Chapter 1853: Pitched Battle on All Sides (II)
“Human scum!” The giant elephant shook itself madly from side to side, seeking to dislodge the dao of attachment. It knew that the tribulation was targeting it because of that thing. Whatever it was, it’d added the power of time to them all.
Any being that had this thing on them would become an enemy of the chaos tribulation!
It wasn’t just the chaos beasts that were sprayed with the dao of attachment, Void and the others were also caught in the crossfire.
“Why did you put it on us too?!” Void couldn’t help but shout with outrage. Li Hao didn’t respond.
Why?
Why not? Because... I flung the dao star of attachment throughout the entire area, just in case. I wasn’t just targeting a specific group. How else do you think I can easily ensure that these seventh ranks can’t shake it off?
We’ve got experience with tribulations! What are you scared of?
The Thunder master gaped at the sight around him. He was also being targeted by the tribulation giants, as was the Phoenix master. She stared dumbly at the army walking out of Thunder Region. Was this armageddon for existence itself?!
All of Thunder Region grew quiet, possibly because the chaos tribulations had temporarily drained it of energy. Huge currents surged toward this part of the four regions!
Giants made of thunder and lightning came into view, each of them a seventh rank! There were at least a hundred of them!
All combatants in the field stopped to stare at the new opponents. How could... chaos tribulations... take humanoid form... and assemble in an army... and send hundreds at a time?! How was this remotely possible??
“You’re crazy!” shrieked the Phoenix master. “One hundred seventh ranks?! Do you want all of us to die??”
The Silver Moon king was absolutely insane! All of them were doomed at this rate!
There were only seven seventh ranks present, plus another three sixth ranks on Li Hao’s side who could fill in for seventh rank. That was ten total. They faced ten times the number of enemies!
Did the human want to wipe existence clean??
“It’ll be fine, we’re not the only ones they’re targeting,” Li Hao smiled reassuringly. “They’re also looking at your other exalted emperors! Anyone in the vicinity has been tagged with that power. The seventh rank tribulation might kill them too, which will deplete the tribulation of a lot of energy.
“Let’s enjoy the party, everyone!”
BOOM!
The giants started charging. Exalted emperors that’d been drawing closer to surround the humans paled and fled for their lives! There were multiple chaos tribulations upon them!
Damn it all! This human was barking mad!
......
In this moment, at a locale far away.
There were twelve major worlds here—five belonging to monster spirits, seven belonging to chaos beasts. They’d sensed the fight that’d broken out too, but none of the chaos beasts were at liberty to leave. That might create an opening for the eager monster spirits.
The three Ironeater seventh ranks walked out of their world gate. They looked in the direction of Thunder Region. As many chaos beasts there were here, they only had one more seventh rank than the monster spirits.
The monster spirits had eight and the chaos beasts nine. That meant that the chaos beasts wouldn’t necessarily be able to overwhelm their opponents.
Dragon Region didn’t actually have that many seventh ranks. Li Hao had killed four and many were mired in the battlefield near Thunder Region. The Dragon master had taken seven with him...
There were at least thirty seventh ranks in Dragon Region. Some would be off elsewhere on business.
In contrast, Red Moon Region might not have had twenty seventh ranks. Dragon Region had far more, and all of them were flabbergasted!
Currents of energy soared into the air and swept through the worlds. More than one hundred tribulation giants were projected throughout the region! Each of them seemed equipped with the presence of a seventh rank!
It was astonishing and mind-boggling!
All of the four regions could see it. It was a more splendid sight than the Human King detonating a dao universe. A dao universe was just the possession of one seventh rank. But here, there were one hundred seventh ranks!
That was probably the sum total of all seventh ranks in the four regions, wasn’t it?
......
Near Blazing Sun.
Supreme Zhang and the rest of the New Martial contingent looked toward the east. More than one hundred giants were there, massive and ponderous. Thunder and lightning had lit up the four regions. The gloomy chaos was as clear as day!
The supreme’s jaw dropped. What... the... hell?? Was the final reckoning upon them? Had the outer regions invaded them?
“Is this... the work of the dao of hiding?” The open-mouthed Sword Sovereign murmured after a long while. He seemed to have guessed at the truth!
“Probably... not. That’s beyond the capabilities of my dao.” Li Zhu’s mouth twitched. “This should be his dao of attachment being stuck to many exalted emperors. He’s near Thunder Region and has somehow provoked it. The chaos tribulation... is running berserk!”
That was right, the chaos tribulation had gone crazy.
......
Outside the four regions.
The four regions were a massive area, but there were gigantic pillars around it. They created the Thunder Region that encircled the four regions. It isolated the four from the rest of the outer regions.
