Chapter 535: [Iaido]
Bone-chilling cold.
Gu Qing Shan brought Laura flying down outside of the 600-floor skyscraper.
They were descending much faster than the snowflakes around them.
Currently, Gu Qing Shan was letting himself freefall downwards as he passed floor by floor.
Which saved a lot of time.
Occasionally, he would also attack.
He already has a good grasp of the situation on every floor thanks to using the monocular.
He would only go after the most horrible and dangerous monsters, instantly kill them.
Breaking the outside wall of the building, flying in, then quickly leaving.
With the You Ji General armor for protection and the 86,370,000 tons Earth sword, Gu Qing Shan could easily finish a battle with a single full-power attack.
After all, this was a trap aimed towards young people below 30 years old.
And Gu Qing Shan was a particularly strong individual among people of this age.
A few minutes later.
Gu Qing Shan reached the 239th floor.
——-this was where the demonized person was.
Gu Qing Shan took a deep breath and controlled the Six Paths Great Mountain sword.
[Water Flow Severance]!
Boom!
Another hole was made in the wall.
“Go”
Gu Qing Shan said.
The Chao Yin sword flew straight into the desert.
Gu Qing Shan activated another hand seal.
Secret Art, [Torrent]!
Tiny sword qi gathered to form a torrent, then a tsunami of unstoppable force, sweeping through the desert.
Every grain of sand was swept away and upwards towards the ceiling.
The demonized person had nowhere left to hide, swinging his sword to protect himself.
He flew out, hovered in the sky as he stared coldly at Gu Qing Shan.
This was also a cultivator from a cultivation-type world, and also an excellent assassin.
He focused his gaze on the returning Chao Yin sword, coldly asking: “So you’re a sword cultivator as well?”
“I’m a sword cultivator, you aren’t” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The man brandished his sword, asking mockingly: “Are you blind?”
“I saw very clearly, you’re a turtle hiding under the sand” Gu Qing Shan answered.
“You’re dead!”
The man got angry.
He drew his sword, about to rush forward to kill this person who dared mock him.
In a flash, a sword suddenly appeared in his sight.
This was a perfectly calculated strike.
As soon as he became furious and was about to rush forward, this sword immediately moved into his trajectory.
If it was even a second later, he would’ve already moved, unable to back off and can only meet this strike head on.
He understood.
“So you’re a calculating Heart Sword type!” he coldly smirked.
Knowing that the enemy was purposefully mocking him to lure him into a trap, he quickly calmed down.
As a first-rate assassin, being able to maintain his composure was a necessary skill.
The best way to deal with a Heart Sword type sword cultivator was to beat them down with fast attacks.
Not giving the Heart Sword types any time to calculate or think will make winning much easier.
Within a split second, the experienced assassin made his decision.
He thrust his sword forward to the wind.
Instantly, 49 sword images appeared, jetting through the sky as they headed for Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan’s pupils retracted, quickly calling his sword back to block.
Even though this wasn’t a sword array, each of these successive 49 strikes were stronger than the last. With this much power, this must be a particularly powerful Secret Art.
While the other party was an assassin, he wasn’t at all careful, instead using the strongest attack from the very start.
The Chao Yin sword’s trajectory turned chaotic as it went back and forth defending these 49 strikes.
In a split second, the assassin came.
Taking advantage of when Gu Qing Shan was busy blocking the 49 strikes, the assassin came in and struck at a gap in his guard.
“Die!” he shouted.
Gu Qing Shan couldn’t return his sword in time and had no choice but to take the Earth sword in the other hand to block.
Clang!
The two swords clashed, releasing a loud clang.
The assassin smirked.
You think blocking is enough?
Six sword phantoms continued forward through where the two swords met, coming straight at Gu Qing Shan.
One of Gu Qing Shan’s hands was also busy defending, the other had just used up its momentum, so he could only summon the Six Paths Great Mountain sword from the void of space, turning into a myriad of black sword shadows.
Secret Art, [Drawn Shadow].
The sword shadows bloomed in the air, knocking the 6 sword phantoms away.
“At this moment!”
The assassin took this chance and suddenly released a blue light from his mouth.
This was his true killing blow!
[Clanging Wind], [Piercing Array] and [Blow Dart], three consecutive Secret Art to push any opponent to their death.
Especially the final strike, [Blow Dart], it could break through any defense to instantly take his opponent’s life.
This was the strongest sword phantom that the assassin has been nurturing for the past few years, the strongest Secret Art for assassination!
The scattered blooming [Drawn Shadow] wasn’t anywhere near enough to block this attack.
Gu Qing Shan only needed to glance at the blue light to notice the threat it possessed.
He didn’t think this assassin’s swordsmanship was this great.
Especially his Secret Art, the transition between each of them was fluid and well-coordinated, as if he was using them as naturally as breathing.
Such excellent sword skills specifically for killing deserves praise.
