The fake Anna and Kitty were caught, tied up, and thrown to the ground.
âDonât move. If you move, youâll dieâ
Gu Qing Shan crouched down, placed his hand on the fake Annaâs forehead, and used Soul Reading.
A few moments later.
âAh... so thatâs the caseâ Gu Qing Shan muttered to himself.
âWhat happened?â Boss asked.
Gu Qing Shan replied: âTheyâre people from the [Chaos] army, and they did come back from the pastâ
âOn the day of the Spireâs destruction, we fought against the Soul Shriekerâs [Chaos] army several times, neither sides were able to do anything to the otherâ
âKitty and Anna were also among our ranks, both selected to travel to the future to see meâ
âBut the Soul Shrieker learnt about this beforehand, so the Demon Dragon and the Soul Shrieker arranged for these two to disguise as Anna and Kitty to find me first, then lure us into a trapâ
Everyone stared at the two on the ground.
From just their appearance, it was very believable that they were Anna and Kitty.
Laura couldnât help but declare: âWhy are the two of you still disguising as our people? Hurry up and return to your original forms!â
The two could only dispel their disguising technique.
âârevealing themselves as a couple of muscular men.
These two men actually disguised themselves as the two weak and feminine young girls from before.
At a glance, anyone could see their buck teeth right below the exposed nose hairs, as well as the tattoos all over their half-naked torsos.
ââ-one of them had tattooed roses, while the other had lilies.
The group turned completely speechless.
Ye Fei Li muttered in that dead silence: âFlowers... are the two of you brothers?â
âBig brother, your eyes really are sharpâ the man who kept a thick chin beard tried showing his best flattering smile and lowered his head: âBig brothers, we didnât want to disguise as those girls, but since it was our Deityâs orders, we had no other choice. Please forgive usâ
âThatâs right, please forgive us this once, big brothersâ the other muscular man who had pockmarks all over his face also spoke up.
Laura muttered: âFor some reason... I feel like killing them even more...â
Everyone was then startled.
An intense wind current started to surge within the dark space vortex.
Something else was heading towards them from an unpredictable direction.
Could it be, these twoâs helpers?
Everyone had the same thought.
Having rested up for a short while, Boss had recovered quite a bit of stamina, so he drew the black trident from his back, wielding both the trident and the book in his hands as he gazed into the void of space:
âIf itâs an enemy, Iâll act firstâ
âAlright, weâll follow upâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
The group readied themselves to face the enemy.
Several breathsâ worth of time quickly passed.
Two figures appeared from the void, swiftly landing on the Bramble Bird airship.
Compared to these two, whoever came this time was considerably faster!
Everyone turned to lookâââ
A beautiful black-haired young girl who exuded a mysterious aura while wielding a long scythe.
And a beautiful young girl who wore a striped shirt, a long skirt, and black stockings with a pair of cat ears on her head.
Anna.
Kitty.
It was them!
The two seemed to be in a hurry, both of them had various wounds all over their bodies.
âIâm so thirsty!â Anna exclaimed.
She randomly dropped the scythe on the ground, ignored everyone as she came straight for a bottle of liquor on the dining table, practically guzzling it down.
Kitty also loudly complained: âSo many spatial warps, Iâm so tireddddd!â
She looked for a chair, plopped herself on it, and breathed heavily as she leaned her entire body on one of the armrests.
âGu Qing Shan, make me a few snacks, I ran completely out of stamina already, I need something to replenish my energyâ Kitty said.
Everyone exchanged glances.
Gu Qing Shan tapped his Inventory Bag, took out a few dishes of spirit cooking snacks that he made, arranged them on a tray, and placed it in front of Kitty.
Kittyâs eyes practically glowed as she hurriedly caught a couple of snacks and wolfed them down without reserve.
Gu Qing Shan sat down next to her and slowly said: âEat a bit slower, thereâs no need to hurryâ
âCanât help it, canât change a habit, and my brother eats a lot faster than thisâ
While stuffing herself, Kitty still managed to answer him.
