Triple Kill!

Four days, four slaughterhouses. Did Li Hao not realize the Three Great Organizations would eventually trace it all back to him? Of course he did. With so many martial masters on the move, there was little hope of concealing their tracks forever; keeping it hidden for a few days was more than enough. He had also anticipated that these people would not deploy a massive force of top experts against him right from the start. Still, looking at the situation now, it was not bad at all—the Three Great Organizations had dispatched six Three Sols powerhouses. They certainly regarded him highly! A force of this caliber could even contend with a Rising Light. In terms of taking him seriously, the enemy was treating him with immense gravity. Yet Li Hao still felt... these people looked down on him. When dealing with his teacher, Red Moon alone had sent several Rising Lights, and possibly even peak Rising Lights at that. Orange Moon and Yellow Moon were very likely peak Rising Lights themselves. Yet when coming after him, not a single Rising Light had shown up. Was he really that far behind his teacher? At this moment, Li Hao felt a surge of indignation. Who did they think they were looking down on? ... At the same time. To the south. Three Three Sols experts flew across the sky. Suddenly, Zheng Ping, a late-stage Three Sols, frowned slightly and glanced toward the west. He gave a cold snort and murmured, "Feitian's man... Seems like Banshan's disciple. Sneaking around like a ghost. A peak Three Sols, yet acting so spectral!" Peak Three Sols! Feitian had sent only one person, but he was extraordinary—possessing tremendous strength at peak Three Sols, an expert of the darkness element, and world-class at cloaking his presence. Right now, however, he had leaked a wisp of aura on purpose. He had also detected the other Three Sols. At a time like this, hiding his tracks completely might lead to misunderstandings. They were all here to deal with Li Hao, after all; the last thing they needed was to end up fighting among themselves. As for the other direction, Zheng Ping had sensed Yama's two experts long ago—one mid-stage Three Sols and one late-stage Three Sols. It was safe to say all three factions were taking this very seriously. Red Moon had dispatched three Three Sols, and the other two factions had sent three between them. Zheng Ping sent a voice transmission: "Watch out for their motives. They might not just be here to deal with Li Hao. They could be planning to snatch him from our hands, or kill him." Otherwise, to deal with a mere band of martial masters whose strongest fighters were Liu Long and Li Hao—two martial masters who had only recently stepped into the Thousand-Battler realm—would they really need so many powerhouses? Both Jin Jiu and Duan Chao nodded. Their expressions grew solemn. They did not fear Li Hao. Genuinely not in the least. Who would fear a martial master who had not even reached the Thousand-Battler realm a month ago? If they did, their Three Sols cultivation would be completely in vain. Yuan Shuo was an exception; that old demon had accumulated decades of foundation and was nothing like a newcomer like Li Hao. Even so, when Yuan Shuo first stepped into the Thousand-Battler realm, he had not drawn much attention. Only after he reached Spirit Nourishing had he been targeted. What they worried about was that Li Hao might be captured or killed by the other two factions. If that happened, Red Moon's mission this time would be an utter failure. Capturing Li Hao was their top priority. Only if capture proved impossible would they consider killing him, and even then, securing his corpse was non-negotiable—that was Red Moon's bottom line. Zheng Ping had an ordinary face, and right now it was devoid of emotion. He scanned both sides out of the corner of his eye and transmitted, "According to our leads, Li Hao and the others should be hiding near here! These martial masters move by night and lie low by day... If we run into them shortly, your primary task is to keep an eye on Yama and Feitian. I will deal with Li Hao's group... Once Li Hao is captured, we withdraw immediately!" "Understood!" The two quickly answered via voice transmission, feeling tense. Red Moon found itself in the bizarre position of having to protect Li Hao at times. At the same time, three Red Shadows glided forward silently. Zheng Ping and his companions wanted to use the Red Shadows to locate Li Hao first and seize control of him. If they could quietly neutralize Li Hao and bring him back, that would naturally be the best outcome. ... To the west. A