A ray of light flashed and the scenery around him changed.
Although he was prepared, when Han Shuo saw the familiar surroundings, he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. He immediately let out a long laugh in the Cemetery of Death, "I'm back!"
Beneath his feet was that enormous interplanar transportation matrix. Beside it were several storerooms. Outside the wide-open door was the perpetually gloomy sky, the dense element of death, and the ground was covered with white bones.
That's right, this is the Cemetery of Death!
Sanguinar, Jasper, and the others walked down from the interplanar transportation matrix. They looked around curiously and clicked their tongues in wonder.
"Master, is this your hometown?" Sanguinar asked as he looked at the white bones on the ground and savored the smell of the air.
"Yes, but this place is completely shrouded by a boundary. The outside world is the original appearance of this world," Han Shuo couldn't contain his joy. After thinking for a moment, he instructed, "I don't know how long I've been gone either. You guys stay here for the time being. I want to take a look at the current situation on Profound Continent. When I have familiarized myself with this place, I will come back and take you away."
Jasper, Sanguinar, and the others didn't have any objections to Han Shuo's words. They had long noticed that Han Shuo was excited and knew that Han Shuo was eager to find out the changes in this world after he left.
After giving a few instructions to Jasper and the others, Han Shuo had them all leave the interplanar transportation matrix. He once again stood at the center of the transportation matrix and activated it in a small-scale manner.
With a flash of light, Han Shuo vanished from the Cemetery of Death and arrived at a secret chamber excavated deep beneath the City Lord's mansion in Brettel City. The short-range magical matrix formed by the few magical sticks was right beneath the earth elite zombie's excavation. After Han Shuo looked around, he discovered that not much had changed.
After walking out from the secret chamber, Han Shuo unfolded his consciousness and immediately took in the entirety of Brettel City.
Han Shuo didn't know how long he had been gone, but from Han Shuo's observation, Brettel City was obviously more prosperous and powerful than when he left.
With a thought, Han Shuo suddenly appeared in the central meeting hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Dorcas, Jack, Dick, Faulke, Helen Tina, and the others were in the middle of a heated discussion in the meeting hall when a strange light suddenly flashed past. An imposing figure appeared in the middle of the hall.
These leaders of Brettel City were startled. Just as they were about to berate the intruder, they were all dumbfounded. Each and every one of them looked at Han Shuo standing in the center with disbelief. The heated discussions came to an abrupt halt.
"There's an assassin, take him down!" A young, unfamiliar guard captain at the door suddenly let out a shrill howl and charged at Han Shuo without a care for his own safety.
Two figures suddenly shot out of nowhere and rushed toward Han Shuo with a murderous aura. They were Elizabeth and Bollands who cultivated the God Slaying Devil Path. The two had been hiding in the dark all along. When they sensed the powerful energy coming from the meeting hall, they immediately flew out from the shadows.
However, when the two were halfway to the meeting hall, they saw clearly who the intruder was. They forcibly halted their swift and violent momentum and kowtowed in front of Han Shuo with incomparable excitement. Looking at Han Shuo, the two trembled from head to toe, but didn't know what to say for a moment.
When the guard captain who didn't know Han Shuo saw the two old monsters, Elizabeth and Bollands, suddenly kneeling before Han Shuo, he thought that he had been murdered. He felt a chill in his heart. He knew that he probably wouldn't be able to escape this calamity. However, he still didn't retreat. His sword glinted with silver light as it fiercely stabbed at Han Shuo.
"Stop!" All of a sudden, all the leaders of Brettel City in the meeting hall reacted at the same time and shouted.
The guard captain was greatly startled by the violent shout in the meeting hall. Before he could react, Elizabeth had already pressed him down with lightning speed and forced him to kneel before Han Shuo.
"You blind fool! You even dare to attack the City Lord? Are you tired of living?!" Elizabeth glowered at the guard captain and cursed.
The guard captain didn't seem to react for a moment. He said blankly, "City Lord? I thought Brettel City doesn't have a City Lord? " Suddenly, he seemed to recall something. When he saw the respect in the eyes of Elizabeth and Bollands, his body trembled and he said in a trembling voice, "Please forgive me, My Lord! Please forgive me!"
Han Shuo waved his hand and didn't reply. He merely looked at everyone in the meeting hall. From Jack to Faulke, Han Shuo noticed that there were some obvious changes in everyone. However, the changes weren't too drastic.
That big fatty Jack had actually grown a beard. He looked much more mature than before. He naturally exuded the aura of a person of high status. Dorcas was still as solemn as ever. His face was filled with the unswerving determination of having weathered many hardships. Helen Tina was still as beautiful as ever. Her fiery eyes were looking at Han Shuo as though she wanted to melt Han Shuo …
After looking at everyone, Han Shuo heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. He knew that he hadn't been away for too long.
