Star Gate-Chapter 1180: Plotting Together (III)

While Red Dust may have sent Saints, he would not have sent many. At the very least, it would not exceed the number of Saints among the desolate beasts. Li Hao would create the illusion of having ventured forth by himself, but would be actually able to summon multiple Saints at any given time. He might be able to use this opportunity to kill multiple Saints among his enemies!

It all depended on the Barren king and coordination from the Barren army. If Li Hao succeeded, he might be able to eliminate a large number of Saints and even Yu Hai in one battle. He would eradicate all of the minions!

There was one point Li Hao was worried about, and that was if killing all of the Barren desolate beasts would cause the chaos to break. That would automatically start the second awakening. Hence, more information and support from the Barren king was necessary.

Therefore, Li Hao quite wished to meet the king.

Such were Li Hao’s thoughts, but Director General Zhao was still hesitant. He looked at the army assembled across the border.

“The presence we emit is very much at odds with Barren’s atmosphere. They might swiftly discover us once we set foot inside. That leaves only our battles as a potential point of contact. My lord, I will personally meet this Princess Jun in a bit. My only concern is that she’ll turn on us and pretend to agree to our proposal. In reality, she would be looking to lure Your Lordship into Barren.”

“That’s alright.” Li Hao shook his head.

“My lord should not have let Gan Wuliang leave,” the director general suddenly sighed. “With him here, he would be able to determine a thing or two and see if they truly wish to work with us.”

Everyone had quite disliked the guy before, but now they didn’t have such a distaste for him. There were situations that absolutely called for Gan Wuliang at times.

“He should be back very soon,” Li Hao smiled.

“Very soon?” Director General Wang was rather surprised. Ying Hongyue was not an easy target. Could Gan Wuliang resolve him so quickly?

“There’s no need to be overcautious!” Li Hao encouraged. “Send out the troops and attack. You just need to confer with the Barren army. It doesn’t matter if you succeed or not! If you don’t, then have the army attack with resolve and create pandemonium. We’ll \ lower our expectations if we can’t attain our goals!”

“Understood!” Director General Zhao nodded.

“Then... we attack, my lord?” asked Light Sword.

“You’re the eastern commander, you lead the charge!”

“Will do!” An excited Light Sword swiftly returned to the battlefield; a longsword illuminated the sky a moment later as she roared, “ATTACK!!”

BOOM!

Hundreds of thousands of densely clustered troops poured down on one million enemies in front of them, as if the heavens themselves were emptying. They were situated on the fringes of the desert wasteland. The terrain was broad and wide. Billowing chaos presence was being utilized as the border and the two armies quickly clashed against each other.

Bam!

The collision rang like a clap of thunder; war cries reverberated to the heavens. Li Hao watched on silently.

Silver Moon’s army was growing ever stronger. Up ahead, the Battle Heaven Army and Demon Hunter Army were as if sharp knives stabbing directly into their targets’ hearts. Barren Dynasty possessed a large cavalry, but they retreated continuously when faced with the combined Silver Moon army.

Desolate beasts were forced to join the battlefield, prompting Silver Moon martial masters to answer in kind. Loud crashes and collisions shook the world!

Amid the battle, a female general in gold robes and white armor joined the fray. Zhao Shuguang immediately disappeared from the Silver Moon side, breaking through the void to send a massive seal crashing through the air.

Princess Jun was just a Sun and Moon—it would be a stretch to estimate her at even mid Sun and Moon. How was she to stand against the soon-to-be late Sun and Moon Director General Zhao?

She was immediately thrown all over the battlefield. If it wasn’t for her white horse being tenacious and agile, she would’ve been lethally struck multiple times. This charge into the battlefield would have been her last.

As Li Hao watched, even he suspected that Director General Zhao didn’t plan on negotiating with the other. The man actually wanted to kill the princess, didn’t he?

Numerous desolate beasts quickly gathered around the director general to help Princess Jun. Li Hao quietly raised a brow when he took a closer look. A gold light flashed through his eyes. These desolate beasts... didn’t seem like they were helping the princess—they seemed more like they were protecting the white horse. Did the white horse have an unusual background?

The young man only watched for a little while before putting it out of his mind. He turned his thoughts back to the Barren soldiers, reaching forward to grab currents of feeble chaos presence. They’d emanated through the void and reached his feet.

Although he’d told Director General Zhao to negotiate with their counterparts, he didn’t hold much hope for such talks to bear fruit. He himself was thinking of possible ways to enter Barren territory.

Chaos presence was the key!

He breathed some in and frowned, somewhat repelled by the presence.