cloaked black figure walked along the ground, the corners of his mouth curving slightly beneath the cowl. Zheng Ping? Although Red Moon had sent three Three Sols, their strongest was only Zheng Ping... If they captured Li Hao and he struck to kill him... would Zheng Ping dare turn against him? A faint smile surfaced on the youthful face beneath the cloak. A moment later, the dark figure melted away completely, not a shred of aura leaking out. He had already greeted them; now that he had vanished, they could not accuse him of sneaking around in secret. Perhaps he could capture Li Hao first and take him away. A descendant of the Eight Great Families... How intriguing. ... To the east. There were two Three Sols powerhouses. One was an extremely muscular man whose bare upper torso was covered in tattoos. The other was a woman, exuding boundless allure. The woman glanced toward the other two factions for a moment, letting out an enchanting laugh. "Feitian actually sent Yue Pu. That fellow's concealment skills are first-rate. I hear he assassinated a peak Three Sols expert before, though who knows if it's true." Beside her, the muscular man said coldly, "An assassin? Ambushes? That's only because he hasn't run into me. Let him try assassinating me and see if he can pierce my defense!" He was an earth-element powerhouse at late-stage Three Sols, and one who specialized extraordinarily in defense. Before crossing into the supernatural realm, he had also been a martial master, though not an exceptional one—he had crossed over at the peak of the Ten-Slayer realm. As a supernatural converted from martial arts, he held great pride. Under normal circumstances, supernaturals who originated from martial masters were stronger than purely supernatural ones. Even though his opponent was a peak Three Sols, he felt no fear. A peak Three Sols who could only creep in the dark would have to pierce his defense first before bragging. The woman was a mid-stage Three Sols. Hearing this, she chuckled coquettishly. "Naturally. Who doesn't know of Yama's Tiebi, whose defense is invincible? In the nineteen northern provinces, there can't be more than a handful with a defense stronger than yours." A handful? Tiebi sneered internally. Aside from those Rising Lights, who in the Three Sols realm could boast a stronger defense than him? He knew a few peak Three Sols as well, including earth-element ones, and had compared himself against them; none surpassed him. Deep down, he genuinely considered himself the foremost Three Sols defender in the north. Of course, speaking such words aloud might court trouble, so he kept them to himself to avoid friction, yet he truly believed it in his heart. "Let's go. Time to see this kid. He's got guts, thinking he's Yuan Shuo." Tiebi called out, his voice laced with cold indifference. Li Hao... an unknown youngster. If not for Yuan Shuo and the reputation of the Eight Great Families, Tiebi would not have spared such a nobody a second glance. Yet now, the kid had grown so audacious that he had actually wiped out a Yama branch. Red Moon wanted to take him alive... Fat chance. Tiebi did not take the trio from Red Moon seriously at all, though he did attach some importance to Feitian's Yue Pu. Even if he did not fear an assassination, the man was still a peak Three Sols powerhouse. ... The three factions converged in an encirclement. They all possessed clues indicating that Li Hao was most likely hiding in the small mountain ahead today. A small mountain was perfect. Hard to escape from, it was ideally suited to become the grave of this Martial Guard detachment. ... At this moment, Li Hao watched in silence. He watched the three factions closing in, and he watched the three massive Red Shadows speeding toward him. They all treated him like a piece of meat, like a blind man. Three Red Shadows that large—did they really think he couldn't see them? Still, six Three Sols... The pressure was immense. The Starry Sky Sword appeared in his hand. Li Hao shattered eight divine energy stones in one breath. The small sword rapidly absorbed them, channeling a portion of the divine energy into his body. He turned back to look at the black-armored martial masters, a faint smile touching his lips. "After these past few days of slaughter, everyone has made substantial progress. However... trouble has arrived. Right now, six Three Sols from the Three Great Organizations are closing in from all directions..." A slight stir went through the crowd. Three Sols! And six of them! "Over the past few days, I haven't fought much, yet I've reaped quite a few benefits. Even though