Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes and carefully examined this Bygone Era sword technique.
This sword technique had far surpassed his imagination, which exerted oneâs swordsmanship to its very limit to create a distinct sword array.
...No, rather than a sword array, itâs a Causality Law that can only be triggered through the use of a sword.
With his expertise in swordsmanship, he was able to discern the foundations of this Bygone Era sword technique very quickly.
But to actually perform it, he needed to try it out a few times.
Following his comprehension of the sword technique, lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[Youâve comprehended the use of Causeless Sword]
[Sword technique: Causeless]
[Passive ability]
[Causality Law sword technique, void swordsmanship]
[Description: During combat, each of your sword strikes would be able to search for your opponentâs fatal weakness through Causality. Whenever you sense a fatal weakness from your opponent, a sword strike will manifest in the void of space, this strike would definitely strike the enemyâs fatal weakness, either paralyzing or killing them]
[Attention: To activate Causeless Sword, you must perform at least one sword strike, and at most 1200 sword strikes]
While reading the description on the War God UI, Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but rub his eyes together.
ââ-this is such an unprecedented sword technique that he couldnât help but feel like testing it out.
Unfortunately, this isnât a good venue for it.
He put that thought aside and turned to Laura.
Laura was talking to a Divine Artifact in her hand, occasionally laughing out loud.
Gu Qing Shan focused his ears to listen and found out that a fan depicting a female devil was telling her a dirty joke.
âââas long as these Divine Artifacts had a personality, they were all truly full of personalities.
Meanwhile, the Divine Artifacts whose spirit had already died or had yet to house a spirit would be relatively much weaker but were less trouble.
If this fan wanted to accompany Laura, wouldnât it teach her bad things?
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the fan briefly before telling her: âDonât listen to these guys too much, theyâve been through too many eras and seen too many people that theyâre all a bit naughtyâ
âThe things she said are so interesting. Right, how many Divine Artifacts should we collect?â Laura asked.
âFour of themâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
He glanced over them and noticed that Laura had collected three Divine Artifacts, which were respectively the [Blood Devouring Blade of Hundred Ghosts], the [Soul Searching and Life Pursuing Chain], and the [Imprisoning Soul Wraith Fan]
Gu Qing Shan told her: âI have a friend who prefers to only use one kind of weapon, can you try and collect a claw gauntlet-type Divine Artifact?â
âClaw gauntlet? Let me give it a tryâ Laura happily said.
She reached her small hands into the void of space and searched around inside.
âHm... This one is too bent, probably not it...â
âThis one... seems very powerful... but there are over 30 holesââ itâs a really strange weapon, but not claw gauntletsâ
âAh, this one is hard... doesnât seem like claw gauntletsâ
â...Found it!â
Laura suddenly grabbed and pulled it out from the void of space.
Gu Qing Shan examined it carefully and saw that it was a pair of gauntlets with four short and sharp protrusions.
âLook! I got a claw gauntlet-type Divine Artifact!â Laura happily told him.
After being speechless for a moment, Gu Qing Shan said: âThis certainly looks like a claw gauntlet... but... this design is a bit...â
âThis is really stylish yâknow, not to mention it was a pair of extremely rare claw gauntlets that even has an Artifact Spiritââ- if you hadnât said that your friend wanted it, I would have kept it for my personal collectionâ Laura told him.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the pair of claw gauntlets, then silently thought about how Demon Dragon would look using them to attack.
...Demon Dragon isnât going to kill me over this right?
Should I tell Laura to try again?
Gu Qing Shan looked back at Laura, only to see her exhausted appearance.
âGu Qing Shan, Iâve never tried collecting four Divine Artifacts at once ever before, so Iâm a bit hungry, give me some food pleaseâ Laura acted spoiled and asked him.
Gu Qing Shan immediately gave up on his previous thought.
These were four Divine Artifacts, not a bunch of radishes.
ââLaura had already tried her best!
So what if they were just gauntlets with a tiny claw? Theyâre still a Divine Artifact!
If Demon Dragon doesnât like them, he can just try and change the Divine Artifact and his corresponding Divine position later on.
With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan persuaded himself.
âHere, Iâve prepared everything already. After you finish eating, weâll get goingâ Gu Qing Shan handed a large bag of snacks to Laura.
Laura happily began to dig in.
Meanwhile, Gu Qing Shan stowed the four Huang Quan Divine Artifacts away and fell into thought.
...
A minute later.
Four figures silently appeared at a secluded region of this Huang Quan world.
Fei Yue, Xiao Die, the Master of the Ominous Demon Tower, and Demon Dragon.
Gu Qing Shan nodded to the four of them and explained: âIâve prepared all of your Divine Artifacts, they all have clean origins. You only need to connect your mind with the Divine Artifacts for you to become Deities of Huang Quan.
He pointed at the four boxes behind him.
The Divine Artifacts were all left in the boxes with their names written on it.
