The Spider Goddess Rose was the being worshipped by the dark elves of the underground world of the Profound Continent. Back on the Profound Continent, Han Shuo had briefly communicated with Rose through an altar, using Adelle as a medium.
Back then, separated by countless material planes, Han Shuo had no idea how powerful Rose was. But now that he had truly felt Rose's wrath, Han Shuo finally realised that Rose actually possessed the power of a Highgod
Although Han Shuo's consciousness could determine the exact strength of a Midgod, the same could not be said for a Highgod like Rose. But what was certain was that a Highgod was not an existence that Han Shuo could handle just yet. He had to leave the area immediately, lest the Spider Goddess sense his presence.
"Master, ask Little Metal and Little Earth to escape underground and go as deep as they can!" Cauldron Spirit shouted again into Han Shuo's consciousness. Cauldron Spirit was also very concerned about the five elite zombies and Little Skeleton.
Han Shuo immediately woke up from his astonishment and hastily transmitted his commands to the metal and earth elite zombies. After being hit by a wave of divine energy of darkness, the metal elite zombie began to fall down the mountain in a disorientated manner. Two puffs of dark smoke emanated from its body.
As the master of the Cauldron Spirit, Han Shuo knew immediately that the two demon generals attached to Metal Elite Zombie's body had vanished into the two puffs of smoke. They had been destroyed.
The confused and spinning Metal Elite Zombie followed Han Shuo's command, steering itself as it plunged down. The solid rock beneath him seemed to have turned to air, allowing him to plunge down without any resistance.
"Miserable little creature, you will not escape!" the Spider Goddess Rose screamed in a deafening voice.
"What's, what's going on?" Akley finally heard the terrifying screams coming from Demon Mountain inside the mountain range. Immediately realising that things might not be as he had imagined, he hastily asked.
"We have provoked a Highgod. We will leave here immediately. If she discovers our presence, we will never be able to leave!" Han Shuo said with a deep furrowed brow. Suddenly, he flew to Akley, grabbed him by the collar behind his neck again, and began to fly out recklessly.
At that moment, Akley had also forgotten the grudge he had against Han Shuo. He did not even care how Han Shuo carried him. He said in a frightened and panicked voice, "What? How could there be a Highgod in there?"
"You should ask yourself that question!" Han Shuo said angrily. He continued to yell at Akley, "If anything happens to my son, don't even think about those divine essences because I will bury you next to my son!"
Akley was speechless as Han Shuo scolded him. At that moment, he also realised why Han Shuo had suddenly become so angry. Before coming here, Akley had sworn that these divine essences were not his property. This was the reason why Han Shuo was so comfortable with the Metal Elite Zombie and the Earth Elite Zombie going in on their own to collect the ores. Indeed, Akley was largely responsible for their sudden encounter with this Highgod. Therefore, he decided to silently endure Han Shuo's shouting.
"Master, leave this place at full speed! Little Metal and Little Earth are protected by the formation I made with the demon generals. Once they're deep underground, the Spider Goddess won't be able to sense their location. But you, you are not protected by any cloaking formation. You will be in big trouble if she discovers you!"
"Understood!" Han Shuo cut the superfluous words with Akley and stopped concealing his practice of demonic arts. As demonic yuan circulated wildly in his body, his air speed suddenly increased by five times. He was a mere trail of faint light as he flew towards the City of Shadows.
Akley, who was being carried by Han Shuo, clearly felt the rapid increase in Han Shuo's flying speed. Terrified, he raised his head to look at Han Shuo. However, except for Han Shuo's irritated expression, Akley saw nothing out of the ordinary. He could not understand how Han Shuo could suddenly increase his flying speed so much.
Han Shuo would be able to see the situation of the Metal Elite Zombie and the Earth Elite Zombie as long as the mystical demons on them were not completely destroyed. When Spider Goddess Rose's divine energy of darkness flowed through Demon Mountain, all the little spiders inside the mountain suddenly went mad, leaving cracks in the mountain. These little spiders seemed to know the location of the metal and earth elite zombies, as they swarmed towards them.
Two more demon generals turned to smoke. The Metal Elite Zombie began to clang and his body became less stable. However, it was still on course to descend towards the Earth Elite Zombie.
The metal elite zombie, formed by absorbing the yuan energy of metal instead of extreme metal, wasn't as nimble and agile as Han Shuo's demonic body, but it was comparable in terms of toughness. Among the five elite zombies, the one with the highest defensive power was the metal elite zombie. It could even be said that its body was made of steel.
Since the Spider Goddess's attack was scattered all over Demon Mountain, its terrifying power was diluted by hundreds of times. In addition, the demon generals attached to Metal Elite Zombie absorbed most of the punishing energy that landed on him. As a result, the attacks that Metal Elite Zombie could actually withstand were only enough to make a clattering sound, not enough to shatter his body.