I am your commander, I cannot eat for free." Li Hao laughed softly. "Everyone says my teacher Yuan Shuo is the foremost martial master... but my teacher says the pupil outdoing the master is the result he truly wishes for. My teacher made his name in a single battle by slaying Brow-Height Staff... I wonder if tonight, I, Li Hao, can make my name known across the world!" "Vice Commander Liu!" Li Hao called out. Liu Long, also clad in black armor, responded promptly with a heavy voice, "Here!" "Your mission is simple... spectate, and defend!" Li Hao said calmly, "Stay here and watch. These Three Sols have arrived ahead of the rest, but that doesn't mean no Solar Luminaries are trailing behind. They might be in the rear..." Liu Long said hurriedly, "If we join forces and use the formation, even if we can't kill a Three Sols, holding one off is definitely possible... The brothers aren't afraid. These past few days, we've—" "No need!" Li Hao raised a hand to cut him off, smiling. "Trust me! If I can't kill these guys... holding one off won't mean much." Could they hold one off? Pooling the strength of fifty men into Liu Long made it feasible. But... was there any point? Whom would they hold off? The lone figure was a peak Three Sols; even if they managed to delay him briefly, many of these men would die. The black armor was not truly invincible. It could only withstand attacks from Solar Luminaries. "It's enough that you have the resolve. At least now, none of you fear Three Sols!" "If any Solar Luminaries come, kill them!" Li Hao took a deep breath and looked into the distance. Whom should he deal with first? Red Moon's people? No, leave Red Moon for later. Red Moon's fighters would not rashly try to kill him; their moves would be hesitant and restrained. The other two factions, on the other hand, would strike directly for his life. The peak Three Sols? Li Hao pondered for a moment and chuckled. Right—when striking, taking down the strongest first was the proper way. However, he could not scare off the others, or he might not be able to run them down. Just a little closer! With that thought, he vaulted up, landing directly atop the mountain crest. With a few bounds that resembled gliding through the air, he rushed swiftly in that direction. Liu Long and the others felt an extraordinary weight settle over them. Six Three Sols! Li Hao was truly mad. Only now did Liu Long understand why Li Hao had not seemed very keen on cleaning up the battlefields over the past few days, nor had he bothered to conceal their tracks. Whenever someone suggested wiping away their footprints, Li Hao had refused. He had said there was no need. Yes, no need. Because he had long been planning to make a massive kill. ... Inside Li Hao's five viscera, the Earth Sword momentum and the Fire Tiger momentum stirred restlessly, while the origin point of the metal element remained motionless. The third momentum had still not been successfully fused. The Starry Sky Sword in his hand seemed somewhat longer than before. Previously it had been the length of a chopstick—more of a dagger than a sword—but now it was as long as a forearm, truly earning the title of a sword, even if still shorter than ordinary blades. *Fusing two momentums can only barely match a peak Three Sols; it cannot achieve a kill...* Li Hao thought to himself. Back when he fought Huang Jie, he had failed to kill him until he unleashed the Blood Saber Art, and even then Hao Lianchuan had helped tie the man down. Thus, fusing two momentums placed him at roughly late-stage Three Sols. To kill a peak Three Sols, he either had to fuse three momentums or deploy the Blood Saber Art. Of course, Li Hao today was far stronger than he had been back then. His physical body and vitality were more formidable, and his spirit intent was vastly more potent. At this moment, if he unleashed the Blood Saber Art, even if he could not slay the peak Three Sols easily, he could certainly fight him without falling into a disadvantage. *To ensure a victory... I must fuse three momentums!