Chapter 2055: Disorder Descends (II)

“There might be some sense in the Human King’s idea of scattering some sky canopies and creating a ranking for the chaos. The livestreams or repeated broadcasts are a good notion too. At least this way, we’ll know where in the universe is active and where we can gather information...”

Li Hao once more seriously considered the Human King’s proposal. It was a good idea!

They could set up a sky canopy in this uninhabited part of the chaos and use it as a road sign. That was a nice idea too. The chaos was so huge that weaker exalted emperors might get lost. That was a genuine concern.

Li Hao extended his senses after walking a while longer and didn’t pick up on anyone, but did find a chaos beast.

There weren’t many chaos beasts in the outer regions, which was the exact opposite of the four regions. All of the chaos beasts here had either been captured or killed. Humans were too strong in the outer regions, making it too difficult for chaos beasts to survive.

Peng Cheng of the west would count as an overlord among chaos beasts, despite possessing approximately four thousand dao rules.

“How lucky to run into a living being!” Li Hao chuckled before disappearing.

......

Within the chaos.

A massive chaos beast was moving soundlessly through the void when its ears pricked up. It sensed something.

Its eyes widened the next second, what was that?

There was a person in front of it with features that couldn’t be clarified.

“Fellow daoist, do you mind if we travel together?”

A massive chaos beast froze. It was no weakling!

On the contrary, it was a powerhouse since it dared to travel alone. Chaos beasts that kept solitary presences within the chaos were very strong.

But in this moment... it was having trouble breathing. It’d encountered an unrivaled powerhouse!

But who?

It was a seventh rank chaos beast, yet the other had appeared without forewarning. That meant the newcomer was at least an eighth rank, or even stronger.

The beast trembled!

“Senior...”

Li Hao looked at the other. It was a tiger, albeit currently a terrified one. The chaos beast reminded him of his dao spirit, the tiger freed from the cage. Sadly, it’d been destroyed alongside Calamity’s dao spirit.

“Don’t be scared,” the young man comforted with a smile. “It’s so lonely traveling through the chaos alone. I’ve been away for so many years and am unfamiliar with the chaos now. I’d like to find something alive to travel together. It’ll be more fun that way.”

What did that mean?

The tiger blinked. What did the human mean that he’d been away for so many years and is unfamiliar with the chaos now? The chaos beast didn’t get it!

I don’t understand... did you leave the chaos or something?

Li Hao sighed to himself when he saw the blatant look of confusion. What a dumb tiger.

I’m saying that I’m a ninth rank who’s left the chaos for a very long time. But judging from its expression, it’s not getting the hint. Chaos beasts really do lack some intelligence and something in their minds...

“Fellow daoist, do you mind telling me your name?” Li Hao asked casually, not minding the lack of brains his new travel partner possessed. Chaos beasts liked to travel everywhere through the universe, so they knew more about the various regions. This companion would be perfect for his purposes.

Seventh rank was not weak! That made the tiger a powerhouse among chaos beasts.

“My name... is Skyflight Tiger!” This tiger differed from regular monster spirit tigers in that it had eight fleshy wings. Apart from that, it still looked like a tiger despite its massive size.

Li Hao had once killed Black Tiger’s dao partner in the four regions. Was that white tiger related to this one?

Compared to Black Tiger, this one seemed dumber. Is that because Long Zhan’s chaos beasts are smarter, or just somehow lack the idiocy of chaos beasts?

All of Long Zhan’s subordinates were very sharp. The Phoenix master had been much more intelligent than humans. Granted, she’d met her death at Li Hao’s hands all the same.

The young man didn’t like smart people. Being dumber was more preferable.

Smart people didn’t like to surround themselves with smart people either. How would they demonstrate their own shrewdness and intelligence otherwise?

“Skyflight?” Li Hao inclined his head with a smile. “My name is Disorder!”

“Senior Disorder!” The tiger quickly dipped its head in greeting.

Li Hao was momentarily struck dumb. You... Forget it. You’ve probably never heard of the titles of the ninth ranks. You probably only know about Skyward.

Actually, it’d be normal if you don’t even know Skyward. What an isolated seventh rank.

“Are you a native chaos beast from the northern region?” Li Hao leapt upward and took a seat on the tiger’s back!

He did so like it was a very natural course of action. While he hailed the tiger as a fellow daoist, saying that he was bored and wanted a traveling companion, that show of courtesy was hardly the true situation.

A seventh rank chaos beast was an overlord anywhere, but Li Hao turned the tiger into a steed without second thought.

The young man was also slightly excited. He’d wanted to ride Panther a long time ago, but Pnath was a dog. Somehow, it wasn’t as impressive to ride a dog.

Number Two was strong, but riding a cat?

That was even more embarrassing!

