Chapter 1 This Must Be Called

This had to be done. Hermia and the Oz Empire couldn't directly intervene, and he was just right for this, a head-on confrontation. As for the five dragons present, it wasn't that they lacked cunning or experience, but their only problem was that they had it too easy. Powerful backgrounds, powerful origins, powerful individuals—they fundamentally lacked the setbacks and grassroots experiences that people like Li Hao, who had clawed their way up, possessed.

The Star Alliance system had already taken shape. Although the dragon race was unique, it wasn't monolithic. Their transcendence stemmed from their race, interstellar power, individual charm, and the "momentum" formed by various alliances.

"Li Hao, the Dragon Pearl cannot be allowed to flow out. I challenge you. If you lose, return the Dragon Pearl to Qi Yun." Ning Long had no choice and couldn't care less. She was like a gambler who had lost everything, determined to get it back by any means, fair or foul. The reason for such urgency was the fear of complications. After all, the loss of the Illusion Dragon Pearl was a major event, and no one knew what changes might occur.

Li Hao looked at Ning Long and smiled. "Ning Long, when I first entered the Tribunal, you helped me for whatever reason, and I remember that favor. I can accept your challenge. If I lose, I can give you this Dragon Pearl, but if you lose, you must hand over your Dragon Pearl as well."

Having defeated two dragons in a row, Ning Long's challenge was clearly not intended to buy Li Hao time. They wouldn't allow Li Hao to leave with the Dragon Pearl. Li Hao could have refused the challenge. That was a Dragon Pearl, after all, with infinite possibilities, especially since the Oz Empire was clearly on Li Hao's side, giving Li Hao the capital to negotiate.

Ning Long glanced at Ying Hong, who nodded. One or two pearls made no difference. For the dragon race, no Dragon Pearl could fall into the hands of outsiders. This was a rule passed down from their ancestors, or who knew what might happen.

"Good!" Ning Long nodded.

"An oral agreement is not enough. Let's have a contract as proof!" Hermia said. "I happen to be a Star Realm Contract Master and can serve as a witness."

Once the contract was concluded, the contracted items on the soul cards would automatically be exchanged upon completion.

Ning Long was slightly stunned, looking at Hermia with a slight frown. Did Hermia, who had always seemed like a vase and an ornament, possess such abilities and scheming? Hermia also stared intently at Ning Long. This was the Oz Empire's attitude, a formal confrontation.

Was this the courage brought by the man before her?

Under Hermia's ability, the Star Realm Contract was concluded. The Oz people had always been aware of the dragon race's movements, but they were waiting for an opportunity. Hermia was only outwardly weak. It had to be said that after merging with Ayouyou, her empress aura had indeed become stronger and stronger, sometimes carrying Ayouyou's brilliance between her brows.

And Li Hao welcomed his third opponent in the Dragon Alliance martial arts performance, the Fire Dragon Ning Long.

The Dragon Alliance warriors in the audience were completely shocked. One-on-one duels at this level were rare, and Li Hao was already fighting three dragons?

The staff on site were preparing, clearing the arena. Everyone was excited, sending messages through Star Net. The loss of the Dragon Pearl was even more shocking than defeating the dragon race, and this human named Li Hao was going to continue fighting. However, he was no longer the challenger but the challenged.

Not to mention St. Glory, Spanol and Tilosi's expressions had also become serious. The two had planned to challenge one of the five dragons this time, and they were confident in doing so, but challenging all five dragons was utterly impossible.

Xili An didn't know what to feel. Now he only hoped that the five dragons could use this opportunity to silence Li Hao forever. Otherwise, things would be difficult later on. Moreover, he understood Li Hao. Li Hao had decided to do this because he had seen through the dragon race's position. Li Hao didn't need to care about the dragon race at all. He only needed to be deeply tied to the Oz Empire. The Oz Empire could provide most of the resources and technology needed for human development, and with humanity's potential, once they received this support, they would soar. Only humans knew how terrifying humans could be.

In fact, he was never afraid of Li Hao's individual strength. A warrior, no matter how strong, was still just a human, and their final fate wouldn't be good. However, a strong person who could see the direction, formulate strategies, grasp the situation, and see through the key points was a king.

