Five days later, at the most mysterious entrance to the Abyss realm.
Han Shuo followed behind Demon King Manticole and fifteen other Demons. They finally arrived at their destination.
This was an incomparably peculiar region. There were enormous, malevolent plants everywhere. Each and every one of them was unleashing their ferocity to their heart's content. Along the way, the towering, grotesque trees transformed into frenzied attackers that wantonly attacked and obstructed Han Shuo and his party. The ground was filled with muddy swamps. Colorful miasma lingered in the air. Some grotesquely shaped, enormous abyssal creatures roamed all over the place.
Manticole should be very familiar with this region. He led Han Shuo and the others as they flew horizontally and vertically. It was only when they arrived at a magnificent region filled with glazed stardust that they came to a halt.
Han Shuo looked around and discovered that after Manticole unfolded his Domain of Divinity, not a single creature or plant dared to approach them. Dense element of darkness converged towards Manticole from all directions. In an extremely short period of time, the element of darkness in Manticole's Domain of Divinity had become ten times more concentrated. The other elements of heaven and earth, within the scope of the Domain of Divinity, were completely obliterated. Even the four edicts seemed to have been distorted.
The fifteen Black Jade Guards that came with Manticole immediately felt uneasy from head to toe. They no longer had any elemental energy they could rely on. As they had yet to become true gods, they felt a sense of powerlessness, dejection, and unease.
Fortunately, Manticole did not maintain his Domain of Divinity for too long. Not long after he unfolded his Domain of Divinity, Han Shuo sensed that the element of lightning in another region not far from them suddenly condensed rapidly. A long howl resounded through the sky. The party rapidly approached Manticole.
Manticole withdrew his Domain of Divinity and said to Han Shuo in a gentle voice, "Leviathan is coming."
Leviathan, one of the five Demon Kings of the Abyss realm, cultivated in the energy of lightning of the eight elements, and had a rather deep friendship with Manticole. Just as Manticole unfolded his Domain of Divinity, a domineering silhouette made of interweaving lightning bolts suddenly appeared in front of Manticole.
Leviathan was three meters tall, with two huge curved horns on its head. Its body was covered in dense hair, and its domineering body was constantly flashing with electricity. At first glance, Han Shuo felt that this Leviathan looked somewhat similar to a bull — except that it had a human face.
After Leviathan arrived, he let out a hearty laugh and said, "Manticole, I have been here for quite a few days. What took you so long?"
"Better to come at the right time than to come early." Manticole's attitude was gentle. He raised his head to look at the multicolored sky, and said with a faint smile, "The stardust current hasn't completely disappeared yet."
"Swoosh swoosh swoosh …" More than a dozen shadows stood behind Leviathan one after another. They had unified Demon strength and were directly under Leviathan's Thunder God Guards.
A pair of silver eyes with electric sparks suddenly focused on Han Shuo. Leviathan asked with interest, "This unfamiliar friend is Mr. Han Shuo, the one who killed three Shadow Warriors in an instant, right?"
Han Shuo put on a faint smile and nodded in a manner that was neither overbearing nor servile. He said, "Hehe, nice to meet you, Demon King Leviathan."
Just like Manticole, Leviathan was also a lowgod. Without moving his consciousness, Han Shuo could sense the terrifying energy on Leviathan's body. He inwardly speculated that the other three Demon Kings should also possess lowgod strength.
With that thought in mind, Han Shuo couldn't help but plot. Now that Han Shuo had three souls, his strength was on par with any Demon King. Now that Little Skull had also become a lowgod of death, in addition to the Penta-elemental Undead Formation formed by the five miraculous Elite Zombies, Han Shuo believed that he possessed sufficient strength to protect himself. Therefore, he secretly started to plot some things that would benefit him.
Leviathan looked deeply at Han Shuo. Electric sparks shot out from his silver eyes. After a long while, he nodded and smilingly said, "Not bad, you are qualified!"
Han Shuo understood that Leviathan had also sensed the strength of a lowgod of destruction from Han Shuo. That was why he said that. Such was the Abyss realm. Here, without sufficient strength, one wouldn't receive the respect one deserved. It was because Leviathan sensed Han Shuo's lowgod of destruction energy that he truly regarded Han Shuo as a friend of equal weight.
"Since you have arrived early, have you discovered any traces of the other three?" Manticole waited for Leviathan to acknowledge Han Shuo's strength before he asked with a faint smile.
"The other three have arrived long ago. They have temporarily occupied three different positions, waiting for the moment the stardust current disappears," Leviathan said in a deep voice with a solemn face.
Han Shuo raised his head and looked at the sky. He discovered that the stardust current was multicolored. It was as vast as the starry sky, full of mystery and abstruse. Streaks of dazzling radiance flashed past like meteors. Green, sapphire, light purple, and all kinds of halos filled the stardust current.
