CHAPTER 781: Have Fun With These Gods

The divine guards who rushed to the scene were awed by the brave strength Han Shuo displayed. They were so stunned that they momentarily forgot to help Han Shuo. Only Rose charged at the assassins after taking one look at the situation. She fought one of the assassins with the demon generals.

"Stop watching and kill these despicable attackers!" Bollands shouted coldly. The longsword that Han Shuo had honed for Bollands shot out in a shifting and unpredictable trajectory.

The stunned divine guards were roused from their stupor by Bollands' loud cry. Next, all manner of energies were hurled at the remaining three assassins. The region began to burst with bright, glorious rays. Divine weapons and energies filled the sky, bombarding the attackers, who were already busy attacking the demon generals.

The divine guards knew that the masked assassins were all of Highgod strength. They dared not fight the assassins hand-to-hand, but kept their distance and used ranged attacks. Individually, the divine guards were no match for the assassins. But when several dozen of them attacked an assassin together, their combined power was more than enough to keep the assassin at bay.

Things had not gone as the assassins had planned. By now, not only had the assassins failed to slaughter Han Shuo, they had also found themselves surrounded by enemies. Instead of Han Shuo, it was they who were in grave danger. With Han Shuo, Rose, nearly a hundred divine guards and the dark swarm of demon generals fighting the assassins together, even though they were five Highgods, they were beginning to collapse.

The divine energy coming from the divine guards was limited in power. It was not enough to hurt the Highgod assassins quickly. However, the concentrated attacks were enough to make them panic more and more. Whenever they revealed an opening in their defences, the dense mass of demon generals poured in and harassed them. The bizarre energy of the demon generals was incredibly tormenting to the assassins.

"Hehehe, you want to kill me? It won't be that easy!" With his divine guards and Rose intervening, the pressure on Han Shuo was greatly reduced. As he manoeuvred the seventeen flying swords to attack the short assassin with the greatest force, he watched the five with cold eyes, taunting them.

The five were wearing masks and Han Shuo had no idea who they were. Han Shuo tried to get them to talk, hoping that they would reveal something about their identities.

The five assassins seemed to be aware of Han Shuo's intention and none of them answered him. Besides, all five of them were quite nervous and busy defending themselves. They had no time to talk nonsense with Han Shuo. Needless to say, the five assassins must be racking their brains over how to escape the encirclement.

Suddenly, the seventeen flying swords moved away from the shortest and strongest assassin and arrived at the weakest assassin's back in an instant. Before the weakest assassin could react, he was surrounded by the seventeen flying swords. Ceaseless Pain, the first form of the Avici Godslaying Formation, was activated.

The assassin was instantly enveloped in a dense and sinister killing intent. The seventeen flying swords whistled with a deafening sound as they flew through the dense killing intent. The intense corrosive energy and frigid aura of the flying swords quickly consumed the assassin's divine energy.

The short assassin was simply too difficult to handle. Even if Han Shuo could keep him occupied with Ceaseless Pain, Han Shuo couldn't kill him in a short time. Therefore, Han Shuo changed his strategy and went after the weakest assassin instead.

The assassin who cultivated in the energy of darkness rammed left and right, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not escape the bizarre space formed by Ceaseless Pain. It only made him use up his divine energy even faster. This assassin was only an Early-stage Highgod. Before he was trapped in the Avici Godslaying Sword Formation, he had used a great deal of his divine energy to resist the attacks of the divine guards and demon generals. He was quickly exhausted by Han Shuo's sudden attack.

The seventeen flying swords seemed to be weaving a net-like object with the corrosive energy and icy aura as they moved crisscrossing in the sword formation. Dark electrical sparks flickered from the object and rained down on the assassin like bizarre, tiny raindrops. An icy aura slowly filled his body, causing his divine body to become increasingly sluggish.

Suddenly, the seventeen flying swords changed their trajectories and shot at his chest from seventeen different directions. The sound of breaking bones and tearing flesh could be heard. Blood gushed from the assassin's chest like water from a fire hydrant. His eyes were filled with terror. His vitality faded as the blood drained from his body.

After piercing seventeen holes in the assassin, the seventeen flying swords changed targets again. They turned back to the short assassin.

The short man hesitated for a moment as the seventeen flying swords flew away from him and towards his comrade.

But before he could decide, he was greeted by a barrage of ranged attacks from the surrounding divine guards. He had no choice but to defend himself against the divine guards.

He was also swarmed by the Dark Cloud Demon Generals above him, including the most powerful type of Demon General created with the Highgod's divine soul. These demon generals posed a great threat to him.

They prevented him from leaving the battlefield.

