Chapter 661: A mysterious calling (1/2)
GDK 661: A mysterious calling
Han Shuo remained calm and did not comment on Li Wei’s assessment. He carefully observed Eriksson and his party.
At Han Shuo’s suggestion, Donna and her experts focused all their firepower on Eriksson alone. In an instant, interweaved radiances and divine energies bombarded Eriksson.
Just as Han Shuo had predicted, Olde completely disregarded Eriksson. He looked all around the demonic formation, doing his futile work.
Meanwhile, Kaiser heaved a sigh of relief when he was no longer being attacked. He seized the opportunity to recover his divine energy and ignored Eriksson beside him, who was on the verge of death.
Everyone has a selfish side to themselves. It was foreseeable that such a relationship founded on mutual benefits would start to crack when tested with the lightest trial and tribulation.
The burden that should have been shared among Olde, Kaiser, and Eriksson was now zeroing in on Eriksson alone. The pressure that he needed to endure was magnified several folds. Eriksson was utterly exhausted and had consumed a great portion of his divine energy to begin with. And now, having to suffer the shelling, Eriksson was on the verge of collapse.
“Keep up the pressure! Eriksson can’t seem to hold on much longer!” Bolten smiled excitedly. Seeing that this midgod called Eriksson was about to be bombarded to death by their attacks, an ineffable sense of pride rose from his heart.
“Lord Olde, Lord Olde, please help us!” when Kaiser saw Eriksson being hammered harder and harder, while he carried on restoring his own divine energy, he cried at Olde for assistance. Olde, however, simply observed his surroundings with his brows furrowed as though he did not hear Kaiser’s voice at all.
The conflicts between the Druidic Order and the Shrine of Ice over on Profound Continent had obviously affected the relationship between these two high-level members of the two religious organizations. Olde was definitely not a magnanimous one who would disregard former hatred and put his life on the line for an adversary.
Kaiser sighed seeing Olde treat his pleas so indifferently. He knew he wouldn’t be getting any assistance from Olde in this battle. Feeling the scant amount of divine energy in his body, and witnessing the seemingly unending streams of attacks that came from this unknown source, Kaiser weighed in his mind and determined that he had no certainty of self-preservation.
With that in mind, Kaiser merely looked on as his partner suffered torrential attacks. He pretended to have exhausted a severe amount of his divine energy and acted preoccupied with his recovery. He did not show any interest in intervening to help Eriksson defend against the attacks.
“It's not feasible to stay in this spot for extended periods. You all just stay here while I will go outside to try to locate a pathway to the center!” Han Shuo suddenly suggested.
Donna was stunned. She looked at Han Shuo in a perplexed and puzzled manner before she asked, “But if you step out of here at this moment, Olde could discover you and kill you in an instant!”
“Don’t worry, I have my ways!” Han Shuo replied confidently. After thinking briefly, Han Shuo instructed Donna, “Be careful and don't leave this place until I return. As long as you stay right here, I can guarantee that none of you will face any sort of issues in terms of safety. But if you walk out of here, you are on your own.”
Donna was shocked and at a loss for words. After keeping silent for a short while, she nodded her head in a heavy manner.
“Bryan, where are you going?” Li Wei softly cried out and volunteered, “How about, you bring me along with you! I can be of assistance!”
“No, you can't,” Han Shuo immediately declined. But before Li Wei got disappointed, he added, “But if you can finish off Eriksson and the others, you will have done a great deal to assist me.”
Han Shuo nodded at his teammates and walked out from this stone forest.
While Donna and her experts attacked Eriksson with all their strength, Han Shuo extended the coverage of his consciousness far and wide. He used the senses of his consciousness to probe for the secrets lying at the depths of the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester. While extending the reach of his consciousness, Han Shuo sensed an inexplicable calling from the center of the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester.
There seemed to him to be something at the center of the colossal demonic formation that was softly and repeatedly calling for him, waiting for his arrival.
It was a bizarre feeling for him, so bizarre Han Shuo thought that it was merely a misperception at first. But when he concentrated his attention to carefully sense it, he discovered that the calling was being directed at his expanding consciousness. It was attempting to attract the attention of his consciousness.
By this point in time, Han Shuo could be certain that the existence who deployed the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester had to be a senior of the school of demonic arts with transcendental powers. Although Han Shuo had no idea how this terrifying senior made it to Profound Continent, he knew that everything the formidable existence deployed in this place was made to target against otherworldly experts who had nil understanding of demonic arts.
As Han Shuo was a demonic arts cultivator, he was not affected by the demonic formations in this place at all. This meant that even as Donna, Olde, and the others faced danger with each step they took, Han Shuo had an unimpeded path and need not worry about any possible danger coming from the formations.
Having made such an observation, Han Shuo concluded that he had no reason to stress.
Although Donna, Li Wei, and the Brook brothers were Han Shuo’s allies, as a cultivator of demonic arts, Han Shuo had no wish of letting anyone know of his secret and he wanted to keep to himself alone whatever rewards that may lie within. It was with this thought in mind that Han Shuo left Donna and the rest of the party. He even had his allies stay in the stone forest to hinder Olde, Eriksson, and Kaiser’s progress while he ventured further alone to seek for the rewards at this Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester.
After Han Shuo walked out from the stone forest, Olde, who had been carefully observing his surroundings, immediately discovered Han Shuo. As one who cultivated in the edict of life, Olde possessed extraordinary sensitivity towards all living things. Han Shuo cultivated in demonic arts and formed a consciousness which made his life signature rather distinctive. There was no hiding from Olde like this.
“Youngster, where were you?” Olde’s heart was suddenly at ease when he saw Han Shuo reappear. He grabbed Kelly with one hand and flew towards Han Shuo.
Han Shuo was not at all shocked that Olde could discover him. He was not even worried when Olde began to approach him. He merely walked towards the center of the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester composedly.
Under Olde’s pursuit, not only was Han Shuo’s figure becoming further and further away from his sight, even his life signature seemed to be concealed by layers of formless boundaries. Han Shuo was gradually disappearing from both his sight and the senses of his soul.
Olde was extremely taken aback. He was absolutely positive that he was traveling much, much faster than Han Shuo was. However, he didn’t just have a hard time catching up to Han Shuo - Han Shuo had vanished from his tracking. This bizarre phenomenon made Olde extremely frustrated and perplexed despite much thought.
Of course, Olde had no idea that while Han Shuo was leaving, a distance-altering demonic formation was triggered. The demonic formation had forcibly re-written the natural law of space, causing the distance between him and Han Shuo to abruptly lengthen. Having no understanding of the miracles of the demonic formation, the more desperately Olde tried to catch up, the further behind he got.
Donna and her experts who were watching the chase scene from the stone forest had amazement across their faces. They witnessed a bizarre phenomenon from their point of view. Han Shuo was unhurriedly walking towards the center of the Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester while Olde was chasing after him at light speed. Although Olde had obviously exerted all his strength in pursuing him, the gap between them only increased. Olde even looked as though he was flying in reverse. The scene could not have been more peculiar.
“The edict of space here seems to be forcibly twisted. Truly, truly baffling! Who could it be that deployed everything here? It’s as though this person is omnipotent!” Donna mumbled to herself. She was appalled.