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âLin, would we draw the attention of the Abyssal Behemoth by killing these fleas?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âNo need to think too highly of yourselfâ Lin replied.
âGot it, Iâm actually not even equivalent to a speck of dust to themâ Gu Qing Shan chuckled self-deprecatingly.
âExactlyâ Lin agreed.
âSo I can fight to my heartâs desireâ
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan pulled down the hood of the Silent Dusk Cloak over his face.
This way, he was wearing both the Bramble Bird Sovereign armor, which was created purely from light, while the cloak appeared like a black cape that silently draped over his shoulder.
With Light and Dark shrouding over his body, the armor and cloak really emphasized one another, making Gu Qing Shan seem like an actual divine envoy.
âThatâs quite a decent suit of armorâ Lin commented.
The Bramble Bird Sovereign Armor had the three defensive abilities of [Elemental Erasure], [Immunity], and [Godâs Order], the literal strongest set of armor that Gu Qing Shan had ever seen.
It was because of its abilities that this ancient armor received praise from Lin.
âIâm going to test my hand a bitâ Gu Qing Shan said.
He drew an autumn-water blue steel sword from the void of space, leapt upwards and straight to the sky.
Without hesitation, Gu Qing Shan entered the flock of monsters.
Intense flashes of sword phantoms illuminated the sky.
Lin looked up.
Right now, since Gu Qing Shan was penetrating the monstersâ ranks by force, he received several attacks, but he wasnât hurt at all.
And yet, whenever he swung his sword, the monsters would roar in pain and agony.
The shower of blood began to soak the tattered ground red.
Gu Qing Shan no longer held back and grabbed the Earth sword that came flying in from afar, wielding two swords at once.
One sword to cut all Laws, one to slay all things.
ââ-and the one wielding these swords was a sword cultivator who had the protection of the Bramble Bird Sovereign armor that didnât need to care about defending himself.
Even the monsters stronger than he was could only cry out in hatred before their deaths at Gu Qing Shanâs sword.
In front of Gu Qing Shanâs eyes, lines of notification were constantly popping up, informing him of the Soul Points he obtained.
Soul Points were the most valuable resource he could obtain right now!
Without leaving the monsters any space, he was weaving through their ranks, occasionally vanishing and reappearing at other locations.
He was immersed in killing these monsters, an unstoppable force of death.
After watching him for a while, Lin couldnât help but muttered: âWhat do you know, equipment really does play a huge role in victory, Iâve never actually considered that beforeâ
She looked for somewhere to sit down and silently watched as Gu Qing Shan killed these monsters like chopping vegetables.
Until finally, Gu Qing Shanâs massacre alerted the strongest soldier among the monsters.
It was a considerably bulkier skeletal monster whose body was bigger than 5 of the other monsters combined.
It peaked its head out from far above the sky, silently went into the crowd of monsters and hid itself a few dozen miles behind Gu Qing Shanâs location.
When this monster was slowly approaching Gu Qing Shan, he suddenly descended from above and landed in front of Lin.
âHey, that monster seems to be around {Yama King} realm, I canât beat him, so itâll probably depend on youâ Gu Qing Shan said.
âI can only utilize my fists right now, if I exert myself in a tough battle, my wounds might reopenâ Lin scowled and told him.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a single second and stood straight in front of Lin.
âWhat?â Lin asked.
âPunch me with your full powerâ Gu Qing Shan told her.
âYouâre crazy... Thatâs a good ideaâ
Lin sat still, clenched her fist tightly and threw an all-out punch at Gu Qing Shan.
As her fist moved forward, the air itself around it began to crackle and pop over and over again, showing just how terrifying this punch actually is.
â ââ-if this was a real attack, Gu Qing Shan wouldnât be able to survive.
But Gu Qing Shan stood still without moving or avoiding it.
As for Lin, she attacked him without a shred of hesitation.
Just as her fist was about to land on Gu Qing Shanâs chest, he abruptly disappeared.
Instead, the {Yama King} realm monster appeared where he was.
Secret Art, [Shadow Shift]!
ăRoar?ă
The giant monster looked at Lin in shock, before it understood what had happened, Linâs all-out attack had connected.
Doong!
A heavy sound of impact resounded across what remained of this entire world.
The giant monsterâs body was completely pummeled by this attack into flesh and blood that continued to be scattered by the excessive force until there wasnât a single trace of it remaining .
One attack!
Her single attack killed a {Yama King} realm monster!
Lin pulled her hand back and calmly looked up at the sky without changing her expression.
She continued to observe him.
Gu Qing Shan had resumed his massacre, none of the remaining monsters were able to stop his swords.
If thatâs the case, I donât need to do anything then.
Lin silently thought.
Just as she was about to look for a better spot to sit and relax as a spectator, Gu Qing Shan fell down like an asteroid and rolled in front of her.
