Chapter 255: An Honest and Simple Little Li Hao (III)

Chapter 255: An Honest and Simple Little Li Hao (III)

Everything remained a mess inside the outer city. Director He and the rest of the team had been resigned by the disappearance of Liu Long, Liu Yan, and Li Hao. There was nothing they could do about losing the trail as the three were martial masters. As they were too hard to locate, the second Night Watcher team had to give up the idea of using them as bait.

Being injured, Li Hao no longer wished to run into supernaturals. He directed Liu Long away from all of them. There were much fewer balls of light in the city now. He noted the concealed Celestial and Sword Sect Solar when he looked around. They were likely up to nothing good as the young man saw multiple balls of light disappear around them. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

Who was the Sword Sect Solar hunting? And who was the Celestial Solar hunting?

Li Hao wasn’t worried about the Night Watchers as the second team possessed a mid Solar. If anyone dared attack them, they’d be killed in return. Zhang Ting would finally act when her own life was in danger.

As for the first team, metal supernatural Director Zhou was very strong as a peak Sunflare. There were numerous Sunflares in that team, which presented a thorny issue for an individual Solar seeking to ambush the group.

Keeping those thoughts in mind, Li Hao and his two companions made their way through numerous streets and drew close to the inner city gates. Balls of light abounded over there and someone heard them coming from far away.

Hu Dingfang broke through the air—he didn’t dare fly, but he was extremely fast nonetheless. He went slack jawed with shock when he saw Li Hao on Liu Long’s back. The young man was as white as a sheet, his internal force depleted, and blood stained his clothes.

“What happened??” Hao Lianchuan rushed over as well. He thought Li Hao was putting on an act at first, but his expression quickly changed too. It was too real to be an act—the young man had gotten thinner as a result of expending too many internal resources and emptying his internal force. “Who did this??”

They were both stunned. Liu Long was a Dominator and the two were with the Night Watchers. Who could still harm Li Hao to this degree?

The two weren’t the only ones concerned. Violet Moon and the others frowned when they took note of Li Hao’s condition. How had the young man ended up in these straits? Violet Moon had given orders to her people to either capture Li Hao when they saw him, or leave him alone if they couldn’t. Red Moon wouldn’t act against Li Hao. Was it Celestial or Yama behind the deed?

Blood trickled out of the corner of the young man’s mouth when he coughed. He looked at the group and said haltingly, “I’m... fine. It’s just my organs that are damaged... my internal force depleted... and my foundations injured...”

And that was called fine?

Faces darkened and Hu Dingfang grew irritable. “Who did it?!”

He wouldn’t die of his injuries now, would he? Would Li Hao be able to continue cultivating even if he recovered? His condition was too critical!

Hu Dingfang had swindled Old Demon Yuan out of one final disciple, if a second final disciple was crippled on his watch... He really wouldn’t be able to explain himself.

“I’m... not sure,” Li Hao coughed and shook his head. “I... didn’t even see them... They were too strong and too fast...” The young man took a deep breath. “I only saw a flash of a dark shadow. I had time to raise my internal force for one instance of defense... They were a dark supernatural...”

Many looked to the Celestial powerhouse upon hearing these words. His name was Ding Chen; most dark supernaturals came from this organization. Hidden beneath his cloak, Ding Chen didn’t immediately say anything.

“They shouldn’t be from Celestial... please don’t misunderstand!” Li Hao said.

“How are you so sure?” Hu Dingfang frowned.

He emitted a shrill whistle at the end of his words.

Ambushing someone was no grave matter, but the key was that a hidden Solar had done the ambushing. That made it a big deal. The target being Li Hao was also a grave matter. All of this together was why everyone paid it so much attention.

Otherwise, who cared about a Sunderer dying?

A figure swiftly ran in from the darkness when the long whistle rang out. Upon seeing that Ding Chen was fine and everyone was looking at him, the powerhouse beneath the cloak paused with a frown. What did you summon me for if nothing’s happening?

“Well met!” A fist slammed down on the newcomer—Hu Dingfang’s fist!

It was fast beyond belief; the startled newcomer immediately pulled out a sword of darkness and jabbed back. He went flying after a loud collision and Ding Chen quickly stepped forward.

“Commander Hu!” he protested.

“So you’re the one who attacked Li Hao?!” Hu Dingfang demanded coolly.

The injured cloaked figure coughed, mystified. Me? When did I attack Li Hao? I didn’t even see Li Hao in the city!

Ding Chen quickly murmured some words by his ears, bringing an aggrieved expression onto the newcomer’s face. Killing people was a normal occurrence, but he really wasn’t behind this. He thought of nothing else but responding with anger, “I’m not behind it... If I was, I wouldn’t give him the chance to escape. Someone wants to expose me...” His eyes darted around as he continued, “There’s another Solar in the city! I came across them, it might be them...”

It was Hong Yitang’s turn to jerk with surprise. “Ah, everyone, please don’t misunderstand. This person slanders another!” he said hastily. “I’ll tell you the truth, that person is my wife. She rose to Solar not long ago and is still stabilizing her cultivation level. She’s a wood supernatural, not of the dark attribute. How could she attack Li Hao?

“Li Hao’s master, Yuan Shuo, is a peer of my time. How would I bully my junior? Don’t you dare run your mouth and cast aspersions on people’s character! My lover is just protecting my sect’s disciples and doesn't mean anything else by it...”

Two Solars were suddenly exposed, and they’d exposed each other! The reason? Li Hao’s injuries.

“Martial uncle Hong wouldn’t attack me,” Li Hao quickly protested. “He gave me the Earthturner Sword, it’s not him! And it’s not Celestial, this is all a misunderstanding! General Hu, Director Hao, I’m fine. I’ll be fine after a few days, let’s let the matter drop!”

Hao Lianchuan glanced at him while Hu Dingfang stewed. The others merely thought that sometimes... Li Hao was truly... should they say simple, or dumb? Of course, not creating more enemies for the Night Watchers at this time was a good idea. He was an interesting fellow, to be a stick-in-the-mud who kept the bigger picture in mind!

There were many people like Li Hao in the Night Watcher ranks. They were too much of a stickler for the rules and didn’t wish to pursue many things to the end in case it ruined bigger plans. The young man rather suited the Night Watcher style.

What else could the rest of them do if he didn’t wish to pursue the matter?

The group looked at Hong Yitang; the swordsman had been in such a hurry to admit to the Solar in his organization because he was afraid that if an investigation started in earnest, it would bring trouble to the Sword Sect if it really fell to them.

Sword intent rose to the sky—a signal for his wife!