CHAPTER 772: Clash Of Domains

Immense pain instantly flooded Han Shuo's entire body. Every time Han Shuo borrowed the Cauldron Spirit's energy, he would have to endure immense pain. But this time, the pain was so much more excruciating. Han Shuo felt like he was in a meat grinder with every nerve cell dipped in acid. Han Shuo couldn't help but cry out, "Ouch! Why does this hurt so much more than usual?!"

As Han Shuo cried out in pain, he could feel the energy in his body surge, giving him the urge to release the energy from his body wildly.

"Master, I have collected a lot of divine souls lately, some of which are Highgods souls. Therefore, my power has increased. I've filled your body with more energy than usual, so the pain has increased. But the good news is that you will have more strength," the Cauldron Spirit transmitted into Han Shuo's consciousness.

Han Shuo was awakened. He used his senses to feel carefully. Immediately, he found that just as Cauldron Spirit had explained, his body was filled with more power than usual. However, with one movement, he redirected the energy in his body to the seventeen flying swords. The whistling sounds of the flying swords became extremely deafening.

The seventeen flying swords, suddenly supplied with even more energy, tore through the dark cotton ball in an instant. In one fell swoop, they broke through several layers of defences, removing everything between the flying swords and Hofs.

Hofs was surprised by the awesome power Han Shuo displayed after the layers of darkness barriers he had wrapped himself in were destroyed. An aura of boundless darkness erupted from his body as all the elements of darkness within the Domain of Divinity of darkness suddenly converged on the dark spear in his hand.

Hofs hurled the dark spear. The aura of darkness coiled around the spear as it quickly made its way towards Han Shuo. It looked like a huge dark pillar.

The seventeen flying swords shot violently towards the dark spear, intercepting it in an instant. The spear crackled and rattled as the aura of darkness surrounding it rapidly dissipated in the violent collisions. The intense divine energy of darkness on the spear was cleared away in an instant by the seventeen flying swords, revealing the true appearance of the dark spear.

Hofs let out a cold groan. He had somehow bypassed the seventeen flying swords at some unknown time and appeared next to Han Shuo. The element of darkness found in his Domain of Divinity gathered to form a black hole. A fierce sucking power emanated from the black hole, forcibly pulling every object into it.

Han Shuo, who was completely focused on manoeuvring the seventeen flying swords, suddenly felt as if hundreds and thousands of strings were tied to his body, pulling him towards the black hole. The black hole was filled with chaotic energy that seemed to be able to warp and twist all things. This shocked Han Shuo greatly. The black hole was made of dark divine energy that was rapidly rotating in unique trajectories. Han Shuo knew that he would be in great trouble if he fell into it.

The piercing pain all over his body caused by the Cauldron Spirit's energy straining his body became even more painful. Han Shuo deployed the Invincible Omen Body under the support of Cauldron Spirit's energy. Once the demonic skill was unleashed, Han Shuo's demonic body became as still and unmoving as a mountain.

Even though the black hole had an astonishing suction power, Han Shuo was able to overcome it and hold his ground. He continued to manoeuvre the seventeen flying swords and sent them back to his side.

As soon as Hofs realised that the black hole he had used could not catch Han Shuo, he hid inside the black hole. He then used his divine body to drive the black hole and manoeuvre it towards Han Shuo. The black hole began to cover Han Shuo from above.

The trees, rocks, bushes, and even the streams in the area were affected by the pull of the black hole and fell towards it. Even a few demon generals in immaterial forms nearby could feel its terrifying gravity. But fortunately, the force acting on the immaterial demon generals was not great, and they could easily resist being pulled into the black hole with the slightest effort.

After the dark divine energy on the dark spear was completely depleted by the seventeen flying swords, the dark spear fell into the dark hole like a ray of light. It had probably returned to Hofs' grasp.

The flying swords shot towards Hofs. The speed of the flying swords, which were already fast, was increased by the immense pull of the black hole. In an instant, the seventeen flying swords filled with ferocious power arrived in front of the black hole. The Avici Godslaying Sword Formation immediately formed, trapping the black hole with Hofs inside.

The demonic yuan in Han Shuo's body poured into the seventeen flying swords as he activated Ceaseless Pain. Cold wind blew and killing intent raged. The seventeen flying swords whistled like wailing banshees, terrifying all who heard their cries. The moment Ceaseless Pain was formed, the seventeen flying swords became immune to the pull of the black hole. The chilling sword radiances woven a web of light that was hurled at the black hole.

The corrosive power and frigid aura of the flying swords quickly consumed the thick and dark mass of gas that enveloped the black hole. The dark divine energy that had constructed the black hole was gradually being defeated. Hofs had an ominous feeling as he discovered that he was the one being contained, not the other way around.

With the corrosive power and cold energy of the seventeen flying swords working together, Hofs could feel that the aura of darkness was gradually diminishing, while the black hole was gradually shrinking.

