Star Gate-Chapter 1173: Fear (IV)

“What??” The powerhouses jerked with surprise. “That cannot be permitted!”

“Battle Heaven has not fully revitalized,” said the old turtle. “Firstly, if we force it to activity, it might loosen the seal when we yank the city out of its position that stabilizes the world. Secondly, it’s easy to enter a dao universe but hard to leave it. If we are unable to leave it...”

“A city is dead, it is the people that are alive!” Li Hao responded. “There is one major benefit to doing so—we can outright eliminate all of the Red Moon power within the city! Battle Heaven has long been strong and it bears the two characters from the Exalted Blood Emperor. It will not collapse upon entering the Hao Cosmos!

“We can work together to move the city into the dao universe. That will ensure that we have a headquarters in the Hao Cosmos! There are many opportunities in a new dao universe, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing!

“As for the seal loosening, it shouldn’t! The crux of the seal depends on the Sword City. It will not break so long as Sword City stands...”

The powerhouses exchanged glances with each other, finding all of them to be grappling with headaches. Giving way once made room for Li Hao to advance further. He asked for so much now that they hesitated and were conflicted.

If they continued to give way, they would be offering up their own homes. But they’d given way so many times already, did they stop now?

As expected, setting a precedent was only the start of many more to come. Li Hao... was growing ever more skilled at manipulating people’s hearts.

“I also have another idea—we can fix Battle Heaven to the entrance,” Li Hao continued. “Once strong foes pursue me and chase me to the Hao Cosmos, Battle Heaven can outright crush them! Isn’t that a grand idea?

“This will also grant everyone a greater degree of safety as you won’t even need to venture into the ruins with your primary self. That will head off any danger from occurring to you. The Hao Cosmos will be our home turf. With the Hao Cosmos dao, New Martial powerhouses, and the aid of an ancient city, even an Empyrean King will have to meet his end with a look of bitter hatred!”

“Ah... didn’t you take Boundless?” the Ninth Division leader couldn’t help but ask.

Then use Boundless! Why use Battle Heaven??

“Boundless has been under Zheng control for many years, they might have left other contingencies and traps in the city.” Li Hao shook his head. “They could have even refined the city and will sense it if anything happens to it. If their connection to the city breaks after Boundless enters the Hao Cosmos, they might deduce that I’ve moved the city to the dao universe!

“Only with Battle Heaven are all the masters of the city here!”

The group was immensely conflicted!

“The new era is coming and countless Battle Heaven soldiers will be revitalizing,” Li Hao said meaningfully. “If a body of the new era is formed in the Hao Cosmos from the beginning, it will naturally be closer to the great dao and be no different from humans of the modern age. It might even be closer to the great dao than us! Opportunities for those cultivators will be greater then!

“They will not be limited like the artificially made bodies are now. Even an existence such as Director General Wang has only formed thirty-six dao meridians. There are endless dao meridians in the human body and I cannot help everyone form them all...

“Battle Heaven will also be ensured of a greater degree of safety once inside the Hao Cosmos. The dao universe will not break unless I die and not everyone can enter the dao universe!”

Moving the main city... The group sank into deep thought.

Li Hao had made this decision because he both wanted to prevent any news from leaking and to stabilize the passageway so that it wouldn’t break. Was there any weapon or treasure stronger than an ancient city?

Stellaris might not even be as durable as an ancient city!

Thirdly, he would exercise absolute control once Battle Heaven was inside the Hao Cosmos. This was a decision that brought many benefits to him, but was one of mixed outcomes for Battle Heaven.

The gain was that they would be closer tied to Li Hao. The drawback was that if anything happened to the young man and no one was able to access the dao universe, Battle Heaven would be completely orphaned and even more isolated than Sword City.

The seal would break sooner or later. But once a dao universe closed and no one was able to open it, then Battle Heaven would turn into a dead city. Not even the Human King may be able to find the dao universe if he was here! No one would be able to save them!

The group struggled with their concerns for a while before the Ninth Division leader sighed. “We’re here already... Guardians, let’s do it this way!”

Giving way once meant giving way continuously. They’d already withdrawn to their current position, were they afraid of conceding even a little more?

No!

The two guardians looked only ruefully. They’d lost everything in this partnership. Li Hao had somehow unknowingly, step by step, taken everything from them!

“Activating Battle Heaven will consume an enormous amount of resources...” Guardian Turtle wanted to make one final struggle.

“That’s alright, I’ve prepared three hundred million energy stones!” Li Hao nodded. “I’ve almost emptied the Skystar mine! Will we be unable to activate Battle Heaven with this level of resource?”

“......” Fine then, they had nothing else to say!

The turtle fell silent and Capsize Sea clucked his tongue to itself. The golden cow had seen with its own eyes how Battle Heaven had, step by step, walked into the abyss. Granted, it might not be an abyss. Perhaps it was a wide avenue that led to the heavens?

All the same, it was surprised by Li Hao’s methods.

The young man cast lure a little bit at a time, not asking too much in one go. He waited for his target to concede once, then came by again a few days later, then again, then again... until his target had given the house away!

They were tied to the young man now!

Battle Heaven had no other choices left to it because they were firmly tied to the young man. What could they do about it? Stop their losses now? Then they would be out on all sides and have suffered too many losses. They might as well follow this road to the very end.

