After the elite metal zomple and the little skeleton were sent back to the netherworld, Han Shuo immediately left Mount Silk and returned to Brettel City.
This time, when he returned to Brettel City, Han Shuo did not say much or find out more about the situation in Brettel City. He just went to look for a few people in charge and talked to them for a while, explaining that he was going to train for a while.
While Han Shuo wasn't around, Jack and the others had managed Brettel City excellently. Brettel City was becoming more prosperous by the day, and everything was running smoothly. After the Twelve Mystic Demons surveyed the situation, Han Shuo understood that he simply didn't need to worry about the situation in Brettel City.
Now that Lawrence was on the verge of gaining authority over the Lancelot Empire, Han Shuo believed that given his relationship with Lawrence, Lawrence definitely wouldn't treat Han Shuo's subordinates in Brettel City shabbily. Han Shuo knew his importance to Lawrence from Sabaka's and Karel's words. That was exactly why he would feel comfortable training in seclusion.
After making sure everything was in place, Han Shuo entered the secret room in his mansion in Brettel City and used the teleportation matrix to go to the Cemetery of Death.
The Cemetery of Death was filled with a dense aura of death throughout the year, and was as dark and gloomy as before. Han Shuo went directly to the place where he had buried the Elite Earth Zombie and discovered that under the nourishment from the Extreme Earth Place, the concave chest of the Elite Earth Zombie no longer looked so ugly. It seemed that the Extreme Earth Place that had nourished the Elite Earth Zombie was indeed extremely effective in healing his injuries.
As soon as he entered the Cemeter of Death, Han Shuo immediately connected with the Dark Dragon Gilbert. From Gilbert's calm messages, it seemed that there shouldn't be any situation in the Valley of Sunshine at the moment that Gilbert couldn't handle. Therefore, Han Shuo told Gilbert that he would spend a long time training.
Han Shuo was currently in the separate demon realm of the nine levels of demonic magic. Whether or not he could break into the Canal Realm would depend on whether or not he could assimilate the enormous amount of energy in his body and whether or not he could comprehend the state of mind required for the Canal Realm.
Because demonic practitioners paid more attention to forging the physical body, their lifespan was much longer than the swordsmen and mages of this world. Even Han Shuo, who was in the Separate Demon Realm, could easily live for a few hundred years, as long as he wasn't killed or suffered from cultivation deficiencies.
Perhaps it was because the demonic practitioners had an abundance of time that they would spend a lot of time during each seclusion. The length of time spent in seclusion varied from realm to realm. Demonic practitioners of higher realms would require longer periods of training in seclusion.
Han Shuo had planned to stay in seclusion for a longer period of time this time. After getting all his worldly affairs in order, he actually entered what was known as the demon practitioner's state of seclusion.
He sat cross-legged on the ground covered with white bones in the Cemetery of Death. Han Shuo calmed his mind, clearing the various thoughts from his brain. He could feel the terrifying killing intent filling every part of his body, rapidly rotating the demonic yuan energy within his body and directing the enormous amount of energy within his body towards the demon infant.
This was a process that consumed a great deal of time and energy. Fortunately, Han Shuo had amazing stamina and would persevere once he set his mind to something. From the moment Han Shuo sat cross-legged on the ground, he did not move, only concentrating on the thought of completely absorbing the enormous killing intent within his body, entering the deepest layer of meditation.
The Cemetery of death was indeed a good place to train. With the existence of the barrier, there was simply no one who could discover its existence. Since there were no other people in the Cemetery of Death, it was completely silent, which was extremely suitable for a demonic practitioner like Han Shuo.
When Han Shuo began to train without any stray thoughts, time already had no meaning to him. Han Shuo's consciousness gradually became empty, without any thoughts. To the extent that he even forgot his own existence, it was as if everything had stopped, including his own consciousness.
A demon practitioner had two ways of entering demonhood, classified as active and passive. The active form of entering demonhood was like what happened a few days ago, where the demonic practitioner would sink into a mad massacre. At that time, the demon practitioner's heart would only contain the primal desire to kill ruthlessly, and he would possess the madness to destroy everything. The demonic practitioner in this state would have absolutely no idea what he or she was doing, nor would they be able to feel pain. Their strength would indeed be more terrifying than usual.
