmm? Ignoring me?"
Li Hao was ambushing the ancient demons, but he saw that the other ancient demons only looked at him angrily and didn't attack him. It seemed they dared not rashly detach from the formation.
Seeing this, Li Hao became even more relentless, killing even faster.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a roar erupted from the black mist. When Li Hao heard this roar, it felt like a sonic boom, ear-splitting. A stinging sensation arose in his mind, and it seemed his soul was buzzing.
His face turned slightly pale. The first-rank ancient demon was too strong. Just a roar caused him to feel dizzy and nauseous. A wave of ripples surged in his primordial spirit. If he were closer, he would definitely have been severely injured.
"Flee quickly, there are two leaders!"
Suddenly, the middle-aged general's urgent voice rang in Li Hao's mind.
Li Hao was taken aback, his pupils slightly contracting. He hurriedly tried to transmit a message back, but the general's figure was shrouded in black mist, and he couldn't lock onto his position.
Two leaders, how could there be two?
Was it an accident?
Li Hao's expression was grim. He stared at the seething and surging black mist, then turned without hesitation and sprinted towards the bronze chariot.
While fleeing, he also used object manipulation to gather the corpses of the ancient demons on the ground, quickly throwing them into his Heavenly and Earthly space.
Soon, when Li Hao fled to the front of the bronze chariot and turned back to look, the black mist in the distance was still surging, but its range seemed to have expanded.
Li Hao came to the chariot because he didn't want to hold the general back, but now it seemed that the general clearly hadn't escaped yet.
Li Hao's eyes flickered, and he gritted his teeth slightly. He steered the bronze chariot and charged back into the ancient demon territory again.
As the chariot's wheels rumbled and crushed the ground, Li Hao returned to the battlefield. He saw sword lights flickering faintly in the black mist, clearly indicating the general's attacks.
The general seemed to be trying to break through, but was surrounded by the black mist.
Li Hao saw hundreds of ancient demons around. These ancient demons were all emitting scarlet light and black mist, seemingly forming a unified entity, all motionless in mid-air.
"Die!"
A furious killing intent flashed in Li Hao's eyes. The broken blade was unleashed at full speed.
His primordial spirit also soared into the air, the golden veins burning like fire, radiating intense light. Then, one of the veins burned into flames, enveloping the entire primordial spirit, and the primordial spirit's aura became even more terrifying.
Kill!
The object manipulation speed of the broken blade suddenly surged. Li Hao faintly sensed some profound object manipulation Dao, and in just a blink of an eye, the broken blade penetrated and killed the physical bodies of ten ancient demons.
And his primordial spirit also struck out at the same time, transforming into a sword light burning with divine flames.
In a short breath, ten ancient demons perished. The black mist emanating from their bodies was also interrupted and dissipated.
Li Hao didn't stop, his eyes like ink-black stars. The broken blade rapidly attacked the second batch.
Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!
One after another, the bodies of the ancient demons exploded and fell from mid-air.
Their primordial spirits had just reacted and hastily released black mist, but Li Hao's primordial spirit didn't evade. It charged directly into the black mist, crushing the primordial spirits of these ancient demons like a steamroller!
Li Hao attacked like a madman. One golden vein finished burning, and immediately the second golden vein started burning.
In just a few breaths, nearly a hundred ancient demon corpses had fallen from mid-air.
Li Hao's gaze turned to the two second-rank ancient demons. The two second-rank ancient demons also noticed Li Hao's actions, and horror surfaced in their eyes.
The broken blade attacked, and these two second-rank ancient demons could see the situation in the black mist. It was also at a critical moment, but compared to that, their own lives were more important.
When the broken blade attacked, the black mist on them also dissipated, and they had to stop and respond.
However, the broken blade was incredibly sharp. As soon as they parried, it penetrated their Saint Domains and killed their physical forms.
Then, Li Hao's primordial spirit closely followed, the ethereal sword intent condensing on his primordial spirit, as if conjuring an autumnal wind, directly annihilating the primordial spirit of one second-rank ancient demon.
The other second-rank ancient demon felt like it had seen a ghost. It seized the opportunity to merge its primordial spirit back into its body. Just as it revived its physical form, it plunged headlong into the black mist. Rather than dying at Li Hao's hands, it was better to personally assist the two leaders and fight the True Immortal. Perhaps it could find a way to survive under the leaders' protection.
