Chapter 208: The Purple Demon Eye
After Han Shuoâs actions, the storefront had indeed turned into an incredibly dangerous place. Anyone who tried to enter without Han Shuoâs guidance would be attacked by the formation. Those who lacked a sufficiently strong will would try to kill themselves as their minds grew confused.
After thoroughly remaking the store, Phoebe, Emily, and Gilbert all stayed there that night. Having seen the oddities of the yard, the three were on edge all night long, deathly afraid that something bad would happen to them as they slept.
Fortunately, all was fine that night and Trunks returned at noon the next day. He had learned from the Cairo mercenary band as soon as he set foot into the Valley of Sunshine that Han Shuo had actually moved into the cursed storefront.
When he swung by, he noticed the six starkly white pillars that had appeared in the courtyard. He was quite surprised, and had no idea what was going on.
âI heard Harris say that something out of the ordinary had happened here yesterday. Did you guys run into something?â Trunks asked after sitting down in the living room of the storefront.
Smiling faintly, Han Shuo explained, âWe did run into a few things, but it was something I cooked up rather than the evil godâs curse. Thereâs no need to worry about anything. Thereâs lots of rooms here, I left you one!â
âForget it, I think Iâll be safer elsewhere. When I was in the Valley of Sunshine a few years ago, I saw many owners of this store suddenly die spontaneously. Although youâve already defused the danger, this place still makes me uneasy!â Trunks noticeably had some psychological trauma from this location and waved his hands with a wry smile.
âWho is this kid, how dare he not trust the master?!â Gilbert was already ticked off from being labeled a pervert. When he heard Trunks hem and haw and refuse to take up residence within, he couldnât help but speak up.
âAnd who are you?â Trunks started and suddenly looked at Gilbert.
Trunks had been acting a bit oddly since heâd come in on the back of his manticore. The manticore had been unafraid of anything beneath the heavens and on the earth, but was instinctively on his guard against Gilbert and tried to keep his distance from Gilbert.
The manticore was a sentient being and could naturally sense the enormous presence of the super rank dark dragon. Even though Gilbert was currently in human form, the manticore still didnât want to draw close to Gilbert. It was the fear brought about from the difference in levels.
As the owner of the manticore, Trunks had spent many years with the manticore and was well acquainted with its temper. When he saw the manticoreâs abnormal behavior, he started keeping an eye on Gilbert and couldnât help but question now.
âI am of the mighty dragon race, their future king, Gilbert!â Gilbert had an arrogant look on his face as he proudly proclaimed this with the tones of a ringing bell.
âJust like your manticore, heâs my magical pet, a perverted little black dragon!â Han Shuo quelled Gilbert with a warning look and explained to Trunks.
Trunks was incredibly shocked when he heard that Gilbert was a dark dragon. He couldnât help but sigh, âYouâve got some skill alright. Iâd thought taming a manticore was something to be proud of. To think you could tame a dark dragon! It looks like youâre stronger than me!â
âItâs nothing to do with me, I just so happened to get lucky. Itâs this dark dragon who shamelessly begged me!â Han Shuo shrugged and said humbly. He then paused and changed his tone, asking Trunks, âRight, you didnât run into any trouble on your trip out of the valley this time, did you? How did everything go?
Trunksâ expression also became serious when he saw that Han Shuo was chatting about serious matters. He responded lowly, âDonât worry, Iâm more familiar with the terrain of the valley than even Laureton or Florida. It wonât be easy for most people to hurt me within the valley. I met some of my old friends and they were highly interested in forming a mercenary band. Iâve already sent someone to register the name of Soul Destroyer. Weâll be able to have our own official name before long.â
Nodding, Han Shuo said, âThatâs for the best. This will be our stronghold in the future. Iâm sure that with Floridaâs ability, heâll be able find out where we are soon. We donât need to be a rush, we just need to wait for him to attack us!â
Since the formation had been set up, Han Shuo just wanted to test it out using Floridaâs men, and see if it was as magical as he saw in Chu Cang Lanâs memories!
Surprisingly, whether it was Florida or Edwinâs men, no one came to bother them over the next two days. Han Shuo and his crew stayed here both days and only shopped a bit on the busy streets during the day.
