Chapter 958: Unrestricted Access (1/2)
Unable to disable Pandemonium’s defenses despite having wantonly destroyed many of the formations, Dhaka chose to hunt down Han Hao instead.
His mind steeled with resolve; he was worried there wouldn't be anyone there to guide or welcome him. Now that Han Hao had showed up, there was no way he would let him leave just like that. Dhaka followed behind Han Hao fearlessly and no longer attacked any stone pillars he saw. He focused on chasing down Han Hao instead.
”It'll be fine, right?” Stratholme said worriedly as he watched it from the magical mirror.
Bollands seemed calm as always, as if he wouldn't panic and try to escape even if the sky was to crumble. He watched Dhaka chase down Han Hao through the mirror and said in an uncertain voice, ”I don't know either. But I bet Senior Brother has explained how dangerous that place is to him. I believe he's at least confident enough to return after bringing Dhaka there!”
”Hope it'll work out. Otherwise, I don't know how we'll be held accountable for this...” Stratholme said with a bitter smile. He knew how deep the relationship between Han Shuo and Han Hao was. If the latter really fell in Pandemonium, Han Shuo would no doubt be filled with anger and no one in the chamber would want to face his wrath.
”He'll be fine, definitely!” Though Bollands sounded certain, he actually felt a little ambivalent about it.
”Look!” Phoebe cried and pointed at the magical mirror. ”He's gone in!”
Bollands, Stratholme and the rest ceased talking and looked at where she was pointing at, all tense with suspense and anticipation.
After the various defenses in Pandemonium were set up, Han Shuo had informed them about it so that they didn't accidentally enter these dangerous formations themselves.
The spot they were looking at was the Sky Annihilation Formation, which none of the members of the House of Han should ever approach once it was activated. Those that did would no doubt die.
Han Shuo had made sure to repeat his warning more than a couple of times and made sure to bring up the formation's danger whenever he briefed them about Pandemonium without exception.
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Han Hao was now standing still at the outer edge of the formation. All of a sudden, nine bolts of ferocious lightning came launching towards him like an unstoppable force of nature, as if it would completely annihilate Han Hao's soul. Endless amounts of hatred condensed and formed into nine towering mountains that hurtled towards him, each as powerful as a full-force strike of an overgod.
The forces of lightning, mountains and gravity all targeted him clearly. It seemed like he wouldn't be able to escape the attacks no matter how he dodged, and that was only with him stepping into the outer edges of the formation.
Just as he was about to block the incoming attacks as he continued his descent, he noticed a figure enter the abyss from the outside. Elated, he immediately gave up on blocking the three attacks, choosing to unleash all the power contained within his trump card in an instant.
Outside the Sky Annihilation Formation, the part of the bone spear that poked out of the ground shone rightly. One talon after another sprouted from the spear itself. All of a sudden, the negative energies that festered in Pandemonium seemed to be drawn towards the spikes that just appeared on the spear.
Before long, a pillar of light roughly as broad as a human zipped into the range of the formation to form a path that reached Han Hao as he fell towards the very bottom of the abyss.
His eyes brightened before he jumped into the column of light. All of a sudden, the column quickly narrowed itself as it receded towards the surface.
The moment Dhaka entered the Sky Annihilation Formation, he suddenly noticed that his edict of destruction was heavily affected. That area seemed to have changed the laws governing destruction in an instant. The divine energy of destruction contained within his body grew more chaotic, making it impossible for him to form the Orbs of Destruction even though it used to be effortless for him.
Not only that, the powerful lightning bolts and force from the crushing mountains as well as the gravity that tugged at him from the abyss's depths was certainly felt by him. The killing intent and hatred that were essential to the attacks greatly disturbed his peace of mind.