Li Hao saw the second-rank ancient demon escape into the black mist, but didn't dare to pursue it. The broken blade turned and continued to reap the lives of the other third-rank ancient demons.
Some of these third-rank ancient demons were still maintaining the formation, while others had already fled in panic.
With continuous killing, Li Hao was already too familiar with the bodies of these third-rank ancient demons. They were all killed with a single strike, and his primordial spirit followed to kill them, not giving them any time to react.
Although they were in the same realm, Li Hao felt like he was harvesting wheat. The main reason was that the broken blade was too sharp, and coupled with his primordial spirit's enhancement, he could crush and kill these ancient demons so overwhelmingly.
Soon, the number of ancient demons in the air had sharply decreased to only about a hundred or so.
For Li Hao, it was only a matter of a few breaths.
As he killed them, the black mist obviously weakened, and the sword light within it became more and more visible.
"Die!"
Suddenly, a furious roar echoed from the black mist.
Immediately afterward, Li Hao saw the black mist churn, and a huge figure fell out from within, it was indeed the first-rank ancient demon from before.
The middle-aged general also rushed out of the black mist, chasing after it to kill it.
And behind him, another equally enormous ancient demon, roared and chased after the middle-aged general, trying to intercept him.
"Bastard!"
The Zheng demon roared. It scanned the mid-air and saw that only about a hundred of its ancient demon army remained, and all the small leaders were dead.
Earlier, it had received a message from its subordinate that the early-stage immortal was suspected to be a True Immortal in disguise. Coupled with its perception of the decreasing number of troops, and knowing that the Barbarian Demon must be watching the show from the side and hadn't left, even if it really killed the True Immortal, it would pay a heavy price, and the other party might take advantage of the situation.
It simply sent a message, inviting the other party to kill the enemy together, and also agreed to the dismemberment condition previously proposed by the other party.
As a result, it hadn't expected this True Immortal to be even more terrifying than it had imagined. In previous battles with it, the other party had always been hiding its true strength.
In a two-on-one situation, they hadn't been able to quickly subdue the opponent. Instead, it had been severely wounded.
Whoosh!
The figure of the middle-aged general plunged down, and a sword struck the Zheng demon, tearing open a deep wound that exposed bone.
This wound couldn't heal. The Zheng demon let out an angry roar. It suddenly turned and charged towards Li Hao's direction, trying to use this to constrain the opponent.
When Li Hao saw the ancient demon leader charging over, his expression changed drastically. He quickly dove into the bronze chariot below.
"Hide in the chariot, don't come out. Today, I will slaughter both of them!"
The middle-aged general's voice came at this moment, exuding an icy killing intent.
He had originally planned to bring Li Hao to weaken the Zheng demon step by step, and then kill it when it reached a certain point. He hadn't expected Li Hao's performance to exceed his expectations.
Without his help, he had actually slain two or three hundred ancient demons alone, and even killed the second-rank ancient demons.
Now, the Zheng demon only had a hundred third-rank ancient demons left under its command, and all the second-rank ancient demons had perished. This was already better than the weakening effect he had initially planned.
However, the appearance of another Barbarian Demon here was somewhat troublesome.
But precisely because of this, he knew that if they couldn't resolve everything this time, it would inevitably make these ancient demons aware of the anomaly here, which would be detrimental to them.
"Be careful yourself."
Li Hao quickly transmitted a message back.
The Zheng demon charged to the front of the bronze chariot, its sharp claws slamming down fiercely. The bronze chariot trembled violently, and the light array on it flickered, but did not shatter.
This chariot was once the mount of an Immortal King. Despite countless years of wear and tear, it could still withstand attacks from a True Immortal.
However, Li Hao could feel that the immortal array on the bronze chariot was already at the end of its strength, perhaps less than one-thousandth of its peak power.
Bearing the Zheng demon's strike at this moment, the light instantly dimmed a lot. Li Hao estimated that it could withstand at most twenty or thirty more strikes before it would break.
The middle-aged general was also clear about this. He charged at full speed, wielding his sword and slashing. Sword energy slashed, and the void seemed to be severed, and even time seemed to briefly stagnate. The Zheng demon wanted to dodge, but was still struck by the sword light, adding another terrifying wound to its body.
