Desperate straits

Puff!

Demonic blood splattered as the Incomplete Immortal Sword moved with extreme speed, cleaving through the invisible and intangible barrier of Immortal Power on the Ancient Demon's body, piercing through its thick keratinous skin, and striking the bones deep within its flesh.

The bones of this Ancient Demon are Immortal Bone, surrounded and covered with countless Great Dao Secret Pattern, making them indestructible.

But at this moment, with Li Hao unleashing the full power in conjunction with the Heavenly Dao Embryo, the broken Immortal Sword became terrifyingly sharp. With extreme speed and impact, it brought a terrifying tearing force, even shattering his bones!

The Ancient Demon was shocked and enraged, and let out a roar.

The Incomplete Immortal Sword was incredibly fast, and the creature couldn't react in time. Its bones were cleaved, and at its weakest point, no less. The creature was shocked and furious, wondering if it was a coincidence or if its opponent had truly detected its weakness.

But in the blink of an eye, it mobilized its Immortal Power to regenerate and heal its bones.

The broken Incomplete Immortal Sword that Li Hao wielded swiftly slashed along the body after cleaving the bones, aiming to sever all the connections in the body and kill the person instantly, thus forcing out their Primordial Spirit.

If given time to react, the injury to the back foot will heal, and the fight will become a protracted and arduous one.

"Faster! Faster! Faster!"

Li Hao's sword tore through his body at lightning speed, traversing his flesh, organs, and bones.

The internal organs and flesh, imbued with Immortal Power, were extremely tough, like walls of bronze and iron, but at this moment, under the Dao Power of the broken immortal Immortal Sword, they were forcibly torn apart.

From the outside, the Ancient Demon was covered in bursts of blood mist, its skin torn and bleeding from its body, limbs, neck, and head.

The saints, seeing this, all opened their eyes wide in surprise.

"That was an attack from the Lord Haotian?!"

"So powerful, so fierce! That Ancient Demon didn't even have a chance to fight back!"

"My God, am I seeing things? This is True Immortal!"

"It's injured, severely injured instantly!"

The saints trembled with excitement, doubting their own eyes, overwhelmed with awe.

This was completely unexpected. Although they knew Li Hao was strong, they didn't expect it to be this exaggerated. In just one exchange, the one being suppressed was actually this True Immortal- level Ancient Demon!

However, unlike the joy of the other saints, Li Hao's expression turned solemn.

As he wielded the Incomplete Immortal Sword to sever the bones of the Ancient Demon, Li Hao noticed that the Incomplete Immortal Sword's speed had slowed down!

Although it only slowed down by less than one-thousandth, he could still feel it, and this slowing was accelerating, soon becoming slower and slower!

It felt like I was completely exhausted.

But Li Hao knew that he was unleashing his full power at this moment, and his body was not exhausted at all; the power attached to the Incomplete Immortal Sword was still strong.

Roar!

The Ancient Demon suddenly roared, its immortal Immortal Power rapidly condensing into a surging black Barrier that enveloped itself.

Its physical body condensed, the Immortal Power in its blood was rapidly mobilized, and the injured parts were healing quickly.

As the initial puncture wound on his side healed, Li Hao's heart sank.

They failed to kill him!

The only way he could kill this Ancient Demon was to destroy its physical body and then fight it to the death with his Primordial Spirit.

But now, he couldn't kill it instantly with his physical body.

"The sword is dull!"

With Li Hao's Divine Sense in Mastery, the Incomplete Immortal Sword suddenly shot out from the Ancient Demon's skull and flew back to Li Hao.

Li Hao looked at it and saw that the blade of the Incomplete Immortal Sword was indeed in worse condition than before, with many more curled nicks and chips.

This Incomplete Immortal Sword had already lost its power, leaving only its sharpness. Now, after being cleaved through bones, even that sharpness has been greatly reduced.

His face looked extremely pale.

At this moment, with the recall of the Incomplete Immortal Sword, the Ancient Demon's body healed in an instant, and the previously torn and bleeding parts were restored to their original state in a flash.

