Chapter 962: Underground Assaul (2/2)
”They really came fast! Let's go!” Han Mu yelled as he took a step back.
Han Tu rose and opened a hole in the wall before jumping into it. Han Jin, Han Huo and the rest followed without hesitation before the secret chamber suddenly collapsed. The hole Han Tu had opened up closed back up as well.
The earth itself began to shake heavily, accompanied by a loud rumbling from above. A figure could be seen bursting through the earth in their path till they reached the crumbling secret room.
Isaiah sensed his surroundings and humphed. He swung his hands wide open, pulling apart the walls where Han Tu and the rest had entered, making a huge hole and revealing the backs of Han Tu, Han Jin and the rest.
”Gotcha!” He snickered and charged right in. As an expert of the overgod realm, Isaiah was definitely not one to be taken lightly. While his control over earth energy might not be as refined as the uniquely talented Han Tu, his attack power definitely far outclassed Han Tu's owing to his cultivation.
With his boundless power alone, he could affect the composition of the earth to reform it with his will. While he wasn't able to become one with the earth like Han Tu could, he could use his divine energy to influence the earth itself.
He managed to crack a path wide open with brute force alone. Using his divine energy, he gathered a large amount of earth element on his body, allowing each step he took to shake the whole underground palace.
”Oh no!” Han Tu cried. The extremely dense and powerful earth element had completely altered the composition of the earth around him, filling it with Isaiah's divine energy. Han Tu had lost his control over the earth. The pathways in front of him began to shrivel up as his control over them slipped.
”Here I come!” Andrina cried at that moment. Han Jin felt a terrifying power coming from her hand. Only the simultaneous activation of hundreds of energy towers could cause such a powerful reaction. A blinding light shot out from Andrina's diamond-like body towards the incoming Isaiah.
Struck with the sudden burst of light, Isaiah winced and had no choice but to withdraw the divine energy he infused the earth with to defend against the move. He caused a firm wall to form in front of him.
The clash caused a tremor so huge that everyone in the underground palace could feel it, especially from the dust and rocks that fell from above.
”Great!” Han Tu said with joy. He noticed that Isaiah's energy was gone from the earth around him. A pathway opened up in front of him once more, and he and the rest charged in quickly.
Knowing that a powerful cultivator like Isaiah was right behind them, the rest didn't dally and ran as fast as they could. Before Isaiah could react, they were already quite far off.
Soon, the Five Elite Zombies and Andrina passed through the barrier and reached the control center, which was a wide, underground secret chamber. Above them was the round monolith engraved with the Cauldron’s outline. The monolith could not only gather elemental energy from the environment, it could also collect the souls of those who died in Pandemonium.
”Why did you pull me away so hurriedly? It's just Isaiah! I'm not afraid of him!” Andrina complained.
Han Jin smiled awkwardly and said, ”I was just worried you would be in danger...”
Hearing that caused her to smile sweetly. ”With this precious thing over here, even Isaiah can't take me on!”
Surprised, Han Jin asked, ”Then can it be used to kill Isaiah? If so, let's go back and get rid of him!”
”I can only use it to keep myself alive. It can't kill him,” Andrina said, shaking her head. ”My mother doesn't let me kill people for no good reason. Had she given me the Mirror of Destiny, however, I would've been able to kill him.”
”The Mirror of Destiny? The divine weapon of the Goddess of Destiny?” Stratholme exclaimed. He wondered what kind of chaos Andrina could usher in if she really wielded the mirror.
”Who else isn't here yet?” Han Hao asked Phoebe with a furrowed brow. After all they had experienced, Phoebe, Emily and the other women no longer blamed Han Hao for being too cautious, knowing that if not for his swift reaction, asking Han Tu to evacuate everyone, many of them would've been dead by now.
Phoebe looked around the control room with a thoughtful expression before she said, ”Everyone that came from the Profound Continent should be here.”
”Alright.” Han Hao turned to the Five Elite Zombies and said, ”Seal the entrance!”
The five of them immediately used their elemental powers to seal the walls. Colorful energies radiated from their bodies before seeping into the walls around them. The room rumbled and creaked as they worked away, as if a huge mechanism was being activated.