Chapter 89

Once they were far away from the square where the deaths occurred, the few of them hid back in the previous alley, finally calming down.

Li Hao let out a slight breath.

This ancient city was filled with danger everywhere.

They didn’t dare enter the shops on either side of the street. Initially, Li Hao wanted to go in, but he and Liu Long simultaneously felt a sense of danger, an instinct of martial artists.

So the two of them didn’t dare to enter and ran back to the alley.

They didn’t know what kind of danger lay inside those houses. Could there be such black-armored figures inside?

Regardless, that place was not a place to stay.

Looking at the energy storage box in his hand, Li Hao thought for a moment and looked at Liu Long and the others: "Boss, Sister, can you two guard the ends of the alley for me? I want to cultivate for a while."

"Now?"

Liu Long frowned slightly. Cultivating at this time was not a good opportunity.

As for Li Hao cultivating and having them guard the entrance, that wasn’t a problem.

After entering the realm of Doushan, the simple mystic energy actually wasn’t very helpful.

Just like Yuan Shuo, at first, he didn’t pay much attention to mystic energy until Li Hao could purify and extract the five elements, which he used to strengthen his internal organs. Only then did it become very helpful to him.

Liu Long was also similar, so when Li Hao took the mystic energy, he didn’t really think about sharing it.

And Liu Yan, naturally, wouldn’t say anything.

She knew that Li Hao had a special kind of energy that was very helpful to martial artists.

At this critical moment, if Li Hao could cultivate and advance further, entering the realm of Doushan, it would be beneficial for everyone.

"Now!"

Li Hao nodded: "Some of the small organizations' superhumans have escaped. They will definitely encounter the people behind them. They might act together, and with more people, the black-armored figures might not be able to stop them. We don’t dare to go to the inner city, so we will eventually meet them... So, I’ll take this opportunity to see if I can enter the realm of Doushan."

Liu Long didn’t say more and quickly walked to the alley entrance in the direction of the inner city, silently squatting down to guard.

Here, the main concern was to prevent the black-armored figures from entering.

Liu Yan also went to the other side.

Li Hao took a deep breath, deciding to seize the last opportunity. The sword energy was not much left. His teacher chose to absorb the red shadow power instead of the sword energy, clearly also saving a bit of sword energy for him.

Perhaps he also hoped that Li Hao could take this opportunity to enter the realm of Doushan.

Li Hao now mastered two kinds of momentum.

But neither was very powerful, just the initial form of momentum. However, if he could fuse the two kinds of momentum, he might strengthen both and enter the realm of Doushan.

Fusion...

The sword and the earth actually had no natural opportunity to fuse.

But his teacher could fuse the Five Animal Momentum, clearly indicating that fusion also required some talent and skill.

According to his teacher, any kind of momentum actually had some common points. When you found the common points, you could amplify them and start from there, and you would have a chance to fuse the momentum.

It was simple, but also very difficult.

Li Hao’s immediate priority was not to fuse the momentum but to strengthen his internal organs.

Fusing the momentum and advancing to Doushan depended on the situation.

Strengthening the internal organs was the real foundation. Once he entered Doushan, he could quickly choose to nurture his spirit in one of the internal organs, rather than slowly cultivating. He needed to strengthen his internal organs so that when he nurtured his spirit, it wouldn’t cause the other four organs to shatter.

Before the Five Animal Breathing Technique was revised, in today’s martial arts world, those who could nurture their spirit without shattering their internal organs, besides Yuan Shuo, were probably only some martial artists who had been in Doushan for decades.

These martial artists, who had been in Doushan for decades, if they couldn’t find a way, would subconsciously strengthen their internal organs, both internally and externally, which was also a goal pursued by martial artists.

For a new martial artist like Li Hao, without elemental energy to strengthen, making his internal organs powerful was as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Reaching into the energy storage box, he took out a piece of human bone.

It was still mixed with some blood. Li Hao was already calm, sensing and judging that it was fire energy, which was relatively common.

Strengthen the heart of the internal organs!

The Five Animal Breathing Technique operated, and a small sword at his waist slowly seeped out some sword energy.

Compared to before... Li Hao could only say that in his youth, he didn’t know the value of sword energy. He wasted it recklessly, even using it on his dog. Now, feeling the weak flow of sword energy, he could only secretly regret it.

Fortunately, even if it was a bit slow, the sword energy still had the effect of stripping the mystic energy.

