CHAPTER 534: Giant Leap In Strength

Han Shuo racked his brain, still unable to comprehend what had really happened during the few seconds of soul-shutting that had caused such a phenomenon. It was all so strange, but it also made him incredibly happy!

Lowgod Datara and Basegod of Death Haley, every last trace of their evil souls had been banished into the darkness and replaced with Han Shuo's memory and consciousness.

To put it simply, Lowgod Datara and Basegod of Death Haley might as well not have existed at all. Their souls had been taken over by Han Shuo's separate demons and attached to the Demonslayer's Edge and the Skeletal Staff in a way Han Shuo couldn't yet understand, giving Han Shuo total control over the three souls, forming what is known as 'Avatars' in the Demonic Arts.

Datara became a lower god by cultivating in the energy of plunder. However, because the energy of plunder wasn't as widespread as the eight elemental energies and the four edict forces were in the material plane, Datara progressed very slowly after cultivating to the level of a lower god. Even after tens of thousands of years had passed, he still couldn't progress any further.

Datara, that Lowgod whose nature was to plunder, also participated in the great battle on the Profound Continent five thousand years ago. However, he did not stand on either side of the battle, but like a sneaky thief, he waited for opportunities to plunder. In the end, his divine body was destroyed by a midgod of a druidic order cultivating in the Edict of Life, who sealed his soul in the purple demon eye formed from what remained of his divine body.

It was seldom heard of a god cultivating in the Edict of Life committing such acts as destroying a person's body and soul unless forced to do so as a last resort. Despite the fact that Datara did not mix well with these evil gods of death and destruction, he managed to escape death and was only sealed and imprisoned. He was even returned to the forest trolls.

Datara was a god, after all. Though sealed by the eye patch, he still possessed divine energy. During the endless days of five thousand years, the forest trolls remained faithful to their Datara. As a result, Datara continued to gain divine energy from the constant stream of faith that these forest trolls offered him.

There was never a moment when Datara did not think of breaking the seal. Back then, when Little Skeleton accidentally removed the eye patch, dug out the Purple Demon Eye and placed it in his empty eye socket, Datara was overjoyed and immediately attempted to occupy the souls of Han Shuo and Little Skeleton.

When Little Skeleton and Han Shuo could no longer stand the pain, Han Shuo reminded Little Skeleton to put on the eye patch that had kept Datara under control. The patch sensed Datara's predatory nature and released the energy left behind by the Midgod of Life, causing Datara to suffer severe injuries.

Having suffered so much, Datara remained well-behaved for a long time. Gradually, as the energy was released and exhausted, the eye patch lost its ability to contain him. Having been injured once, Datara did not act impulsively for fear of suffering another setback. He silently waited for a suitable opportunity to strike.

The occasion when Han Shuo used his consciousness to transfer memories to Little Skeleton was just the opportunity that this cunning Datara had been patiently waiting for all this time. At the critical moment when both Han Shuo's and Little Skeleton's minds were connected, he suddenly struck, intending to possess both of them at once in a burst of energy.

Had it not been for the arrival of the Basegod of Death Haley, Datara, who had managed to stay hidden for so long, might actually have succeeded in taking over both Han Shuo and Little Skeleton's souls.

Too bad, he seemed to be unlucky. After all, he had only benefited Han Shuo. The main soul of Demonslayer Edge and Han Shuo had completely erased his soul imprint. Han Shuo's consciousness then formed a 'separate demon' with the complete set of Han Shuo's memories and took over his soul, merging with the main soul within the Demonslayer Edge. The Demonslayer Edge transformed into the body of Han Shuo's avatar.

Datara had gained nothing. Worse, he had lost everything he had. His memories, his divine energy, his soul, everything was taken over by Han Shuo. The Demonslayer's Edge, forged and refined with demonic arts and an extraordinary Murderous weapon that had fused with the element of destruction, was now, most bizarrely, a Lowgod of Destruction!