* Li Hao's eyes flickered with resolve as he pressed forward. This time, the third momentum he wished to fuse was not the metal origin point. The metal origin point was too sharp; what Li Hao actually wished to fuse was the water momentum of the Nine Refinements Force! Yet he had not yet been able to unleash the ninth fold. The eighth fold had only just been mastered. Still... what was there to fear in taking a gamble? If it truly failed, he would simply force the fusion of the third momentum. ... Li Hao moved with astonishing speed. Yet he made hardly any noise. He made a beeline for the largest sphere of light. When he was just under a thousand meters away, Li Hao halted. By now, the light spheres from the other two directions were not far from him either. He had positioned himself right in the center. Li Hao stood motionless. Waiting in silence. The fierce tiger in his heart stirred restlessly, dragging its chains, seemingly eager to step out and witness the grander vista. Nine hundred meters... eight hundred meters... The largest light sphere moved at no sluggish pace. However, it was somewhat ghostly, darting left and right as if playing a game of hide-and-seek. Darkness element! Li Hao remained completely still, like a stone statue. ... In the distance. Feitian's Yue Pu seemed to catch sight of a figure. In the darkness, he was like a shadow, invisible even to the others. At this moment, Yue Pu felt a flicker of surprise. Someone was ahead? In the dead of night, who would come to this desolate wilderness? Not a supernatural; he sensed no supernatural fluctuations. A martial master? Li Hao's group? A thought struck him. Could it be Li Hao and his men? Fishing again? He smiled beneath his hood, a broad grin spreading across his face. Had these fellows become addicted to angling for bait? Over the past few days, the group had pulled this stunt repeatedly. By now, all Three Great Organizations knew they operated this way. Using the exact same trick over and over—did they truly take everyone for fools? He approached rapidly, but the closer he got, the more puzzled he became. The person was not wearing black armor. Acting as bait, that would be normal. Yet his vision in the darkness was sharp, and the figure looked faintly familiar... Looking closer, wasn't that Li Hao himself? The Three Great Organizations possessed portraits of Li Hao's appearance. Li Hao? Yue Pu's mind raced. Li Hao... was here? Standing all by himself? Utterly bizarre! Did this fellow not know the Three Great Organizations were moving against him, or did he believe they couldn't find him so easily and was cultivating out here? ... Following Yue Pu's discovery of Li Hao, the second to spot him were the Red Moon members. The three Red Shadows also discovered Li Hao at this moment. In the distance, Zheng Ping's expression shifted, and he transmitted urgently: "Quick, Yue Pu is nearby!" The three accelerated at once! Li Hao was actually standing alone out in the open, and Yue Pu was only a few hundred meters from him. Their faces shifted rapidly, and Zheng Ping snapped via transmission, "Use the Shadow Gods to stall Yue Pu! Jin Jiu, send your Shadow God to seize Li Hao!" Of the three Red Shadows, two shot toward Yue Pu to block him from striking at Li Hao. The remaining Red Shadow flew straight toward Li Hao. The commotion made by the three Red Moon experts immediately caught the attention of the two Yama members nearby. They had not yet spotted Li Hao, but seeing the Red Moon trio react so intensely, they knew Li Hao had likely been discovered. Neither lagged behind, rapidly following them toward Li Hao's position. ... Li Hao looked up and saw a Red Shadow flying toward him. He also saw the other two Red Shadows darting toward Yue Pu. At this point, Yue Pu had originally intended to observe a bit longer, but sensing the arrival of the Red Shadows, he recognized them as Red Moon's Blood God Seeds. "Hmph!" Yue Pu snorted softly. He had intended to watch, but since they were so eager to make a move, they couldn't blame him for striking first! With a flicker, he rushed toward Li Hao. In the distance, Zheng Ping's expression shifted. Yue Pu was astonishingly fast, and while concealing his presence, he was difficult to track. At this moment, Zheng Ping had no choice but to roar aloud, "Li Hao, run! A Feitian assassin is right by you! Run quickly! Give up resistance and let the Shadow God carry you away..." Was it ridiculous? At this moment, the one warning Li Hao was actually a member of Red Moon. Yet Li Hao was not surprised in the least. Red Moon was likely the enemy least willing to see him dead. He did not budge. Meanwhile, Yue Pu revealed his figure. Why bother hiding before Li Hao? As a peak Three Sols, would he fear being spotted by Li Hao? Like an arrow loosed from a bow, Yue Pu crossed several hundred meters in an instant, even finding the leisure to help Li Hao repel the Red Shadow. A burst of darkness supernatural power detonated above Li Hao's head with a boom, vaguely knocking a shadow back. Red Shadows could not be handled through normal means. Yet at Yue Pu's level as a peak Three Sols, he could faintly perceive their