“For someone to act the pig for decades and not eat a single tiger... That makes them a real pig, not a crafty tiger!” Li Hao chortled. Ying Hongyue’s expression darkened. “If you act like a pig to eat a tiger, you’ve still got to eat one at some point, right?” Li Hao laughed softly. “Even if you can’t, you can demonstrate some manner of resistance if you bare your teeth like a dog. But if you pretend to be a pig inside and out, from beginning to end, then somehow... you become a real pig in my eyes!” The young man grinned brilliantly. “I like to scheme against others as well, but I’m not afraid of the world knowing it! Whether it’s Zheng Yu, Li Daoheng, or the Red Moon exalted emperor in the sky, at least none of them underestimate me. Aren’t you overestimating yourself by comparing your pig head to me?” He knew that Ying Hongyue was nothing but full of confidence for himself. Even with the state of affairs, he still felt that if it wasn’t for Li Hao, he would be able to control everything! But... was that really the truth? How satisfying it would be to destroy the confidence of someone like that! Sword qi raced to the heavens, creating a crack in the seal. Li Hao beamed from ear to ear. “Exalted Emperor of Red Moon, why don’t you vouch for who is the overlord of Silver Moon between me and Ying Hongyue? Which one of us is the one you are wary of?” He was exceedingly childish in this moment, wanting the enemy to pass judgement on the two of them! Ying Hongyue’s expression was cold and detached. The Red Moon exalted emperor’s voice slowly traveled through the air, containing hints of amusement and disdain. “Ying Hongyue... is just a buffoon who doesn’t even dare to use his real name. He likes to think that he is matchless in strategy, but he is a dunce in my eyes! But there are plenty of characters like him in any age...” “Thank you for your appraisal, august one. I will make sure you are able to extend more strength in a moment!” Li Hao smiled brilliantly and dismissed his sword qi, which enabled the seal to close. Ying Hongyue’s expression froze over! Li Hao once more ripped through the world, bringing the immaterial dao universe into view. A sword flashed toward him from it, wanting to cut the young man down. “Don’t misunderstand... I have no desire to vie for the star of time,” Li Hao sent his voice into the dao universe. “Since both of you are here, give me a moment. I ask only this—what kind of person is Ying Hongyue in your eyes?” Ying Hongyue’s face flickered through a variety of emotions. When the two bloodthirsty powerhouses heard the question, they paused with surprise. The fuck are you asking us this at such a critical moment?! Do you have too much time on your hands?? They didn’t want to and couldn’t be bothered to answer. “If the two of you don’t answer me, I’ll shatter the seal and let out the Red Moon exalted emperor to have some fun with you guys!” Li Hao added. “You’ve seriously got too much time lying around!” Zheng Yu laughed. “Ying Hongyue? Is he important? He’s just a little guy who thinks much too highly of himself! He always thinks that everything is perfectly within his calculations, but what he has is just the result of us permitting him to be. “He is the medium through which we weaken the Red Moon exalted emperor and he’s not bad—he has ambition, ability, and strength. But the day the seal breaks is the day of his death. We have supervised him gathering the replicas of the eight bloodlines. If not for that, would he have so easily obtained the heritage behind the stone door? Didn’t you see that I gave it to him?” “He thinks of himself as a chess player, there’s no need to discuss him!” Li Daoheng’s aloof voice also traveled through the rip in the void. “Li Hao, are you going to come inside for a share of the spoils?” “That I won’t,” Li Hao roared with laughter. “Please continue, I won’t be disturbing you further!” The dao universe closed, but not before a surge of sword qi blasted out of the opening. Li Hao smashed through it and smiled. “How vicious. I was just asking a question, but they want to assassinate me for it... “Well?” His smile broadened when he turned to Ying Hongyue. The man’s presence had risen to a maximum peak; seven of the eight bloodlines were incredibly thick and powerful! “You’re too childish!” His wintry glare stabbed at Li Hao. “Do you think their opinions will change anything? That they will destroy my confidence? Dream on! “How dare you have the enemy pass judgment on me?? The more they degrade me, the more it proves that they are afraid of me!” “Sure sure,” the young man laughed. “It looks like you aren’t willing to admit that you’re trash! You’ve raised your strength to the highest level it will go, right? C’mon, let’s see what you can change! "Aren’t you really a pig after playing the part for so long? Have you ever fought an exalted emperor? Have you pitted yourself against Empyrean Kings? Have you crossed hands with half step emperors? You have nothing for your efforts and years of scheming other than a stronger presence and a stiffer upper lip!” Sword qi raced for the horizon and a longsword flashed through the air! The Sword of Light appeared and stabbed through the firmament! Ying Hongyue growled, fully absorbing the strength in his replicas. The eight bloodlines were valiant and their presences overwhelming. He also struck with a sword, accompanied by bolts of lightning and claps of thunder! “You trash, all of the martial techniques you know are just the forced combinations of those from the eight families,” Li Hao sneered. “You don’t have a single unique thing of your own. Your sword intent is a flimsy sham in my eyes!” The longword pierced through the world, time extended, and a deep cut appeared on Ying Hongyue’s arm. Blood dripped out of it! The man’s eyes widened. He was in peak condition and even felt that he could rival late Empyrean Kings at the moment! His enormous battle strength made the world tremble, but his weapon was shattered after one blow and his arm injured. Li Hao walked between heaven and earth; he sighed softly. “Other than devoting your