Star Gate

Chapter 273: The Terrifying Ancient City (III)

The handsome supernatural didn’t think much of Li Hao casually swinging his sword around. They were one hundred meters away!

However, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up the next moment and even his hair bristled on his head. He coalesced ten thousand swords without another word!

The ray of sword qi broke through all of them in an uproarious clamor, leaving behind a stunned Wang Ming who couldn’t believe his eyes. Liu Long roared and punched outward—Waves Assaulting the Sky!

Boom!

The ray of sword qi began to decay after colliding with a massive wave and a Dominator at such close range. Although he overcame the sword qi, Liu Long goggled at his fist. It was speckled with blood and there were cuts that ran to the bone!

A casual ray of sword qi from Li Hao from one hundred meters away had nearly killed a Sunflare. Meanwhile, a Dominator as Liu Long barely managed to rebuff it!

Up in the sky, Li Hao also blinked with surprise. How... was this possible? He hadn’t put much force behind his blow, he’d just waved a hand according to the habits of the imperial majesty whose body he’d occupied before.

How had this happened??

He jumped down from the city gates and stared at the two, saying with difficulty after a while, “Were you two... putting on an act?”

“......” Sweat dripped down the side of Wang Ming’s face and he gaped at Li Hao like he was seeing a demon. He trembled as he cursed, “You wanted to kill me! You absolutely wanted to kill me so your secrets would stay safe!”

Damn it, he’d almost died just now!

“How is that blow so strong?” Liu Long also frowned.

“I don’t know!” Li Hao scratched his head. “I really don’t, it was just a casual swing...”

He waved his hand again as he spoke. Wang Ming paled and ducked for cover, but there was no ensuing ray of sword qi cutting through the air this time.

Li Hao remained staring blankly while Liu Long contemplated with furrowed brows. “Did you attain some kind of enlightenment just now? Were you in a state of comprehension?”

“Enlightenment?” Li Hao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, or even how to explain himself. “If watching someone kill people is enlightenment... then I suppose so!”

He’d simply seen someone kill others moments ago; perhaps it was a remarkable feat. As the young man thought back to how the imperial majesty had slain enemies with one stroke, maybe that was the enlightenment part of his experience. He hadn’t seen anything from the fiend that mowed down enemies on the battlefield and thus, didn’t learn anything.

Li Hao exhaled softly—the stroke he’d just deployed wasn’t continuously available to him. He needed to digest his findings first! It was only now that he realized that while that blow hadn’t seemed like much, his body was devoid of internal force. It was a similar result to when he used the Incantation of the Blade of Blood. He hadn’t even noticed that his energy was being depleted!

What a terrifying finding! No wonder Ole Wang had been so horrified that he almost peed his pants. Li Hao had emptied his internal force with just a casual wave! Even though the blow hadn’t been aimed at Wang Ming and there was no aura powering it, one had to keep in mind that he’d just killed mid Solar Zhang Ting with a single stroke!

Li Hao didn’t know how to respond to the sight of Wang Ming scurrying around for hiding places. “Stop running, no one wants to kill you! Would you still be alive if anyone wanted to?”

Wang Ming glared at him from a safe distance and cursed loudly. This guy is too dangerous!

Liu Long also looked up into the sky, but didn’t read anything from the two characters. At a loss and dejected, it looked like this opportunity wasn’t for him.

Li Hao raised his head, then quickly lowered it again. Forget it, there was no taking these characters with him. He couldn’t touch them. Perhaps there’d be a chance to in the future. He still needed to take some time to digest what he’d gained.

It wasn’t like anyone other than him had freedom of movement. He finally had the effort to spare for the inner city.

All remained quiet on the city’s front, but he soon saw a ball of light heading their way. Instead of a Solar, it looked to be a Sunflare. The young man didn’t know who it was as it was too far away to be clearly identified.

“Someone’s coming!” Li Hao called out a reminder. Wang Ming and Liu Long quickly stood together and looked into the city. There was only a dim avenue in front of them with no one to be seen.

Just as Wang Ming felt that Li Hao was pulling one over them, a form materialized in the gloom. Someone from Yama!

Two Sunflares had entered on the Yama side, but this one wasn’t the one who’d threatened Liu Long. It was the other Sunflare. The figure paused to see others at the gates, but quickly relaxed. There were only three of them! One Dominator, one initial Sunflare, and one Sunderer...

Although he was just a mid Sunflare himself, there was nothing to be afraid of. He wouldn’t necessarily lose if it came down to a fight. He just didn’t want to take action at the moment.

Li Hao and his comrades focused on the bundle in the returnee’s hands. It was a piece of clothing wrapped around something.