As its body healed, the Ancient Demon roared and glared ferociously at Li Hao. It was Anger; it had only been able to barely defend itself, and even as its physical body was being rapidly destroyed, it had sensed a hint of danger!

It was no coincidence that the opponent immediately saw through its weakness. From the path of the broken Incomplete Immortal Sword that destroyed its body, it could sense that this Human Race was extremely familiar with its physical structure.

To reach such a level of familiarity, one must have witnessed it countless times or personally killed countless people.

Kill!

The Ancient Demon no longer underestimated or showed mercy. Having experienced the Battle of the Era of the Fallen Emperor, it was a battle-hardened Ancient Demon Leader. It immediately unleashed its Innate Secret Art, and a huge vortex appeared behind it, like a black hole born in the Void, drawing in even the light.

When the saints saw the vortex black hole, they immediately felt a dizzying, mesmerizing sensation, as if their Primordial Spirit were being dragged into it through their eyes.

At the same time, the Ancient Demon's Sharp Claws swung down again, as fast as lightning.

This time, the Sharp Claws were imbued with the power of the Immortal Domain.

Just as Li Hao was about to use the Eternal Dao Domain to resist, he discovered that all the Great Dao powers within the Eternal Dao Domain were rendered ineffective under the shroud of the Immortal Domain.

The deterrent power of the Eternal Dao Domain was immediately weakened by more than half; the Sacred Dao within were imprisoned, and the Law Power was rendered ineffective.

Li Hao had previously heard Nangong Jian say that True Immortal could disregard the Principle of the Sacred Dao, which was the absolute suppression of Sage by True Immortal.

Bass!

Li Hao drew his sword again, and the power of the All Heavens Star Meridian surged forth. Hundreds of strands of Immortal Power extended from his body, transforming into a vast amount of Heaven and Earth Energy in the Void, all of which condensed on the sword.

This sword strike was even more terrifying than the previous one, powerful enough to cleave a Small World in two!

As the Sword Light slashed out, the Sharp Claws were extremely merciless. This time, they were not pushed aside, but instead continuously eroded the Sword Light, finally crushing it and smashing it down.

With a loud bang, Li Hao's body flew backward, his massive frame trembling, and even some of his internal Dao Bone cracking.

With just one blow, his body was nearly shattered.

Li Hao's body healed in the blink of an eye, but the other saints in the Military Formation turned pale and coughed up blood, all feeling horrified.

Each of them only suffered one three-hundredth of the damage Li Hao endured, yet they were already severely injured.

"Die!"

Li Hao's eyes were fierce. Ignoring the excruciating pain all over his body, he controlled the Incomplete Immortal Sword and attacked again.

Using offense as defense, the Incomplete Immortal Sword once again slashed at the Ancient Demon.

This time, the Ancient Demon was prepared and immediately activated its Immortal Domain, enveloping itself. However, its Immortal Domain was as dark as a ghostly realm, with gusts of yin wind blowing and the Great Dao twisted within.

However, the Incomplete Immortal Sword still moved with Divine Speed, piercing through his Immortal Domain. This was the power of the Hundred Saints and the All Heavens Star Meridian Heavenly Dao Embryo, combined with the power transformed from the Hundred Paths of Immortal Power within Li Hao's body. Quantitative change led to qualitative change. Even if this power was consumed a thousand times over and constantly destroyed by the Immortal Power, its sheer quantity was overwhelming.

Bang!

The Immortal Domain was pierced through, and at the same time, the Ancient Demon's body was also pierced by the Incomplete Immortal Sword.

Then, Li Hao unleashed his full power, pushing his Primordial Spirit to its limit, and the Divine Bone within his Primordial Spirit shone with a crimson-gold light.

"Faster, faster!!"

Li Hao's mind was filled with a low growl and roar.

The Heaven and Earth Dharma Form behind him, along with the surrounding Myriad Saints Dharma Forms, merged at this moment. The Myriad Saints Dharma Forms transformed into beams of Dao Light, which entered Li Hao's Heaven and Earth Dharma Form and then Unity with Li Hao's body.

