Cultivation Begins from Infancy - Chapter 274

Volume 3 - Chapter 29: Slaying the Prodigy, Proclaiming the Divine Name - Part 1

“Pain!”

A short man let out a miserable scream, staring at Li Hao in horror. Even if the other party was prepared, should his close-range ambush have been so easily blocked?

But it was blocked—by some monstrous strength!

“You’re in the Fourth Pillar Realm?!”

The short man was stunned. He couldn’t discern Li Hao’s cultivation aura, but judging by his age, stepping into the Three Immortals Realm would already be remarkable.

“Spare me! Take the item—don’t kill me...”

Not waiting for Li Hao to respond, the short man hastily pulled out a belt and handed it over. “The Dao Rhythmic Blood Fruit is inside! Please, spare me!”

Dao Rhythmic Blood Fruit?

Li Hao was somewhat surprised. Ji Yunge had just mentioned this item, and now it had appeared right before him.

However, it was in this belt? Li Hao was skeptical. Instead of taking it, he suddenly struck out, smashing a fist toward the man’s head.

The man, being hunted, now presented this treasure to him—it was clearly a trap to shift the danger onto Li Hao. On the surface, it looked like a plea for mercy, but the intent was venomous.

“You...”

The short man roared in anger and shock. A golden talisman ignited in his palm, revealing a Sacred Heart Talisman.

As the golden talisman burned, it transformed into blazing divine light that enveloped his body, aiming to block Li Hao’s punch.

But the moment Li Hao saw the talisman, he immediately reacted. Activating the Flying Slash attribute, he doubled his attack range.

Before his fist fully extended, its destructive force had already landed on the short man’s head.

With a resounding bang, it was like a fruit exploding.

The short man’s mouth was slightly ajar, and in his final moments, disbelief lingered in his eyes—he couldn’t understand why he had died.

His body fell limp, lifeless, as his soul emerged from the top of his skull, attempting to flee into the distance.

Yet the sword aura Li Hao had imbued with the Hidden Bow attribute had already been lying in ambush. As the soul emerged, the aura struck in an instant.

When sword aura is hidden using the Hidden Bow, it remains undetectable, doubling its lethality.

The short man’s soul was cleaved apart, and the sword aura exploded like a spiked storm, shredding the soul into fragments.

The short man, only in the Three Immortals Realm, didn’t even have a chance to utilize the Sacred Heart Talisman for survival before being utterly annihilated—both body and soul.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. The man’s burning Sacred Heart Talisman continued to shroud his headless corpse, waiting to burn out and leave behind only a charred body.

...

In the brief span of time it took for this to happen, three figures had caught up in pursuit. Seeing Li Hao effortlessly kill the short man, they were stunned before swiftly surrounding him in a triangular formation.

“Damn thief! To think he wasn’t killed by my hand—it’s too easy a death for him!”

The leader, a young man, glared at the headless corpse with lingering fury. The short man, merely in the Three Immortals Realm, had nearly stolen the Dao Rhythmic Blood Fruit from under his nose—a humiliation!

“Kid, hand over his corpse! I am from the Qin family of the Ancient Holy Clans. Don’t be as foolish as that idiot thief!”

The young man barked at Li Hao, his gaze scrutinizing him closely. The more he looked, the deeper his frown grew. This youth didn’t seem to be from the Great Wilderness Heaven.

But if he hailed from outside the Great Wilderness Heaven, part of the lower human clans, how could someone of his age possess such cultivation—killing a Three Immortals Realm opponent in an instant?

Li Hao held the corpse, shrouded in divine light, and raised an eyebrow. “Shouldn’t you be thanking me first? I stopped him for you and even killed him.”

“Young man, hand over the Dao Rhythmic Blood Fruit first. Our young master will reward you generously.”

Another man, middle-aged, stared intently at Li Hao, speaking in a seemingly warm tone while quietly releasing his aura to envelop the surroundings. He was trying to sense if Li Hao was alone.

Meanwhile, the third, an elderly man, was covertly locking down the surrounding area with a secret technique to prevent Li Hao from escaping like the short man using the Sacred Heart Talisman or other means.

