Chapter 471: Immortal Seal Eruption

"Aren't you afraid of death? We're surrounded by ancient demons here! Why aren't you running?!"

The woman didn't answer Li Hao's question, instead retorting impatiently.

Her voice was clear and crisp, with a captivating allure tinged with coldness, making it quite attractive.

Li Hao let her pull him along, pondering whether he should take the chance to launch a surprise attack and kill her instantly.

However, although this woman's aura was weak, he sensed a tremendously powerful immortal force when she had previously concealed her presence, suggesting she wasn't merely at the True Immortal Realm.

Li Hao wasn't sure he could succeed. After a moment's thought, he decided against taking the risk. After all, he had never encountered such peculiar ancient demons before.

Once they returned to the Yan Chu Immortal Army, he could observe her intentions. Was she trying to infiltrate as a spy? He wondered if the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty would be able to detect her…

Whoosh!

As Li Hao was thinking, suddenly, in front of them, a faint spatial ripple abruptly appeared in the void, sweeping across with extreme sharpness and force.

This subtle fluctuation was hidden deep within space. Li Hao noticed that the woman beside him seemed oblivious, and his expression changed slightly. The attack was clearly directed at them, a indiscriminate strike. If they continued forward, he would also be caught in the crossfire.

"Wait a moment."

Li Hao slightly exerted force in his arm, pulling her to a stop.

The woman looked puzzled, about to ask, but suddenly sensed something. Her expression shifted, and a black vertical slit abruptly opened in her eyes. A terrifying surge of immortal power erupted from her body.

She swung her sword fiercely forward, cleaving the void. The spatial ripple jumped out and sliced towards them.

The woman was shocked and angry. Gritting her teeth, she unleashed ancient demon true blood. The immortal power emanating from her body intensified more than tenfold compared to before. Her arm, previously twisted like a contorted rope, healed in an instant, seemingly shattering some immortal law that had been binding it.

Then, she murmured something under her breath and, as she raised her hand, a faint silhouette of a towering figure holding a writing brush appeared behind her.

The silhouette raised its hand and dotted the void with the brush. Space trembled, and the spatial ripple instantly dissipated.

As the spatial fluctuation vanished, two large rifts emerged in the void. Immediately afterward, two enormous ancient demon figures stepped out.

When Li Hao saw these two ancient demons, his expression couldn't help but change.

Ancient demon leaders, and there were two of them!

Moreover, the aura they emitted seemed even more terrifying than the one that had chased him earlier!

Li Hao's eyes sharpened, although he felt somewhat uncertain. He quietly gathered his strength, but what puzzled him was that these two ancient demon leaders didn't seem to be targeting him, but rather the ancient demon woman beside him.

As Li Hao's gaze flickered, one of the ancient demons suddenly spoke in a low, ancient demonic tongue:

"Come back with us. Stop struggling. Or hand over that thing, and perhaps we won't hunt you to your death!"

The ancient demon woman chuckled coldly, but didn't reply directly. Instead, she transmitted her voice, "Stop dreaming. That thing isn't on me at all. You're wasting your time chasing me. Even if I die and it's lost, you'll still die!"

The eyes of both ancient demons shifted, revealing even colder killing intent.

They knew what she said was true. That thing was of great importance. If they could retrieve it safely, it would be considered a meritorious service. But if they returned without it, regardless of their efforts, death was inevitable!

"It seems only the Three Lifetimes Realm technique can make you willingly speak."

The ancient demon said in a low voice.

It spoke in the ancient demon language, which to outsiders sounded like muffled roars, but Li Hao had spent time on the ancient starry road with Nangong Jian and learned ancient demon language. He instantly understood.

However, seeing that the woman beside him didn't reply, still seeming to want to pretend, she was likely communicating through voice transmission.

Li Hao decided to withdraw from this murky situation.

He pulled his hand away from the ancient demon woman's grasp. Under her surprised gaze, he cupped his fist and said, "Senior, please deal with these two ancient demons. Junior will take his leave!"

Having said that, he bowed in respect, then took off like a shot, turning to flee.

Whoosh!

However, before Li Hao could even teleport away, the void abruptly trembled. A terrifying immortal aura rapidly chased after him, intending to pierce through his body.

Li Hao's expression changed drastically. His perception of the fourfold space origin allowed him to barely detect the incoming attack's fluctuations, but it was too fast to dodge.

Pause!

The immortal power within Li Hao erupted suddenly. The Stellar Meridian instantly manifested, starlight glimmering around him. His body's immortal power evaporated in an instant. This extreme activation of the time origin allowed him to briefly solidify the time around him for a moment.

Although it was only an extremely brief instant, it allowed him to narrowly teleport aside, avoiding the attack that grazed past him.

"Hmm?"

Seeing that his attack missed, the ancient demon leader was stunned.

The ancient demon woman and the other leader were also surprised. Although their attention was focused on each other, they naturally wouldn't ignore what was happening so close by.

