Li Hao was still sealing off the world when his face twitched and he vanished on the spot. The entire void seemed to shatter as a tail broke through the air. It towered like a mountain and broke heaven and earth!

The young man was thrown out of the void with a loud bam. He was covered in blood and goggling with shock. So strong!

They’d fought seventh ranks before—killing Waterpeak and battling the Thunder master. They’d even suppressed the Thunder master. That filled Li Hao and Void with supreme confidence. No matter how strong a chaos beast without a world and dao universe may be, they could kill it all the same!

But...

It took only one round of exchange for mid ranks such as Li Hao and Void to walk away with injuries.

A suffocating might filled the air and the world seemed overshadowed by a violent surge of earth energy. Soaring mountains thronged the void.

The massive earth dragon moved incredibly quickly, despite its bulk. A vicious look shot out of its eyes. “New Martial and Light... I would not dare kill you if we were in the three regions, but this... is Dragon Region!”

These two little guys courted death! And here I thought it was the Thunder master visiting me.

“Emptiness!” Void roared not too far away.

Power flared in the world and Earth Dragon major world fell silent. The presence of death surrounded the chaos beast, but an incredibly thick avenue of great dao promptly slammed the power of emptiness around it to pieces!

It was tyrannical and overwhelming!

Void’s eyes widened. He had overcome the Thunder master with his world of emptiness, but the chaos beast was able to break it!

How was that possible?!

“Hmph!” snorted the earth dragon. Chaos beasts were renowned for their durable physical bodies. You’ll have to be much stronger than me for your dao strength to silence my body! My great dao is rooted in the chaos—how strong is the chaos?

Can you silence it?

Seventh rank chaos beasts didn’t have as many dao methods as seventh rank humans. But when it came to the strength of one single dao in particular, there were no humans that could measure up to them.

Void looked on gravely, then summoned six dao stars—life, death, emptiness, revitalization, light, and darkness. An extremely strong collision took place in the world. Six daos of the extremities!

“Kill!” Since he couldn’t silence this guy, then he would use brute force!

The earth dragon didn’t disappear as it had before. It appeared right in front of Li Hao like it’d teleported. A claw slashed at Li Hao’s face, wanting to rip the young man to death!

Meanwhile, the young man had coalesced a sword from a thousand daos. He struck with a shout, deploying time. However, time also proved too weak and interfered with their target for only a split second!

Boom!

Cracks appeared in the Firmament Sword when sword met claw. Tremendous force reverberated and traveled through Li Hao’s body. The young man started falling apart, whereas a bloody mark appeared on the chaos beast’s claw.

That was it!

Whether it was Li Hao or Void, both gaped at the sight. How could the earth dragon be so strong?

Or rather, its battle methods were mediocre, but its physical body was so much stronger than they’d anticipated!

The Thunder master had been shaken to the point of having an unsettled dao and broken body when he took one of Li Hao’s blows, but the chaos beast only had a bloody mark on its claw!

The earth dragon was likewise shaken, then roared with laughter. “I see! You’re not that weak. No wonder you dared come to kill this seat... So you think of me as on par with Waterpeak just because you have strong techniques to call on?”

It jerked its head upward to look at a star overshadowing it in the void. What was that?

It can freeze me! Is that...

There wasn’t time to dwell on the subject because Li Hao and Void had gathered together. Both of them deployed the power of emptiness with a shout. The world quieted down; all of the living beings sank into silence!

However, the earth dragon merely paused for a split second before moving again. Its tail swept through the world and plummeted downward, extinguishing the power of emptiness that the two had brought to bear.

Cheap tricks from little ants! I am impervious to all dao methods! Raw power overcomes all technique!

Li Hao looked solemnly at Void. His friend looked back over and growled, shattering the world. A small flower appeared in front of him. Li Hao’s presence swelled when he swallowed it!

A longsword manifested and dao domains descended upon them. Domains of the five elements, life and death, emptiness and revitalization...

They came in quick succession and were likewise continuously crushed by the earth dragon. The chaos beast was shaken but the number of dao domains that bore down on him. Were these two really mid ranks?

Although the domains enveloped the beast, they were quickly shattered. The immensely strong tail crushed a sixth rank’s dao domains like a relentless machine. The domains were paper to the tail, shattering upon impact.

Such was a true premier exalted emperor!

This was the true strength that a human exalted emperor could bring to bear after occupying a world and fully calling upon the strength of a dao universe. The seventh ranks that Li Hao and Void had fought had not been able to utilize their full strength. They had either not been on their world or were prevented from calling upon their strength, like the Thunder master.

None of those seventh ranks had been in prime condition, whereas chaos beasts were always at their peak.

A dog’s claws materialized in the darkness and slammed into the giant chaos beast with Nine Forged Force. Waves raced to the sky and... crack!

The claws shattered!

Panther grunted, blood pouring out of its body as the dog flew backward. The chaos beast looked on dismissively. Only the tiniest of marks had appeared on its massive back!

And it healed in almost the blink of an eye.

