Chapter 941: Cheating Death (1/2)
Upon hearing that Han Hao could do it, Gilbert, Bollands, and the others became elated. Among them, Scarlett was especially excited and relieved that they’d found a workable solution. She asked Han Hao, “Are you sure you can do it? Will it have any adverse effects?”
Han Hao nodded and Scarlett confidently and replied, “I will be just fine.”
“Perfect, then this can be done with ease!” exclaimed Han Shuo smilingly before he instructed Han Hao, “Then let us get started right away, there is no time to waste. Come and select the materials with me. I will need the skeleton of a highgod and some special medicinal ingredients. With those things, I can build you a new body without much effort!”
“Father, there is still another problem,” after hesitating for a bit, Han Hao bunched his brows and said, “A portion of the Shard has fused with my body and its inscriptions have interwoven with my soul. I’m worried that He will be able to detect the inscriptions on my soul.”
“All you need to do is split up a strand of your soul. I will teach you how to solve this.” As Han Shuo now had a direction, it did not take him long to think of a solution to this potential issue.
Through demonic arts, Han Shuo could split his consciousness into millions of strands. If Han Hao could separate his soul from his body, then splitting a strand of his soul should also be achievable. Han Shuo could then help him form a secondary soul similar to an avatar.
While thinking about the solution, another new idea came to Han Shuo’s mind. He smilingly said, “Don’t worry, this one is easy to solve. I will help you form a secondary soul and use it to possess the surrogate body. When the Overgod comes, let him probe your secondary soul and surrogate body. Then, have your main body activate the Shard outside the Fringe. He wouldn’t suspect a thing.”
“Father, what do you mean by a secondary soul?” asked Han Hao who seemed a little perplexed.
“Well, it’s like this!” said Han Shuo with a big smile as his two avatars that had been sitting inside the Cauldron of Myriad Demon emerged. Two carbon copies of Han Shuo suddenly appeared beside him. They looked exactly the same in their appearances and demeanor.
Han Hao carefully examined the two avatars for a while before he nodded and said, “I understand now.”
The Five Elite Zombies, Gilbert, and Sanguis knew that Han Shuo had avatars but Scarlett and Bollands were unaware of this secret. They were astonished to see two clones of Han Shuo suddenly standing before them and they could not be more curious.
Han Hao seemed rather excited.
Han Shuo had gained the two avatars mostly by luck. But now that he had attained Skybreak Realm and having obtained new memories and insights into demonic arts, Han Shuo was finally able to forge an avatar completely from scratch, which was why he was so confident that it would work.
Han Shuo and Han Hao went to the warehouse in the Pandemonium and they selected the materials needed for forging a surrogate body. A number of eerie white bones and sparkling, translucent rocks were taken.
The warehouse stored all kinds of valuable and uncommon materials. A portion of them were leftovers from constructing the Pandemonium while most of them were spoils Han Hao looted from the Omphalos merchants. All kinds of miraculous and rare materials were piled in those rooms. He had more than enough to forge even ten more avatars for Han Hao.
“Refining an avatar would take a long time, time that we do not have. Besides, even with an avatar, it wouldn’t help with anything if the Overgod decides to slaughter the other you. Therefore I will just make you a puppet, but it’s good enough to fool him. This will save us a ton of time and energy.” After gathering all the necessary materials, Han Shuo brought Han Hao to the surface of the Pandemonium and began forging a new body using one of the available demonic formations.
While Han Shuo’s main body was busy manufacturing a new body, his avatar was teaching Han Hao how to split up a strand of his soul. As Han Hao was a demonic arts cultivator and his soul was mostly similar to that of a human, with Han Shuo’s guidance, he very quickly mastered the technique.
Han Hao tried and tried again. In just three days' time, he was able to split up a strand of his soul as Han Shuo wanted. It was way faster than Han Shuo thought.
“Excellent, excellent!” Han Shuo was overjoyed and was pleased by Han Hao’s extraordinary talent in demonic techniques. He said, “Now that you have a strand of your soul separated, the hardest step is completed. All you have to do now is sever the strand from your main soul while keeping it entangled with your soul. Here’s how you do it…”
On the surface of the Pandemonium, Han Shuo’s main body continued to inject demonic yuan and work with the Cauldron of Myriad Demon to build the surrogate while his avatar of destruction described the steps of forming a secondary soul to Han Hao.