presence. Yama and Feitian were not entirely without ways to deal with Red Shadows; the things operated on the mental plane, so as long as some spiritual power was mixed into their supernatural force, they could be countered. With a thunderous crash, the explosion went off right above Li Hao's head. Yue Pu's voice came eerily: "Red Moon wants to capture you to flay your skin and pull your tendons. Come with me..." Feitian might not necessarily kill him. Perhaps they could even use him to strike a trade with Red Moon. In an instant, Yue Pu closed in on Li Hao, reaching out with a hand as darkness power surged forward, forming a massive web meant to snatch Li Hao away directly. Up until this very instant, Li Hao remained motionless, appearing as if paralyzed by fright. He was thinking that he might never get an opportunity like this again. Right now, everyone underestimated him. That was why this peak Three Sols dared get so close to a martial master, stopping less than five meters away. But if he survived this encounter, then in the future... likely no Three Sols would ever dare come this close to him again. At that exact moment, as Yue Pu drew nearer and nearer, practically pressing against Li Hao... Li Hao moved! In that split second, Yue Pu's vision blurred. The next instant, an incomparably ferocious spirit intent slammed into his mind, as if a fierce tiger had burrowed into his head. Right after, a massive mountain crashed down upon him. Spirit intent! At that very moment, a flash of sword light blazed in all directions, illuminating the area. A burst of fiery light erupted from the Starry Sky Sword. Li Hao thrust out in utter silence, his spirit intent surging to the utmost limit. With two momentums fused into one, he was fast—inconceivably fast—slashing his blade toward Yue Pu! Yue Pu's eyes were glazed in confusion for a fraction of a second before he snapped to his senses. With a violent roar, he shifted his palm into a fist and smashed it toward Li Hao's small sword! *What is wrong with this guy?!* That was his only thought. The spirit intent attack had left him disoriented. Meanwhile, Li Hao, who rarely spoke during battle, let out a low roar to vent the ferocity in his heart! "Sever Self!" With the cry of Sever Self, the sword light soared into the sky! *Crack!* A crisp sound rang out as bone severed cleanly. The small sword sliced right through Yue Pu's fist, producing barely a sound as it cut the bone, and the next instant, his entire right forearm sheared off. The small sword did not stop. Severing the right arm, it slashed instantly toward his head. Yue Pu came fully to his senses at that moment. Roaring wildly, he retreated in desperation, but he was a fraction too late. With a wet slice, his entire right arm was cleaved from the shoulder down, and the blade even cut across his waist and abdomen, carving away a third of his torso. There was no pain—it was too fast! Before the pain could even register, Yue Pu saw his right arm fall away, along with the sliced-open right flank of his waist and belly. The defense of a peak Three Sols was like flimsy paper at this moment. It was breached completely by this single strike! Huang Jie had at least witnessed Li Hao beat Yu Xiao to death, so he had harbored some wariness toward Li Hao, but Yue Pu had never seen Li Hao fight and was even less vigilant than Yu Xiao had been! Terror seized Yue Pu. His left arm instantly transformed into a sword of darkness, thrusting fiercely toward Li Hao! Yet at the very moment Li Hao delivered the sword slash, his body had already pressed tight against his foe. His left hand had long curved into a claw. Striking out with a snap, five fingers drove deep into Yue Pu's left arm, tearing a bloodied hole through it. With a low grunt, Li Hao clenched his claw, crushing the bone to splinters. His knee drove upward with lightning speed! *Boom!* Yue Pu's chest was shattered completely by that knee strike. Li Hao's right hand twisted the sword hilt, reversing his grip on the small blade, and drove it straight into his foe's back. Yue Pu's face was filled with blank disbelief and shock... His gaze met Li Hao's eyes. Fierce, ruthless, murderous! *This is someone who just entered the Thousand-Battler realm?!