"Barbarian, are you waiting for me to die before you exert yourself?!"
The Zheng demon couldn't help but roar angrily.
"He's too strong, not an ordinary True Immortal."
The Barbarian Demon's expression was extremely solemn. Although it had held back a little, it hadn't held back much. It had already seen that this middle-aged general was definitely not an existence that their leaders could kill alone. The opponent had been hiding his strength all along.
Ironically, this Zheng demon was too stupid. Having fought against the opponent for many years, it hadn't been able to see through this, and its desire to swallow it whole was a fool's dream.
As the Barbarian Demon approached, they joined forces and fought the middle-aged general together again.
Seeing the two ancient demon leaders had no intention of paying attention to him, Li Hao manipulated the broken blade and continued to kill the third-rank ancient demons.
As the broken blade and primordial spirit struck out, one third-rank ancient demon after another fell.
Li Hao hid in the bronze chariot, quite safe himself.
"Bastard!"
The Zheng demon sensed the aura of its subordinates in its territory constantly diminishing, and it was so angry that its eye sockets turned red. Even if they killed these two humans in this battle, it would still suffer heavy losses.
But it couldn't afford to be distracted anymore. The middle-aged general ignored the Barbarian Demon and focused all his efforts on it. It was about to be unable to withstand it.
Whoosh!
The broken blade swept past. An ancient demon wanted to escape, but couldn't outrun the speed of the broken blade. Its physical body was killed, and then the primordial spirit strike followed, killing it.
In just a moment, out of the hundred or so ancient demons, only a few scattered ones remained, all frightened and fleeing in all directions.
"Flying Paragraph!"
Li Hao's object manipulation range doubled. The broken blade quickly chased after them, killing the two fleeing ancient demons as well.
In the blink of an eye, in this ancient demon territory, amidst the snow-white human bones, piles of ancient demon corpses accumulated.
In the void, only the middle-aged general and the two ancient demon leaders remained in battle.
Li Hao steered the bronze chariot to a nearby location, closely watching the battle between the two sides. The Zheng demon was covered in wounds, its aura weak. If not for another ancient demon leader, it would probably have been killed by the middle-aged general by now.
In this way, their current situation was equivalent to two people joining forces, directly wiping out Zheng demon's territory in one go! This was much faster than they had planned, but the cost was also great. The golden veins on Li Hao's primordial spirit had burned consecutively, and now only one remained.
However, with so many ancient demon corpses, Li Hao felt that he could quickly eat his way back to full strength, and even improve even more.
Whoosh!
Seeing that the Zheng demon was injured and exposed a flaw, Li Hao suddenly controlled the broken blade to attack.
The blade swept past, and the Zheng demon sensed the chill, glancing at it, anger flashing in its eyes.
But it was too late to resist. The broken blade struck its wound, but didn't penetrate its body. It only made the wound tear even more severely.
However, the torn part of the broken blade quickly healed.
"What a tough physical body."
Li Hao's expression slightly changed. The broken blade had encountered resistance for the first time. He felt that he couldn't directly penetrate its flesh and blood. Especially when it hit the bones, it was like striking divine iron, causing a recoil shock.
Puchi!
The middle-aged general suddenly arrived in an instant, closing in on the Zheng demon and severing its head with a single sword strike.
Then, a vertical eye split open on the middle-aged general's forehead, shooting out a divine fire that enveloped the Zheng demon's physical body, preventing its physical body from self-healing.
At the same time, his primordial spirit was unleashed from the top of his head, and a sword also appeared in the primordial spirit's hand, rapidly slashing out.
"Save me!"
The Zheng demon roared in terror.
The Barbarian Demon's expression was extremely ugly. It erupted with full power, wanting to stop it, but it was a step too late.
The Zheng demon's primordial spirit was annihilated, and its Immortal Mark was also pierced through, perishing on the spot.
The middle-aged general didn't stop. He turned to look at the Barbarian Demon, his gaze extremely dangerous, and quickly attacked it.
The Barbarian Demon felt repressed and turned to flee, gritting its teeth, "You wait, I will definitely not let you live this time!"
It spread its wings and fled at full speed into the distance.
