Chapter 1453 - Face-off

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It soon became night.

Everyone found a clean bit of land near the horse carriage and sat down.

“We’re the only ones left” Epta sighed.

Shroud said with confusion: “Something seriously terrible must have happened, the Overlord of Radiance is no longer responding to my call”

Atley asked: “Why did our World Valley get affected the most? Did the Overlords feel displeased with us?”

No one responded to him.

The World Valley had already been completely destroyed.

What will happen from now on?

Everyone exchanged glances, only to see their mutual looks of concern and anxiety.

Gu Qing Shan glanced unnoticeably at Reneedol.

——-Reneedol was also observing everyone.

She occasionally appeared to be in thought as she silently listened to their conversation.

In the end, did she regress?

Or was she taken over?

Gu Qing Shan pondered.

Parallel worlds...

In the great tomb of the Tomb of Myriad Beasts, to go against those Apocalypses, I used the Eternal Abyss Soul Artifact to summon many parallel world versions of myself.

——–perhaps this Reneedol was also from a parallel world?

Gu Qing Shan silently questioned.

Suddenly, Reneedol lowered her head and silently chanted something.

A cold and gloomy presence emanated from her body, forming a giant face above everyone.

This face had no other features except a large mouth.

The mouth slightly opened, then remained that way.

——-this terrifying thing had just been silently unleashed by Reneedol.

Gu Qing Shan simply glanced at it once before stopping altogether.

Other than him, none of the others noticed at all.

——only those with the power of Fate can see the manifestation of other Fate techniques.

It seems Reneedol is already suspicious of their little group.

After a while, Epta spoke up first:

“Shroud, all the Elders are already dead, what should we do now?”

Shroud hesitated briefly before replying: “Without knowing the situation, it would be useless no matter what we do—— I’m preparing to contact the World of Laws once again to investigate the truth”

“No” Shroud abruptly refuted: “Those Law Behemoths are still fighting against one another; it would be very unwise for you to enter the World of Law at this point in time”

Shroud shook his head: “Our powers are slowly disappearing, if we can’t contact the World of Laws as soon as possible, we might not be able to defend ourselves the next time we ran into enemies”

Reneedol coldly questioned: “And you think the few of us here would be able to resolve that problem?”

Shroud froze, then slowly continued: “Reneedol, you’ve already been taken away once, I don’t want such a thing to happen again”

Reneedol smiled, then followed up for him: “That’s why, what we should do now is to find a place to hide and carefully observe the changes in the world, not recklessly head into the World of Laws to seek the truth”

Everyone turned towards Shroud.

Shroud was their leader, so he had the final say regardless of Reneedol’s opinion.

Shroud hesitated briefly before turning to Gu Qing Shan and asked: “Rhode, what do you think we should do?”

Reneedol also turned to him.

The featureless giant face above her head also moved.

Gu Qing Shan acted like he didn’t see it and leisurely said: “You can decide that by yourself, I’m feeling a bit hungry right now, so I’m going to look for something we can eat”

He stood up and headed towards the fallen carriage.

Reneedol stared closely at his back.

Atley called out in dissatisfaction: “Oi Rhode, why are you thinking about eating at a time like this?”

Gu Qing Shan replied without turning around: “We haven’t eaten anything for an entire day, so we need to replenish some energy. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have the strength to resolve any upcoming problems”

When he said that, everyone finally noticed how hungry they were.

After an entire day of fleeing, pursuing, and battles, everyone had practically reached their limits.

Shroud stood up: “I’ll search with you”

...

A few moments later.

Gu Qing Shan and Shroud found some ration in the trunk at the back of the carriage, as well as some simple kitchen utensils.

“This isn’t even enough to split evenly between us, we need to think of a solution soon” Gu Qing Shan said.

“They have enough spices though. I know how to cook, how about I make something for everyone?” Epta offered.

Gu Qing Shan rolled up his sleeves: “Let me do it”

He took out the rations, prepared the kitchen utensils, and rapidly got everything in order.

Not too long later.

A pot of piping hot food was finished.

“It smells so good, what did you make?” Shroud asked.

“It’s probably noodles or something like that” Reneedol appeared to be recalling it from somewhere and said.

Gu Qing Shan looked at her with a surprised expression.

“How did you know?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

Reneedol replied: “I just guessed”

Gu Qing Shan appeared confused.

