Chapter 538 - Powerful Backup

The pair’s attributes and hearts became linked, and their strength increased several times over, but their energy consumption rate had also increased.

Unfortunately, Han Wu was pressed for time to complete the contract, and the inefficient use of energy was a sacrifice he had to make.

Once their energies merged, a ten-meter dark cocoon appeared over the two avatars, Akanzor, and Bart.

The eleven Fallen Angels had expected retaliation, not a defensive skill. This caused them to assume that Han Wu was just a cowardly commoner, and their perception of his strength fell.

They attacked the black cocoon with all their might. Boosted by the array, each of their blows landed with great impact. However, the cocoon remained unscathed. Perplexed, the Fallen Angels decided to continue raining down powerful blows in an attempt to destroy it.

The two avatars endured the onslaught to the best of their ability, but their energy was rapidly depleting. They consumed Dark Stones from their divine realm to replenish their draining energy, but there were limits to their stockpile, and it would only sustain them for fifteen more minutes.

The eleven Fallen Angels unleashed all their strength upon the cocoon to no avail. Frustration welled up within them. The cocoon was tougher than a turtle's shell, and Hans had ordered them to steal the cargo no matter what.

Unbeknownst to them, danger was just on the horizon.

The Fallen Angels continued their attacks and finally left a small crack in the cocoon. Ecstatic, they were about to resume their barrage of attacks when two figures appeared from the skies.

The first was a massive Heavenrender-rank monster that looked like a patchwork of limbs. With just a single blow, it destroyed the Fallen Angels’ array.

The second was another of Han Wu’s avatars, though only an Earthsunder life form at best. He absorbed the energy from the Fallen Angels’ attacks and swiftly converted it into a massive arm made of dense Dark Energy.

A single swipe of his arm killed a Fallen Angel. The remaining Fallen Angels tried to escape, but the two new arrivals had no intention of letting them go. Nine more fell in sacrifice, shielding the final Fallen Angel to escape safely.

The cocoon crumbled to reveal Han Wu’s avatars within, and the two new arrivals quickly approached them. The surviving escort angels were in shock after witnessing the one-sided battle. Confusingly, the new arrivals also wore Han Wu’s face, and they were bewildered as to which Han Wu was the real one.

Besides Han Wu, only Bart and Akanzor could differentiate between the two new arrivals. One was the Origin of Mutation, while the second was Han Wu’s Conversion Avatar.

Han Wu had contacted his avatars for backup two days ago. The Origin of Mutation had also received the request and had appeared through the divine realm opened up by the avatar just outside of the Angel Civilization. Fortunately, the two were powerful enough to rendezvous with the escort group in just two days. Their timing was truly impeccable.

With them helping to guard the cargo, Han Wu felt much more relaxed. He glanced at the bodies of the ten Fallen Angels. The Luke family had painstakingly raised them as assassins, and they each had different attributes.

The Origin of Mutation examined the precious corpses with growing interest before carefully excising their wings for experimental use. The targets of the experiment were the two units accompanying them, Bart and Akanzor.

It grafted the newly acquired wings—along with those of the previous Fallen Angel and the Archangel—onto Bart and Akanzor. By the end, they each had twelve pairs of wings on their backs.

The wings contained the perished angels’ powers, but the two couldn’t absorb them as they weren’t angels. This sudden influx of energy crippled the pair.

The Origin of Mutation immediately realized its mistake. The two didn’t have powerful physical bodies, and haphazardly grafting so many pairs of Earthsunder angel wings onto them would eventually cause them to explode.

As it was about to remove the wings and curb their pain, Han Wu stopped it. He had the idea to turn them into angels. Pulling out two vials of Angel Elixir from the cargo, he handed them to the pair.

Angel Elixirs could turn other life forms into angels and also increase their powers. After consuming the elixirs, the pain eased as the energies in the wings detected the change in their hosts.

Multicolored feathers drifted around them, forming huge feathery eggs around the two, which then settled in Han Wu’s divine realm. The process would be completed with the hatching of the egg, which would mark the two as the newest Earthsunder life forms under Han Wu’s command.

Han Wu waited eagerly for their transformation.

The Origin of Mutation, meanwhile, was concerned about his usage of the Angel Elixirs. “Vessel, how are you going to explain the missing Angel Elixirs to the God King? You already signed a contract with him.”

“If the God King can purchase them, then so can I. I bought extra from Aisha before leaving, so there’s no issue.”

The Origin of Mutation’s eyes grew wide. “Vessel, could you lend me some bottles for research? There could be some unexpected rewards.”

Though Han Wu was confident in its skills, now just wasn’t the time. Their priority was heading back as fast as possible. Research into the Angel Elixir could wait.

They quickly resumed their journey.