In the blink of an eye, it disappeared from Li Hao's sight.
And the middle-aged general's figure also vanished along with it.
Li Hao stood on the bronze chariot, gazing into the distance. In just a breath, their auras disappeared into the Zheng demon's territory.
Worry surfaced in Li Hao's eyes. He didn't know if the middle-aged general could intercept and kill it. Otherwise, if that ancient demon spread the news, it would inevitably attract a huge killing intent.
Li Hao retracted his gaze and looked down. Ancient demon corpses were scattered everywhere. He quickly collected them all, putting them into his Heavenly and Earthly space.
When his gaze fell on the Zheng demon's body, covered in wounds, Li Hao saw that the divine fire on its body had extinguished, and its physical damage was quite severe.
Li Hao also retrieved its body. This True Immortal-level body, if cooked, he wondered what deliciousness it would be.
Moreover, by cooking it, he could also familiarize himself with the opponent's body structure, and if he had the chance in the future, he might be able to kill its physical body with a single strike.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Hao sat on the bronze chariot, waiting for the middle-aged general to return.
He stared into the distance, his brows furrowed, worry in his eyes.
For a long, long time.
Just as Li Hao was considering whether he should steer the chariot to go and check, he suddenly saw a black shadow appear in the sky, speeding towards him.
Immediately afterward, the black shadow magnified. Li Hao focused his eyes and saw it was the middle-aged general.
The other party was returning through the void, carrying a large body in his hand, it was precisely the Barbarian Demon that had fled earlier.
Li Hao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised that the other party had actually killed that Barbarian Demon.
Continuously killing two first-rank ancient demons, the other party's strength was somewhat terrifying.
Whoosh!
The middle-aged general quickly traversed the void and arrived in front of the bronze chariot, throwing the Barbarian Demon in his hand, which had already lost its breath of life, in front of Li Hao. His expression was somewhat tired, but his eyes revealed excitement and a smile.
"Fortunately, I managed to kill it before it escaped back to its territory!"
"In that case, no other ancient demons were alarmed?"
Li Hao asked in delight.
The middle-aged general nodded, "It should be so."
He glanced at Li Hao and smiled, "Thanks to the ancient demon meat you cooked these past few days, my primordial spirit has improved, and my strength has recovered a lot. Otherwise, in today's unexpected hard battle, we both might have perished here."
"It seems that for the next hunt, we have to explore first to avoid such accidents."
A serious expression appeared on Li Hao's face.
The middle-aged general nodded slightly and said, "This ancient demon leader was likely here for a temporary visit. I don't know what they were discussing. In short, this accident was our negligence. Next time, I'll break in first. If there are no other situations, we'll see... but now, there are so many ancient demon corpses, let's feast first. Next time we strike, it should be easier!"
Li Hao looked at the ancient demon leader's corpse in his hand and suddenly felt his mouth watering: "Indeed."
The two cleaned up and didn't return to the previous canyon exit. Instead, they set up camp in this Zheng demon's territory.
If other ancient demons came here, they could eliminate them in time, otherwise, if other ancient demons explored here and found out about the situation, they would inevitably sound the alarm. By then, other ancient demons would also know that Zheng demon was dead.
"Now that this ancient demon is killed, the ancient demons in its territory should soon become aware of it."
Li Hao asked.
The middle-aged general nodded slightly, "In a few days at the earliest, and a few years at the latest. We also have to rest as soon as possible. Now, the Barbarian Demon's territory only has second-rank and third-rank ancient demons. Even if they know the news and come to explore, we can take advantage of the situation and kill them."
"Mm."
Li Hao nodded. He could now single-handedly kill second-rank ancient demons, let alone the middle-aged general personally taking action. He would probably kill them as easily as children.
"You rest first, I'll cook."
Li Hao said. With his Heavenly Star Veins, except for feeling a bit mentally tired, his body still had abundant power.
Hearing this, the middle-aged general licked his lips and nodded with a smile, sitting down to the side.
Li Hao didn't cook the ancient demon leader first, but took out a second-rank ancient demon to whet their appetites.
The ancient demon leader's physical body was too tough and would take some time to process.
While Li Hao was cooking, the middle-aged general found Zheng demon's cave dwelling and quickly found some things inside.