Li Hao was using the dragon race to raise the flag for the Oz Empire, breaking the stalemate. Losers weren't qualified to dictate to the Oz Empire. Of course, the Oz Empire had most likely promised significant rewards.

This was just a possibility, because offending the dragon race, while earning the Oz Empire's promise, would also offend the dragon race, in a very severe way. Given Li Hao's personality... For some reason, Xili An suddenly felt a pang in his heart, recalling the former Apocalypse. A strange premonition made his heart race, as if something very, very important was about to happen, something even more serious than his own life and death.

What he could see, many others could see as well. What was Li Hao's true goal?

The Dragon Pearl... the Dragon Pearl, what secrets did it hold?

Li Hao looked at Ning Long. Ning Long... something was strange. Her strength was only slightly better than the other two. What gave her the confidence to bet her Dragon Pearl and challenge him?

Ning Long's hesitation and small actions were somewhat believable, but Ji Yao's disdain was too obvious. Something was going on here...

At this moment, everyone's attention was on Li Hao and the dragon race. They knew something big was about to happen.

In the arena, Ning Long had already launched an attack on Li Hao. Once she entered the state, the dragon race's gentleness immediately turned into violent fire power. Ning Long's strength was much greater than Jiang Qing and Qi Yun's. Her use of power and combat skills were much stronger. The azure flames turned the entire arena into a fiery hell. This kind of pure blue fire, envied by other races, was readily available to the fire dragon race. With their soul strength, sensitivity, and attributes, the dragon race could dominate the battlefield as long as their fighting skills were decent. Of course, dragon race elites like Ning Long had worked hard.

However, during the battle, Ning Long clearly felt tremendous pressure. Although she was the one attacking, Li Hao, who was being attacked, seemed completely at ease. Li Hao was absorbing this flame soul power, analyzing the dragon race's dragon soul characteristics. As for combat skills, they were crude.

Humans had already developed this aspect to the extreme in various directions. The level of detail was something the dragon race couldn't compare to at all. Even the so-called combat skills of the Tianren (Celestial Humans) were mainly based on power. Because of the fragility of their bodies, humans focused and reflected on soul refinement and body refinement in ways that they couldn't match.

Once humans gained power, they would become unmatched. Not only Li Hao, but Chao Qinglong, Maxis, and others shared the same view. Humans were actually stronger in terms of learning ability.

Boom...

Li Hao punched Ning Long back, remaining still and lowering his center of gravity to assume a stance.

Ning Long took a deep breath and didn't engage further. She already knew Li Hao's strength and that he couldn't be defeated without transforming into a dragon.

Accompanied by raging blue flames, her body expanded, and flames burst forth. A fire dragon even larger than the previous two appeared.

Ning Long's dragon transformation was much stronger than the other two's initial transformations. The surging power was stable, and the flames had turned deep blue. Once touched, the flames would intensely burn the soul.

Li Hao felt the flames around him. It seemed that the degree of dragon transformation wasn't enough to break through his Zhou energy defense. Once he entered the Star Realm, some powers came too easily.

From birth to mastering power, humans had to put in hundreds of times more effort. Therefore, once humans mastered the method of obtaining power from the Star Realm, the terrifying power it contained would definitely shock other civilizations.

The giant dragon looked at Li Hao and, without hesitation, spewed out raging deep blue flames. A scene that stunned the Dragon Alliance warriors in the audience appeared. Li Hao in the flames didn't seem to feel anything, strolling leisurely as if in his own backyard.

This scene made everyone feel as if they were dreaming. The cast-star dragon race's lofty and invincible image was shattered in an instant.

So the dragon race wasn't so invincible, not so aloof. There was someone who could restrain them.

Helena happily watched the change in the surrounding atmosphere. This was exactly what High Priest Shirada wanted. The dragon race's influence mainly came from mythologizing their status, placing themselves above other races. This mainly relied on their superior talent compared to others and their unique dragon transformation ability.