With a hum, the Void seemed to tremble.

When the Law, Heaven and Earth and Earth merged with the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, all the saints felt that the entire world seemed to be in Li Hao's hands. That vast and surging power far exceeded that of the Saint-Level.

Puff puff puff puff!

A series of blood mist explosions erupted from within the Ancient Demon's body, the sounds of its body being rapidly torn apart by the Incomplete Immortal Sword and its bones breaking.

In a mere instant, Li Hao severed more than three hundred bones from his body, but over a hundred remained—these were the core bones that supported his body.

Only by severing and pulverizing them all can their physical body be killed in an instant.

Roar!

The Ancient Demon reacted, letting out Anger roar and unleashing its Immortal Power. The first damaged area healed rapidly, while Li Hao's Incomplete Immortal Sword continued to slash at its body, but at a slower and slower speed.

Suddenly, the broken Incomplete Immortal Sword struck Dao Bone, but then trembled and embedded itself into the bone.

Li Hao's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a sense of despair.

He has enough power, but the Incomplete Immortal Sword is not sharp enough.

It was more than enough to kill second- and Third Order Ancient Demon, cutting through iron like mud. However, the physical body of this True Immortal -level Ancient Demon was comparable to a top-tier Nine Tribulations Dao Weapon, dulling the Incomplete Immortal Sword!

Suddenly, dark demonic power emerged from the Ancient Demon's body, enveloping the Incomplete Immortal Sword and expelling it from its body.

Looking at the Incomplete Immortal Sword that had caused him so much damage, the Ancient Demon roared and suddenly exerted force with his palm, bending the Incomplete Immortal Sword. Then, as if discarding scrap metal, he flung it towards Li Hao.

Li Hao dodged by tilting his head, but a bloody scratch was still left on his cheek, which healed in the blink of an eye.

"Can't this be killed?"

"It was clearly suppressed, and its injuries were so severe, yet it healed so quickly."

"The Three Immortalities Extreme Realm —this True Immortal- level Ancient Demon must have mastered them as well. To kill it, its physical body must be completely shattered. This is not as simple as just defeating it; it's a thousand times more difficult than defeating True Immortal Sea!"

The saints who witnessed this scene felt a chill run down their spines.

The initial surprise and excitement have now subsided, and they've come to realize the difficulty of killing this True Immortal -level Ancient Demon.

The opponent's healing speed is too fast; unless you can kill them instantly, all your efforts and damage will be in vain.

They were merely Sage; to be able to defeat a True Immortal in a battle was already unprecedented, let alone kill one—the difficulty of that was unimaginable!

The saints looked at Li Hao's towering figure and felt despair in their hearts.

Li Hao's performance had already exceeded their expectations, but after all, the person in front of them was a True Immortal!

I will crush you!

The Ancient Demon stared at Li Hao, letting out an Anger and ferocious growl.

It harbored intense hatred for the boy before it and would never allow him to die easily.

Li Hao kept breathing, adjusting his state. The surging and vigorous power in his body made him feel as if he were standing in a furnace, hot and expanding. This power was enough to shake True Immortal, but it could not kill him instantly.

"The Incomplete Immortal Sword isn't sharp enough. It was fine for dissecting Ancient Demon at the True Immortal level before, but to shatter and sever their entire skeleton in an instant is far more difficult than slowly cutting food!"

Li Hao's face was grim. He was already strong enough, but he didn't have a suitable weapon.

"The only way is to use even more and more power to activate the Incomplete Immortal Sword, to make up for its sharpness with power."

In just a moment, Li Hao's thoughts calmed down again. An Incomplete Immortal Sword appeared in his palm. As soon as it appeared, Li Hao burned a Golden Meridians in his Primordial Spirit, which greatly enhanced his Primordial Spirit power and increased his speed in Object Manipulation.

"Not enough, not enough!"

One Golden Meridian, two Golden Meridian... Five Daos Golden Meridian, burning simultaneously!

