Chapter 140: Advancing to true demon


    After arriving at the cemetery of death, Han Shuo immediately ced all the materials needed to refine the earth elite zombie in the ce of extreme earth.


    He was in no hurry to immediately take action as he first refreshed the refining method for the earth elite zombie in his mind. He only started after he thoroughly considered the various steps in the procedures and ces that he’d need to keep an eye out for.


    He first found the ce in which the earth qi was thickest in the ce of extreme earth. Han Shuo took out the Demonyer Edge and dug a hole, turning it into the ce where he’d be putting the zombies. All sorts of materialsnded exactly where they should be ced ording to the setup of the formation. He coalesced all of his mental strength in his mind and went over everything clearly and cleanly. Han Shuo acted without hesitation andpleted all preparations with extremely high efficiency.


    When a ball of oozing, ck dirt was embedded in a natural dip in the ce of extreme earth, a small, weak wind seemed to start blowing in this location of extreme earth. However, upon taking a close look, one would discover that it wasn’t a weak breeze blowing, but that some grey colored matter was slowly converging in the center of the pit from all sorts of directions in the ce of extreme earth.


    The concentration of the essence of earth qi was a indicator that the formation wasplete. Han Shuo broke out in a grin when he saw this situation take ce, and then immediately used necromancy magic to summon zombie warriors.


    Three zombie warriors suddenly appeared in front of Han Shuo. Theoretically speaking, any zombie warrior would have the chance to be an immensely powerful earth elite zombie with the particr preparation in the ce of extreme earth. However, if the conditions of the main ingredient, the zombie warriors, was better all around, it would naturally have a greater chance of bing an earth elite zombie.


    Taking in a deep breath, Han Shuo once again summoned three zombie warriors. When six zombie warriors appeared, Han Shuo gave them the order to attack each other. He wasn’t sure which zombie warrior was better, thus the order for them to attack each other was the simplest and most effective method.


    His brow furrowed in concentration, Han Shuo watched the struggle between the six zombie warriors with with glittering eyes. He immediately ordered them to stop after a few minutes because his eyes had lit upon one of the zombie warriors with the bulkiest build. His battle strength seemed to be a bit stronger. If he allowed them to continue fighting, this zombie would undoubtedly be in tattered pieces afterwards. This would obviously impact the refinement of the earth zombie afterwards.


    All was in readiness now as Han Shuo once again ran over everything that he needed to pay particr attention to in his mind. He cast his eye over everything in the ce of extreme earth with his astounding powers of observation. He gave the order to the zombie warrior after he was certain that he hadn’t missed any details. The zombie warrior slowly shuffled into the pit in the ce of extreme earth.


    When the zombie entered the pit, its body was covered by the coalesced essence of earth qi. That grey essence of earth qi slowly seeped into every drop of the zombie warrior’s bone marrow ording to a profound way of cirction. The zombie warrior was a bit ufortable in the beginning as his body shivered slightly. A while after all the earth qi essence had been absorbed, the zombie warrior appeared to enjoy things quite a bit.


    Smiling slightly, Han Shuo suddenly waved his hand and all sorts of strange, colored dirt suddenlynded within the pit, covering it in the span of an instant. The pit was also filled in by the strange dirt, but the essence of earth qi continued its slow collection and percted through the dirt and continued drilling into the zombie warrior’s body.


    Having done all that he needed to do, what Han Shuo needed to do now was wait. He knew that the zombie warrior would only turn into a earth elite zombie after all the earth essence qi in this ce of extreme earth had been fully absorbed by the zombie warrior. He wasn’t sure how long the entire process would take either, but now that everything was proceeding ording to n, Han Shuo felt that he had no reason to remain.


    Walking out of the cemetery of death, Han Shuo continuously trained and practiced his magical yuan and magic along the way as he headed further south in the Dark Forest. It was indeed a bit inconvenient without the surveince of the original demons along the way. It was a good thing that Han Shuo’s senses were extraordinary. He didn’t run into any particr danger along the way.


    In the dead of the night, the snow covered, chilly Dark Forest seemed to be shrouded with a silver veil. Beneath the rays of the quiet moon, the entire Dark Forest was surrounded in a still and peaceful atmosphere.


    Han Shuo sat cross legged on top of a single, towering tree with thick branches. His entire body trembled as thick, viscous clouds of demonic power wreathed around Han Shuo’s body. The bright moonlight couldn’t pierce through thisyer of darkness at all.


