CHAPTER 404: I Learned It From You

When the first gargoyle appeared, Florida knew that the ogre had arrived. However, there was no turning back in this battle. Therefore, Florida attacked recklessly, first trying to reduce the number of undead as much as possible, then rushing to the base of the Soul Destroyer mercenary group and fighting them to the death.

Countless gargoyles surrounded Han Shuo, accompanying him on his way to Florida. At this moment, Florida was terrified, but he couldn't contain the anger in his heart as he stared at Han Shuo with a hostile gaze.

Florida had no reason not to hate him!

From the day Han Shuo arrived in the Valley of Sunshine, he seemed to have cemented Florida's misfortune. First, Han Shuo had snatched Phoebe away from Florida. Soon after, he had teamed up with Florida's nemesis, Trunks. He also embarrassed Florida time and again, even seriously injuring him in public.

On top of that, Han Shuo had even ruined their carefully planned ambush and violently killed his beloved grandfather, causing his relationship with the Church of Light to deteriorate to an unprecedented degree.

Before Han Shuo came to the Valley of Sunshine, everything in the Valley of Sunshine worked as Florida wished. With the support of the Church of Light, Florida was confident that he could replace the Cairo mercenary band, become the true master of the Valley of Sunshine, and control the Valley's vast resources.

According to his plan, the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band would have the right to control the Valley of Sunshine, while Butcher Gustav assisted in the shadows. He would be able to nibble away at the various powers within the Valley of Sunshine and possess everything in the Valley of Sunshine at that time.

Unfortunately, Han Shuo's appearance caused the situation to regress and develop in a completely different trajectory from what he had imagined. When Han Shuo left, he still left behind the cancerous Soul Destroyer mercenary gang, which gradually nibbled away at his hopes and expectations.

"My biggest mistake is that I didn't risk everything to kill you in the beginning!" Giving Han Shuo a death stare, Florida gritted his teeth as he spoke, his voice filled with bitter resentment and hatred.

Han Shuo suddenly laughed, his laughter extremely bright and clear, as if his laughter became a huge winding dragon that soared into the sky. Not only the immediate area, but even Laureton and the rest below could hear it clearly.

"Florida, I really feel sorry for you. You naively believed that with your grandfather's support you could do as you pleased in the Valley of Sunshine. On the one hand, you despicably hired the Rainbow Sickle mercenaries, and on the other hand, you collaborated with the most ruthless bandit in the shadows. You really think you are above the law!

Hehehe, what a pity, what a pity. You're not the only one who's smart, and it's not your turn to be in charge. Your grandfather couldn't protect you all your life. Now that that old bastard Ferguson is dead, you have no cards to play. Hahaha, why am I talking nonsense to you? Anyway, you will die soon!" Han Shuo smiled as he taunted Florida. When he heard Han Shuo's mockery, Florida's expression became extremely dejected, as if someone had stepped on him with a dirty shoe. He glared hatefully at the slowly approaching Han Shuo, took a deep breath and said, "Today, only one of us will survive!"

"Of course it is you who will die!"

Han Shuo shouted coldly and suddenly quickened his pace towards Florida. He was like a bolt of lightning cutting through the sky, charging towards Florida at great speed. At the same time, the other thousands of gargoyles behind Han Shuo suddenly split into different troops, swarming like locusts towards the experts being attacked by the previous group of gargoyles.

The small skeleton riding the flying bone demon stood majestically on a flat part of the bone demon's back. His purple demon eye glittered as he surveyed the battlefield. Pointing his three metre long bone spear at Adam Menlo, the Bone Demon's wings flapped once and he glided towards Adam Menlo.

The Harpies, Frost Eagles, Pegasus, Griffins, Wyverns and various other magical creatures had all been tamed by the House of Menlo at great cost. These flying magical beasts were capable of taking on several gargoyles at a time. They also carried either a high-ranking swordsman or a mage. In theory, they shouldn't be at much of a disadvantage.

