At that moment, a deafening whistle sounded from the horizon. A three-metre long bone spear, glowing with a blinding white light and carrying an overwhelming amount of the aura of death, streaked across the vast space, drawing a spectacular arc in the sky. It was aimed at that Highgod of Water!
The Highgod raider had just reached Han Huo. The contempt in his eyes had vanished without a trace, replaced by a great sense of gravity. His pupils contracted as he focused all his attention on the rapidly approaching bone spear. He also gathered all of his Water Divine energy into his hands.
As the bone spear aimed at him, he could sense better than anyone else just how formidable the amount of Death Energy in the bone spear was. In addition to the energy of death, the bone spear also contained an even more terrifying, sinister energy that reeked of killing intent. It was no weaker than the energy of death!
The Highgod of Water had no choice but to use all of his power to defend himself against this blinding white bone spear that had suddenly appeared. He had no time to deal with Han Huo.
His eyes were fixed on the bone spear as all the divine water energy in his body condensed into his hands, the element of water converging on his palms. His long, white arms became sparkly and transparent like crystal, emitting white, icy mists. It was as if his arms had turned to ice in an instant.
If one were to look up close, one could see that there was a liquid slowly flowing in the middle of his crystallised arms. After one attained Highgodhood in the cultivation of the water element, one would have perfect mastery in using both the fluidity of water and the toughness of ice. The bizarreness of the marauder's hands was proof that his understanding of water energy was in the realm of Highgodhood.
From the tips of his crystallised fingers, jets of frigid air erupted. The frigid cold air streams converged and formed an ice-shield in a fraction of a second.
The fact that this Highgod raider had immediately used defensive measures against this bone spear showed that he was afraid of it!
Immediately after the ice-shield formed, the bone spear arrived!
Clang! The bone spear made contact with the ice-shield. A burst of splendid white light erupted from the point of contact. Countless small radiances crawled out towards every direction while making strange sparking noises.
The highgod raider seemed to have been hit hard. His arms that were maintaining the ice-shield were making loud cracking noises. He could feel two forces wreaking havoc on his ice shield, colliding with his water divine energy hundreds of times in an instant. One of those forces was a death divine energy, which had broken down his water divine energy to bits. The other force was an unknown energy with intense killing intent, which penetrated his ice-shield and into his hands as though it has self-awareness. It was trying to penetrate further into his divine body.
The Highgod of water took a shock and immediately withdrew. He diverted his divine energy from his arms back to his body in an attempt to stop the assault of that vicious energy at all costs.
In the split second of negligence, the sinister energy managed to cause tremendous damage to his divine body. By the time he diverted the water divine energy from his palm, the sinister energy had wrecked at least thirty percent of his organs. Had he hesitated for a few seconds, his body and soul would have been destroyed.
Who is this newcomer?
Wondered the Highgod had been just inches from death. His forehead was covered with cold sweat. He dared not do anything to Han Huo who was within his reach but turned his frightened eyes on the bone spear that had just shattered his ice-shield.
He was terrified!
A young man with an indifferent face walked silently out of the dark street. One of his eyes was bright purple, making him look very sinister. Seven slightly shorter bone spurs were attached to his back. They all glowed with a soft white light.
It took the teenager only a few seconds to make his way from the dark street to the centre of the Celestial Pearl shop. He stretched out his arm and the bone spear immediately flew back into his grasp. Without wasting a word, he flew towards the highgod raider who was trying to kill Han Huo.
His purple eyes suddenly began to glow. The Element of Death gathered under the raider's feet, forming a huge, enchanting flower of bone spikes. Its petals closed, trapping the raider from the waist down.
His bright red blood spurted from his body, staining the pristine white bone spikes.
The three metre long bone spur was hurled. It made another beautiful arc from the sky to the top of the raider's head.
The bone spur pierced his skull, through his spine and out from underneath, pinning him straight against the giant bone flower.
There was nothing he could do about it!
The cold and emotionless teenager closed his fingers, and the bone flower flew to him instantly. He stepped forward, grabbed the three metre long bone spear and pulled it out of the raider's head. His brain matter mixed with blood, and mushy organs spurted from the hole in his skull.
At the same time, a greyish gas emerged from the body and tried to fly away. But the teenager grabbed it with his left hand and threw it at one of the seven bone spurs on his back. This bone spur seemed to have some kind of suction, sucking up the greyish clump of gas. The bone spur glowed with a faint halo for a moment before the light faded.
The enchanting and huge bone flower began to disintegrate and miraculously vanished into thin air. The lifeless body, its soul trapped, fell spinelessly to the ground.