A tiger was the best. It was so majestic and impressive. Riding a tiger was what those of the martial world did!

How nice was this!

Mmhmm, this fur was nice and soft. Those eight wings were in the way, however. Well, the tiger was big enough, so the wings were on the sides. There were some gaps left, which provided plenty of room for Li Hao.

The chaos beast shifted uncomfortably. It was being treated as a ride?

Well, fine, it couldn’t seem to afford to offend the rider. Even now, the tiger couldn’t sense the human’s strength. It was so strong that the tiger knew this wasn’t someone to offend.

“Do you know where Five Elements is?” asked Li Hao.

The tiger nodded its ponderous head, having resigned itself to its fate. “I do, they are the overlords here and they’re very strong! They’ve captured many of my kind in the nine layers, they’re very strong...”

“They catch chaos beasts too?”

“They do.”

“Then isn’t it very dangerous for you here? Why not go to the four regions to join Long Zhan?”

The tiger paused, then shook its head. “I can’t, Long Zhan is a dragon, I am a tiger. There is an ancient saying among the chaos beasts that one side is destined to be injured when dragon and tiger meet. There’s also another saying that dragons and tigers are destined to fight each other...”

“......” Li Hao almost burst into laughter. What silly old sayings were these? Where did the tiger get this from? “He’s determined to strengthen the chaos beasts and there are tigers under his banner...”

“I’m still not going.” Skyflight shook its head. “I’ve also heard how dangerous it is over there, that there are demons everywhere! That New Martial Human King and Silver Moon King are killing fiends! I’ll be skinned alive and eaten before I even get there!”

“......” Li Hao didn’t know what to say. Why are you putting me on the same footing as the Human King?! I’ve always been very friendly to people, alright?

The Human King has an unmatched number of kills, so his bloodthirsty reputation is normal. But me? Mine should be fine!

“I’m aware of the Human King, he really does like to kill people. But I’ve also heard of the Silver Moon king and apparently he’s a kind person. He even established Allheaven Hall and discussed dao with people. He’s sharing dao throughout the chaos these days, so he can’t be as bad as you say, right?”

“The senior might be unaware, but you can’t go there no matter what!” the tiger hastily said. “Be careful of being tricked! The chaos beasts have another old saying that a dog that bites does not bark!

“The Silver Moon king just looks like he doesn’t have that bad of a reputation, but he’s even more vicious and cruel when he kills!”

Li Hao almost snorted. Is that so? Your old sayings sound very familiar. You’ve spent some time with humans, haven’t you?

But you still seem kinda dumb.

I’m being so blatant. Any normal person should be speculating that I have something to do with the Silver Moon king! You’re a seventh rank, but you don’t have the slightest suspicion from what I’m saying. No wonder you can only listen to hearsay and slander people.

I can tell from this that chaos beasts are suffering from increasingly declining spirit. It’s kind of incredible that you could enter seventh rank.

“Do you eat people? You’re a seventh rank, did you get there through eating people?” Li Hao was confused as the tiger didn’t have a heavy aura of blood around it.

“Why would I do that?” The tiger shook its head. “The old sayings say that humans are the dirtiest, that they’re full of schemes and dirty inside and out! If I’m to eat anything, I should eat chaos strength.

“Chaos beasts that don’t eat chaos strength are very dirty...”

“......” What a strange fellow! Li Hao couldn’t help but grin. Eating people is dirty?

That was just as well, he didn’t like chaos beasts that ate humans. But when a chaos beast said that eating people was very dirty because people were the dirtiest... He still wanted to punch it a few times.

Do I look like a human to you?

Are you forgetting something in talking like this in front of a human?

Where did this dumb tiger come from and how did it survive to present day? That wouldn’t have been an easy task.

“Have you never been captured by human powerhouses?”

“No... they can’t catch me!” Skyflight answered proudly. “I have eight wings and can fly. I fly very fast! I can break through the void and instantly disappear! Not even human eighth ranks can catch me...”

But this was when it recalled... that... it’d been captured by someone. Right?

Yeah, it’d almost forgotten.

“Um... the senior is very fast, faster than me. You’re the fastest in existence...”

“Shut up,” Li Hao laughed. “Fly toward Five Elements, it’s alright if you fly slower! Are there other powerhouses there aside from the overlords?”

“There were five eighth ranks there before, but apparently only three now. The southern overlord visited a few days ago and killed one, leaving three. Oh, some eighth ranks fled here from the east. I heard about it from some passing exalted emperors.

“Apparently the demons of the east were after them. The eastern region is very scary! A bunch of eighth ranks have died and apparently even ninth ranks have...”

Ninth rank?

The tiger blinked. Oh yeah, what rank is the one on my back?

Eighth rank?

Or... ninth rank?

He can’t be ninth rank, right?