CHAPTER 848: How Strong Is He?

Polo did not expect Han Hao to suddenly appear on the battlefield at this moment. He was astonished. With an astonished expression on his face, he asked, "Why are you here?"

There was not a trace of emotion on Han Hao's face. His eyes were fixed on Kage as if he were not surrounded by a chaotic battle scene. He replied, "The same as you - to kill!"

Polo stared blankly at Han Hao for a moment before suddenly bursting into laughter and saying, "Well, by all means, go ahead - he's all yours. It'll save me some energy."

As if Kage wasn't worried enough about Polo, Han Hao had suddenly appeared to give him an even bigger headache. Kage looked at Han Hao in confusion. He searched his memories and was sure that he had never met Han Hao before. "Who are you? I don't remember meeting you before. You are not one of my rivals."

"You recently raided a caravan carrying ores and minerals and slaughtered a bunch of them, did you not?" asked Han Hao in a cold voice instead of immediately attacking Kage.

Polo's followers were still attacking Kage's. Soon, more of Kage's followers died as their divine energy was drained. The Godhunters let out wild, loud battle cries as they flew around, intercepting their victims as they tried to escape.

Kage grew increasingly worried, and for the first time in a long time, he felt regret. His followers were being brutally murdered and he had no idea how to handle the situation. It was obvious that Polo would not have attempted the assassination unless he had forces far greater in strength and number than Kage's. He knew that it would be very difficult to escape.

"True, I looted a caravan of ores not too long ago," Kage did not deny the accusation, "but what does that have to do with you? You certainly weren't there at the time. The only one who escaped wasn't as powerful as you."

Han Hao nodded and replied, "The one who escaped is my friend. I'm here to chop off your head and bring it to him."

"Hahaha, boastful big talk. Do you really think you can stop me?", Kage shouted. He looked at Polo and Han Hao with his cold eyes as he said, "How foolish of you to think you can kill me. I still have more followers at my base. Once I have gathered all my followers, you will know the consequences of offending Sovereign Salas and me!"

"Be careful, Han Hao. He might try to escape by special means!" shouted Polo.

By now, most of Kage's followers had been killed. Against two formidable experts in Polo and Han Hao, Kage knew that it was impossible to fight his way out and that he would have to abandon his followers.

Kage knew that as long as he lived, there was hope for recovery. After finishing his words, Kage took out a divine wind energy device that Salas had given him - the Wind Lace - and tried to leave the battlefield as quickly as possible.

The seven bone spurs on Han Hao's back suddenly whooshed out, following his thought. Before Kage could activate the wind lace, the seven bone spurs had flown through the air and arrived in front of him. Meanwhile, Han Hao, wielding his three metre long bone spear, shot at Kage like a fiend.

Just as the wind spear was about to be activated, Kage discovered that seven terrifying energies had surrounded him, preventing him from escaping. An extremely bizarre boundary suddenly formed around him. Air and wind had stopped circulating within the boundary.

Kage was horrified. He realised that it was impossible to use the Wind Lace inside the bizarre boundary.

As the seven bone spurs began to attack him, Kage had no choice but to defend himself and temporarily postpone his plan to escape. He pulled out a dark shield and as soon as he raised it, an intense element of darkness erupted from it. They formed a great mass of dark clouds and enveloped him.

Like Rose, Kage possessed Mid-stage Highgod strength in the energy of darkness. A character of his strength was considered quite formidable by the average Fringedweller. However, against Han Hao, who was dual-cultivated in the Element of Death and the Demonic Arts, Kage had little to no chance of winning.

Kage felt as if the outcome of the battle had been decided ever since he was enveloped by the bizarre energy field generated by the seven bone spurs. As Han Hao reached Kage, he was bombarded with an even more powerful wave of ferocious attacks.

Including the bone spear in Han Hao's hand, a total of eight bone spurs swirled about under the control of demonic arts. They flew erratically, each of them carrying the power to kill. They quickly dismantled the defences that Kage had set up with his dark divine energy.

Kage tried to ram in every direction, but realised that he could not free himself from the eight bone spurs. Since the beginning of the battle, Kage had only been able to take defensive measures. Even though he had the Wind Lace, he was unable to use it.

Although Polo knew Han Hao well, he had not had the chance to see Han Hao attack a person. Therefore, at that moment, Polo's full attention was on the callous-looking Han Hao. After watching Han Hao for a moment with his eyes shining, he was shocked once again.

Ever since Han Hao joined the Godhunter Alliance, many had tried to guess his true strength. In the beginning, Han Hao was only able to barely defeat a Midgod. But one day, Han Hao managed to kill a Highgod. This caused everyone to reevaluate their judgement.

