āBe carefulā
With that statement, a single skeleton among the multitudes of skeletons abruptly stopped.
The giant corpseās voice sounded from the skeleton:
āI do not know where you are, but I know that youāre hereā
The skeleton pointed at the giant corpse.
āHurry! Thereās not much time, quickly help me kill that insect!ā
Gu Qing Shan looked up.
The body within the black suit of armor was now just of a skeleton without any flesh remaining.
Even the bones were filled with signs of being bitten and gnawed on.
Only the giant corpseās head and neck still had some flesh that hadnāt been consumed.
A monster with 8 long legs was closely attached to the large skeleton, slowly but surely eating its way up the corpse.
The orange cat jumped up and silently headed towards the bronze pillar.
He lightly landed on the giant corpseās shoulder, then softly and silently approached the monster to carefully observe its appearance.
āāGu Qing Shan was sure that he had never seen this type of monster before.
This monster was about as big as two people, its entire body composed of black flesh and white bones, its eyes were a bit blank, but exuded a sense of malice, almost like a sea creature in his homeworld called a shark.
The monster had a colorful diamond-shaped giant maw, with a long tongue covered in slime and saliva. Whenever the tongue touched the giant corpseās flesh, it would be slowly liquified before being licked away.
It was quite unimaginable that such a creature managed to devour all the flesh of the giant corpse, leaving only his head and neck behind.
The monster was focused on its meal and ignored the orange cat that had just appeared.
The orange cat silently got closer and was about to act.
āBe careful, if this thing is startled, it can release over 8 million tons of venom to liquefy the entire world, irreversibly changing itā the giant corpseās voice was heard again.
āWhat is this thing?ā the orange cat used his inner sight to ask the black skeleton.
āAn Apocalypse Door Knocker, a terrifying insect that was made specifically to get rid of meāā- if I didnāt already know that you happened to wield a new concealment technique, I wouldnāt have summoned you hereāāā if you appeared in front of it normally, you would have been completely devoured without being able to resist!ā the giant corpse told him.
Apocalypse... Door Knocker?
What a strange name.
The orange cat focused his mind and asked: āWhat about items? Can it consume items?ā
The giant corpse said: āIt would not, it eats only flesh and ignores the existence of itemsā
The orange cat lightly sighed.
Because although he was concealed right now, he would still need to release his weapons right at the moment before the ambush.
If the monster could eat his swords, he would have to be even more careful.
The orange cat began to speed up, gradually changing from a slow-paced stroll to a rapid sprint.
He abruptly lunged towards the monster.
A gleam of his sword flashed.
The orange cat had slashed the monsterās body using a sword with an ancient design he was holding with his teeth.
At the very next instant, another sword crossed over from the other direction and bisected the monster.
[Swallows Return]!
[Earthās Choice]!
The monsterās body abruptly straightened as it let out a sharp cryāāā
Before death, it was prepared to use its venom!
But before it could finish this last act, its body had already crumbled and disappeared into the void.
The orange cat lightly sighed.
The black skeleton below loudly called out: āDamn it! Theyāre coming again! Run!ā
The orange cat immediately recognized an unbelievable sense of danger.
He put his sword away and flew towards the other shoulder of the giant corpse.
One last second.
From the giant corpseās shoulder, the orange cat leapt up high.
And then, āthatā occurredāā-
A black bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking the bronze pillar and fully enveloped the giant corpse.
A destructive presence capable of wiping out all things could be felt from the black lightning.
The giant corpse was struck to the point that even the skeleton that remained of him started to tremble from pain.
The wind started to pick up intensely.
The destructive power spread into the world, then returned, over and over again.
A few dozen seconds later.
The black lightning finally disappeared.
The world returned to silence.
All the black skeletons were reduced to fine dust that moved about on the ground, attempting to regenerate their bodies once again, but failed.
Only a bit of the dust managed to slowly converge and reform as a black skull.
āFinally... itās overā the black skull muttered in relief.
But the orange cat did not relax.
He stood in mid-air, silently retreating further and further.
He could sense that danger hadnāt passed.
Sure enough, without wasting any time, a commotion could be heard from the sky-high bronze pillar.
An increasingly loud āzi zi ziā noise could be heard.
The orange cat looked up.
Only to see an innumerable amount of Apocalypse Door Knockers crawling down the bronze pillar.
All of them had either 7 or 8 legs, swiftly and stably making their way down the outside of the bronze pillar, soon reaching the giant corpseās body.
āAh, no, itās all overā the skull on the ground said with despair.
