Chapter 470: Ancient Demon Woman

"Didn't we call for reinforcements? Why hasn't anyone arrived yet!"

Huo Xiaoqi's expression was grim. The true treasure robe he wore was ripped, and in his hand was a silver ruler, stained with blood, its luster dimmed.

He unleashed his extreme boundary, his entire body erupting with a terrifying aura that soared to the heavens. Behind him stood a divine avatar, like an impassable mountain.

Although only at the eighth level of the True Immortal Realm, his full-force eruption, without any reservation, made him the strongest fighter among the four. Even Shi Tianjing was inferior.

It was precisely because of this that they could barely hold on until now.

"Push yourselves harder! If you have pills, take them! Don't worry about damaging your foundation anymore! If we fall, we're all finished, without even a chance for reincarnation!"

Shi Tianjing roared as he slashed his blade, cleaving apart an ancient demon in front of him.

Ancient demons heavily surrounded them. Even if he intended to escape alone, it would be difficult to break through the encirclement.

Fortunately, among the newcomers this time, Huo Xiaoqi was unexpectedly a hidden expert. At the eighth level of the True Immortal Realm, he displayed combat power no less than his own, capable of single-handedly blocking two ancient demons at the Perfected True Immortal Realm, greatly relieving the pressure.

"Kill them all for me!"

Another veteran soldier roared, his eyes bloodshot, his immortal energy waning, frantically consuming pills to replenish himself.

Boom!

An ancient demon at the tenth level of the True Immortal Realm swooped down, stirring up gusts of腥风 (xīng fēng - fishy/bloody wind), its dark moon-like power shattering immortal techniques, and sending a veteran soldier flying.

Huo Xiaoqi's expression slightly changed. He quickly waved his silver ruler to provide support.

Seeing this, the two ancient demons in front of him simultaneously activated their innate secret techniques. The void before Huo Xiaoqi seemed to distort, his divine sense trembled, and his brain buzzed.

"Save me!"

The veteran soldier's face was flushed crimson, bloodshot, as he cried out miserably.

The others in the encirclement all took action, but their immortal techniques landed on the tenth-level True Immortal Realm ancient demon, only causing some minor injuries.

The ancient demon race possessed formidable primordial spirits, and their physical bodies were comparable to the top bloodlines among the dragon race.

"We're done for!"

"Someone, save us!"

"I don't want to die! I haven't even joined the Skywolf Army yet! I still need to go back and avenge my family, I…"

The newcomers in the encirclement were all pale-faced, their faces filled with fear, unwillingness, and despair.

Even a few veteran soldiers with slightly lower cultivation levels were pale, silently attacking desperately, but to little avail.

Suddenly, an icy cold killing intent enveloped everyone.

Huo Xiaoqi and Shi Tianjing abruptly looked up.

They saw behind the surrounding ancient demon horde, a mass of inky black shadow was surging and shifting, gradually solidifying into a towering yet blurry black silhouette. It seemed to wear a tall hat atop its head and held a whisk. But that whisk seemed to be made of countless wronged souls compressed into threads, emitting bursts of ear-piercing wails.

The black shadow abruptly raised its hand, and the wronged soul whisk lashed out. In an instant, everyone's ears were filled with all sorts of tragic howls. The immortal energy within their bodies seemed to be sealed, and their primordial spirits were forced out of their immortal bodies, like being naked in wind and snow, their entire bodies chilling, unable to move.

This was a very famous innate secret technique of the ancient demon race - Nine Nether Soul Scourge.

"No…"

Shi Tianjing's face was ashen, his burly body trembling uncontrollably. He wanted to move, but could only watch helplessly as the whisk descended.

Everyone else was the same. Only Huo Xiaoqi, with struggle in his eyes and gritted teeth, was about to activate the life-saving immortal talisman given by his sect.

Suddenly, the descending whisk was forcefully held open by a dazzling ray of light, splitting from the middle with a brilliant fissure.

The overwhelming ear-piercing wails seemed to be severed in an instant, all falling into silent annihilation.

The ancient demon horde besieging Shi Tianjing and the others suddenly turned around in unison. They saw in the starry sky a golden-haired figure, flying with unbound hair, arriving as if a celestial deity descending to the mortal world.