Li Hao, possessing the Earth and Heaven Meridian, had a keen sense of the surrounding environment. The subtle movements and probing did not escape his notice, and his gaze grew cold. Their intent to kill was obvious.

A flicker of anger rose within him—these people from the Great Wilderness Heaven appeared to have no regard for rules or order.

“What do you want? Say it plainly. First, hand over the corpse!” The young man’s anger flared as his earlier frustration hadn’t fully dissipated.

“What if I don’t want to?” Li Hao replied.

The young man’s gaze turned icy, and he sneered. “Then you’re courting death!”

“Die!”

The old man, having locked down the area, silently exchanged a glance with the middle-aged man. Confirming there was no one else nearby, they realized the youth before them was alone.

Without hesitation, he launched an attack.

As a servant of the Ancient Holy Clans, there was no one they dared not kill. Even if Li Hao turned out to be the scion of another holy clan, it wouldn’t matter. In the Great Wilderness Heaven, might made right—those lacking strength had only themselves to blame for their demise.

With a loud boom, the old man’s attack struck.

At such close range, the old man, a Fourth Pillar Realm cultivator, unleashed an attack imbued with the profound techniques of the Ancient Holy Clans. His strike was like a thunderbolt, its speed enhanced by Dao Rhythms, making it nearly impossible to dodge.

Li Hao, however, made no attempt to evade. The attack was too swift, and his back bore the brunt of the impact. His body trembled slightly, and he leaned forward from the sharp pain stabbing into his back.

Yet in mere moments, the Unbreakable Body activated, rapidly healing the abrasions. The pain disappeared almost instantly.

“How is this possible?!”

The old man’s eyes widened in shock. The youth wasn’t wearing any divine armor or protective treasure, yet his body had withstood the strike completely unscathed.

The young man and the middle-aged man also froze in disbelief, their expressions changing drastically.

Li Hao’s eyes turned cold. He used his Object Manipulation Ability to suspend the headless corpse in midair, then stepped forward. His movements were seamless, like merging into the void, and in an instant, he appeared before the young man.

“You—!”

The young man’s face twisted in shock and anger. He hastily raised his sword and slashed out.

But the sword light shattered as Li Hao’s fist collided with it, sending sparks flying. The sword’s blade was extremely sharp, even slicing a shallow wound on Li Hao’s fist, indicating its status as a high-grade divine weapon.

However, as the sword light shattered, Li Hao’s fist slammed into the young man’s chest.

A deep roar erupted from the young man’s body as a shadowy Black Tortoise projection emerged to shield him, taking the brunt of the punch.

Li Hao’s gaze flickered with surprise. The young man’s golden robe concealed divine armor, and the robe itself was an extraordinary treasure, impervious to fire and water, with a soft yet durable texture.

Even so, the impact hurled the young man backward. The shadowy Black Tortoise projection dimmed noticeably.

Since he had acted, Li Hao had no intention of leaving loose ends.

His eyes gleamed with cold, electric light as he stepped forward again, utilizing his Heaven and Earth Unbounded Technique to close the distance instantly.

“Damn you! Arrogant wretch!”

The middle-aged man roared in fury, pulling out a rough-hewn ancient spear that exuded a primitive, wild aura. He thrust it toward Li Hao with immense force.

Li Hao didn’t counter directly. Instead, he utilized his Heaven and Earth Unbounded Technique again, evading with an explosion of speed. With his All-Manifestations Attribute, his movements became like a streak of lightning as he closed in on the young man.

A violent fist strike gathered momentum as he attacked once more.

“You’re seeking death!”

The young man shouted, his anger laced with a trace of fear. This youth was like a rampaging dragon, his strength overwhelming. Even with divine armor, the young man’s blood churned from the impact—a shocking fact, considering he was in the Dao Heart Realm.

By now, the aura suppression from Li Hao’s All-Manifestations Attribute had weakened, allowing others to perceive his true cultivation: merely in the Three Immortals Realm.

It was unheard of for a prodigy to defeat a stronger foe, yet today, he was being utterly dominated by someone far below his realm—a humiliation that made his blood boil.

Blazing sword light roared like black flames as the young man unleashed a sword strike, but Li Hao activated the Supreme Body, briefly entering an untouchable state.

