Chapter 564: Chaos Imminent (1/2)
GDK 564: Chaos Imminent
The troop advanced for a few hundred meters without running into any hindrance. Manticole and Leviathan scanned every inch of visible ground around him, but couldn’t find any truly valuable treasures.
Later, they found their path forward blocked by a boundary. Following their usual standard procedure, when the Demon Kings couldn’t detect what type of energy the boundary was made of, Leviathan instructed at once, “Anro, go and try.”
Although Leviathan and Manticole were both lowgods, they could only detect boundaries concealing the same energies that they cultivated in. If the elemental energy of the boundary was well concealed within the boundary, and the energy didn’t belong to lightning or darkness, then Leviathan and Manticole could only resort to employing the most primitive method ever – finding it out with lives!
The two couldn’t sense which energy it belonged to, but that didn’t mean Han Shuo couldn’t. Han Shuo couldn’t help but furrow his eyebrows when he saw that the boundary concealed the elemental energy of wind, but Anro, the Demon sent forward by Leviathan, cultivated in the element of water. He raised his hand to stop it, saying, “Hang on!”
Leviathan stared blankly for a second before revealing a beaming smile and politely said, “Yes Mister Han Shuo? Is there anything you’d like to share with us?”
Ever since the moment Han Shuo learned how this character would never even let his own follower off, Han Shuo lost every bit of friendly opinion towards him. But nonetheless, on the surface, Han Shuo still feigned civility and smiled, saying, “If you trust me, let that friend over there try it instead.”
Han Shuo held out a hand and pointed at a Demon under Manticole who cultivated in the element of wind. Han Shuo actually wasn’t that merciful. He didn’t care much about the lives and deaths of those Demons under Leviathan and Manticole. It’s just that, to push on with their approach would truly exhaust a lot of manpower. Han Shuo was only worried that with their trial and error it wouldn’t be long before all those Demons were dead. If that happened, they wouldn’t be able to venture deeper, thus affecting his own progress as well. It was solely for this reason that he would be so kind to give his opinion.
The face of that Demon cultivating in the element of wind pointed by Han Shuo suddenly turned deadly white. He shot a hateful glare at Han Shuo as he turned over in his mind ‘when did he offend Han Shuo and why would Han Shuo want to send him to his death at this critical moment’.
By contrast, Anro was clearly delighted. Although he couldn’t reject Leviathan’s order, he still knew how to treasure his own precious life. If that boundary ahead was made of the elemental energy of water, he would charge into it with sheer enthusiasm. But looking at Leviathan’s bearing, he didn’t seem to know which type of energy was inside the boundary. The chances of him dying while breaking into the boundary were truly too great, and thus, he couldn’t help but fear for his life.
It was also for the same reason that this Demon called Anro very obscurely expressed his gratitude towards Han Shuo with his eyes, although he had no idea why Han Shuo would help him.
Leviathan and Manticole were slightly stunned and looked at Han Shuo with puzzled eyes. After a short pause, Manticole finally couldn’t help but ask, “What is the meaning of this?”
“To reduce everybody’s losses. This way we can venture even deeper,” Han Shuo said unenthusiastically after putting on an enigmatic smile.
“Alright then,” Manticole was pretty blunt, or perhaps he felt that sacrificing one of his Demons was no big deal. He waved his hand at that Demon who cultivated in the wind element and currently wearing a frightened face, and commanded, “Yadi, go!”
His Lord had commanded. No matter how terrified or unwilling, Yadi had no second option. Right before entering the boundary, he shot a spiteful glare at Han Shuo, as though he was saying, “If I don’t get killed, I will straighten this out with you sooner or later!”
Han Shuo shrugged. He did not take the threat of this existence to his heart.
Yadi let out a cold, irritated groan. Then, with no nonsense, he leaped and threw himself into the boundary that was blocking everybody’s path. Loud whistling and whooshing sounds suddenly came from within. Sharp, shiny daggers were formed from the intense element of wind and began to slosh about within the boundary as it made clanking sounds.
The expressions on Leviathan’s and Manticole’s faces suddenly changed. Their eyes simultaneously turned to Han Shuo. They were full of amazement!
“Mister Han Shuo, how did you know that the boundary was made of the wind element?” Leviathan was simply astonished.
Han Shuo put on a faint smile and replied, “As I’ve said it before, the main martial art that I cultivate in, isn’t quite the same as those you know of. Hehe, therefore, this bit of mysteriousness about me, actually isn’t all that strange!”
The two did not answer Han Shuo’s deliberately mystifying explanation. However, they exchanged subtle suggestive glances. No one knew what they were thinking behind those twinkling eyes.
“Mister Han Shuo is truly a magical person! With this, we can greatly cut our losses!” one of the Demon remarked. The party seconded at once.
When Manticole and Leviathan saw that their subordinates seemed to be extremely approving of Han Shuo, the strange light radiating in their eyes glowed even more vigorously.