Chapter 86: I've Won This Round
If this were twenty years ago, the Human King would have abandoned everything and put in all his efforts to help promote the 'Way of Runes' to passing travelers.
Because back then, he possessed absolute strength and had more than enough time to forcefully suppress any dissatisfaction and smoothly promote the runes, leading to a complete transformation of the entire human race from the inside out.
But now, he was old and had no time left.
He didn't want to see the human race shed blood, nor did he want to witness internal conflicts among them. Once the human race weakened to a certain extent, many top-tier ferocious beasts on the main road would undoubtedly seize the opportunity to destroy the human race. Who would be able to stop them then?
The human race must not fall into internal strife at this time!
The Human King could only sigh helplessly in his heart, "Why didn't you come twenty years earlier?"
However, he didn't rush to deal with Su Hao. Instead, he looked up at the two Ironclad Flying Dragons circling and howling in the sky.
In the Human King's opinion, Su Hao wouldn't be able to escape today!
He inwardly pondered, "Why would these two Ancestor-level ferocious beasts appear in our human territory? It's rather unusual."
But since he couldn't fly and had no way to deal with these two beasts, he could only think about how to drive them away from the human territory.
Meanwhile, Su Hao was racking his brain, contemplating how to escape from the Human King and the two ferocious beasts. "Perhaps these two ferocious beasts are my ultimate trial. Originally, I might not have been able to handle them, and now there's the addition of the Human King..."
He thought for a moment and spoke, "Human King, let's put aside our grievances for now and take down these two beasts first, what do you think?"
The Human King looked at Su Hao and responded with a question, "Do you know what you're doing?"
Su Hao nodded, "Yes, I have studied runes and hope that everyone can benefit from them!"
Since the Human King was willing to talk, Su Hao was more than willing to accompany him, as he couldn't defeat him and couldn't outrun him either.
The Human King said, "I agree with your perspective but not your methods. There's no need to rush. Just be patient, and in fifty years, your Way of Runes will surely be used by the entire human race."
Su Hao shook his head, "No! I don't have that much time to wait patiently. Besides, I'm not willing to do so."
"The runes I've studied are not tools for the aristocracy to rule over the human race. I hope the runes can spread and give everyone a chance to choose, a chance to learn the runes. If we wait for fifty years, as you said, the Way of Runes will indeed be used by the entire human race, but it will merely be a tool held by the aristocracy."
The Human King sighed, "You're mistaken. Not everyone is suitable to be a warrior, not everyone is suitable to use runes. What we can do is to improve the efficiency of selecting talented individuals and cultivate qualified warriors to provide protection for the entire human race's survival. You're envisioning a utopian idea where everyone in the human race becomes a warrior, which is unrealistic. You have to admit that people are inherently different."
At that moment, the two ferocious beasts pounced fiercely, locking onto Su Hao and revealing their sharp claws, gleaming with cold light.
The Human King coldly snorted, "Put our matters aside for now and deal with these two beasts first!"
He then held his broken blade, his gaze locked onto the descending Ironclad Flying Dragons, and shouted, "Injure their chest muscles to disable their flying ability."
"Perfect!" Su Hao heard this and set aside his eight hundred explosives. He prepared his short blade with various effects and crouched down slightly.
The two dragons swooped down, their eyes bloodshot as one of them lunged directly at Su Hao, while the other one spotted the Human King and changed direction, heading for him.
Getting closer!
Their sharp claws were revealed, exuding a chilling intent. Perhaps with just one swipe, they could freeze his entire body into ice lumps!
The dragon swung its claw.
Su Hao burst into action.
"Bang!"
He swiftly dodged to the side, avoiding the claw in an instant. Then, he brandished his short blade, gleaming with cold light, and charged toward the dragon's wings.
"Leap and Slash!"
"Chi!"
Su Hao's short blade pierced through the tough armor and entered the dragon's muscular tissue, but it quickly got stuck!
"It's so tough! Retreat!"
The other dragon's claw came sliding in, and Su Hao immediately lunged forward, evading from under the dragon's belly!
"Poof!"