Li Hao's Primordial Spirit burned with golden Crimson Flame. It wasn't that Li Hao didn't want to burn more, but rather that his Primordial Spirit its limits, and it had already reached its peak.

The Incomplete Immortal Sword suddenly accelerated, piercing through the Ancient Demon's side abdomen and once again rapidly traversing its body.

The Ancient Demon only realized what was happening when it felt the pain, and was filled with shock and rage. The speed of that Incomplete Immortal Sword was too fast; it simply didn't have time to stop it. Unless it turned around and ran away, it couldn't stop it at all.

Feeling the rampage of the broken Incomplete Immortal Sword within its body, it roared incessantly, channeling all its Immortal Power into itself, striving to regenerate the damaged areas.

As the Primordial Spirit burned the Incomplete Immortal Sword even faster than before, the sound of explosions rang out continuously. In the blink of an eye, it destroyed all the flesh and organs in the Ancient Demon's body, and broke more than 300 of its bones, leaving almost 90% of its body paralyzed and necrotic!

But there were still twenty or thirty strands left that hadn't been cut.

At this moment, the Immortal Power within the Ancient Demon erupted, and all its injuries were immediately healed.

"Not enough, still a little short..."

Li Hao was filled with resentment. Was this the limit?

Furthermore, the Fatal Attribute wasn't triggered. Was it ineffective against True Immortal, or was the speed too fast, causing his attack to be counted as a single strike?

"How so..."

"Unkillable, absolutely unkillable!"

The saints were terrified when they saw the Ancient Demon's aura grow stronger again. They could see that Li Hao had unleashed many terrifying techniques, with all his Extreme Realm being unleashed. Even the All Heavens Star Meridian surrounding the Heaven and Earth Meridian seemed to be the Terminal Realm Power.

But it still failed.

The power that Li Hao had just gathered was enough to terrify them, but they had no power to kill this Ancient Demon at the True Immortal level!

Bang!

As soon as the Ancient Demon's body recovered, it charged directly at Li Hao. The suppression of the Immortal Domain and the vast pressure seemed to crush Li Hao's bones.

The Eternal Dao Domain was enveloped by the Immortal Domain and forcibly infiltrated, rendering all the Principle within ineffective.

The Ancient Demon opened its blood-red maw and lunged at Li Hao's head, intending to suck out his soul and slowly refine and torment it within his body.

Li Hao's expression changed, and he discarded the Incomplete Immortal Sword. After just one round of attacks, the Incomplete Immortal Sword had become even more decayed, its blade bent, making it pointless to retrieve.

"If there were a true Immortal Artifact, as long as it was sharp enough..."

Li Hao clenched his fist, feeling an urge to smash it down hard. He clearly had enough strength to fight it!

Two Incomplete Immortal Sword appeared in his palms. He split his Primordial Spirit power in two, enveloping the two Incomplete Immortal Sword respectively, and charged towards the Ancient Demon Leader.

This time, he attacked the vulnerable side of the abdomen again, but Li Hao did not try to kill it with his physical body. His Incomplete Immortal Sword was simply not capable of doing so. He could only place his hopes on that Fatal Attribute. That one percent probability was the greatest hope at this moment!

Bang bang bang!

The two Incomplete Immortal Sword bypassed the Ancient Demon's attacks and, like swimming dragons, stabbed towards the opponent's body at full speed.

The previous attack was a dismemberment technique that Li Hao had mastered after dismembering the Ancient Demon. If calculated by the Cultivation Method, it was only equivalent to one move. But now Li Hao was stabbing wildly and rapidly!

Each assassination attempt by the Incomplete Immortal Sword counts as an attack, thus triggering the Fatal Attribute more quickly.

As the Incomplete Immortal Sword attacked, the Ancient Demon's Sharp Claws embraced Li Hao. The two were roughly the same size, and Li Hao had no intention of fighting back. He retreated one after another. Now, his Body Movement Dao was at the ninth level of Dao, and his movements were no longer as rudimentary as before. He had Entering the Dao the Dao and could borrow strength from anywhere in the Void.

