Chapter 809: Han Tu (1/2)

GDK 809: Han Tu

Near the West of Ethereal City, a rather peculiar fight was happening. Three midgods that cultivated in the energy of earth stood with their backs sticking closely with each other. Their brows were bunched and they were looking all around vigilantly, ready to handle any sudden attacks.

Then, the ground between the three slowly sunk without them noticing. A pair of hands stealthily came out from the hole and tickled one of those feet.

The person who got tickled was startled. He immediately swung the huge hammer in his hand at the ground. His other two partners only stared blankly for a moment before they reacted. They immediately shouted, “Kill him!” and sent a burst of earth energy towards those sneaky hands.

The pair of hands that appeared from the ground suddenly crystallized while the element of earth wildly converged in its palms and formed a thick layer of armor. One of those hands swept forward and blocked the enormous hammer while the other swatted on one of the attackers’ soles.

“Arghh!!” A miserable shriek sounded. The person felt as though all of the earth’s energy were concentrated on his foot. His bones made a few cracks before that foot of his shattered and started spurting blood.

“Don’t step on the ground!” One of them shouted. Their earth divine energy had shot into the ground. However, when their attacks landed, the earth that they knew so well suddenly seemed all so unfamiliar to them. It was as though layers of barriers had deflected their divine energy. They realized that their attacks were, yet again, ineffective.

A shiny broadsword filled with divine energy was suddenly thrust at the region where the two hands appeared. Ting! The broadsword which should have pierced into the ground like a hot knife through butter bounced off as a burst of sparks came out from its tip.

Evidently, this attack had also caused no harm to the sneaky attacker.

The gods living in Ethereal City surrounded the area and watched the fight from a distance. They seemed very curious and would discuss the fight in low voices.

Although all of those in the fight were cultivators of the earth element, the expert who was hiding underground had shown extreme mastery on the utilization of earth element, as though he was one with the earth. Although the expert had never shown his face, from the power contained in the divine energy on his two hands, the onlookers could tell that he was around the same strength as those three above the ground. They were all in around mid-stage midgodhood.

Although they were all in the same realm, the expert hiding underground had stayed on the front foot all along. Although he had not been an inch off the ground, he could somehow move anywhere he wanted to. He could quickly throw a sneak attack at his opponents, immediately retreat underground, and move elsewhere. Evidently, this expert was on a whole nother level in his mastery and understanding of the earth element.

“Who could this fella be? He is only a midgod, and yet, he commands such spectacular mastery over earth energy. Absolutely unbelievable!” exclaimed a bystander who cultivated in the energy of wind.

“I have met a few highgods of earth before, but never have I seen anyone who could conceal themselves underground so fluidly and effortlessly! Not only that, but this expert could even form Crystal Fortification on his hands! Could he be concealing his actual strength? Otherwise, how could a midgod have such profound knowledge into the element of earth?” another bystander exclaimed in disbelief.

“This mysterious expert has stayed in Ethereal City for some days but he had never come out from the ground even till now. I wonder how he or she looked!” remarked a bystander.

While the crowd was talking, the underground guy again miraculously disappeared himself, as though he had never appeared. The midgod who lost a foot diverted divine energy to the injured leg. A vein on his leg burst from the skin.

The trio of midgods no longer dared stand on the ground but hovered in midair cautiously. They looked incredibly distressed.

Cultivators of the element of earth could unleash their fullest potential only when they had their feet on the ground. They need to be touching the ground to utilize the energy found in the ground and it will allow them to gather the element of earth faster than they could while hovering in midair. The sight of three gods of earth not being able to step on the ground seemed very bizarre and ironic to the onlookers.

Those who didn’t know might even think that the three were cultivators of the wind element fighting an invisible earth element expert!

“Han Tu, show yourself if you have balls. Don’t hide underground like an ostrich!” shouted that midgod whose leg was bleeding. He was looking at the ground below him and gnashing his teeth.

His two partners were standing on his two sides. They seemed to be in great headaches.