Many knew that there was a ninth rank world in the four regions, so numerous worlds were stationed around the perimeter to look for ways in. On this day, numerous exalted emperors walked out of their worlds to stare into the distance. Countless giants had suddenly appeared, each blazing with formidable presences!
Seventh rank!
One hundred of them!
“The chaos tribulation is bringing about an apocalypse!” someone murmured. “War seems to have beset the four regions. There’s fighting and slaughter everywhere, with a lot of seventh ranks dying. And now this! What’s going on in there?”
Some assessed the phenomenon with a keen glint in their eyes. If all of the thunder and lightning was gathered in one spot of the four regions, was now a good time to cross Thunder Region? Was it empty of tribulations?
An exalted emperor who hadn’t been able to pass before clenched his teeth and walked forward. He wanted to enter the four regions!
When the fifth rank set foot into Thunder Region, the placid void suddenly erupted with crazed fervor. It was truly like it’d lost its mind. The calm fragments of lingering electricity crackled madly.
The smooth pillars that formed the region were commonly viewed as a tool to collect tribulations, which was both right and wrong. They suddenly spat out nets of thunder and lightning—no longer tribulations, but nets in which there was no escape!
The region was beyond enraged. They were already fighting Li Hao, but someone dared get up to no good here as well!
KABOOM!!
The nets covered the fifth rank. Some struggle was possible in normal times, but this time, countless nets sliced him to pieces and obliterated him in the blink of an eye. There was nothing he could do about it!
The horrifying sight caused the exalted emperors to take a unified step back. Had Thunder Region gone crazy too?
......
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Shrieks, wails, clashes, detonations, and death rattles echoed through the battlefield. The tribulation giants were killing everything in sight! They targeted the chaos beasts, Li Hao’s group, Number Two, Void, and everything struck with the dao of attachment.
Someone had the temerity to utilize time and make something real that should not exist in the chaos. That was the equivalent of a tumor that needed to be excised! Since everything within range bore the power of time, then everything needed to be eradicated!
A giant sent Li Hao into retreat, but the young man grinned radiantly. He didn’t expect anyone to help or save him. There was no need. I’m used to handling tribulations! I could stand against seventh rank ones before, so of course I can do so now!
But these chaos beasts, have they ever encountered one? Chaos tribulations are very interesting.
The young man was used to them, but there were plenty who weren’t. The two dao masters didn’t have any effort to spare for the tiger, nor did the tiger want anything to do with them.
Gan Wuliang and Hong Yitang were each facing a seventh rank giant, not one in conjunction. Gan Wuliang wailed with desperation as a thunderbolt struck him square on. He was forced into splitting off from Hong Yitang and materializing in full.
“Your Lordship...” he cried. If even he was struggling, it was easy to imagine how anyone less than sixth rank was already a charred handful!
Meanwhile, Thunder World was lucky. Or perhaps Li Hao had avoided them on purpose. A group of exalted emperors poked their heads out from their world gates, swallowing hard. Just who was the thunder cultivator here, huh?
The Silver Moon king was the dream of all thunder cultivators!
Indeed, all of them had once daydreamed of commanding chaos tribulations at will.
But, um, none of us ever thought about doing so in such a grand fashion...
They even saw some of their former compatriots being smashed to pieces from one bolt. Those were exalted emperors also skilled at wielding thunder and lightning!
A seventh rank tribulation!
Even the peak sixth rank Feng Yan defended herself with difficulty. She was covered in blood and had reverted to the form of a small, golden phoenix. She fought tooth and nail to stay alive!
The battlefield had become hell!
A great number of exalted emperors were dying. Those lucky enough not to be inflicted with the dao of attachment were gibbering with fear. Today’s events might be an internal demon for the rest of their lives!
Many exalted emperors of the other three worlds were lucky. Apart from those fast enough, such as the sixth ranks, the remaining were so weak that they hadn’t traveled fast enough. They weren’t part of their wailing and dying compatriots.
At the moment, they backed away with fear and dread!
Mid ranks that were normally domineering were being obliterated by the one hundred giants. Their dao marks shattered with no hope of salvation. Endless dao and chaos strength turned the entire area into Thunder Region!
Up above, the Thunder master grunted as he fought a giant. How were there so many seventh rank tribulations being unleashed? Could thunder cultivators really be so strong? If he could reach these heights... then what of an eighth rank?
He’d send one hundred tribulation giants at them!
But...
The Thunder master looked toward Li Hao. Those guys have low cultivation levels and weak bodies. The chaos tribulations are attacking everyone. They’re tough for chaos beasts to handle, but aren’t they even tougher for you?
As for himself... he had experience with chaos tribulations and was a thunder cultivator. Thus, he was in much better straits. As for the Phoenix master... He grinned and rushed the phoenix.
I’m going to get you this time!