What Li Hao was doing wasn't immediately changing the dragon race's influence; it hadn't reached that point yet. However, it was enough to ensure that the five dragons present during the celebration wouldn't have the same decisive effect as before. At the same time, it would continue to spread afterward, breaking their invincibility.

Roar~~~

Dragon flame breath. In the past, as long as they transformed, they could crush their opponents. Whether it was the dragon's might that intimidated other creatures or the dragon breath that was always effective, regardless of the species, it had a congenital suppression and lethality against other creatures, not to mention the crushing in soul strength, power, and defense. This allowed the dragon race to stand above other creatures.

But now, they had finally met their match.

Gaia excitedly said to Marlon and others, "If Li Hao can defeat the five dragons, it will be logical for him to become a crowned knight. No one can stop him."

Carrying such momentum, even if there were opponents, there wouldn't be much of a ripple. At that time, Hermia would grant him a title again, making him a member of the empire. Nothing could win the respect of the Tianren more than defeating the dragon race.

On the battlefield, Ning Long felt a deep panic. She had never experienced this before. Even in internal dragon race sparring, it was just a collision of dragon soul strength and attributes. But once she discovered that her invincible power had suddenly met its nemesis, she had never encountered this situation before and didn't know how to face it.

Dragon Might swept over, but Li Hao directly grabbed it. Even with the strength of a giant dragon, he couldn't pull it even slightly. At this moment, the light in Ning Long's eyes shone, and a halo exploded.

The deep flames instantly burned and filled the entire arena. At the same time, the halo spread rapidly, passing through the energy defenses and spreading to the entire arena. In the flames, Li Hao's movements seemed to be frozen, everything slowed down incredibly, like a snail crawling.

At the same time, Thunder Dragon Ying Hong, Star Dragon Ji Yao, and Jiang Qing and Qi Yun, who had recovered their state after taking soul supplements, had arrived in the arena, while Helena and others were frozen in place, their gazes seeming to move, but very, very slowly, their bodies simply unable to keep up.

This was why Ning Long had to duel with Li Hao. It was the Fire Dragon Girl's ultimate time dilation space.

The dragon race didn't want to duel Li Hao one-on-one but wanted to use Ning Long's ability to kill Li Hao completely. After killing Li Hao within the five minutes of absolute time the ability granted, and then going out, to outsiders, it would be a fleeting illusion. Li Hao would be dead, and everything would be over.

"Humble human, who gave you the audacity to covet the dragon race's power!" Qi Yun roared angrily, revealing his true colors. His face was still pale after taking the soul supplement. He knew even more clearly that if he couldn't retrieve the Dragon Pearl, his fate wouldn't be good. His jealousy and hatred for Li Hao had reached the extreme. Even if he retrieved the Dragon Pearl, he would probably have to accept punishment upon returning. He wished he could tear Li Hao into pieces.

"Stop the nonsense, kill him. We've lost a lot of face this time. We can't let him go back alive!" Ying Hong said in a deep voice. After speaking, he transformed directly into a Thunder Dragon true form over twenty meters tall, his body wrapped in lightning chains as thick as arms.

Ji Yao's mouth curled into a cold smile. He was the dragon race member who was least willing to deal with other creatures. These humble creatures relied on the dragon race's breath to survive, yet they dared to resist. Little did they know that Augustus had cooled off because he didn't listen!

The dragon race had supported Augustus in the beginning and had the Star Dragon King deliberately lose to him, boosting his prestige, all for the dragon race's plan. But Augustus had rebelled and began investigating the dragon race's collusion with the Abyss. The dragon race had to eliminate him. Without Augustus, Oz had no power to resist and could only rely on the dragon race. He hadn't expected such a thing to come out and disrupt the situation.

At this time, Ning Long was holding the Dragon Pearl in her mouth, and the power of the Dragon Pearl was completely activated, producing such powerful power. Hermia, Yekaterina, and other experts on site were shrouded in the time dilation domain, and the sudden change was unexpected by anyone. The dragon race's image was too good. Some people on site even felt that Li Hao was a bit excessive. No one had ever thought that the dragon race would launch a despicable group ambush in full view.

And it was very smooth... without any guilt or hesitation.

