Part 1
When Bollands heard that this circulation method would allow him to become stronger, he immediately focused his attention, not daring to relax in the slightest.
Bollands' body was filled with a huge amount of killing intent. As it was pulled by the demonic yuan energy to slowly circulate through his meridians, it gradually formed a perfect orbit. With the completion of each round of circulation, Bollands could feel that there was something extra in his body. However, Bollands could only remember the circulation method of this killing intent and couldn't manipulate the circulation of the killing intent on his own.
"Pay attention, this is a part of the mnemonic chant. As long as you remember this mnemonic chant and are able to understand how to use it, you will be able to circulate the killing intent in your body without relying on the guidance of my demonic yuan energy!" Han Shuo said earnestly to Bollands.
Bollands was startled and dared not move as he waited for Han Shuo to recite the mnemonic chant. Everything Han Shuo did for him seemed so new to Bollands and every word he said was profound and mysterious. Bollands knew nothing about this unknown martial technique, but he had already witnessed the wonders that Han Shuo's martial technique could produce. Now that the opportunity to learn this martial technique was right in front of him, he didn't dare to relax no matter what happened.
Han Shuo's deep voice rang in Bollands' ear. Bollands no longer indulged in flights of fancy. When Han Shuo began to speak again, he put aside all distracting thoughts and listened carefully to Han Shuo's story. Regardless of whether he could understand immediately, he first had to commit the mnemonic chant to memory.
Han Shuo repeated the mnemonic chant three times before slowly explaining the basics of the demonic arts. After all, since the demonic arts originated from another world and were different from all the martial arts and magic on the Profound Continent, it wouldn't be easy for Bollands, a native who had never been exposed to the demonic arts, to fathom the true meaning behind the mnemonic chant.
Han Shuo took great pains to answer some of the general questions about the demonic arts, and then explained in detail how to memorise the mnemonic chant. He told Bollands everything he knew about the God-Slaying Devil Path, regardless of whether Bollands could understand it.
"All right, I will leave a small amount of my demonic yuan energy in your body to help you form a vortex to absorb the killing intent. You'll have to figure out the rest on your own. If you come across anything you don't understand, make a note of it for now. When my business is done, I'll clear up your doubts." When Han Shuo felt that his explanations were good enough, he gave Bollands further instructions.
The few strands of demonic yuan energy in Bolland's body suddenly changed direction and converged on Bolland's chest. The strands of demonic yuan energy slowly began to turn in an arc, fueling the immense killing intent in his body and gradually forming a vortex that others couldn't see.
After this vortex took shape, a formidable-looking killing intent emerged from Bolland's chest. The dense killing intent was like an unsheathed sharp sword, carrying the desire for massacre and destruction. At that moment, the killing intent that lingered everywhere suddenly converged on Bollands' chest, as if attracted by the energy of the same origin within Bollands.
Bollands was ecstatic beyond words. Were it not for the fact that he could not move his body, he would probably have kneeled down in excitement and kowtowed to thank Han Shuo!
As the person who directly benefited from Killing Intent, Bollands had never felt the circulation of Killing Intent as clearly as he did now. The vortex that formed within his body was like an extremely mysterious force, slowly absorbing the killing intent that lingered around the northern district. It gathered the killing intent in his chest before transforming it with the vortex into strands of ice-cold energy that spread through his body.
Bollands did not yet understand how to use this energy, but he clearly knew the terrible destructive power it contained. As strands of this energy, which an ordinary person could never absorb, entered his body, not only did it not damage his body, but it gradually transformed into an energy compatible with the killing intent within his body.
The word "AWESOME" could not adequately express this feeling!
"Alright. Just stay over here. It will be enough if you just understand what I have just told you. At present, your body has not been properly tempered. Your bones are not strong enough, and many of your meridian channels are still uncleared. Therefore, the amount of killing intent you can absorb isn't that much. When you feel like you can't take it anymore, you can use some strength to hit your chest to disperse the vortex. That will stop the absorption." Han Shuo silently let go of Bollands and instructed him. Without waiting for Bollands to reply, Han Shuo flew to a rooftop in another remote part of the castle.
Brave, courageous soldiers were still fighting, causing a large amount of energy that was useful to Han Shuo to linger in the sky above Ossen City. Bollands was able to absorb a small portion of it with Han Shuo's help. Han Shuo, whose strength was growing by leaps and bounds, was naturally able to absorb much more of this energy along with his Demonslayer Edge.
If Han Shuo stayed next to Bollands, once he started to absorb the remaining energy, all the energy would go directly into Han Shuo's body, greatly affecting the killing intent that Bollands would absorb. Not only would his absorption rate decrease, but the quality of the energy would also be greatly diminished. Therefore, Han Shuo decided to stay away from Bollands.