The power of the seventeen flying swords became slightly weaker as the Cauldron of the Myriad Demon had silently flown out of Han Shuo's body. Hiding among the fluttering swarm of demon generals, it secretly collected the divine soul of the recently deceased Highgod.

After killing a god, Han Shuo must collect their divine soul as quickly as possible, otherwise it would likely dissipate and disappear, becoming part of the fundamental energy they cultivated in. Han Shuo would have to be even more hasty in collecting the divine souls of Highgod powers, as they would likely be able to escape using the fundamental energies found throughout the world.

While controlling his seventeen flying swords against the short assassin, Han Shuo calmly observed the overall situation. Rose, who had Mid-stage Highgod strength, was fighting an assassin of the same strength. The demon generals were also supporting her, attacking the assassin from all directions. The assassin showed great fear in his eyes. There was no escape in sight.

The rest of the assassins, however, seemed to be able to withstand the pressure of the divine guards and demon generals. It was as if they knew they could escape, but dared not. They continued to stare at the weakling trapped by Han Shuo's seventeen flying swords, as if their means of escape depended on him.

After a moment of observation, Han Shuo understood that the dwarf was the leader of the assassins. Han Shuo deduced that the two assassins who were able to escape would not dare to do so without the order of their leader. They kept looking at the dwarf, waiting for his command.

From his observation, Han Shuo concluded that the situation was completely under his control. Not only had the assassins completely failed to achieve their goal, they had even gotten themselves into a dire situation where retreat seemed impossible.

However, Han Shuo did not dare to relax one bit. He continued to use all of his strength against this short but powerful assassin who had cultivated in the Edict of Destruction.

Han Shuo knew that he could not let go of an enemy with such powerful strength, as he would eventually cause him trouble if left alive. Furthermore, after killing the Highgod of Darkness with Ceaseless Pain and removing his mask, Han Shuo realised that he did not know who this person was.

This made him even more determined to find out the identity of these assassins.

After all, an anonymous enemy is the most terrifying enemy. As long as they remained anonymous to Han Shuo, he would have no way to predict where and when they would strike. Actually, Han Shuo wasn't too worried about an attack on himself. He was worried about his family clan members in the City of Shadows, who had deep ties to him. Han Shuo would never allow any of them to be harmed or murdered.

The most direct way to prevent tragedy from befalling his family clan members was to kill each and every one of his enemies. Only then can he ensure the safety of those closest to him!

After collecting the Highgod's divine soul, the Cauldron of Myriad Demon returned to Han Shuo's body. As a result, Han Shuo's strength was greatly increased. The shorty who was securely trapped by the seventeen flying swords immediately felt the increase in pressure. At that moment, he also stopped wavering and made up his mind.

The speckles on the gloves he was wearing suddenly glistened with faint light. The space around him was distorted. Waves undulated through the air, spreading outward like ripples in the water.

Countless chaotic energies suddenly emanated from the area, as if he had opened a doorway to another dimension.

The short one moved through the distorted field like a fish and miraculously landed beside the assassin fighting Rose. A magnificent screen of light suddenly enveloped the region.

Han Shuo suddenly shouted, "Rose, retreat!"

Rose was shocked and immediately flew away from the light screen, as if running from a great danger.

The light screen quickly shrank and disappeared. The two assassins inside the light screen had also miraculously disappeared. Then another violent wave came from the area. A bizarre scroll appeared out of nowhere. Just as Han Shuo caught sight of the scroll, it violently exploded.

"Nooo!" the two remaining assassins shouted in a frightened and desperate voice.

It was at this moment that the two assassins, who had not spoken a word the entire time, realised that they had been abandoned by their short leader.

Against Han Shuo, Rose and nearly a hundred divine guards, these two assassins knew that the odds were stacked against them. Realising that they were about to perish, they couldn't help but scream. They could not be more desperate and tormented.

Han Shuo gestured with his hand, signalling his divine guards to stop their attacks. As he approached the two assassins, he smiled softly and said, "Identify yourselves and state your motive.

Then I might consider letting you live." The two assassins turned to face each other. Their eyes under the masks were filled with desperation. After exchanging glances, the two suddenly sprang forward, trying to break through the encirclement.

It seemed that they were either not convinced by Han Shuo's words or had no intention of compromising.

Han Shuo gestured again and said smilingly, "Kill them. They are two Highgods. Have fun!"

The divine guards suddenly became excited again.

With Han Shuo and Rose around them, the divine guards were not worried about their safety and knew that the assassins had no way to escape. Killing Highgods would greatly increase the confidence and morale of the divine guards. The Divine Guards were thrilled.

They wore sinister grins as they began to bombard the two Highgods with ranged attacks.