Ji Yao had already transformed into a Star Dragon nearly twenty meters tall. Although his size was smaller than Ying Hong's, his power was the strongest among them.

Thunder Annihilation Soul Dragon Flame!

Nebula Sky Burst!

Absolute Zero!

Ning Long controlled the field, Ji Yao, Ying Hong, and Jiang Qing jointly launched an attack, while Qi Yun was prepared to snatch the Dragon Pearl.

However, at this moment, a golden halo exploded from Li Hao's body, and Ning Long's face changed drastically, breaking out of the time dilation domain.

Time Contraction Domain!

The two domains overlapped, but the domains didn't cancel each other out; instead, they neutralized each other. Instantly, everyone in the Dragon Alliance martial arts arena woke up from their daze and was stunned by the scene before them.

The five dragons had all appeared in the arena and launched an attack on Li Hao! This…

What was going on?

In the eyes of the world, the dragon race was absolutely righteous. Tianren all had various desires, but the dragon race had none. They had always been the maintainers of Star River order. Any disputes that couldn't be resolved only needed the dragon race to step in, and both sides would give face. The dragon race enjoyed privileges in all orders, and the best part was that other civilizations in the Star River felt that this was only natural.

But now, the five dragons were saying one-on-one duels and even signed a Star River contract, yet on the other hand, they were despicably besieging Li Hao.

Although the domain was broken, Ji Yao and the others' attacks had already formed. Even top generals might not be able to withstand the full force of four dragons.

Discovering that there was a problem with the domain, Ying Hong roared, "Kill him!"

As long as the person who created the problem was solved, there would be no problem.

He led the charge toward Li Hao, dragon breath slamming into his face, the purest dragon power strike. Ji Yao and Jiang Qing followed closely behind, and even Qi Yun, who couldn't transform, rushed up.

Li Hao's Zhou energy shield opened, bearing the full force of their power. The violent Zhou energy made the entire space tremble, and even the energy shield provided by the Eternal Crystal began to falter.

Hermia was the first to react and immediately ordered the Imperial Guards to rush up. Helena and others also reacted quickly. Ganymede, Gaia, Zuo Xiaotang, and others all rushed toward the arena. Xilian, however, revealed a smile. Li Hao had finally kicked a steel plate.

Other experts didn't move. Although they were shocked by the dragon race's behavior, it was clearly a matter between Oz and the dragon race, and some were even secretly gloating.

If Li Hao died, and a rift appeared between the dragon race and Oz, given the current Star Alliance situation, Oz would need to ally with the Seventh Art even more. Could they really ally with such human trash?

If Li Hao died, humanity would lose its spiritual support, especially that power that came from who knows where. It would be much easier to manipulate them. Even if they had potential, it wouldn't be so easy to realize.

The power of the five dragons caused the entire arena to begin collapsing. At the same time, a group of dragon race warriors emerged from who knows where and blocked everyone.

After Li Hao took the Dragon Pearl, Ying Hong had already begun preparations. From that moment on, Li Hao had to die. In the dragon race's consciousness, all orders were prepared for themselves. It wasn't that the dragon race didn't want to enslave the entire Star Alliance, but their numbers and the vastness of the Star Alliance didn't support it. Moreover, the advantage of individual strength couldn't hide their lack of interstellar power. However, through various means, especially the Tianren's worship of strong individual warriors, they had created the current situation.

At the same time, the dragon race seemed to be simple creatures, but everyone had misunderstood one thing. The dragon race was a species that could shape its personality and characteristics. Every dragon race member who entered the Star Alliance was shaped to be that way. It could be said that they were all excellent actors.

The Tianren, the Sea People, and the Beastmen, on the other hand, ate this up. The Zerg, the Ghost Clan, and the Mechanical Race had no say. Because of the distant history, even if they opposed, they would become a symbol of evil.

The Tianren were the dragon race's means of ruling the Star Alliance. They were ruling from behind the scenes.

As for besieging and killing Li Hao, after the fact, they only needed to give Li Hao the title of Void Corruptor, claiming that it was a last resort. Who would object?

Such a small matter would soon be forgotten. The dragon race could even generously give the Solar System some help.

