Han Shuo had underestimated the true strength of a Lowgod, or perhaps he had underestimated the resilience of abyssal creatures, for even though Leviathan's neck was sliced open by Han Shuo's Demonslayer Edge and his body was pierced from behind by Little Skeleton's Bone Lance, Leviathan did not die as a result of the traumatic injuries.
Manticole somehow managed to make contact with Leviathan. Manticole, who had been hiding all along, withstood the onslaught of bloody shadows around him and zoomed towards where Leviathan had been thrown.
Leviathan, who should have been powerless, stubbornly pulled himself together. The cut on its neck and the stab wound on its back that Han Shuo and Little Skeleton had inflicted began to fill with lightning bolts. The brilliantly sparkling thunderbolts, like tenacious meridians, reconnected his severed body tissues.
Han Shuo was shaken as his consciousness, which was firmly attached to Leviathan, felt his vitality being rapidly rejuvenated. Not only had Leviathan's soul not suffered the slightest damage, but it was persistently activating the divine energy within his body. However, the range of his Domain of Divinity was rapidly shrinking.
Suddenly, a shadow flew to Leviathan's side. A Domain of Divinity of Darkness immediately intersected with Leviathan's Domain of Divinity, perfectly like a lock and key.
Manticole was stunned. He stared at Leviathan, whose divine body had been badly injured, and said anxiously, "How were you wounded?"
"Better watch out, his lowgod of death is complete," Leviathan's voice was like a droning air blower as his neck was severely injured.
With a wave of his hand, Manticole moved his Domain of Divinity. With Manticole at the centre, an absolute darkness consumed everything. A dozen or so bloody shadows flew over, but were stopped by the energy of the absolute darkness.
"Impossible!" Manticole's face was painted with astonishment. He exclaimed, "He has just begun to absorb the element of death. It's impossible for him to form a divine soul and body so quickly. We have gone through this process ourselves. You should understand that the time required to complete the process cannot be so short!"
"If I've said that there is another Death God, then there definitely is one out there! How else would it be possible for that child to maim me like that?" Leviathan said coldly as he covered his neck with his hand to stop the blood gushing out. He was rather annoyed at Manticole for being so sceptical.
Upon hearing Leviathan's words, Manticole carefully remembered the circumstances and felt the turmoil of all kinds of energies around him. As he was about to say a few words to soothe Leviathan, his face suddenly turned grave and he said, "Sorry for doubting you. It seems that there really is another Death God, and he's coming our way!"
"Of course there is!" Leviathan groaned coldly. With his left hand clutching his neck, divine energy was released from his palm in the form of electric sparks. He seemed to be using this method to heal the injuries on his body.
With Han Shuo leading Little Skeleton, the father and son slowly marched towards the two Demon Kings. Han Shuo gazed into the absolute darkness, deathly silent, and felt the layers upon layers of defensive power that had been built up using Manticole's energy of darkness. He realised that the instinctive idea of forcibly breaking through those defences wouldn't work.
"Father, let's go in. One of them is badly hurt. Our combined strength is enough to take care of them!" Little Skeleton transmitted.
Han Shuo forced a smile, shook his head, and transmitted, "If we do that, both sides will suffer great losses. Besides, there are two more of them outside the formation who are about to recover. If we don't get rid of those two before the other two completely eliminate the corrosive energy of the Soulpiercers, we won't stand a chance."
After listening to Han Shuo's explanation, Little Skeleton remained silent for a moment before transmitting, "Summon my five brothers and ask them to use that formation. We still have a chance."
Han Shuo was stunned by these words. He looked at Little Skeleton with astonishment in his eyes and asked in a somewhat unconvinced manner, "The Penta-elemental Undead Formation that the five of them have formed, is it really useful against these experts with Lowgod strength?"
"I don't think it will be a problem. Back then, even with only three of the five energies combined, I had great difficulty defending against them. Even though my strength has progressed since then, the other two energies can now completely merge with the rest. The formidable power of the formation can now be fully unleashed. It should be able to pose a threat to them," Little Skeleton explained.
"Really?" Han Shuo cried softly in disbelief.
"Really!" Little Skeleton replied bluntly.
Han Shuo understood that Little Skeleton was not one for nonsense or untrue words. With Little Skeleton's assurance, Han Shuo looked forward to the Penta-elemental Undead Formation even more. He took a few steps back and retreated to another region before summoning the five elite zombies.
Han Shuo's main body, which was focused on cultivating demonic arts, could also unleash necromancy magic. Of course, since most of the death energy in his main body had been transferred to his avatar, he couldn't use necromancy magic as smoothly and skilfully as the avatar who cultivated in the element of death. But a few simple summoning incantations wouldn't be a problem.
