From a distance, Demon Mountain looked eerily like a malevolent demon - identical to the descriptions in Akley's scroll. As long as the Divine Essence Mine was within Demon Mountain, Han Shuo believed that the Metal Elite Zombie would be able to locate it and extract all of its precious crystals.
After receiving Han Shuo's approval, Earth Elite Zombie and Metal Elite Zombie proceeded. It was now Metal Elite Zombie's turn to pave the way. The hard rock above their heads would become as loose as sand, not giving the duo the slightest resistance, allowing them to gradually climb up Demon Mountain.
The elite metal zombie's body sparkled with glorious golden rays as soon as he entered Demon Mountain. They were like golden threads that spread out in all directions before disappearing into the solid rock.
Soon, the elite metal zombie reported back to Han Shuo, "Father, there are all kinds of ores in this mountain. What kind are you looking for?"
Han Shuo first praised Metal Elite Zombie before describing to him, "The ores I want contain energy similar to that of Little Water and Little Fire. Take a good look around and see if there's any."
Divine Essence Mines were extremely unique. Although divine essence mines contained divine energies of all kinds, they were undetectable by soul probes. Not even powerful gods could detect anything from the outside. However, this would not be a problem for the Metal Elite Zombie. As long as there were ores, Metal Elite Zombie would be able to find and detect the energy contained within them.
"Father, I did not sense any ore containing energy similar to Little Water and Little Fire. There isn't a single piece of ore like that in the mountain!" metal elite zombie remained silent for a while before reporting to Han Shuo.
"Not one?" Han Shuo was stunned. He wondered if they had gotten the location wrong or if someone else had mined the ore.
"None at all!" the metal elite zombie replied. After a moment of hesitation, he continued, "But there are some ores with energies similar to those found on Little Earth and Father! There are also some with energies I don't recognise!"
Han Shuo stared foolishly before coming to his senses. His face was stunned, and he hastily instructed, "These are the ores I'm looking for. Gather these types of ores and bring them to me!"
The absence of water and fire elemental divine essences did not mean that there were no divine essences of other energies. After hearing the metal elite zombie's answer, Han Shuo immediately realised that his previous description was insufficient. It seemed that Akley's judgement was correct. There was indeed a divine essence mine in Demon Mountain that had yet to be discovered.
"Okay, Father!" Metal Elite Zombie replied cheerfully. Through the observation of a mystical demon, Han Shuo discovered that Metal Elite Zombie was like a ghost that could travel through solid rock unhindered. It was carrying a large sack that Han Shuo had prepared for it, and it was constantly stuffing ores of various colours into the sack.
Meanwhile, the earth elite zombie waited by the tunnel that the metal elite zombie had dug for him, quietly waiting for the metal elite zombie to finish his work.
"Akley, it won't be long before we get what we've been looking for!" Han Shuo was in a great mood and said with a big smile to Akley, who looked at him in a strange daze.
"Bryan, you're joking, right? How could you expect a god of the element earth to do everything in Demon Mountain by himself?" Akley forced a smile. He obviously did not believe Han Shuo's claim.
If a god cultivating in the elemental energy of earth could use its power to locate divine essence mines, all the divine essence mines in Elysium would have been mined by now! Although this was Akley's first time on Elysium, he too was aware of the secrets of divine essence mines, and that gods who cultivated in the element of earth definitely had no advantage in finding them. Therefore, he was very sceptical about Han Shuo's claim.
"Just give it some time. Soon you will know if this son of mine can actually achieve our goal!" Akley had no idea that the Earth Elite Zombie was not alone, nor was he aware of the Metal Elite Zombie's remarkable abilities.
"I'll wait and see!" Akley shook his head. He found the situation rather absurd.
Suddenly, the Cauldron Spirit transmitted to Han Shuo, "Master, something's wrong!"
"What's wrong?" Han Shuo, who was talking to Akley, did not pay too much attention to the situation on Demon Mountain, assuming that the Metal Elite Zombie was on his way to take care of everything. After hearing the warning shout, Han Shuo once again focused his full attention on the mountain, monitoring everything with the help of mystical demons.
"There are some dark caves inside the mountain. Little Metal has passed through some of them while travelling around the mountain. Have you noticed that there are spiders on all the cobwebs scattered around these caves? Although these spiders are very small, they all have human faces. They also seem to have intelligence and are watching every action of Little Metal.