Gu Qing Shan explained: âKeep in mind, the Samsara Clash for Supremacy will begin very soon, I hope that youâll be able to prepare yourselvesâ
Xiao Die couldnât help but said: ă But my sonââă
Gu Qing Shan replied: âFei Yueâs Fate ability can help you find him, and once youâve become a Deity of Huang Quan, youâd be able to freely travel between the land of the dead and land of the living, thereâs be no issues with meeting time at any pointâ
Xiao Die was clearly delighted.
âAlrightââ I have urgent business to attend to, so Iâll be heading out first. See you all again later tonightâ
After saying that, he and Laura vanished without a trace.
The group of four stood still and exchanged glances.
ă How come Gu Qing Shan is acting so mysterious... ăXiao Die muttered to herself.
âPerhaps he really does have something urgent. Letâs ignore him for now, we need to become Deities of Huang Quan right away, otherwise, people will notice what had happened here and come to usâ
Fei Yue looked at the Thread of Fate on her wrist and softly told everyone.
Everyone nodded.
Xiao Die walked up and opened the box with her name.
A fan was sitting inside.
ă Right, it suits me very well ăXiao Die was pleased as she took the fan.
Fei Yue opened her box and found that it contained a length of black chains.
âThis would greatly improve the power of my Fate ability, Gu Qing Shan had truly put some thought into thisâ she also nodded and said.
The Master of the Ominous Demon Tower opened the box in front of him and grinned:
ă A very stylish bladeââ I like it ă
He picked up the blade and casually swung it a few times.
A clear howling noise could be heard from the sword, which sounded a bit harrowing.
â-as expected of a Divine Artifact.
Seeing them, Demon Dragon also opened his own box.
At the very next moment, he violently closed his box with a thud.
Xiao Die was happily playing with the fan in her hand and said: ă Alright, if the four of us work together from now on, weâd very easily become the most powerful Deities in this world! ă
Fei Yue also nodded: âIndeed. With our coordination, weâd definitely be able to establish quite a force in this worldâ
The Master of the Ominous Demon Tower propped the blade on his shoulder and heartily declared: ă Letâs make it big and flashy! ă
The three of them turned to Demon Dragon.
Demon Dragon kept the lid of the box closed with his hand and told them in a low voice: âYou can go by yourselves, I wonât be joining you allâ
Xiao Die scoffed and asked: ă What? Are you looking down on us? ă
âThatâs not it, Iâve just gotten used to fighting aloneâ Demon Dragon turned his back on the other three, using his body to conceal the box and replied in a troubled voice.
âSo youâre not going to collaborate with us later on?â Fei Yue asked.
âThatâs not it either. Once I find that the opportunity is ripe, Iâll naturally come to youâ Demon Dragon replied.
ă Opportunity? What opportunity? ăthe Master of the Ominous Demon Tower asked confusedly.
Demon Dragon didnât turn around at all and just replied in a low voice: âWhen I feel that itâs appropriateâ
Fei Yue, Xiao Die, and the Master of the Ominous Demon Tower exchanged glances.
ă This guy is very skilled ăXiao Die sent her voice.
âHeâs also someone with a storyâ Fei Yue commented as well.
The Master of the Ominous Demon Tower observed Demon Dragonâs lonely visage and sent his voice: ăââ-Heâs the kind of person that works better as a lone wolf with his own rules and methods. Itâs best that we wait for him to contact us ă
ă âHmâ ă the two girls agreed.
ă If thatâs the case, then weâll be going first ăthe Master of the Ominous Demon Tower said.
âGo ahead, hurry up, you shouldnât stay here for too longâ Demon Dragonâs voice contained a hint of urging.
The threeâs figures shifted and disappeared where they stood.
Only Demon Dragon remained.
There was no one around him.
Demon Dragon took a deep breath and opened the box.
A pair of pink cat paw gauntlets silently sat inside the box.
The pink cat paws flew up and circled around Demon Dragon.
Meow~
The cat pawsâ artifact spirit gave off an intimate growl.
Demon Dragonâs veins started bulging on his head, but still managed to maintain his calm and asked: âAre you urging me to put you on?â
Meow meow!
The cat pawsâ artifact spirit happily affirmed.
Some commotion could be heard from nearby.
A group of hell spawns were heading towards Demon Dragonâs location.
ă Whoâs there? Get over here! ăone hell spawn loudly called out.
Demon Dragonâs expression became tense.
I canât delay this, I need to hurry and become a Deity of Huang Quan, or I will be captured by the hell spawns!
Meow meow mew!
The cat pawsâ artifact spirit seemed to have also realized the unfavorable situation and urged him again.
It flew into Demon Dragonâs hands and signaled him to wear it immediately.
ââHaving no other choice, Demon Dragon looked at the pink cat paws once again.
This is a Divine Artifact, thereâs no mistake.
Itâs also a claw gauntlet-type weapon, thereâs no mistake.
ââbut its color is completely incompatible with my fighting style!
Itâs too cute!
Staring at the pink cat paws, Demon Dragon once again felt like his life was too difficult.
He couldnât help but grumble: âGu Qing Shan...â
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