Unfortunately, the reality wasn't like that. Although a magical creature and the expert riding it should be able to handle dozens of gargoyles, when a swarm of gargoyles suddenly rushed over, the dense aura could shake their confidence. The strong rotting stench was unbearable and caused more trouble than they expected.

There were simply too many of them.

When dozens of gargoyles attacked a magical creature together, even creatures like harpies and griffins could not stand up to them. On top of that, Gilbert and Hydra Lania, two tyrannical super-rank magical creatures, were causing trouble. In a matter of moments, many experts were either killed by the gargoyles, or the magical creatures they were riding were beaten to death, causing them to fall into the endless abyss as well.

Within the layers of gargoyles, the small skeleton held its three metre long bone spear. Both the little skeleton and the bone demon were immune to ordinary spells. As he rode the bone demon, he was incomparably awe-inspiring. As it flew towards Adam Menlo, a harpy swung its sharp claw at the little skeleton. Before it could even get close to the little skeleton, it was pierced by the little skeleton's three-metre-long bone spear.

After the little skeleton had pierced through the Harpy, who was several metres tall, the powerful spear didn't pause, but followed through to kill the fire mage as well. The little skeleton used the bone spear to easily lift the huge and heavy harpy. With a mysterious trembling of his finger bone, an enormous amount of Death Qi flowed violently through the bone spear and into the harpy's body. The harpy suddenly exploded wildly above his head.

Chunks of the Harpy's flesh mixed with the rich Death Qi scattered like heavy stones. Anyone hit by the Harpy's flesh and infected with even the slightest amount of Death Qi would feel cold and uncomfortable from head to toe, and their movements would become stiff.

As the little skeleton made its way towards Adam Menlo, it had effortlessly dispatched a Harpy on the way. Suddenly, everyone understood the terror of this undead creature. The countless gargoyles that covered the sky were still extremely well coordinated, allowing the little skeleton to make its way directly towards Adam Menlo.

As Adam Menlo watched Gilbert the Dark Dragon, the super-ranked golden-winged roc beneath him was able to manipulate wind magic with great skill, sending waves of wind blades in all directions without much movement of his wings. Any gargoyles that attempted to approach Adam Menlo were killed one by one by the wind blades of the golden-winged roc.

Faced with a golden-winged roc, which was a super-rank magical creature of the highest level, the swarms of gargoyles were clearly unable to do much. Even with most of its feathers missing. The defensive ability of the golden-winged roc's body was still much stronger than that of ordinary magical creatures.

That was why Han Shuo didn't waste many gargoyles attacking Adam Menlo, but only asked Gilbert to hinder him. Now that Gilbert had evolved to become a second class magical creature, he could be considered a match for the golden-winged roc that Han Shuo had severely injured earlier.

All sorts of poisons and raging flames were shot out, mixing with Lania's reckless attacks. These created a huge obstacle for Adam Menlo and the golden-winged roc, causing Adam Menlo to be pushed beyond his endurance.

However, the golden-winged roc was a super-ranked magical creature, and Adam Menlo himself was a sky rider. When the two were combined, their powers were amplified. As a result, Gilbert and Lania had no advantage.

Just as Gilbert was yelling arrogantly at Adam Menlo for annoying him, the little skeleton appeared on his bone demon. When the little skeleton reached the area, its purple demon eye glowed as it made strange gestures towards Gilbert.

The little skeleton first used the bone spear to point at Gilbert, before pointing at the others who were desperately resisting the gargoyles. Soon after, to Gilbert's astonishment, the little skeleton pointed the bone spear at Adam Menlo before pointing at himself with his other hand.

When he had finished gesturing, the little skeleton's purple demon eye sparkled as he looked straight at Gilbert. Gilbert's lantern-like eyes stared foolishly at the little skeleton. With Lania still blocking Adam Menlo and the golden-winged roc, Gilbert finally asked cautiously, "Are you saying I should attack the others and leave this one to you?"

