Chapter 742: You shall not leave (1/2)

GDK 742: You shall not leave

Han Shuo couldn’t figure out the identity of that old man that his demon general had seen. Finally now, through Eugene, Han Shuo verified that the old man was indeed the owner of the Godswamp Pharmacy - Hassling. It was clear to Han Shuo that the evil deeds conducted by the Godswamp Pharmacy in the City of Shadows were approved of, if not commanded by Hassling.

From the day that Han Shuo exposed the Godswamp Pharmacy’s evil deeds in the City of Shadows, an irreconcilable enmity between him and Hassling was born. The feud would grow even worse now that the Celestial Pearl Pharmacy had fully superseded the Godswamp Pharmacy’s place in the City of Shadows. Even if Han Shuo didn’t want to make enemies with the Godswamp, there was no way that Hassling would let him live in peace.

Therefore, having arrived at this conclusion, Han Shuo decided that he had to do all he could to bring down the Godswamp Pharmacy and eliminate the threat that was Hassling!

“Eugene, I cannot be more certain that Hassling is associated with the godhunters. You should ask yourself if you actually know him or just the side he wishes to show you!” said Han Shuo sneeringly.

Eugene let out a soft, disdained groan, obviously not taking Han Shuo’s advice to heart. He still thought that Han Shuo was trying to slander Hassling. His relationship with Hassling appeared to run deep.

The battle continued.

The assaulting forces led by Aobashi wildly bombarded the godhunters in those caves with ranged attacks. Another six godhunters who revealed themselves at the cave mouths perished to their attacks.

“Everyone retreat!” a roar sounded from one of the largest caves.

Those godhunters who had been trying to charge from their caves withdrew upon hearing the command. They also blocked the cave entrances with rocks. With that, Aobashi and the assaulting forces no longer had any targets to attack.

“It’s Brovst! He is indeed in there!” Erebus softly cried out. He seemed rather excited.

“The godhunters have all burrowed in their caves. What do we do?” Blightsoar flew to Aobashi to consult her.

“There are forks in those caves!” said Han Shuo with his eyes closed, probing the caves using a few of his demon generals. Suddenly, he shouted, “There are other exits in there, it is very narrow. The godhunters are evacuating!”

After having witnessed Han Shuo’s outstanding performance in infiltrating the base, Aobashi and the others had no doubt in Han Shuo’s words. Aobashi hastily commanded, “Each corps takes twenty people outside the valley to find them, the rest will enter the cave and pursue them. It hasn’t been easy for us to find these godhunters, we mustn’t let them escape!”

“Agreed!” cried Blightsoar. He immediately turned to his men, gave instructions, and nodded at Aobashi.

“Let’s go!” Eugene too had given his men the relevant instructions and started flying towards the caves.

Andrina’s figure dazzled as she charged ahead, taking the lead with Han Shuo following closely behind her. Aobashi, Erebus, Blightsoar and Eugene charged out from four different spots. Shadows streaked above the chilling pond, zooming towards the caves behind it.

In an instant, more than a hundred figures were flying above the lake.

“Watch out, some of the godhunters are returning!” shouted Han Shuo.

As soon as his voice sounded, the gravity above the lake increased by a hundred times. Those flying above the lake became sluggish. The godhunters again revealed themselves at the cave mouths and started attacking the party flying above the lake with difficulty.

All those levitating were greatly affected by the hundred-fold gravity. Not only did their airspeed fall significantly, they were also exhausting much more divine energy than usual to keep themselves in the air. Having been strained beyond their limits, a dozen or more divine guards failed to defend themselves against the godhunter’s attacks and helplessly fell towards the lake after being struck.

Eerie, miserable shrieks sounded from the mouths of those who fell into the lake. A short time later, even more sets of white skeletons were added to the lake.

Those divine guards who were still on land immediately responded, launching ranged attacks at those exposed godhunters. A few of them were struck. Their bodies fell from their caves and into the lake.

“Stop them!” Brovst revealed his valiant and muscular figure from the largest cave and shouted furiously.

Then, Gallas and Taylin who cultivated in the energy of darkness and death respectively stepped forward to stand beside Brovst. The trio’s gazes abruptly gathered on Andrina.

Right away, the three of them jointly attacked Andrina, focusing all their attacks on her alone. The other highgods were ignored.

Andrina was at the very front of the charging party and the nearest to the three godhunters. The sudden attacks from the three seemed to have caught her unprepared. Screens of light blossomed from her palms. She looked like a big, bright crystal shining in mid-air as she resisted the attacks.

“Attack those three!” yelled Han Shuo. Then, with his left hand, he tossed the Green Hypergolic Dust, which he had refined before coming to Elysium, at Brovst and his gang.

Aobashi and Erebus hastily attacked Brovst, Gallas and Taylin. Aobashi, whose fine hair was wildly fluttering about in the wind, formed a rapidly revolving tornado in an instant and hurled it at the cave. Meanwhile, Erebus thrusted the dark pike in his hand. A stream of dark lightning flew out like a meandering dragon.

The three who were trying to kill Andrina had no choice but to cease bombarding her with attacks and put up defenses against Aobashi and Erebus’ attacks. They deployed layers upon layers of boundaries at the cave mouth.

“Huh?!” The three simultaneously cried out in surprise. They discovered that the fine specks of green dust that fell into the cave could burn anything it touched. Taylin, who had accidentally touched a few bits of the Green Hypergolic Dust, suddenly began to combust. The bright green flames were extremely malicious and took no time in charring her body.

In the eyes of the highgod godhunters, an attack produced by a character as puny as Han Shuo would amount to nothing and they had therefore most imprudently allowed the Green Hypergolic Dust to enter the cave. However, soon after the dust started burning, they realized that they had been mistaken in their judgment.

“What the hell is this damned flame, why can’t I put it out! Argh! That wretched youngster, I’m going to kill him!” Taylin cried out in pain. It appeared that she was gravely tormented by the Green Hypergolic Dust.

Brovst and Gallas were shocked to discover that even someone as powerful as Taylin couldn’t immediately neutralize the green dust. Therefore, they decided to give up on attacking Andrina and retreat into the cave.

The pressure on Andrina immediately lightened. She made use of the opportunity to quickly leap to a cave. She was the first to cross the lake.