Chapter 2073: The Mayhem of Battle (II)

“Fellow Daoist Peng Cheng and the other fellow daoists.” Li Hao flashed a smile. “I am here only in search of personal wealth and nothing else. You can spend a bit of money to stave off disaster...”

Peng Cheng looked queasy, whereas the old man behind him suddenly said, “Silver Moon King, they say that you hail from the martial world and wear your heart on a sleeve. People proclaim that you help the dead and dying, that you are a very moral and upright person...”

“Let’s not talk about that,” Li Hao laughed. “There’s no meaning to those labels. There are those from the martial world who gather together to break in and rob homes, and there are also those who steal from the rich to help the poor.

“There are no good people in the chaos. I am not one and neither is your dao master. He is rich, but not a good person. I’m poor, so doesn’t it make sense to help me out? Right?”

The old man wanted to speak on, but Li Hao suddenly looked toward the north. He then vanished, leaving overwhelming sword qi rising in his place!

The old man’s eyes widened and he roared, “Attack!”

Multiple eighth ranks appeared and leapt into motion. All of them were extremely grave. The Silver Moon king really was as capricious as people said. They’d been having a perfectly fine conversation, but he changed moods without forewarning.

Spring Autumn had just rushed over to Chaos Sky major world and pulled up short when she saw what Li Hao had done. She didn’t know what to say either. The kid... was so unpredictable that she wasn’t used to it.

But she didn’t say anything as bickering with Li Hao now was the last thing she wanted. Since the young man was taking action, she would keep her mouth shut and follow him into battle!

Tremendous presences erupted and a cicada’s cry echoed in the four directions. It was like the world had frozen. Hundreds of thousands of arms slammed down on the eighth ranks, wanting to pulverize them!

Even the strongest vice captain was only at five thousand dao rules. He wasn’t weak, but he was no different from a regular eighth rank to Spring Autumn. The only difference was how many blows it would take to kill him.

“Order!” roared the old man. Energy flooded out of the world in response, order intermixed with some unique force. It was like... the entire world was the culmination of countless cultivators’ faith!

As expected, the order of the western region was tinged with faith.

......

Energy congregated on Chaos Sky major world from the rest of the western region. Endless energy and faith surged as cultivators seemed to sense something. Their mental strength agitated and traveled toward the world.

Li Hao ignored everything and erupted with the power of devouring. Any mental strength that came his way landed in his river of dao. All of the energy formed rings of light that sank to the bottom of the river.

The young man looked around, then waved a hand with a smile. Dao strength erupted to halt Spring Autumn’s attack and weaken it.

“Li Hao!” The girl glowered with fury. She was acting with great sincerity and tailoring her actions to Li Hao’s, but the kid was provoking her again and again!

Why??

What did he want to do?!

Li Hao didn’t say anything and struck again, forcing the old man from the Nine Layer Guard back. The vice captain of the guard didn’t know what their enemy wanted to do either.

Does he want to personally kill us all?

Damn him!

The old man once more called upon large sums of chaos strength and burned countless dao crystals. He erupted with utmost strength and shouted in a raspy fashion, joining hands with the other eighth ranks to create a shield of order...

A book appeared in Li Hao’s river of dao the next moment—Heaven’s Stratagem.

A broken Heaven’s Stratagem.

Untold chaos strength rushed toward Li Hao. The old man mottled with rage. This bastard!

Li Hao seemed to be able to manipulate the strength of order too! We won’t be able to do a thing against him if this continues. Our only hope is the dao master!

Only when he returns can he defeat these two.

A beaming Li Hao continued to absorb titanic amounts of energy. He didn’t kill anyone. What was the point in doing that?

It’s better all around if no blood is shed. My teacher is still over there, isn’t he?

If I kill these people and Chaos Sky kills Disorder... then he’ll kill my teacher too. My teacher is so much more important than these people!

Therefore, Li Hao only enticed them to erupt with increasing strength and then... collected it.

Again and again!

He just needed to empty Chaos Sky Region of its energy, he didn’t want the territory. There was no need for more worlds or a few more eighth ranks.

Li Hao also didn’t share Spring Autumn’s desire to slaughter everyone on Chaos Sky major world.

The cicada could also determine that by now and she nearly spat in the young man’s direction! That jerk!

She was furious and vanished, departing in the blink of an eye. When Li Hao turned back for a look, there was nothing for him to see. He extended his senses to see where she’d gone, then decided to leave her to her own devices.

Soon enough, a loud rumble echoed from an eighth rank world in the distance. Spring Autumn was here!

BOOM!

A massive winter cicada appeared, overshadowing the world. An eighth rank within it paled and shrieked, “Spring Autumn, my world has not offended you...”

KABOOM!

A loud explosion rang through the region. Spring Autumn just wanted to vent her feelings. It’s your fault for existing in the west! Everything can wait until after you’re a handful of cosmic dust!

