Translator: La0o9
As soon as Gu Qing Shan made his move, Zhang Ying Hao also moved.
Like a shadowy ghost, he appeared behind the wolf old man without a sound, mercilessly thrusting his spiked dagger into the old manâs chest. He gripped the hilt tightly before forcefully twisting it.
The wolf old man originally could still struggle a bit, but completely stopped breathing after this attack.
Zhang Ying Haoâs eyebrows relaxed slightly and wanted to pull the dagger back, but Gu Qing Shan called out:
âDonât moveââ~~â
Gu Qing Shan swiftly stepped forward and swung the blade in his hand with all his strength.
The wolf old manâs head was sent flying and rolled a short distance away.
Zhang Ying Hao shrugged: âHeâs already dead, there was no need to cut off his headâ
Gu Qing Shan sheathed his blade and replied: âTheyâre beasts, their body structure is different from ours, so if he happens to be able to survive getting stabbed in the heart, it would be a lot of trouble for usâ
â-5 no one could be sure what kind of preparations the other party might have.
So the best solution was to not give them a chance to act at all.
This was the most basic strategy behind Gu Qing Shanâs fighting style.
Zhang Ying Hao pondered briefly before praising him: âGood callâ
Gu Qing Shan stood still and waited, but didnât see the supernatural phenomena of Huang Quan manifest.
He was a bit surprised.
Could all of those Chosen Saints have entered Huang Quan right away after getting killed?
Shan Hai Qi Xia noticed the look on his face and explained: âNo need to wait, the entire Elements War Zone is quarantined from the Samsara, so those who die here wouldnât be able to leave or return anywhere. Only after the Elements have been established and the world becomes stabilized that the seal
on this place would become undone, allowing them to enter reincarnationâ
âSo thatâs how it isâ Gu Qing Shan commented in surprise.
He introduced Zhang Ying Hao and Shan Hai Qi Xia to one another.
âCompletely turning against them, not leaving a single one aliveââ- did these Beast King realm people offend you somehow?â
Li Chun Dao asked.
âThey didnât offend me, but they were planning to attack you all sooner or laterâ Gu Qing Shan answered.
âWHAT!?â Li Chun Dao exclaimed.
âWhat exactly is going on?â Shan Hai Qi Xia asked.
Gu Qing Shan explained what he heard in the Beast King realm shelter.
Li Chun Dao sighed: âSo thatâs how things wereâ
âIknew they were up to no goodâ Wang Shun scoffed.
âThese Beast Kings awoke from their slumber, so they overwhelm us in both number and strength, almost taking the Beast King realm under their total controlââ even if we only consider the number of Chosen Saints, they outnumber us by several timesâ Shan Hai Qi Xia worriedly commented.
Everyone fell into silence.
Sie the strength of both sides was so far apart that if the other side bared their fangs, the humans in the Tomb of Myriad Beasts would face disaster.
Thatâs a very difficult problem to resolve.
Gu Qing Shan pondered for a few moments before suggesting: âYou all must quickly regain your strength, ensuring that all the human Chosen Saints awaken their own Samsara Divine Skill. That way, the other party would not dare to act recklesslyâ
Shan Hai Qi Xia said: âBut behind the Beast King realm thereâs still the Heaven realm, in fact, theyâve been receiving orders from the Heaven realm the entire timeâ
Gu Qing Shan resolutely told her: âGo into hiding, for now, all of you. Donât hold any wishful thinking, the one behind them is even more difficult to deal with than you can imagineâ
a7 the Heavenly Emperor.
By himself within the Boundless Void, the Heavenly Emperor completed the Samsaraâs evolution without anyone noticing. If I hadnât discovered it at the very last moment and pursued him through the Reality Gate, he would have succeeded as well!
Thereâs no way such a character would be easy to deal with.
Shan Hai Qi Xiaâs expression suddenly changed: âOh no, Qiu Yu and the others are still being monitored by the others from the Beast King realm, theyâll surely realize that something is wrong on this side very soon, we need to hurry up and return!â
Li Chun Dao and Wang Shun also became anxious as they realized this.
