Chapter 311: Rejuvenation

"What do you think, hehe!" Han Shuo deliberately laughed lewdly, his face showing a lecherous expression. As he looked at Helen Tina, he deliberately stared at her full bosomed curves.

Twigs had wrapped themselves tightly around Helen Tina, who was wearing a fiery red robe next to the phoenix. The Wood Elite Zombie had ordered the huge branches to become as soft as snakes, but no matter how soft the branches were, there would still be some sharp edges. Helen Tina's magic robe had been sliced in several places as the branches wrapped around her, revealing her snow-white skin in several places.

When Helen Tina was bound hand and foot, she immediately got the wrong idea. The moment she saw Han Shuo's lecherous gaze, her heart was immediately thrown into chaos. She glared at Han Shuo angrily and fearfully before attempting to commit suicide.

"Helen, no!" The phoenix was able to sense Helen Tina's thoughts, so she quickly called out to stop the woman. Unfortunately, the phoenix was wrapped so tightly that she couldn't move at all, so she couldn't reach Helen Tina.

Helen Tina, who was about to commit suicide by biting her own tongue, suddenly felt her entire body drain of power. She didn't even have the strength to hurt herself. Right after that, she saw Han Shuo walk over and reach out with his big hands to touch her white and long neck. As this happened, a wave of strange power flowed into her body from Han Shuo's rough hands, causing her to gradually lose her strength completely.

"Hmph, I have no interest in your body right now, you don't need to be so anxious to commit suicide!" Han Shuo snorted coldly, then slapped Helen Tina unconscious with one hand before grabbing her and flying into the sky.

Han Shuo's voice rang out in the distance as the branches holding the phoenix slowly fell to the ground, "Tell the Helon Duchy to prepare a million gold coins. I'll only return her after that. Otherwise, prepare to receive her corpse."

The phoenix felt the branches around her slowly loosen. She watched as Han Shuo flew farther and farther away while carrying Helen Tina. She spoke in an ironic, crisp tone. "A million gold coins? If her people knew she was captured, they would only be thinking about how to revolt! What am I supposed to do?"

Han Shuo was already far away and didn't hear the Phoenix's words. After capturing Helen Tina alive, he rested for a while in the depths of the valley to replenish his mental energy and magical yuan.

When Han Shuo returned to the Bald Mountain half a day later, he could tell from the shattered rocks on the mountain that another fierce battle had taken place after he'd left. Of course, Han Shuo was unaware of the final outcome of the battle between the Church of Calamity and the Church of Light. When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Han Shuo used the Earth Elite Zombie to use the power of the Earth to summon the Six Magic Crystal Cannons once again.

Han Shuo summoned several zombie warriors to push the six magic crystal cannons forward, then used two Yin Demons to survey the surroundings before slowly walking towards Brettel City.

Of course, if Han Shuo was flying, he could return to Brettel City in a matter of minutes. However, since he was transporting six magic crystal cannons, he would also have to avoid the soldiers of other dukedoms on the way, and he couldn't fly at full speed.

On the night of the second day, Han Shuo ordered the zombie warriors to take the magic crystal cannons to a hidden forest. As he slowly advanced with the zombie warriors, Han Shuo placed the two Yin Demons at his side to cover his flanks.

Suddenly, Han Shuo summoned the earth elite zombie and hid the six magic crystal cannons in the earth. He then looked into the depths of the darkness of the hidden forest with a cold expression and said in a sinister voice, "Come out.

A silhouette slowly emerged from the darkness. It was the Necromancer Han Shuo had encountered the day before. As his figure slowly materialised, the necromancer gradually revealed his original appearance, like a lich that had crawled out of a tomb. This Necromancer exuded a thick aura of rotting corpses. His grey and white pupils were zombie-like and lacked focus, causing people to instinctively fear him in the eerie darkness of the light.

Han Shuo was a necromancer himself and of course would not be afraid of the newcomer's terrifying image. Han Shuo had his left arm around Helen Tina and frowned as he looked at the necromancer who'd appeared. Han Shuo remarked, "It seems that your physical body is no longer here. You're now held together by souls and undead creatures. How many years have you existed?"