But the chaos is also dao and all things are dao... There should be a great dao corresponding to the chaos as well...

Chaos should not be rejected by the world and great dao. Otherwise, were future cultivators supposed to be rebuffed by the universe when their cultivation reached such heights?

Therefore, there should be dao meridians corresponding to the dao of chaos.

Li Hao quietly took stock of the chaos presence with his senses. After a while, his eyes darted around as he detected some ripples emanating from a place within his body. He quickly breathed in more chaos presence.

While the rest of his being rejected the presence, it disappeared when it reached a certain portion of his body. The young man’s eyes brightened.

As I thought! I knew that the chaos must fall within the purview of great dao. All things come under the umbrella of great dao! In that case, this is much easier to handle.

He quickly absorbed much more chaos presence from the environment. Large numbers of soldiers were dying in battle, even some desolate beasts were being killed. Chaos wafted over everything; Li Hao swiftly absorbed everything he could.

......

The Barren wastelands.

A puzzled look dawned in the horse desolate beast’s eyes as it directed the spread of chaos. There were a lot of people dying and even some desolate beasts among that number, but the chaos domain did not spread to the degree anticipated.

Instead, chaos presence seemed to be vanishing into thin air. It was quite the odd phenomenon.

Only chaos beasts could absorb chaos presence. It also resided in the Barren humans because the two species had always coexisted. There were also some desolate beast bloodlines within the humans, which was why humans could contain chaos presence. No other kind of human could absorb chaos.

In that case, where had the chaos presence gone?

The heavenly will pulsed just as the horse desolate beast wondered. Understanding dawned and it cursed to itself. The heavenly will was targeting them again! That blasted heavenly will was growing ever stronger and could even destroy some chaos now. If this continued, it might be able to go on the offensive and eradicate the chaos if Barren did not continue to expand its territory.

They could afford to wait no longer.

......

At the same time.

Currents of chaos presence disappeared within Li Hao’s body. A dao meridian quickly appeared—Li Hao smiled at the sight.

The chaos dao meridian!

It feels very strong...

The young man set that thought aside and opened the dao meridian bit by bit. Chaos presence soon drifted out of his body; he disappeared the next moment.

Princess Jun fought a laborious battle. The desolate beasts around her could not withstand Director General Zhao. Two of them had already died in the skirmish; the director general was frightfully strong!

She was coming to understand with greater clarity why her father refused to march into war. Skystar was indomitably strong. How was Barren supposed to attack when even the powerful desolate beasts were being killed?

As for what Director General Zhao had transmitted to her, she took the idea into consideration. At the same time, she was also worried that he was just distracting her. If Skystar really wished to partner with Barren, why was the man attacking so viciously?

Bam!

The white horse was flung backward, leaving Princess Jun vomiting blood. So strong!

The Honored Horse seemed to sense the development as well and descended upon the battlefield as a surge of magnificent power. “Retreat!” the presence commanded.

Rumble!

The great army and desolate hearts withdrew into the proximity of the chaos. Director General Zhao ceased chasing them when he saw the development.

“Halt!” Light Sword roared in the distance. There was no need to pursue their enemies once the latter returned to the chaos domain.

After this skirmish, the Barren soldiers showed signs of being utterly routed, even though Skystar’s army numbered only one-third of the Barren army.

......

Pale as a sheet, Princess Jun continuously vomited blood. Soldiers rushed over to her, their faces taut with worry. No one paid attention to an extra soldier in their midst. Battle was always a chaotic affair; even desolate beasts were falling from Director General Zhao’s devastating strikes. Who cared if there was one soldier more or one soldier less at a location?

Li Hao took advantage of the opportunity to observe Princess Jun. He quickly shifted his gaze to the white horse.

Its wounds were quickly recovering and chaos presence welled out of its body. Heavy injuries swiftly healed. The look in Li Hao’s eyes flickered—this horse was either the descendant of a premier powerhouse or possessed other unusual characteristics. A Saint desolate beast had outright panicked when it was injured moments ago.

That desolate beast had chosen to withdraw the troops not because the Barren army had suffered immense losses, but because the white horse had been injured!

How interesting... Li Hao looked to the rear of the army and could vaguely make out a black horse. His eyes narrowed when he saw a Black Armor next to it!

Keen as his senses were, he immediately perceived the flash of a strong presence—a Saint!

As he thought!

Red Dust had already contacted this side, but the two didn’t seem to have reached any agreement yet. No one trusted anyone else—there would be more than one Saint here otherwise. freewebnoveℓ.com

Or is there more than one?

Li Hao’s schemes involved more than one Saint.

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