As for Haley, he cultivated from the soul of a necromancer. It was only after long, endless years of cultivation that Haley managed to become a Basegod of Death. In the Nethervalley where he lived, there was a massive tombstone of unknown origin. The function of this tombstone was to collect the element of death. After discovering the miraculous ability of the stone, he couldn't move it out of the Nethervalley, so he stayed there to speed up his cultivation and gathering of the Death Element.

Han Shuo gained a lot of useful information from Haley's memories. Since Haley was a necromancer in the basegod realm, his knowledge of the element of death far exceeded Han Shuo's. After receiving Haley's memories, the Boundary of Aging that Han Shuo had been unable to use, as well as some of the difficulties he had encountered in necromancy, suddenly became so clear to him.

This was the second time that Han Shuo had absorbed the soul of a necromancer. The last time, Clarendon had directly made Han Shuo a Archmage, allowing him to understand things he had not been able to before. This Basegod of Death, known as Haley, had knowledge and understanding of necromancy far beyond Clarendon's level. Many of the cryptic, difficult-to-understand necromancy topics became clear to Han Shuo in an instant.

Inside the space-time tunnel, Han Shuo had somehow managed to erase Haley's soul imprint, with the separate demon of his consciousness forcibly occupying Haley's thoughts and memories. With Haley's original soul and the skeletal staff for a body, it formed an avatar of Han Shuo with the strength of a basegod.

At the same time, the secrets contained in the other two skulls of the skeletal staff had completely fused with Han Shuo's secondary soul. One of the skulls contained bits and pieces of knowledge and understanding of necromancy, while the other skull detailed the layout of the cemetery of death and how to use all the secrets of the facility, including how to perform interplanar transmission with the skeletal staff...

The original owner of the Skeletal Staff was a Midgod of Death. The knowledge and understanding of necromancy that he had left behind was perfectly suited to the cultivation of Han Shuo's death midgod avatar, which inherited all of Haley's memories and experiences. It couldn't have gone any better.

The only unfortunate thing was that the cemetery wasn't created by the original owner of the skeleton staff. He only knew how to use it, but couldn't build one himself.

The Cemetery of Death was created by the Overlord of Death. It was given to his subordinates as a tool to allow lowgods under his command to travel between different planes, spreading death and destruction to every corner of the universe, while recruiting more believers for the Overgod and giving him more and more divine energy.

As long as he could find another interplanar transportation Matrix, or perhaps another Cemetery of Death, given the memories he was currently gaining from the Skeletal Staff, he could undoubtedly perform interplanar teleportation. Although there was still a long way to go before he could return home, it would be a piece of cake once he found an interplanar transportation matrix.

"Father... Father..."

Little Skeleton's thoughts entered his mind. Han Shuo stared blankly before coming to his senses. He asked hastily and worriedly, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, it's just that my soul is separated from my body," Little Skeleton replied. After a short pause, Little Skeleton suddenly asked in an extremely puzzled tone, "Father, why do my senses tell me that you have three split personalities? What, what is going on? The other two energies, where, where did they go?"

During the soul transfer, Han Shuo's consciousness had only focused on Datara and Haley. Little Skeleton did not participate in this extremely dangerous battle between souls after entering the space-time tunnel. After emerging from the tunnel, Little Skeleton's soul had returned to normal, although it was slightly shaken by the aftershock from the final attack on Datara.

"Hahaha, it wasn't three people, it was just me," Han Shuo said happily. Without further explanation, he continued, "Come, let's return to the Netherworld and put your soul back in its place.

This time, Han Shuo did not move a muscle in his main body, but he had fused the Avatar with Haley's soul and the skeletal staff to complete the task. After a bright flash of light, his soul traversed space-time and descended into the netherworld. The great bony hand of the skeletal body he had previously solidified still sat atop Little Skeleton's skull. However, with no souls inside, the two skeletons looked rather strange.

Once the souls of Han Shuo and Little Skeleton fell inside, the two skeletal bodies regained their vitality. The purple demon eye in Little Skeleton's left eye socket had completely shattered. Speckles of purple starlight were absorbed into the jade-like bones of Little Skeleton.

