Great Demon King

GDK 699: You will have my backing!

Han Shuo, having been on Elysium for some time now, had heard a few things about the Heaven’s Gift. It was said that this miraculous stone, naturally formed in the rarest of conditions, usually contained the profound wisdom of all kinds of energies. Any god could learn the true essence of the energy they cultivated in from the rock and make breakthroughs.

Heaven’s Gift was even rarer than divine essences. Their value and preciousness were beyond measure. Divine essence would deepen a person’s divine energy while Heaven’s Gift could deepen a person’s understanding of the energy they cultivated in. In addition, it was suitable for cultivators of various types of energies. It goes without saying that this natural treasure was very much coveted.

That azure Heaven’s Gift was glistening with misty blue shimmer. The dazzling speckles that slowly moved following some kind of miraculous trajectory would leave any observer with an abstruse, and dreamy sensation. It was as though the stone contained a whole universe in itself.

A god who cultivated in the edict of life, as long as they cultivated while looking at the Heaven’s Gift attentively, truly making sense of the trajectories of those speckles, they would infallibly make enormous growth in their understanding of the edict of life.

There were two types of Heaven’s Gift – one could be moved while the other could only be used stationary in its place. Obviously, this stone found in this lava cave belonged to the second type – it was unmovable. Otherwise, this bunch would have towed the enormous rock away long ago instead of staying.

When Carmelita saw the Heaven’s Gift, she tried to destroy it at all costs lest the person who cultivated in the edict of life could continue to learn from it and grow even stronger.

The battle in the lava cave had reached the critical juncture. With the two highgods attacking with their full strengths, Carmelita, a legend of the City of Shadows, found herself trapped in dire circumstances. Not only that she wasn’t able to get close to that piece of Heaven’s Gift, but she also had to keep on retreating in defeat. She was even wounded.

Stupid, you should be trying to leave instead of fighting! After leaving this mountain range alive, you could just bring in a few more highgods from the City of Shadows back to this place. Victory will be in your hand that way! Han Shuo cursed in his heart when he saw that Carmelita was trying to destroy that Heaven’s Gift even when obstructed by two highgods of the same class.

Soon enough, the six midgods all of whom cultivated in the edict of life connected their formation of a six-tipped star to form a boundary, blocking Carmelita from the only exit behind her back, preventing her from leaving the lava cave.

Carrying two burdens is almost the same as carrying one burden. Ugh damn it! After contemplating for a moment, Han Shuo decided to rescue Kalina as well. He ordered metal elite zombie to split open a tunnel near her. Then, Han Shuo suddenly popped out from the tunnel and shouted, “Come with me!”

Kalina was jolted when she first saw a head pop up from the ground and she instinctively prepared to attack it. Luckily, she promptly realized that it was Han Shuo and stopped just in time. Kalina was completely flustered at this moment and bore into Han Shuo’s tunnel without thinking.

As soon as Kalina entered the tunnel, Han Shuo continued to wildly charge forward. Kalina, giving no thought and not a word, followed closely behind Han Shuo. Metal elite zombie who was hiding behind the cave wall took this opportunity to fuse up the hole in the cave wall.

Having previously used his demon generals to survey the situation in the mountain cave, on top of having metal elite zombie’s help, Han Shuo managed to arrive at the surface of the mountain through the shortcut tunnel very quickly. Carrying the muddleheaded Carmelita in his hands, Han Shuo continued to run for his life, flying straight ahead.

Kalina, who was following closely behind Han Shuo, discovered Carmelita as soon as they walked out from the dim tunnel. She was greatly alarmed and immediately cried out, “What’s wrong with her Ladyship? What’s happened to her?” Her voice carried sincere concern and she was obviously very anxious.

As a midgod, Kalina’s speed wouldn’t be any slower than Han Shuo. She bolted shoulder to shoulder to Han Shuo as he briefly explained the sequence of events to Kalina. Han Shuo continued, “There’s no time for words now. Here, you carry Carmelita. We must leave the mountain range as quickly as possible. There are two powerful highgods in this place as well as a Heaven’s Gift. We must enlist the help of experts to have any chance of winning.”

After taking Carmelita from Han Shuo, the plump woman flew towards the sky. She wanted to carry Carmelita away from the dangerous mountain range as quickly as possible.

“Stop! Get down!” Han Shuo yelled. He hurriedly explained to the puzzled Kalina, “The mountain range filled with miasmic air is a natural hiding place for us. The unusual miasmic air here even has the miraculous ability to hinder soul probing. Therefore, our best option is to escape within the miasmic air. If you fly high into the air, you will lose the protection of the miasmic air and will be more likely to be discovered!” Kalina’s mind was focused on saving Carmelita and did not pay much thought for possible dangers. Having heard Han Shuo’s explanation, she realized that Han Shuo was right and hastily came back to the ground. She cast Han Shuo a thankful look and continued running.

At this moment, using the surveillance of his demon generals, Han Shuo discovered that the white-haired beauty with blood-stained hands rushed out from the cave with six midgods of life. She sensed around using her divine soul and glanced all around before immediately charging towards Han Shuo and Kalina. Her speed obviously exceeded theirs.