The fire elemental energy was quickly stripped away.

The stripped non-elemental energy strengthened the body, and the fire elemental energy began to strengthen the heart.

This bone, from some superhuman of the Moon Shadow level, contained not much mystic energy. After a moment, the mystic energy was absorbed.

Li Hao continued.

Mystic energy, it was said, could be found in the secret places and ruins of some organizations. Some source spirit weapons could also generate it autonomously or through certain means. The mystic energy contained in the human body was actually of the lowest quality and the least cost-effective.

Unfortunately, Li Hao could only obtain it through this means, mainly because he had consumed a large amount.

Yuan Shuo, to strengthen his internal organs, could nurture the Heart Fire Ape and directly absorb 1000 cubic meters of fire energy.

For Li Hao to reach Yuan Shuo’s level... even if it was slightly weaker, he had absorbed about 200 cubic meters of each of the five elements. Now, he needed to absorb at least 800 cubic meters of each to safely nurture his spirit.

Of course, strengthening all five internal organs was very difficult, so he could prioritize one.

And Li Hao didn’t care.

Absorb as much as possible, whatever he could get.

At this moment, he wasn’t picky; he could absorb any kind of energy.

Including wind energy, which could make him lighter.

Thunder energy, which could strengthen his body.

All of these could be absorbed.

The key was that there wasn’t enough sword energy. He didn’t know if he could get another chance to replenish in this ancient city. After all, this ancient city seemed to have some connection with the Eight Great Families.

One minute, five minutes... ten minutes...

It continued for half an hour, and in the distance, a rumbling sound was heard again.

A moment later, Liu Long quickly returned, with a serious expression: "End your cultivation as soon as possible. Just now, at least a hundred black-armored figures disappeared outside, probably to intercept those people. Also, not just black-armored figures... in this hundred-person squad, I saw someone who might be a Centurion, with armor that was somewhat bronze-colored!"

After the black-armored figures, bronze-armored soldiers appeared.

The black-armored figures were at the Moon Shadow level. What about the bronze-armored ones?

Sunlight level?

These soldiers, working in perfect coordination, were indestructible. How strong would a bronze-armored figure at the Sunlight level be?

The black-armored figures had killed many Sunlight level superhumans.

Could the bronze-armored figures deal with the Three Suns level?

Li Hao’s expression was serious, and he quickly stopped absorbing. In fact, there wasn’t much left, and this time’s harvest was still quite good.

He absorbed about 800 cubic meters of mystic energy, and he was already feeling the strain.

However, the elemental energies were not balanced. Fire energy was more abundant, with at least 300 cubic meters absorbed.

As for the other elemental energies, he didn’t absorb any water energy, but he did get some metal, wood, and earth, so his kidneys were clearly slightly weaker than the other four internal organs.

"Let’s go and see!"

Li Hao stood up, and the two quickly joined up with Liu Yan ahead.

At this moment, Liu Yan’s voice was low and serious: "Be careful, something seems off on this street..."

Something seems off?

It was quite dark here. Did he see the bronze-armored figures?

Li Hao was thinking when Liu Yan said in a low voice: "Just now... I’m not sure if it was from the battle ahead, but a superhuman with earth energy came around and hid. Just as the black-armored figures were patrolling, the person hid in a house. Suddenly, a scream was heard, and then there was no more sound!"

Clearly, someone had the idea of exploring first while others were fighting the black-armored figures. They hid in a house when they saw the patrolling black-armored figures and immediately encountered danger.

They died!

Li Hao and the others peeked at the houses on both sides of the alley. They looked particularly gloomy at this moment.

The flags were still fluttering, but the three of them no longer had the intention to enter the houses.

Boom!

Just as they were thinking, a rumbling sound came from the other side of the street. This time, the noise was much louder, clearly indicating that a powerful figure had taken action.

This time, several Three Suns level figures had arrived.

The black-armored figures, no matter how strong, were only at the Moon Shadow level.

With the Three Suns level figures present, the black-armored figures couldn’t cause much trouble, even if they were indestructible. The gap between the two sides was too large.

The rumbling sound continued, and Li Hao and the others even heard the powerful figure’s shout: "These black-armored figures are strong because of their armor. Their power source is the ground. Lay a layer of rock on the ground to cut off their power source!"

After these words, Li Hao didn’t know how they fought, but he took a deep breath.

Who is this?