Chapter 194: Battling the blood water demons (1/2)
Chapter 194: Battling the blood water demons
The round well was so deep that it could hide a person’s body. The green colored stones that formed it were cold to the touch, the biting chill travelled deep into his bones.
Han Shuo could feel the abundant water qi within the well as he stood next to it. The two sinister presences within also stirred to action, possibly because they sensed the presence of living beings.
Han Shuo was absolutely overjoyed to discover that a place of extreme water was located at the bottom of a deep well in such a place. If he was able to refine all of the zombies of the five elements, then the “Great Formation of the Divine Zombies and Five Elements” could be formed and devastating power could be brought forth. Han Shuo had already located places of extreme earth and wood. If he added this place of extreme water, then he’d be one step closer to successfully reaching his goal.
As Han Shuo was rejoicing, Phoebe suddenly frowned, “It seems to have gotten colder. You said this is a place of extreme water, what did you mean by that?”
Two bone piercing waves of cold suddenly crept out from the deep well. The well had been calm before the water became agitated and splashed out all over. Clouds of white mist rose from the well and covered the yard.
“They’re coming!” Han Shuo snorted coldly and grabbed Phoebe. He said seriously, “The water demons are coming out to make trouble, be careful!”
The qi within the place of extreme water was extremely concentrated. If anyone drowned here, their soul wouldn’t disperse immediately. With the water qi sustaining it, it would have to absorb only a small amount before forming a water demon.
When water demons absorbed water qi, the strength of the soul would greatly increase and it could then use specialized powers to manipulate the water qi and attack living creatures that approached.
Han Shuo understood all of this when he researched the ways to refine the elite zombies. Therefore, when he sensed the two sinister presences within the well, he immediately understood that two water demons had been somehow created.
However, what he didn’t understand was why the little skeleton could sense this. What was it that existed here that could’ve attracted him?
The little skeleton wielded its bone dagger and stood next to the deep well, his eyes staring into it. Han Shuo didn’t know what he was waiting for and what he’d planned on buying.
The water qi crept throughout the yard in the form of a thick, dense mist. The scenery in the surroundings were also affected and grew increasingly blurry and indistinct. The water qi was encompassed in the same sinister presence. It’d been cold to begin with, and now temperature decreased even more rapidly.
“I can’t see anything!” Phoebe cried out in surprise.
“This is the water demons manipulating the water qi to form a water curtain. They’ll attack us through the cover of the curtain!” Han Shuo said calmly from the side, calming Phoebe’s madly thumping heart.
Phoebe’s vision was only on the level of an ordinary person. Even though she’d trained her fighting aura, her eyes were barely sharper than that of an ordinary person. There was a world of difference between herself and a demon practitioner such as Han Shuo.
Therefore, although her vision was obscured, Han Shuo’s eyes weren’t affected at all. There seemed to be silver lightning flashing through his eyes as he looked calmly through the white mist.
Suddenly, the bubbling water within the well shot out like a fountain. The clear water droplets seemed to have a life of their own as they formed columns that churned towards Han Shuo and Phoebe.
A sinister and chilly presence emanated from the well. Even with Han Shuo’s durable body, he too began to feel a hint of coldness. The water-formed columns were in a state between liquid and solid, reaching for Han Shuo and Phoebe’s body like a pliable eel.
“Looking for death!” Han Shuo grinned a rather ruthless grin.
Red spellfire suddenly flared to life in his hands like evil fire looking to incinerate everything in its path, standing at attention in front of Han Shuo and Phoebe’s bodies. The surrounding frosty presence immediately started cracking and popping as soon as the red spell fire appeared, and its fiery heat spread throughout the vicinity, immediately warming Phoebe’s body.
The several hundred eel-like columns evaporated as they neared Han Shuo’s red spellfire.
Two ugly, low roars sounded from within the well, like the final cries for help of a drowning person. Two red figures shot out from within, seemingly formed of red blood and continuously distorting in the air. They finally settled into the figure of a man and a woman, but a shade was still a shade in the end, and they possessed no visible features.
“Water blood demons!” Han Shuo started and looked askance at the two shadows.
Water demons resided in places of extreme water. If they harmed too many lifeforms, they would absorb the blood as well.
Blood was also a liquid and had the same characteristics as water. The boiling blood of a lifeform near death held another sort of wondrous power. The water demons would absorb this blood, and when enough blood was absorbed, they would be able to evolve into the more powerful and cruel blood water demon.
When the water demons formed blood water demons, not only would they be able to manipulate the water qi within places of extreme water, but they would even be able to manipulate the blood of living beings. They were very difficult to face off against, and Han Shuo was quite surprised to see two blood water demons appear in front of him.
Contrary to other bloodthirsty creatures, the blood water demon could cover the scent of blood on their bodies with the power of water. This was why Han Shou hadn’t smelled the blood even with his sensitive nose.
The two blood water demons emerged from the well and wavered in the air, pouncing towards Han Shuo and Phoebe like two bloody clouds. The evil power suddenly suffused the area around Han Shuo and Phoebe. Han Shuo immediately felt the blood in his body boil and it seemed to want to break free of his control.
He turned to see that Phoebe was in even more dire straits. Two streams of blood were already flowing out of her nose and her charming face was quite bedraggled.
Cursing under his breath, Han Shuo grabbed Phoebe and threw her outside with all his strength, roaring, “Leave now!”
Phoebe had been flung out whether or not she’d consented. As a swordmaster, Phoebe had incredible strength and Han Shuo wasn’t worried that she’d be injured upon landing. He was more worried that she wouldn’t even have the chance to make a move against the two blood water demons before dying of blood loss first.
The blood within his body raged out of his control and surged towards his orifices. Han Shuo brought out the Demonslayer Edge, but as it howled and stabbed into their bodies, it caused them no injury.
The blood water demons were formed of liquid, and no matter how sharp the Demonslayer Edge was, they would easily reform after he hacked them into various segments.