* He could not believe it! He was a peak Three Sols! In the distance, the five Three Sols flying rapidly toward them caught a vague glimpse of the scene, though they could not see it clearly. Their bodies continued rushing toward Li Hao on pure momentum. And the next instant, they saw it. This time, with absolute clarity. Li Hao drove the sword into his opponent's back. Yue Pu was bent over double, his five viscera completely crushed by Li Hao's knee strike, and the small sword in his back had pierced straight through his heart. Yet Li Hao did not stop. His left hand forcefully snapped the remaining arm, whipped around like an ape's limb, and coiled around his foe's head in the blink of an eye, locking his throat in a vice grip. With a brutal wrench, bone cracked, and the neck snapped. His left arm swung upward, tossing the severed head through the darkness, where it crashed against the ground nearby. Dead! The five Three Sols had nearly reached them, now barely a hundred meters away. At this moment, every one of them saw it clearly, and each fell into a daze. The next instant, that daze turned into utter shock. Yue Pu... was dead! His head had been torn off; if he wasn't dead after that, he wouldn't be a Three Sols. Yue Pu, a peak Three Sols, had drawn too close to Li Hao and was slain on the spot in the blink of an eye. Li Hao himself felt it had happened almost too quickly—this fool had actually engaged in close quarters with him... Did he think martial masters were a joke? The next moment, he kicked off the ground. In an instant, the long sword tore through the air, cleaving a Red Shadow cleanly in two. Ignoring the other two Red Shadows, Li Hao shot forward like a bird, heading straight for the two from Yama, leaving the Red Moon trio behind. In the blink of an eye, he broke through the air. Tiebi's expression shifted drastically, while the woman beside him let out a piercing shriek as a wave of sound rippled outward. Li Hao roared like a fierce tiger! *Roar!* The sonic wave shattered, and a roaring soundwave blasted in all directions, blowing the rocks beneath them to pieces. At this moment, Li Hao embodied a flaming tiger. In an instant, he closed in on the two. His face pale with shock, Tiebi roared furiously, and a suit of heavy earth armor materialized over his body! *Boom!* Li Hao threw a punch. The armor remained entirely unmoved, yet a heartbeat later, Tiebi coughed up blood, his internal organs violently shaken. Seeing Li Hao close in so quickly that escape was impossible, Tiebi roared at the top of his lungs, "Get over here and join forces! This man is already a mortal threat..." The Red Moon group seemed to hesitate. Yet he could not let Red Moon leave under any circumstances. Li Hao's kill on Yue Pu had been too horrifying; if the three Red Moon powerhouses fled, he and the woman beside him would almost certainly die. Tiebi roared in fury, "Hurry! He can't break my defense right away! Kill him together, or else Red Moon will be his greatest target for vengeance..." The three Three Sols' expressions shifted slightly. The next moment, Zheng Ping barked an order and charged straight toward Li Hao, while the remaining two Red Shadows also flew rapidly toward Li Hao. Five Three Sols! Among them were two late-stage and two mid-stage... Combined with two Red Shadows, a force of this strength would not necessarily lose even against a Rising Light. Coming to their senses, the Red Moon trio made their decision immediately. Li Hao... had become a catastrophic threat! Disaster loomed! A second Yuan Shuo. If they failed to eliminate Li Hao now, Red Moon would likely face this madman's relentless retribution. They didn't even have time to be shocked by the fact that Li Hao had killed a peak Three Sols in close combat. Seeing the three Three Sols rushing in, while the earth-element expert before him possessed an extraordinarily tough defense and the woman continued bombarding him with shrieking sonic attacks... A glint of cold malice flashed in Li Hao's eyes. In an instant, a surge of vitality erupted with a deafening boom. Vitality filled the sky, reflecting against the heavens and turning the night blood-red. Blood Saber Art! In a flash, spirit and intent fused. On the small sword, Li Hao did not use his fused dual momentums this time; instead, he shifted entirely to the Metal Sword momentum. Not only that, water waves began to swell upon Li Hao's small sword! Nine Refinements Force! First fold, second fold, third fold... In the blink of an eye, eight folds stacked together. The Metal Sword momentum was supreme in explosive penetration, and combined with the Blood Saber Art uniting his essence, energy, and spirit, Li Hao at this moment was thirty percent stronger than when he had slain Yue Pu. "Sever!" With a slash of the sword, the red sky was sheared in two. Amid Tiebi's sheer horror, the heavy earth armor on his body shattered with a thunderous blast! Broken! The defense he had believed to be invincible was sliced open by Li Hao's single strike. "Get lost!" With a furious roar, Tiebi threw a punch at Li Hao like a thousand stacked mountains. He had gone mad as well; Li Hao wanted to kill him? Keep dreaming! As long as he held out for a moment... when the three Red Moon powerhouses arrived, Li Hao would be dead! Bastard! That punch carried the weight of a mountain. Yet Li Hao, having unleashed his sword, had no intention of drawing back or evading. The blade stabbed straight into Tiebi's skull! At the same time, Tiebi's fist slammed heavily into Li Hao's body. *Boom...