âWhatâs the matter?â Lin hurriedly asked
âPlease help me hold them back for a bit, my cultivation suddenly entered a crucial point that needs a bit of time to resolveâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
Lines of glowing text were appearing in front of his eye:
[Card: Sword cultivator Gu Qing Shan, is about to become Azure grade]
[Attention: You must immediately readjust the Cards that you already have otherwise this advancement will fail]
[After failing your advancement, you cannot attempt another Card grade advancement for 60 days]
[Would you like to readjust your Cards now?]
[Attention, during readjustment, you must maintain a meditative state]
ââ-Iâve already used up the [Bloodsea God Army] Card, and if I fail this advancement, Iâll have to wait for 60 days to try again.
If that happened, Gu Qing Shan would really be in big trouble.
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist: âIâm at a very crucial turning point in my cultivation, I have no other choice, so please help me for just a bit â
âIt canât be helped. You cultivators are always so much more troublesome than other peopleâ Lin helplessly sighed.
âHah, thank youâ
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan immediately sat down cross-legged and focused his attention on readjusting his Cards .
The Lapis Cards he owned appeared at the center of the War God UI.
[Unique item: True Crimson Demon Spear]
[Skill Card: Bleed]
[Black Smog Armor (full set)(unusable)]
...
Gu Qing Shanâs eyes fell onto the [Black Smog Armor]
This Card was actually something the [Demon King Order] helped him draw, beside basic defensive capabilities, it also had a camouflage function, a very decent item.
But interestingly, after Gu Qing Shan detached from the [Demon King Order], this Card became thoroughly unusable.
Seems like the [Demon King Order] didnât want to make a losing deal.
Gu Qing Shan silently thought.
At this point, a description about Card readjustment appeared on the War God UI:
[From Lapis to Azure, your abilities will be greatly improved]
[Because of this, you must give up all but one of the Cards you own in order to help promote it to Azure grade]
[When you obtain your first Azure grade Card, your Card: Sword cultivator Gu Qing Shan, would finish its advancement]
[Please choose the one Card you would like to keep]
Reading through everything, Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief.
And here I thought it would be something difficult, so it was just this small matter.
He focused his mind on the unique item Card [True Crimson Demon Spear].
âI want this Card to be promotedâ
Gu Qing Shan said.
[Are you sure?]
âYesâ
The other Cards on the War God UI vanished.
They turned into sparkles of light that went into the unique item Card: [True Crimson Demon Spear].
[True Crimson Demon Spear] began to change.
The crimson glow depicted on the face of the Card was no longer as blinding as before, it swiftly receded and focused on the outside of the spear.
The crimson glow had become considerably thicker, heavier, turning into strings that wrapped around the spear itself.
The tone of the Card turned from bright red to a deep crimson, apparently displaying some sort of change in its power.
Lines of glowing text started to appear by the Card:
[Your Card: True Crimson Demon Spear has finished its promotion]
[Unique Item: True Crimson Demon Spear]
[From now on, using this demon spear will no longer affect you wearing armor]
[This demon spear has the attribute: Absolute Sharpness]
[Note: This is the first weapon created by Divinities from the Age of Old that can hurt them]
[Unstoppable!]
Gu Qing Shan felt glad.
The biggest issue with the [True Crimson Demon Spear] was that he couldnât wear any armor while using it.
But not that was no longer an issue.
The value of this spear in battle had greatly increased.
Maybe I should consider looking for a few spear techniques to comprehend.
ââ-after all, this was essentially theâunstoppable spearâ.
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, the Card that depicted him in the War God UI had turned around, now fully turned Azure.
Lines of glowing notifications popped up:
[Youâve obtained an Azure Card: True Crimson Demon Spear]
[Your grade as an Envoy of Condemnation has been promoted to Azure]
[You can now learn a new Card ability: Fusing Cards]
All of a sudden, all the text on the War God UI disappeared.
A young girl wearing a white dress appeared on the UI.
Little Dusk.
She looked straight at Gu Qing Shan and smiled shyly: [Hey, this is a recording I left within the Condemnation deck so that one day, if I ever find a partner, I would be able to use this recording to help him understand the skill of Fusing Cards]
[Thatâs why, if you can see this, you must be my one and only partner]
Little Dusk put her hands together and joyfully said: [Now Iâll teach you how to Fuse Cards]
She began drawing Card after Card from the void of space until she had a total of 12 Cards in her hand.
These Cards were then displayed for Gu Qing Shan to see.
[First of all, you must understand that a world consists of the four elements of Earth, Water , Fire, and Wind]
Little Dusk began her explanation:
[Because of this, when we Fuse Cards, a total of 4 Cards must be used as a foundation, each of which must individually contain the four elemental powers of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind]
[After that, you must understand yourself and base it on your preferences to choose the supplementary Cards that create your world]
[Most importantly, you must understand the reason why youâve created a world in the first place]
After saying so, Little Dusk put the Cards in the void of space in front of herself and put them together one by one.
[When Fusing Cards, you must be swift, while also considering the compatibility of your cards, thinking of whether or not the Cards would counteract or supplement one another, or perhaps create any wondrous and unexpected reactionââ- this is a process that requires a lot of experimentation]
While talking, she had finished putting the 12 Cards into one another, completing the Card Fusion process.