"Good luck, there's actually a broken immortal artifact. It feels better than the broken blade in your hand. Take a look."
The middle-aged general tossed Li Hao a broken sword, without a hilt, only the front half of the blade.
Li Hao then remembered the matter of spoils of war. His eyes were only fixed on the ancient demon's body, and he had forgotten these things.
"Are there no intact immortal artifacts?"
Li Hao asked in doubt.
This question wasn't doubting that the middle-aged general was hiding something, but he felt strange. That war should have been won by the ancient demons' side, yet their cave dwelling didn't seem to have collected the immortal artifacts from the battlefield.
The middle-aged general shook his head slightly, his expression somewhat heavy, and said:
"Didn't you notice that these ancient demons don't wear any immortal artifacts? When ancient demons were first discovered, before preparing for that great war, the Immortal Emperors of the True World ordered the immortal artifacts to be modified to prevent immortal artifacts from falling into the hands of ancient demons and becoming their weapons."
"After spending thousands of years, the modified immortal artifacts are unusable by ancient demons. So, when ancient demons kill us and obtain our weapons or immortal treasures, they will destroy them, not even leaving them for us."
Li Hao then realized that these ancient demons were bare, relying solely on their own strength to fight barbarically, without any immortal artifacts at all.
"The Zheng demon's cave dwelling is full of destroyed immortal artifacts. Only this sword, although destroyed, the sword body is still preserved and hasn't been corroded. It's quite lucky."
The middle-aged general said.
Li Hao sighed inwardly. If they hadn't been destroyed, the harvest from killing the ancient demons this time would have been much greater.
However, an immortal artifact broken sword was right before him, even more powerful than the broken blade in his hand. Li Hao asked: "Can I wield it?"
"If it were an intact immortal artifact, you might not be able to wield it yet, but as it is now, you can wield it just like your broken blade. Anyway, for you, you just need it to be sharp enough."
The middle-aged general said.
Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief and took the broken sword. Thinking of something, he took out the Zheng demon's corpse and used the broken sword to cut it.
The sword blade cut into the opponent's flesh and blood more smoothly than the broken blade, but when it cut into the bones, there was still some resistance, and it couldn't be directly severed.
However, if it were used to kill second-rank ancient demons, the speed should be even faster!
Li Hao immediately replaced the broken blade with the broken sword. If the situation was critical, he could also unleash them simultaneously. Dual-line control wasn't difficult for him.
Facing third-rank ancient demons, he could even handle them with ease, and his killing speed could be more than doubled!
After playing with the broken sword, Li Hao once again focused on cooking seriously.
Before long, half of the second-rank ancient demon's body had been made into delicious food by Li Hao.
Smelling the rich fragrance, a look of intoxication appeared on the middle-aged general's face, and he smiled brightly, "After eating all these ancient demons, I feel like I can not only recover to my peak, but even go a step further!"
Li Hao was also quite looking forward to how much his primordial spirit would improve after eating them all.
As the two enjoyed the meal, the flesh and blood of this second-rank ancient demon filled their stomachs. Another golden vein appeared on Li Hao's primordial spirit.
Time flew by.
In the following days, Li Hao and the middle-aged general stayed in Zheng demon's territory, cooking ancient demon corpses.
Half a month later, an ancient demon came to inquire, and was detected and killed by the middle-aged general.
It was a second-rank ancient demon, who came to inquire about its leader's news.
"If it doesn't return for a long time, other ancient demons will inevitably notice that something is wrong. It's time for us to make a move."
The middle-aged general threw the ancient demon corpse to Li Hao, and said calmly.
Li Hao nodded.
For half a month, they ate three meals a day, and their appetites were getting bigger and bigger, eating two ancient demons every day. Their primordial spirits had been greatly enhanced.
On Li Hao's primordial spirit, the number of golden veins increased to eleven, and his primordial spirit power was twice as strong as before.
"Let's taste the flavor of the ancient demon leader before we set off."
Li Hao said.
In the past half month, they had only been eating second-rank and third-rank ancient demons. Li Hao had used the True Immortal-level first-rank ancient demons to explore cultivation, mastering their body structures, so he hadn't started cooking them yet.