Ever since he returned to Profound Continent, Han Shuo had always been a little afraid. Back when he was in the spacetime discontinuum, Han Shuo had a feeling that time and space were in disarray. He feared that the time he spent in the Abyss realm had accelerated too much for the gears of time on Profound Continent.
If the time difference between the two material planes was too great, and he returned to Profound Continent only to find that everyone he was familiar with had died of old age, it would be an unbearable blow to him. Therefore, ever since he returned to Profound Continent, he had been worried about this.
Looking at the faces of the crowd, although there had been some changes, it seemed that not too much time had passed. Han Shuo heaved a genuine sigh of relief.
"How long have I been gone?" Under the excited gazes of the crowd, Han Shuo put on a faint smile and finally took the initiative to speak.
"Five years, it's been another five years! You punk, where the hell have you been this time? " Jack suddenly shrieked. His fat body stomped towards Han Shuo, his fist fiercely pounding on Han Shuo's chest, as though trying to express the excitement of reuniting with Han Shuo after such a long time.
Although the others were also indescribably excited, they only expressed their emotions through their expressions and eyes. They did not vent their emotions with their actions like Jack. After all, Jack and Han Shuo had known each other since they were in the Babylon Academy of Magic and Force. The relationship between the two was deeper than the others.
Although Helen Tina, the beautiful magus who had long considered herself to be Han Shuo's woman, was also intimate with Han Shuo, she was too embarrassed to throw herself into Han Shuo's embrace in public. She could only use the fiery passion in her eyes to tell Han Shuo how excited she was.
"Five years, luckily it's only five years. Hehe," Han Shuo laughed heartily as he allowed Jack to pound on his chest.
"Only five years? How many five years does a person have? You scoundrel, you threw such a big mess to us, yet you don't care about it at all. You disappear for a few years when you have nothing better to do. That's too much! " After pounding for a while, Jack saw that Han Shuo was indifferent and his fat hands were aching faintly. He had no choice but to give up on venting his emotions. He glared fiercely at Han Shuo and complained.
Suddenly, two figures flew over from afar. Han Shuo knitted his brows and looked outside in surprise.
In the blink of an eye, the two figures had already arrived at the meeting hall. It was the rank five Emperor of the Flames and the old monster Statholme. When the two saw Han Shuo appear, they were obviously even more shocked than Han Shuo. They looked at Han Shuo in disbelief.
"I thought you were already killed by the six-horned tribal king of the Soul Race?" Han Shuo and the old monster Statholme said in unison as they looked at each other. As soon as they finished speaking, the two looked at each other in dismay. Soon after, they burst into laughter.
"Where's my child? Where did you take my child?" the Emperor of the Flames yelled at Han Shuo with her shrewish voice as soon as she arrived.
Han Shuo was stunned. He looked at the shrewish Emperor of the Flames and the handsome Statholme with a bitter smile and asked, "Why are you two here? What happened after I left? "
"It's a long story." The old monster Statholme put on a faint smile. He looked at the crowd of Brettel City in the meeting hall and said, "Three years ago, a great war that engulfed the entire continent erupted on Profound Continent. Many interesting things have happened over the past few years. Currently, the entire continent is in the flames of war driven by some people with ulterior motives. It's a long story."
"Hey, kid, hurry up and tell me, where's my child?" the Emperor of the Flames, who was concerned about fire elite zombie, started to yell again.
Since this shrewish Emperor of the Flames was in Brettel City, Han Shuo believed that he must have helped Brettel City a lot over the years. The rank five Emperor of the Flames was a demigod existence. Even after five years, he was still a demigod existence. However, once fire elite zombie, who was currently digesting a lowgod of fire elemental energy, completely digested Cecrops' energy, he would absolutely surpass the rank five Emperor of the Flames.
"He's currently cultivating and will be able to see you after some time." After a short pause, Han Shuo looked at the shrewish middle-aged woman with a beaming smile and said, "The next time you see him, you will discover how much he has changed, much more than you can imagine."
"Hmph, deliberately mystifying things. I'm going back first. Take good care of that kid for me. " The rank five Emperor of the Flames seemed to have come to the meeting hall to protect the crowd. But when she saw that the person who came was Han Shuo, she lost all interest and flew out at top speed again after finishing those words.
From the behavior of Elizabeth and Bollands, as well as the arrival of Statholme the old monster and the Lord of the Flames, Han Shuo knew that Brettel City wasn't as secure and stable as he had imagined. It seemed that they were guarding against something.
"Statholme, tell me about the current situation," Han Shuo bunched his brows and asked the old monster.
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