CHAPTER 483: I Just Want To Be Stronger

With Metal Elite Zombie paving the way by splitting solid rock to create a long and narrow tunnel, the Ice Shrine's tight security was rendered useless. Han Shuo and the Water Elite Zombie followed behind the Metal Elite Zombie and quickly escaped.

The Ice Goddess Statue was the key to the Godmaking Project. Developed by many great masters of alchemy and chemistry, the Ice Goddess Statue was where Ice Celestial Corey had pinned all his hopes and dreams. Its collapse was like a sharp sword piercing Corey's heart, causing him excruciating pain.

The Metal Elite Zombie sent a report to Han Shuo, informing him that the great masters who had built the statue of the Ice Goddess had all been killed by him. With the loss of these great masters, who had spent many years studying the subject, Ice Celestial Corey's god-making project could no longer be revived.

Although Han Shuo's body was severely damaged by 'Ice Nova', he was able to successfully intimidate Ice Celestial Corey and the others by exploiting their fear of him with the help of Demonic Siren. However, when Han Shuo saw that Ice Celestial Corey was once again driven mad by the collapse of the Ice Goddess statue, he had no choice but to leave, knowing that the mad Corey would not be easy to handle.

It was only after Han Shuo had walked quite a distance in the tunnel away from the chamber that he turned to look at the Water Elite Zombie that had absorbed a tremendous amount of energy. When he looked at it, he was shocked, but happy about the Water Elite Zombie's transformation.

He saw that after absorbing the icy water energy inside the Ice Goddess statue, the Water Elite Zombie had undergone an earth-shattering transformation from his normal appearance. His thick eyebrows became thin and curved, his nose bridge was raised, and his rough, dry skin became moist and smooth as water. Even his dry hair became shiny. The ordinary looking Water Elite Zombie, after absorbing this energy, now appeared to be an elegant, handsome young man. And because of the energy in his body, this handsome young man even exuded a kind of beautiful, enchanting quality!

A cloud of mist lingered around the Water Elite Zombie. Compared to his former self, the current Water Elite Zombie was completely different in every way, whether it was his appearance or his demeanour.

What particularly shocked Han Shuo was that this transformation was still in progress!

Han Shuo understood that the energy absorbed by the Water Elite Zombie was enormous, and the digestion process was not a short one. However, Han Shuo believed that once the Water Elite Zombie had completely digested all that energy, it would bring even greater surprises to Han Shuo.

"I will send you back first. You must digest this energy calmly!" After sensing the state of Water Elite Zombie's body, Han Shuo quietly chanted an incantation and sent Water Elite Zombie back to the netherworld.

Shortly after the Water Elite Zombie left, with the Metal Elite Zombie opening the way, they returned to the cliff they had entered from halfway up the mountain.

Standing outside the tunnel on the cliff, Han Shuo raised his head to look at the main peak covered in ice and snow. He said to himself, "Ice Shrine, this is only the beginning of my revenge!"

As he finished these words, Han Shuo sent the metal elite zombie back to the netherworld. With the injuries on his body, it was not wise for Han Shuo to stay there any longer. Finding a suitable opportunity, he flew away, turning into a streak of light as he beamed away from the snowfield of the Ice Shrine.

Icicle City. Han Shuo stayed in a small and ordinary hotel.

For days, Han Shuo had locked himself in his room day and night. During this time, he managed to stabilise the injuries to his physical body that he had sustained at the Ice Shrine.

This damage to Han Shuo's physical body required blood essence and demonic yuan to recover. This recovery process would not take much time at all. However, it would consume a great deal of Han Shuo's blood essence and demonic yuan, both of which required long periods of cultivation to accumulate to a sufficient level. If too much was used up, Han Shuo's strength would be severely affected.

In just a few days, all of Han Shuo's holes had healed. Unfortunately, it also cost him a great deal of blood essence and demonic yuan. After meditating for a few days, he had regained some of his Demonic Yuan. However, he had to be careful not to consume too much blood essence in such a short time.

It was only when Han Shuo's own injuries had stabilised that he remembered that Gilbert's soul was still inside the Demonslayer's Edge. The interior of the Demonslayer Edge was far from a good place to be. Any soul that entered the Demonslayer Edge would be corroded by it. Even though Han Shuo had created a special area for Gilbert's soul, it could not be kept inside for a long time.

Han Shuo used certain materials that were currently available in his space ring. After a few more days, he refined a Soul Depository Ring from a translucent, shiny thumb ring. The main function of this Soul Deposit Ring was to store souls.

In his room, he placed a soundproof magical boundary and summoned a few Wraths to stand guard outside the door. Only then did he remove the Demonslayer Edge.