Moreover, facing these True Immortal-level ingredients, Li Hao felt a sense of piety in his heart, wanting to process and cook them when he was in the best state and most confident.
"Are you confident now?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged general's eyes lit up slightly. He had long been craving the dishes made from these two ancient demon leaders.
Li Hao smiled slightly and took out Zheng demon's corpse, and the broken sword. His expression became serious. After dissecting the other party's body every day during these days, he was now quite familiar with every part of it.
As the Chaos Divine Fire gathered, Li Hao began to process the ancient demon's body, separating different parts for cooking.
Cooking wasn't just about making raw food cooked. Li Hao also had to dissolve the Great Dao in their bodies together, so that it would be suitable for digestion.
And besides the Great Dao power in these ancient demons' bodies, there was also immortal power.
Li Hao had to enter the Extreme Immortalization state to barely disassemble and cook them.
As Li Hao concentrated on cooking, his spirit was highly focused. Unconsciously, Li Hao didn't even notice that his Extreme Immortalization time had actually lengthened during cooking.
Or rather, the time he could maintain the Extreme Immortalization state was lengthening.
After a long time, as a faint fragrance transcending the mundane world drifted out, the middle-aged general was stunned. He felt that the pores all over his body seemed to open up, and he had a feeling that his soul was flying out of his body.
"Please, taste it."
Li Hao also came back to his senses, and suddenly felt a strong sense of fatigue, but at the same time, his spirit had an indescribable excitement.
He smiled slightly at the middle-aged general, inviting him to dine.
Then, he also picked up a portion and enjoyed it.
An indescribably wonderful taste bloomed on his taste buds. In addition, Li Hao felt waves of ethereal and vast power constantly surging into his body, it was immortal power!
This power occupied his body, flowing between his divine blood and Dao bones.
Li Hao wasn't an immortal god, so he couldn't control it, but this power didn't escape from his body, but quietly nourished his divine blood and Dao bones, causing them to transform towards the realm of immortality.
Li Hao felt that if he ate enough, perhaps, he could eat his way to becoming an immortal god!
This idea was very exaggerated and incredible, but Li Hao felt that it was really feasible.
"Really, too delicious!"
The middle-aged general couldn't help but exclaim in comfort during his meal.
The longer he spent with Li Hao, his emotions became more relaxed, no longer as stiff and lonely as before.
Li Hao laughed, looking at the dishes in front of him. This was a True Immortal-level existence, yet he had actually made it into dishes and eaten it.
If those people in the Land of the Saints knew, they would probably be shocked.
The immortal gods they had been chasing after were right in front of them at this moment, becoming a sumptuous feast.
As he ate more and more, the immortal power Li Hao absorbed into his body also increased. In addition, his primordial spirit also improved greatly. The soul power in the ancient demon's flesh and blood gave Li Hao's primordial spirit a strong sense of heat, and golden veins emerged one after another.
He and the middle-aged general each ate half. Just half of one was enough to add five golden veins to Li Hao's primordial spirit.
And the middle-aged general also received a great improvement. Li Hao could feel that his aura was even more profound and terrifying.
Li Hao was also happy for him. The stronger the other party, the more chances they had to break out of the ancient path.
After they were full, the next day, Li Hao and the middle-aged general broke into the Barbarian Demon's territory.
Learning from their previous lesson, this time the middle-aged general first sneaked in to explore, confirming that there were no other ancient demon leaders in this ancient demon territory, only that ancient demon leader and hundreds of ancient demons.
After confirming that there were no other accidents, the middle-aged general and Li Hao took action at the same time.
One was responsible for the leader, and the other was responsible for reaping the rest of the ancient demons.
Li Hao manipulated the broken sword to attack, and his primordial spirit followed closely behind. Li Hao had already noticed while cooking the ancient demons that his current object manipulation speed was terrifyingly fast.
From the time he launched his ambush to achieving success, it was only a blink of an eye. More than a dozen third-rank ancient demons gathered together were directly killed in their physical forms by the broken sword.
Subsequently, his primordial spirit roared and killed them. The primordial spirits of these ancient demons had just reacted and hastily released black mist, but Li Hao's primordial spirit didn't evade. It directly charged into the black mist, crushing the primordial spirits of these ancient demons directly, in a crushing momentum!
(End of chapter)