Great Demon King

That henchman of Polo seemed very uneasy. And as soon as he exited Ethereal City, he put on a stern face and whistled.

Then, a dozen or more shadows flew out from the dense forest around him and surrounded him in no time.

The henchman of Polo’s then solemnly handed the enormous bag to one of those who appeared. He said in a heavy voice, “For some reason, I feel that something isn’t quite right.”

“Lord Kodiak, you are being overly cautious, “ one of the godhunters flattered. He said smilingly, “Should we return to base right away?”

Kodiak nodded and replied, “I have left a message in the City. Han Hao should come to us after he received it. Everyone be extra careful, this body is worth two million black crystal coins. It took me a great deal of persuasion to get the body from Baum. We cannot afford to make any mistakes.”

The godhunter smilingly said, “I doubt anyone is going to try to rob this soulless body from us.”

“Don’t be so sure!” Kodiak furrowed his brows and suddenly turned to gaze behind him.

Little Skeleton, or Han Hao, did not conceal his form and aura. He had deliberately done so so that Kodiak could sense his presence. Han Hao slowly walked to the party and threw a large sack of black crystal coins in front of Kodiak. He said, “That’s the rest of the black crystal coins. Now give me the divine body.”

Kodiak heaved a breath of relief when he saw that the comer was Han Hao. He saluted Han Hao in the etiquette of godhunters and smilingly said, “Hello, you must have received my message.” He then turned his eyes to the bag of black crystal coins under his feet and put on a troubled smile. He said, “It is true that the divine body is for you, but my chief had instructed us to bring the body back to base. Erm, do you mind making a trip with us?”

Han Hao shook his head, walked straight towards the godhunter who was carrying McKinley’s divine body and took it from him. Then, in an indifferent voice, he said to Kodiak, “Go back. Tell Polo that I have the body and you have received all the crystal coins. The transaction has been concluded, right here, right now.”

The position of the City Lord of Ethereal City rightfully belonged to McKinley. After Baum is dead, McKinley should retake his rightful role. Han Shuo’s friendship with McKinley went much deeper than with Baum. If McKinley became the City Lord of Ethereal City, it would be tremendously helpful to his future development.

“I can make space divine devices for you. You know, I’m very good at this. Interplanar transportation matrixes, magical mirrors – any divine devices you need, I can make them for you!” pledged McKinley in a big smile.

Space divine devices were very rare on Elysium. They cannot be forged by any average alchemist. For this reason, divine devices of the space edict were invaluable. It was not unusual for a person with an insane amount of black crystal coins to be unable to find a suitable space edict expert who would produce them the divine device they wanted.

McKinley was near the pinnacle in the cultivation of the space edict energy. He must be a true expert at producing space divine devices or he wouldn’t have made that promise to Han Shuo. And coincidentally, Han Shuo could really use those divine devices. Han Shuo could not be happier to hear those words and he smilingly replied, “That’d be wonderful!”

“I need to make a trip to the Space Shrine and inform the Overgod of my ordeal. As for killing Baum, I can’t do that just yet. Baum is the current City Lord of Ethereal City. No matter what he did, I must consult with the Overgod before doing anything to him. But once I have His Lordship’s permission, I can immediately come back to kill Baum,” said McKinley.

Han Shuo understood McKinley’s concerns. He nodded and replied, “No problem. I’ll be at the Celestial Pearl Pharmacy in Ethereal City. You can find me there after you have consulted with the Overgod.” The Shrine of the Overgod of Space must be located in some secret location somewhere in the Space Dominion. It was needless to say that McKinley, a receiver of the Divine Seal from the Space Overgod, should know where it was hidden.

Before leaving, McKinley repeatedly thanked Han Shuo and promised to look for him after he gave the Overgod of Space an account of his ordeal and to reward him by making some commonly used space divine devices. He seemed rather embarrassed that he had to leave so soon. After being repeatedly hastened by Han Shuo, McKinley finally said goodbye. He ripped a fissure in space-time, walked into it, and disappeared.

“Father, do you think that he will succeed?” Little Skeleton seemed a little skeptical. “Baum has served as the City Lord of Ethereal City for such a long time and he would have become closer with the Overgod. Would the Overgod believe McKinley’s words?”

“Who knows? But McKinley seemed very confident. Perhaps he has some hidden aces under his sleeves!” replied Han Shuo after thinking for a moment.

***Two days later.

Han Shuo and Han Hao had returned to Ethereal City. Han Shuo was examining Metal Elite Zombie’s condition when he was suddenly jolted – he noticed that the entire Ethereal City seemed to be shaking!

Moments later, Han Shuo received yet another shock. Through the demon general he used for surveilling Baum, he saw that the entire City Lord’s manor had suddenly been shrouded in a violent space-time fluctuation. The space-time fluctuation carried an unparalleled amount of power. It pulverized the entire manor house in a moment.

“Noooo!!! Spare me! My Overlord!!!” Baum’s could be heard shrieking miserably from the center of the manor.

Several hundred Spatial Edge appeared out of thin air and sliced at Baum. He was obliterated in a snap. Not a cry was heard and not one bit of Baum remained.

A great stab of pain spread in Han Shuo’s consciousness. In the next instance, Han Shuo discovered that the demon general he placed in the manor had also been annihilated. The final scene that the demon general transmitted was a manor that had been razed to the ground. Not a single soul survived in the vast City Lord’s manor!