A mere True Immortal Realm level three junior actually dodged a furious attack from an Immortal Lord Realm expert? This was somewhat unbelievable!

Li Hao cursed internally. Weren't they fighting amongst themselves? Why attack him?

Without looking back, he turned and accelerated his escape.

"Block him!"

Seeing Li Hao's actions, both ancient demon leaders' expressions changed drastically. They both attacked Li Hao.

The ancient demon woman also hadn't expected that this weak human could actually draw the attention of these two Immortal Lord Realm pursuers for her. Surprised, she seemed to understand why Li Hao had been standing dumbly in the ancient demon territory earlier without any fear.

With such abilities, apart from Immortal Lord Realm ancient demons, there seemed to be no real danger that could threaten him.

She clearly saw the power Li Hao had unleashed. It wasn't concealed cultivation, but rather mastery of an ultimate realm power, coupled with a seemingly profound understanding of the space origin.

This was definitely a monstrous prodigy among humans!

Her eyes flickered. Suddenly, an idea formed in her mind. Instead of taking advantage of the opening to flee elsewhere, she abruptly attacked, intercepting the two ancient demon leaders.

She knew that the two ancient demon leaders attacking Li Hao were only concerned that she might give "that thing" to this human and have him take it away. That was why they were attacking to kill him.

Although this possibility was extremely low, the cautious nature of the two ancient demon leaders hadn't allowed them to overlook it.

Bang!

With the ancient demon woman's attack, the attacks aimed at Li Hao were immediately blocked. Both ancient demon leaders were taken aback. They had thought she would seize the opportunity to escape, but unexpectedly, she would fight for a human.

This seemed to confirm a certain suspicion.

That thing might really be on that human!

"Kill him!"

One of the ancient demon leaders roared, "I'll restrain her!"

"Can you handle it?"

"Stop talking nonsense! If we don't get that thing, we'll all die! It's time to fight for our lives!"

With two roars of rage, both ancient demon leaders seemed to be enraged, attacking the ancient demon woman and Li Hao respectively.

Although Li Hao was fleeing, he also hadn't expected the ancient demon woman to intervene on his behalf. Seeing the two enraged ancient demon leaders, Li Hao immediately guessed their thoughts and couldn't help but sigh inwardly at his misfortune.

He didn't dare to hide his strength any longer, and fully unleashed his ultimate state. The Celestial Phenomenon manifested, and all sorts of powers erupted to their peak.

"Die!"

The ancient demon leader spread its wings like a great roc, traversing millions of miles in a single leap, instantly catching up to Li Hao.

Li Hao's expression changed drastically. The opponent's cultivation was definitely not merely at Immortal Lord Realm level one, and might even be a level four or five Immortal Lord Realm expert. The pressure was more than ten times greater than the ancient demon that had chased him earlier.

A strong shadow of death loomed over him. Li Hao didn't dare to hold back, and unleashed his full power for the first time.

The Nine-Petaled Immortal Seal bloomed from his forehead, dazzling immortal light illuminating the surroundings.

"Break!"

Li Hao roared, unleashing the strongest Sole Divinity Sword Dao.

Azure Heaven, Sword God, and the two Emperor Sword Intents he had comprehended at the peak of Emperor Sword Mountain were all instantly fused into his Sole Divinity Sword Dao.

Taotie!

Li Hao called out in his mind. Taotie instantly roared and flew into Li Hao's hand. Sensing Li Hao's surging battle intent and killing intent, Taotie surprisingly lacked its previous ferocity. It transmitted a panicked message:

"Master, that's an ancient demon at Immortal Lord Realm level seven! And it seems to be from a powerful bloodline within the ancient demons!"

Li Hao had never heard of any powerful bloodline, but at this moment, he had no room for retreat.

Slash!

Li Hao suddenly turned around. The Nine-Petaled Immortal Seal ascended, illuminating the ancient demon leader's eyes in this desolate place.

The ancient demon leader's eyes narrowed slightly, a look of shock flashing in their depths. Nine-Petaled Immortal Seal—a top human prodigy!

The shock was fleeting. Immediately after, intense killing intent filled its eyes. Such a prodigy had to die, regardless of whether they had that thing or not!

With a bang, sword energy surged, tearing the void apart. The Nine-Petaled Immortal Seal rotated continuously, the nine types of great Dao origin power all converging on this one sword strike!

The brilliance of this sword strike was enough to make even an Immortal Lord Realm level one expert avoid its edge.

A dark black moon shadow swept across. The two extreme forces collided abruptly in the void.

Li Hao felt like he had been struck by a giant mountain, his bones aching as if they were about to break. His body was sent flying.

Amidst the shockwave, the ancient demon leader's figure rushed towards Li Hao with intense killing intent.

There was a bloody scratch on its jaw, the mark of Li Hao's sword energy.