The main reason why the Godhunters were unable to fathom Han Hao's power was because he had cultivated in the demonic arts. By combining the energies of two different universes, Han Hao could often slaughter an expert of greater strength. Polo had heard from various sources that Han Hao was an Early-stage Highgod of Death. After meeting Han Hao several times and having sensed his aura, Polo also thought it to be true.

However, what he saw right now contradicted his belief. Han Hao had demonstrated overwhelming strength against a Mid-stage Highgod expert. Right from the beginning, Han Hao had been exerting so much pressure on Kage that the latter could not make a single counterattack!

<i >Just how powerful this fella truly is? Polo asked himself as he watched the battle with lights twinkling from his eyes.

<i >Shhhuk!

Finally, the bizarre and unpredictable attacks of the eight bone spurs caught Kage off guard. One of Han Hao's bone spurs stabbed his shoulder.

Soon after receiving the stab, Kage felt mentally exhausted while the divine energy in his body was circulating uncontrollably like feral horses freed from captivity. A numbing sensation started spreading from the shoulder. Kage turned to look and he discovered that the flesh on his shoulder was slowly rotting away. It looked as though millions of tiny worms were tearing his flesh.

<i >It's venomous! Kage was greatly alarmed and horrified.

After having fought Han Hao for a while, Kage discovered that the emotionless Han Hao was simply the perfect killing machine that doesn't make any mistakes. He saw that Han Hao had displayed not a single emotion throughout the battle. He was like a chess grandmaster, calmly and systematically eliminating his opponent's pieces and pushing them closer and closer to defeat with every move.

<i >Who the hell is this person? Is he even a human? How is it even possible that he doesn't have the slightest bit of emotion? The fear in Kage's mind grew as he fought Han Hao.

Han Hao might be slightly better than Han Shuo at understanding and using the Nine Changes realm. Perhaps it was due to the unique circumstances of his genesis, Little Skeleton would not feel the slightest emotion when he fought others. This allowed him to achieve absolute calmness of the heart and soul, entering the optimal realm state every time.

One would be able to fight at his fullest potential if one was able to stay completely calm in a battle and not be affected by the opponent's provocative languages. Kage came to recognize just how terrifying it was to fight someone who could do so.

<i >Pow! A burst of the aura of death erupted from a bone spur and it slammed Kage, causing him to stagger backward.

The other bone spurs that had been lying in wait suddenly swarmed at him. Three of them broke through Kage's defenses and pierced his back.

Han Hao suddenly stopped attacking. He looked at the dying Kage and said in an indifferent voice, "Those followers of yours in your underground base – I've killed them all. The savings you had – I've taken them all!"

When Han Hao finished those words, the three bone spurs stabbing on Kage suddenly turned alive and started boring into his body like worms.

<i >CrackCrack… CrackCrack… Bone-chilling noises started playing from inside Kage. Then, suddenly, blood spurted out from every one of his orifices. He was visibly losing vitality as blood escaped from his body.

The three-meter long bone spear cut across his neck and sent his head spinning into the air. The bone spurs caught the flying severed head and carried it into the glass container that Little Skeleton had prepared.

<i >Splat! Kage's body that lost it's head abruptly exploded. The three bone spurs looked as though fed leeches and returned to Han Hao's spine.

By now, all of Kage's followers had been killed. Polo and his godhunters were staring foolishly at Han Hao. They had witnessed Han Hao mercilessly murder Kage and saw absolutely no emotion on Han Hao's face. It was as though Han Hao was so used to doing it that he was numbed by it.

<i >No wonder Chief would value him so highly. This teenager is truly terrifying. He is ruthless and merciless at such a young age, not to mention powerful. He is destined to achieve greatness! thought Kodiak. He suddenly felt that Polo's judgement was almost as extraordinary as Han Hao's.

"Um... Han Hao, I guess I owe you a thank you," Polo was between laughter and tears. His original plan had been to kill Kage and bring his head to Han Hao as a gift. But just as he expected, Han Hao appeared out of nowhere and killed Kage himself. Thus, instead of Han Hao owing Polo a favour, it was Polo who owed Han Hao a favour.

Han Hao turned and looked at Polo emotionlessly. He nodded and replied, "You are welcome. You took care of Kage's followers for me. We have the same goal. We owe each other nothing."

"Well, then." Polo thought for a moment before he asked: "If Salas investigates Kage's death, what will you do?"

"Just find some scapegoats nearby and throw their bodies here. Make it look like the other four Sovereigns did it," Han Hao knitted his brows slightly and continued, "Kage is just a minor character. I doubt Salas cared about him as much as Kage thought he did."

Polo nodded, put on a mischievous smile and said, "Indeed, we shall make it so!"