Chapter 743: Profit from a misfortune (1/2)
GDK 743: Profit from a misfortune
Erebus was struck by a beam of bright light. It wasn’t clear if he was immediately killed. However, one thing was obvious - the party was helpless against the colossal figure.
In this pitch-dark space, the huge green eyes of the colossal figure looked down at the assaulting highgods and said in a deep voice, “Pledge allegiance to me. Resistance is futile!”
Han Shuo was shaken to hear the colossal being giving its final warning. He immediately decided to use Blood Disassembly to escape. There was nothing he could do about his partners.
He turned to Andrina to look at her one last time, his heart aching. He wished he could shoulder Andrina along in escaping, but unfortunately, he was too weak to do so.
However, right before Han Shuo activated the Demonic Blood Disassembly, he noticed that Andrina had started to glow brightly from head to toe. A sparkling and translucent energy crystal emerged from her chest. A blurry image was projected onto the crystal.
When Han Shuo looked carefully, he discovered that the blurry figure in the energy crystal was a carbon copy of the colossal figure before the party. Although the pair of green eyes inside the crystal was much smaller, every movement and emotion it showed was identical to the crescent moon-like green eyes high above his head.
“Don’t you dare, Andrina!” the colossal figure seemed to know Andrina. Its voice turned somewhat anxious after it noticed the beautiful energy crystal that flew out from her chest, as though worried or concerned.
Andrina’s eyes glowed brighter and brighter as she stared fixedly at the energy crystal in her hand. The crystal started giving off a most mysterious energy as a fine crack started to grow on its surface. Ting! The energy crystal suddenly shattered.
The entire space was instantly illuminated with overwhelmingly bright light, so bright that everyone had to close their eyes. For a split second, Han Shuo could see the colossal figure before him glow as it let out an ear-piercing shriek.
Soon, the light diminished. It took the party a moment to come to their senses. They discovered that the colossal figure had disappeared and the space was no longer in pitch darkness.Shattered rocks covered the floor as though a disaster had struck the area.
Andrina who was standing still suddenly fell backward powerlessly. Han Shuo was shocked and hastily went to catch Andrina. He saw that her small face was pale without a trace of vitality and she had lost consciousness.
Andrina was still clasping the fractured energy crystal with her two hands. There were gashes on her palm as though someone had cut her hands along her palm lines. The cuts were so deep that her bones were visible.
Creaking noises sounded from several energy towers around the chamber before they collapsed with a rumble.
“What happened?” asked Blightsoar. He was still puzzled and frightened.
“I’m not sure either, but Andrina must have done something that made him vanish into thin air!” Han Shuo, who was carrying the unconscious Andrina in his arms, suddenly recalled that a moment ago, Andrina showed hesitation before entering the shaft. Could she have known this would happen earlier?
Han Shuo hastily fished out a large amount of crystal coins from his space ring and stuffed handfuls of them into Andrina’s mouth in a flustered manner. He chanted in a low voice, “You’ll be alright, you will be alright!”
Though Han Shuo had not known Andrina for too long, they had built a rapport and Han Shuo was very fond of this mysterious little girl. Had Han Shuo anticipated that this would happen, he surely wouldn’t have brought Andrina along. His heart ached to see Andrina so severely injured.
“Bryan, what are you doing? Are you mad? Why are you stuffing crystal coins in her mouth? Are you trying to choke her to death?” Aobashi, who was examining Erebus’ condition, yelled. She thought that Han Shuo had been shocked into a fool.
Naturally, Aobashi had no idea that Andrina gained strength from energy crystals. Han Shuo ignored her cries and continued to stuff crystal coins into Andrina’s mouth.
However, Han Shuo soon realized that Andrina couldn’t chew the crystal coins in her mouth while unconscious, therefore she could not heal.
The anxious Han Shuo then hastily removed the crystal coins from her mouth. He paced back and forth while holding Andrina, trying to come up with a solution. Then a light bulb lit above his head. Immediately, he flew towards a damaged energy tower, filled it with crystal coins to power it up, and placed Andrina at the center of the energy tower.
At the center of the energy tower was a magical matrix for extracting energy from energy crystals. The energy tower lit up as soon as it was filled with crystal coins. When Han Shuo placed Andrina on the matrix, a welcoming phenomenon happened - her translucent body automatically absorbed the energy around her. The energy of hundreds of black crystal coins was drained in no time.
Seeing that the method was working, Han Shuo immediately took out several hundred thousand black crystal coins from his space ring and filled them into the energy tower without thinking. The energy extracted by the energy tower from the crystal coins was absorbed by Andrina’s body. A trace of vitality returned to her pale face.
The nervous Han Shuo was slightly relieved. However, he did not dare pause with the task. He refilled the energy tower with black crystal coins and repeated the process again and again.
A moment later, Han Shuo had exhausted all the black crystal coins he carried with him. Andrina was finally breathing again and had a pulse. Although still unconscious, her body was starting to repair itself using the energy it had just absorbed.
Han Shuo had seen this situation before. Back then, after having sustained serious injuries from the Brovst trio, she consumed an obscene amount of Han Shuo’s black crystal coins and fell into a deep sleep. Her body was in a similar state at that time.
Han Shuo could finally heave a sigh of relief. When the last remaining bit of energy was absorbed by Andrina, the energy tower stopped glowing. Afterwards, Han Shuo brought Andrina out of the energy tower and headed to the panicking Aobashi. He asked in a low voice, “How is Erebus doing?”
“He’s still alive but in a terrible condition. There is an energy destroying his body which he cannot resist. If this trend continues, he will eventually be dead!” replied Aobashi anxiously. Suddenly, she shrieked, “Bryan, aren’t you a pharmacist? I heard from Erebus that you have saved Carmelita’s life twice with your unique art of healing. Can you save him?”
“I’ll do my best!” Han Shuo replied in a deep voice. He walked to Erebus and placed one hand on his back. He discovered that there was indeed a bizarre energy inside Erebus’ body. It carried a hint of the edict of destruction but was clearly different from the destruction divine energy of a lowgod, midgod, or highgod.
This energy in Erebus’ body was extremely savage and brutal. Wherever it traveled, it would leave behind a trail of destruction. It was too powerful for Erebus’ divine energy to defend against. Not only would his bones crack and shatter, but every part of his body was being destroyed down to the cellular level.
Although this energy was somewhat similar to the divine energy Avery left in Carmelita, the latter simply could not compare with its power!
While Han Shuo pressed his hand on Erebus’ back to probe his condition using demonic yuan, the energy that carried a hint of the edict of destruction, for whatever reason, charged at Han Shuo’s demonic yuan, trying to break it down.
Han Shuo was shocked. He hastily drew his demonic yuan from Erebus’ body. However, he was a split-second too late. Through Han Shuo’s palm, the energy left Erebus and flowed into Han Shuo.
The energy was no longer wreaking havoc in Erebus’ body but Han Shuo’s left hand that was extended began to creak loudly. His bones and meridians were shattering under the attack of the energy.
“Bryan, what’s going on?” Aobashi was astonished. She saw that Erebus’ condition had improved but Han Shuo was aghast and perspiring as though he had seen a ghost.
“The energy has found its way into my body!” replied Han Shuo. He did not look well.
“What?!” shrieked Aobashi. She could see just how powerful the energy was. If even Erebus could not withstand the energy, then wouldn’t Han Shuo be dead in a moment?