As the demonic yuan energy within his body spun wildly, a huge vortex formed in the sky above Han Shuo. Compared to the vortex within Bolland's body, Han Shuo's vortex was a thousand times larger. With demonic yuan energy as its foundation, the vortex slowly began to spin.
All the various energies in the northern district were suddenly like rivers flowing into the sea, rushing at high speed towards the vortex forming above Han Shuo. In an instant, the colour of the sky above the castle changed. The ordinary citizens felt the pressure on their bodies slowly diminish, while the experts were terrified, their expressions grotesque as they raised their heads to look at the sky.
Two spectacles appeared above the castle. One was the bloody clouds formed by the Demonslayer's Edge, and the other was a monstrous black vortex. The Demonslayer's Edge was at the centre of the blood clouds, quickly absorbing the mixture of fear and hatred that lingered in the northern district. On the other hand, the huge bizarre black vortex was madly swallowing the rising killing intent.
The sudden appearance of the two spectacles in the northern city sky and their effect on the negative energy surrounding the northern city district left many experts stunned!
"Lord Blount, can you feel this?" Earth's sacred Magus Dempus asked the sacred knight gravely.
Sacred Knight Blount's eyebrows furrowed as he gazed at the two spectacles over the northern city district, and he said in a low voice, "I can sense that a sinister energy is present there. I'm unfamiliar with this energy, which is filled with chaos, carnage and madness. This energy is very different from the energy of the Calamity Church. What the hell is going on?"
Dempus was somewhat horrified to learn that the experienced Sacred Knight Blount didn't know what was happening. He muttered to himself, "I can sense through my mental energy that this energy is coming from the dead soldiers. But isn't the energy of the soldiers between heaven and earth? How could they be pulled together by any force? This, this is unbelievable!"
"Damn it. If Karel and Sabakas weren't here, we could actually go over and investigate. But now all we can do is watch from a distance without knowing what's going on!" Blount said annoyed, but helpless to change the situation.
The vortex in the sky appeared over the castle where the northern city guards were garrisoned. This clearly meant that it had something to do with someone inside the castle. However, that area was currently heavily guarded, even with two Sacred rank experts guarding it. Even Blount and Dempus didn't dare risk entering the area to investigate.
While Blount and Dempus were inexplicably terrified, the experts inside the castle had also turned pale with fear. They all looked up and stared blankly at the unfolding vortex, not knowing what was going on.
Part 2
The bloody clouds emanating from the Demonslayer's Edge were an enchanting bloody-red colour under the sunlight. The clouds enveloped the entire area surrounding the castle. With the obstruction of the bloody clouds, the sunlight projected onto the ground was completely bloody red in colour. Together with the blood that was everywhere, the battlefield had become a world drenched in blood.
The dazzling, enchanting blood-red colour seemed to have the ability to ignite the endless hatred hidden deep in people's hearts. Both sides of the battlefield became more ruthless, as if they had all become killing machines, as they madly unleashed savage attacks on the enemy, causing the casualties on both sides to increase exponentially.
The huge vortex formed by Han Shuo's demonic yuan energy was like a mad black abyss, rapidly devouring the killing intent that filled the sky in the northern district. Some Grand Magus and Great Swordmasters could feel the fluctuation in energy, and as experts of the Sacred rank, Sabakas and Karel could feel the fluctuations even more clearly.
Both of them had astonished expressions, still frightened by the vortex in the sky. When the changes appeared in the sky above the castle, both of them even assumed that it was a devastating attack by the enemy on the castle, and they panicked and didn't know what to do.
"You must eliminate these two strange phenomena immediately, they must be the enemy's actions against us!" Firenze was also confused. He had heard about the destructive power of some forbidden magic. If the two vortex above him were the prelude to two destructive forbidden magic spells, the people in this district would be in a terrible situation. No matter how good Firenze was at commanding troops, he couldn't possibly escape such a large-scale attack.
The two Sacred rank experts glanced at Firenze with confused expressions. Sabakas hesitated for a moment and remarked suspiciously, "The energy that formed the two spectacles overhead is somewhat queer. I believe that neither the Church of Light nor Dempus is capable of creating these vortex. This energy is full of chaos and carnage, which is a far cry from the energy these two people possess. Something isn't right!
""I also feel that it's different. If Ashburn had been assisted by someone from the Church of Calamity, I might be convinced that this is a terrible magical attack against us. However, since this energy clearly contains an evil aura, and the Calamity Church will definitely not cooperate with the Church of Light. So we can rule out that possibility. This is really a bit strange. Karel also had a doubtful look on his face as he slowly expressed his thoughts.