After the incantation, the five elite zombies appeared in front of Han Shuo. Now that he was at this critical moment, he wasted no time on unnecessary words. As soon as the five elite zombies appeared, Han Shuo ordered them to arrange themselves according to the Penta-elemental Undead Formation.
In fact, Han Shuo had already established a connection with the netherworld when he discovered that Leviathan had ruthlessly killed his follower. Therefore, Little Skeleton had prepared a countermeasure strategy in advance. The five elite zombies were obviously aware of the situation as well.
Without another word, the five zombies dispersed in a well-coordinated manner. They took up their own positions in the Penta-elemental Undead Formation in the shape of an arc and hid.
With the five elite zombies ready, all Han Shuo had to do was lure the two Demon Kings into the formation. He communicated with Little Skeleton before heading out into the land of absolute darkness on his own. He planned to use the superior speed of his demonic arts and his familiarity with the formation to lure the two Demon Kings into his trap.
Han Shuo had just begun to move when he suddenly heard an explosion in the distance. Immediately, the Domains of Divinity of Fire and Water registered in Han Shuo's consciousness.
Han Shuo was stunned. He hastily focused his attention and consciousness on that area and sensed the auras of Golander and Cecrops. This time, he was truly confused.
From their auras, Han Shuo could be sure that Cecrops and Golander had recovered. Indeed, Lowgod were not to be taken lightly. Han Shuo was well aware of the corrosiveness of a soulpiercer. Although Han Shuo had a premonition, he truly did not expect them to recover so quickly.
With this, Han Shuo might very well have to face all four of the Great Demon Kings when they inevitably joined forces. Han Shuo had not even been completely sure of victory when he had teamed up with Little Skeleton against Leviathan and Manticole. Now that Cecrops and Golander had regained their fighting abilities, Han Shuo was in even more danger.
The situation was developing in a way that was the last thing Han Shuo wanted to see. He saw the duo who had eliminated the Soulpiercers from their souls rushing over with their hearts filled with rage. With the boundaries of this region destroyed, the duo had no reservations about their divine energies. Scorching hot and ice-cold divine energies took the form of swords and bombarded the formation where Han Shuo was standing.
In an instant, towering stelaes exploded and shattered, while colourful banners that could not withstand the heat of the divine energy began to ignite and burn.
As Han Shuo prepared to draw Leviathan and Manticole towards the centre of the Penta-Elemental Undead Formation, he understood the intentions of the two Demon Kings who were bombarding the formation from the outside - they wanted to destroy the formation completely! At that moment, without much thought, instead of baiting Leviathan and Manticole, Han Shuo rushed to put away the most basic but costly item of the formation - the banners.
All of those banners had been crafted by Han Shuo piece by piece, a process that consumed a ton of precious materials, countless hours of effort and sweat. These banners were the foundation of the entire formation. They were not easy to come by. So when he saw the fruits of his hard work being destroyed by fire, Han Shuo didn't stop to think. He immediately gathered as many of these banners as he could to cut his losses.
The bloody shadows and all sorts of chaotic energies turned into threads and flew back into those huge banners. It wasn't long before Han Shuo had pulled all of these banners into his space ring. With the most fundamental part of the formation removed from the equation, the Shura Soul Formation completely lost its function.
Finally, Leviathan and Manticole, not daring to move an inch away from each other, suddenly sensed that the strange energy around them had vanished. Cecrops and Golander noticed that the misty stone forest was beginning to clear.
At the centre of a few isolated stelae, Han Shuo and Little Skeleton were wielding their weapons and vigilantly watching their surroundings.
"What is that thing?" Cecrops asked in confusion as he looked at Little Skeleton and felt the Lowgod's energy of death on him.
"Could something have gone wrong in his process of becoming a god?" Golander was also very puzzled. With the two of them busy clearing the Soulpiercers from their souls, and the formation blocking their view, they could not understand what was going on.
"Whatever it is, killing them both is the right choice," Cecrops groaned coldly. He suddenly glanced at Leviathan. Seeing the injuries on Leviathan, Cecrops' mood immediately improved. Enjoying the misfortune of others, Cecrops laughed out loud and said, "Leviathan, I really didn't expect you to get hurt so easily, and your injuries weren't minor either. Hahaha, very good! Very good!"
"Hmph! I will slowly settle things with you in the future," Leviathan said with an unpleasant expression. Without paying any further attention to Cecrop, Leviathan glared at Han Shuo with resentful eyes and said, "So, what malicious trick are you going to play this time?"
The corners of Han Shuo's lips turned into a sneer. He said nothing, but raised his Demonslayer Edge at the Leviathan and made an upward sweeping motion. It was the same move Han Shuo had used to slit Leviathan's throat.
Leviathan was enraged. He let out a wild roar and charged recklessly at Han Shuo. At the same time, as if they had reached an agreement in silence, the other three demon kings sprang into action almost simultaneously and flew towards Han Shuo.
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