Chapter 1024 - Penalized (1/2)
Putting the magic mirror in his hand away, McKinley smiled and turned to look at the powerful formation continuing to shave down the ranks of the allied invaders without knowing what to do. He had known that Han Shuo's subordinates would be powerful, but not nearly to that extent. Most of the fighting force came from Han Jin, Han Shui, Han Mu, Han Huo and Han Tu, all demi-overgods operating a huge formation within Hexopolis.
It was at this moment that two uninvited visitors came to Pandemonium. The moment Azdins and Monroe, the Gods of Light and Water respectively, entered, Han Shuo's main body felt their presence and used his avatar to welcome them.
”Wow, I wasn't expecting honored guests like you today.”
”Han Shuo, you didn't follow the rules!” Azdins accused in a deep voice without a slightest hint of a smile on his face. At the same time, Han Shuo's main body underground also noticed the Goddess of Life arriving at Hexopolis and letting out a large storm of life force to heal the gods on their side before using another life storm to disrupt the souls of the Five Elite Zombies to interrupt them from using their Penta-elemental Undead Formation.
His expression turning grim, Han Shuo snapped, ”Azdins, Monroe, what is the meaning of this?!”
At the same time, spatial pathways opened up in Pandemonium, out of which Fernando, Amon, Nestor and Cratos emerged. They all glared at Azdins and Monroe angrily.
”What did those five do outside Hexopolis?!” Monroe shrieked, ”Half of our army died by their hands! How could this happen if not for rules being broken?!”
The four who just arrived were stunned when they heard it, though they didn't have a full grasp on the situation. Fernando turned to Han Shuo and said, ”Is that really true?”
Han Shuo nodded. ”Those five are demi-overgods. Not a single one of them have the power of Quintessence! There are also demi-overgods among those invading the Fringe! How in the world was any rule broken?!”
”Those five may individually be demi-overgods, but they are half as powerful as a Quintessence overgod combined!” Azdins raged, completely losing any trace of his former calm. ”If this goes on, there's no point in continuing the battle! They can sweep the entire Elysium clean if we allow them to continue, so what's the point?”
”That's right!” Althea said as she descended into Pandemonium without using a spatial pathway. ”Those five combined do indeed have the power of half a Quintessence overgod, not just five demi-overgods. Han Shuo, the battle will be pointless if this continues. The Fringe will just wipe everything out.”
”As usual, let's go with a majority vote.” Althea suggested to Fernando since their stalemate wasn't about to break. The twelve Quintessence overgods had always resorted to a vote whenever they had disagreements. Even though Fernando knew the numbers weren't in their favor, he had no choice. The old rules couldn't be broken, so he opened up more spatial pathways to bring the other Quintessence overgods to Pandemonium.
As expected, apart from Han Shuo, Han Hao, Fernando, Nestor, Amon and Cratos, the others voted to penalize Han Shuo. It was eight against six, so it couldn't be helped.
”Fine, from now onwards I won't let them work together, lest you accuse me of bullying you,” Han Shuo said, shrugging.
”No, those five can't fight at all! I noticed that any two of them working together will more than double their power!” Lyna said, ”I don't know how they do it, but as long as they're together, they can muster some kind of destructive power, and each additional person causes their power to rise ten times or more! Those five can definitely not join the fight!”
Hearing that, those that opposed Han Shou's side looked even grimmer. They weren't worried about the Five Elite Zombies themselves. Instead, they were concerned about Han Shuo, who had made them with his demonic arts. If Han Hao, a practitioner of demonic arts and a unique lifeform, could gain a Quintessence, how powerful would Han Shuo be since he had been cultivating demonic arts the whole time?