Chapter 978: Ruminations (2/2)
”I want to kill one of your three guardians, Gyál!” Han Shuo said, remembering McKinley's pleading right before the God of Light left.
Stopping in his tracks, he turned to Han Shuo. After some thought, he said, ”Gyál has been a loyal follower of mine for years and I alone will decide his fate. If Gyál is dead, I will consider it as you having refused my olive branch. Think carefully about what you decide.”
He then nodded to the Goddess of Destiny before slowly walking away. When he was right at her side, he stopped and whispered, ”Rather than the Quintessence-bearing Han Hao, I'm more concerned about his father who can fuse the twelve fundamental forces. We know the power and limits of the Quintessence, but nobody has a grasp on foreign energies. You have to be careful how you let this develop.”
After saying that, he gradually left. The God of Light didn't bother to hide what he said. Han Shuo and Han Hao heard it perfectly well. Now, Han Shuo knew that the Twelve Overgods had other plans, but he wasn't sure what it entailed yet.
Now that the other two had vanished, the goddess smiled. ”Looks like I don't have to worry about Andrina staying with you all. Please take care of her. I have some other matters to deal with at the moment. When the time is right, I will seek you out personally to talk about what you want to know.”
Han Shuo honestly didn't know what to say to her. Even though he knew she was hiding something from him and had hopes for him, she had never gone into any of the details. However, he had a hunch it had something to do with his cultivation and the Exalted Demonlord. He couldn't imagine what other part of him would draw the goddess's attention.
He didn't say anything as he watched the goddess vanish. Now, even she was gone, leaving only Han Shuo and Han Hao in Pandemonium's ruins.
After the great battle, the father and son grew even stronger. Han Shuo's realm-state broke through to the Diablo Realm and he also gained avatars for thirteen different energies, all of which he could fuse into a sum greater than their parts.
Han Hao had also developed a Quintessence, the pinnacle of divinity itself. To say that it was a complete transformation would be an understatement. The two of them, however, didn't think too much about their gains and instead felt a little dejected about the ruins. Gilbert, Sangius, Bollands, and the others were still missing, so Han Shuo was rather worried for their safety.
”Father, Pandemonium is no more...”
Nodding, Han Shuo said, ”Well, we'll just have to rebuild it. Each time we rebuild, it will evolve. This time around, we will give it a complete overhaul with my current abilities to deploy an ultra-sized Ninth Realm Mystical Yin Harvester so that we'll have boundless yuan energy for Pandemonium's operation!”
Back in the Profound Continent, the Exalted Demonlord had set up such a demonic formation to harvest the natural energy and used it to draw Han Shuo's soul to this universe from another.
Compared to the Profound Continent, the yuan energy in the environment here was a hundred times denser, so setting up a formation here would allow Pandemonium to have an endless source of energy. He could also use the harvested energy to forge his Invincible Demon Body and store more and more demonic yuan energy within him so that his body could reach parity with his mind at the Diablo Realm.
As long as his mind and body were at the Diablo Realm, he was confident he would stand a fighting chance against the aeonic Quintessence-bearing overgods. Other than that, he still had thirteen other avatars to count on. The fusion of six of them alone could already allow him to defend against Nestor's attack. The moment all thirteen of them fused, there might not be anybody in Elysium who could take him on.