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The mummified corpse shook its head and said, "Moreover, I suspect that the Dragon Lord might have gone to seek refuge with Dragon Gate. I heard him say before that Dragon Gate plans to attack Liangzhou, and I don't know if they will choose Heavenly Gate Pass as the breakthrough point. If they do, the Dragon Lord will come back.

When that time comes, we can charge with the Dragon Lord and get a share of the spoils and also gain many benefits."

"Dragon Gate..."

The seductive centipede woman's eyes lit up when she heard these two words. As a demon of the scaled clan, they all longed to enter Dragon Gate.

It was said that there are many True Dragons there, and moreover, they would impart the Demon Arts for demons to transform into dragons after surviving calamities.

"Since my husband has such a plan, I will listen to you," said the seductive centipede woman softly, her voice carrying a hint of flirtation.

The mummified demon smiled and was about to embrace her to say something when suddenly he sensed something and turned his head to look.

At that glance, his pupils immediately constricted.

Not far away on the Taoist temple grounds, a well-dressed young man was standing there, quietly watching them.

"It's you!"

The mummified demon recognized the young man's appearance and was horrified, almost scared out of his wits.

He was the only Three Immortal Demon who had escaped back from Heavenly Gate Pass and had personally witnessed this young man's power.

A common fighter of the Three Immortal Realms was no match for him!

Yet the opponent had dared to pursue him here, over a thousand miles from Heavenly Gate Pass.

"Human Race?"

The seductive centipede woman looked at Li Hao with confusion. She wanted to approach him with her flirtatious smile and eliminate him, but hearing her husband's shocked cry made her heart contract, giving her an ominous premonition.

"You just mentioned Dragon Gate. Tell me about it again, in detail," Li Hao said with a smile.

"You actually dare to come here? This is our demon's territory!" the mummified corpse said, staring intently at Li Hao, while sending a message to the seductive centipede woman by his side, "You go kill this kid, I'll deal with the people behind him."

Upon hearing this, the seductive centipede woman glanced around but saw no other figures. However, she did not dare to take chances. She unleashed a teasing smile and said, "Where is this cute little Human coming from? Little brother, do you find your sister beautiful?"

Her bottom half, a centipede body, contracted and transformed into a pair of slender and fair legs, as she sashayed towards Li Hao.

Gusts of demonic wind swept by, activating her seductive Demon Art, which would normally affect many in the Heavenly Human Realm.

Li Hao stood still, unmoving.

Bang!

Suddenly, the seductive centipede woman's head exploded as if it was slapped by something, blood spraying everywhere. The flirtatious smile on her face was fixed stiff on her lips.

Her body flew backward, landing to the side and transforming into a massive centipede form but with the head already burst open, revealing a frightened Divine Soul inside.

What kind of monstrous Human is this? He's clearly in the Immortal Realm; how could my husband ask me to kill him?

The mummified demon who was about to flee had only lifted his foot when his expression froze in place.

He couldn't even distract the young man for a moment?

"I'm not very patient, speak properly," Li Hao said indifferently, as a strand of Sword Qi rose from the ground like a star, piercing the mummified demon's shoulder, and then flew back, stopping right in front of his eyes.

The cold killing intent made the mummified demon's heartbeat quicken.

Compared to the previous encounter, the young man's strength seemed to have improved to a level that was somewhat unfathomable to him.

Could it be that he had advanced to the Four Stands Realm?

He felt as though his own mind was failing him; such a thing was impossible.

Under the pressure of imminent death, the mummified demon swallowed and spoke out everything he knew.

When he had finished, Li Hao, without any courtesy, released a Sword Qi that pierced his body and then extinguished his Divine Soul.

As for the Divine Soul of the seductive centipede woman, Li Hao showed no mercy, and with a raise of his hand, the forces of heaven and earth converged to annihilate her.

The mummified corpse, being in the Indestructible Realm, had tried to reveal his true form and battle with Li Hao, but the gap in strength was too vast.

"...Liangzhou, Dragon Gate..."

Li Hao's gaze flickered. The mummified demon didn't know much, but demons were eyeing Liangzhou, eager for action, and this aligned with the military report information previously transmitted by Li Xuanli.

However, according to Second Elder, Dragon Gate is one of the top forces among demons.

