CHAPTER 735: Fall Out

Andrina could be considered half the boss of Celestial Pearl Pharmacy. Everyone who worked there recognised her. Anito pushed through the crowd to give Andrina and her group a clear path straight to the central building.

Anito sized up the group of people following Andrina with puzzled looks. As a Midgod, Anito could tell at a glance that these people were incredibly weak. He had no idea why Andrina, whose strength was unfathomable, would bring these weaklings to the Celestial Pearl.

"Hey! Andrina, you're back!" Akley, lazily looking at the doorway, shouted as he spotted Andrina from a distance.

Andrina gestured to the people behind her and walked towards Akley. As soon as she was beside him, she asked, "Where's Bryan?"

"Bryan is in the banquet hall with the members of the great family clans. He should be distributing the medicine to them right now. Do you have anything urgent for him?" replied Akley.

"Got it," Andrina pointed to the group of people behind her as she instructed Akley, "Get them a place to stay. They are all Bryan's friends. Make sure they are treated well."

After instructing Akley in an arrogant manner, Andrina turned and said to Fanny and the ladies, "My sisters, be at ease and rest well. We are in the City of Shadows, you will all be very safe here.

The party had been frightened and nervous throughout the journey. They breathed a sigh of relief at Andrina's words of comfort.

Stratholme's face was filled with reverence as he looked out over the lively congregation. He whispered to Ayermike, "Look at them, each one of them exudes an immensely powerful aura. They should all be at least in the realm of the Lowgods. We need to increase our strength here as quickly as possible. Otherwise, even with Bryan protecting us, it's unlikely that we'll be able to accomplish much in this world without strength."

Ayermike nodded in agreement. He replied, "That is true. We are not like the ladies and have no deep, romantic relationship with Bryan. If I became a burden to him, even if he didn't chase me away, I would be too embarrassed to stay.

These characters, who were once immensely powerful and influential on the Profound Continent, were thoroughly impressed and motivated by the countless powerful experts they met along the way. Never before had they seen such a scene of countless experts gathering together. When they realised that everyone around them could kill them just by moving a finger, with no more effort than pinching an ant, their hearts were filled with an intensely sullen feeling.

"So it's Bryan's friends. Come, follow me, I will arrange your accommodations. Haha, our Celestial Pearl has plenty of empty rooms," Akley said laughing as he led Stratholme, Emily and the others away.

The Demigods and the Basegods wasted no time. As soon as Akley helped them settle into their rooms, they began to gather the elements and cultivate to increase their strength.

Andrina did not go with them, but went to the banquet hall alone.

"I hope everyone is happy with their purchases?" Han Shuo asked smilingly after delivering the medicine that had been allocated based on the respective strengths of the family clans they represented.

A large pile of medicine was stacked in front of the representatives of each family clan. They all smiled broadly and nodded to show their satisfaction.

Sack after sack of crystal coins were happily tossed in front of Han Shuo, piling up to the size of a small hill. After the crowd expressed their satisfaction with the goods, Han Shuo smiled and put the crystal coins away. He had refined many more pellet medicines than the previous rounds. After a quick calculation, Han Shuo learned that he had received nearly three hundred thousand black crystal coins. It was no small sum.

"Guys, since everyone is happy with your purchases, I would like to propose a toast - to the pharmacy that we keep profitable!" Andre raised his glass with a smile. His soft voice filled the room.

The crowd smilingly raised their cups to Andre and Han Shuo and drank to the toast.

Cough, cough... Suddenly, an untimely coughing sounded in the hall, as if someone had choked on their wine.

The crowd, smiling as they downed their wine, immediately turned their attention to the source of the noise. They saw a blushing Portlem coughing repeatedly. It appeared that he had indeed choked on his own glass of wine. He patted his chest and looked grimacing towards the entrance.

The crowd found his performance odd. Following the direction of his gaze, they suddenly discovered a little girl with an icy expression standing at the door.

"Andrina!" Han Shuo shouted excitedly. He shouted, "It's great to see you all right! I was worried about you. I heard from Carmelita that you ran into trouble on your way back. What happened?"

Andrina did not immediately answer Han Shuo's question, but stared at Portlem coldly. She slowly walked towards Portlem without moving her eyes. She looked murderous. Everyone could see what she was about to do.

Those in the room were no fools. From the facial expressions of Andrina and Portlem, the crowd could immediately tell that there was a grudge between the two. Han Shuo, also realising this fact, immediately put on a dark face. He cast a cold and sinister glance at Portlem.

"I don't know his name, but on my way back to the City of Shadows, he was the one who lusted after my elder sisters. He thought we were too weak to defend ourselves, so he tried to kidnap us with his divine guards and an uncle of his. We almost fell into his evil hands!" Andrina replied in a cold voice after stopping beside Han Shuo.

Han Shuo had a sinister look on his face. The pair of eyes that looked at Portlem were as piercing as swords. He asked in a deep voice, "Young Master Portlem, is that so?"