After losing four demon generals, Metal Elite Zombie finally returned to the bottom of Demon Mountain, where Earth Elite Zombie had been waiting. Earth Elite Zombie had been waiting for a long time to carry out Han Shuo's order. Earth Elite Zombie grabbed Metal Elite Zombie as soon as he appeared and started to travel underground as fast as possible.
Hundreds of thousands of little spiders travelled through the cracks in the mountain, swarming around them like a huge army of locusts. These human-faced little spiders seemed to have intercepted the Spider Goddess's command and turned from quiet and calm to restless and violent.
They spewed sticky, dark silk at the descending earth and metal elite zombies. The dark silk was enhanced by the energy of darkness found all around Demon Mountain, making it very fast and relentless. Even the earth elite zombies had trouble dealing with them.
The earth elite zombie carrying the metal elite zombie quickly escaped by diving deep underground. A wave of sticky silk gathered on his back as he faced the countless little spiders.
The Earth Elite Zombie's downward motion was suddenly slowed as the silk shot out and landed on his back. Then, as the hundreds of little spiders retreated, to everyone's surprise, the Earth Elite Zombie was unable to move an inch!
"We will consume you alive one by one, you damned low creatures!" Spider Goddess Rose remained at the centre of Demon Mountain the entire time. After those little spiders had stopped the Earth Elite Zombie with their silk, she screamed and started moving towards the Earth Elite Zombie.
"What should we do?" Han Shuo suddenly dropped out of his rapid flight and stopped in his path. He was hot-tempered and seemed to lose his mind at any moment.
"Keep running. I will make sure they are alright!" Cauldron Spirit replied. At the next instance, Han Shuo discovered that the Back of Earth Elite Zombie was also emitting dark smoke. A demon general was burning up, causing the silk that the little spiders were spewing to snap off.
The Earth Elite Zombie was free. It twisted its body and suddenly shot deep into the ground. The hole behind him quickly filled up with dirt, blocking the second wave of silk that the little spiders had launched.
Once the Earth Elite Zombie was submerged in the ground, there was no resistance. Following Han Shuo's instructions, he carried the Metal Elite Zombie and burrowed deeper and deeper into the earth. Before long, he was several thousand metres underground.
"They escaped! They actually managed to escape!" Spider Goddess Rose flew into a rage, causing the entire Demon Mountain to tremble. "Those lowly life forms have exploited my Divine Essence Deposit. Unforgivable! They must all die!"
The Demon Mountain shook violently as rumbling sounds echoed. Suddenly, several long and sharp spider feet, which looked more like claws with sharp edges, pierced through the rocks and opened a huge hole in the centre of Demon Mountain. The huge body of Spider Goddess Rose emerged from the Demon Mountain.
Spider Goddess Rose immediately leapt and charged in Han Shuo's direction as soon as she emerged from the Demon Mountain. Han Shuo was overcome with shock.
Shit! We have been discovered! Han Shuo's heart was thrown into chaos. He began to consider whether he should abandon Akley and use the Demonic Blood Disassembly again to escape the disaster.
"Don't do anything in confusion, Master. Calm your mind and observe the situation on Demon Mountain again with a mystical demon!" Cauldron Spirit hastily transmitted to Han Shuo, preventing him from doing anything irrational.
After hearing Cauldron Spirit's call, Han Shuo took a few deep breaths to quickly realign his heart and mind.
After calming down, Han Shuo watched through a mystical demon that Cauldron Spirit had placed on another mountain. He suddenly discovered that Spider Goddess Rose was indeed standing on the hole she had torn open. Several dark phantoms flew from her and spread out in all directions.
"She didn't move at all, nor did she charge in your direction. She was just using the phantoms to find a target. You can ignore it and keep running. Those phantom images cannot catch up with you!" Cauldron Spirit told Han Shuo.
Thanks to Cauldron Spirit's reminder, Han Shuo calmed down and readjusted himself to the most optimal state. Ignoring the phantom images flying overhead, he continued flying towards the City of Shadows as fast as he could.
After flying for half a day, he stopped near a mountain village. According to Akley's understanding of Elysium, these non-human races had to abide by the restrictions imposed by the Calamity Overgods. They would definitely not attack human villages. At that moment, Han Shuo was certain that he had escaped the Spider Goddess' pursuit.
Han Shuo did not enter the mountain village, but stayed by a nearby river. Ignoring Akley's confusion, Han Shuo took care of himself and regained his energy.
Finally, around midnight, Han Shuo suddenly opened his eyes. With a sombre face and a deep voice, he said to Akley, who was still feeling uneasy, "Time to divide the spoils! The previous agreement is cancelled. I will decide the new distribution!"
As he finished speaking, the Earth Elite Zombie emerged from the ground. Earth Elite Zombie threw a bag of divine essence onto the ground and said to Han Shuo, "Father, don't worry, Little Metal is fine!"
Han Shuo's face was a little less frightening after hearing Earth Elite Zombie's words.