The small square.
At the entrance of the secret passage.
Everyone laid completely flat on the ground, panting heavily.
『 You… that dance of yours… is really vigorous 』the Archfiend Sha Qiang praised while he continued to pant.
After entering this place, everyone was stripped of their powers so they only possessed ordinary bodies.
And performing that high tension dance just now had basically drained them of all their stamina.
The Sky Haze King, Hazeden, barely managed to sit up from the ground, wiping his sweat, he asked: “And that was the ability you kept?”
“Hm”
Gu Qing Shan wasn’t thick-skinned enough to explain, but he couldn’t just not react to him either, so he glossed it over with a curt snort.
The Lord of Flames glanced towards Gu Qing Shan with a complicated expression: “Throughout my entire life, I’ve killed too many people to count, but never have I had to perform a belly dance”
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fists together: “I’m really sorry, once this ability is triggered, even I can’t control it; but at least it was useful”
Everyone glanced around their surroundings.
The entire square was filled with mountains of white skeletons.
Just now, numerous monsters had rushed out from the secret passage in order to kill their group.
Each of them far more powerful than the very first monster that had come out.
Numerous spells, sharp weapons, claws, fangs, and unprecedented unique abilities were aimed at them.
While the group simply…
Danced.
A hoarse dry female voice appeared from the void.
She only stated one thing:
「 Those that disrespect the Sacrificial Dance shall… Die! 」
And all the monsters simply died.
Their flesh and souls detached from their bodies and vanished into nothingness, leaving nothing but their skeletons to kneel and pray in repentance.
——-the more one thought about what had occurred, the more they would find it to be eerie and terrifying.
Fortunately, such power was on their side.
The Lord of Flames, Guyan, pondered over it a few times and simply decided to let it go.
The group slowly regained their stamina after a short period of rest.
Hazeden gestured behind him.
A subordinate took out his Card and tossed it to the empty space on the ground.
Poof!
The Card turned into a long dining table full of various food and drinks.
Hazeden moved forward, picked up a mana potion, and drank it as he informed everyone:
“Suddenly performing a dance made me feel a bit parched. Everyone, please help yourselves”
Guyan’s eyes flickered slightly.
I made so many preparations and even had several subordinates with highly destructive spells, but forgot to prepare any food.
“Thank you” Gu Qing Shan pulled Su Xue Er with him to pick out some food.
Guyan nodded to the people behind him.
Everyone began enjoying themselves.
———and they really needed to replenish their stamina, otherwise, none of them would have any strength left to actually explore the secret passage.
“It had been many years since I last experienced being restrained by a feeble body”
While sighing emotionally, Guyan ate a piece of cake.
At this point, Sha Qiang questioned Gu Qing Shan with a doubtful expression on his face: 『 There was something wrong with that dance just now 』
“What was wrong?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
Su Xue Er was currently peeling a fresh fruit to feed him.
Sha Qiang said: 『 Take a look, during the second verse, I clearly moved my body according to the beat, so how come I keep feeling like it was a bit uncoordinated 』
While saying that, he started twisting his body from head to toe, even displaying a slight hint of seductive intention.
Gu Qing Shan: “…”
The group: “…”
If an Archfiend like you could actually perform this dance in a coordinated manner, then this world is better off destroyed.
But I can’t actually say that.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and replied: “I really respect serious people like yourself, in truth, that movement—–”
Aaaaaa—— yaaaaaa—–
Dong dong dong~ xiii~
Dong dong dong~ xii~
The sound of music abruptly manifested again, as if the Dance was about to once again begin anew!
Gu Qing Shan immediately shut up.
Hazeden and Guyan came forward to pull Sha Qiang away.
“Ahahaha, for this wonderful dance, let us have a toast” Hazeden spoke up first.
“Indeed, from now on, everyone are dance buddies, come, we’re going to finish this entire bottle first! Cheers!” Guyan followed up.
The two of them sat Sha Qiang in front of the long dining table and began to drink.
At first, Sha Qiang was really confused, but he soon got drunk in the atmosphere and began to enjoy drinking with the two leaders.
The sound of music gradually subsided.