Shi Tianjing and the others were also stunned, their eyes wide, transitioning from despair to ecstasy.

They strained their eyes to look towards that person, but the sword light was dazzling, against the light, they couldn't discern the person's face clearly.

All of this happened in an instant. The five Perfected True Immortal Realm ancient demons immediately reacted, roaring with shock and fury. They all sensed a strong aura of danger emanating from the newcomer. They directly abandoned Shi Tianjing and the others, turning to attack the newcomer.

As if stimulated, they roared threateningly, unleashing trump cards they hadn't used before.

Dense black energy erupted, forming a dark domain, intending to engulf the newcomer.

Shi Tianjing and the others snapped back to their senses, their expressions changed drastically. From that dark domain, they sensed intense killing intent. If they had been trapped within, they might not have even lasted until now.

At the same time, Li Hao also saw the ancient demons' means. His eyes turned cold, and the Eternal Dao Domain was unleashed to suppress them.

Simultaneously, he deployed the Yama External Manifestation, a terrifying black shadow vaguely surfacing behind him, wielding the Purgatory Yama Blade.

Swoosh!

The Eternal Dao Domain collided with the dark domain, erupting with a terrifying sonic boom. The Spatial Origin Dao Principles tore apart the dark domain, and the Time Origin Dao Principles slowed down some kind of bizarre power within it.

In just moments, Li Hao's Eternal Dao Domain gained the upper hand. His Yama Blade also swung out, unleashing a sword aura that cleaved the void.

Boom!

A Perfected True Immortal Realm ancient demon was cleaved in two from head to toe, its physical body and primordial spirit simultaneously perishing and exploding.

The Yama Blade possessed a restraining effect on primordial spirits, and the sword aura contained Li Hao's Sovereign Sword Intent, unstoppable.

"Explode!"

Li Hao murmured softly.

The Eternal Dao Domain spread and enveloped, covering all the other ancient demons. Accompanied by spatial compression and strangulation, black mists of blood exploded in the void, the dozens of ancient demons that had been besieging them, surprisingly, simultaneously burst apart like fireworks!

This scene was too impactful, leaving Shi Tianjing and the others, who hadn't even managed to cry out, completely stunned, their eyeballs nearly bulging, in utter shock and horror.

Li Hao took a step forward, traversing within his Dao Domain, instantly appearing in front of several other Perfected True Immortal Realm ancient demons. He casually swung out two swords - Azure Heaven and Sword God, simultaneously unleashing them. Two ancient demons perished on the spot.

The remaining two Perfected True Immortal Realm ancient demons had by now reacted, utterly horrified. They couldn't sense any Immortal Lord aura from the person, nor did they see the other using Immortal Dao Laws. But strangely, that terrifying sword intent and Dao Domain power gave them a sense of invincibility.

Moreover, they could also sense that within that person's body, contained an extremely terrifying primordial spirit power!

Escape!

They no longer hesitated, turning to flee, transforming into two gusts of black wind.

However, in front of Li Hao, who mastered the fourth level of Spatial Origin, unless they were at the Immortal Lord Realm, they were doomed to be caught.

Swoosh!

Two sword auras instantly slashed out. The sword auras stretched for hundreds of miles, suddenly disappearing, and reappearing, they had already teleported behind the two ancient demons.

As brilliant sword light erupted, the two ancient demons also simultaneously perished.

Li Hao raised his hand, and the void in that area cracked open. The corpses of the two ancient demons were teleported over, and sucked into the spatial dimension he casually created in the heavens and earth.

After collecting these two corpses, Li Hao proceeded to collect the other ancient demons that had been killed by his Dao Domain's shockwaves. The internal organs of these ancient demons were ruptured, not from being crushed, but from being torn apart by space, causing their blood to be expelled, directly saving him the bloodletting process.

The blood of these ancient demons could be made into blood cakes. Li Hao didn't waste it either. With a casual wave, he gathered it in the void into a river, then condensed it into a large blood ball, and stored it in his heavens and earth dimension.

While Li Hao skillfully collected the corpses, Shi Tianjing and the others also came back to their senses, feeling like they were in a dream.

From the brink of life and death, they were suddenly rescued, and the besieging ancient demons vanished in an instant, as fragile as moths to a flame.