Upon hearing Cauldron Spirit's description, Han Shuo ordered the elite metal zombie that was moving in a cave to stop. Then, using the mystical demons on Metal Elite Zombie, Han Shuo discovered that there was a broken spider web with a dozen or so thumb-sized spiders on it. He also noticed that these spiders actually had human faces. Their eyeballs, as small as specks of sand, were cautiously watching the metal elite zombie.
Oh?" Even Han Shuo was quite surprised. The situation he saw was exactly what Cauldron Spirit had described. Those little spiders were indeed watching the Metal Elite Zombie.
"Continue to collect the ores. Come back as soon as you have them all. Don't stay there a moment longer than necessary!" Han Shuo ordered Metal Elite Zombie. His mind continued to ponder over the strange scene he had witnessed.
"Understood, Father!" metal elite zombie replied. He travelled back and forth within Demon Mountain, searching for and collecting Divine Essences in every corner.
The divine essences were scattered all over Demon Mountain. The distances between two divine essences could be quite long. After working for so long, the metal elite zombie had harvested a few hundred pieces of divine essence. These made up about ninety percent of the divine essences in the mountain.
Han Shuo's heart was very confused. He couldn't understand how there were so many small spiders in Demon Mountain. These little spiders seemed very strange. They even made Han Shuo feel a touch of familiarity. He was stunned and confused.
"This is bad! Tell Little Metal to return immediately!" The Cauldron Spirit shouted into Han Shuo's consciousness, "There is a powerful being within the mountain that is awakening. It was in a unique dormant state before - even I could not sense it. It is very dangerous. It must retreat immediately!"
Han Shuo turned pale with fear. Indeed, through the mystical demons on the body of the metal elite zombie, he could see the thing that had so alarmed the Cauldron Spirit.
In the centre of the mountain was a very large cave, taking up about a quarter of the mountain's volume. A huge spider web occupied the cave. At the top of the web was a huge spider with a body thirty metres long and sharp legs ten metres long. The spider had the human face of a beautiful woman. Its long eyelashes fluttered softly, as if it were waking from a sweet dream.
Directly below her was a relatively large black-coloured divine essence depot. She seemed to be absorbing the Divine Energy of Darkness contained within it, so she was not emitting any aura.
As her eyelashes moved up and down, an extremely terrifying energy of darkness emanated from her body. Even though they were separated by such a distance, Han Shuo could feel the terrifying pressure from outside the mountain range!
Meanwhile, at this very moment, the Metal Elite Zombie had his eyes fixed on the Dark Divine Essence deposit underneath her. He was preparing to collect it for Han Shuo, seemingly unaware that he was facing a terrifying awakening creature.
"Return! Return quickly!" Han Shuo ordered the metal elite zombie, shouting violently. Perhaps he was too shocked - as he transmitted the message with his consciousness, he shouted loudly with his mouth.
"Bryan, what's wrong?" Akley asked.
""Father, there is one last piece. Let me take it before I leave!" the elite metal zombie wanted to complete the task Han Shuo had given him to perfection.
"Ignore that goddamn divine essence, get back here! Immediately! " Han Shuo shouted. It was so loud that it startled Akley again.
"Bryan, are you crazy? Have you forgotten why we are here?" Akley stepped forward as if he thought Han Shuo wasn't in his right mind and wanted to help him recover.
"Fuck off!" But before Akley could get close, Han Shuo threw a kick, sending Akley crashing into the wall behind him.
"What the hell are you doing?" Akley was furious. He stood up, fighting the pain, and shouted at Han Shuo, "Are you going to keep all the loot for yourself?"
Han Shuo had no time for Akley and focused all his attention on the metal elite zombie. After hearing Han Shuo's command, the metal elite zombie realised how urgent Han Shuo was. He took one last look at the black divine essence depot before immediately retreating back to the path he had come from.
Shortly after Metal Elite Zombie's return, the giant human-faced spider finally awoke from its slumber. A terrifying wave of dark energy suddenly erupted from its body. It passed through the spider web beneath her and spread throughout the mountain.
"Brazen creature, how dare you steal from me, Rose!" the piercing voice of the giant human-faced spider spread far and wide, echoing throughout most of the mountain range.
"Ah!!! " the Metal Elite Zombie, who had not yet left Demon Mountain, cried out loudly as a wave of divine energy of darkness hit him.
"Tell him to ignore everything and return as soon as possible! I will sacrifice some demon generals to protect him!" The Cauldron Spirit hastily transmitted.
"It's Rose! The Spider Goddess Rose! It's actually her!" Han Shuo muttered in amazement as he heard the human-faced spider's furious scream.