However, due to the suppression and envelopment of the Immortal Domain, Li Hao's movements seemed to slow down tenfold, and he was still caught by those Sharp Claws.

The Ancient Demon ignored Li Hao's two Incomplete Immortal Swords and instead grabbed Li Hao, ready to bite his head.

Even a single Incomplete Immortal Sword couldn't kill it, let alone two. It was half the speed of controlling one sword, yet it could barely react and dodge.

"Quickly, trigger it!"

Li Hao gritted his teeth, trying to pry open the Ancient Demon's Sharp Claws with his arms, but his physical strength, which he was so proud of, was like pushing against a giant mountain, impossible to budge.

Just as the Ancient Demon was about to bite down, its body suddenly trembled violently, as a strong sense of death enveloped it.

The Ancient Demon's pupils contracted. This feeling was too intense, even greater than the threat Li Hao had previously posed when he severely injured it with the Incomplete Immortal Sword. It had a feeling that some irresistible force was rapidly approaching, a force similar to the Heavenly Dao, yet superior to Heavenly Dao, a force that transcended the Heavenly Dao.

Whoosh!

The Ancient Demon's body suddenly exploded, turning into countless blood clots.

This scene left Li Hao stunned.

The grieving and desperate saints were also taken aback by this sudden turn of events, staring in stunned silence, yet hope rekindled in their eyes.

Is it dead?

"Was that an attack from Lord Haotian? How did it suddenly explode?"

The saints stared intently at the countless bursting blood clots.

After a moment of stunned silence, Li Hao suddenly came to his senses and immediately understood the reason.

It wasn't the Fatal Attribute that caused it to self-destruct, but rather that this Ancient Demon used this method to avoid the effects of the Fatal Attribute.

Many of the shattered chunks of flesh were suspended in Void, not falling like corpses.

Soon, black mist surged from the suspended chunks of flesh, and the Ancient Demon's body rapidly materialized.

"Kill!"

Seeing this opportunity, Li Hao hurriedly manipulated the Incomplete Immortal Sword and charged at full speed.

Bang bang bang!

The Ancient Demon had just condensed into a deformed form within the chunk of flesh was instantly severed from its physical body, its Primordial Spirit detached from its physical form.

Li Hao's Primordial Spirit swiftly attacked and annihilated the separated Primordial Spirit.

However, this Primordial Spirit was not the complete Primordial Spirit of the Ancient Demon, but only a wisp of it.

The remaining chunks of flesh, however, were growing rapidly, transforming into the shapes of Ancient Demon, quickly closing in on each other and merging together.

Li Hao wielded the broken Incomplete Immortal Sword and slashed Past, continuously hacking at the opponent as it merged. But at this moment, a silver-gray light suddenly appeared, followed by a terrifying force that struck the broken Incomplete Immortal Sword, causing the Primordial Spirit on it to fall into a brief stagnation.

In that brief moment, the Ancient Demon's body had already materialized.

Li Hao's face was grim. His opponent had used self-destruction and Fate Reversal fate to transfer the Fatal Attribute.

The Fatal Attribute will affect the body, but if one uses the Fate-Reversal Opportunity, the pull of the Fatal Attribute can be transferred. When killing the Four Establishments Realm before, the opponent's Divine Soul abandoned the body and escaped. Now that the opponent is True Immortal, there is no need to abandon the body to avoid it.

Buzz!

As the Ancient Demon's body recovered, a silver-gray light appeared on its forehead, radiating condensed and surging immortal Immortal Power.

At that moment, the Void suddenly trembled, and the Ancient Demon Leader arrived in front of Li Hao almost instantly. His Sharp Claws swept across, drawing a dark arc of Destruction that cut Li Hao's body in half at the waist!

After consuming the Demon Body of the Primal Chaos Saint, Li Hao's physical body became comparable to a fifth-tier Emperor Weapon. He spent twelve years on the Ancient Road Immortal Gate, further refining his physical body to the point where it rivaled a sixth-tier Emperor Weapon. Only the Source Ancestor's Suppression Heaven Whip could inflict some damage on him, but it could not destroy him.