Although still in a daze, they quickly recovered and excitedly rushed over, wanting to properly thank this senior expert.

As they approached, before they could even speak, they clearly saw the other person's face.

"Y-you, it's you?"

When Shi Tianjing clearly saw Li Hao's face, the excited and ingratiating smile on his face instantly froze, staying in place, his mind seemingly struck by lightning.

"You?"

Huo Xiaoqi chased after, also wanting to express his gratitude, but when he saw it was Li Hao, he also froze.

When he carefully sensed Li Hao's cultivation level, he was somewhat bewildered, it wasn't someone who just looked similar.

The others also successively saw Li Hao's appearance. Although Li Hao was a newcomer and unfamiliar to them, they had only separated not long ago, after all, they still remembered Li Hao's appearance.

They had assumed that the person who could casually kill dozens of ancient demons must be an Immortal Lord Realm powerhouse. They never expected it to be that newcomer within their own war camp?!

Several veteran soldiers widened their eyes, looking like they had seen a ghost.

Several newcomers who had arrived at the border region at the same time as Li Hao were also dumbfounded. This True Immortal Realm third level who came to the border with them, was actually this terrifying?

"Are you alright?"

Li Hao cleaned up the battlefield, turned to look at Shi Tianjing and the others, and waved at Huo Xiaoqi, greeting him.

Huo Xiaoqi was momentarily stunned, then came back to his senses. This familiar voice, he finally confirmed at this moment that he hadn't seen wrong, it really was that kid.

"You, you this…"

Huo Xiaoqi suddenly didn't know what to say. Thinking of how he had said earlier that he would take care of Li Hao, he suddenly felt his face flush.

Shi Tianjing also recovered, his face immediately showing a warm smile, saying, "It's actually you! Thanks to you we were saved! Want to join us?"

"No need."

Li Hao shook his head, and said to Huo Xiaoqi, "Then you guys be careful, I'm going to the front lines to take a look."

Saying this, he didn't delay any further, racing against time to rush towards the front lines.

Only after seeing Li Hao's figure teleport away and disappear did Shi Tianjing and the others recover, exchanging glances, all seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

"Isn't he only at the True Immortal Realm third level?"

"Killing dozens of ancient demons with a wave of his hand, is this True Immortal Realm third level? Even Perfected Realm cultivators can't do that, right!"

"But when he attacked just now, I didn't sense any Immortal Lord aura, nor did he use Immortal Dao Laws. That sword aura, even from this far away, I could feel its terror. That should be the power that can be unleashed at the peak of the True Immortal Realm, right?"

"He should be a monstrous prodigy from some sect, maybe from the Heavenly Palace?"

More than ten people were discussing animatedly, all in shock and trepidation, this scene was unforgettable.

Human race geniuses could kill ancient demons of the same realm, and cross-realm killing, that was already among the top geniuses.

And looking at Li Hao's appearance, it seemed he hadn't even used his full strength.

Huo Xiaoqi watched Li Hao's disappearing silhouette, his expression shifting. When he heard them say Li Hao was a monstrous prodigy from some sect, his heart suddenly stirred.

After this ancient demon attack ends, he needs to inquire properly, could it be that the other person will also participate in the Southern Domain War?

Thinking of this, his eyes faintly brightened.

…

Li Hao casually rescued Huo Xiaoqi and them, without stopping, continuing to hurry forward.

Along the way, whenever he encountered humans being besieged, he would conveniently take action to resolve the situation. It was both saving people, and also conveniently seizing their ancient demons, and being thanked for it, it was simply killing two birds with one stone.

Upon reaching the front lines again, Li Hao immediately discovered that the number of ancient demons here was even greater than before. The starry sky was filled with ancient demons, above, below, left, and right.

This scene was extremely shocking, and Li Hao's expression also turned solemn. Killing ancient demons here was certainly highly efficient, but it was also easy to encounter Immortal Lord Realm ancient demons.

Swoosh!

Li Hao unleashed his divine sense, and flew out, attacking and killing the nearby ancient demons.

He released Taotie, letting it kill enemies around him, while he himself wielded his true treasure sword, shuttling through the ancient demon horde.

In the distance, seven or eight Immortal Lord Realm ancient demon auras, like dark clouds, brought immense pressure.