Behind the stardust current was the void that led to the Abyss. Han Shuo was well aware of this fact. Han Shuo slightly released his consciousness and a strand of it flew towards the stardust current. Slowly, slowly, probingly, it probed into the stardust current.
The stardust current possessed an intense corrosive and destructive effect on the soul. Any lifeform with a soul, once submerged within the stardust current, would immediately be affected by the stardust current. In an extremely short period of time, their soul would be decomposed and corroded until it was fragmented and lost all consciousness. All traces of their soul would disappear from the world.
Even experts like Manticole and Leviathan, who had truly become gods, were powerless against this stardust current. They could only bitterly wait for the stardust current to disappear on its own before they dared to enter the Abyss. It was evident just how frightening this stardust current was!
When Han Shuo's strand of consciousness submerged into the stardust current, the bizarre sand-like energy suddenly sensed it. The radiant flowing deep sky suddenly blossomed with dazzling colors. They rapidly condensed in the region where Han Shuo's strand of consciousness probed. The soul-corroding energy within the bizarre stardust current immediately entered that strand of consciousness of Han Shuo, attempting to pulverize that strand of Han Shuo's disintegrated soul into powder.
The consciousness of demonic arts had endless wondrous uses. Even though Han Shuo knew that the stardust current possessed terrifying corrosive energy towards the soul, he still dared to divide a strand of consciousness to investigate. It was precisely because Han Shuo had painstakingly studied the wondrous uses of consciousness during this period of time that he knew of the miraculous effect of the consciousness being able to divide into thousands and then converge into one, that strand of consciousness of Han Shuo dared to take the risk.
That strand of consciousness was rapidly corroded, but it could reassemble itself at an even faster speed. With that, that region constantly sparkled with dazzling lights. Although the energy of the stardust current was constantly corroding that strand of consciousness, that strand of consciousness of Han Shuo did not dissipate from beginning to end.
"Hehe, there's actually an idiot who dares to barge in without waiting for the stardust current to disappear. From the looks of it, it should be some small forces that don't know the depth of the situation. " Leviathan raised his head and looked at that region that suddenly blossomed with dazzling colors after Han Shuo's consciousness entered. He had a face full of schadenfreude.
"Yes, only those newcomers who have never heard of the dangers of the Void would be so reckless," Manticole also raised his head to look at the sky and chimed in.
While listening to the conversation between the two Demon Kings, Han Shuo, the instigator of all this, unhurriedly withdrew that strand of consciousness that had yet to dissipate. He thought to himself, It seems that although that stardust current is frightening, it doesn't seem to have any effect on me, a person who cultivates in demonic arts and possesses a consciousness. From this point of view, the consciousness formed from demonic arts is indeed more miraculous and powerful than the Soul of Element that cultivates in the twelve fundamental energies.
Right next to Leviathan and Manticole, Han Shuo's ingenious use of his consciousness to make some small movements that the two Demon Kings with lowgod strengths did not detect. This made Han Shuo feel a sense of superiority spontaneously born from cultivating in demonic arts, and strengthened his conviction to cultivate in demonic arts.
As soon as the consciousness was withdrawn by Han Shuo, the dazzling region no longer glowed with light. Leviathan turned around and solemnly explained to the Thunder Guards behind him, "For some of you, this might be the first time you've come here with me. Remember, by all means, do not try to barge in before the stardust current disappears. You have all seen the scene just now. When the stardust current disappears, it signifies the annihilation of the soul of the trespasser."
After Leviathan finished his explanation, Manticole too put on a grave face. He let out a light groan, turned his head to look at the fifteen Black Jade Guards, and said, "Listen well. Once in the Void, no one is allowed to act without my permission. If you bring me trouble because of your mistakes, I will let you know what it truly means to wish you were dead. Do you understand? " In Manticole's mind, the lives of these subordinates he had nurtured with his own hands were obviously worthless – not when they were endangering him!
"Your subordinates dare not!" A total of fifteen Black Jade Guards, including Bord and Zinia, replied in fear and trepidation. Each and every one of them had fear on their faces, as though recalling the terrifying methods of this Great Demon King who was usually gentle and mild.
Han Shuo was rather astonished. He thought to himself, This Great Demon King is indeed worthy of being called a Great Demon King. No matter how gentle and harmless he usually appears, that's the calm after his bloody methods.
"What should we do now?" After all, it was Han Shuo's first time here. Although he had learned some things about the Void from Bord and Zinia, there were still many things he didn't understand.
Both Manticole and Leviathan had a much friendlier attitude towards Han Shuo, an existence on the same level as them. Upon hearing Han Shuo's question, the two simultaneously answered, "Wait!" After a short pause, Manticole explained, "Wait for the moment the stardust current disappears!"
Han Shuo nodded and said no more. He very patiently waited for the moment the stardust current disappeared.
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