To injure an Immortal Lord Realm level seven expert at True Immortal Realm level three, even with Taotie's help, it was still shockingly heaven-defying!

While falling, Li Hao saw the scratch on the ancient demon leader's face. A trace of relieved satisfaction appeared in his eyes. Seeing the opponent closing in, death looming, just as he was about to call out to Old Wang, suddenly, a dark black light shot out from his body.

Whoosh!

The black light was only the size of a thumb, extremely inconspicuous, but it instantly reached the ancient demon leader's face. Then, behind the black light, a towering pagoda emerged from the depths of space.

The pagoda seemed to be pulled out of the depths of space by the black light, emitting an ancient, desolate aura, carrying unimaginable pressure.

Bang!

The pagoda phantom shook slightly in the void, and the void seemed to fall into a brief silence.

The ancient demon woman and the other ancient demon leader fighting in the distance both sensed this overwhelming aura and looked over in shock.

When the ancient demon woman saw the pagoda phantom, her pupils constricted, and she exclaimed in disbelief, "The Pagoda of Heart Inquiry?!"

The other ancient demon leader also seemed to recognize the pagoda's true form, roaring in shock and anger, "Wasn't that pagoda destroyed? The Emperor's Heart is extinguished! How could it be here, how could it be?!"

Amidst their shock, the pagoda had already crushed down on the ancient demon leader who was attacking Li Hao, like a majestic Emperor.

The ancient demon leader halted in horror, wanting to turn and flee, but it was already enveloped in the pagoda's shadow. Its soul seemed to shatter and explode, violently shaking and freezing it in place.

Ten thousand years ago, that pagoda had shaken the True World, known to all. The ancient demon race was extremely wary of it. Their top Emperor level experts had joined forces to destroy it.

Unexpectedly, after countless years, the phantom of this pagoda had emerged again from the depths of space, as if pulled out from the passage of time by some force. Once again, it had become the nightmare of the ancient demons!

Bang!

The ancient demon's soul was suppressed by the pagoda and perished on the spot.

Its physical body turned into a lifeless corpse, completely unharmed, yet devoid of any life.

An ancient demon powerhouse at Immortal Lord Realm level seven had fallen silently, without even struggling or resisting.

Li Hao was also stunned by this sight, his eyes filled with shock.

He recognized this pagoda phantom. It was the Pagoda of Heart Inquiry from Floating Dawn City!

And the black light, he now recognized it clearly—it was the unremarkable piece of iron scrap that Old Man Han had given him before he left.

But at this moment, the iron scrap was emitting concentrated black light, so sharp it seemed to be able to cut through vision.

As the pagoda suppressed the ancient demon leader, the pagoda body gradually faded, slowly sinking back into the depths of space.

The black light drew an arc and flew back to Li Hao, landing in his hand once more, feeling somewhat icy cold.

Li Hao was stunned. He had long sensed that Old Man Han had an extremely close connection with the Pagoda of Heart Inquiry, but it seemed to still exceed his expectations.

Could it be… Li Hao didn't delve further into it. He grasped the iron scrap tightly, and looked up at the ancient demon woman and the other ancient demon leader.

At this time, the woman and the ancient demon leader both regained their senses.

Bang!

The ancient demon woman launched a sneak attack, slashing out a dark moon-like light, severing one of the ancient demon leader's wings. Then, without lingering in the fight, she turned and rushed towards Li Hao.

"Go!"

The ancient demon woman said quickly, about to grab Li Hao and leave.

Li Hao dodged her hand, saying, "Don't involve me. You go your way, and we're even."

The ancient demon woman was taken aback, anxiously saying, "You can't escape now. Do you think they'll let you off? Look!"

Saying this, she pointed towards the other ancient demon leader.

Li Hao turned his head to look, only to see that the ancient demon leader hadn't chased after them. Instead, it was fleeing in another direction. It obviously mastered the space origin Dao, no less skilled than Li Hao. In the blink of an eye, it had遁 disappeared.

Li Hao's expression instantly darkened, staring at the ancient demon woman, "You've gotten me into trouble!"

Seeing the anger and killing intent in Li Hao's eyes, the ancient demon woman, in the past, wouldn't have tolerated such an expression, even from other ancient demons. But now, she didn't get angry. Instead, she said with a wry smile:

"I've implicated you. You can ask for any compensation you want. Let's leave here first. It will report back. Next time, even more will come for sure."

Li Hao stared at her, uncertain whether this iron scrap was still effective. If he relied solely on himself, even if he wanted to kill her, he seemed powerless.

He snorted coldly, "Then let's go back. Back to the Immortal Army."

He didn't immediately expose her ancient demon identity, deciding to play along.

Hearing this, the ancient demon woman breathed a sigh of relief. Her previous assistance had many intentions, one of which was discerning that Li Hao was a human prodigy. If she could use this connection, she could surely infiltrate deeper into the human race.

(End of this chapter)