"Bryan, there's been some misunderstanding - I didn't know they were members of your Celestial Pearl Pharmacy! Only a few of them have reached demigod and basegod strength. There are young and old, and a few women. How do I know they are people from your Celestial Pearl Pharmacy?" Portlem grimaced and hastily explained.

"I made it clear that we were from Celestial Pearl Pharmacy soon after we met. Don't tell me that you, as a Highgod, you didn't hear that?" Andrina shouted coldly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Andrina suddenly attacked. A blinding screen of light shot out of her body and towards Portlem.

Portlem was about to make more excuses when he saw that Andrina had suddenly attacked. His face jerked. The dinner suit suddenly shattered from his chest, revealing the divine armour printed with three bones underneath. Obviously, Portlem was aware of Andrina's extraordinary strength, and he had immediately activated his defences with all his might. He filled the divine armour with his divine energy of death. The divine armour glowed with a bright light and formed several layers of defensive energy fields.

At the same time, Portlem waved his hands and used his divine energy to solidify a white bone shield in the space in front of him.

Pow!

The screen of glorious radiances stuck to the bone shield. Andrina's strength was more than one level higher than Portlem's. Creak! The white bone shield shattered completely. Andrina took the opportunity to put her small, tender hand on Portlem's chest.

Pow! Portlem was thrown staggering backwards. His face began to pale.

Ka! As Portlem stumbled backwards, Han Shuo came up behind him and stabbed at Portlem's back with the wine glass in his hand. His sneak attack caused Portlem to stumble forward.

Andrina's sudden attack and Han Shuo's sneak attack happened in the blink of an eye. There were several Highgods in the hall, but none of them had expected Andrina and Han Shuo to be so impulsive and reckless. Not only did they strike without hesitation, they were also not afraid of sneak attacks.

"Stop!" Andrina and Han Shuo had both thrown their first strikes when Andre's cry rang out. Portlem took the opportunity to retreat towards Charlotte. A strand of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. His face was unsightly pale. The calm he had shown a few moments ago was gone. His eyes were filled with an eerie light.

Whoosh! Andrina charged into the space between Portlem and Charlotte and continued to attack him.

Han Shuo's face was cold. His figure blurred and turned into a trail of blurred shadows. He attacked Portlem from the side as if he had not heard Andre at all.

"Bryan, calm down. At least clear the air first!" Andre shouted in a deep voice and rushed towards the fight.

Andrina and Han Shuo continued to attack Portlem non-stop. However, Charlotte, who was standing near them, suddenly stepped forward to help Portlem resist Andrina's attack. The two of them concentrated on dealing with Andrina's attacks, completely ignoring Han Shuo's attacks.

In the eyes of Charlotte and Portlem, Andrina was the truly terrifying character. As for Han Shuo, well, he could basically be completely ignored. Han Shuo's sneak attack might have been successful, but it did not leave any serious injuries on Portlem. Even the strand of blood flowing from his mouth was caused by Andrina.

Both Charlotte and Portlem concentrated on defending against Andrina's attacks. His back was completely exposed, completely ignoring any potential threat from Han Shuo.

Andre, who had rushed to the fight, obviously had his eyes on Andrina. He didn't care about Han Shuo either.

The corners of his lips curled into an evil smile. His large palm shot forward at lightning speed and pressed against Portlem's back. The Cauldron Spirit's energy flooded Han Shuo's body in an instant and a terrifying surge of energy erupted violently on Portlem's back.

It was the same spot where Han Shuo had struck the last time, but this attack had the addition of Cauldron Spirit's energy.

Pow! Portlem was sent flying as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Rugersey, on the other side, hastily reached out to catch Portlem when he saw him flying towards him. He was startled to feel an enormous force as he caught Portlem. He had to take several steps backwards before he managed to stop.

"Br- Bryan?!" Rugersey looked at Han Shuo as if he had seen a ghost. His face was filled with disbelief.

When he had captured Portlem, he had directly experienced how terrifying the power surge was. It was clear to him that the power did not come from Portlem. When he realised that it was actually Han Shuo who had unleashed this unfamiliar energy that had severely injured Portlem, the fear that filled his heart was simply indescribable.

To everyone in the City of Shadows, Han Shuo was an exceptionally talented apothecary. No one had ever thought of him as an expert because all this time, Han Shuo had only displayed the strength of a Lowgod of death. This was also the reason why Rugersey had dared to attack Han Shuo at the Kisa Residence.

A Lowgod was just too ordinary in the City of Shadows. No one would notice a mere Lowgod!

So when Han Shuo, who everyone thought was a Lowgod who was good at refining medicine, suddenly displayed strength comparable to a Highgod, everyone in the hall was completely stunned and shocked.

The hall was filled with powerful experts. Even though they couldn't directly sense the terrifying energy behind Han Shuo's strike like Rugersey could, they knew that it wasn't Andrina who had sent Portlem flying and caused him to spurt blood, but Han Shuo!

This was because with Andre and Charlotte's intervention, Andrina had been unable to land an attack on Portlem!