The dragon race warriors on the periphery were all members of the dragon race who had participated in the festival this time. Although they couldn't transform into dragons, their strength wasn't weak and easily blocked everyone.

And the truly strongest people didn't take action, coldly watching. In fact... what the dragon race was like didn't matter; interests were more important.

Boom...

Li Hao's Zhou energy shield shattered, and the dragon breath all slammed into Li Hao's body. Accompanied by a roar, a golden pillar of light shot straight into the sky, and a golden figure floated up against the dragon breath. At the same time, his body swelled to dozens of meters.

A golden war god appeared. A huge hand instantly pinched the Star Dragon Ji Yao. The Star Dragon was the form of the ancient Sky Dragon and was the most special in strength among the dragon race. His right hand grabbed the Thunder Dragon, his left foot stepped on the Fire Dragon, and his right foot stepped on the Ice Dragon. As for Qi Yun, he was like an ant and couldn't cause any harm at all.

This was the inspiration Li Hao had received from Cheng Konghai. Because of Qi Yun's Dragon Pearl, he had gained the power of transformation, but it wasn't a dragon form.

Golden Overgod Body!

This was his power mindset. It was completely different from the extravagant attacks he had used against Man Ci Meng. The power of the golden cells didn't need to be unleashed but formed an internal circulation. The defense and power of this Overgod Body just happened to restrain the dragon race's form!

Simple and crude against simple and crude. It was clear that the Golden Overgod Body was crushing the dragon form.

At the same time, Soul Devouring Force began to activate, and Li Hao absorbed the dragon power continuously. The Dragon Pearls floated out one by one, and Ying Hong, Ji Yao, and others revealed unbelievable horror in their eyes. They never dreamed that Li Hao would have such power.

One by one, the Dragon Pearls entered Li Hao's body and merged into his soul card, making it even easier for Li Hao to maintain the Golden Overgod Body.

As the Dragon Pearls disappeared one by one, Ying Hong and others lost their dragon forms and lay on the ground, on the verge of death, while Qi Yun was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, his eyes glazed over.

And at this time, Li Hao experienced an indescribable wonderful feeling. When the five Dragon Pearls gathered in his body, a wonderful taste was forming, as if something mysterious had appeared, but he couldn't grasp it for the moment.

The Tianren in the audience were completely dumbfounded, not only because Li Hao was crushing the five dragons alone but also because... wasn't this the Overgod Body?

The strongest power of the Tianren, the emperor of the great galactic empire, the absolute supreme king, possessed the strongest power of the Tianren—the Supreme Golden Tianren Overgod Body!

In the history of the Tianren, it was with such power that the Tianren were able to unify the galaxy at that time.

Gaia, Ravitan, Helena, and others all opened their mouths wide, their eyes wide open. This was a deep memory that every Tianren had. The form possessed only by the greatest kings in Tianren history, surpassing the dragon race, the only one in the Star River civilization... the Golden Tianren Overgod Body!

Yekaterina, Spanol, Tilosi, Ganymede, all the Tianren present were the same, because every Tianren originated from the former Galactic Empire. The only founding emperor of the Galactic Empire was also their common ancestor, and the spirit of the Galactic Emperor was still enshrined in the Hall of Heroes in Oz.

The Golden Tianren Overgod Body was the most direct inheritance.

Not only that, it wasn't just an image. Only the Golden Tianren Overgod Body could crush the dragon race, one god descending upon five dragons.

At this moment, a roaring sound, rushing straight into the clouds, resounded from the Hall of Heroes on the mountain of Judgment Song, *dong… dong… dong… dong… dong… dong…*

This was the resonance of the Hall of Heroes, sensing the power of the Golden Tianren Overgod Body.

Before everyone could react, with a loud bang, the already dilapidated roof of the arena was completely torn open, and a huge dark gold giant descended from the sky.

Boom!

The Super Divine Weapon Aura descended from the sky and knelt on one knee.

At some unknown time, outside the Song of War conquest center, patches of Tianren had already knelt on the ground, their eyes full of excitement and madness, looking up at the golden giant in the air.