    When thest of the Divine Brain Fruit had been consumed by Han Shuo, and he’d suffered through the painful effects of the fruit, he was finally breaking through the molded spirit stage. As essence blood slowly gathered in his mind and abdomen, a baby demon slowly started forming, interspersed with magical power and Han Shuo’s thoughts.


    Clouds of demonic power traveled out from Han Shuo’s pores. The baby demon was a symbol of the true demon stage, indicating that Han Shuo had broken through the molded spirit stage. This stage was a line of demarcation in demonic magic. Only when the baby demon was truly formed would a practitioner really counted as having be a demon. Therefore, this was the most dangerous and risky moment.


    He kept this position as the magical yuan within Han Shuo’s body furiously flowed into the baby demon. The baby demon had originally only been the size of a thumb as it continued to absorb Han Shuo’s magical yuan and blood essence. It slowly grew bigger and even sparkled with a faint halo.


    He experienced this for seven straight days as the baby demon grew to the size of a fist. As Han Shuo’s magical yuan ran dry and he grew a bit dizzy, his body trembled as he suddenly fell from therge tree in a moment of weakness.


    Crying out with pain, just as Han Shuo was panicking, he suddenly sensed that the baby demon that had been continually absorbing blood essence and magical yuan seemed to suddenly form a mysterious connection with him. The magical yuan, that had been continuously taken in by the baby demon, suddenly surged back into his limbs and bones with the force of an exploding volcano. The magical yuan seemed to have fundamentally changed due to its association with the baby demon, and Han Shuo himself seemed to feel that he’d been reborn.


    A thought striking him, he activated the “Mystical cial Spellfire” and a red and purple me roared to life after magical yuan was infused. It felt like he was holding twomps in his hands, appearing all the more wondrous and magical.


    Waving his left and right hand around, the red and purple balls of me suddenly flew out,nding on two different small trees. One of them was charred to cinders and gave off thick smoke, while the other instantly froze and multiple branches fell down with sharp cracks.


    Now in the true demon realm, Han Shuo could adeptly control the “Mystical cial Spellfire”. He could form the purple and red spellfire in the palms of his hands and cast them from his hands as an attack. This was the wondrous effect after his magical yuan had transformed.


    The Demonyer Edge flew out from thin air, howling in a way that would possess souls and steal spirits. The surrounding trees and hills all broke apart or exploded as the Demonyer Edge pierced through them. When the Demonyer Edge had circled the premises in its flight and returned to his hand, the surroundings were devastated, as if a great battle had taken ce.


    Now, he could finally refine the yin demons that were a level even higher than the original demons. With the effect from the baby demon, Han Shuo would be able to truly fly through the air after he practiced the “Art of the Demonic Ninth Heavens” as listed in the magical tome. Traveling thousands of li in a day would be a piece of cake.


    When he had previously faced off against rk, Han Shuo had been extremely passive throughout the entire encounter. However, now that he’d reached the true demon stage, Han Shuo was confident that he could fight with rk on equal footing were he to encounter rk again. He wouldn’t just duck and weave like he hadst time.


    As Han Shuo practiced the “Art of the Demonic Ninth Heavens” and made his way further into the southern part of the Dark Forest, he finally appeared outside the forest troll residence after two days.


    Casting a nce in the distance, Han Shuo saw traces of battle outside the forest trolls’ vige. Somerge trees had been toppled as fired arrows and some broken weapons indicated that the forest trolls must have experienced a battle.


    It went without thinking that the battle between the forest trolls and elves had already started. Han Shuo surveilled the surroundings but didn’t find traces of the elves. He didn’t know whether or not the two sides had finished their battle.


    Summoning the little skeleton, Han Shuo made his way slowly towards the vige where the forest trolls lived. Several forest trolls walked out in full battle gear when they reached the outskirts. When the forest trolls saw Han Shuo and the little skeleton, they all cheered in unison and cried out, “Datara!”, weing Han Shuo and the little skeleton into the vige with great fanfare.


    When he walked over, Han Shuo saw that the forest trolls around them were all holding weapons, ready to fight at a moment’s notice. Even the forest troll women and elders in the distance were holding weapons as they prepared food.


    When he paid attention, he noticed that the numbers of forest trolls within the vige were more than the amount that had been present when he leftst time. He made a rough estimation and determined that there were at least eight hundred adult forest trolls that could wage war. That was three hundred more than the amount that had been present when Han Shuo hadest time.


    However, it was obvious that the forest troll didn’t have enough weapons and equipment to use. Some of the forest trolls in the back were holding only crude clubs or even rocks, with some metallic weapons spotted with rust dotting the crowd. Some were even starting to munch on tree bark and weeds. It looks like they were also short on rations.