The powerhouses within its influence are not much different from those in the Divine General Mansion.

If Longmen were to gather all its powerhouses to attack Liangzhou, then flames of war would likely erupt everywhere in Liangzhou.

Relaying solely on the Li Family may not be enough to hold such a vast territory.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Hao didn't think much of it and decided to focus on securing his own Heavenly Gate Pass for now.

As his Divine Soul traveled through the Taoist Temple, Li Hao found some leftover demon materials, but nothing particularly rare or precious.

Inside, Li Hao found four demon Cultivation Techniques, which he added to his panel, all of them Body Refining Skills.

He stood in the Taoist Temple, practicing each one by one, but there was considerable overlap in the parts of the body these techniques fortified, only increasing his strength by three hundred thousand catties.

Now, his physical Strength of the Flesh had increased to thirteen hundred thousand catties.

In the state of Divine Power, it was thirteen million catties, such a physique was extremely powerful even among demons.

After leaving Longshan Taoist Temple, Li Hao stomped down from the sky, collapsing the entire temple, obliterating it in an instant.

Only then did he turn away and head towards the peak of the Holy Demon King.

But by the time Li Hao arrived, the place was deserted, and the demons from beyond the Three Heads Pass, who had previously assembled to kill him, had now abandoned their lairs and fled to unknown locations.

Li Hao felt a bit regretful; he had previously been afraid of encountering these Demon Kings and only dared to fish on the outskirts of their territories. Now, when he wanted to find a Demon King to practice against, he couldn't find any.

With no other choice, Li Hao could only cast his gaze further afield.

He destroyed the holy peak and left the place, delving deeper into even more distant lands.

...

Lava Cave.

A hundred miles around the cave was bare black rock, and inside lied an active volcano, with lava flowing.

Red snakes and fire lizards coiled around the edge of the magma pools, some transformed into half-demons, with the upper body of a lizard, but the lower body consisted of snow-white human legs, clinging to the rock walls like geckos.

At that moment, a small black-winged sparrow flew in from outside the cave.

After landing, it transformed into a girl looking about six or seven years old, cute as a button, but with a mature demeanor. She glanced around quickly before bowing her head and whispering a message.

After a short time, the lava surged, and a giant python covered in red scales rose from the bottom of the pool, its demonic aura rolling out unrestrained.

The strangest part was that its neck forked into three separate snake heads.

"Tianji Palace, how did the investigation you were tasked with go, have the people from the Great Void Realm really entered our world?"

Seeing the massive Red-scaled Three-headed Python, the little girl was respectfully timid and said crisply, "Triad Chief, please rest assured, Tianji Palace has taken care of everything you need. We've gathered all the information you wanted.

"The Great Void Realm has indeed entered our world, this time planning to attack Liangzhou. They were invited by the Holy Palace and Longmen, with Longmen taking the lead and the Great Void Realm along with the Holy Palace serving as support.

"Additionally, Wan Shan, the Demon King, failed to attack Heavenly Gate Mountain and has fled along with the Dragon Lord and the Holy Demon King. Their territories are indeed now vacant."

"And the national master of Northern Cold Country, who was under Wan Shan, has also retreated. Northern Cold Country is currently lacking a national master. Triad Chief, if you are interested, you could have someone from your command go there."

Hearing the girl's words, one of the heads of the Red-scaled Three-headed Python flashed with a sneer, "That old Demon King really is foolish. Its foolish son died a good death. It's said he was killed by someone from the Human Race, we really should thank that person.

"Longmen has invited us, do you think we should go?" asked another head.

The three heads seemed to have independent thoughts, with their voices having distinct differences.

The largest head in the middle didn't speak, its gaze sovereign and deep, it spat out two blood-colored agate-like objects towards the little girl, "This is your reward."

"Thank you, Triad Chief," the little girl said, her expression joyful, and then respectfully asked, "Do you have any other orders?"

"Not for now, you can go," the snake replied.

"Alright," the girl answered obediently, then her body wrapped in demon qi, she transformed back into her original black bird form and flew out of the cave.

After bursting out of the Lava Cave, the black bird rapidly ascended, aiming for the clouds, and performed a Secret Technique, vanishing from sight.

However, just as she was about to disappear completely, suddenly a streak of golden Sword Qi came flying at lightning speed, cutting off her wings.