“Time is of the essence, so let’s... be on our way!” Li Hao smiled radiantly. “Let’s also eliminate all of the traitors and spies this time. We’ll give back a scene of peace, tranquillity, and wholehearted loyalty to Battle Heaven!”

“Commander Li, can... Battle Heaven actually enter the dao universe?” asked General Pagoda, having given up the fight. “I’m afraid that the dao universe will repel us...”

“We should be able to!” Li Hao nodded. “The dao universe isn’t too strong at the moment and is of the same breath and branches as New Martial. It’s never reacted too strongly against New Martial. Moving the city inside also brings another benefit of imperceptibly influencing everyone’s core origin dao. It will slowly change to the new dao, and it’s fine if you don’t wish to change. Simply break the connection to avoid any changes.”

The old turtle could no longer oppose at this stage. “Then, let us move the city! But if we cause too much of a disturbance...”

“Don’t worry, there won’t be much of one. I’ll lay down restrictions on all sides! Battle Heaven is shut off to the outside world, no one will come investigate us.”

“Very well then.” The group quickly made their preparations after some discussion. The city lord seal, defense formation, activating the city core...

Each instance of activation for a large city like this consumed a great deal of energy. It was thanks to Li Hao emptying out the Skystar mine that this venture was possible at all.

The preparations continued for a day. On the second day, a massive sound rang through the air as the enormous city began compressing.

A grave Li Hao opened a fissure in the sky. This was his first time moving an ancient city into the Hao Cosmos... He was under a lot of pressure too, but all would be different if he succeeded!

The dao universe did not limit one’s strength. This would be the equivalent of him carrying around a large city in his arsenal!

Battle Heaven’s presence would bestow coordinates to the Hao Cosmos, as well as suppress strong foes. It would be another formidable line of defense for the dao universe.

The world shook as the large city slowly took to the air and entered the void.

......

At the same time, the other ancient cities.

All of them were trembling, albeit with very small disturbances. An incredible suction force came from the Boundless direction.

“What is that city doing?!” someone cursed in another ancient city. “The second awakening will never happen if they keep devouring energy like this! What is going on there??”

“Again? Why don’t we devour energy as well... We can forget revitalization and just wait in the main cities for our entire lives...”

“Has Boundless completely severed its connection to us? Why do I feel like some of the Formation of Heaven and Earth that was lingering has completely broken?”

“Who knows?”

“......” Curses, complaints, and wails sounded from the ancient cities.

......

At the same time, in another city.

Red Dust frowned and looked at the void again, confused by the disturbance. Were the eight cities trembling because Boundless was once more absorbing energy? But... it’d just taken in energy. Li Hao had successfully disrupted the second awakening.

Absorbing more energy now would start extracting it from the world’s foundations and weaken Silver Moon. That was not good for the cultivation of its denizens. What was Li Hao up to now?

Faint unease stirred in Red Dust’s heart.

“Milord.” A messenger came in. “The Barren king seems to be clashing with the desolate beasts. The desolate beasts are invading the eastern continent! What do we do now?”

“They’ve taken the initiative?” Red Dust put down his unease from moments ago and smiled. “Continue conversing with the Barren king and levy some pressure on the desolate beasts. Your critical mission is to locate the will of chaos. We need to have everything in our control! With it, we will be able to halt Barren’s invasion at any time and break the chaos!”

“Understood, sir!” The messenger sped off.

Red Dust quieted down once more, murmuring, “Everything is proceeding in the direction that I wish for, but why am I so unsettled?”

Why was this feeling growing?

Although Li Hao had taken Boundless and killed Zheng Gong, the young man had suffered enormous losses to do so. That was to be expected. Zhang An had been here that day, preoccupying Red Dust. Without Zhang An’s help, Li Hao would’ve had to pay a heavy price to kill Zheng Gong.

So why was he still so worried?

Or did this sensation not come from Li Hao, but from someone else?

Who?

The Red Moon exalted emperor? Or someone from Sword City?

Or those from other ancient cities?

But those guys hadn’t revitalized for long and their strength was limited. He was very familiar with them—they shouldn’t be able to create too much trouble for him.

......

Just as Red Dust stirred uneasily, Ying Hongyue brooded as well. The three great organizations and Yonder Mountain had led tens of thousands of supernaturals to Great Li, but only several thousand were left by his side now. He found himself a cautious, prudent sort, but he’d suffered such a horrendous loss in Great Li!

Setbacks had found him at every turn after Gan Wuliang arrived. He could see Ash Mountain ahead of him, running from north to west. They just needed to follow the mountain range, they didn’t need to cross it.

And yet, Ying Hongyue once more felt a sense of tremendous impending danger.

Next to him, Yama was clearly on the verge of losing control. He forced out through grit teeth when Ying Hongyue stopped, “What are you doing, staring in space? Aren’t we going to the west? Damn it, my Yama organization will be gone if we continue staying here!”

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“How can I not be?!” Yama erupted. “We continue to be chased around and that little boy toy is vicious! But you can’t kill him—although, can you really not if you just fight him to the death? Or are you still hiding something and waiting to fight after we’re all dead?”

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