Chapter 534: Quest: Birds in the sky
Translated by: La0o9
Proofreader: Arya
Through the monocular, Gu Qing Shan saw the situation on the other side of the door.
Snakes.
A den of snakes.
In Gu Qing Shanâs sight, there were nothing but densely entangled snakes.
The room full of snakes was enough to cause anyone to feel numb looking at it.
Even stranger, these snakes seemed almost sentient.
Coiled together, the snakes raised their long necks and bodies with cold eyes staring at the door.
As if they were waiting to pounce at what or whoever was brave enough to intrude.
These snakes also had a peculiar characteristic.
They all carried Elemental powers.
Ice, Fire, Lightning, Wind, Dark, Poison.
Various Elements weaved together, forming a chaotic power vortex.
As soon as the door was opened, the intruder would be sucked towards the vortex.
If the intruder was weak or had no special skills, the only end for them was to be eaten alive by the snakes.
This is going to be a troublesome battle.
Gu Qing Shan extended the monocular a bit further.
The room on the floor was shown in the monocular.
A bunch of imps were clattering over a corpse without any intentions of backing down.
The corpse was already half-eaten, clearly this was a young participant during this timeâs call of the Bramble Birds.
Through this room, Gu Qing Shan then saw a room full of flaming bulls running around.
Using the monocular, he managed to see all the way to the 550th floor while on the 600th floor.
There were a few real demons chasing a pair of male and female.
While in pursuit, they were also toying with them.
The difference in power between the two sides was simply too great.
If they didnât have a silver cross shining with holy light, they wouldâve already been killed by the demons.
But at this rate, the power in that cross would soon be depleted.
At that point, not only will they be killed by the demons, [Kindling] will also obtain a bit more Soul Points.
âThis isnât a few issues for Triste at all, more like for meâ
Gu Qing Shan muttered.
Thinking about the Systemâs [War God Quest], Gu Qing Shan controlled the focus of the monocular to look through several hundred floors until he reached the 239th floor.
ââthere was supposed to be a demonized person here.
A desert with flowing sand, almost like waves of the ocean, filled the entire room.
The sand was glowing red, as if it was extremely hot, making the air itself distort from the heat.
Besides that, there was nothing else here.
However, thanks to the monocular, Gu Qing Shan saw a person hiding at the very bottom of the sand with a shining white sword in hand.
Coincidentally, a door opened on the desert above right at this time.
A young man with a saber stepped out from the door.
âAhaha, finally, the next floor!â
He loudly laughed and declared.
Silently, without a sound, a streak of light even thinner than a string slashed through his body.
The young man froze.
This head fell towards the desert, his body was cut in half.
Pfew!
A flying sword flew back into the desert and back into the hiding manâs hand.
He quickly caught his sword, closed his eyes and concealed his presence again.
It was now that Gu Qing Shan noticed that there was a wooden door beneath this sword cultivatorâs feet.
Apparently, he was silently waiting right there to prevent anyone passing through.
An excellent assassin, Gu Qing Shan silently judged.
âSystem, the demonized man, does he carry [Kindling] as well?â he asked.
The War God System replied: [Those who are too average are only seen as food by Kindling]
âI seeâ
True.
If you havenât gotten past this round of tests at this point in time, you really could be considered a bit weak.
Gu Qing Shan didnât bother to look at him for too long.
Using the monocular, he glanced through all 600 floors, room by room.
Deadly mud swamps, mysterious forest mazes, molten lava pools, demonic towns⊠various scenes were shown clearly by the monocular.
Gu Qing Shan saw through them all.
There were a few floors where Gu Qing Shan managed to see a few people still struggling for their lives.
After all, the call of the Bramble Birds was made to the entire 900 million World Layers, so there were quite a few people who came to answer it.
Gu Qing Shan saw with his own eyes how a person was eaten alive by a monster.
Unfortunately, they were on the 97th floor, too far away from Gu Qing Shan so he didnât even have time to think of a way to save them.
Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but ask: âThe people who die in this skyscraper, will all their Soul Points be absorbed by [Kindling]?â
[Correct, Kindling will absorb the Soul Points of every person who died in this world] the War God UI answered him.
âIâm in a bit of a hurry, can I just not save them?â
[You can choose not to save these people, but once Kindling absorbs the Soul Points of every person in the 600-floor skyscraper, its chances of evolving to Origin will greatly increase]
Gu Qing Shan said nothing else.
He adjusted the monocular again, returning to the 550th floor after looking through all 600 floors.
The male and female who were running for their lives were in a lot of danger.
The demons managed to break through the silver crossâ protective barrier.
Gu Qing Shan put the monocular down and silently sighed.
From the looks of it, heâll have to save each and every personââ but he doesnât have that much time.
âWhy do you look so disappointed? Is my item not useful?â Laura asked.
Gu Qing Shan shook his head and returned the monocular to Laura.
âI just couldnât find my girlfriend insideâ
âThat is indeed bad newsâ Laura agreed with him.
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought briefly.
If I save everybody whoâs currently trapped in the building, Iâll be stuck here for a really long time.
But I canât just ignore them either.
If [Kindling] manages to absorb their Soul Points, its chances to evolve will greatly increase.
While hesitating, Gu Qing Shanâs gaze subconsciously drifted to the text on the War God UI.
The Quest was still showing there.
[First Quest: Birds in the sky, has been issued]
Gu Qing Shan froze for a short moment.
He just had an idea.
Originally, I just thought that climbing 600 floors must be really complicated, only a flying bird would be able to ignore all of this and fly freely, so I gave it this arbitrary name.
But now, Iâll have to thank this name for the idea.
He drew the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and tried to carve out a square hold on the ground.