“Hoh—-”
Everyone couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
That was dangerous.
——we’re all elites of our forces, having been through countless battles, chosen to explore this place after a rigorous selection process.
We did not come here to perform a group dance!
Gu Qing Shan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
He really didn’t want to perform that embarrassing dance in front of Su Xue Er again.
However, now that I think about Su Xue Er——-
Her dancing was really beautiful just now, this kind of dance was definitely designed for young and alluring girls like her.
“Qing Shan, I have a small question” Su Xue Er whispered.
“Hm, go ahead” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Su Xue Er hesitantly asked: “Then… erm, how did you… kissing technique…”
“That was because of you” Gu Qing Shan replied with a stern expression.
Su Xue Er froze.
Because of me?
Gu Qing Shan explained: “In Aboul, when you placed me under three layers of restraints, one of them was the [Gift of the Witch’s Kiss]”
“I have an ability where I can use the power of the soul to immediately grasp any Skill, so I used it to learn the kissing technique from that and dispel it”
“Otherwise, how did you think I managed to arrive at Triste’s collection world in time?”
His voice gradually became lower as he whispered: “Unfortunately, you ran away at the time, otherwise we would have been able to fight alongside each other”
Su Xue Er trembled a bit.
“Which means before that, you’ve never actually kissed anyone else?” she asked.
Gu Qing Shan silently sighed in relief and swore to her: “I really haven’t”
Su Xue Er’s lips slowly curved into a smile.
“Seriously…” she softly touched Gu Qing Shan’s face, then the back of his ear, then his nape, “If I knew that you were that strong, I would have fought together with you. Hah, I really was the one to blame”
“Let’s not talk about that anymore and eat, that dance just now was really tiring”
“Hm”
…
The group was about to set off again after reorganizing themselves.
There were no longer any sounds arriving from the secret passage.
That eerie scene just now had probably scared even the monsters, so before they were able to discern what had transpired, they wouldn’t try to attack again.
Before they set off, Hazeden gathered with the other three leaders.
He cleared his throat and said: “Let’s reach an agreement. Just now, we went through an intense battle and managed to barely triumph with our lives intact”
Everyone else was briefly stunned before realizing what he meant.
Guyan followed up: “I used my Scorching Fist technique to move into the heart of the enemy, unleashing over five hundred shattering fists to blow 23 monsters to bits”
Gu Qing Shan pondered a bit: “I… used over two hundred strikes to flay 17 monsters to their bones”
Hazeden continued: “I used my heroic spirit Card to summon an army and killed the 5 strangest looking giant monsters”
A historian official stood behind him, quickly recording their words.
——–as one of the greatest kingdoms of the Mystic Zones, this would be a part of the Sky Haze royal conquest, a tale to be told to the ages.
When they return, this shall be how it would be known.
As for the Dance…
What?
What dance?
Can dancing kill an enemy?
No one would ever mention a single word about that Dance, the only thing the later generations shall remember were the sights of Sky Haze King fighting alongside the Lord of Flames, the Dragon Slayer from the Age of Old, and the Purgatory Archfiend; a tale of a battle of mythical proportions.
The Purgatory Archfiend…
——indeed, there was also a brave Archfiend who participated in that great battle, as one of the four allies, it also contributed greatly to their victory.
The three of them turned to the Purgatory Archfiend.
“You should also say something——– think carefully before you speak, after all, this is history to be passed on” Hazeden implied.
“Indeed, the four of us fought alongside one another, braved through danger before finally triumphing against the monsters” Guyan implied a bit more heavily.
“It was a battle of mythical proportions” Gu Qing Shan also nodded in agreement.
Seeing how serious they were, the Purgatory Archfiend Sha Qiang also understood that he must think seriously.
He pondered long and hard, then said aggrievedly: 『 Actually, there was something that I hadn’t been able to figure out for the past while no matter how hard I thought 』
“What is it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
『 During the dance just now, the three of you were responsible for swinging your hips at the very front 』
『 Why didn’t I have a part in such a flashy position? 』
『 We all signed the covenant as equals, why wasn’t I included in that!? 』