This soul of Han Shuo's was in the realm of the basegod and had a close affinity with the element of death. At a single thought, the element of death would gather and unleash its power on Han Shuo through all kinds of wonderful magic.

Although this soul had all the memories, consciousness and ability to remember just like the consciousness of the main body, this soul was not the consciousness. Han Shuo couldn't transfer his own memories with his Death Basegod Soul. The process of memory transfer could only be achieved with the consciousness refined by the Demonic Arts.

Han Shuo was not in a hurry. Using the skeletal body he had solidified with the element of death, he glanced at the army of undead that was attacking along with Haley.

There was no change there either. The cloud of green smoke still hovered in the air in front of the Penta-elemental Undead formation. The three skeleton kings and two bone dragons behind them were silent and submissive as they waited for further orders from their master.

Han Shuo shed the skeletal body he had solidified before turning into a shadow and entering the smoke. The green smoke in the air gradually dissipated, revealing a diamond shaped green crystal.

The crystal was Haley's body. But after Han Shuo's soul had merged with the skeletal staff, this piece of green crystal, formed from the pure and highly concentrated element of death, was no longer needed. It now served the same purpose as an Origin Crystal, the only difference being that the former was used to fuse with the body, while the latter was used to fuse with the soul. A being cultivating in the Death Element could fuse their body with this green crystal to form a Death Elemental body.

While Han Shuo had no need for this, he figured that Fanny the Necromancer would. As long as Han Shuo fully understood the method of cultivating the physical body in the Abyss realm, He would be able to assist Fanny in forming an Elemental Body using the green crystal, which was an Elemental Body itself, once he finally returned to the Profound Continent.

Using the soul that had occupied Haley's basegod soul, Han Shuo entered the green crystal and emitted Haley's aura. The three skeleton kings and two bone dragons, as well as other high-level undead creatures, immediately kowtowed to the ground and dared not move a muscle.

At that moment, Han Shuo was Haley. These undead creatures were naturally silenced by his formidable presence. Han Shuo pointed directly at Little Skeleton in the distance and commanded, "From this day on, you shall submit to this creature in addition to me!

These high-level undead creatures were intelligent life forms. When they heard Han Shuo's words, they showed signs of confusion. However, the division of classes was deeply rooted among the creatures of the netherworld. Even though they were confused and doubtful in their hearts, they dared not disobey Han Shuo's command. As they crawled on the ground, they respectfully replied, "Yes, Master!"

"There is a rather strange tombstone in Nethervalley. It has an intricate cryptic pattern engraved on it. If you cultivate there in the future, you will improve a bit faster. Also, spend some time and see if you can understand anything from it," Han Shuo looked at Little Skeleton and transmitted in a friendly tone.

"Got it, father! Congratulations, father! I understand so much more now. You have undergone a remarkable transformation. I know that Father has become even more powerful," Little Skeleton said.

He really is the most intelligent of them all, Han Shuo thought. He replied, "All right, I have to leave for a while. Soon, when I have the time, I will transfer my memories of necromancy to you using my main body."

Shortly after, Han Shuo gave Haley's green crystal to the Earth Elite Zombie and performed a soul transfer back to the Abyss Realm. After that, he summoned Earth Elite Zombie, collected the green crystal, and sent the naive and simple-minded Earth Elite Zombie back.

Although Han Shuo's soul could move freely between the two planes, he couldn't take any material objects with him. Therefore, he used the Earth Elite Zombie as a delivery man.

Han Shuo still couldn't use two of his newly formed avatars very well. Until he fully understood the secrets of his avatars, he did not want to separate the three souls, lest there be an irreversible accident.

"Oh damn... I almost forgot about that meeting Brakyah mentioned. I don't even know how much time has passed. Hmm, I should go up and take a look." The Skeleton Staff and the Demonslayer Edge turned into two streaks of light and disappeared into Han Shuo's body at the same time.

Since Han Shuo's strength had increased at least tenfold, he no longer needed to be extra cautious with Crosius. Han Shuo was not at all worried about being late for the meeting. Those with greater strength could certainly make others wait. Such was the rule of the Abyss Realm!.

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