This formed an openingââ- an opening to go into the 600th floor.
âWe have a door right here, what are you doing?â
Laura asked.
âA small experimentâ Gu Qing Shan stared at the hole he just made and answered.
âYour sword is quite impressive, cold weapons that are able to break through world barriers like that are very rareâ Laura commented with interest.
Gu Qing Shan didnât answer her and only silently sighed.
If it was the same kind of barrier like Lord Bloodcloakâs that locks onto the soul, it wouldâve been much harder.
At the time, Gu Qing Shan was pretending to sleep without putting up his guard at all, that was why he was perfectly trapped in it.
It was very hard to escape once you were trapped.
Lucky for him, this time the Six Paths Great Mountain swordâs anti-Law characteristic worked and managed to carve out a hole in the world barrier.
Which means, the idea Gu Qing Shan had could now be implemented.
Hisssssss~
A confused and chaotic hissing sound came from the hole Gu Qing Shan carved out.
The elemental snakes inside the snake den were becoming wary.
âWhat kind of sound is that? What is inside?â Laura tried asking.
She was feeling a bit uneasy.
âNot suitable for childrenâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
âReally!?â
Laura excitedly put the monocular to her eye, wanting to see it.
Gu Qing Shan held the monocular down.
âDonât lookâ
âWhy not?â
âItâs actually a bunch of cute little onesâ
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan changed his equipped [War God Title] to [Ace Assassin].
[Ace Assassin]
[Equipping this title grants you the title Skill: Harvest]
[Harvest: Whenever you instantly kill an enemy in one hit, the spirit energy used for that hit will be refunded]
âââthis will ensure Iâll have enough spirit energy to spend.
Gu Qing Shan tapped his Inventory Bag.
An armor riddled in cracks and scratches flew out.
The full You Ji General armor set.
A lot of people once questioned something.
âââwhy did an armor set of generals have to be so flashy and eye-catching? it would cause safety concerns for the generals while marching on the battlefield.
To this, Bai Hua Fairy Xie Dao Ling only gave a single answer to stop everyoneâs questions.
âWe are cultivators, only someone willing and capable of putting themselves in front of other cultivators are qualified to wear the mantle of a generalâ
The armor scattered by itself, swimming like sentient fishes around Gu Qing Shan.
This You Ji General armor included a mask, breastplate, shoulder pads, wrist guards, gauntlets, belt, knee pads, marching shoes, made to look extremely simple without any excess decorations, only carved with intricate runes all over.
Although the armor itself was golden, when Gu Qing Shan wore it, it didnât look at all flashy, instead it appeared a bit solemn and sorrowful instead.
Laura evaluated his armor a bit before muttering: âWhat a beautiful set of toysâ
âToys?â
âIndeed, this set of armor is too bad, even worse when compared to your swordâ Laura judged it harshly.
âIt suits meâ
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan carried Laura down from his shoulder and placed her in front of his chest.
He then took out a long rope and used it to tie Laura to himself.
âWhat are you doing?â Laura was cautious.
âThis is to keep you in place, making sure that you and I wonât separate in a harsh battleââ donât worry, Iâve already made a vow to definitely bring you out of hereâ Gu Qing Shan told her.
His movements were swift and skillful, quickly binding the two of them tight.
Gu Qing Shan then made another 2 or 3 knots, tried bobbing up and down, pacing back and forth to check the stability of the rope.
It was tight.
ââthis is good enough for Laura to not fall.
He nodded satisfyingly.
âI keep feeling like you are keeping something from meâ Laura was suspicious.
âWhat would I hide from you?â
Gu Qing Shan laughed merrily before quickly walking to the edge of the 600-floor skyscraper.
âWeâre just going to fly like birds in the skyâ
He put the silver mask on and completed the final preparations.
Laura slowly realized something as she spoke in an increasingly scared voice: âWait a minute! You know I am afraid of height, how about weââ aaaaaa! Gu Qing Shan, I hate you!!â
Ignoring Lauraâs desperate scream, Gu Qing Shan suddenly jumped off the building.
They went through the clouds, following the snow storm below to descend.
In the blink of an eye, Gu Qing Shan has already passed through several dozen floors.
ââ-this way, he wonât need to go down floor by floor, saving a lot of time.
Almost immediately, lines of text showed up on the [Kindling] UI.
Then the lines of text turned into a voice.
[Please return to the roof immediately!]
[Please return to the roof immediately!]
[You cannot jump down from the outside of the building, you will not receive any rewards from Triste this way]
âRewards? I donât need any rewardsâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
[But jumping down like this, you wonât be able to gain any Soul Points]
[Kindling] continued: [Please think about this seriously, without Soul Points, you will not be able to gain anything from this!]
No Soul PointsâŠ
Gu Qing Shan didnât answer.
A sword suddenly appeared in his hand.
The Six Paths Great Mountain sword.
â550th floor⊠right here!â Gu Qing Shan grunted.
The sword moved.
ââSecret Art, [Water Severance]!
An overwhelming flow of sword qi rushed towards the building from the outside.
Dong dong dong dong dong!
With the constant sounds of explosions, the outside wall of the 550th floor was broken.
The snowy wind howled as it poured inside.
Gu Qing Shan let go of the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and drew the heavy Earth sword.
In a flash, he disappeared.
Almost at the very same time, various fierce howls came out from the building.
Right after that came a âthudâ, then the cheering cries of relief.
After just a single breath, Gu Qing Shan appeared outside the building again.
He continued flying downwards.
The blood on his sword quickly scattered in the howling wind.
Gu Qing Shan held a sword in one hand as he consoled the trembling Laura with the other.
He then replied to [Kindling]: âThere, I just got Soul Pointsâ