Great Demon King

When Kodiak arrived, he was shocked to see so many unfamiliar faces around Han Hao. After a moment of careful observation, Kodiak noticed that Han Shuo, Rose, and the Five Elite Zombies did not look like godhunters. This had rather confused Kodiak. He wondered what their relationships were with Han Hao.

Although his mind was filled with questions, Kodiak said nothing but respectfully greeted Han Hao at first contact. After showing the proper etiquette, Kodiak explained, “Our Chief has been paying a great deal of attention to your troubles. He assigned the few of us to investigate around here. It took us a while but we have found the culprit.”

Han Hao immediately asked, “Who did it?”

Kodiak seemed hesitant and did not immediately answer. Instead, he looked at Han Shuo and the others cautiously and asked, “Erm, may I know who you are… ?” Kodiak wasn’t sure if he could divulge the sensitive information in the presence of Han Shuo and the others.

Han Hao knew Kodiak’s concerns. He lightly groaned and said, “They are my friends, you have nothing to worry about. Don’t hesitate. Speak!”

Kodiak was stunned and he looked at Han Shuo and the other with astonished gazes. He could not understand how they became friends with Han Hao. Kodiak had heard plenty about LS’s reputation and achievements in the Death Dominion. He was a youngster on the up and up in the field of godhunting and one of the most revered characters among godhunters. None of the godhunters had ever known that Han Hao had friends. Therefore, Kodiak was very surprised to hear those words from Han Hao.

After hesitating for a moment, under Han Hao’s attentive and cold gazes, Kodiak said in a deep voice, “As I said, after staying and investigating in a nearby region for some time, we have determined who the attacker was. He is called Kage. He cultivates in the energy of darkness and possesses mid-stage highgod strength. Right, just a few days ago, I heard that he was planning to sell those ores he plundered at a low price.”

“Where is he at?” asked Han Shuo. He had a faint smile on his face but his eyes were as cold as ice.

After Kodiak arrived, he had placed most of his attention on Rose because he could sense a very distinct aura of highgod emanating from Rose. Moreover, he had a vague feeling that Rose was a level stronger than he was. This made him uncomfortable from head to toe and therefore he had been very mindful of Rose.

As to Han Shuo, Kodiak paid no attention to him after the first glance. The demonic art energy on Han Shuo was undetectable when Han Shuo was not utilizing his demonic powers. Those without having a significant level of strength will never be able to detect the terrifying power Han Shuo was hiding. Therefore, Kodiak was unable to sense any threat from Han Shuo and only considered him as an average midgod.

Back then when Han Shuo went to bust a godhunter’s base with Erebus and others, they came across an enemy with overgod strength. The terrifying aura that the overgod emanated had haunted Han Shuo even till now. Although Han Shuo had greatly improved in strength since then, he had never fought with an existence of that level and therefore he didn’t know if he could handle it.

<i>What a pity that I have yet to enter Skybreak Realm. Once I break through Omen Realm and reach Skybreak Realm, I will have the confidence to fight any overgod!</i> thought Han Shuo. As he attained greater and greater realms in demonic arts, every bit of progress became slower and slower. Han Shuo had always felt that he was on the verge of a breakthrough and yet, after such a long time, he had made no progress.

“Then we need to be extra careful. We cannot afford to make any mistakes once we strike,” said LS after thinking for a moment.

“Come, let’s go and take a look at the rabbit hole!” Although Han Shuo felt that it was regrettable he could not right an overgod, he wasn’t all too worried about it. He had prepared himself mentally long before coming to the Fringe, since learning from Rose that the Fringe was filled with powerful experts.

Han Shuo thought that making further breakthroughs in demonic arts could only be realized while in the Fringe because almost every previous breakthrough was made under enormous pressure and when facing enemies much stronger than himself. The Land of Chaos was filled with such existences. That was one of the reasons that Han Shuo went through all the trouble to visit the Fringe.

“With Father around, there’s no way we will miss out any!” said Han Huo. He became very excited when he heard that they are going to murder and plunder.

Han Shuo released demon generals to scout around him as they traveled towards Buckthorn Valley which Kodiak pointed them to. Along the way, if Han Shuo discovered any gods that he had complete certainty of defeating, he would strike without any hesitation to fill the Cauldron with more divine souls.

There was a large number of experts in the Fringe, far above any cities on Elysium. During Han Shuo’s journey to Buckthorn Valley, the Cauldron of Myriad Demon had gained three highgod souls and thirty-eight midgod souls. And that took Han Shuo just half-a-day.

After arriving in Buckthorn Valley, Han Shuo first used his demon generals to scout the environment. After discovering nothing concerning, he nodded to Han Tu and instructed, “Open up a tunnel to the underground.”

“Right away!” There could not be any easier task for Han Tu than that. Upon finishing those words, he fused with the ground and sank deep under. The ground before the party’s feet soon opened up to form a tunnel. They did not even have to spend time looking for the entrance to Kage’s underground hideout.

“Let’s go, Father,” Han Tu had completed the task in just a few minutes. He was waving at Han Shuo and the party smilingly.