All the materials to refine the wood elite zombie had finally been collected. Phoebe used these couple of days to discuss some transactions with some of the merchants. She turned two thirds of the jewels and crystals that Han Shuo had given her into forty thousand gold coins. He very trustfully gave all forty thousand gold coins to Trunks and allowed him free rein over this sum to form the Soul Destroyer mercenary band.
Han Shuo trained silently in his room. He hadnât left the store at all over the past two days. After a low incantation broke the silence, the bright sun was suddenly covered by black clouds, and the entire courtyard was plunged instantly into darkness.
The sinister black clouds completely blocked off the sunâs rays, and a strong sense of death spread rapidly throughout the courtyard. The wraiths sealed within the pillars seemed to sense this marvelous presence and wanted to stir to action.
This particularly dark magic spell could cause the presence of death to permeate the surroundings. Dark creatures that were located within it would have their attacks greatly strengthened, and enemies caught in the range of the âCanopy of Necromancyâ would be weakened thanks to the effects of this spell.
At this point, not only had Han Shuo fully grasped all the spells that an adept mage should know, he could also use them skillfully. If he returned to the Academy and made use of this strength, Han Shuo was confident that he could easily advance to adept mage.
When he thought of Fannyâs promise with him and the right heâd have to go out with her once he advanced to adept mage, Han Shuo felt quite excited by the thought of a steamy night with Fanny. Although he already had Emily and Phoebe now, his feelings for Fanny were something that the two would be unable to replace.
Han Shuo had never become lax about his magical cultivation, but the stage that demon infant was at meant that it needed the strength from souls to become stronger. Hard training alone wouldnât be enough to obtain improvement within the short term. Therefore, Han Shuo had also been waiting for an opportunity to obtain some stronger souls to nourish his demon infant.
The sun was setting, and Han Shuo suddenly heard the little skeletonâs call in the midst of his cultivation. An anxious, panicked feeling suddenly traveled from a plane far away as the little skeletonâs urgent cry for help brought with it overtones of a hasty flight for life.
After last timeâs experience, Han Shuo immediately knew that the little skeleton mustâve met with some danger again. He didnât give it much thought as he immediately chanted the incantation, attempting to summon the little skeleton from the far away plane with the connection they shared.
When the incantation was complete, the air in front of him tore open as if a knife had sliced through it, and a little gleaming skeleton with seven flapping bone spurs shot out of the crack like lightning.
The figure of an enormous six meter tall knight, mounted on a flaming horse and wielding a two meter long broadsword, was suddenly illuminated in the crack behind the little skeleton. An enormous rotting air spread from the enormous figure, as an overwhelming presence of death suffused the area, making oneâs heart palpitate.
The dark creatures of the other dimension were bound by the laws of space. They could only display an enormous shadow. When the little skeleton was standing in front of Han Shuo, the crack in the air went back to normal and the enormous presence vanished without a trace.
The little skeleton had yet to recover as he clutched his bone dagger in his left hand and the eyepatch in his right. After losing the eyepatch, the purple demon eye from the statue of Datara sparkled with purple light as the little skeleton looked dumbly at Han Shuo.
An enormous strength suddenly exploded out of the little skeletonâs purple demon eye. This power suddenly surged out with the purple demon eye as the center. It entered the little skeleton and Han Shuoâs body, attempting to take over their bodies.
Just like in the forest trollâs sacred place, the power from the purple demon eye was full of a violence that wanted to ravage everything. This power would always awaken after the eyepatch was removed, like Datara had truly left a bit of his consciousness behind in the eye.
âPut the eyepatch on, hurry!â Han Shuo roared out violently as his body trembled in the throes of pain as several sharp knives seemed to stab his brain.
The little skeleton was likewise rolling on the ground in pain. After receiving Han Shuoâs order, his hand bone shook as he slowly lifted the eyepatch.
Miraculously, the enormous power that had invaded the two vanished without a trace when the eyepatch was placed back on.
However, just as Han Shuo was breathing a sigh of relief and was looking at the little skeleton, he saw purple light shoot out of the little skeletonâs left eye as the eyepatch that had been covering it ignited, going up in flames!
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