Chapter 229
Chapter 229: Favored son of earth
With Han Shuo’s tutelage, Gilbert had finally grasped the evil method of harvesting yin to replenish his yang after half a day.
Gilbert had been highly skeptical at first, but slowly started believing it was true when his body began to change. He still wasn’t fully convinced of the magical effects until he really confirmed some things though.
“Remember, you can only steal a little bit of yin energy each time. You’ll kill someone if you take too much though.” Han Shuo reminded him gravely after Gilbert had fully grasped this new technique.
If the sinister methods of harvesting yin to replenish yang was used adequately and only on one woman at once, not much harm would come to the woman, but if this technique was used too often or an excess of yin energy was absorbed, it would harm the woman. In severe cases, her life might even be lost.
Gilbert seemed to understand after Han Shuo’s repeated reminders, murmuring, “I know. Who knows if this is even useful? I’ll let you know after I’ve tried it!”
Han Shuo and Gilbert then traveled together to the dwarves’ valley. Gilbert stayed outside as Han Shuo entered by himself to chat with Calvin. He handed the list of weapons and all the materials needed to Calvin, and left the valley after concluding their discussions.
With Gilbert present, Han Shuo saved a lot of spare effort and rode on Gilbert’s back. The two of them flew towards the forest trolls’ sacred ground in the depths of the Dark Forest.
After flying for half a day, Han Shuo and Gilbert arrived at the place where they worshipped Datara.
The forest trolls guarding the place recognized Han Shuo and didn’t stop him, letting him enter freely and took up the duty of protecting him.
“Amazing, too amazing. This fellow is too wonderful!” Gilbert looked at the earth elite zombie in complete shock. This fellow had caused such a thorough change in such a short amount of time!
“Now you know his strength, hmm? The earth elite zombie is the favored son of heaven. He can hide under the earth as an assassin, and can leave immediately through the ground if his attack fails. Even if someone evades his attacks, they’ll be unable to capture him.” Han Shuo laughed heartily with pride and glanced sideways at Gilbert.
Having done all this, the earth elite zombie surfaced from the largest hole. The thick clods of earth were as if pure air to him, unable to form the slightest obstruction to him. He seemed to be emerging from water, giving others an extreme visual impact.
He took out a large amount of material from his space ring and filled the empty ground in front of him. They were so many items that they eventually formed a small mountain. He then used his mental connections with the little skeleton and the earth elite zombie to place the numerous material into the holes, following a particular order.
After doing everything, Han Shuo sighed comfortably, “All of the ingredients have been placed inside, there’s just one thing missing now.”
“Why is that hole empty and nothing’s been placed in it?” Gilbert looked at everything happening around him with interest. He took a look around after Han Shuo had finished speaking and noticed that there was a hole, the size of a human, right next to Han Shuo. It happened to be next to the oldest and largest tree root.
“Duh, that hole is the center of the formation and only the master can enter it!” Han Shuo rolled his eyes at Gilbert and explained haphazardly.
He started chanting as soon as he’d spoken, summoning a few zombies and decided to use the same method of having them fight each other to select a suitable candidate.
Just when Han Shuo was about to do so however, the earth elite zombie hastily shook his hand and walked in front of Han Shuo, blinking frantically as he tried to convey something to Han Shuo.
He also waved at the little zombie as he did so, miming and gesturing as he conversed with the little skeleton, seemingly wanting the little skeleton to persuade Han Shuo as well.
Han Shuo was surprised and held his breath in concentration, looking carefully at the earth elite zombie and the little skeleton, slowly trying to understand the message that the two were sending over.
The earth elite zombie seemed to understand what Han Shuo was about to do and kept waving his hands around. After communicating with the little skeleton, the little skeleton also reacted and joined the earth elite zombie in explanation. Short, muddled bursts of messages kept being delivered to Han Shuo’s mind.
After a while, Han Shuo looked at the two in surprise. “You mean, you guys have a suitable candidate?”
The earth elite zombie and the little skeleton both nodded forcefully upon hearing these words. The little skeleton even walked next to the zombie warriors that Han Shuo had summoned and beat them up a bit, knocking them all into the ground.
The little skeleton then stood proudly in front of them and gestured nobly with a puffed out chest. He seemed to be saying these fellows are junk. They’re not worthy of receiving such amazing treatment.
Han Shuo finally understood after watching for a while. He nodded and smiled, “Alright, I’ll send the two of you back and give you some time to catch the zombie warrior of your choice. I’ll try to summon you three together afterwards!”
The little skeleton and earth elite zombie all nodded their heads firmly after Han Shuo had spoken. He could feel the joy and excitement in their hearts.
Smiling, Han Shuo gave them a few reminders and chanted again, sending the two back to their old homes. His heart was full of surprise. He hadn’t thought that the little skeleton and the earth elite zombie would behave so interestingly.
“These low level dark creatures have their own intelligence now?” Gilbert was mystified as he sighed with astonishment at Han Shuo.
“Don’t voice those words in front of them, or they will definitely be mad. They might even beat you up. They’re outside the range of dark creatures now. I think even high level dark creatures won’t have the amazing powers that they have!” Han Shuo flicked a glance at Gilbert to warn him from voicing foolish words around them.
Han Shuo felt the little skeleton’s summons from the other plane after a short while, and chanted the incantation again to resummon the two.
A light flashed by as the little skeleton and earth elite zombie carried a thin, frail, yet exceedingly tall zombie in their arms. He was as thin as a bamboo shoot and had a green countenance to his face. There was no light in its pupils. It was obvious that it could only obey commands.
The little skeleton and the earth elite zombie shouldered the thin zombie warrior over, despite the discrepancies in their heights. One was tall and the other short, they presented a comical sight.
The little skeleton pointed to the new zombie warrior amidst Han Shuo’s surprise and gestured, seeming to say, “He’s one of ours!”