Chapter 947: Payback (1/2)

The unnatural calm prompted them to be even more careful and wary. They were in somebody else's turf, after all. Even with their strength, they didn't dare act with abandon, especially when they knew the other side would definitely be lying in hiding and waiting for them.

Dhaka, Dagmar and Asser each scanned different parts of their surroundings with their divine souls to ensure no hidden foe would ambush them. With Salas around, Dhaka and the rest didn't ask much. They kept their thoughts mostly to themselves.

Finally, they reached the vicinity of the three mountains.

In the distance, Dhaka saw a black fog that brought a certain stench out of the valley. Suspicious, he shot Salas a glance and said, ”Salas, are you sure this is the place?”

”It should be here,” Salas replied solemnly. He found it rather weird himself as his divine soul sweep didn't detect any sign of other souls. What in the world was that guy up to?

”There's nobody here at all!” Dagmar said. His white bone throne emanated a field of death aura to keep the black miasma from touching his body while carrying him to the valley between the three mountains.

”Let’s go take a look,” Dhaka said to Asser before the two of them caught up to Dagmar. There was a pungent, soury smell wherever the black miasma wafted by. It was a clear sign of poison, but Dhaka and the rest were powerful enough that this wouldn't affect them.

Salas didn't follow along and merely watched curiously from afar, observing the details in the surroundings.

Having had the experience in Pandemonium, Salas was really wary of anywhere remotely related to Han Shuo. He knew that anywhere Han Shuo had him bring people to was definitely somewhere to beware of, so he didn't dare to be too daring.

Without Dhaka and the other two's orders, their subordinates remained where they were. These godhunter elites from the three Divine Dominions had been working loyally for the trio for many years. Not only were they strong, they were also well disciplined and wouldn't act on their own accord without explicit orders.

The trio explored the valley and saw nothing but some weird runes on the walls of the mountains. Their senses picked up not a single sign of life.

Soon, they returned to Salas. Dhaka said, ”The place should be fine, but it seems like they're all gone. I believe they are aware that we were coming, so Han Hao probably had his forces group up with the House of Han.”

Given all that, Salas believed that he had done all he could. The valley was indeed deserted. If he forced the three of them to search the mountains thoroughly, it would only make him look suspicious, so he nodded his agreement without saying anything else.

”Let's go to Pandemonium then. I believe that unless they decided to give up their foothold in the Fringe entirely, the House of Han would be there,” remarked Dhaka as he prepared to instruct his men to leave.

”Wait!” exclaimed Dagmar as he raised a hand. There was an odd flash in his eyes.

”What is it?” Dhaka exclaimed, ”Did you notice anything?” He knew that Dagmar was a cultivator of death energy, so his soul searching skills would be much more proficient than his own. Most faint soul reverberations might escape Dhaka and Asser's senses, but it would be detected by Dagmar.

”There are a few weak soul reverberations in the valley. I felt a pulse or two just now. Let me double check one last time.” A soul energy slowly spread out from Dagmar. It seemed that he was deploying a special technique to detect the weak pulses in the valley.

Dhaka and Asser knew that Dagmar was not his usual self thanks to the Quintessence Shard, but given he had cultivated death energy to the overgod level and his usual penchant for not making things up, not to mention his target was Han Hao, he wouldn't lie about it so casually.

As expected, Dagmar used his unique sensing method and pointed at the three mountains. ”There's no need to leave. There are people within the three mountains, but a kind of special energy was infused in the valley to block our divine soul sweep. Bryan is formidable as expected. He almost tricked us with that barrier of his!”

”How do you know the one who deployed the barrier wasn't Han Hao?” Salas wondered.

”He isn't that capable! Back then at Omphalos, I managed to get a good feel for his strength while my subordinates held him back. He's not nearly as powerful as you say he is. Without the Quintessence Shard, he is a normal highgod. I can crush him easily like a bug!”