The little skeleton's purple demon eye brightened as he casually nodded towards Gilbert, "That's right. Get on with it, don't obstruct me any more!"

Dark Dragon Gilbert was extremely stunned, watching the little skeleton and the undead creature he was riding attentively, somewhat stunned for a moment.

"Damn it, you heartless creature, you're still not coming to help me?" Off to the side, Lania desperately fended off Adam Menlo's attacks. When she suddenly saw that Gilbert, who had originally been fighting alongside her, was actually staring off to the side, she couldn't help but scold him.

The Dark Dragon Gilbert quickly came to his senses, looked at the little skeleton again, and saw the little skeleton raise the three-metre long bone spear and arrogantly charge at Adam Menlo. As the three-metre long bone spear pointed at Adam Menlo, an incomparable amount of Death Qi rippled out in all directions.

It was only at that moment that Gilbert truly felt that the seemingly small body of the little skeleton contained such a terrifying mystical power! Gilbert suddenly understood that although he had evolved into a second class magical creature, the little skeleton was actually more terrifying than he was, so much so that the little skeleton possessed enough power to kill Gilbert himself.

"Lania, let's go. We'd rather kill others than torment this old thing!" Having understood the little skeleton's message, Gilbert suddenly shouted loudly at Lania.

"You idiot! Have you gone mad? Didn't Master instruct the two of us to stop that old thing? Do you want to be punished? Why don't you come over here and help me?" As Lania spoke, her body began to disappear, and soon an enormous column of water charged towards Adam Menlo.

"There is someone who has offered to deal with him, let's not stay and hinder him any longer, let's go!" the dark dragon Gilbert replied loudly, "You coquettish lady, hurry up and come with me!" Lania, who had used the pillar of water to hide her body, gradually revealed herself. When she saw the little skeleton riding the flying bone demon, Lania suddenly felt a feeling of being somewhere between laughing and crying rise in her heart. Then she taunted Gilbert and said, "Stupid dragon, this little skeleton is the volunteer you mentioned?"

Just as Lania finished her sentence, the little skeleton's purple demon eye suddenly lit up with a bright purple light. The three metre long bone spear suddenly emitted a surge of Death Qi, causing a sense of desolation to spread in all directions.

Lania, of course, felt the tremendous aura and was incomparably surprised when she saw the little skeleton fly by. She immediately fell silent, and with Gilbert's repeated urging, Lania no longer hesitated, her heart filled with countless doubts as she hurriedly dodged the approaching little skeleton and bone demon and flew to Gilbert's side.

"What, what is this little skeleton? Why do I feel a terrible power from him?" When Lania reached Gilbert's side, she could no longer hide the confusion in her heart.

and asked Gilbert desperately.

Part 2

"Don't ask me, I don't know. All I know is that he is Master's first undead creature. But what I would never be able to understand is how a little skeleton can have the same terrifying aura as a bone dragon!" Gilbert blinked his lantern sized eyes as he explained to Lania.

Hearing Gilbert's explanation, Lania was stunned. She couldn't help but glance at Gilbert's master.

In an area fifty metres away, Han Shuo had a ruthless and sombre expression on his face as he manipulated the Demonslayer Edge, dripping with fresh blood, and set about massacring all the enemies around him.

Florida was holed up in layers of protection by his band of Rainbow Sickle mercenaries, relentlessly casting various light magic spells to purify the surrounding gargoyles that were charging wildly. One by one, the gargoyles were destroyed by his light magic.

As a light mage, Florida posed the greatest threat to these undead creatures within the group. As he was also the leader of the Rainbow Sickle mercenaries, his subordinates surrounded him and did their best to protect him.

Florida, protected by the crowd, used all his energy to cast a series of light magic spells that reduced all the gargoyles in their immediate vicinity to dust. The lowly gargoyles were as fragile as zombie warriors, and were eliminated one by one by the light magic of the Archmage of Light.

