Chapter 172
Chapter 172: Refining the yin demons
Perhaps because they’d touched each other intimately, but the cold and arrogant Phoebe now blushed often, and her attitude towards Han Shuo had changed drastically.
Women were like this. Before they gave you their heart, they would have many reservations and hesitations. However, once they gave their heart to you, they would involuntarily let the man take charge. Even a swordmaster like Phoebe was no different.
“Speak. How did you know I was staying here? What did you sneak in here for?” Phoebe lifted her head to look at Han Shuo with a slight smile as she lay on Han Shuo’s broad chest.
Taking a deep breath in, Han Shuo’s naughty hands and feet all stopped. He frowned as he gave Phoebe a basic overview of what was going on. However, he didn’t speak of some of the more sensitive topics, including his identity in the Dark Mantle and the interference from the Calamity Church.
“Do you know what you were transporting when you were handling this batch of goods?” Han Shuo looked at Phoebe and gravely asked.
Shaking her head, Phoebe’s slender brows creased as she responded, “I don’t know. Those in my line of trade sometimes need to take on unknown risks. However, I hadn’t thought that this time’s matter would encompass so much.”
Han Shuo did indeed breathe a sigh of relief when he learned that Phoebe had no idea what she was moving. He thought deeply for a moment and said, “The chief of the Gryphon Legion had the heart to rebel, so you must cooperate with us for the safety of the Boozt Merchant guild. Otherwise, once the senior levels of the Empire learn of this operation and of your guild’s involvement, I’m afraid your guild will be subjected to unmeasurable danger, even as strong as it is.”
Nodding her head in understanding, Phoebe hugged Han Shuo and laughed softly, “I’ll do as you say. I think you’ll be quite earnest in helping me.”
Phoebe was completely trusting of Han Shuo as she spoke, making him quite flattered by her trust. He quickly weighed some things up and once again coalesced a drop of essence blood, placing it in a small flask. He gave it to Phoebe, “Try to drip a drop of this blood onto those siege weapons as you transport them.”
Han Shuo took a deep breath and quickly went over the details he needed to pay attention to in his mind. He then took out the Demonslayer Edge and started to change the cave in which the original demons had been refined in, changing it to the formation that could be used for the yin demons.
When the yin demon cave formed, Han Shuo placed all the ingredients that Phoebe had collected in the proper order in the yin demon cave. He had needed eighteen wraiths to be the catalyst to refine original demons, but the yin demon refinement required double. While 36 wraiths were needed, the time for refinement was decreased to 18 days.
Since Han Shuo had reached the true demon realm, he now possessed essence blood. Add that to the improved quality of his magical yuan, he’d be able to have the 36 wraiths finish battling each other in a short 18 days. The strongest wraiths that seized the three drops of essence blood would have the right to absorb the power within the yin demon cave and be refined to yin demons even more powerful than the original demons.
When the three yin demons finish forming, not only would they have all the power of the original demons, they would have even stronger life forces than the original demons. They would be able to lay in wait once they invaded a body until they rose to land a fatal blow at a critical moment.
If someone becomes possessed by a yin demon, then Han Shuo would be able to see everything they saw and felt through the yin demon within them. The yin demon lying in wait within their body could suddenly explode to action when the victim was deeply asleep or fighting others, and make its attack when the victim was otherwise distracted.
It’d be best if it could kill his enemy, but if the opponent was particularly strong, the yin demon could continue to lay low within his victim’s body, or leave it and flee back to Han Shuo.
When the three yin demons were completely formed, they could even briefly transform into Han Shuo and create illusions of him for a short period. If Han Shuo suddenly created three copies of himself during battle, he’d be able to turn the situation around by befuddling his enemies.
When Han Shuo dripped in his essence blood and saw that the 36 wraiths had started furiously attacking each other within the cave to fight over Han Shuo’s three drops of essence blood, he understood that the yin demon cave had started operating successfully and didn’t continue to watch. He left without listening to Gilbert’s complaints.