CHAPTER 811: If I Say You're Going To Die, You're Going To Die!

The bizarre binding energy emanating from the yellowish staff held by the old man had stopped time for Verón and Rose.

The bizarre energy had also affected Han Shuo. It took two seconds for Han Shuo to come to his senses and see that Rose and Verón, who had been in the middle of a battle, had suddenly been separated. Rose's domain of divinity had also disappeared.

Han Shuo immediately realised that he had also been affected by the time rift. He was astonished. He turned to the old man gravely and shouted, "Identify yourself!

It took Rose and Verón a few more seconds to realise what had just happened. Rose would have been able to kill Verón at any moment had she not been interrupted. She was rather annoyed that she had been inexplicably frozen in time for a few seconds and prevented from killing her prey.

On the other hand, Verón, whose life had been saved just inches from death, was overjoyed. He breathed a sigh of relief, turned to the old man wielding the staff and said hastily, "Thank you, Lord Baum!

The old man called Baum kept a calm and unperturbed face. He nodded his head slightly and said indifferently, "Verón, perhaps it's time for you to return. I don't think you're capable of arresting the person called Han Tu anymore.

Verón forced a smile and replied, "I understand. I will return and inform my superior of the matter. Lord Baum, sorry for the trouble."

"It's all right," Baum replied.

"Han Tu and you, young man, this is not over yet. Akaji City will not stop pursuing this matter! Just you wait!" Verón tried to look tough, even though his heart was still trembling with fear. "And you, woman, what is your name? I will remember you!"

Rose didn't bother to answer. She remained silent as she stood next to Han Shuo.

"You think you can get away?" Han Shuo groaned coldly and shouted, "If I say I want you dead, then you'll die! Nothing will stop me!"

After finishing these words, Han Shuo began to march towards Verón step by step. However, his eyes were fixed on the old man named Baum.

Baum furrowed his brows as if he was unhappy with Han Shuo's disrespectful attitude. He looked at Han Shuo and said in a soft but firm voice, "I am the City Lord of Ethereal City. We do not allow fighting in this city. Gentleman, no matter who you are, you should respect and abide by the rules of this city while you are here".

"Why didn't you show up when Verón and his men were about to kill Han Tu, but suddenly came to interrupt when Verón was about to die? If your job is to prevent fights, you don't seem to be doing a very good job," Han Shuo sneered.

The Baum possessed Late-stage Highgod strength and was cultivated in the mysterious Space Edict. Under normal circumstances, Han Shuo would not be willing to make such an enemy. However, based on his observations, Han Shuo could tell that Baum and Verón were acquainted. It seemed to Han Shuo that Baum was trying to protect Verón.

Han Shuo was not afraid of offending Baum for Earth Elite Zombie. Although Baum could freeze time, he could not do so for a long time. Han Shuo was affected by the time freeze earlier because he didn't expect it. Han Shuo believed that if he took certain precautions and defensive measures, it wouldn't be easy for Baum to freeze him again.

"Fights between Midgods happen in every corner of Ethereal City. I can't possibly stop every one of them. However, I can detect fights between Highgods through the sensor towers set up around the city," Baum explained calmly, his eyes firmly fixed on Han Shuo.

Baum could sense that this person was rather unusual. The demeanor he carried shouldn't be found on an ordinary Midgod. A person with the guts to challenge the City Lord's authority would either be a fool or a formidable expert possessing extraordinary strength.

Obviously, Han Shuo belonged in the latter group!

"Bull fucking shit!" Han Shuo scoffed disdainfully at Baum's explanation. He let out a slight groan and his footsteps towards Baum and Verón abruptly accelerated. Cauldron Spirit's energy was injected into his body in an instant. Omen Invincible Body was also deployed.

Baum's heart jolted and he thought, <i >Oh crap. He brandished the yellowish wooden staff in his hand and a pulse of miraculous energy emanated from the staff. The energy had altered the law of spacetime. A boundary of space edictal energy enveloped Han Shuo.

A split second later, Han Shuo found himself unable to move as though space had frozen. Next, a wave of energy travelled towards his consciousness, attempting to freeze his thoughts.

Han Shuo's consciousness suddenly split into hundreds of thousands of strands and swam around his brain. They formed a vortex that engulfed the energy wave targeting his consciousness. Before the bizarre energy wave could put up any resistance, it was shattered by the constant attacks from Han Shuo's swirling consciousness.

After the threat to his consciousness was neutralised, Han Shuo immediately felt that every cell in his body seemed to be frozen in ice. He could also sense that his body was frozen in mid-air, as if he had been transformed into a living statue. It was a very strange feeling and Han Shuo did not like it.

The energy of the space edictal boundary filled every inch of the region but Han Shuo's consciousness managed to avoid being frozen. Immediately, he activated every cell in his body. Every one of them would explode, disintegrate, reassemble, and repeat.

