Chapter 977: New Quintessence (1/2)
Judas nodded with a smile. ”That's right, indeed I am. I'm only borrowing Judas's body. Bryan, oh Bryan, you truly are more amazing than anyone would've expected.” Judas directly admitted to being the God of Light. Han Shuo immediately knew why he remained behind even though the other Hegemons had left after witnessing his newfound strength.
An Overgod with a Quintessence was easily a hundred times more powerful than overgods the likes of Dhaka. Though they shared the same descriptor, it couldn't be further from the truth. An overgod with Quintessence wouldn't be afraid of being harmed by Han Shuo.
”God of Light... Why are you a Hegemon? Don't tell me you Overgods were the one who orchestrated the formation of the Godhunter Alliance to begin with?” Han Shuo asked.
The Goddess of Destiny nodded listlessly. She stretched her hand out to send out an odd energy wave that covered the entire area. Nobody would be able to notice what went on within whether from above or below.
”The Godhunter Alliance has to exist, otherwise the so-called alliance here would've long been wiped out by us,” the Goddess of Destiny casually said after sealing off the entire area.
”Why would that be the case?” Han Shuo asked.
She smiled without answering his question, instead turning to the God of Light and Overgod of Death. ”Gentlemen, I believe we can now tell him about Aethernia by now.”
”That is fine. But before that, I must first destroy Han Hao's Quintessence Shard!” Nestor said with a nod. He glared at Han Hao on the bone throne without any intention to negotiate.
The moment he said that, Han Shuo's expression changed. ”I don't care what you plan to do, but I will not allow anyone to touch Han Hao!”
Nestor leered at him and mocked, ”You think you're powerful enough to even do that?” He turned back to Han Shuo and his body shuddered. The purest of death energy emanated from his body. All of a sudden, the Overgod of Death approached Han Hao, his seemingly infinite energy of death affected the environment around him simply by manifesting.
Shocked, Han Shuo snapped, ”You won't stop me from trying!”
Nestor had said he wanted to destroy the Quintessence Shard in Han Hao, which had already fused with Han Hao's soul. Destroying it meant wiping Han Hao from existence entirely, and Han Shuo would never tolerate that.
His relationship with Han Hao was far deeper than what he had with his women. Back when he had nothing, Han Hao had accompanied him all the way, helping him pick up trash and clean. He was an integral part to his life, and he wouldn't allow anybody to touch him, not even Nestor!
This time around, Han Shuo had a much easier time controlling the six avatars with his consciousness, unlike before. Even so, he still hadn't yet stabilized his new growth and was only able to use six avatars for now.
The new congregate force formed a barrier that enveloped Han Hao, stopping the encroachment of Nestor's energies. Han Shuo couldn't afford to hide any ounce of his power when facing off against a foe like him. The new domain that formed was unique in that six waves of energy flowed through it like water.
”Ooh!” The Goddess of Destiny seemed really interested in this new energy. She turned to the possessed Judas and asked, ”What's going on?”
Judas laughed and shook his head. ”I don't know myself. Perhaps this is what makes the energy he cultivates so special. It has to be a wondrous reaction between his energy and our universe's energy for something like this to even be possible... But worry not. His new power isn't perfect yet. Just fusing them together by force isn't going to unleash too much energy. Hahaha... It's still all under our control.”
”Under control, huh...” She wore an odd expression on her face. ”This is only the start. He still hasn't managed to master his powers yet. But when he does, it will surely be very different from how it is now. This Bryan is both promising and worrying...”