As the battle raged in the air, it was only in the Florida area that many gargoyles didn't break through. Given the situation, this should have been the area where the elites of the three powers felt most comfortable.

However, in reality, it was the Florida area that suffered the most casualties. The number of magical creatures and elites killed far exceeded the number of gargoyles besieged in other areas.

Simply because Han Shuo was here!

As he wielded the Demonslayer's Edge, Han Shuo stared at Florida like a blood-soaked demon god. Han Shuo's current strength far exceeded Florida's. If it were not for the brave mercenaries of the Rainbow Sickle Mercenary Band who sacrificed their lives to resist Han Shuo, Florida would have died at Han Shuo's hand long ago.

Despite the sacrifices of the mercenaries and the layers of protection, Florida's leg was still pierced, leaving a bloody hole. Had a swordsman at his side not reacted in time, Florida might have suffered more serious injuries.

In a moment's effort, the Demonslayer's Edge had killed five harpies, three griffins, two frost eagles and thirteen experts from the Rainbow Sickle mercenaries. The drops of scarlet blood rolling off the Demonslayer's Edge symbolised the experts Florida had relied on to stay alive.

"Hehehe, how much longer can you hide?" Han Shuo smiled ruthlessly and threw a Pegasus corpse down as he mocked Florida.

"Leader, what should we do, should we retreat?" the swordsman who had saved Florida's life looked at the fiendish Han Shuo at Florida's side, his lips trembling as he asked Florida.

"We still have a chance. Can't you see that the number of Gargoyles in the sky is decreasing? Gargoyles are only low level undead creatures. Under the attack of so many spells, they are simply incapable of hindering our progress!" Florida, hidden in the crowd, surveyed the area and replied encouragingly. "But we only have a hundred people left!" The swordmaster was clearly afraid of Florida, but still stated the facts.

"We must achieve victory. Otherwise, the Three Powers will no longer have a chance to hold the greatest power in the Valley of Sunshine!" Florida was confused and annoyed as he roared in anger.

How could he not know that two-thirds of the experts of the three powers had already died? However, he understood that the only thing they could do at this point was to continue fighting. Otherwise, the huge number of casualties would have been in vain.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

A large number of arrows suddenly shot out from the Soul Destroyer mercenaries in the distance. The rain of arrows was aimed at the invading magical creatures, and in an instant, more than ten magical creatures approaching the area were suddenly riddled with holes like a hornet's nest.

"Everyone retreat!" Suddenly, a roar echoed through the entire area from a distant place, the sound coming from Laureton of the Cairo Mercenary Band.

Laureton's bald head was incomparably shiny, and his expression was extremely ugly. A mage stood by his side, casting Heaven's Eye and describing the battle in the sky to Laureton.

Although Laureton had not yet joined the battle, there were already other experts from the Cairo mercenary band who had joined the battle in the sky. As he watched many of his trusted brothers die tragically, Laureton knew that the so-called sneak attack had failed completely. Laureton had no choice but to roar and call for a retreat to prevent further casualties.

As Laureton's roar echoed through the sky, Florida and Adam Menlo, who were above, naturally heard it. Without waiting for them to move, the surviving experts of the Cairo mercenary band immediately descended without a word.

As Adam Menlo was forced to retreat again and again by the little skeleton wielding the three-metre-long bone spear, the sullen and depressed feeling in his heart was the strongest in his entire life. He could not understand how the little skeleton in front of him could have such a rich and powerful aura of death.

The little skeleton's bone spear carried a terrifying, corrosive Death Qi, and each attack caused Adam Menlo incomparable suffering. Had it not been for the golden-winged roc, who helped him fend off the attacks and received many wounds in the process, the little skeleton might have already pierced Adam Menlo's body.

"What exactly are you?" Adam Menlo asked repeatedly. He could sense that the little skeleton possessed intelligence. Unfortunately, the little skeleton was unable to answer him and instead swung his bone spear again and again, causing Adam Menlo to retreat bit by bit.

