Chapter 656: Surrounded by goddesses (1/2)

GDK 656: Surrounded by goddesses

Surrounding the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester were several dozen big and small demonic formations, but Han Shuo could recognize just two of them: Pentacloud Miasma and Black Gust of Doom. These two demonic formations were linked with each other and formed one of the paths to the center of the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester.

Han Shuo’s heroic spirit had won Olde’s great admiration and repeated praise.

Donna was rather hesitant at first and could not immediately gather the resolution to enter. But when she saw Han Shuo step into the entrance before everyone else, she finally made up her mind. Donna nodded at Bolten, Li Wei, and the rest of her teammates before they caught up to Han Shuo in quick steps.

Just as Olde said, the main reason they had traveled from all the way across the universe was to explore that mysterious site, to study and investigate what wonders were lying there. They could hesitate all they wanted but in the end, they would still have to step inside.

Han Shuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the marginally corrosive air around him to get a sense of the poison’s properties and toxicity. He processed it in silence.

Donna and her party who arrived beside Han Shuo looked up and down at him in confusion. They found Han Shuo’s appearance of thinking with his eyes closed to be very strange.

Donna questioned, “Bryan, are you alright?”

Han Shuo opened his eyes and nodded. “Let’s move!”

Han Shuo had originally planned on somehow inciting Kaiser and Eriksson’s anger so that they would follow him into this Pentacloud Miasma. But after thinking, he knew that in order to get to the center of the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester, even if they did not walk into this Pentacloud Miasma, they would still have to go through other demonic formations.

Han Shuo understood that those demonic formations around the Ninth Realm Demonic Yin Harvester should have roughly the same destructive power. As there was no way to avoid entering a demonic formation, Han Shuo thought that his original plan was unnecessary and it’d be better if he just did nothing.

“Okay, everyone be extra careful. This place is very strange. Don’t let your caution slip even for an instant!” Donna reminded.

Han Shuo understood that no matter how cautious one got, one would still have no way of avoiding being inside the formation, and therefore he was less inclined to keep Donna’s reminder in mind. He took note his surroundings and tried to find a way out from the Pentacloud Miasma based on his understanding of the formation.

Before even their tenth step into the formation, an enormous transformation took place over the scene around them. Colorful but deadly gasses started filling the air from all directions in split second. Those deadly gasses must have been produced using special methods as they were extremely corrosive. Strange hissing noises polluted the air as soon as those gasses appeared.

“Watch out! Don’t let the gas touch your skin!” Han Shuo cried out in alarm.

If there weren’t enemies such as Olde and Kaiser around him, Han Shuo perhaps wouldn’t have minded about the life or death of Bolten and those youngsters. However, since they had this common enemy, he had to preserve as many ally lives as possible. This would give his allies an advantage over their opponents if a battle were to break out between the two opposing forces - thus ensuring his own safety.

Han Shuo’s warning put everyone in a manic frenzy. As though facing a great enemy, they deployed protective shields around themselves with their own unique methods in dismay. Li Wei, Donna, and Bowen were using divine weapons to shelter their bodies. Meanwhile, Bolten and Colbert formed a layer of protective shield around themselves using their divine energies. They managed to prevent the corrosive gasses from coming into contact with their bodies.

When the misleadingly colorful gasses made contact with their protective shields, they began to emit smoke.

Bolten shrieked as the protective layer he formed out of divine energy was slowly weakened.

“This is a nightmare. Even my divine weapon is corroding. We need to get out of here as soon as possible!” Li Wei complained.

Those miasmic gasses were refined using special methods that allowed them to corrode basically anything, especially physical bodies. Had they not insulated their bodies using such methods, their flesh and bones would have begun to melt away until they were finally reduced to puddles of blood and gunk.

Han Shuo too was swift in his reaction and hastily deployed his protective shield. A dark, oval-shaped screen as thin as a cicada’s wing completely enveloped him. Han Shuo was as steady as a mountain after the shield was deployed. That shield, which was powered using demonic yuan, was invulnerable to the corrosion of the colorful miasmic gasses.

Han Shuo was shocked to discover that. Based on the description of the Pentacloud Miasma found in Chu Cang Lan’s memory, the deadly gasses here could corrode away anything it touches. Matters that were invulnerable to it were extremely rare and his protective shield should not have been one of them.

However, for some reason, the gas could not penetrate his protective shield at all. Even Han Shuo was taken aback by the fact as he had no idea what caused it.

After racking his brain hard, Han Shuo suddenly thought of a possibility - what if the person who deployed the Pentacloud Miasma had altered the gasses in some ways that granted his protective shield immunity?

“What? How is his shield holding up so well?” Li Wei cried out in surprise yet again as she pointed at Han Shuo in confusion.

The rest of the party turned to look at him as well, each one as stunned as the next. Although they had divine weapons or divine energies around their bodies actively protecting them, their protective shields were nonetheless being corroded away by those miasmic gasses. Light smoke was coiling up and around them as though they had just walked out from a hot bath.

The layer of dark, translucent shield that enveloped Han Shuo, however, was not subjected to the corrosion of the miasmic gasses, making him stand out from the party.

“Bryan, how, how is this possible?” Donna asked.

“Well, I cultivate in a type of rare energy. Frankly, I have no idea why these gasses have had no effect on me!” Han Shuo knew that these people would not be satisfied if he didn’t provide an explanation.

“Oh wow!” Li Wei giggled and right after, she continued in a very natural manner, “You clearly have some extra room. Let me get under there as well. My Precious must not be ruined by these hateful gasses!”

Upon finishing those words, without any concern for Han Shuo’s approval or consent, she cheerfully walked over to Han Shuo, wanting to squeeze herself into his shield.

“There isn’t enough room, sorry!” Han Shuo disliked Li Wei. As she rapidly flew over, Han Shuo shrunk the spacious protective shield with his thoughts until it was only enough for himself to stand under.

“There obviously was enough space just a moment ago!” Li Wei knew that Han Shuo did that on purpose and said angrily while glaring at Han Shuo.

“No there wasn’t,” Han Shuo replied with a straight face.