“We can take things from the houses?” Wang Ming asked with surprise, excitement bubbling up again. No wonder no one had come out yet. They were rich if they could loot the houses! Who’d want to come out then!

“Take a look yourself!” the person responded coldly. He grunted when he saw the three blocking the gates, “Move!”

He wanted out! Although they couldn’t leave the ruins at the moment, he didn’t want to stay inside the city anymore. It was a bit dangerous. He’d already gotten his hands on treasure. He might not make it out if he indulged in greed and continued to stay. Not to mention, he’d have to turn everything in if he brought out too much treasure. He wouldn’t be able to keep much for himself.

Wang Ming smiled when he saw Li Hao remain silent. “Now, let’s not be in a rush,” he said curiously. “We’d like to know more about the situation inside the city. Why are you the only one out and what are you holding?”

The Yama member’s face darkened. What, are you three planning on robbing me?

“It’s pretty much the same inside and outside the city,” he answered calmly and slowly shifted away. “We can’t enter the closed houses, but some houses have their doors open. We didn’t dare enter at first, but then found out after some experimentation that those were accessible. So everyone split up to search for houses with open doors and take whatever trifles we can find...”

“Then let’s take a look!” Wang Ming continued seriously. “We’ll let you go if it really isn’t worth anything!”

“Are you looking to die?!” the person erupted with anger. “Do you really think you can do anything to me?”

He didn’t want to fight only because he did have some treasure in his hands. These guys looked piss poor, what was the point in killing them? Not to mention, it was three against one at the end of the day. How great a loss it would be if a mishap happened and he died to them!

“Didn’t the Revolution King and others go to the pagoda?” Li Hao asked. “Why is there no sign of movement or them coming out yet?”

“I don’t know.” The Yama powerhouse frowned. “Go take a look yourself if you want to know!”

“You don’t know anything... Yama is nothing good!” Li Hao snorted, suddenly seized by the urge to kill someone. Uh oh, I’m being affected by that killing demon.

The Yama member flew into a rage. How dare a Sunderer attack him! He courted death! He would kill these three first if he had to—do you really think I’m a pushover??

Earth energy surged as he waved a great ax into being, he was an earth supernatural. Sword qi arrived as soon as his weapon formed.

Pfft!

The sword qi pierced through the defenses of earth energy and ran through his throat. A wooden look entered the Yama powerhouse’s eyes.

I’m... dead?

Li Hao didn’t care what he thought. He darted forward to add a blow to ensure his target’s death. A gleeful Wang Ming rushed forward without needing his colleague to say anything and began cleaning up the corpse, collecting mysterious power. A mosquito’s leg was still meat, not to mention that almost three hundred cubes of mysterious power were available from a Sunflare.

It was a pity that he was an earth supernatural, however, and not metal.

Li Hao turned his sights to the bundle, but the three paused when it was open. What was this? A bundle of stones?

Yet, Li Hao’s breathing deepened as he studied it closely. Wang Ming didn’t realize it at first and thought the bundle really did contain rocks. After a while, however, he swallowed hard.

“These... these... seem to be... mysterious power stones!”

“What?” Liu Long asked blankly. He didn’t sense anything out of the ordinary, these were just rocks.

“These... are treasures that powerhouses found in ancient ruins,” Wang Ming explained haltingly. “One stone contains a lot of mysterious power! And... it might be of different attributes. The... key thing is that the energy inside these rocks is very pure and abundant! One rock might hold hundreds or even thousands of cubes...”

The handsome supernatural was stunned beyond belief. “They... were discovered in other ruins before, but... there might be only two or three rocks per ruin. It’s said that Red Moon rose so swiftly because they found a large cache of mysterious power stones!

“They’re also the key to replenishing origin weapons. The Night Watchers... have them too. Didn’t I say before that each faction has their own way of raising rookies and creating mysterious power?

“These rocks are the best resource! Origin weapons can swiftly distill large sums of mysterious power from them and they can also be used to strengthen origin weapons...” Wang Ming swallowed hard once more. “This guy got his hands on two dozen of them??”

Indeed, there were approximately two dozen rocks inside the bundle. They were rich! They were truly rich!

No wonder he’d been in such a hurry to run. If it’d been Wang Ming laying hands on such a fortune, he’d run as fast as his legs would carry him!

Not only would he run, but he would hide!

Once this treasure was discovered by others, Solars and above might come in pursuit of him. Mysterious power stones were very valuable! One or two of them might be given a pass, but a dozen at once??

Liu Long and Li Hao were likewise stunned. Just one piece of these things was worth hundreds or even a thousand cubes? These ruins were too rich! This was just the harvest from houses with open doors, what of the ones that were closed? Unbelievable! Were the others collecting this many stones as well?