"Master, I can't hold on!" After helping Adam Menlo withstand a few blows, the golden-winged roc had reached its limit and called softly to Adam Menlo.

At that moment, Laureton's loud cries could be heard from below. Adam Menlo could only stare blankly for a moment. When he realised that the Cairo mercenaries were retreating, trying to get away from the battlefield, he suddenly felt a helpless sense of despair rise in his heart. "Let's go. We'll retreat too!" When Adam Menlo gave the order, he really felt like crying. After revealing the hidden cards of the House of Menlo, Adam Menlo originally thought that they would be able to easily eliminate the Soul Destroyer mercenary band. Who could have known that the demon would reappear, using a swarm of sky-filled Gargoyles to turn the tide and even inflict heavy casualties?

Although this wave of attackers only numbered three hundred, they were the true elite of the Three Powers, the foundation upon which they depended. Each of them was an expert who could face ten people alone. But who would have thought that they would end up suffering such a fate?

Suddenly, a shrill scream was heard from the golden-winged roc. The golden-winged roc rolled around in pain and said, "Master, master, something's happening to my body. I can't, I can't take it anymore!"

Suddenly, a clear popping sound was heard from inside the golden-winged roc's body. The golden-winged roc's huge body could be seen slowly withering away as fresh blood spurted out like a fine rain.

The intense, corrosive Death Qi that had gathered within the rich killing intent suddenly exploded violently within the Golden-Winged Roc, causing the inside of the Golden-Winged Roc to rapidly shatter and the aura of life to gradually leave the Golden-Winged Roc.

In the distance, Han Shuo, who was preparing to finish off Florida, suddenly detected an extremely familiar aura. When he turned to face the aura, he suddenly discovered the changes within the golden-winged roc's body and felt the familiar sinister killing intent within. Only Han Shuo knew that the intense death qi within the golden-winged roc was bound into a ball by the Hidden Explosion Technique of demonic magic. He had introduced the hidden explosive death qi when the bone spear pierced the golden-winged roc's body, suddenly detonating it when it was unprepared, causing the golden-winged roc's innards to suddenly explode!

Han Shuo had already known that the little skeleton knew some demonic magic. However, he had never expected the little skeleton to become so sinister. For an undead creature to use such vicious methods made Han Shuo truly feel extremely stunned, causing him to sigh.

"This guy is truly becoming more vicious, able to control such a vicious method. I really don't know how he does it!" Han Shuo lamented repeatedly in his heart.

"Father, I learned all of this from you. I've inherited some of your intelligence!" The little skeleton suddenly transmitted a message, as if it knew of Han Shuo's confusion and wanted to give Han Shuo an explanation.

Han Shuo was stunned and stared blankly. Am I that dark and evil? Han Shuo laughed bitterly as he thought to himself.

"Hit him hard while he's down! I learned that from Father too!" The little skeleton sent another message. As Han Shuo watched in astonishment, the little skeleton rode the bone skeleton and suddenly flew towards Adam Menlo.

Adam Menlo, who had been thrown back and forth by the internal explosion of the golden-winged roc, couldn't even stand still at that moment, he simply couldn't put up an effective defence.

At that moment, the little skeleton's bone spear shot over again. This time, the golden-winged roc was no longer there to help him withstand it. By the time Adam Menlo could react, the sharp pain from the bone spear had spread through his entire body. He lowered his head and discovered a huge hole in his chest.

The three metre long bone spear that had taken his life flew in a loop after piercing his body, returning to the little skeleton's hand. The little skeleton's glittering purple demon eye watched as Adam Menlo gradually lost consciousness before turning to leave.

"Father, did I do the right thing?" ?" After the little skeleton killed Adam Menlo, he sent another message to Han Shuo for confirmation.

At this point, Han Shuo was completely speechless!

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