[Look, this is a sub-world that Iâve put together]
Little Dusk spoke as if to brag to Gu Qing Shan about her creation.
It was a world of flowers.
Little Dusk swiftly moved and appeared inside the world of flowers.
Lifting a flower in her hand, she looked at Gu Qing Shan: [How is it? Isnâ t it wonderful? It took me a lot of work to gather all of these flowers]
She ran happily back and forth in the sea of ââflowers, happily giggling all the way.
The image slowly faded away.
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit emotional.
Indeed, Little Dusk had a special love for flowers, but as soon as the Divine race discovered this, they immediately sealed her away.
Because they thought that she had regained her emotions and memories from the Bygone Era.
This way, their fake identity as âGods â would be revealed.
Little Dusk...
Where exactly is she right now?
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
Iâm her one and only partner, so I have to save her.
At this point, the War God UI returned to normal.
Lines of glowing text appeared again:
[Youâve learnt the basics of Fusing Cards]
[Please use your identity as an Envoy or Condemnation and fuse Cards to create a sub-world]
[According to known information, this is the only shortcut for you to increase your strength]
Gu Qing Shan swiftly skimmed through everything.
Indeed, according to the giant corpse, I need to find items that contain the Law of the Inner Plane, seal them into Cards, then fuse them to create a miniature Inner Plane world, in which I can face my Tribulation.
âââ this would ensure that the Measure Tribulation I face was a normal one.
But it would be an arduous and long process to look for any item that contained the Law of the Inner Plane.
It would take an insane amount of effort, wealth, and most importantly, time.
Now that Iâve collected tens of thousands of broken Cards from Sky Haze kingdom, if I use the Heaven sword to return them all to normal, maybe Iâll be able to find some of what I need.
Hopefully.
...
While Gu Qing Shan was promoting his Card grade, Lin took his place to massacre the monsters.
She rolled up her sleeves, put up both hands and pressed her other fingers against their thumbs, pointing them towards the sky.
Shu shu shu shu shu!
The sound of the air being ripped apart.
Just by flicking her fingers, a considerable number of monsters from the flocks in the sky were instantly struck down.
The monsters werenât completely stupid, as soon as they saw the enemy that stayed still so far exert so much power, they panicked and ran away.
And then, the truly powerful ones among their ranks stepped out.
Several dozens of the same giant monster that Lin killed with one punch earlier appeared at once.
They stood in a solid formation, led by a monster even stronger than they were and charged towards Lin.
Facing this considerable force, the now-heavily-wounded Lin couldnât afford to stand still any longer.
Lin couldnât help but turn back to look at Gu Qing Shan.
He still had both eyes closed, still meditating.
â Tch, seems like my wounds arenât going to heal properlyâ
Lin regretfully said.
She held her breath, put up both hands, and stood in front of Gu Qing Shan to protect him.
All of a sudden, a leaf that gave off an emerald glow appeared from thin air.
As soon as the leaf showed up, Lin noticed it.
She recognized this leafâââ as it was this thing that gave Gu Qing Shan his armor.
Gu Qing Shan also told her that this was a technique from an ally.
So Lin ignored the leaf and maintained her stance, silently watching as the monsters charged at her from above.
However, the leaf fluttered in front of her and turned into a space tunnel around the size of her palm.
A glowing green bottle flew out from the tunnel, stopping in front of Lin.
Accompanied by a young girlâs voice:
âBig sis, you seemed to be wounded, this is the best healing medicine within the 900 million World Layers, please drink itâ
As Lin looked at the bottle with the glowing green serum, she froze briefly.
âThe Pixie royal familyâs [Spring of Eternal Youth]...â
She whispered, took the bottle and popped off the cap.
Right away, a faint fragrance drifted from the bottle and was blown by the wind to spread all around where she stood.
A blanket of grass instantly filled the ground where she stood.
Saplings were visibly sprouting from the ground, arbitrarily growing as they
showed up out of nowhere.
Worms, crickets, locusts, and other small insectile life forms also came out from the grass.
âThis is genuine [Spring of Eternal Youth], the value of this one bottle is simply...â
Lin stopped hesitating and drank and the entire thing.
Ka-rak, rak, rak rak!
The joints all over Linâs body started to pop.
Following that, her pale complexion faded away, replaced by a healthy pinkish hue.
Pff!
Lin spat out a clot of black blood.
âââthis was actually the unhealthy bruised blood within her body that was pushed out by her now recovered organs.
Another leaf appeared and formed another space tunnel.
The young girlâs voice came again: âBig sis, I still need to traverse several more worlds to reach where you are, please protect big bro for the time beingâ
Following her voice, a full set of golden armor and a pair of gauntlets that occasionally gave off a faint Fire Elemental reaction appeared in front of Lin.
Lin stared speechlessly at the golden armor and the pair of gauntlets.
She sighed.
It was only now that she finally understood what the rooster meant earlier byâwealth that far surpasses anyone else in the 900 million World Layersâ.