Han Shuo and Rose looked at them with cold eyes. They stood in the two's path of escape. Han Shuo even deployed a few demon generals to hide in the dark. Should the two try to escape using any special means, the demon generals would swarm them, not allowing them the slightest bit of free time.
The eyes of the two highgods were filled with despair. They knew that they would not be able to escape death. They used whatever little energy they had to approach the divine guards around them. It was as though they were planning to inflict serious damage on the divine guards before they died.
The divine guards knew that the two were lowgods and therefore did not come into contact with them. Instead, they would surround and attack the two from a distance, wearing down their divine energy and patience bit by bit. Han Shuo and Rose did not join in the attack. They merely stood around the two and deployed a few barriers.
Gradually, under the siege of nearly a hundred divine guards, the two highgods' divine energies were being depleted. Whenever the divine energies in their bodies went out of control, the demon generals hidden in the vicinity would swarm over and stop the abnormalities in their bodies, preventing them from using any special means to escape.
Bollands did not join in the attack either. He continued to instruct the divine guards around him and taught them the most effective way to surround and attack an expert. The divine guards excitedly distanced themselves from the two highgods and attacked in coordination with the formation they learned in the Eight Desolation and Torment Formation. The concentrated attacks left no gaps for the two highgods to retaliate.
For the two highgods, perhaps they had never experienced such a humiliating scene in their entire lives. When they repeatedly mobilized their forces and prepared to escape at the cost of sustaining serious injuries or losing a realm in strength, the demon general gave them every opportunity to extinguish their plans. After repeating this a few times, the two finally knew that they had no other choice but to die.
With the boundaries set up by Han Shuo and Rose, the two highgods could not even charge at the divine guards around them and inflict heavy damage on them. Seeing that they had become the target of humiliation and the target of their training, the two finally could not endure the humiliation any longer.
The two suddenly gave up resisting and allowed the divine weapons and divine energies of the divine guards around them to land on their bodies. Under the assault of the divine weapons and divine energies, the two highgods whose divine energies were nearly depleted finally fell into a pool of blood.
Cauldron Spirit took the opportunity to devour two more highgod souls. As the demon generals in the Cauldron of Myriad Demon increased in number and quality, every time Han Shuo absorbed Cauldron Spirit's energy, he could clearly sense that the Cauldron of Myriad Demon was rapidly growing stronger.
To Han Shuo, the Cauldron of Myriad Demon's strength was equivalent to his own strength. Therefore, Han Shuo spared no effort to help the Cauldron of Myriad Demon absorb more souls.
"He died just like that!" Bernard cursed angrily. It seemed like he hadn't had enough fun yet.
The surrounding divine guards were rather dispirited as well. They did not expect that the two attackers would suddenly give up just as they were enjoying the show. They had not even had the chance to enjoy the show to their heart's content.
Bollands did not utter a word. After absorbing the two highgod souls, he rapidly went to the two corpses. After removing the masks worn by the corpses and taking a few careful glances, Bollands stood up, turned to Han Shuo, shook his head indifferently, and said, "Senior, I don't recognize these faces!"
Bollands had been in Erebus' Third Corps for several years and was very familiar with all the members of large family clans in the City of Shadows. There were many characters that even Han Shuo had not met, but Bollands had gotten to know them through various means. Highgods were a special group with the least number and the highest status in any city. If the two were from the City of Shadows, there was no reason for Bollands not to know them.
Therefore, when Bollands shook his head and said that he did not know the two, Han Shuo was certain that the two were from another city. After thinking for a moment, Han Shuo realized that he had only offended Hushveil City and Portlem who came from another divine domain. He wondered if it was one of them who did it.
Han Shuo bunched his brows and pondered for a moment. He looked around and instructed in a low voice, "Before I get to the bottom of this, do not tell anyone about what happened!" After taking a short pause, Han Shuo added, "Including those from the House of Sainte!"
For five highgods to ambush Han Shuo and two to escape meant that Han Shuo might have offended an extremely powerful force.
As he was currently a citizen of the City of Shadows, if Wallace, Andre, and the others were to learn of this, they would become very suspicious and might interrogate Han Shuo repeatedly. If other family clans were to learn of this, they would surely be astonished by Han Shuo's terrifying strength. There would be no suspense in the competition between Divine Guard Chiefs.
After the battle, all the divine guards of the Fifth Corps looked at Han Shuo with gazes filled with reverence. Those divine guards who were previously doubtful of Han Shuo were no longer doubtful. Every one of them was wholeheartedly convinced by Han Shuo.
Therefore, after Han Shuo finished his speech, the hundred or so Fifth Corps divine guards respectfully nodded their heads in agreement. Not a single one of them had any other opinions.