So Gu Qing Shan could only get a bit serious as well.
——-Divine Skill, [Shadow Shift]!
The blue light switched places with him in a split second as it kept flying through the air.
Gu Qing Shan tilted his body slightly and attacked the assassin with a completely normal thrust.
The assassin was shocked.
Such a perfectly coordinated series of killer attacks, how did he dodge it?
While he thought that, Gu Qing Shan’s attack had already come.
But the assassin could easily block this level of attack.
However, the assassin didn’t let down his guard at all and used everything he had to parry this blow.
Clang!
The two swords clashed again.
The assassin was about to use another Secret Art.
—–the fuck!?
He saw the sword cultivator wearing golden armor only attacked once before ignoring him completely and continued descending.
——-did he just run away in the middle of battle?
Is he scared?
While the assassin felt that to be completely unbelievable, a faint sword phantom came from behind and cut off his head.
Secret Art, [Swallow Returns]
Laura was hiding in Gu Qing Shan’s chest, hugging him tightly without letting go.
After flying for several minutes, she got a bit used to it.
“Are you really a Heart Sword type sword cultivator?” she loudly asked.
“What ‘type’? It’s easy to miss the truth by using generalized ‘types’ to judge an opponent’s swordsmanship” Gu Qing Shan answered indifferently.
A line of text showed up on both the red and blue UI in this vision.
[Obtained Soul Points: 1700]
Gu Qing Shan found that unexpected.
That man just now wasn’t that special, why did I get so much Soul Points?
He silently asked the War God UI: “By my estimation, he could’ve only given me about 700 Soul Points at most, why did I get so much?”
[Because the Soul Points he gained from killing others were also absorbed by you] the War God UI replied.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
They kept descending.
7 minutes later.
Gu Qing Shan landed on the ground.
Besides the demonized person, no one else died.
There were quite a few who were actually saved by Gu Qing Shan when they got into danger.
Gu Qing Shan untied the rope.
Laura also landed and looked at him begrudgingly.
“Do you always not pay attention to the feelings of a lady?” she pouted and questioned him.
“This was the softest rope I have, made from the silk of 1000-years old silkworms, it couldn’t possibly hurt you” Gu Qing Shan explained.
“But I did get hurt, mentally” Laura protested.
“Then after today, your mentality will become stronger” Gu Qing Shan answered.
Laura let out a ‘hmph’ as she turned her head to the side.
Of course, she was still hugging Gu Qing Shan rightly without letting go.
Gu Qing Shan’s gaze fell on the War God UI.
A line of glowing text appeared.
[You successfully gained 1000 Soul Points, activating the first Iaido]
[Please select the skill you want to use it on]
[Note: After entering Iaido state, the Skill’s power will be increased two-fold, this effect will only last once]
Gu Qing Shan then started considering which skills to use [Iaido] on.
—–unfortunately, [Iaido] only affected his Skills.
If it could affect Thaumaturgies, he would’ve used it on [Severance].
Well, no use thinking about it now.
“I choose the Taiyi Sword Array”
[Are you sure you want to choose this Skill?]
“I’m sure”
[The Skill has entered Iaido state, the next time you use it, its power will increase two-fold]
Reading this, Gu Qing Shan felt a bit more confident.
Taiyi Sword Array was currently his most powerful sword skill, if he could keep increasing its power again and again, it’ll become unimaginably powerful.
With how dangerous this battle will be, Gu Qing Shan needed such a trump card.
“What about the Quest?”
Gu Qing Shan continued asking.
The System replied: [War God Quest-chain: Birds in the sky, completed]
[We will keep waiting for Kindling’s reaction, analyze the missions it gives out and develop War God Quests specifically against it]
Reading through all that, Gu Qing Shan turned his gaze to the [Kindling] UI.
Since the two UIs were side by side, he didn’t need to do anything to switch between them, which makes it convenient.
A voice came.
[You’ve arrived at the ground]
[You’ve completed the mission, but will not receive any rewards]
Gu Qing Shan answered: “I don’t care, I don’t need any rewards Triste can give, I just need a lot of Soul Points to exchange items with you”
[Kindling] briefly fell silent.
What Gu Qing Shan declared just now was actually beneficial to it.
Because it needed Soul Points.
Although Gu Qing Shan killed that assassin, the amount of Soul Points Gu Qing Shan got far exceeded the amount the assassin got.
Because the assassin was part of those that died, the total amount of Soul Points actually increased.
As long as the total Soul Points increases, [Kindling] will silently allow them to do whatever they like.
It didn’t care about that man’s life in the first place.
———but there was a bigger issue.
Gu Qing Shan saved a lot of people
In the 600-floor skyscraper, there was a large amount of life forms with a lot of Soul Points, if these life forms had died, [Kindling] would’ve been able to absorb their Soul Points.
But because of Gu Qing Shan’s actions, it didn’t get any of these Soul Points.
[Kindling] fell into an eerie silence.