The black flames vanished as their Dao Rhythms lost connection. Although the young man had locked onto Li Hao with his eyes, the sword’s edge veered off course, sliding harmlessly past him.

Boom!

Li Hao’s fist landed again, unleashing a storm of relentless force. The Black Tortoise projection roared once more, but this time it was engulfed by the torrent of punch intent and dispersed into fragments.

The fist struck the young man’s chest, causing his golden robe to cave in as his chest collapsed inward, shattering bones and displacing organs.

The young man spat blood as his body was flung backward like a broken kite.

“Young Master!”

The middle-aged man and the old man cried out in alarm as they rushed forward, their faces filled with shock. The young master had divine armor, yet he was still severely injured.

Li Hao coldly raised his hand, summoning a surge of energy from the surroundings. Using his Earth and Heaven Meridian, he drew power from all directions, forming waves of sword aura. These merged into two enormous sword dragons that roared toward the pair.

The two men, enraged and panicked, hastily countered the sword dragons. The old man, upon seeing Li Hao continuing to pursue the young master, roared in desperation:

“Stop! How dare you be so audacious?!”

As he shouted, he abandoned blocking the sword dragons and activated his divine armor. Spiraling sword shadows enveloped him, forming a barrier that repelled sword aura from all directions.

Yet many strands of sword aura slipped through, striking him repeatedly.

Boom!

Before the old man could reach the young master, a strand of sword aura pierced his body. He froze mid-step, his entire figure stiff like a shrimp with its nerve center severed.

A powerful force, like an abyss dragging him downward, surged over him.

The old man’s pupils contracted in terror as he felt his strength rapidly draining away. He was dying—and he hadn’t even suffered severe injuries!

On the brink of unconsciousness, his overwhelming fear of death drove him to activate his Reverse Fate Power in desperation.

The clan had assigned him to protect the young master precisely because he possessed the ability to reverse his fate, ensuring the young master’s escape in times of danger.

To his despair, however, he now had to use it on himself.

With a swoosh, his soul escaped through his feet, enveloped by a powerful force, fleeing into the distance.

Perhaps due to the influence of his Reverse Fate Power, the old man’s mind was consumed by fear, leaving no room to worry about the young master.

The sword aura gave chase but failed to catch him, allowing the old man to escape.

Li Hao frowned but chose not to pursue. His current strength was insufficient to challenge the heavens and their mandates.

Turning back to the young master, Li Hao launched consecutive punches. Though the young master raised his sword to block, his defensive maneuvers crumbled under the onslaught of Li Hao’s strength. Each punch landed on his body and head in rapid succession.

“I… I am…”

Soon, the young master’s body was shattered, his blood and flesh reduced to a mangled mess. His soul, unable to escape, was sealed within his body and crushed alongside it.

Before death, the young master couldn’t even complete a single sentence. This so-called prodigy of the Ancient Holy Clans perished unceremoniously.

The middle-aged man, still entangled with the sword dragons, witnessed the scene and was horrified beyond belief.

Although their young master was not the most talented among the Qin family’s heirs, his cultivation was still above average. To die so easily—at the hands of a youth—was unfathomable.

Could this boy be one of the top prodigies of another Ancient Holy Clan?

“You… you are doomed!”

The middle-aged man’s voice trembled with terror. If the young master’s elder brother learned of this, his rage would be earth-shattering.

Their failure to protect the young master would make their own deaths inevitable.

Li Hao picked up the fallen young master’s sword. The weapon gleamed with silvery light, its exquisite craftsmanship radiating faint silver brilliance.

Hearing the middle-aged man’s words, Li Hao shot him a cold glance. Without a word, he flung the divine sword in his hand.

Swoosh!

The blade pierced through the air, slicing into the swirling sword aura before descending on the middle-aged man.

In panic, the middle-aged man burned a Sacred Heart Talisman, forming the shadow of a massive black bell to shield himself.

But the next moment, the bell was shattered by the silver light, which then cleaved toward his widened eyes.

The divine sword, exceptionally sharp, unleashed its full potential in Li Hao’s hands, far surpassing its original user’s strength. The middle-aged man was split apart on the spot!

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