All this happened in a matter of seconds. The domineering Highgod Raider died before the shopkeepers and apothecaries of puny strength came to their senses.
The Highgod of Thunder who had been fighting Rose showed shock and horror in his eyes. His movement speed had substantially reduced and was no longer attacking Rose as fiercely. It seemed as though he was deciding if he should escape.
The enormous pressure on Rose was reduced. She found the time to take a quick glance at the emotionless teenager and she too was greatly astonished. Who is this person? Is he a friend or a foe? What should I do if he's a foe?
To be able to kill that Early-stage Highgod raider in such a short time, the teenager should possess at least Mid-stage Highgod strength. Rose had great difficulty dealing with the Mid-stage Highgod of thunder and knew that she would stand no chance if this sinister-looking teenager was to also fight her.
The onlooking shopkeepers and apothecaries also wore astonished expressions, wondering if this Highgod who had just joined the fight was a friend or another raiders from another faction. If it was the latter, they knew that they would all die in that shop that night!
As everyone's eyes were fixed on the teenager, Han Huo suddenly shouted in a pleasantly surprised manner, "Elder Brother! You have come!"
"Elder Brother, when did you come?" Han Tu, who had finally reached Han Huo, asked the teenager excitedly with a foolish smile.
"Just now!" The teenager, who had been ice-cold and emotionless all along, smiled a very faint but sincere smile. He looked at Han Huo and Han Tu and scolded in a neutral tone, "You have not worked hard. You are too weak!"
"We've worked very hard, um, it's just that the elder brother is much stronger in the end," Han Huo said as he scratched his head in embarrassment. Then he said in a fawning tone, "Brother, it's so fortunate that you came just in time. Otherwise I would have been finished for sure!"
"That's why you need to be stronger," Han Hao replied before glancing at the Midgod Raiders around him who were thinking about escaping. The bone spurs on his back suddenly whooshed out. The bone spurs made noises that sounded like thousands of tortured spirits wailing as they shot around. Suddenly, a bone-chilling wind blew into the shop, and miserable screams could be heard. All those masked Midgods were torn to pieces.
When the seven bone spurs had killed all the Midgods raiders, the Highgod of thunder who had been fighting Rose did not hesitate and left. For some reason, as he flew away, he kept turning his head to look at Han Hao.
As soon as Rose saw the raider flee, she went after him. Han Hao, with the bone spear in his hand, also went after the Highgod raider. As he passed Rose, he said to her, "You stay here, I will go after him!"
Rose stared blankly for a moment, and her first thought was to ignore Han Hao's words. But when she took a closer look and noticed that Han Hao looked a lot like that someone, she immediately complied. Although her mouth was half open, ready to defy him, she had unconsciously slowed down. She looked in the direction they were going for a moment before returning to Han Tu and Han Huo.
"Go back to your rooms and rest. There won't be any more fights to watch tonight. And you all better keep your mouths shut about what you saw," Rose instructed after her cold eyes scanned the crowd. The shopkeepers and apothecaries, their minds blown, tactfully dispersed.
All this time, the workers had thought that only the Celestial Pearl's master, Han Shuo, possessed formidable strength. But after that night, they realised that the Celestial Pearl had hidden its true strength, as if it had the backing of an extremely powerful powerhouse. They were pleasantly surprised by this and discussed the incident in low voices in their rooms.
"Uh, woman, you did pretty well!" As soon as the threat was neutralised, Han Huo returned to being a loud and conceited idiot. "You did not abandon us and escape on your own. You showed a spirit of loyalty. All right, in the future, I will not say bad things about you behind your back!"
The first half of Han Huo's words were pleasant to Rose's ears, but the second half angered her and made her glare at Han Huo. Then she remembered something and looked in the direction Han Hao was going. She asked, "Who is that teenager?"
"He's our eldest brother, Han Hao. Didn't you hear us?" replied Han Huo straightforwardly as Rose had gained his trust.
"Yes, he's also his son?" Rose was astonished. She was very surprised by the existence of Han Tu and Han Huo. She found it unbelievable that there were more.
"Of course!" Han Tu replied. Smiling innocently at Rose, he asked, "Do you like my father? If you do, just say so. We brothers are all open-minded people. Hehe, besides, we are very pleased with your performance today. You have our approval!"
"Shut up!" Rose turned embarrassed and left in a hurry.
"You stupid, you can't just say it like that! Hell, you may look innocent on the outside, but you are dirty on the inside!" Han Huo scolded, smiling.