Although Su Hao's attack didn't achieve the desired effect, it still dealt sufficient damage to the dragon. After he retreated, a large amount of blood spurted from the wound, but it instantly froze.
"Roar!"
The dragon became furious! It flapped its wings, intending to fly up and search for Su Hao, but it felt a sharp pain in its ribs. Its once powerful wings became limp and unable to lift it off the ground!
On the other side, the Human King successfully cut open the dragon's ribcage.
In just one strike, they had turned flying ferocious beasts into land-bound ones.
However, this result didn't bring joy to either of them.
Because the two Ancestor-level ferocious beasts were enraged!
"Roar!"
The Ironclad Dragon let out a long howl, took a deep breath, and spewed out blue flames directly at Su Hao and the Human King.
"Whoosh!"
Two clusters of blue flames surged out, engulfing both of them.
"Dangerous!" Su Hao sensed the danger when the dragon took a breath and immediately fled, narrowly avoiding the flames.
When he looked back, he saw that the area covered by the flames had frozen, cracking into pieces. Witnessing this, Su Hao's hair stood on end!
"I absolutely cannot be hit by that!"
While running, he stole a glance at the Human King's position and noticed that the Human King was also being chased by the dragon, evading the flames without the slightest margin for error.
Then he thought, should he trip up the Human King and take the opportunity to escape?
But he quickly dismissed the idea because even now, facing just one dragon was already overwhelming for him. If the Human King died, he would undoubtedly be killed by the two dragons.
"What should I do? Should I just blow up the Human King and the dragons together with the eight hundred explosives..."
He decided to do it!
He turned his head and shouted, "Human King! I have a way to take down these two beasts, but I need your cooperation."
The Human King was surprised, "You have a way? How can I cooperate?"
Su Hao said, "Bring the two dragons together. I have a method to deal with them."
"Good!" The Human King wasted no words and immediately took action, leading the dragons in a circle.
Meanwhile, Su Hao retrieved his 'eight hundred explosives'! While narrowly dodging the dragon's attacks and flames, he infused his blood qi into the 'eight hundred explosives
.'
Striving to eliminate all troubles with a single strike...
Soon, Su Hao had infused most of his blood qi, and he was ready. He shouted loudly, "Human King, lure the dragons towards me now."
Narrowing his eyes, the Human King turned and ran towards Su Hao, with the dragon's flames closely chasing behind him. The dragons followed his lead, running in Su Hao's direction.
Su Hao also ran towards the Human King, activating the countdown device on the 'eight hundred explosives.'
At the same time, he silently counted in his heart.
"Ten!"
The two of them drew closer!
"Nine!"
...
Su Hao shouted, "Bring the beasts closer; we'll guide them to collide!"
"Five!"
The two of them passed by each other, each running towards the other side.
Su Hao carried the 'eight hundred explosives' and his heart started to pound.
"Three!"
The two beasts were too fast, and their turn was too slow. They soon collided head-on, almost crashing into each other.
"Two!"
"Now is the time!" Su Hao roared in his heart and exerted all his strength to throw the 'eight hundred explosives.'
"Whoosh!"
The 'eight hundred explosives' shot out, flying straight towards...
Flying towards the middle of the two dragons and the Human King!
According to Su Hao's calculations, the explosion at this location would envelop the two dragons and the Human King within the absolute kill zone. Although it was only the periphery, the theoretical attack power was already sufficient.
And he would only receive a violent shockwave, without dying!
A perfect plan!
"This round, I've won!"
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Author edit
This world is drawing to a close. However, our goal is clear: to learn new knowledge in every world, accumulate step by step, achieve an evolutionary change in our thinking and cognition, and ultimately become the number one deity in the universe. The Martial World is just a small fulcrum; its purpose in this world has been fulfilled, which is to ensure self-preservation no matter how many worlds we traverse. As for why Su Hao didn't advance to the Grandmaster realm, it has been mentioned earlier in the story. Grandmasters and Ancestors are essentially shortcuts, enhancing oneself by transplanting external objects. After changing to another world, it becomes meaningless. Therefore, there's no need to dwell on it. In the next world, Su Hao will achieve a true qualitative change from the bottom.
(Translated by begs)