After listening to both of them, Amyes suddenly had a thought and said, "Could it really be the Church of Calamity and their target is Ashburn and his men? There is a Sacred knight from the Church of Light on their side, and the Calamity Church and the Church of Light are mortal enemies. Could it really be them?"
There was another possibility in Amyes' heart. As one of the three heavyweights of the Dark Mantle, Amyes knew Han Shuo better than most people. He knew that Han Shuo seemed to have some connection with the Church of Calamity. Generally speaking, the Church of Calamity will do everything in its power to ensnare the mortal enemies of the Church of Light. Since the Church of Light was so adamant in treating Han Shuo as a mortal enemy, the Calamity Church would surely try to win Han Shuo over and establish a good relationship with him.
However, to say so would damage Han Shuo's reputation. For Amyes, Karel, and Sabakas, both the Church of Calamity and the Church of Light were considered fair religions. They did not feel awe or hatred towards these two organisations like the original people did, and therefore would not have any prejudice against Han Shuo based on Amyes' remarks.
However, the ordinary nobles of the Lancelot Empire had a certain instinctive opposition to the Church of Calamity. Since Amyes didn't want them to have a bad impression of Han Shuo, he didn't mention this reason.
Sabakas, Karel and the others were startled when they heard Amyes' interpretation. Soon after, the two of them looked at each other and Karel said, "Oh, that's possible too!"
"Hmph. But what if this really is an imminent attack against us? If you don't do anything about it and a large scale killing magic descends upon us, we simply won't have to fight this war anymore and we'll all be finished." Not buying the explanation, Firenze shouted at the two experts.
Firenze's words made Karel and Sabakas hesitate, unsure of how to act. If they made the wrong decision, it would lead to an unpredictable situation. It was a result that even the two of them couldn't bear.
While everyone was still hesitating, Emily had come down from the second floor. Hearing their conversation from a distance, she covered her mouth as she chuckled and said, "These vortexs are definitely caused by Bryan, don't worry about it!
Hearing her statement, everyone was stunned. Amyes immediately asked, "How can you be so sure?"
"Hehehe, only he can manipulate this kind of energy, I have seen him do it before. Don't worry, it's definitely him. Apart from him, I had never met anyone who could manipulate the energy left between heaven and earth by soldiers who died in battle. Relax, there won't be any problems. Emily, who knew many of Han Shuo's secrets, smiled as she explained to the crowd.
Seeing Emily so confident, Sacred Swordmaster Karel suddenly came to his senses and laughed heartily as he said, "Right, right. It must be Bryan. When I sparred with him earlier, the energy he used was similar to the energy gathering in the sky. I only thought of it after you mentioned it. So that's what's going on!"
Karel's words clearly carried more weight than Emily's. His comments caused the crowd to suddenly calm down. Soon after, Sabakas suddenly flew into the sky to get a better look at the two vortex. Inside the huge black vortex, strands of bizarre energy were being filtered and transformed by the vortex, gradually entering Han Shuo who was on the roof of the castle.
Seeing this, Sabakas fully understood what was going on. He calmly landed in front of everyone and smiled as he explained, "It is indeed caused by Bryan!"
"Yes, he mentioned earlier that he had to practice for a while and hurriedly left the lounge we were in. It looks like he is practising his martial arts. There is nothing to worry about." Emily explained.
With Emily's further reassurance, the group turned to look at each other in amazement. They were shocked by the mysterious martial technique Han Shuo was using!
However, the subject of the crowd's discussion was currently facing a thorny problem. He was beginning to lose control over the changes in the various types of chaotic energy within the Demonslayer's Edge.
As a result of the massive casualties caused by the riots, there was too much energy of fear, hatred, and anger in Ossen City. The soldiers of both factions left their tenacious willpower behind after death. Because there was too much chaotic energy that couldn't be fused quickly, the energy within the Demonslayer's Edge became extremely chaotic.
However, the Demonslayer Edge was still busy absorbing the negative energy in Ossen City. The bloody cloud became denser and denser, causing Han Shuo to feel like he was losing control.
By the time Han Shuo came to his senses, the huge amount of energy absorbed by the Demonslayer Edge was already becoming disorderly. This caused Han Shuo's control over the Demonslayer Edge to become somewhat difficult. Since the huge amount of negative energy could not be fused quickly due to the strong enmity, the original energy within the Demonslayer Edge was trying to neutralise and fuse it.
As a result, the Demonslayer Edge was extremely chaotic. It surged like a soaring dragon within the bloody cloud. A dense, merciless, and sinister aura gradually flowed into the blood cloud, affecting the soldiers on both sides who were still engaged in the fierce battle.