Star Gate

Chapter 851: An Eye for an Eye (II)

Chapter 851: An Eye for an Eye (II)

Silver Moon.

Li Hao traveled very quickly, so swiftly that his speed couldn’t be believed. Even a long journey was very enjoyable when one was in good spirits. He headed not for White Moon City or any other place, but straight to Mount Cat Head.

The ruin of the imperial palace immediately opened up to him. The little tree’s primary body swayed with befuddlement. “You’ve... come back?”

Where’s my replica?

The little tree had no way of knowing what’d taken place if its replica did not return. Only when its replica returned could the tree gain the full picture.

“I’ve come back and brought you some goodies!” Li Hao smiled. A dense current of core origin wafted out.

The tree stilled with shock!

“Ah...”Nôv(el)B\\jnn

“I bumped into the replica of a redwood spirit on my way here and decided to take it out.”

The little tree was completely taken aback, the dense core origin further prevented it from regaining its composure. This all sounded so ordinary and run of the mill! There was so much core origin here that the other plant spirit was most likely just as strong as it. Its replica wasn’t with Li Hao, so how was the young man supposed to kill the replica of an Apex under such circumstances?

“You... you killed it?” The little tree couldn’t even remember to be delighted.

“Yep.”

“So your... your strength has improved? But...”

“Senior will know when you meet your replica. I hope that the senior will improve quickly. Your replica is probably on par with your primary body now. This core origin energy is my greeting gift. Please raise another crop of rations for me, the more the better!”

The little tree was stunned beyond words. My replica has improved too? What has Li Hao been doing?

Li Hao looked at the hazy outline of the imperial palace close by while the tree grappled with its shock. He was reminded of the little tree utilizing the palace’s projection to suppress everything. That was indeed a domineering move. There were likely actual traces of a great emperor’s dao in the palace. Even if it didn’t have any treasures inside, this location itself was a treasure.

The little tree grew nervous to see the young man glance at the palace. Indeed, nervous. What if Li Hao decided he wanted the palace?

It could no longer see through the young man, particularly with his casual mention of killing an Apex redwood’s replica on his way here. That was a nerve-racking development—it hadn’t thought that Li Hao would grow so strong in such a short period of time.

“Don’t worry, senior!” Li Hao smiled. “I’m just looking around, I don’t have anything else in mind. Whether it’s the imperial majesty’s palace or the Human King’s palace... they’re just ancient architecture to me. There’s not much value in them.”

He was weak, but his breadth of view had grown greater. These were just temporary, abandoned palaces! He might be a little more interested if this was the primary residence.

“Please create more rations for me, senior, I’ll be off. I’m going to visit Battle Heaven and see if I can revitalize General Pagoda with the Immortal plant spirit’s trunk...”

“Immortal?”

“Mmhmm. I coordinated with the senior’s replica a few days ago to kill an Immortal plant spirit—one of the ten guardian spirits protecting Skystar Town back in the day. It was a coconut tree—the Golden Coconut.”

......

Battle Heaven.

Director General Wang sensed something and immediately arrived at the city gates. A figure hovered in the distance.

Li Hao raised his head to look at the towering pagoda tree—it was so much bigger than the coconut tree that he couldn’t see its top.

“I’m heading into the city first, General Pagoda. I’ll come back for you in a moment!” The young man set foot forward. There was no response forthcoming from the tree. Perhaps it was in full slumber.

Li Hao immediately appeared by the city gates as soon as he set foot inside, startling the three troop leaders. So fast! A light flashed within Director General Wang’s golden armor.

“You’re back!”

“Yes!” Li Hao smiled. “Long time no see, director general!”

Had it been a long time? Director General Wang was confused. It’d... only been a month! Just about. Was that supposed to be long? “You...”

The director general couldn’t determine anything from a casual glance at the young man. Li Hao had completely retracted his five elements as he entered the ruins, sending them to the secondary dimension. He looked the same as before—two element Arcanus.

That had been his level of strength on his prior visit and he looked the same now, but the director general felt that something had changed about the fellow.

Li Hao was also much more confident than before, and much stronger. He could tell from a single glance that Director General Wang might have been an Apex or Immortal in his time, but he wasn’t that strong now. What they’d once found invincible was simply a result of themselves being too weak. Now that he looked at it, Director General Wang was at most an Apex—on par with the replica of the big tree that he’d killed earlier.

He was... a little weak.

A light suddenly shone out of Li Hao’s eyes and he looked into the city with a raised eyebrow. “Please don’t look at me like that, senior.” He smiled. “It’s uncomfortable...”

“And why can’t I look at you?” Director General Wang asked with surprise.

“Not you, director general.”

“......” Director General Wang blinked and abruptly realized something. As expected, a voice rippled through the air.

“You... quite surprise me.”

“The senior praises me too highly.” Li Hao inclined his body.

“......” Director General Wang was surprised beyond belief and turned to the pagoda. The guardian spirit was speaking to Li Hao! What was this?

“Open the doors, director general. I’m entering the city.”

“......” Director General Wang was so startled that he didn’t know what to say. My image of a mysterious senior doesn’t seem to have lasted for long. This guy doesn’t treat me with as much respect as he used to. What is this?

The city gates swung open and Li Hao raised his head to consider the two characters of ‘Battle Heaven’. Perhaps... he would have some additional gains this time. These two words hailed from an ancient exalted emperor themselves. They contained the exalted emperor’s dao. He couldn’t understand them before and only saw some mirages. But this time, he might be able to study them again. Perhaps he’d comprehend something new. If he could turn these characters into his supernatural characters... that would be a tremendous gain!