* The power behind that punch was monstrously terrifying. In an instant, flesh tore and bone snapped. Amid the woman's nearby shriek, their clash ended in a flash. Tiebi's head was skewered through, while a bloody hole opened in Li Hao's chest, exposing his heart. The heart twitched, fine fractures appearing across it, yet they began to knit shut rapidly. His heart had nearly been punched through. The alluring look in the woman's eyes vanished, replaced only by terror and dread. Fear instantly consumed every thought in her mind. She stopped screaming and turned to flee. Ignoring the three Three Sols who had already arrived behind Li Hao, she had only one thought left: run! Even Tiebi, a late-stage Three Sols renowned for his defense, had been killed in a single strike, to say nothing of her. She was only a mid-stage Three Sols and did not excel at offense. Her sonic waves were her greatest attack, alongside a supernatural ability to create illusions... but she had tried it, and before the illusion could even take shape, a fierce tiger had shattered it completely! As a semi-support Three Sols, she had no way to bring her strength to bear. She wanted to flee, but how could Li Hao let her have her way? At this moment, Li Hao transformed into a bird, vanishing in an instant as he surged forward! A golden origin point converged upon his arm—the Metal Sword momentum! A thrust stabbed out like a bird's beak, piercing the back of her head and shattering every shred of defense in an instant. Li Hao's inner force surged forth. With a resounding boom, her beautiful head burst open, before the shrieks lingering in the air could even fade. Triple kill! In the blink of an eye, Li Hao had completed his third kill. Behind him, a thunderous explosion erupted as a potent burst of metal-element power detonated against his back. The blast sent Li Hao stumbling directly to the ground. Rolling like an ape, Li Hao rolled several times across the earth, covered in blood, yet successfully dodging the follow-up strike. Red Moon's Three Sols had arrived! Two Red Shadows instantly forced their way into Li Hao's internal organs. Li Hao's vitality boiled over, and with a muffled grunt, the blood shadows melted away under his inner heat, letting out shrill screeches. Opposite him, Zheng Ping and his companions paled slightly. The Shadow Gods had been destroyed just like that? Too fast. Everything had happened far too fast—so fast that by the time they arrived, Tiebi, who specialized in defense, had been slain outright by Li Hao, while Meiji, who specialized in sonic attacks, had her head blown apart. And Yue Pu, who specialized in assassination, had gone cold long before that! From start to finish, not even ten seconds had passed. Yet this man before them had slaughtered every Three Sols powerhouse from Feitian and Yama. The bloody hole in his chest remained. Behind him, Zheng Ping had blown open another bloody crater; Li Hao had been punched completely through, to the point where one could look through parts of his body to the other side. Yet this young man before them remained terrifyingly ferocious! In his eyes, there was only sheer ruthlessness! Zheng Ping and the others swallowed hard, a single thought echoing in their minds... If this fellow didn't die today, he would be even harder to deal with and vastly more brutal than Yuan Shuo ever was! An injured Li Hao... was their only chance to kill him! "Kill!" The three did not back down. As Three Sols, they understood clearly that turning to flee now meant certain death—had they not seen Meiji's fate? Fleeing was suicide. Once run down in close quarters by a martial master, unable to fight all out, their defenses would be breached with ease... and they would be left to await death. Strike while he's down! At this moment, the three completely abandoned all thought of capturing him alive. This man had to die. Everyone had underestimated him; tonight's battle was a trap laid by this very youth, who had prepared from the start to slaughter Three Sols.