Star Gate

Chapter 556: Silver Moon Swordsmen (III)

Chapter 556: Silver Moon Swordsmen (III)

Li Hao charged the moment that the other powerhouses retreated. Out in front, Xu Zhen and the others didn’t mind the action. It wasn’t Li Hao’s first time rushing out. Everything was fine so long as it wasn’t Hong Yitang.

It was then that the young man suddenly roared, “Kill!”

A ferocious tiger seemed to descend from the mountain; his roar reverberated in their ear drums. A formidable mind intent exploded. The group saw a lot of things—mountains, rivers, a tiger, a tree...

The lithe Weeping Willow Sword danced through the air, but this time, it struck like a venomous snake! It was locked onto one person and nothing would deter it from its target. It was everywhere and anywhere. Lights of five colors shone in all directions. Seawater rocked violently and waves reared. Xu Zhen was propelled a step forward. Eyes widening, he attempted to kick Li Hao away as before.

But this time, the young man remained unmoving after a loud collision!

“Be careful!” shouted the old man with white hair. He swiftly stepped forward and blasted with a punch!

Li Hao’s sword didn’t seem that fast, but it took only a split second for it to descend. It struck with a swift stroke!

Xu Zhen felt that there were branches all around him—no, that was sword light. He didn’t know where the weakness was in Li Hao’s sword method. Roaring, he sought to shatter the sword light. However, he felt a terrible pain in his right leg. Li Hao had punched him with his left hand and fractured the right leg that Xu Zhen had just kicked at him with.

Sword light draped over him like a spider web. It flashed across the vision, then vanished!

Xu Zhen ran from Li Hao’s vicinity, a shocked expression on his face. “You little brat, not bad! You actually tried going for me!” he laughed uproariously.

Li Hao took a few quick steps back. Panting slightly, he began accumulating sword aura again.

Xu Zhen continued laughing loudly, covering up his fear. Meanwhile, the frantic white-haired old man and the middle-aged man quickly drew close to Xu Zhen. That had been terrifying! Thankfully Li Hao’s sword was all show and no force. It wasn’t too destructive. The young master duke was fine.

If anything had happened to him, the Steadfast Duke would surely explode. It hadn’t been long since Xu Feng’s death, Light Sword turning traitor, and five generals dying. It would be unthinkable if something happened to Xu Zhen as well!

The others casually looked at the Xu representative. It wasn’t long before someone hummed with surprise. The general director of Near River tilted his head at Xu Zhen. The latter was celebrating his escape and also jeering at Li Hao for being surface level and no substance. He’d thought that he wouldn’t be able to avoid that stroke, but it suddenly melted away. He was fine!

However, more hums of surprise sounded around him. The old man didn’t notice it at first, but his expression shifted drastically in the next moment. Xu Zhen blinked when he noted the old man’s expression. What’s this about?

“Young... young master duke...” stammered the old man. Shock brimmed in his eyes.

Lines of blood were beginning to appear on Xu Zhen’s face, expanding like a spiderweb and fracturing his skin. He didn’t feel any pain—just an itch on his face. He reached out to scratch his itch and spontaneously shattered his face! His hand began to fissure like a porcelain object, countless cracks spreading across it and pieces of flesh and blood falling off.

“Im... impossible!” Xu Zhen panicked. How was this possible?! Everything had been fine!

He attracted attention from everyone present.

Apart from him, none of the other eight said a word. They were still grappling with their dismay. How had Li Hao suddenly killed a late Nova and where had that dog come from?? Their plan to win through a war of attrition was suddenly null and void. In fact, they rather regretted their actions.

A hulking powerhouse transmitted to them all, “We can still win if we work together with our full force. Don’t you guys want the sword of the Lis and the Windchaser Boot? A few dead means a few less to split the spoils!”

This was the Buddha Mountain representative. Li Hao’s attacks hadn’t scared him, he still wanted to try! The caveat was that the two metamorphosis powerhouses had to be willing to put their full force into the fight.

......

“Li Hao, Hong Yitang can handle the two in metamorphosis, I’ll take care of the three peak Novas,” sounded a voice in Li Hao’s ear. “That leaves the three late Novas to you, can you handle that?”

It was Light Sword. She was awake, but her wounds were still very severe. That meant she could only go against the three peak Novas. Li Hao was required to stop or kill the three late Novas.

“Alright!” Li Hao transmitted back. He could try! As for whether or not he could, who knew? Being constantly on the defense and passively striking back was not the style of a swordsman.

The three quickly reached an accord. While their attackers dithered over if they should retreat or continue... Sword light flashed!

BOOM!

The trio didn’t give them a chance to converse or retreat. Hong Yitang was extremely excited and cursed loudly, “You little bastards! If it wasn’t to protect them, I would’ve long cut off a few heads for fun!”

He was no saint! He was a butcher who’d once gone to the central region himself for some blood pearls. Li Hao found him kind—that was because the young man was blind!

A sword stroke reverberated through the air!

The world spun before the eyes of the Near River general director and the Steppe Prince’s commander. They were sucked into a sealed off pocket of space as Hong Yitang spat out, “You two will fight with me in here. Either you die, or I perish!”

Humm!

Sword qi broke through the air as the two’s eyes widened. There was no need to hide anything any further. Immense strength erupted from them as the general director employed a blade and Qian Feng used a spear. They were both origin weapons and further enhanced their wielders on the spot.

The three fought so fiercely that they blasted water straight out of the sea.

Her face still wan, Light Sword swept out her sword and illuminated the land with radiance. She pronounced sternly, “Black Widow, a North Sea pirate, and the guy from Buddha Mountain—none of you are leaving!”

“How much longer can you keep this up, Light Sword?” Having kept her identity concealed all this time, Orange Moon finally spoke with gravity. “We’ve already decided to leave, but you decide to pursue this to the bitter end...”

“Have you forgotten who we are, Black Widow?”