Some of the powerhouses in Chaos Sky major world jerked with shock and the old man rasped, “Silver Moon King, Spring Autumn is killing innocents...”

Aren’t you going to save them?!

Li Hao paused, then laughed, “I can control myself from killing innocents, but that’s the best I can do. You guys might’ve already been obliterated by her if I wasn’t here. Or do you think you can take on Spring Autumn?”

Hah! You want me to go rescue people, don’t you? Do you have any brains in that shriveled up head of yours? Am I that kind?

“Once our dao master returns, Silver Moon King, you will feel his wrath for attacking us today! Your enemy is not us, but those ninth ranks. The dao master once said that you wish to break the origin of the chaos and fight those ninth ranks. You and the dao master...”

The vice captain wanted to say that there was room to work between the two of them, but Li Hao didn’t want to listen to any of that. He continuously bore down on these people, forcing them to repeatedly erupt with strength.

It was that or die and the world’s defenses breached.

But with these repeated eruptions, endless strength of order surfaced for Li Hao to strip away! As strong as they were, they were hard pressed to stand against Li Hao in this moment. The main thing was... Li Hao’s dao strength could greatly restrain them.

Heaven’s Stratagem had turned into a tool with which Li Hao could drain their energy.

......

At the same time, in the north.

Deep within the chaos.

Chaos Sky retained a calm expression on his face, but displeasure flickered in the depths of his eyes. Li Hao... has ultimately set himself against me.

He’d meant it when he said he thought well of Li Hao. He was willing to support Li Hao’s attempt to revive his people and break the ninth rank blockade. The control exerted by Heaven’s Stratagem wasn’t the typical definition of control either. It would simply turn Li Hao into order’s protector.

Li Hao wouldn’t be a true puppet either, he would simply shoulder some responsibilities. All those who sought to destroy order would become his enemy. That was the essential use of the treasure.

The chaos was vast and powerhouses numerous. Chaos Sky felt that no one on his side could help him with certain things. If he’d succeeded, Li Hao would’ve been an order powerhouse second only to him.

Whether in terms of status, identity, and strength, he would have no equal other than Chaos Sky. He would be second-in-command of the Chaos Sky system. He would be superior to the captain of the Nine Layer Guard!

Was this still not enough? Why wasn’t Li Hao satisfied yet??

Chaos Sky knew that Li Hao was proud and a free spirit, so he’d never thought of convincing Li Hao to join him or forcing him to heel. Using Heaven’s Stratagem and his replica had been to ensure the success of his plan.

Unfortunately, it’d still failed.

Boom!

A massive rumble shook the area and Chaos Sky took a step back. All of his strength of order had receded.

And yet, Disorder looked solemnly at his opponent. When Chaos Sky was completely devoid of order, the man... suddenly emitted an incredibly sinister strength. Disorder, darkness, corruption, desire, greed...

Everything bad gathered on Chaos Sky.

He was no longer the tranquil daoist from before. Bloodlust, rage, and hate filled his eyes. He appeared more evil than the Disorder master!

“Disorder!” Chaos Sky coolly assessed his enemy. “Dao is not the only in this existence and what order hides is never beautiful! I devoured all that ugliness and took it into myself, allowing others to remain beautiful. Tell me, was this right or wrong?!”

Disorder sensed unlimited evil exude across from him and felt his own strength shake in response. The dao spirit of disorder was wary and wanted to retreat!

The power of evil!

Chaos Sky!

“Who would’ve thought...” Disorder exhaled. “That’s right, you are not the master of order. Since you want to build a dynasty, all of that disorder and darkness would not have disappeared into thin air. I thought you’d suppressed it all, not taken it all for yourself!”

To think that Chaos Sky would swallow it himself!

It was just like the cat in New Martial devouring all of the evil from that faction. Chaos Sky had taken in all of the ugliness in the western region, suppressing it with order. He was a cultivator of order, but once that fell apart, he would become the master of evil order.

The entire chaos was filled with disorder and evil!

All of the northern cultivators agitated with frustration. They were restless and fidgety, wanting to murder and loot. Darkness had descended!

This was far beyond the effect that the Disorder master had upon them. The energy of disorder in the north now rushed into Chaos Sky, not Disorder.

“You and the Order master... are different.” Disorder raised a brow. “He was tyrannical, but not evil. You learned from his failure and might be more successful than him, but you are no longer the master of order!”

Chaos Sky didn’t say anything. He glared frostily at his opponent. Order had failed! What was the point in repeating past mistakes? Only in improvement would there be progress!

That was how he’d come to be, and not a second Order master.

Since Li Hao and Spring Autumn were throwing the west into disarray, Chaos Sky wasn’t in a mood to say anything to Disorder. He just wanted to kill his opponent, absorb the strength of disorder, and devour its dao spirit!

He would grow stronger then and surpass everyone in the chaos now. He would rival the primary bodies of those yet to return! He would no longer be a false ninth rank!