Chapter 844 - Leave it to me
GDK 844: Leave it to me
Most of those gathered around Han Shuo was involved in the scam and were tempted by Bertha’s offer. They had been killed or fled.
But there were several forces who decided to stay even after Han Shuo displayed his intimidating strength. Most of them had some kind of aces up their sleeves.
For example, they could be followers of the Five Sovereigns. Or perhaps they were confident that they could escape from Han Shuo.
Under Han Shuo’s attentive gazes, the leaders of those forces exchanged glances. One of them broke the silence, “I mean no harm. I came here only as a passive observer. Lady, Gentlemen, if you are interested, I can introduce you to Lord Logue. I believe that Lord Logue will be very interested in you.”
It was evident from his words that he was a follower of Sovereign Logue. The reason that he had stayed until now was to try to recruit Han Shuo and his party for his master.
After he made his offer to Han Shuo, the other forces also took their turn and made similar offers. They represented the other four Sovereigns – Tyre, Ossora, Salas, and Wasir. They asked Han Shuo to consider their offers, promising that he will get anything he wanted in the Fringe – if he agrees to their offer.
The Five Sovereigns had been fighting each other for many years and they would spare no effort in recruiting the true top-notch experts. Just then, Han Shuo had demonstrated his extremely valiant strength. If he was to join any of the Five Sovereigns, he will definitely disrupt the status quo, making one of the Sovereigns significantly more powerful.
Han Shuo had long expected that they would have the backing of the Five Sovereigns, or they wouldn’t have stayed to watch so fearlessly. Han Shuo smilingly shook his head and straightforwardly declined, “My apologies, but I have no plans of submitting to anyone. I believe that the Fringe is big enough for me to live without affiliating with anyone. Thank you for the offers.”
Those representatives calmly nodded but they did not continue trying to persuade Han Shuo to join them. They had all seen Han Shuo’s arrogant and unyielding temperament. They could tell that Han Shuo wasn’t the kind of person who would bow before others and did not carry much hope of succeeding, to begin with. After Han Shuo rejected their offers, they bid Han Shuo their farewells.
“Little Earth, come with me!” said Han Hao after turning to Han Tu.
Han Tu seemed somewhat excited. He put on his innocent smile and said to Han Shuo, “Bye, Dad!”
“If you couldn’t find me, look for me at the Omphalos in one month,” Han Shuo said to Han Hao.
“Yes, Father,” Little Skeleton nodded and left with Han Tu.
“Let’s go. We will look for your friends,” said Han Shuo after turning to Rose.
Rose said nothing and started leading the party, flying towards the South-west. Han Shuo, Wood Elite Zombie, Water Elite Zombie, Fire Elite Zombie, and Metal Elite Zombie followed behind her.
After three days, Han Shuo and his party appeared at an everglade covered in a poisonous mist in the southwest of the Fringe. They had been wandering about aimlessly. Air bubbles would float up to the swamps and sludge and linger on the surface for a second before popping, releasing toxic gases into the atmosphere.
Plants and animals that live in the region usually possess some kind of toxicity. All along their journey, countless rare and bizarre plants had tried pouncing on Han Shuo and his party without any warning. However, those plants would always be stopped by Han Mu.
“The fuck man, the plants in this region are damn stubborn. I have to spend more energy than usual to control these plants. I’m so fortunate to possess the Viride Leaf. Otherwise, I would have exhausted more than half of my energy just dispersing them!” complained Han Mu. He was disgruntled that the plants found in the everglade would dare question his authority.
All plants in the universe survive on the Yuan Energy of Wood while Wood Elite Zombie was born from it. Therefore, he could use the Yuan Energy of Wood naturally found in his body to control every kind of plant. Although they were made of the same energy, those plants belonged to existences of a much lower level compared to Wood Elite Zombie as their souls had yet to possess self-awareness.
Normally speaking, any living thing that survived on the energy of wood will not be able to resist Wood Elite Zombie’s control. When inside a forest, Han Mu could fuse his energy with every tree and plant. He could use them to make attacks or to use their energy of wood to restore the divine energy he exhausted.
That was also why Wood Elite Zombie’s strength would increase by several folds when he was inside a large forest. Even a highgod might not be able to defeat him.
The plants living on this everglade, however, perhaps corroded by the toxins, grew very stubborn and unyielding. They would refuse to simply comply with Han Mu’s command and he must use more energy than usual to control them.
“Rose, where is your friend living?” Han Shuo had been expanding his consciousness but he did not detect any sign of life. This made him rather puzzled.
“I don’t know the exact location but he should be around here. He is of a unique race and of all my friends, he has the strangest temperament and the greatest strength. It’s been many years and I don’t know if he is still living in this place,” replied Rose. She knew that aimlessly wandering around the everglade was not effective but she could not think of a better way to find his friend.
“Let’s just keep looking and hope that we will discover something,” remarked Han Shuo.
The party continued looking around. They had spent yet another day but it had been unfruitful. They then arrived at the largest swamp where enormous bubbles floated to its surface. Han Jin’s face suddenly jolted. He pointed at the swamp below him and excitedly said to Han Shuo, “Father, there is a very strange metal underneath. I have never seen it before. I’ll go check it out!”
Upon finishing those words, Han Jin leaped to the swamp.
But before Han Jin entered the swamp, a monstrous arm that seemed to be made of steel suddenly shot out and grabbed him. It pulled Han Jin into the swamp!