âRemember, the strongest people in this world are Rune Summonersâ
A shirtless muscular man was teaching a group of students on an empty field.
âTeacher, I heard that there are magicians, martial artists, as well as weapon wielders in other worlds; how are they, compared to Rune Summoners?â a student asked.
âAhahaha, those Professionists canât even hold a candle in front of our rune spirit summonsâ
The muscular man answered.
He shifted into a pose to mobilize the spirit summoning around on his body to activate the runes outside his skin.
Light manifested from the runes to form a Ghostly Wolf that was 7-8 meters tall in the empty field.
âTake a look, this is your teacherâs spirit summoning battle beastââ- the Professionists you mentioned earlier would only end up dead in front of my battle beast!â
The muscular man clapped his hand.
The large Ghostly Wolf howled:
ă Brats, this great one is one of the three greatest spirit summoning beasts in this world, make sure to behave yourself in front of me! ă
It opened its clear green eyes to observe the students.
All the students looked at the large glowing beast with a hint of excitement in its eyes.
Some had even taken a step back out of fear.
Suddenly.
Three tiny black dots appeared in the sky.
Boom!!!
As soon as they appeared, the black dots crashed into the ground like an asteroid in the middle of the training field.
The ground trembled.
Everyone lost their balance and fell on their behinds.
Three figures stepped out from the large crater.
A swordsman.
A black dog that exuded black flames.
A beautiful woman who wore a metal facemask and wielded a rapierââ wait a minute, theyâre shirtlessââ- he was a man!
âPehâ the facemask man spat up some blood and commented: âThose monsters sure are annoyingâ
âItâs ok, as long as that thing doesnât come by itself, weâd be able to deal with a few minions without any issuesââ not to mention, weâve already gone to quite a few worldsâ the swordsman commented.
The black flames dog said: âLet me askâââ
He looked around and immediately saw the 7-8 meters tall Ghostly Wolf.
âAh, doggie over there, come hereâ the black dog said.
The Ghostly Wolf shivered as it moved close to the ground, gradually approaching the black dog.
âWhich world is this?â the black dog asked.
ăS-sir, this is the Great Spirit Summoning world ă the Ghostly Wolfâs ears were completely flat on its head while it lowered itself when it answered.
âGreat world? Such a mundane world has the courage to call itself a âGreat worldâ?â the black dog chuckled.
âI know this place! It seems like weâre not too far away from themâ the facemask man commented.
They both turned to the swordsman.
The man scowled and looked up.
Suddenly, the sky became dark.
Red blood dyed the entire sky.
âGood, it didnât come personallyâ the black dog sighed in relief.
âHmâ
The swordsman raised his sword straight at the sky.
ââSecret Art, [Drawn Shadow]!
With his Star River Saint cultivation realm, any sword techniques he unleashed would far surpass their normal power.
A vast sea of black sword images manifested from the sword to sweep across this entire world before rising through the clouds.
Far above the sky, a curt scream could be heard.
âI eradicated it, thereâll be no more worries about it reporting our locationâ the man lowered his sword and said.
He glanced down at his wrist and said: âGoâ-â
Boom!
His figure leapt into the sky and broke a large hole in it, then instantly disappeared.
The facemask man and black dog also flew into the sky with him and entered the black hole in the sky.
Everyone in the field felt incredibly moved.
The Ghostly Wolf had already dispelled its summoning and vanished.
After a long while, the students seemed to have remembered something and turned towards their teacher.
The muscular man appeared a bit embarrassed.
âLittle bratsâ he shouted, âOur rune summoning is truly the most powerful, itâs just that sometimes the spirit beasts we summon arenât really the bestâ
A pair of clear green eyes appeared behind him.
A large claw was placed on his shoulder.
ă What... did you just now? ă
The Ghostly Wolf had returned and profoundly asked.
The muscular man froze on the spot.
Among his students, one of the female students no longer cared to watch the drama and hurriedly left the training field.
That female student hurriedly returned to her dorm room and closed the door behind herself.
She breathed heavily before finally regaining her calm.
âWho... exactly are you?â she asked the void of space.
A voice resounded from thin air, right as a UI appeared in front of her eyes.
[Welcome, girl from the Spirit Summoning world]
[I am Lady Darksea, I stopped here because of your excellence]
[From today onwards, you shall walk the path to become a true Combatant]
[ââAre you ready?]
The girl stood there blankly for a long while.
...
Gu Qing Shanâs trio continued moving forward.
During the past few days, the giant eyeball had begun to take over the entire Pantheon.
Fresh blood flowed through the dark tunnel and reached into the countless worlds residing inside it.