Others called necromancers the watchers of the soul. Aside from the gods rumoured to exist, necromancers were the people who understood the soul best in this dimension. Powerful necromancers were able to make their soul live forever through their understanding of the basics of the soul.

Of course, necromancers with immortal souls could not make their physical bodies immortal as well. Normal necromancers who had survived for a long time in the form of a soul would have to use the physical bodies of various powerful undead creatures and mix them with their own bodies. This way, their physical bodies would be filled with the cold aura of death and would not decay.

The body of the necromancer that had appeared before Han Shuo was clearly that of a lich, a dark creature that ranked even higher than evil knights. His pale face was filled with the sickly aura of death, while the hard-to-conceal stench of rotting flesh proved that his body was no longer pure.

"My name is Wolf. I'm one hundred and seventy years old this year, and I'm a Grand Magus Necromancer in the Church of Calamity. Hehe, since we both practice necromancy, you would of course know that it is not very difficult to extend our lives using our knowledge of souls, as long as we are not killed," Wolf looked at Han Shuo with a smile and calmly talked about immortality.

Han Shuo nodded and said with a smile, "Of course. You only want to talk to me about immortality after following me for so long?"

"Bryan, you are a special talent. Your existence is a rare miracle for the Church of Calamity. Earlier, we thought of many ways to recruit you into the Calamity Church, but it seems that we were all wrong. You have always been one of us. Hehe!" Grand Magus Wolf said to Han Shuo with a sinister smile.

The moment he said this, Han Shuo was shocked and looked at Wolf with a look of confusion. He frowned and said, "I never joined the Church of Calamity, when did I become your Church of Calamity?"

"Hehe, it seems you don't even know what you own," Wolf shook his head and exclaimed, then spoke with a smile. "You will find out sooner or later. My reason for coming here is to tell you that although the Church of Light lost quite a few Templars, Red Archbishop Kosse was still able to take a group of Templars and walk out of the mountain alive."

"From now on, I think the Church of Light already sees you as a part of our Church. It will be hard to avoid the endless death threats from the Church of Light since you reside so openly in Brettel City. Whether you want it or not, we will protect you from the Shadows, but I hope you will be more vigilant as well.

Han Shuo was still very confused when he heard Wolf's words, but after thinking for a moment, he was suddenly struck with brilliance. He took out the three-coloured bone staff and looked at the one hundred and seventy-year-old Wolf, asking, "Is this bone staff a divine artefact belonging to your Church of Calamity?"

The dark smile on Wolf's face vanished as he immediately knelt before the staff, trembling as he chanted a series of names. His unfocused eyes suddenly emitted a pale green light as he bowed deeply. Meanwhile, he also raised his hands high into some strange gestures, as if he were prostrating himself before an evil god.

The tricoloured skeletal staff suddenly shot out three rays of faint yellow, blue and purple light. The three rays of light immediately landed on the ancient necromancer, causing Wolf to constantly kowtow, trembling as he wriggled like a worm, bathed in the three faint rays of light.

As the light from the tri-coloured skeleton staff shone down on Wolf, Han Shuo's completely depleted mental energy actually miraculously recovered. On the other hand, the Necromancer writhing on the ground had slowly begun to weaken. Han Shuo could clearly feel the bone staff soaking up the necromancer's mental energy like a sponge.

This process continued for a short time until the bone staff stopped shimmering. When the shimmering stopped, Han Shuo's mental energy had indeed been completely replenished. However, the necromancer's body continued to wriggle under the black robe at Han Shuo's feet, like a giant living tumour that continued to move.

Wolf's body shook uncontrollably as he continued the ancient chant. Having drained much of his mental energy, the convulsions of his body actually increased in intensity. After a final terrible howl, Wolf suddenly rose from his prostrate position.

Wolf's once ancient and pale appearance had suddenly transformed into an elegant young man with a soft, noble aura, sword-like eyebrows, and star-like eyes. The dense aura of rotting corpses surrounding him had completely disappeared, and his skin was filled with a soft light similar to white jade. Wolf's originally sinister voice also became soft and tender as he exclaimed, "The feeling of youth is so wonderful!"

As Han Shuo watched this transformation of Wolf in front of him, his surprise only grew. He looked at the rejuvenated Wolf in disbelief, then at the bone staff in his hands with bright eyes and muttered, "Wonderful, too wonderful!"