The orange cat sent his voice: āDonāt you have a way to get rid of these things?ā
The giant corpse replied: āIāve been beaten to the point that most of my strength is gone, and I already used what I had left to summon youā
āGu Qing Shan, you wonāt be able to remain here for too long, nor will you be able to save meā
āAll things... will eventually meet their ends, and my time has comeā
It deeply sighed and spoke with a deathly voice: āYou all believe that youāve been fighting against the Apocalypse, but you do not know that the infinite worlds had managed to survive for so long because I have been keeping the truly horrible Apocalypses outside of the Gateā
āNow that Iām about to die, everything on the inside of the Reality Gate will soon meet its end, whether itās the Inner Plane, the Eternal Abyss, the Space-Time Mystery Nest, the artificial 900 million World Layers, or the numerous parallel worlds, they will all soon come to an endā
The orange cat was stunned.
Everything on the inside of the Reality Gate...
Then, has every world Iāve known so far been inside the Reality Gate?
While the place truly under attack by the Apocalypses wereāā-
The outside of the Reality Gate?
He didnāt have much time to ponder further.
The Apocalypse Door Knockers were already about to reach the head of the giant corpse.
They were only a few hundred meters away.
While the orange cat had already felt a force pulling him away.
This visit will soon end!
The orange cat clenched his teeth, activated [Ground Shrink], and landed on top of the giant corpse.
āListen, I have one last solution, but the prerequisite is that your head can move!ā
āMy head... can move?ā the giant corpse doubtfully asked.
āYes, can your head still move? Thereās no need to perform any spells or techniques, just moved around normally, can you still do that?ā
āI can still do that muchā
āGood!ā
The orange cat stopped hesitating and summoned a spear clad in a resounding crimson glow.
āāas the monsters had no interest in items, they ignored this spear!
The orange cat held the spear with his teeth and heavily thrust it into the giant corpseās helmet.
A small hole was created.
The hole was visibly closing back up.
Using that short period of time, the orange cat flipped the spear around and had its tip pointing up.
āIs that the infinite worldsā Spear of Condemnation? Although itās still in its primitive initial state, it can indeed help meāā good!ā the giant corpse suddenly seemed spirited again.
The orange cat held onto one end of the spear with his teeth, stabilizing the spear in the hole of the helmet.
Once that was done, the hole finally closed back up.
Under their cooperation, the [True Crimson Demon Spear] had been fixed in place!
āHurry! Hurry! Do you still have any chances to draw extra Cards? I still need a lot of resources!ā the giant corpse urged him.
āYes!ā Gu Qing Shan replied.
āDraw them all!ā
The orange cat turned to his Card UI.
āā-since Iāve advanced several realms since the previous time, Iāve accumulated quite a few chances to draw cards.
Inner Plane Cards are extremely hard to obtain, and since Little Dusk understood Inner Plane Cards better than I do, I had planned to wait until she woke up before I drew them.
But I have no choice but to use them now.
The orange cat reached his paw into the void of space several times.
1 Card.
2 Cards.
5 Cards!
He drew a total of 5 Cards.
As soon as they appeared, the Cards floated into the air and circled around the [True Crimson Demon Spear].
A line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI;
[An unknown power is attempting to fuse all of your Cards into the spear, will you allow it?]
āYes!ā
The orange cat said resolutely.
These are only a few Cards; the giant corpse has helped me a lot more!
Originally, I wanted the giant corpse to use his head to swing the [True Crimson Demon Spear] and kill these monsters, although it was crude, it was also the only solution.
Who wouldāve thought the corpse would become filled with hope for survival and come up with a better idea from seeing this spear?
So I should naturally support it!
āItās not enough, I need more resources, a lot more resources!ā the giant corpse said.
The orange cat took his Inventory Bag out from his Thought Sea and pushed it to the corpse.
āāIām glad I robbed Cang Wu Zhang!
Gu Qing Shan couldnāt help but feel glad.
His Inventory Bag instantly disappeared.
The five Cards from earlier as well.
Right away, the [True Crimson Demon Spear] began to give off a high-pitched āwu wuā noise.
Lines of glowing text quickly appeared on the War God UI:
[Attention]
[Having been subjected to an advanced forging technique from the Inner Plane, the True Crimson Demon Spear is currently gaining power and evolving to a higher level]
[In three seconds, the forging will be completed]
[3]
[2]
[1]
[Condemner of the Inner Plane, Crimson Demon Divine Spear has been born!]
Gu Qing Shan turned to the spear.
A red ray of light appeared from the newly reforged spear and entered his body.
An immature but resolute voice resounded in his mind: āLeave this place to me, donāt worry!ā
This... wasnāt the giant corpseās voice.
An artifact spirit?
The [True Crimson Demon Spear] has given birth to an artifact spirit?
Gu Qing Shan was delighted.
The spear then gave off a ray of resounding crimson light that shot along the bronze pillar towards the Apocalypse Door Knockers.