Chapter 1508: A Commandant All By His Lonesome (II)
Having decided on a plan of attack, Li Hao sprang into action. He captured a dark puppet—the first rank one—and killed it over and over again. The puppet neither defended itself nor attacked the young man. All it did was keep an eye on the Utmost Dark exalted emperor.
For Li Hao, this dark puppet was just target practice. A first rank target was too weak in his eyes. What kind of powerhouse was this if they just stood there for him to hit?
He obliterated the first rank dark puppet again and again. He would repeatedly kill this puppet until it dropped its dao foundation crystal. If he couldn’t do so, then he would wear this thing down and expend a great deal of its energy.
Demon Summit’s energy would run out at some point. It wouldn’t require exalted emperor blood essence to activate otherwise. From this, it could be seen that the dao remnants here were a far cry from yesteryear. They could only materialize with blood essence as a catalyst.
Once energy ran out, the outside world would have to keep Demon Summit supplied with exalted emperor blood essence. If the Dragon Observatory leader refused, then there might be no more echoes of dao remnants in the future.
Li Hao ran through many possibilities and their ramifications in a very short period of time. On the other hand, the fleeing exalted emperor had no idea there was another person behind him, furiously killing one of his dark puppets. All of his attention was spent on saving himself, he didn’t have effort to spare for anything else.
Whenever he sensed a disturbance behind him, he treated it as commotion from his pursuers. He didn’t dare turn back, for fear that it would delay his fleeing. He wanted to find Drouth more than ever; the fifth rank would be able to save him!
Four exalted emperors ran for their lives within the Hall of Thunder. Li Hao continued to kill that one dark puppet; dark energy surged within its body each time Li Hao interrogated it. At the same time, the young man found this arrangement to be far from ideal.
Thus, he attacked other dark puppets while waiting for the first one to recover. It wasn’t like these things would attack him in return. Who’d set up those rules in this place? Did the hall master wish for everyone to be of one heart?
Li Hao had no idea, but he did know if there were two more Utmost Dark exalted emperors in the hall, they might be able to also use his idea to resolve the dark puppets. Yet, in this critical moment, these exalted emperors were too busy being scared. Who would be in the mood to help someone else fend off their dark puppets?
It was only Li Hao who looked at the puppets greedily, wanting them for the crystals they carried. He wouldn’t pursue this idea otherwise either. These guys wouldn’t be grateful to him even if he rescued them.
The chase continued!