Chapter 561: Strengthening (1/2)
GDK 561: Strengthening
“Mister Han Shuo is truly a terrifying character!” Bord remarked to Zinia beside him as he stared at Han Shuo.
“Lord Leviathan, didn’t you say that these energies would corrode the soul? Why is it that Mister Han Shuo appears to be just fine, and even seems to very much enjoying it?” Zinia too looked up and down at Han Shuo astonished, not understanding how he did that.
Leviathan and Manticole turned to exchange glances with each other with eyes flickering with amazement. After a long while, Leviathan finally forced a smile and said to Manticole, “It seems that he is invulnerable to this soul-corroding energy.”
Manticole nodded and replied, “Yep. Let’s wait here for a while.”
The demonic infant was at full force. The large amount of negative energy all around him was drawn to Han Shuo and entered his body. They were then converted by the demonic infant into demonic yuan, which subsequently trickled into every part of Han Shuo’s body like tiny streams.
At this point, Han Shuo’s realm state had been trending towards stability, and he was on the verge of making a breakthrough in his cultivation of demonic arts. For days he had worried about the issue of having insufficient demonic yuan. Who could have guessed that before entering the Void, before even seeing the mysterious Void with his own eyes, he would be so fortunate to obtain a considerable amount of energy.
Strands and strands of demonic yuan flowed into his cells and bones, which then strengthened Han Shuo’s body bit by bit through some kind of bizarre method. Every time Han Shuo made a breakthrough, his physical body was the first to transform and strengthen. This time was no exception. When that demonic yuan circulated, Han Shuo could clearly sense his body becoming even mightier and more robust.
There seemed to be no concept of time inside the Void. After an undetermined amount of time had passed, Han Shuo discovered that not the slightest bit of energy around him was converging towards his body.
Although there were a few hundred clusters of that negative energy around the Void, individually, they weren’t actually that powerful. After the demonic infant removed the dross out of the energy, what truly was converted into demonic yuan and absorbed by him was merely 10 percent. Moreover, achieving the Nine Changes realm seemed to require an extraordinary amount of energy. Han Shuo felt that there wasn’t enough energy around him when the forging of his physical body was only halfway done. Therefore, he had no choice but to stop.
Han Shuo reluctantly stopped and thought to himself, It appeared that although there were a few hundred clusters of that energy, it wasn’t enough to support the metamorphosis of the physical body.
Han Shuo took a deep breath and looked at Manticole, Leviathan was very much amazed. He looked deep into Han Shuo’s eyes. Nobody knew what was on his mind.
Looking all around, Han Shuo discovered that those streaks of flashing light rays had suddenly reduced. He knew it had to have something to do with him absorbing the energy. This absorption of energy was very useful for advancing his attainments in demonic arts. Han Shuo had grown somewhat impatient with what lay waiting at the depths of the Void, so he smilingly said, “Guys, can we continue forward now?”
“Of course. Let’s go,” Manticole hastily replied. He looked ahead and continued, “Let’s hurry up. We’ve been standing here for far too long.”
With Leviathan and Manticole paving the way, and Han Shuo and a few dozen Demons sandwiched between them, the party continued with their journey. Brilliant rays would fly past from all around them. The meteorite-like rocks would sway about in the blowing of the hurricanes.
As the two Demon Kings put up defenses against the energy around them, they very carefully maneuvered to avoid the giant rocks all around them. Everything went smoothly in their gradual flight towards the Void.
Suddenly, a zone of boundless darkness appeared ahead of them. At first glance, the area looked like a bottomless dark pit.
Rounds and rounds of faintly discernible blood-curdling screeches came from that zone of boundless darkness a great distance away. Manticole explained with graveness across his whole face, “Those miserable shrieks coming from the zone of boundless darkness, those must be the subordinates of the other two Demon Kings. To enter the Void, we will need to make it past this hurdle. During the dive, our sight will be greatly affected and none of you will be able to view your surroundings. Everyone will be affected by it with no exception. As you dive, you will find violent air streams with terrifying impacting force. Those air streams might even contain some rocks, or perhaps weapons left behind by those who previously perished in there. Be exceedingly cautious.”