However, this active form of demonhood was extremely dangerous for a demonic practitioner. With a single slip, the demonic practitioner would fall into demonhood permanently, never regaining consciousness and becoming a pure killing machine.
Previously, when Han Shuo had entered this state, he had had a brief moment of sobriety before entering Demonhood. Due to the hatred buried deep in his heart, he had identified Sacred Knight Blount as his target. Furthermore, the previous time Han Shuo had entered Demonhood was only because he had been unable to control the energy within the Demonslayer's Edge while at the same time attending to the killing intent within his body.
When the energy that caused Han Shuo to enter the Demonhood was released by Han Shuo's insane attacks, the energy that didn't originate from Han Shuo's body permanently disappeared, allowing Han Shuo to gradually regain his consciousness.
If the previous time he had entered the Demonhood hadn't been caused by external energy, but rather by some kind of stimulation that had caused his consciousness to enter the Demonhood and the demon infant to have the intention of slaughter, he wouldn't have been able to recover so easily.
Unlike the harmful active demonhood, the passive type of demonhood was a state that demonic practitioners were most willing to enter. The self-forgetting state of demonhood would allow a demon practitioner to have no straying thoughts and was extremely beneficial to a demonic practitioner's training.
However, this type of demonhood was extremely difficult to enter. Some demonic practitioners would never enter such a state in their entire lives, while other innately gifted demonic practitioners would enter it many times at fortuitous moments. These people would usually become formidable characters of the demonic path. They were extremely skilled, had great perseverance, and possessed great knowledge.
In Han Shuo's case, this wasn't the first time he had entered the Demonhood. For some unknown reason, he had once again entered this mysterious state. It was as if the entire world, including himself, had been erased from his mind, leaving his consciousness completely empty.
Han Shuo had no sense of time.
He simply sat cross-legged in the Cemetery of death in a selfless state while a serpentine strand of black electricity circled his body as a terrifying aura emanated from his body.
A thick bloody red mist flowed from his pores and curled around Han Shuo. The mist was then inhaled by Han Shuo through his nose into his body, forming a cycle.
After an unknown amount of time, Han Shuo was awakened by a wave of crisp pitter-patter sounds. As he regained his senses, he suddenly felt that the demon infant inside his body had become a vortex, constantly spinning at high speed, releasing strands of energy into his limbs, bones and meridians.
The energy filled every corner of Han Shuo's body, further refining his already otherworldly strong body. Strands of energy surged through Han Shuo's body and a familiar tearing pain once again appeared, as if countless daggers had pierced his body.
As one's demonic arts improved, one's body would repeatedly be tempered by the sudden increase in demonic yuan energy, allowing one's body to adapt to the circulation of the qualitatively changed demonic yuan energy, causing one's body to reach the same level as one's cultivation.
Having experienced this a few times before, Han Shuo was already used to the pain of strengthening his physical body. As the energy released by the demon infant seeped into Han Shuo's limbs and bones, he could even feel that his bones were the first to react. His bones, refined by the black resolute crystal and now tempered by the demon infant's energy, seemed to suddenly change in a strange way. These originally iron-like bones seemed to have been stirred into something strange when the energy strands from the demon infant had seeped into them. With a thought, Han Shuo suddenly threw out his left hand. In accordance with his thoughts, his left hand unexpectedly stretched out ten centimetres.
Han Shuo was stunned. Shortly after, he punched and kicked towards the sky. Han Shuo discovered that he could actually lengthen some of the bones in his limbs with his thoughts. His iron-like bones had gained a mystical flexibility.
What was most surprising to Han Shuo was that he could actually control the lengthening and shortening of his bones!
In other words, whenever Han Shuo threw a punch, his arms could suddenly stretch if he wanted them to. When he was in close combat, such a miraculous ability to stretch his arms and legs would definitely catch his opponent off guard to great effect, causing his opponent to be unable to defend effectively.
