Han Shuo understood that all of this had been caused by his own greed, but at this point, there was no good solution.
His mind was united with the Demon-Slaying Edge. The chaotic negative energy within it rampaged everywhere, gradually affecting his tranquil state of mind. Before he knew it, a desire to slaughter suddenly leaped into his mind. It was like a catalyst for poison; the moment that thought arose, his heartbeat began to accelerate.
This is bad! Han Shuo was greatly alarmed.
He had not experienced this feeling in a long time. He understood that it was a sign of entering a demonic state. Yet the accursed Demon-Slaying Edge continued to madly absorb the negative energy throughout Osen City, while his own body devoured the towering baleful energy with the vortex at its center. Both forces required his control, and a problem with one immediately affected the other.
Gradually, Han Shuo's pupils began to redden, and specks of bloody light swirled around him. A violent, evil power began spreading from his body. Inside the castle, Sabocas and Sword Saint Carola immediately sensed his transformation.
"What is happening?" Carola's expression changed in alarm as he looked toward the rooftop where Han Shuo was.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Just as Carola finished speaking, a series of explosive cracks came from the rooftop he was watching. Streaks of crimson light shot out, shattering the stones used to build the houses in that area, one after another.
Sabocas froze for two seconds, then teleported to where Han Shuo sat cross-legged. He suddenly saw that Han Shuo's face was hideously contorted and looked terrifying. Within the enormous vortex above his head, strands of energy formed streaks of bloody light that crackled into his body like electric currents.
A terrifying force of evil and violence