What a shame for Sacred Knight Blount. He had hoped that his three years of painstaking cultivation would allow him to take his revenge on Han Shuo and finally settle this grudge. That he would end up even more pathetic than the last time was something no one could have predicted.
Were it not for the golden armour and divine energy protecting his body, Sacred Knight Blount might have suffered so much pain. After all, any ordinary man trampled by an Earth Elite Zombie would have died instantly, with much less pain.
However, Blount was protected by the armour on his body, as well as his combat aura and divine energy. As a result, when the Earth Elite Zombie stomped on him repeatedly, he did not die instantly, but instead let out an agonising scream as he died. With the pain of both his physical body and his soul crushing and enveloping him at the same time, Blount didn't even have the strength to kill himself.
It was at this moment that the wrinkled old woman rushed towards him in agitation. With fear in Blount's eyes, Elizabeth lunged at him like a malevolent spirit, her sharp fingers plunging straight into Blount's exposed and unarmoured neck.
All the divine energy that Blount had received in exchange for his pious beliefs poured from his body into the sinister Elizabeth's like water from a collapsed dam. Elizabeth, who had earlier been beaten to the bone by Han Shuo, was completely drained of energy.
Streaks of green smoke once again slithered in and out of Elizabeth's seven orifices like slender green serpents. Her green eyes glittered with evil power, and a vicious look adorned her face, like a mentally deranged prison inmate. Her internal organs, which were different from those of a normal human, were running at maximum speed like a brand new machine, absorbing and decomposing the divine energy from Sacred Knight Blount's body and converting it into a strange energy that she could easily use.
As Elizabeth, confused and excited, absorbed the divine energy, Han Shuo appeared behind Elizabeth without warning. With a single thought, his consciousness focused in Elizabeth's body, taking a clear look at her every minute movement.
Elizabeth's body composition was so different from that of a normal human. If not for her human appearance, with such an aura and body structure, Han Shuo would never have considered her human. In addition to the differences in skeletal structure and meridians, there were five fist-sized cyclones in her body. As Elizabeth digested the divine energy from Blount's body, these five cyclones spun rapidly. They must play a crucial role in this process.
Thanks to the existence of these five cyclones, Elizabeth was able to absorb the divine energy in the body of the Sacred Knight Blount. But as for Blount's painstakingly cultivated combat aura, the five cyclones had no effect whatsoever. It seemed that all they were doing was acting on the divine power in Blount that he had apparently acquired through his devotion to the God of Light.
Han Shuo was curious in his heart, for he had never heard of a body of divine favour that could digest divine power. No wonder the Church of Light wanted to kill her. Han Shuo vaguely believed that this gifted body of hers was different from an ordinary divine favor body. Perhaps there were some secrets hidden within Elizabeth that even she did not understand.
And soon the divine energy was completely drained from the body of Sacred Knight Blount. With such power, even after losing all his divine energy, Blount simply would not die. His face was a grim, tombstone-like grey as he stared blankly, waiting to die.
Elizabeth laughed with mad satisfaction. Pulling her two blood dripping hands away from Blount's neck, she gestured to Han Shuo and thanked him, "Thank you, thank you!"
"You're welcome!" Han Shuo smiled grotesquely. He approached Elizabeth from behind and extended his right hand. His middle finger jabbed into the back of her head. At the tip of his finger, a drop of dark red blood essence burst through his skin and shot into the blood vessels at the back of her head. Elizabeth screamed as the blood essence of Han Shuo's demonic infant found its way into her brain.
His unoccupied left hand gently pressed down on Elizabeth's back. A gust of evil gravitational force was released. The strands of energy that had just been purified through her five cyclones gushed out of her back. Not a moment later, Han Shuo had absorbed more than half of it.
"Master, I am your humble servant. Please spare my life!" Her voice faded as she begged. She was terrified. The energy she had absorbed from the members of the Church of Light was meant to improve herself. It had never occurred to her that the same dark energy in her body could be absorbed by another. There was no way she could suppress the fear in her heart.
Much to her surprise, all the begging for mercy might have had some effect. After Han Shuo extracted some of the energy that had been partially converted by the five cyclones, he began to scream and let go, no longer touching her.