Reneedol continued: “Alright, let’s divide it up already, everyone certain needs something to eat”

“Ah, sure”

Gu Qing Shan put out the bowls and began to split the portions evenly.

Above everyone, the featureless giant face had temporarily calmed down.

Gu Qing Shan acted like it didn’t exist while silently pondering Reneedol’s changes.

She stopped Shroud from heading into the World of Laws, released that terrifying thing, then prematurely mentioned the name of the food to probe and observe my reaction.

——-which means she remembered everything that happened before.

She felt suspicious of Rhode.

After all, during the final moments of the previous time, it was when Rhode headed down the cliff to check Atley’s situation that Red Wraith appeared.

Gu Qing Shan’s heart sank slightly.

“There, one for everyone”

He told them all.

It was already quite late into the evening; everyone gathered around the same place and finished their food.

After that, the group still didn’t really know what to do.

Shroud came up to Reneedol and whispered something to her.

Reneedol firmly replied: “The entire World Valley has been destroyed, do you really think you’re qualified to enter the World of Laws and observe the truth with your current strength?”

Having been refused again, Shroud could only give up.

Reneedol then said: “Rhode, Shroud is always ignoring his own safety, you should tell him off sometimes”

Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised and replied: “Shroud is our leader, how am I supposed to tell him off?”

Reneedol continued to stare straight at him.

Gu Qing Shan scratched his head and said: “But he’s always listening to you, so we’ll just do what you say”

Reneedol’s gaze mellowed out a bit and said: “There’s a small forest on that side, we should head in there to rest and continue on our way the next morning”

“Let’s go everyone” Shroud called out.

Everyone responded.

That night, everyone stayed in the forest.

No one walked by the forest, nor tried to offend Reneedol.

Everything was fine, but since it was the first day of their escape, no one was able to sleep.

Epta and Scarlet were sitting together.

Atley and Rhode were asking Shroud about how to form a covenant with a Law Behemoth.

Reneedol was cultivating by herself.

The featureless face remained above their heads, still motionless.

A bit after midnight, Reneedol suddenly stood up and headed towards the edge of the forest.

“Where are you going?” Shroud went after her and asked.

“My stomach is feeling a bit unwell, so I’m going to relieve myself, don’t you dare sneak a peek” Reneedol replied.

After saying so, she disappeared from everyone’s vision.

Shroud was startled, but also a but awkward, then finally returned to his place, asking Atley and Gu Qing Shan:

“Where were we earlier?”

“You said that the Overlords would choose mortals that are suitable for them” Atley replied.

Shroud then continued.

While listening, Gu Qing Shan also fell into thought.

If——

Reneedol can remember everything that happened the previous time.

Then she had most likely left to find either the wizard or Red Wraith.

If she goes out searching for Red Wraith and Red Wraith doesn’t show up...

Gu Qing Shan felt a bit uneasy.

During this period of time, he has to stay by Shroud’s side to help Shroud see through this period of history.

If he doesn’t dispel Reneedol’s suspicion, he’ll eventually have to face Reneedol’s terrifying Fate ability.

While he was thinking, Atley suddenly stood up.

“About that previous issue—— Atley, where are you going?” Shroud asked.

“Taking a piss, I’ll be right back” Atley replied.

Gu Qing Shan’s eyes also flickered a bit and stood up: “I gotta go as well”

Both of them went into the forest and found a place hidden from view for themselves.

After a short while, both of them returned at the same time, sat down near Shroud and seriously listened as Shroud taught them.

...

At another location.

Reneedol was standing in the wilderness.

The terrifying featureless giant face was still hovering above her.

——–this place was very close to the camp of a wizard, but she wasn’t interested in messing with them.

She was waiting for someone.

“It should be around this time and place”

Reneedol muttered to herself and turned towards a certain direction.

The sky had now grown even darker, the darkest it has been during this night.

From the shadows, a person appeared.

He was wearing a pure-white mask painted with a pair of thinly opened eyes using black shade, other than that, it was blank.

That pair of eyes constantly flickers between black and red, which appeared incredibly eerie.

Red Wraith!

Sure enough, he had appeared.

Reneedol emanated clear killing intent and questioned: “I am Reneedol of the World Valley, who might you be? And why have you come here?”

The featureless face above her head slowly opened its mouth.