But fortunately, in those places, there were also human cultivators at the Immortal Lord Realm engaging them in battle.

Li Hao, on the other hand, shuttled among these True Immortal Realm ancient demons. He himself only released True Immortal Realm aura, so he didn't attract the attention of the ancient demon leaders. However, if one observed carefully, they would discover that his speed in killing ancient demons was terrifyingly fast, like a sharp scimitar, rapidly moving through the ancient demon horde, reaping the lives of one ancient demon after another.

The surrounding ancient demons also noticed Li Hao, this terrifying killing maniac, and were all terrified, all dodging away.

When they sensed that Li Hao's aura was only at the True Immortal Realm third level, they all felt incredulous.

As ancient demons, they were all invincible in the same realm, only monstrous prodigies of major races could make them fearful. Yet now, they were actually being chased by a human to the point of only being able to dodge and flee.

Roar!

The fleeing ancient demons successively issued furious roars, sending out signals from this location.

Li Hao's figure was like a ghost, the fourth level Spatial Dao Origin allowing him to possess speed far surpassing the True Immortal Realm, coupled with the second level Time Origin, even tenth level True Immortal Realm ancient demons, going all out, couldn't escape from Li Hao's grasp.

Swoosh!

Li Hao continued to pursue and kill, tearing a large gap through these ancient demons.

Two Perfected True Immortal Realm ancient demons roared, mutually covering each other, flying towards a chaotic asteroid field.

In that asteroid field, corpses of humans, as well as fragmented armors, floated and drifted everywhere.

Li Hao's figure slightly paused. They had already fought to the first line of defense. The number of human war camps around had decreased. Going further forward would mean leaving the main army of the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty.

After a brief hesitation, Li Hao still chose to retreat. Don't pursue desperate enemies too far; taking risks was not worth it.

Just as he was preparing to return, suddenly a sharp aura fluctuation came from ahead.

Li Hao looked over and saw the two ancient demons fleeing into the chaotic asteroid field, suddenly being severed by a dark black crescent moon, even their primordial spirits were annihilated together.

Subsequently, a woman dressed in a black dress, her black hair flowing, flew out from their severed bodies, directly rushing towards Li Hao's direction.

Li Hao was taken aback. There was actually someone there?

He focused his gaze and took a glance, and discovered that the woman seemed to be seriously injured. One of her arms was spirally twisted, already broken off, and still showed no signs of recovering.

But the most striking thing was, behind the woman, there were actually eight pitch-black fleshy wings.

The appearance of those wings was exactly the same as ancient demons', just much smaller.

And the ancient demons Li Hao had seen only had two wings, even the ancient demon leaders only had four wings.

While Li Hao was in a daze, the woman's expression was cold, swiftly passing through the two ancient demons. She seemed to have also noticed Li Hao, and was immediately stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting that there would actually be a human here.

Her expression slightly changed, then she seemed to think of something. The black fleshy wings on her back immediately contracted, disappearing into her body, and at the same time, the aura throughout her body was also rapidly retracting and changing.

Before long, she had flown over to Li Hao's side.

"Quick, leave."

The woman glanced at Li Hao. Seeing that he was only at the True Immortal Realm third level, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

True Immortal Realm third level cultivators' divine sense range wasn't that far, they wouldn't be able to see her changes.

Perfect, this was a rare opportunity… She approached Li Hao, saying, "This place is dangerous, hurry, I'll take you."

As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed Li Hao's arm, flying away at full speed.

Li Hao was somewhat dazed. The various pieces of information he had just seen told him that the woman in front of him was an ancient demon.

It's just that, he hadn't expected that ancient demons, besides monsters, could also have such forms.

At this moment, the other person's aura was disguised, completely undetectable as an ancient demon aura. However, the scent emanating from her body allowed Li Hao, who had eaten quite a few ancient demons, to still smell it.

This was an ancient demon.

"You are?"

Li Hao didn't struggle, but looked at her with puzzlement. The other party didn't attack him upon seeing him, looking at the situation, she seemed to intend to disguise herself as a human?

He didn't expose her either, wanting to see what tricks she was playing.

Seeing Li Hao's blank expression, the woman was somewhat speechless. Were all humans this dim-witted? In such a dangerous place, not hurrying to escape, but just standing here blankly.

(End of Chapter)