Moreover, Han Shuo could faintly sense that ten centimetres was not the limit. It seemed that with practice and a further increase in his strength, he could improve even more. Han Shuo was indescribably horrified when he thought about what this meant. Such a mystical ability was simply something no human could achieve.
There didn't seem to be any such mystical ability in Chu Cang Lan's memories. The physical body of a demonic practitioner could be very powerful and unnatural. In its most powerful state, even severed arms could grow back. However, there was no knowledge of an ability where the limbs could be so flexible that they could lengthen and shorten.
Han Shuo thought carefully for a moment and understood that this was perhaps because the black resolute crystal of the little skeleton and the tempering of the demonic magic had caused a mutation. He thought to himself, every demonic art was created by humans and wasn't always the same, but evolved with training.
Aside from his bones becoming more flexible, Han Shuo's internal organs and flesh continued to strengthen. In particular, his meridian channels had expanded by a shocking amount after being tempered this time. The circulation speed of his demonic yuan energy was much faster than before.
After examining his body with his consciousness, Han Shuo discovered that although his physical body had been strengthened, he still seemed to be one step away from the next realm and had not reached the Canal Realm. However, Han Shuo could sense that he was extremely close to the next realm. As long as he had a moment of enlightenment, Han Shuo would immediately enter the Canal Realm.
However, the practice of demonic magic was such that each realm was extremely profound. Understanding could not be forced. The strength of Han Shuo's body was enough, and his demonic yuan energy was also enough for him to break through to the next realm. As long as Han Shuo could comprehend the Canal Realm, the demon infant would immediately mutate and its consciousness would advance to the Canal Realm.
Han Shuo exhaled softly and smiled bitterly as he sat down cross-legged again. He carefully went through Chu Cang Lan's remaining memories. Unfortunately, even though Chu Cang Lan's memories were complex, they didn't contain any definitive information about understanding the Carnal Realm.
Han Shuo realised that he would still have to rely on his own understanding. Everything was ready and it all depended on his understanding of the next realm of demonic magic.
"Father, I've already completely recovered!" As Han Shuo pondered in silence, he suddenly received a message from the elite Earth Zombie.
Han Shuo was startled for a moment, but soon came to his senses. He turned around and realised that the naive Elite Earth Zombie had left the place of Extreme Earth and was looking at Han Shuo from a short distance away.
The originally dented area on the Elite Earth Zombie's chest had returned to normal. It looked like the elite earth zombie had indeed fully recovered.
"Very good, you've finally recovered. Next time, we will kill that bastard. I promise!" Han Shuo looked at the elite earth zombie and said solemnly.
"I know, Father has become even stronger now." The elite earth zombie transmitted.
"Alright then, I'll send you back first. I'll spend some time researching a way to freely enter and leave your world. I believe that soon after your return, I will be able to meet you all in your world." Han Shuo smiled as he looked at the elite earth zombie and said.
"Okay, I miss my brothers as well. Father, please hurry and come to our world. There are many interesting things in our world as well." The Elite Earth Zombie transmitted.
"Yes, I know!" Han Shuo replied and then sent the elite earth zombie back to the underworld.
After sending the elite earth zombie away, Han Shuo didn't think about the issue of the Canal Realm any more, and instead began to investigate how to use the skeleton staff to freely enter and leave the netherworld.
A Serene Luster Gem and a Black Resolute Crystal had each been extremely beneficial to Han Shuo's mental strength and physical body. Such beneficial items that only existed in the netherworld had piqued his interest. It also made Han Shuo understand that the netherworld, which was filled with undead creatures, was also filled with unusual treasures.
Most importantly, the little skeleton and the others were in the netherworld. The little skeleton had even named himself Han Hao, indicating that the little skeleton's intelligence was becoming higher. Aside from his skeletal form, he was already the same as other highly intelligent life forms, possessing his own consciousness, thinking clearly and making his own decisions.
Han Shuo was extremely worried and also extremely curious about the little skeleton and the others. Only by gaining the ability to freely enter and exit the netherworld with his soul could Han Shuo gain a better understanding of them and even help the little skeleton and the others progress faster.
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