Gu Qing Shan chuckled and shook his head helplessly.
Kitty and Barry lived in poverty for many years, frequently starving for months at a time, so both of them were used to stuffing every bit of food they saw into their mouths, preventing the other sibling from stealing it.
A white alarm clock abruptly appeared between the two girls.
The minute hand of the clock just ticked over.
A mechanical voice sounded from the alarm clock: [Attention! Attention!]
[You have three minutes remaining!]
The two girls immediately panicked as they saw that.
âHey... what was that?â Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but ask them.
Anna hurriedly explained: âWe came from the past to provide you information. It was thanks to this clock that we managed to locate you immediately like this, but as soon as the time on the clock ends, we would need to return right awayâ
Kitty continued: âBecause of that, we donât have any time to lose!â
After saying that, neither of them paid any further attention to Gu Qing Shan.
Like a starving tiger, Kitty sped up eating.
Anna had already finished a bottle of liquor, randomly tossed it to the ground, and went ahead to her next one, pouring it down her throat without a pause.
Everyone: â...â
Ye Fei Li whispered: âDidnât they just say they came here to provide information?â
Laura whispered in return: âYes, that is certainly what they saidâ
Gu Qing Shan softly sighed and waved his hand dismissively: âNo need to be on guard anymoreâ
The group put their weapons away.
One minute passed.
Then another half minute.
While still eating, Kitty said with a stern expression:
âAnna, we donât have much time left, letâs get to business!â
Anna could only put the second bottle of liquor down, then put the remaining liquor bottles away into her personal storage.
After that was done, she turned around, gave Gu Qing Shan a hug and explained: âWeâre back here to tell you somethiââ- wait, are these two allies?â
She cautiously glanced at the two men on the ground.
âAh, they impersonated you earlier and tried to lead us into a trapâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
Anna scowled.
âThis one is the God of Death, those who dare to impersonate the God of Death shouldnât remain with their livesâ she declared.
The two men immediately went limp, no longer exuding any signs of life.
They were dead.
Anna turned back and told Gu Qing Shan: âAt that moment in the past, we fought together with the army of [Chaos] numerous times. There were victories and defeat, but as our supplies ran dry, we still couldnât obtain thorough victoryâ
The group was surprised.
ââno wonder these two seemed like they were starving to death earlier.
Anna continued: âThere were several occasions where ultimate victory seemed like it was within our grasp, but still ended up slipping away, mostly due to the Soul Shriekerâââ we were not able to kill it no matter what we didâ
âQing Shan, you had to direct the entire campaign and were unable to leave the battlefield, nor could you return to this time period to meet yourself, so you sent the two of us back with a messageâ
Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but ask: âWhat was the message I sent to myself?â
âThe Soul Shrieker cannot be completely killed. It can always absorb the souls of others to replenish itselfâ
âBecause of that, do not hurry back to the past, you must find that item firstâ
âWhat item?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
Anna complained: âYou were so careful that you didnât even tell me what it is, only that you have a fragment of that itemâ
A fragment!
Gu Qing Shan recalled what happened in Riddle world.
For a brief moment, the Earth Creatorâs voice seemed to resound in his ears again:
...
ă While you have this fragment, you will be able to sense where the spear is ă
ă Take it, it will lead you towards the location of the spearââ I do not know why, but I can sense that this spear might be a crucial turning point in fighting against the Soul Shrieker ă
ă In truth, I did not discover this at the beginning, I had only left this fragment here in order to send you to that spearâs locationă
ă All hope shall begin there ă
ă Time... is of the essence ă
...
While Gu Qing Shan was carefully reminiscing, the white alarm clock abruptly screamed:
[5 seconds left!]
Annaâs face became flushed, then kissed Gu Qing Shanâs cheek right in front of everyone.
While Kitty hurriedly packed up the remaining snacks.
[Timeâs up!]
The alarm clock let out an ear-piercing noise.
Hohâââ
The two girls vanished at the same time.
The group: â...â
Ye Fei Li asked: âWhat kind of situation is this?â