With the Soul Depository Ring on his palm, Han Shuo's consciousness slowly entered the Demonslayer Edge. The first thing he felt was the main soul within the Demonslayer Edge merging with the Crystal of Destruction. After that, based on his understanding of the interior of the Demonslayer Edge, he wandered around the massive vault of souls within the Demonslayer Edge, searching for Gilbert's aura, which he was familiar with.

When Gilbert's soul was sucked into the Demonslayer's Edge, Han Shuo had designated a region within the Demonslayer's Edge to place Gilbert's soul. After Han Shuo's consciousness entered the Demonslayer Edge, he quickly found this region due to his familiarity with Gilbert.

Within the Demonslayer's Edge, there were all kinds of souls as well as a ton of negative energy. Some of this energy was strong, some was weak, but they all possessed extremely corrosive powers. Even if it was Dark Dragon Gilbert, if Han Shuo had not set aside a special area for him, his soul would have been exposed to the corrosion of this energy, and might even have merged with it to become a powerful force that would aid in the evolution of Demonslayer Edge.

When he found Gilbert's soul, Han Shuo relaxed a little. He hastily wrapped Gilbert's soul in his consciousness so that Gilbert wouldn't be affected by all kinds of corrosive energy within the Demonslayer Edge, and gradually carried Gilbert out of the Demonslayer Edge.

Han Shuo's consciousness could clearly sense the joy of Gilbert's soul. Gilbert felt his master's aura and was so obedient because of it. Without the slightest resistance, he followed Han Shuo's consciousness and left the Demonslayer's Edge.

Suddenly, a wisp of faint ghostly light drifted out from the hilt of the Demonslayer's Edge. As this wisp of light completely separated from the Demonslayer's Edge, Han Shuo cast two spells, one on the Soul Depository Ring and another on Gilbert's soul.

Suddenly, the ghostly light turned into a fine thread and entered the Soul Depository Ring. The thumb ring suddenly flowed with a faint green and lush light. This fine thread kept twisting and winding inside the thumb ring. After a short time, a vague, indistinct shadow formed.

"Master, is that you?" a very soft sound like an ant talking came from the thumb ring. The Soul Depository Ring could not only hold souls, with Han Shuo's refinement, it could even transmit the thoughts of those souls.

"Gilbert, you scoundrel! How can you be so disobedient!" When Gilbert's familiar voice sounded, Han Shuo's heart filled with sorrow.

"Master! My great master! I'm so happy! I can see you again! This is incredible! Hahaha..." Hearing Han Shuo speak, Gilbert shouted incoherently from the Soul Depository Ring. However, since only his soul was present, even though his scream was amplified by the ring, it still sounded as soft as an ant speaking.

The familiar voice of Gilbert immediately made Han Shuo remember the years they had spent together before. But at present, Han Shuo had a complete body and soul, while Gilbert only possessed his soul. If Han Shuo hadn't used extraordinary means to keep Gilbert's soul, it would have slowly disappeared between heaven and earth over time.

""Idiot! Enough, now shut up!" Han Shuo scolded him with a smile, but his heart was still filled with warmth. Afterwards, when Gilbert stopped babbling in the thumb ring, Han Shuo said sternly, "Gilbert, you are theoretically dead. But I've used some special methods to preserve your soul."

"Master, I understand," Gilbert said after a moment of silence.

Suddenly, Gilbert seemed to remember something. The shadow in the thumb ring moved quickly. Gilbert asked anxiously, "Oh, right, Master, what happened to my grandfather and the dark dragon family? Did they manage to escape the vicious attack from the Ice Shrine?"

"Be at ease. Your grandfather and the dark dragons all escaped from the Jade Frost Cage. They should be in the Dark Dragon Canyon by now. Besides..." Han Shuo knew what Gilbert was worried about. Therefore, he explained what had happened after his soul had entered the Demonslayer's Edge.

"Wahaha... well done, Master! Kill everyone from the Ice Shrine for me! Huh, if I wasn't dead now, I would have made them pay the price and killed everyone in the Ice Shrine!" shouted the dark dragon Gilbert.

"Gilbert, the reason I put you in this Soul Depository Ring and communicated with you is to give you a choice. Now that I have your soul, I have two ways to make you reappear in this world. One is to use necromancy and turn you into a bone dragon. The other is to use demonic arts to refine you into a demon general. I'll let you make your own choice now," Han Shuo explained.

"What's the difference?" Gilbert asked.

"If you choose Bone Dragon, you will only have a skeleton, but you can still be considered a dragon. But if you choose Demon General, you won't be a dragon anymore," Han Shuo continued.

"Um... which one is stronger?" Gilbert asked again.

"I think Demon General might be stronger!" Han Shuo replied.

"Demon General then. I just want to be stronger!" Gilbert replied firmly.

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