energies to schemes and tricks, you have nothing else to your name! True, you’ve improved very quickly, becoming an Empyrean King in a very short period of time. But who have you fought during the process? How many battles of life and death have you weathered?” The longsword burst with one hundred rays of sword intent and shattered the thunder and lightning. “You dismiss the eight families and humiliate them, but still use their battle techniques. Don’t you find yourself ludicrous?” Li Hao wove in and out of sight like a wraith, seeming to approach through time itself. The river encircled the world! It wrapped around Ying Hongyue, bringing down blow upon blow. “You think you’re the greatest in the land, but what an absolutely absurd, conceited joke you are!” The young man slashed forward with his sword again, continuously forcing Ying Hongyue back! “You’re not afraid of me killing you because you have more contingency plans in place,” Li Hao continued. “You’re also cultivating the new dao, but there are no ripples within the new dao today. It looks like you have a new dao replica somewhere in the world. Do you think you’ll be able to rise again after losing today?” Ying Hongyue’s face twitched and he swiftly counterattacked, but he was unable to keep up with Li Hao’s pace. The young man connected with his next stroke, drawing a small geyser of blood out of Ying Hongyue! “Why do you like to look down your nose at everyone?” Li Hao’s voice tolled inexorably, like a bell of death. “Do you really think you have the world in the palm of your hand? Even I don’t dare say so, what gives you the confidence to say so??” The longsword absorbed a tendril of blood; the river of chaos materialized and the tendril of blood spread within. It quickly melded with some dao strength. The river churned and followed the strand of dao strength into the void! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novęlfire.net Among the one hundred million dao stars, some stars in particular twinkled brightly! They were pulverized in the next second! Ying Hongyue’s eyes widened with dismay. “Did you forget that I’m the master of the great dao?” Li Hao was highly amused. “What the hell are you?” Many people throughout the world were suddenly injured when the stars exploded! “All inspectors in the world are to swiftly arrest anyone who was spontaneously injured just now,” Li Hao’s voice rang through the land. “Panther, follow the qi and trace them to their source. I want to kill all of them!” Panther darted through the world, disappearing from sight! Ying Hongyue glowered as Li Hao said calmly, “There’s no need to look so unpleasantly at me, this is just the corporeal universe. Based on what you’d do, this is just one part of your contingency plan. The other part may be hidden in the immaterial universe!” “Can you control even the immaterial universe?” Ying Hongyue no longer stayed silent. “Even if you kill me and the corporeal universe replicas, it’s only a matter of time before the ones in the immaterial universe become the next me. You should be wary and fear me. I will not be defeated so easily!” Ying Hongyue was a ruthless person as well. He had countless replicas in both the corporeal and immaterial dao universe! “I won’t kill you until you’re fully despairing!” Li Hao chuckled. “I want you to see with your own eyes how I kill all of your replicas. I will extinguish every last bit of your hope!” “Hmph!” Ying Hongyue had identified an opening and punched, forsaking the sword. The eight bloodlines combined in his punch and it landed on Li Hao! Joy blossomed in his eyes, he’d finally found some success! He’d been caught on the back foot from beginning to end; Li Hao had accounted for all his plans. But now, he’d finally broken through! However, Ying Hongyue’s expression changed drastically in the next second and he shot backward! The scene flashed in front of him. That hadn’t been Li Hao, but a longsword exuding fearsome sword qi in all directions. The sword qi pierced through his body with a loud rumble. Ying Hongyue flew backward, color draining from his face! “You only know these cheap tricks, Li Hao!!” He threw his head back with a howl. “Dare you fight me face-to-face?” A river of chaos immediately surfaced, circling him! The river churned with a loud roar, washing over the land and congregating the power of a myriad daos. They slammed into Ying Hongyue, again and again, melting his flesh and blood. Ying Hongyue snarled as his energy dissipated and struggled out of the river, recovering his body. Li Hao returned to human form and licked his lips. “The taste of blood with eight bloodlines is delicious indeed!” Ying Hongyue’s eyes narrowed. This guy was drinking my blood! “Don’t you like to absorb bloodlines?” Li Hao walked toward him, step by menacing step. “Don’t you like the bloodlines of the eight families? Come, become one with me today. I’ll give you a chance to do so! Do you dare take what’s right in front of you, Ying Hongyue?” Li Hao flung his arms wide open. “You’re no match for me, not in any aspect. And now, I give you one last chance. You can assimilate and devour me. If you succeed, you’ll still be Ying Hongyue. If you fail, I’ll swallow you bit by bit. What do you think?” Ying Hongyue was pale with horror and took a few steps back. “C’mon, I’m a man of my word!” Li Hao smiled. “I’ll give you a chance to absorb me and the Li bloodline that you need the most. The eight bloodlines will be one then and you might be able to jump off the chessboard to become one of the players!” “Don’t force me!” growled Ying Hongyue. “Do you think I won’t take you up on it?” “Come on already!” Li Hao shouted. “Do you have the guts to, or are you just a gutter rat that only knows how to scurry through the shadows? When will you dare step forward and show yourself in front of people??” Li Hao had a lot to say today. He seemed to be venting his emotions or describing something in great detail. He wanted to obliterate the confidence of the man in front of him and all hope. He would annihilate Ying Hongyue in the man’s strongest domain and then kill him!