âWait!â
Gu Qing Shan told them in a heavy tone: âIf you all return right now and are unable to defeat them, wouldnât that be meaninglessly seeking your deaths?ââ have any of you awoken your Samsara Divine Skills?â
âNot yet, weâve actually been working under them to collect enough Merit for thatâ Shan Hai Qi Xia answered.
Gu Qing Shan thought about it briefly before saying: âThe badge that the old man gave us earlier had quite a few Elemental Cores sealed inside, according to him, theyâve already killed almost a thousand Elemental monstersââ take 97 Elemental Cores out for meâ
âAlrightâ Shan Hai Qi Xia replied.
She didnât know why Gu Qing Shan didnât take it himself and instead had her do it.
But since he wasnât telling her, she didnât want to ask.
Very quickly, a total of 97 Elemental Cores were neatly laid out on the ground.
Theyâd all manifested into either dark yellow rocks or bright red gems.
It was a mystery what kind of method the Beast King realm had used to kill the Elemental monsters without destroying their Elemental Cores.
ââ4 ut it was clear that they had a very detailed plan of action.
âWhy is there only Elemental Earth and Fire cores here? Did they not obtain the other Elemental Cores?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âThree out of the Five Elements have been established, only Earth and Fire remain. Once Earth and Fire have been established as well, all five main Elements will have been stabilized, then the five mutated Elements of Wind-Lightning-Light-Dark-Sound will manifest and the Human realm will fall into
chaos once againâ Shan Hai Qi Xia worriedly explained.
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
This was the same thing as what Li An told me.
Itâs a shame that I appeared a bit late to take the initiative.
â-but fortunately, itâs not too late yet.
He swung his blade, manifesting bright slashes with each swing, completely destroying all 97 Elemental Cores.
In an instant, lines of bloody red text manifested in the void of space:
[Current Merit: 3]
[Obtained Merit: 97]
[Youâve collected 100 points of Merit in total, the Samsara is imbuing you with Origin power]
[In five seconds, your Divine Skill: Lightning Wraith (incomplete) will evolve to its perfect form]
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Arcs of lightning immediately emerged from Gu Qing Shanâs body, making him seem like a descended god.
[Your Samsara Divine Skill: Lightning Wraith has been completed, manifesting into its perfect form]
[Lightning Wraith: Your body turns into lightning, your speed as great as any bolt of lightning, unobstructed by any magical barriers. In battle, Tribulation Lightning will descend to help you, the longer you fight, the more powerful the Tribulation Lightning will become]
Quickly reading through the description, Gu Qing Shan was silently surprised.
Tribulation Lightningââ
Isnât that what cultivators have to endure whenever they face a Heavenly Tribulation?
Why did the Samsara place something like that into a Divine Skill?
However.
Everyoneâs strength is currently sealed with only their Samsara Divine Skills being usable.
Iâve always felt like [Lightning Wraith] lacked the offensive capabilities of the gigantic spearsââ
But now I donât have to worry about it anymore!
With the Tribulation Lightning aiding me, my odds of winning in battle would be greatly increased!
Several more lines of bloody red text appeared in the void of space:
[Youâve collected 100 points of Merit, thus completing the first step of awakening your Samsara Divine Skill]
[You can choose to remain in the Elements War Zone to investigate the Samsaraâs secrets, or return to the Human realm]
etait it turns out I can return as soon as I collect 100 points of Merit.
But seeing how many secrets might be hidden in this Elements War Zone, how could I arbitrarily leave?
âTIl remain hereâ Gu Qing Shan said.
He then regained his senses and turned to Shan Hai Qi Xia: âWhat else is inside the badge given by the wolf old man?â
Shan Hai Qi Xia answered: âThere are still over 900 Elemental Cores, as well as a lot of treasuresâ
ââ Jetâs ignore the treasures.
