Chapter 936: Father and sons joining power (1/2)

Han Shuo and the Cauldron of Myriad Demon were overseeing the Pandemonium from the formation crux on the surface. Adding to the Penta Elemental Undead Formation deployed by the Five Elite Zombies, Han Shuo believed that Han Hao could safely activate the gravestone in the Pandemonium without alerting the Overgod of Death.

A burst of chilling wind suddenly blew in the Pandemonium. Shadows barely visible to the naked eye whooshed across the thick mist and gathered on various demonic formations.

Han Shuo split his consciousness into millions of strands and scattered it across the Pandemonium, forming a unique boundary made of soul energy that could obstruct every form of soul probing.

Inside the gymnasium, red, yellow, gold, white, and green radiances began shooting everywhere. The Five Elite Zombies, who were sitting cross-legged around the gymnasium, flooded the space with their energies and expelled all elemental energies.

Then, suddenly, the gymnasium seemed to have entered another dimension. Bollands, Sanguis, Gilbert, and Scarlett could see inside the gymnasium, it felt as though the gymnasium was millions of light-years away.

It was as though the gymnasium was no longer a part of the Elysium; as though what they saw in front of them was an illusion. The Five Elite Zombies, Han Hao, and Han Shuo were sitting just in front of them, and yet, they could not sense the slightest hint of their auras. If they were to close their eyes and look using just their souls, they would see an empty field of nothingness.

“The energy of the Five Elite Zombies has completely isolated the gymnasium from the rest of the world. The law of spacetime has been altered and the gymnasium has effectively become a material plan of its own. It may seem as though they are right in front of us, but they are no longer a part of the Elysium. I believe that even an Overgod won’t be able to detect their activity inside,” remarked the astounded Bollands after sensing the changes to the gymnasium.

Sanguis and Gilbert were amazed. They did not expect that the formation formed by the Five Elite Zombie would be so miraculous. It was as though they had created a separated, independent spacetime in the gymnasium. In this universe, the Overgod of Space might be the only other existence capable of such a marvelous feat.

Of the four, Scarlett was perhaps the most dumbstruck as she did not know much about the House of Han nor was she aware of the miraculousness of demonic arts. She was rather confused after seeing the Five Elite Zombies, none of whom cultivated the edict of space, disconnecting the gymnasium from the rest of the world. She almost thought that she was hallucinating.

Upon hearing Bollands’ words, Scarlett hastily retreated. Even the usually bold Gilbert jolted and quickly made some distance from the gymnasium with the others, lest they be affected by the highly unstable boundary.

Han Shuo’s avatar of destruction carefully sensed the energy that filled the gymnasium and sensed the energies of the Five Elite Zombies gradually fusing together. Thinking that everything was ready, he nodded to Han Hao and said, “You may begin.”

Han Hao who had sat cross-legged on the ground slowly closed his eyes. His chest started throbbing and pulsing bizarrely. Moments later, bit by bit, the Quintessence Shard emerged from Han Hao’s chest and hovered a meter before him.

When the Quintessence Shard emerged, the gymnasium which had been purged of elemental energies and isolated from the environment by the Elite Zombies, was suddenly flooded with the element of death. They came pouring in through the tiny spacetime fissures around the gymnasium and gathered towards the Shard.

“Oh no! The power of the Shard is indeed extraordinary, so much so that it could absorb the lament of death in dimensional fissures through the spacetime fissures!” cried Han Shuo in alarm and he immediately commanded the Five Elite Zombies, “Deploy all your power and seal those spacetime fissures. If we are to allow the element of death from the environment to enter the Shard, the Overgod will surely sense it!”

The Five Elite Zombies recognized how grave the situation was and immediately exerted all their strengths, releasing streams of colorful radiances that assembled and fused with the five-colored cloud on the top of the gymnasium. The Penta-elemental Undead Formation became even more energetic and all the spacetime-fissures were sealed.

Simultaneously, Han Shuo’s consciousness that had split up and scattered across various regions sensed the unusual flow of the element of death in the Pandemonium. They were gushing into the gymnasium through those fissures at an unimaginable rate.

Han Shuo was alarmed. He sent a portion of his consciousness to the gymnasium and formed a layer of boundary around it. The thousands and thousands of demon generals aimlessly wandering around the Pandemonium suddenly shot into the boundary and adhered to it. The originally invisible barrier suddenly turned to a dark shade. It was as though a dark egg-shell had enveloped the gymnasium.

After retreating to a safe distance, Bollands suddenly discovered that there was a layer of dark substance shrouding the gymnasium. He immediately cried, “It's my Senior brother’s energy!”

Sanguis and Gilbert also detected Han Shuo’s life aura on the dark substance. The spectators were shocked and stared at the black shell in astonishment while guessing what was going on.

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At the same time, over at a waterfall in the border of the Fringe, a burst of light suddenly came from Nestor’s eyes and he gazed at the depths of the Fringe.

Nestor could sense a strand of energy that he was most familiar with broadcasting from the depths of the Fringe. He was certain that the Quintessence Shard bearer must have activated the Shard again. He immediately started moving towards it.