It was in so much of a hurry that it didnât even care to take over these worlds and was solely focused on searching for the frozen corpseâs traces.
Gu Qing Shanâs trio was following the instructions of [Longing] to head towards Fei Yue.
A few hours later.
They chose a secluded place in the tunnel to reorganize themselves.
Gu Qing Shan was naturally responsible for cooking, he quickly whipped up a few dishes, arranged the table, then popped another bottle of liquor open.
The three of them enjoyed a meal.
âThereâs something I canât understand at allâ
Crow undid the metal facemaskâs cover, took a long sip of liquor, then finally spoke up.
Boss continued: âWhat canât you understand?â
âIf that eyeball is so impressive that it doesnât even fear [Great Flood], who would be able to restrain it from now on?â Crow asked.
Boss heaved a long sigh: âThatâs truly a serious issue. In front of these guys, the current living beings are truly too weakâ
Gu Qing Shan put his glass down and commented: âAccording to my observations, the rate of Apocalypses appearing in the infinite worlds is also increasing, thatâs why I had discussed with Lady Darksea and began to leave the power of [Order] in the worlds we go pastâ
âWould that help at all?â Crow asked.
â[Order] can allow living beings to evolve, [Order] itself is also constantly evolvingââ the only issue is whether or not they achieve it in timeâ Boss chimed in.
Gu Qing Shan turned to Boss and suddenly asked: âWhy do you seem like youâre a bit unfocused?â
Boss froze a bit before frowning: âI donât know either, I just feel like Iâve forgotten somethingâ
âSo you canât think of anything?â Crow asked.
âIâm not affected by any sort of techniques either, I just really feel like Iâve ignored somethingâ Boss replied.
âIf you forgot it, then it probably isnât importantâ Gu Qing Shan tried consoling him.
âNo, this is giving me a very bad feeling, itâs constantly plaguing my mindâ Boss replied.
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
Bossâ wealth of knowledge, secrets, and experience could be considered nearly infiniteââ
If he had truly forgotten something crucial, who would be able to help him?
The three of them exchanged glances and felt a bit clueless.
A while later.
Gu Qing Shan said: âI have a solution... but it wonât necessarily be effectiveâ
âGive it a try, thatâs still better than doing nothingâ Crow said.
âHmâ Gu Qing Shan nodded.
He searched inside his chest and pulled out a colorful rooster statue.
âWhat is this?â Boss asked.
âA Mysticism artifact that can help me collect informationâ
Gu Qing Shan pulled on the roosterâs comb, making it come alive in an instant.
The rooster left Gu Qing Shanâs hand, jumped onto the table and picked up one of the glasses on the table.
âIâve already drunk from thatâ Crow couldnât help but call out.
âYou got AIDS or something?â the rooster asked.
âYouâre the one whoâs got AIDSâ Crow instinctively snapped back.
The rooster ignored him and finished the entire glass in a few gulps.
âHicââ youngster Gu, how come you havenât called out to me for a while already?â
It hiccuped before asking.
Gu Qing Shan replied: âI didnât have any Soul Points recently; it took me a few days of hunting to gather a bitâ
The colorful rooster appeared pleased and said: âHm, everythingâs fine as long as you have Soul Points. What do you want to ask?â
Gu Qing Shan pointed at Boss and said: âThis is my sworn brother, I wanted to ask something about himââ- he has something he canât remember at all; can you help him out?â
The colorful rooster put the glass down and told him with a serious expression: âYoungster Gu, youâve already mistaken, you know?â
âHuh? What do you mean?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âIâm your personal intelligence system, spending all of my efforts searching for intelligence relating to you every single day; Iâve had to focus my full attention on you all this time, and now youâre asking me to collect information for someone elseââ- tsk tsk tsk, and you still call yourself a proper person?â the colorful roosterâs eyes were practically becoming red with tears as it spoke.
It turned around and wiped its tears with its wings.
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly apologized: âIâm sorry, itâs just that my sworn brotherâs matter is very important, we really couldnât come up with anything so I thought about you, if you think itâs not good, then Iââ-â
Gu Qing Shan suddenly stopped.
He noticed that the colorful rooster still had one wing on its back, discreetly forming the shape of a heart.
A heart... I think this implied that...
Gu Qing Shan changed his mind and said: âââ Then Iâll pay you double the Soul Pointsâ
The rooster suddenly turned around.
Its eyes were no longer red, it used its wings to pat its chest and said with a moved tone:
âSoul Points or not, your sworn brother is my sworn brotherâ
âNow, let us resolve your sworn brotherâs issue!â