“She’s headed this way!” Han Shuo’s face jolted. He then hastily said to the flurried Kalina, “Follow my footsteps, do not destroy any vegetation. Otherwise, she will be able to track us!” That white-haired beauty was able to determine the right direction because she discovered the trails left by Kalina’s hurried footsteps.

“I will hand the Lady to you, bring her to safety. I will draw them away!” After repeatedly committing multiple near-fatal mistakes, perhaps she came to realize that she couldn’t bring Carmelita away from the mountain range alive and seeing that Han Shuo remained calm and rational under such terrifying circumstances, she thought that Carmelita would have the best chance of survival in Han Shuo’s hands as she drew the pursuers away.

Without seeking Han Shuo’s opinion, she shoved Carmelita back into Han Shuo’s arms and proceeded to run in another direction while deliberately leaving some trails behind. Her robust figure had disappeared before Han Shuo could even stop her from taking that foolish action. A feeling of respect suddenly rose in Han Shuo’s heart as he watched Kalina leave so resolutely. He thought that although this person was cutting and blunt in her remarks, she was dependable during critical moments.

Watching her back disappear into the mist, Han Shuo knew that she probably wouldn’t make it out alive. However, this was her decision. Without spending much time in admiration, Han Shuo sent a demon general to track her and proceeded, flying in a direction opposite to hers.

With Kalina braving death to draw the pursuers away, Han Shuo found that the ice-cold woman had indeed gone chasing in Kalina’s direction. With the miasmic gas present everywhere and the visibility extremely low, the sensing power of her divine soul was greatly reduced. After separating from Han Shuo and determined to sacrifice herself, Kalina unexpectedly grew calm. She no longer made a single rudimentary mistake and using the special terrain of the mountain range to her advantage, she managed to keep a suitable distance from the pursuing army.

After three days, as the distance between the two grew ever larger, Han Shuo arrived near the perimeter of the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range. As those demon generals in the mountain range could not be too far away from the Cauldron Spirit, Han Shuo had no choice but to command his demon general following Kalina to retreat. With that, Han Shuo could no longer keep track of Kalina’s whereabouts.

Soon after exiting the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range, a vast river appeared before Han Shuo. Without much hesitation, Han Shuo took the still half-conscious Carmelita across the river. While no one was watching, Han Shuo used demonic yuan and activated the Art of the Demonic Ninth Heavens, increasing his airspeed to the maximum. He managed to cross the large river in just half a day, upon which he arrived at a swamp.

“Uhh… Uhh…” At this point in time, Carmelita who had been half-conscious for the past few days gradually awoke.

Clarity slowly started to replace the oblivion in her eyes. Seeing that her divine soul was recovering, Han Shuo placed Carmelita on a mud mound at the center of a swamp and kept a few steps away from her, waiting for her to sober up.

Carmelita was in a semi-conscious state because Disca’s energy of life had affected her divine soul, binding Carmelita’s life force. As she had also sustained serious injuries to her divine body from that cold and elegant beauty, it took her a long time to awaken.

Finally, Carmelita opened her triangular eyes. When she saw Han Shuo a little ways away, she bunched her eyebrows and asked in a rather weak voice, “Where… where is this place? Why are you alone? Where are the others?”

Han Shuo softly sighed and said, “They are probably all dead. I’m afraid that Kalina likely won’t make it…” Han Shuo sighed and described what happened inside the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range while she was unconscious.

Carmelita earnestly listened to Han Shuo’s account of the events. Although she had on a stupefied face, Han Shuo discovered feelings of dismal sorrow in her triangular eyes. “They all perished… all dead… Even Kalina is dead… This is all my fault. I did not anticipate that there would be two highgods. If I had not acted so recklessly, they wouldn’t have died…” After being dazed for some time, Carmelita started mumbling to herself. Her triangular eyes were overflowing with tears.

Although she was not very attractive by any standards, Han Shuo thought that she was a good leader when he saw her sincerely grieve for her deceased troops. Han Shuo figured he had to do something in this moment and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice, “This isn’t your fault, don’t blame yourself. Besides, now isn’t the time for self-blaming. We must hurry to the City of Shadows as quickly as possible, assemble experts in the city, eliminate those experts in the Miasma Cloud Mountain Range and destroy that Heaven’s Gift!”

“That’s right, blood calls for blood. We will not let them leave the mountain range alive!” Carmelita roared in rage. She suddenly stood up and was prepared to return to the City of Shadows faster than imaginable. However, it was at this moment that she discovered the wound on her abdomen had been bandaged.

“Did you bandage this? Are you the one who pulled me out from the cave?” Carmelita subconsciously felt her abdomen with her hand before turning to look at Han Shuo and asked, puzzled.

“Yes. You are heavily injured, perhaps you shouldn’t use your divine energy for now. I will carry you back to the City of Shadows as quickly as possible!” Han Shuo nodded and said.

Carmelita started sizing Han Shuo up with strange gazes. After a long while, she resolutely pledged, “From this day onwards, in the City of Shadows, you will have my protection. No matter who you offend in the city, I will be there to help you! Even if it’s Donna that you are in conflict with, I’ll back you!”

“Then I shall thank you in advance!” Han Shuo smiled. He then went over, grabbed Carmelita by her arm and flew towards the City of Shadows with all his strength.