Gu Qing Shan immediately told her: âYou can keep that for your own use, quickly awaken your Samsara Divine Skill, then help Li Qiu Yu and Zhao Qiong awaken their Samsara Divine Skill as well, only then would you have the most basic level of self-defenseââ- do it as soon as possible!â
âWhat about you?â Shan Hai Qi Xia hesitantly asked.
âIhave other business to take care of, so I canât accompany you all after thisâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
Ineed to quickly take a look at a Wraith realm shelter to see whatâs going on.
Not to mention that most powerful monster.
Talso need to investigate the secrets of this Elements War Zone.
Shan Hai Qi Xia stared closely at him and asked: âDo we really not need to leave you anything?â
Gu Qing Shan said: âAh right, leave me some foodâ
Shan Hai Qi Xia asked in return: âYou want food?â
âYeahâ
The other three exchanged glances, all of which seemed surprised.
This guy doesnât want any treasure or Elemental Core, but he wants food?
They handed all of their rations to him.
Taking at the food, Gu Qing Shan happily said: âThis is enoughâ
âThen weâll head out firstâ Shan Hai Qi Xia said.
âHurry up and go, I wonât be able to help you on that side, so you all should take care of yourselvesâ Gu Qing Shan reminded her.
âYouâre already helping us a lot with these Elemental Coresâ Li Chun Dao clasped his fist.
âWe owe you another oneâ Wang Shun said.
âDonât mention it, weâre all on the same sideâ Gu Qing Shan laughed.
The other three also smiled.
They each took out an appropriate number of Elemental Cores to awaken their Samsara Divine Skills, then quickly disappeared right in front of Gu Qing Shan.
â-theyâve returned to the Human realm.
There were still many people waiting for them there.
At this point, Zhang Ying Hao finally spoke up:
âHey, how come you gave everything away like that? Shouldâve at least kept some of the treasuresâ
âWhy do we need to keep some treasures?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âOnce everyone has woken up, there will be so many of us that the only thing you hear us asking for is moneyâ Zhang Ying Hao chuckled.
Gu Qing Shan smiled wryly and explained his debt to the Book of the Sea.
Zhang Ying Hao stared at him closely before finally speaking up: âSo youâre currently living a life of eternal poverty right now?â
âYeah, call out the black cat, weâre heading to our next destinationâ Gu Qing Shan said.
Zhang Ying Hao blew a whistle.
The black cat emerged from a bush and ran towards them.
âWhereâs the next destination?â Zhang Ying Hao asked.
âThe Wraith realms shelter, I need to go there and take a look. I can sense that something is waiting for me in that placeâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
â~-this was a feeling coming directly from his spirit sense, which hadnât disappeared even after his strength had been sealed.
Suddenly, a sharp howl came from the distance:
[ Trying to run? No, youâre both going to die right here |
A boundless, unrecognizable presence suddenly erupted into a giant blast of wind.
The wind blew the dust and sand all the way to the sky, obscuring everything within it.
Such powerââ~
Gu Qing Shanâs expression changed.
In that instant, he did two things.
âYouâre the one whoâs going to die!â
He shouted, activating Red Dragon Origin Hex â Twist and dispelling [Moon Invitation] at the same time!
Zhang Ying Hao and the black cat both instantly vanished without a trace, returning to the [Order] and falling back into slumber.
Almost at the same time, two sharp bone spikes emerged from the dust storm, aiming straight for Zhang Ying Hao and Gu Qing Shanâs locations.
ââ4 for Red Dragon Origin Hex â Twist, even the lack of answer from the enemy was considered an answer.
And since Zhang Ying Hao had returned, he was naturally not struck.
As the bone spike arrived in front of Gu Qing Shan, it suddenly shot backwards.
[ Huh!? J
A shocked voice called out from inside the dust storm.
Taking that opportunity, Gu Qing Shan drew his blade and took a few steps back.
He took a fighting stance on the spot.