Chapter 976 - Convinced?

As the ceremony was taking place.

The entire palace was being heavily guarded.

At the top of the palace, a hidden defense post.

A single Bramble Bird royal guard was responsible for this post.

He was carefully observing for any abnormal movements.

The Divinities had just appeared in the sky.

The guard couldn’t help himself looking up.

At the same time.

The man wearing sunglasses appeared behind him and looked up at the sky together with him.

The man carefully observed the Divinity’s appearance and felt interested.

“What a wonderful train of thought, creating Soul Artifacts using the appearance of Deities as a base, but didn’t they know that it would cause the Soul Artifacts to lose control?”

“Not to mention, their power would be so vastly inferior to a real Deity that they would essentially just be toys”

The man commented.

While he was speaking, the guard standing in front of him seemed completely ignorant and continued to stare at the Divinity in the sky.

The Divinity was talking with ‘Laura’.

All of a sudden, on top of the platform, a guard stepped out between ‘Laura’ and Ye Fei Li.

This drew the attention of everyone.

The sunglasses man also looked down to observe the commotion below.

He knew who this guard was, and knew that he saved himself once.

“Choosing this occasion to appear in front of the 900 million World Layers, what are you trying to do?”

The sunglasses man muttered to himself.

The results didn’t disappoint him.

Gu Qing Shan together with Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li suddenly began to dance.

...

After the dance was over and when everyone was beginning to state their desires.

The sunglasses man also couldn’t help himself speaking: “I want to continue searching—–”

All of a sudden, his eyes regained their clarity.

“What a bizarre Dance, I don’t seem to recall such a dance ever existing before”

The sunglasses man contemplated and carefully pondered.

He flipped open the book in his hand and muttered: “Record”

Following his words, a page on the book began to display the scene of the Dance just now.

All of a sudden, flames erupted from the book.

The page that was recording the Dance was burnt to ash.

The sunglasses man was stunned.

“It can’t be recorded?”

He doubtfully asked the book.

The book was trembling slightly, as if afraid of something.

The sunglasses man slowly closed the book and put it away.

“Even a book that can take a peek into Fate couldn’t record this Dance...”

He muttered and fell into thought.

A Dance that I don’t recognize.

Not even the Book of Fate is able to record it.

Things have gotten quite interesting.

If all he did was save me, there would be nothing else to say, but when he’s this mysterious, I have to remain here and look for the truth.

Just as he was thinking this, Gu Qing Shan leapt out from the platform and killed the 16 Divinities who were still in a trance.

Immediately after that, the Demon Dragon descended from above.

Demon Dragon exerted his prowess.

Demon Dragon died.

The only thing that remained of the Demon Dragon was a single head that was thoroughly sealed away with a green hat.

It was now that the sunglasses man regained his senses from his earlier contemplation.

“Huh? Isn’t that my pet? What is he doing here?”

He seemed surprised.

...

On top of the ceremonial platform.

Gu Qing Shan was trying to negotiate with the Demon Dragon.

“There are too many people here, let us find a peaceful place to have our talk” Gu Qing Shan said.

He pulled the dragon head along with him into the palace, while also ordering various arrangements around the palace.

“Laura, cut the live broadcast, have the guests return and order the entire palace into a state of maximum security, and be prepared to face any possible situations”

“Got it” Laura replied.

“Lin, please protect Laura, I’m worried that the Demon Dragon might have an accomplice”

“It probably didn’t think that far ahead—— but fine, it’s better to be careful” after saying so, Lin left to find Laura.

“Zhang Ying Hao, Ye Fei Li, follow me into the palace for now”

“Sure”

At this point, the Bramble Bird General, Ilya, appeared again to announce the closing of the ceremony.

The Bramble Bird guards got busy with their work to maintain and enforce order.

Very quickly, the Bramble Bird army appeared on the scene, they were fully armed and swiftly joined the work of keeping the venue peaceful and orderly.

Officials came up to each group of guests and led them out of the venue.

Even now, everyone was still confused.

The Divinities appeared.

The Divinities were wiped out.

There was a blank period of time between these two events, so what occurred?

No one managed to recall what happened at all.

After that, it was the appearance and death of the Demon Dragon.

The more one understood the prowess it displayed, the more shocking its death was.

The Bramble Bird Kingdom actually had enough power to deal with an opponent of that level!

It turns out that aside from having the Bramble Great Tree and endless wealth, the Bramble Bird Kingdom was also a considerably powerful country!

The 900 million World Layers as a whole was shocked.

Right at this moment, countless forces and organizations were reconsidering their attitude and relations with the Bramble Bird Kingdom.

Today’s ceremony had basically been ruined, but what occurred instead was more than enough for them to gradually digest over the next period of time.

...

The palace.

Gu Qing Shan put the dragon head on the table and silently waited.

Ye Fei Li gave Zhang Ying Hao a can of drinks, then another for Gu Qing Shan.

“No need, I’ve already gotten one” Gu Qing Shan told him

“The one I prepared for you earlier was for the sake of intense battle, it can replenish a lot so it’s a waste to use it now. Better use this one with a lower capacity just to recover your stamina” Ye Fei Li explained.

Gu Qing Shan then received and popped it open, slowly consuming it.

These things always had a random flavor that couldn’t be controlled.