After removing his fingertip from the back of Elizabeth's head, Han Shuo patted her forehead and said with a faint smile, "Humans and magical beasts can form a master-slave contract, but between humans, it's a bit uncomfortable. Hahaha, you must have felt something extra in your brain, didn't you?"
"Yes... Yes, Master. What have you done to me?" The greatest heretic on the Profound Continent had endless tricks up his sleeve. Who knew if this being was really a man or the devil. He was invincible.
"It's nothing, really. Just like the binding power of certain contracts, as long as you do not try to betray me, you need not worry about that thing in your brain. But if you have such thoughts, hahaha, your brain will end up just like his!" Han Shuo smiled wickedly and stomped on Sacred Knight Blount's head with his feet.
Pak! Like a burst watermelon, fresh dark red blood exploded onto the ground, mixed with white and red brain fluid.
"Master, your most humble servant would never do anything to betray you. You will witness your servant's loyalty. I swear it!" As she stared at the shattered head of the sacred knight, she seemed to have seen her own inhuman state after crossing him. Without the slightest doubt as to the validity of this wicked young man's words, she kneeled before Han Shuo and submitted to him without objection. She paid no attention to the red and white matter smearing the floor.
"Very well. I see you understand," Han Shuo said with satisfaction. After a short pause, he continued, "You can absorb divine energy from members of the Church of Light. That is very good." He smiled. "As long as you follow me, I believe your strength will definitely progress at an ever increasing rate."
"This old slave will remember her master's kindness for the rest of her life!" Elizabeth swore.
"All right, get up. There are still some followers of the Church of Light over there who have not yet died. You may go and absorb all the divine energy in their bodies as well!" Han Shuo instructed Elizabeth and began to speak to her in a gentle manner.
Without another word, Elizabeth bolted from Han Shuo's feet like lightning. Strands of monstrous green energy flowed from her orifices, and she set off to deal with the members of the Church of Light who had not yet died.
Seeing Elizabeth's conscientious work ethic, Han Shuo felt reassured. After diffusing a drop of his demonic blood into her body, if Elizabeth had any thoughts of betraying him, Han Shuo would be the first to know, and he would then mobilise the demonic blood in her brain to kill her instantly.
Furthermore, Han Shuo, who was able to directly absorb the energy from Elizabeth's body, would of course not give her a chance to possess a level of strength that surpassed his own. Such a reliable slave, and yet an interesting body of divine favour, was of great use to Han Shuo. The earth elite zombie looked at the pile of mush that had once been the brain of Sacred Knight Blount and transmitted blankly to Han Shuo, "Father, is he dead?"
"Yes. He is indeed dead. However, there is still energy in his soul, energy that will prove useful to me!" Han Shuo replied. Shortly after, with a single thought, the Demonslayer Edge flew out of his neck. Blount's soul, which had not yet dissipated and which an ordinary person could not sense, was suddenly sucked into the Demonslayer Edge.
During the last armed rebellion in Ossen City, the Demonslayer's Edge had absorbed too much negative energy. Even then, it could be considered to be in a state of hibernation and had yet to fully pacify the negative energy. However, Han Shuo understood in his heart that this was crucial for the Demonslayer Edge. Whether or not it could become an exceptional killing weapon depended on whether or not it could completely digest energy and form a ferocious soul.
Perhaps Blount's powerful soul, after entering the Demonslayer's Edge, would act as the main soul and help the Demonslayer's Edge speed up the development of a ferocious soul.
After Blount's soul was absorbed by the Demonslayer Edge, it hid in Han Shuo's body again. Han Shuo's attention soon turned to the armour on Blount's body, the weapon in his hand and his space ring. A Sacred knight of the Church of Light must have a lot of expensive treasures on him, right? Han Shuo thought.
Without the slightest respect, Han Shuo snatched the armour and the golden spear from Blount's body and placed them in his own space ring. The two pieces of equipment were the work of first-rate alchemists from the Church of Light, and one must have divine energy to use them to their fullest effect. Of course, Han Shuo had no allies in the Church of Light, but if he were to sell these items, he would undoubtedly get a good deal.
Blount's space ring had been forcibly broken into by Han Shuo. Inside were several bulky books from the Church of Light, some loose gold coins, a few low-grade weapons, two simple, unadorned magic scrolls, and some thin yellow paper.
When he finished rummaging through Blount's belongings and saw the contents of the thin yellow paper, Han Shuo's expression changed.
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