Great Demon King

Han Shuo had hired a capable and trustable manager to manage his Celestial Pearl branch in Ethereal City. Han Shuo believed that McKinley, new City Lord of Ethereal City, will look after his pharmacy in the City while he was away. He also doubted that there will be an issue with Metal Elite Zombie’s Goldstone Trading Enterprise.

With everything prepared, Han Shuo, with Han Hao, Rose, and the Five Elite Zombies, left Ethereal City and headed for the Fringe – the Land of Chaos.

After Han Hao learned about Metal Elite Zombie getting injured, he asked him for a detailed recount of the raid. However, Han Hao also had no idea who the attacker was.

It turned out that although Han Hao knew the leaders of godhunter factions in the Fringe, just like Han Shuo, he didn’t know much about the Fringe either. After all, godhunters weren’t the only power that dwelled in the Fringe. The most powerful and wicked experts that the Elysium could offer were living there.

Han Shuo and his party possessed decent strength. Han Shuo, Han Hao, and Rose were highgod while the Five Elite Zombies all possessed miraculous abilities. With that, they were able to travel fast. It took them just a few days to make some significant distance from Ethereal City.

Few days after they began their journey, Han Shuo and the party arrived at the fort where Han Mu and Han Shui were previously surrounded. The gods in the fort seemed shocked by Han Mu’s reappearance. Their gazes towards Han Mu were filled with caution and wariness, as though afraid that Han Mu might do something malicious to them or their loved ones.

“The fuck you look at me for? You wouldn’t have to worry about me if you’d spend as much attention on your girlfriends!” Han Mu couldn’t help but curse when he saw that all those on the streets were looking at him nervously.

Han Shuo couldn’t help himself but laugh. He previously thought that Han Mu wasn’t that influential of a person. But Han Shuo now realized he was wrong. He was very amazed that all those gods who had girlfriends or wives seemed so afraid of Han Mu. He softly asked, “You little brat, it seems that you have made yourself a lot of enemies, haven’t you?”

“Hehe, they are just being overly cautious,” said Han Mu in a smirk. Then, he turned to Han Shui and said, “Little Water, what are you worrying about? With Father and Elder Brother here, no one will be stupid enough to try to catch me. They wouldn’t throw their lives away!”

“All those ladies you slept with are nutcases. If they decided to come after you without any regard for their lives, are you really going to kill them?” rebuked Han Shui impolitely after he glared at Han Mu.

“That’s wonderful, Chief! Haha, a place like the Fringe is where we truly belong, and we have long wanted to go there! In that Land, we can walk around openly. No one is going to scoff at us just because we are godhunters. Chief, are we going to stay there for the long term?” the malevolent and bulky man seemed overjoyed.

Godhunters were specifically targeted and hunted by almost every power living in the Twelve Dominions. The Fringe, however, due to its unique geographical location, was not within the jurisdiction of any Overgods. Besides, as most who live in the Fringe were the most depraved of criminals from all over the Elysium, godhunters weren’t that big of a deal for the society there. No one would bother eradicating them just because they were godhunters.

In fact, they could live pretty much like a normal person in the Fringe and can engage in various businesses openly. For most godhunters and criminals who found it too troublesome to get by in the Divine Dominions, the Land of Chaos was a five-star resort that could refuge them. They can live there comfortably without worrying about getting hunted down by divine guards.

But, there was one prerequisite – they need to be strong enough to survive in the Fringe!

As the Fringe was not ruled by any of the Twelve Overgods, no divine guards would be there to enforce any laws. It was filled with so many fierce and powerful experts that without sufficient strength, one might lose their life right after stepping into the Fringe!

“That’s right. We will be living in the Fringe,” replied Han Hao noddingly before he said, “Get going already and don’t get tarried along your journey. Go back to the Death Dominion and bring the rest of our people over. When you have reached the Fringe, just look for Polo to get hold of me.”

“We will do as you bid, Chief,” the bulky scar-faced man bowed, led the group of godhunters back into the cave, and left through an exit away from the waterfall. Before they left, they would each take a good look at Han Shuo and the others to firmly remember their faces.

After having done instructing his followers, Han Hao walked out from the waterfall and back to Han Shuo’s side. Han Shuo smilingly remarked, “Not bad at all. They all seemed callous, calm, and experienced. They even know how to cooperate when traveling around the caves. It seems that they have been very well trained!” Han Shuo had observed everything that happened behind the waterfall through his demon generals.

“Inside the memory that Father left me are some demonic battle formation for team coordination. I have used it on them. With that, they are more united than an average godhunter group and can fight better as a team,” replied Little Skeleton.

Han Shuo nodded with a smile on his face and he praised, “Very well done!” The fact that Han Hao could accomplish this merely with his memory of demonic arts was yet another evidence that he had truly inherited Han Shuo’s understanding of demonic arts. After taking a short pause, Han Shuo asked, “You said that you have more followers in the Death Dominion. How many do you have, altogether?” Han Shuo was very interested to know just how many godhunters Little Skeleton had managed to recruit in the past fifty years.

“Three Companies, which is around three hundred people. They were all personally trained by me and know how to fight cooperatively. They are much stronger than the divine guards of an average city!” replied Little Skeleton proudly.

Han Shuo was elated by that information. He thought, <i>Little Skeleton is such a bringer of pleasant surprises!</i>

Every one of the godhunters possessed extraordinary strength and was cruel in character. In addition, they know how to fight effectively using demonic combat formations. These troops might even be slightly stronger those divine guards Han Shuo trained using the Eight Desolation and Torment Formation. And on top of that, they were three-hundred gods strong! Han Shuo thought that there could not be a better surprise than this.