But Gu Qing Shan’s luck was quite decent this time since the can he received was strawberry flavored.

Zhang Ying Hao’s can had a much deeper flavor, it was pork ribs soup.

Taking a few sips, Gu Qing Shan’s stamina that was used up during the Dance and the battle afterward was slowly replenished.

How miraculous.

He couldn’t help but asked: “Fei Li, would there be any adverse effects to you when you’re making so many canned drinks?”

Ye Fei Li smiled and replied: “It does cost me Soul Points to create these things, but it’s ok for now. I obtained quite a bit of Soul Points in the Tower of Infinite Worlds”

“You mean you killed a lot of monsters?” Zhang Ying Hao asked.

“Hm, that tower was seriously huge, I discovered a certain spot in the tower where monsters would respawn very quickly, so I camped there for a few days killing them until I reached the absolute limit of Soul Points I can store before I left” Ye Fei Li replied.

A few moments later.

Laura and Lin returned.

“Everything has been arranged properly. In case anything happens, we’ll immediately receive reports and choose whether to engage in combat or flee” Laura told them.

Gu Qing Shan nodded and turned to the Demon Dragon.

“So, have you thought it through?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 Whose information do you want to know about? 」the Demon Dragon asked him in return.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “The Angel of Condemnation and her corresponding coin, if I remember correctly, they should be on your hands, correct?”

The Demon Dragon thought for a bit, then slowly understood.

「 You’re trying to collect the three coins? To travel through time? So that’s what you were after 」the Demon Dragon said.

“Even if not for that, I would still look for Little Dusk, she’s my partner” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The Demon Dragon went silent briefly, then spoke up: 「 I have one condition, if you accept it, I will tell you 」

“Then what if I don’t?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 Then you can forget about ever finding that Angel of Condemnation 」the Demon Dragon replied.

“Tell me your condition first” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The Demon Dragon told him: 「 When you use the coin to return to the past, I want to come with you 」

“You? What are you going back for?”

Gu Qing Shan asked in surprise.

The Demon Dragon mused before answering: 「 Ever since that battle several ten thousand years ago, I would feel my mind occasionally becoming clear and sometimes falling cloudy. I want to return to that moment and look for the root cause of all this”

Gu Qing Shan looked up for a bit and contemplated.

Apparently, the Earth Creator took advantage of when the Demon Dragon fell into slumber and did something to him...

“Not possible” Gu Qing Shan refused, “I won’t take you back to the past”

The Demon Dragon’s face went grim and questioned: 「 Why not? 」

“Because I don’t want to return to the Age of Old, but rather a different period of time” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The Demon Dragon thought for a bit, then made another offer: 「 Then how about this, after you finish your trip to the past and return to the present, give me the coins, I will use them once 」

Gu Qing Shan refused right away: “Still not possible, I have no idea what you would attempt in the past, so I can’t let you go”

Staring at him, the Demon Dragon grumbled each word: 「 So you won’t give me anything? 」

Gu Qing Shan shrugged and said generously: “Aside from this, you can demand anything else, I’ll consider them”

「 I can tell that you’re the one in charge here, then I want to take the Bramble Bird Empress away with me 」

“Not possible”

「 Then I want this World Destroyer, he’s very valuable 」

“Not possible”

「 Then give me your sword, choose among the twin swords Heaven and Earth and give one of them to me 」

“Not possible”

The Demon Dragon went silent, closed his eyes, and ignored Gu Qing Shan.

“Oi, can’t you think of something else? Maybe we’ll arrive at some sort of agreement” Gu Qing Shan encouraged him.

The Demon Dragon roared in anger:

「 Bastard, not only did you kill me, you refused to give me anything I want. I’d rather die right now than to tell you the answer you want! 」

Gu Qing Shan scowled: “Wait, let us negotiate again”

「 What bullshit negotiation! You’re trying to rob me blind! 」

“You really insist on not telling me?”

「 I’d rather die! 」

While roaring, the Demon Dragon suddenly heard a sound by his ears:

“Tell him”

Hearing this extremely familiar male voice that sounded straight out of his nightmare, the Demon Dragon froze.

Even while he only had his head left, he could still feel the traumatic shadow in his heart rising back up.

Oh no!

It’s him! It’s him! It’s him!

Master is actually here, and is giving me an order from the shadow!

—–what does master mean to do?

—–what should I do?

The Demon Dragon’s mind quickly moved.

As a part of the Abyss, how could I go against him?

But why is he on Gu Qing Shan’s side?

Although the master is sometimes unreliable, he would always resolve crucial moments without fail.

Then that means, Gu Qing Shan might be on the same side as the master.

In other words——

The Demon Dragon slowly displayed a flattering smile and said:

「 Gu Qing Shan, actually, I was just joking with you before. I’m more than ready to tell you where the Angel of Condemnation is 」

Gu Qing Shan: “...”

Everyone else: “...”

Gu Qing Shan stared at the Demon Dragon, then remembered how his head still wasn’t completely clear and hesitated.

“Demon Dragon... your words changed even faster than the wind... I don’t think I can believe you”

Gu Qing Shan tried probing him.

A knock then came outside the door.

A certain male voice came from the other side: “Excuse me for arbitrarily showing up here, but I would like to personally thank you for saving my life”