Cultivation was the norm on Elysium. Most people would view improving their strength as their top priority. It was for this reason that the people of Elysium worshipped the strong and would show proper respect to the truly strong. When Han Shuo proved to them that he possessed the strength to easily kill a highgod, these unruly Fifth Corps divine guards became well-behaved and wholeheartedly acknowledged Han Shuo as their new Divine Guard Chief.
"Rest assured, my Lord. No one will say anything!" When Barnard looked at Han Shuo again, his gaze was completely different. When he spoke, his tone was one of reverence from the bottom of his heart.
Han Shuo nodded and said, "I am your Chief of Divine Guards. As long as you listen to my commands and follow them with all your heart, there will be no problem." Han Shuo looked around and put on a faint smile before he said, "Alright, I believe that the two who escaped will not come back. Let's continue our journey towards Soaring Cloud Mountain Range!"
"Senior, there shouldn't be any more danger. Can they continue their training in stealth and pursuit?" asked Bollands as he bowed at Han Shuo.
"Sure," replied Han Shuo straightforwardly. He did not think that the two would dare to come back.
While Bollands and the divine guards continued their training, Han Shuo instructed Rose, "Don't let anyone disturb me!"
Rose stared blankly for a moment. She did not understand why Han Shuo would suddenly give such an order. However, Rose did not ask any questions and merely nodded indifferently. Although the relationship between her and Han Shuo had improved a long time ago, Rose still rarely spoke. She would only answer Han Shuo when he asked her questions. She would never take the initiative to engage in meaningless conversation with Han Shuo.
After giving the instruction, Han Shuo closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the ground without looking at Rose again. With one thought of his consciousness, a demon general refined from a highgod's divine soul flew away from Han Shuo at extreme speed and headed towards the north.
When Han Shuo concentrated his attention on issuing an order to the demon general refined from a highgod's divine soul and imbued it with demonic yuan, the speed of the immaterial demon general was unimaginably fast. It was much faster than when Han Shuo unleashed the Art of the Demonic Ninth Heavens with Cauldron Spirit's energy.
The demon general was incorporeal and unaffected by gravity. It had the advantage of speed to begin with. With the addition of Cauldron Spirit's energy, it was only natural that it would move even faster.
Previously, when he was battling the two, Han Shuo had dripped a drop of his blood essence on the shortie's armor. His blood essence and Han Shuo's had a miraculous connection. Although the two managed to escape by using an extraordinary space divine tool, as the shortie had a drop of Han Shuo's blood essence on him, Han Shuo could vaguely sense the location of the two when he concentrated on sensing.
Han Shuo could sense that the two were extremely far away from him and that they were moving at high speed. At this moment, even if Han Shuo were to pursue them at full speed, he might not be able to catch up to them. Most importantly, he had to ensure that he was within the group of divine guards. Otherwise, if another danger were to arise, he feared that the divine guards would not be able to handle it.
Therefore, Han Shuo did not make a move himself. Instead, he used the strongest form of this spirit demon to investigate the situation. He did not hope that this demon general would be able to harm the two, but he hoped that this demon general would be able to learn the identity of the enemy. That way, he would be able to take precautions in the future, or eliminate this threat when the opportunity presented itself.
The demon general increased its speed to the maximum. It was as though it was moving between planes of existence. Its incorporeal body left faint ripples in the air as it rapidly moved towards the area Han Shuo sensed.
Half an hour later, Han Shuo withdrew his consciousness. The demon general that was moving at high speed suddenly slowed down and began to cautiously approach the area ahead.
The two figures rapidly moved away without any intention of stopping. From their short stature and the speckles on their gloves, Han Shuo knew that they were the two attackers who had escaped. The two were completely unaware that an invisible eye was following them from afar.
The demon general followed the two for ten minutes or so. Suddenly, the two slowed down and turned into a cave covered by broken rocks and willow branches. The shorty let out a cough.
Several shadows slowly emerged from the cave. As they gradually walked out of the cave, their appearances gradually became clearer. The one in the lead was Dolores, who had been missing for a long time. After he came out, his face lit up with joy as he asked, "Patriarch, did you succeed?"
Field, the patriarch of the House of Lavers, put on a gloomy face and replied, "We failed. Three of them have yet to return!" Field turned to look at Larikson who had also taken off his mask and said in a heavy voice, "Lord Larikson, I'm sorry that you have lost three of your most capable men!"
Larikson put on a venomous face and said coldly, "Three highgods are dead. I don't even know how to explain this to my elder brother!"
Field could see that Larikson was like a volcano that was about to erupt. He did not know what to say and could only let out a helpless sigh.
"Let's return to the City of Gorging Clouds first!" Larikson shot a cold glance at Field, let out a soft groan, and left. Field let out another soft sigh and followed behind Larikson with Dolores and the others.
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