The hall suddenly fell into absolute silence. Everyone in the room felt as if they had been re-introduced to Han Shuo. They stared foolishly at Han Shuo, who had a cold, unfeeling face. He wasn't affected by the crowd's reaction at all and continued to charge at Portlem.

At this moment, Han Shuo lacked his usual friendly and warm smile. All that was on his face was an ice-cold, apathetic attitude to life - an attitude forged by bloodshed and massacre.

This guy must have killed a lot of people! the crowd remarked inwardly.

It was also at this moment that they suddenly realised that the mild and friendly demeanour Han Shuo always wore was just a disguise. His grim, bloodthirsty performance at this moment was his true face!

Rugersey grimaced. He was secretly glad that Erebus and Andre had arrived at the Kisa Residence just in time to help him. Otherwise, against this little monster with unfathomable strength called Andrina, and a character with even more treacherous and well-hidden strength, he might have ended up dead for his provocation.

It wasn't just Rugersey, everyone in the hall considered Han Shuo to be a more formidable character than Andrina!

A person who could hide his true strength so well that no one would notice it, who would then suddenly unleash such a deadly blow, and who would not stop his attacks for anyone - this patience, tenacity, perseverance, and sinisterness would send shivers down the spine of anyone who thought about it!

"Bryan, for my sake, don't kill him!" Andre shouted loudly. He had managed to stop Andrina, but he couldn't stop Han Shuo at the same time, so he tried to persuade him.

Han Shuo remained silent. He continued to attack Portlem, who was still bleeding from his mouth. Obviously, he wasn't going to do Andre that favour.

If the worst comes to the worst, I will leave the City of Shadows and rebuild myself. And if I can't stay in the Calamity Church any longer, I'll just go to the Space Dominion or the Destiny Dominion! Han Shuo came to such a decision when he struck.

"Everyone, stop him! If Portlem dies in the City of Shadows, we will have no way to explain ourselves!" Andre hastily shouted when he saw Han Shuo's determination. He really hadn't expected that Han Shuo, who was so urbane and polite in normal days, would have absolutely no qualms about striking and not stopping for anyone!

This guy is even more dangerous than Andrina. I have been in contact with him for so long and have not noticed it all this time. Truly frightening! No wonder Avery failed both times. This boy is even more ferocious than Avery! Andre thought to himself.

Everyone in the hall was awakened by Andre's scream. Portlem's family clan was powerful and influential in the Death Dominion. If he were to lose his life in the City of Shadows, the House of Sainte would have a hard time dealing with the repercussions. Therefore, the stunned crowd in the hall hastily blocked Han Shuo as they came to their senses.

"Bryan, calm down for a moment!"

"Bryan! Let's talk, okay? There's no need to resort to violence!"

The crowd shouted, advising Han Shuo. Rugersey threw Portlem to another person in the hall, who in turn threw him to another person when they saw Han Shuo charging at them murderously...

Fresh blood spurted from Portlem's mouth as he was thrown around the room. His head was dizzy from being thrown around. When he saw that Han Shuo was still relentlessly pursuing him with an unfeeling face, the fear in his heart grew more and more.

Damn it, is this guy crazy? He obviously knows my identity, yet he continues to attack so mercilessly. This wretched thing is truly treacherous. I wouldn't have been surprised if he had used all of his power on the first attack. Why is Celestial Pearl filled with so many lunatics? Portlem thought to himself as he was tossed around.

Han Shuo sighed inwardly and suddenly stopped attacking. He shouted, "Andrina, stop!"

"Why?" Andrina replied while her glaring eyes remained fixed on Andre and Charlotte.

"We don't have enough power to kill him!" replied Han Shuo.

Andrina groaned coldly and retreated to Han Shuo's side. She shot a pair of icy glances at Portlem, who had just been thrown back to Rugersey, and shouted, "I will remember you!"

"Lord Andre, how would you like to proceed next?" Han Shuo took a deep breath before turning to Andre and asking.

"You - you are such a - sigh. I don't know what to say about you," Andre remarked. He wore a look of indecision. Then he instructed, "Rugersey, send Portlem to the Sainte Residence immediately!"

"Wait, my medicine stays. I'm not doing business with him!" Han Shuo casually threw a bag of crystal coins at Rugersey who was holding Portlem.

Rugersey looked at Andre indecisively and asked for his opinion, "This... um..."

"And you too!" Another bag of crystal coins was thrown. It landed at Charlotte's feet.

Charlotte wore a defeated expression as she cursed Portlem in her mind. She had originally intended to convince Han Shuo otherwise, but when she remembered that Portlem's actions were indeed very shameless, she did not utter a word but sighed. She took out her medicines and silently placed them on the table. She took the bag of crystal coins, went to Portlem and let him take out his medicines. Then she left with Portlem and Rugersey.

Consider yourself lucky. If I hadn't been able to hold out for too long, you wouldn't have left this place alive! Han Shuo said coldly in his mind as he watched Portlem leave.

"Bryan, I think we need to talk!" Andre said with a grimace.