At this moment, Han Shuo was completely focused on manoeuvring the flying swords to attack Hofs. Hofs possessed tremendous strength and a ridiculous amount of divine energy. As powerful as the seventeen flying swords were, at the current rate, it would take Han Shuo at least a few hours to completely exhaust the dark divine energy in Hofs' body.

Under the effect of Hofs' Domain of Divinity, the Dark Element within a radius of several hundred miles was rapidly converging on him. He used the collected Element of Darkness to resist the corrosive power of the flying swords. This made Han Shuo's goal of completely depleting Hofs' Dark Divine Energy much more difficult to achieve.

Inside the black hole, Hofs had nothing to fear. As he defended himself, he used the terrifying sucking power of the black hole to drain the demonic yuan energy from the seventeen flying swords. It was Han Shuo's supply of demonic yuan that kept the seventeen flying swords immune to the immense gravity of the black hole.

Suddenly, the battle turned into a battle of attrition. Were it any other situation, Han Shuo would have happily continued the endurance fight against the Hofs.

With the Cauldron Spirit, that ultimate demonic treasure, providing him with a seemingly endless supply of energy, Han Shuo believed that only a few people in the universe could defeat him in a battle of endurance. Hofs was not one of them.

Han Shuo was very confident that if they continued to fight in the same manner, with all other factors remaining the same, he would eventually emerge victorious.

Unfortunately for Han Shuo, he did not have the luxury of time at the moment. Although they had escaped from Hushveil City, they were still in an area under the city's influence. More importantly, there were Divine Guards from Hushveil City all around the mountain range where the forces of all three major family clans were hunting for them. Given how fierce the battle was, some of them had noticed the loud noise and intense disturbance and rushed to the area.

Once the experts from Hushveil City reached the area, Han Shuo and Rose, who had used up a lot of their divine energy, would be at a disadvantage. And if that happened, if Hofs were to use everything he had to stop Han Shuo while the experts of Hushveil City surrounded him, both he and Rose would be in a dangerous situation.

Han Shuo quickly considered his options. Suddenly, an idea struck him. He remembered the wondrousness and power of the Domain of Divinity formed by the fusion of his two avatars.

With a single thought, the two avatars slowly flew out of the Cauldron of the Myriad Demon within Han Shuo's body. The Domain of Divinity of Death and the Domain of Divinity of Destruction were unleashed simultaneously.

However, they did not merge!

Han Shuo was confused by this and it caused him to lose focus on the seventeen flying swords for a split second, almost allowing Hofs to make a comeback. Han Shuo immediately regained all his focus on manoeuvring the seventeen flying swords while letting the divine souls of his avatars figure out the method of merging their Domains of Divinity. Even after several attempts, they failed,

Not one to give up, Han Shuo carefully recalled the situation when the two Domains of Divinity first began to merge. He suddenly felt as if he had realised something, and began to adjust the divine souls of his avatars. The divine souls of his avatars became as calm as the consciousness of his main body. Then suddenly, a bizarre connection between the three souls took shape.

Han Shuo was able to reproduce the strange phenomenon. The two Domains of Divinity began to merge once again. Strings invisible to the naked eye densely filled the new Domain, while the element of death flowed towards the Domain from all around. As the Domain of Divinity expanded, it inevitably came into contact with the Domain of Hofs.

The new Domain of Divinity showed great belligerence. The moment Han Shuo's Domain of Divinity made contact with Hofs' Domain, the former began to aggressively repel and displace the latter. It attempted to cut off Hof's Domain of Divinity from the surrounding Dark Element, preventing the Dark Element from approaching the area.

At the same time, the merged Domain of Divinity continued to expand into Hofs' Domain of Divinity. The invisible strings quickly flew in trajectories according to the Edict of Destruction, wildly absorbing the Element of Death coming from all directions. Han Shuo's domain grew larger and larger, like a giant balloon being rapidly inflated.

Hof's Domain of Divinity began to warp and distort under the stress of the external forces. The Aura of Darkness, which took the form of dark clouds, began to move away and disperse. Hofs attempted to counter Han Shuo's domain by sending the Darkness Aura forward and deploying Darkness Boundaries.

Han Shuo and Hofs deliberately controlled their Domains of Divinity to collide and repel each other, not giving an inch to the other. Logically, the Domain of Divinity formed by the avatars of Midgod strength should have no chance against Hofs' Highgod Domain of Divinity, as their strengths were of different classes.

Unexpectedly, however, the merged Domain of Divinity formed by Han Shuo's Midgod avatars was able to stand up to Hofs' Domain of Divinity instead of crumbling like a normal Midgod domain.

As a result, Hofs was forced to divert some of his focus to manipulating his Domain of Divinity. His energy was depleted at a faster rate. Under the corrosive attack of the seventeen flying swords, Hofs began to show signs of fatigue..