Chapter 428
428 – Already a foregone conclusion
“Lord Kosse, Lord Kosse! “ A white priest near Kosse suddenly shrieked.
“He’s dead, Lord Kosse is dead!” Another Temple Knight suddenly cried out involuntarily. His cry was extremely loud and voice traveled very far away.
When sacred knight Blount, whose throat was filled with blood, heard the news, he spurted out the blood he had been suppressing. Blount’s originally shiny golden armor was now filled with cracks like a turtle’s shell, appearing to have been seriously damaged from the last attack.
“Calm down, everybody calm down. Quicky secure the ‘Revelation’!“ Blount shouted from afar.
Beams of blood-red sword light swished as they shot down like a rain of arrows. The remaining blood cloud that enveloped Han Shuo twisted around the descending sword light, enhancing their destructive power. They proved to be a lethal weapon, taking the lives of the followers of the Church of Light below.
Miserable howls could be heard continuously. Under the bombardment of the blood light, more than half of the Church of Light’s followers were killed in a flash. Their bodies were in a horrifying condition where even the sturdy armor of the Temple Knights was simply unable to withstand the blood light, collapsing into pools of blood one after another.
Blount exclaimed loudly as he pulled himself out from the ground. He saw that a white priest had already retrieved the Church of Light’s divine weapon, ‘Revelation’ and swung the golden pike in his hand to block a blood light shooting toward the white priest. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Han Shuo who stood imposingly in the sky, his heart filled with boundless hatred. When the rain of blood light finally ceased, there were only slightly more than thirty members that remained around Blount. Their operation against the Lancelot Empire could be considered an utter failure. Even the Church of Light’s representative in Lancelot Empire, Red Archbishop Kosse, was killed on the scene. The losses were way beyond Blount’s expectations.
The thick blood cloud in the sky had already disappeared. Han Shuo who originally had scarlet eyes and a malevolent expression had actually already returned to normal. At this moment he looked down unfeelingly at the desolation but didn’t take any further action.
He held a scarlet weapon shining in scarlet sword light in his hand. The blood red colour came from within the weapon hilt, as though it had soaked in blood for millions of years. Soaring killing intent emanated from the weapon, giving people an apprehensive feeling.
After that, under Han Shuo’s gaze, the white priest took the lead with the remaining members committing suicide one after another.
“Truly a group of people whose minds are corrupted. Religion truly poisons the mind!” Han Shuo couldn’t help but sigh when he saw the followers of the Church of Light, who knew that they couldn’t escape, kill themselves one after another in front of Han Shuo.
Han Shuo raised his head and looked at the sky. He could still feel the soaring killing intent enveloping the entire Ossen City. Although Han Shuo had already absorbed a portion of it, the undispersed killing intent was still as rich as before. This caused Han Shuo to feel extremely refreshed.
Currently, under the drain from him entering demonhood, the two types of energy within the Demonslayer Edge had miraculously returned to normal. The previous impure energy had been changed into pure negative energy, trickling into the Demonslayer Edge. The Demonslayer Edge had once again returned to its natural state, becoming one with Han Shuo’s mind.
The energy which Han Shuo had previously absorbed through the giant vortex had already been stored within the demon infant in his body, but it hasn’t been fully assimilated for the time being. But in general, he now felt incredibly relaxed after releasing all the chaotic energy. He was no longer apprehensive of being delirious and need not worry about an upheaval between the Demonslayer Edge and his body for the time being.
Now that Han Shuo was clear-headed, he quickly observed the situation through his mystical demons. The defeat of Ashburn and his men was now extremely obvious, where even Ashburn and eldest prince Charles had already realized it and were planning to retreat.
The other regions further from Ossen City had similarly been won under Firenze’s leadership and the cooperation from the other two princes. It seems that Ashburn and Charles’ sudden rebellion had failed completely.
When a mystical demon circled around the castle, Han Shuo discovered that the crowd was discussing spiritedly about him. Han Shuo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because from their discussions, Han Shuo discovered that his status had suddenly been raised to astonishing heights.
On top of the clock tower, Bollands was trembling from head to toe, as though he was having a seizure. His face was flushed and he seemed to have lost control over his body. A crazed killing intent could also be seen in his eyes.
Han Shuo dazed for a moment before quickly coming to his senses. He secretly cursed Bollands for his recklessness, as he flew toward Bollands at high-speed.
A blood-red light streaked across the sky with a sharp whistle. Han Shuo arrived in front of Bollands, extending his left hand, pressing it against Bollands’ chest, and pushed suddenly. The trembling Bollands suddenly returned to normal. “Cough, cough…..”
Bollands was like a drowning person who could suddenly breathe again. His face was flushed as he started to cough violently. The killing intent in his eyes had slowly faded.
Han Shuo pressed his left hand against Bollands’ back again, drawing out a portion of the chaotic killing intent before Bollands could even react. He then slapped his hand against Bollands’ back.
Bollands gave a muffled groan and fell to the ground. His eyes had completely returned to normal, but his face was pale as he knelt before Han Shuo and said, “Senior, thank you!”
Han Shuo snorted coldly and said in anger, “I told you before I left that your body can’t withstand too much killing intent and you should stop the vortex within your body when you felt that you were nearing your limit. Yet, you didn’t listen. If I didn’t arrive in time, your body would have burst apart at any moment.”
“Senior, I’m sorry. I made a mistake!” Bollands apologized in terror and explained hastily, “I was too greedy. I had never thought that I could absorb this kind of killing intent to increase my strength. Now that I had come across this opportunity with great difficulty, I really couldn’t suppress the excitement. I kept telling myself that I’ll take just absorb a little more before stopping but had always not wanted to stop. By the time I felt that my body was going to explode, I realized that I couldn’t control my body anymore.”
The temptation to greatly improve one’s strength was something Bollands couldn’t resist. This was also the first time he could absorb this kind of energy. He simply couldn’t extinguish the flames of greed, resulting in such a consequence.
“Forget about it. It’s also my fault for not reminding you carefully. I thought that at your age, you should have good self-control. Sigh, you must remember, our martial technique is very different from fighting aura and it requires our body to be extremely strong. Before your body could bear it, never rashly absorb energy your body can’t take.” Han Shuo sighed as he said.
“Senior, I’ve learned my lesson. From now on, I will not be so reckless again.” Bollands truly acknowledged his own impulsiveness, kneeling before Han Shuo to apologize.