Chapter 945: On the brink of war (1/2)

The oval spheroid in the center of the energy crystal resonated with the gaudy radiance on Andrina's chest. It gave off a burning radiance as it shot towards Han Hao with tremendous power.

When Han Hao saw that Andrina was immune to the Boundaries of Death, he immediately changed his attack strategy. In an instant, he drew the element of death powering those boundaries into his bone spear and he abruptly retreated to avoid the rolling crystal ball.

“Wanna run?” Andrina sneered. She opened her palm and started moving her little fingers as though she was playing an invisible harp.

The crystal ball under Andrina’s control was extremely agile. It maneuvered around like a fighter jet. It turned and tracked Han Hao firmly, not giving him any chance of escaping.

Despite the grave situation, Han Hao’s heart remained as calm as still water. His bewitching eyes glistened with sinister lights. Then, suddenly, he stopped and stood his ground.

Whoosh!

The seven bone spurs behind his back violently shot out and aimed themselves at the sneering Andrina. Simultaneously, he hurled the bone spear in his hand. The shriek and wails of hundreds of thousands of tormented souls sounded while wisps of ink-dark smoke emanated from the bone spear. They spread and curled around the bone spear before turning into an enormous, malevolent, hideous face.

A chilling, frigid wind blew out of nowhere. The bone spear which was supposed to be inanimate suddenly transformed into a terrifying, ferocious monster. It opened its enormous mouth lined with sharp teeth. A sinister killing intent condensed from hundreds of thousands of tormented souls erupted.

The sneering Andrina was jolted and she put on a shocked expression. She didn’t expect that the normal-looking bone spear would contain such a terrifying amount of sinister power!

Before Andrina could react, the bone-spear-turned-monster swallowed the crystal ball of Andrina’s with its enormous mouth and it started chewing.

Crack… Crack… It sounded as though the energy crystal projectile that was harder than diamond was being broken down into pieces.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The seven bone spurs whistled and surrounded Andrina in an instant. They emanate a frigid and insidious energy.

This made Andrina even more shocked. She immediately turned her attention to the seven bone spurs that had her surrounded and gave up on the crystal ball which was devoured.

“Who are you? Why does your aura seem so familiar?” shouted the crystalized Andrina with the same ice-cold face while glaring at Han Hao who had the bone spear back in his hand.

Han Hao was never talkative when fighting. Without even acknowledging the question, he charged at Andrina.

As he moved, he violently flung his enlarged bone spear about, causing hundreds of thumb-sized energy crystals to fall off the bone spear. Those energy crystals were devoid of all energy and they had become the most ordinary rock.

When the crystal ball was devoured by the bone spear, it was cut off from Andrina, its power source. After the energy inside the crystal divine weapon was exhausted by Han Hao’s energy, with nothing to replenish its energy, it crumbled and was destroyed.

“Identify yourself! I don’t want to hurt the wrong person!” shouted Andrina again when she saw that Han Hao ignored her question and charged at her.

Han Hao remained silent. He hurled the bone spear in his hand forward.

The bone spurs that flew out of Han Hao’s back were unable to lock onto Andrina and attack her. The bone spear that trapped thousands of tormented souls, however, seemed to be immune to the luminous light. It pierced through the layers of shields made of light and went straight for Andrina’s chest.

Andrina’s face yet again jolted. The blinding light shield all around her suddenly vanished as she took out a beautiful astrarium that had various constellations and stars etched on it. It flew out as though it had a mind of its own.

Ting!

The astrarium shot forward to intercept the bone spear. Upon contact, a most bizarre energy surged into the bone spear. Those tormented souls located at the tip of the bone spear were annihilated into puffs of faint grey smoke.

Han Hao’s eyes glistened. Without thinking, he raised a hand and took back his bone spear. He decided to activate the energy of the Quintessence Shard and demonic art. He was going all-in.

Han Hao sensed that the astrarium contained the energy of destiny. He had rarely encountered experts cultivating in this energy. He knew that the edict of destiny was the most abstruse and mysterious of the Twelve Fundamental Forces. The energy on the astrarium was also extremely formidable, far too much for those tormented souls in his bone spear to withstand.

After making up his mind, Han Hao took back his bone spear and charged at Andrina without hesitation.

This main body of his was extremely tough. He had spent way more time and effort enhancing his body than on his bone spear. And recently, his body had successfully incorporated a Quintessence Shard of Death. It could even be said that the most terrifying weapon Han Hao had was his body.

Andrina could tell that Han Hao was going all in. All of Han Hao’s previous attacks were through ranged weapons and he wore a very calm expression, almost as though she wasn’t taken as a threat. But Han Hao now wore a grave expression and he was obviously much more concentrated.

The formidable power that Han Hao had revealed so far made Andrina feel threatened and distressed. If not for the astrarium that her mother had given her, she would have been injured by the bone spear just then. Therefore, Andrina was getting worried when she saw that Han Hao was going all-in.

“Who are you to Bryan?” she suddenly shouted when Han Hao was just meters away from her.

Han Hao, whose mind was concentrated on killing his enemy, was startled. He halted just a dozen-something meters before Andrina, sized her up with a rather puzzled look, and asked, “Who are you? How did you know my father?”

Andrina was astonished and she exclaimed, “What?! You are his son? How is this possible?!”

Han Hao slowly descended to the ground, looked at Andrina calmly, and asked, “Are you his friend or his foe?”

“Friend, of course! I used to be his bodyguard! I happen to be looking for him. Why don’t you bring me to him?” answered Andrina in a giggling smile.

Han Hao did not immediately reply but stared at her attentively as though judging if Andrina was telling the truth. After a while, Han Hao replied, “I’m busy. My father is at the Pandemonium of the Fringe. You can go look for him yourself.”

Upon finishing those words, Han Hao turned and left without even giving Andrina another look. He could sense that Nestor was rushing to this spot at full speed and he must not linger in the area any longer.

Although Han Hao was returning to the Fringe, he must take a detour to avoid running into the Overgod of Death. Therefore he cannot travel with Andrina.

Before Andrina could say anything, Han Hao had vanished into the distance. She pouted and complained, “What a jerk! I know where the Fringe is and I know how to get there myself!”

Andrina continued to gaze in the direction Han Hao left with her eyes that were glistening with strange lights. She mumbled to herself, “The energy that this fella deliberately released is clearly from the Quintessence Shard of Death. And he did not use his full strength just then. Hmm, I heard that Nestor has gone to the Fringe. Could it be that Nestor is after this fella?”

After thinking for a moment, she grumbled, “If it wasn’t for Bryan, I would definitely be going to tell Uncle Nestor about you!”

Andrina made a face and let out a ‘humph’ in the direction Han Hao left before she headed in the direction of the Fringe.