Chapter 529 - The Holy City Yenom

Han Wu felt light panic as the Archangel’s power engulfed him. The Archangel was actually in the intermediate range of an Earthsunder life form, while Han Wu was in the early stages.

Though they were just a single level apart, it marked a huge power gap between Earthsunders. The Archangel’s four wings glowed brightly, and a lance seemingly forged from the sun itself formed in his hand.

“You angel-murdering demons—perish beneath the full force of my wrath.”

Han Wu had to use the powers of his fused avatar to block it. Famine drained energy from nearby life forms, leaving them devastatingly ravenous. Some of the weaker light life forms even started eating dirt in an attempt to satiate themselves.

𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Replicate morphed Han Wu into Night Terror’s shriveled figure. Having advanced to an Earthsunder life form following the fusion of his avatars, Han Wu could now tap into more of Night Terror’s powers than before. The power to petrify beings and induce nightmares manifested in a black and white spear, respectively.

Grasping the black spear in his left hand and the white spear in his right, Han Wu used the Dark and Light Aspects to absorb Dark Energy from the inmates and Light Energy from the angels. The black spear of petrification became infused with Dark Energy, while the white spear of nightmares radiated Light Energy.

Han Wu struck with both spears, unleashing his full might.

The Archangel’s spear—filled with light, fire, and lightning—crashed against Han Wu’s two spears. Energies sparked and exploded. The pair hastily retreated, abandoning their weapons in the process.

Night Terror noticed that Han Wu’s body was cloaked in fire and lightning following the clash, but Han Wu managed to endure it until they dissipated. The Archangel, on the other hand, was visibly worse for wear.

While he was immune to the Light Energy, the Dark Energy had dealt a grievous wound. Combined with the power of petrification and nightmares, the Archangel had come perilously close to death. The disparity between their strength was clear.

Night Terror nodded in silent acknowledgement of Han Wu, unaware that this was only a fraction of Han Wu’s real strength. The Archangel would’ve perished long ago if this were the real Han Wu.

Despite realizing his weakness, the Archangel couldn’t afford to retreat in front of his subordinates.

“Lend me your light!” he shouted.

The angels turned into bright lights and merged with the Archangel, allowing him to grow ever larger and shake off his status debuffs.

He fixed Han Wu with a murderous glare. Han Wu died today.

Han Wu stood his ground as he called out to the inmates, “Lend me your darkness!”

The inmates released their Dark Energy. Unfortunately, already weakened and further exhausted from the jailbreak, there was little they could contribute. In truth, Han Wu was actually calling for Night Terror’s aid.

Having seen Han Wu’s strength, Night Terror was more than happy to help the young genius. Dense Dark Energy radiated from him to Han Wu, shrouding the latter in a veil of darkness.

Han Wu and the Archangel clashed once more.

After three bouts, the Archangel made a fatal error, and Han Wu seized the opening to cut off the Archangel’s arm. The loss of an arm caused the Archangel to fumble further.

Han Wu’s assault continued, and after ten bouts, he finally killed the Archangel. The moment the Archangel was dealt with, Han Wu ripped off his four wings and bestowed Akanzor and Bart with a pair each.

The two were elated. When they returned to the divine realm, they could fuse the wings to their backs and become Earthsunder life forms. Han Wu would then have two more powerful Earthsunder life forms under his command.

Without the Archangel’s support, the remaining angels couldn’t maintain their formation. They immediately tried to flee.

As his strength was depleted, Han Wu only managed to kill two. Another three died to the sound waves from the Kui Ox drum. The others managed to escape, wounded but alive.

Han Wu knew his own limits and didn’t give chase, opting to prioritize fleeing the base camp with the inmates.

When they came across a cave, they decided to rest there overnight and felt much better for it the next day. Night Terror then announced his departure. He told Han Wu that whatever he chose to do next—even if it meant fighting the demons—he had faith in Han Wu’s judgment.

Han Wu was grateful for Night Terror’s help. Escaping the prison would’ve been infinitely more difficult without him.

After Night Terror left, the inmates all turned to question Han Wu about their next course of action.

The memory of Han Wu killing the Archangel was firmly seared into their minds. They resolved to devote themselves to him and follow him to the ends of the earth. This was especially the case when they saw Akanzor and Bart. If they followed Han Wu, perhaps they could become as strong as those two as well.

Han Wu's main goal of obtaining Night Terror’s emblem had been achieved. With it, he could travel through the demon territories with ease.

The fact that all the inmates had the dark attribute was also to his benefit, as that meant the demons wouldn’t attack them on sight. Thus, Han Wu decided to travel through demon territory until they reached the capital of the Angel Civilization, the Holy City Yenom, to retrieve the White Mane God King’s shipment of Angel Elixir.

Han Wu traveled freely within the sixth battlefront thanks to Night Terror’s emblem. Upon seeing the emblem, the demons would treat him courteously, at times even going out of their way to help.

Unfortunately, the emblem was much less effective beyond the sixth battlefront. Some demon border patrols would request him to complete absurd favors while they inspected the emblem.

Once, when they were traveling through the eighth battlefront, the captain of the demon border patrol demanded that Han Wu lead the inmates to destroy an entire city of angels.

Furious, Han Wu beat that captain to a pulp before being permitted to pass into the eighth battlefront. Crossing that zone finally put him a short distance away from Yenom.