The Omen Invincible Body was as though an ignited gunpowder. An astonishing amount of defensive energy erupted. Soft but clear cracking noises sounded from all over Han Shuo's body and stopped with a final loud <i >Crack! Han Shuo managed to regain full mobility.

In the next instance, Han Shuo sensed that the spacetime boundary had shattered like glass. Fissures visible to the naked eye appeared in the space around him before they rapidly fused and disappeared.

It was as if nothing had happened, and Han Shuo was still marching towards Baum and Verón with an impassive face.

Rose, Earth Elite Zombie and Verón shivered at the loud cracking sound. They knew that something must have happened between Han Shuo and Baum. However, since they were affected by the spatial energy barrier, they weren't sure of the details. They glanced at Han Shuo and Baum in confusion.

Verón, who had originally planned to leave immediately, was elated when he saw Han Shuo ignoring Baum's advice. Instead of hastily running away from the danger zone, he stayed and watched, hoping that some disaster would befall Han Shuo and Rose.

Verón knew how powerful the City Lord of Ethereal City was. Although Baum didn't usually interfere in anyone's affairs, his strength was unfathomable. Verón wouldn't dare to hunt the Earth Elite Zombie in Ethereal City without first getting Baum's approval and presenting Baum with his City Lord token.

When Verón saw that Han Shuo had dared to challenge the power of the City Lord, and when he saw that Baum seemed angry, he saw a glimmer of hope for capturing Earth Elite Zombie.

After destroying the Space Edictal Boundary, Han Shuo marched towards Baum step by step. He deliberately released the intimidating aura of the Cauldron Spirit. As he stared at Baum, he shouted, "This is between me and Verón. You have nothing to do with it. Are you sure you want to stop me?"

Baum seemed troubled and indecisive, for he knew that a person who could break free from his Space Edictal boundary in just three seconds definitely had the strength to fight him! Baum knew that if he were to fight Han Shuo, it would most likely end badly. He might even be injured!

A Space Edict cultivator wouldn't normally die in a fight as long as they stayed alert. For them, getting injured was bad enough. Although Baum was wary of Han Shuo's power, he wasn't worried about losing his life because Han Shuo didn't show any overwhelming strength.

However, for an expert of the realm that he was, suffering injuries would be a very painful thing. As Han Shuo got closer and closer, Baum began to seriously reconsider whether he should fight Han Shuo for Verón.

Verón seemed to have noticed Baum's hesitation and hastily advised, "Lord Baum, this is the Ethereal City - your city. As the City Lord, you should be firm against an outsider who is so bold and reckless to challenge your authority!" Verón didn't know what the relationship was between his City Lord and Baum, but from Baum's reaction, he realised that they weren't too close. He began to fear that Baum might simply let him die because Han Shuo's power was too great.

Verón's desperate words had pushed Baum off the fence. He had finally made up his mind. As the City Lord of Ethereal City, he must fight to maintain his prestige!

"If you have to kill Verón, you can wait until he has left Ethereal City!" Baum's look at Han Shuo slowly became more intense as he said, "As long as he is in Ethereal City, I will stop you!"

"Rose, kill this guy for me. I will hold the old man back!" Han Shuo ordered calmly after receiving an answer from Baum. He did not want to give Verón a chance to escape.

As he finished these words, the Demonslayer's Edge appeared from his palm as the seventeen flying swords whooshed out. Han Shuo, with the sword in his hand and the seventeen flying swords, fiercely shot at Baum. Han Shuo also used the Banner of Hallucination with his left hand to disrupt Baum's vision and prevent Verón from escaping.

After having worked with Han Shuo for few years and having spent lots of time sparring with him, Rose knew his attack methods well.

As soon as Han Shuo took action, Rose flew out with rapport and filled her long hair darkness divine energy. Under the guise of the Banner of Hallucination, her long hair slithered to right beside the escaping Verón. Yet again, absolute darkness abruptly enveloped Verón and caught him by surprise.

As the seventeen flying swords started slicing him, Baum felt a substantial increase in pressure. He was forced to rewrite the edict of space using the wooden staff in his hand. The space around him started distorting as he seemed to have fallen into a space-time discontinuum. Dazzling radiance streaked past him as fissures torn and fused across spacetime.

The flying swords were clearly shooting at Baum but somehow, a distortion in spacetime would appear and the swords would find themselves on the edge of crossing into another dimension. If it wasn't for the fact that Han Shuo's consciousness was tightly connected with his flying swords and that he was masterful in maneuvering them; if Han Shuo had not withdrawn them quickly enough, the flying swords would have been consumed by the spacetime-discontinuum and Han Shuo would have lost all the swords.

<i >Damn, a space edict cultivator is indeed troublesome to deal with! thought Han Shuo.