But at this moment, as the Ancient Demon swept across, Li Hao's body shattered like tofu.

The fractured area seemed to be constantly burning; a peculiar force was imprisoning Li Hao's regenerative power, preventing it from healing.

A large amount of blood sprayed out, and Li Hao's strength was draining away.

The Ancient Demon Leader did not roar, but stared at Li Hao with icy coldness. The deathly Aura it had just felt sent chills down its spine. If it hadn't moved away and dodged it, or if it had reacted slowly or tried to withstand it head-on, it felt that it would have really died!

The kind where both body and soul are destroyed!

This truly enraged it, its killing intent becoming stronger than ever before. It no longer had the mind to torture Li Hao; it only wanted to kill him quickly!

With a deafening roar, the Void trembled, the Immortal Domain unfolded, and suddenly covered the Military Formation.

The saints sensed the terrifying power of the Immortal Domain and their expressions changed drastically. They hurriedly tried to escape, but more than a dozen Sage were still enveloped by the immortal Immortal Domain and annihilated within Immortal Domain. Only their Primordial Spirit remained, imprisoned within the Immortal Domain, unable to even struggle. In front of everyone, the Ancient Demon Leader sucked them into his mouth.

Li Hao knew that once he was eaten by this Ancient Demon, he wouldn't even have a chance to be reborn; he would be completely annihilated and disappear from the world forever!

"Run! Run!"

Li Hao's face turned pale; he hadn't expected that even with the combined power of all the saints, the siege would still fail.

The Incomplete Immortal Weapon in his hand was not sharp enough to help him instantly kill the Ancient Demon's physical body. Killing its physical body was only the first step in killing it; the battle and slaughter of its Primordial Spirit would follow.

"Lord Haotian, we have nowhere to retreat. Do you have any other ideas? No matter how many die, we'll make up for the rest, as long as we can kill it!"

The School of Names Supreme Saint hurriedly asked Li Hao.

"Where can we escape to? We have committed sins, there is nowhere left to run," the Law Saint said, his voice filled with sorrow, unlike his usual cold and solemn tone, revealing a bitterness.

"Even if we all sacrifice ourselves, we will not hesitate. Do you have any other ideas?"

He knew that if he fled now, he would never have another chance to fight this Ancient Demon at the True Immortal level; he would only be hunted down and killed one by one.

"There's no other way..."

Li Hao sensed the Conviction of the saints, which changed his impression of them, but at this moment, none of that mattered.

"You all flee, seek refuge in my Sacred Land, I will hold it off!"

At this moment, Li Hao no longer wanted to make things difficult for these people. He broke free from the Military Formation. As the Military Formation, he could control it. With his initiative to disband, the Sacred Power the saints within the Military Formation was severed and returned to their respective bodies.

A mad glint appeared in Li Hao's eyes as he charged toward the Ancient Demon. He didn't want this battle to end so quickly. If he also fled in such a short time, no one could stop the Ancient Demon, and the Sacred Land wouldn't even have time to take refuge.

As for the saints, there's no point in them staying here; they can't help him. Under the Ancient Demon Leader's immortal Immortal Domain, they have no numerical advantage.

Upon seeing Li Hao's retreating figure, the saints were stunned, and then felt a lump in their throats.

Previously, they slandered and maliciously speculated about Li Hao, but now that things have come to this point, it is he who is covering their retreat, just like the Source Ancestor and the God King before them.

"Walk!"

Li Hao roared and then charged towards the Ancient Demon Leader.

The two Incomplete Immortal Weapon erupted once more, launching a continuous attack.

This time, the Ancient Demon Leader was more cautious, using his Immortal Domain to slow down the speed of the Incomplete Immortal Weapon while also dodging.

It vaguely sensed that the danger that had sent chills down its spine was related to its injury.

Otherwise, the Human Race wouldn't be launching such a futile and pointless attack.

The Ancient Demon kept dodging, and Li Hao kept attacking. He knew he couldn't stop, because if he did, the Ancient Demon would immediately counterattack.