Panther stared incredulously. When Li Hao and Void inflicted a scratch on the other, Panther hadn’t felt the chaos beast’s strength as clearly as the other two had. But now that its ambush had seemed to have gone completely unnoticed...

Perhaps it wasn’t that the attack had gone unnoticed, but that the chaos beast just didn’t... care about it.

As expected, a small mark that quickly healed was the only thing inflicted. Was this the difference between fifth and seventh rank?

Panther was immensely depressed. So strong!

Two dao universes flared in the sky; their rivers of dao rushed down on the chaos beast. However, they froze almost immediately and couldn’t continue their trajectory. A chaos dao disturbed their movements!

Two combined fifth rank masters of dao were still unable to stand against their opponent! Ordinarily speaking, the two dao masters might be able to overcome even seventh ranks! But now, they were hardly worth mention in front of a seventh rank.

“Stupid little tricks! I’m surprised you dare pull them out in public! A dao universe hmm? Hahaha!” The earth dragon roared with laughter—the heavens smiled upon it!

I’m getting a dao universe for free today! Is this Silver Moon’s dao universe?

“Hao Moon... we’re in trouble!” Void urgently transmitted to the young man. They really were caught between a rock and a hard place now.

They’d thought themselves invincible and could easily kill seventh ranks, but it wasn’t until they fought one that they realized... Although their opponent didn’t have any special abilities, just that incredibly durable body alone was enough to stymie them!

What should they do?? 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

No matter how many great daos they had or fanciful methods they could utilize, there was nothing they could do if they couldn’t break through the chaos beast’s defenses.

It was only due to the lack of dao methods wielded by the chaos beast that it hadn’t overcome them yet. If the situation continued, he and Li Hao would run out of their limited dao strength. However, the other’s body would always be this strong!

Defeat was a foregone conclusion at this rate!

Li Hao didn’t make a sound. Surprises were everywhere to be found. He could only say that he and Void had applied human standards to chaos beasts. They felt that chaos beasts without a dao universe were on par with humans without a dao universe...

That was the fundamental root of their problem.

We learn from our mistakes. Experience is the best teacher and we won’t make the same mistake next time. The caveat is, there needs to be a next time.

“A strong physical body hmm...” Li Hao’s eyes darted around in search of ideas. That also meant that the chaos beast’s mental strength might not be strong. They couldn’t truly be invincible. If they were, human exalted emperors would not be able to withstand these opponents.

Li Hao grunted when he saw the chaos beast break through the latest dao domain and come for them. Monsters appeared behind him!

There was a tiger, bear, and deer...

The aura spirits of the Five Styles!

The ones that Yuan Shuo had formed also appeared behind Li Hao at the same time. He was a ferocious tiger, the tyrant of the world. He brimmed with savage violence and shimmered in and out of sight.

“ROAR!” The tiger roared and bounded toward its target!

The chaos beast slapped another dao domain to pieces, but the tiger was able to draw close. What appeared in front of the tiger was not the earth dragon, but a chaos dao!

The great dao reverberated!

A loud collision later saw the tiger trembling like a leaf and Li Hao coughing up blood, but the valiant tiger howled and bit down. All of its teeth shattered, yet it inflicted a tiny wound on the chaos dao.

“Umph..” the chaos beast grunted. A new light of violence dawned in its eyes!

Indeed, their bodies were formidable, but the single-minded focus of their great dao and the innate forcefulness of chaos dao made it so that their mental strength was relatively weak. When they fought humans, their enemies liked to attack them in non-physical ways.

Humans cultivated a mix of daos, so their minds were stronger.

However, under normal conditions, a powerful body was sufficient for a chaos beast to shatter all mental strength. The minds of human exalted emperors weren’t as strong as one might think either.

“Tiger Roar Through Mountain and Woods!” The tiger howled again, shaking the mind.

The earth dragon ignored it and crashed through all the dao domains in sight. It charged Li Hao and smacked the six dao stars out of the void!

Void vomited blood, but purpled with rage. He combined the six dao stars and summoned a massive burst of light energy from them. The Divine Fist of the Sun was on display!

It was like the Exalted Light Emperor had personally imbued him with strength!

The punch connected!

Boom!

The earth dragon stumbled backwards; blood flowed from Void’s orifices. Both of his arms were obliterated, but they immediately grew back. He snarled with madness and waved fists around again. It was his first time demonstrating such a bloodthirsty side!

His fists continued to be demolished and reborn. They shattered untold times in the blink of an eye, but also reformed endless times. His presence declined as he beat a bloody hole into the earth dragon for the first time!

It couldn’t immediately recover!

Li Hao’s ferocious tiger also howled a challenge to the sky and bit down on the chaos dao, tearing away at it. It created a tiny cut after a concentrated barrage.

“You... court... death!” spat the earth dragon. The air seemed to solidify as an extremely dense concentration of earth energy exploded. It was going to crush these two humans to a pulp!

They really were quite strong when working together. It was feeling threatened for the first time! It might actually lose if it didn’t kill them soon!