The only person who remained in the silent darkness was Gu Qing Shan.
The ship had already sailed far.
The surveillance monster had all been killed.
Only he remained in mid-air, silently pondering.
“Something is… still off” Gu Qing Shan said.
「 What is? 」the Earth sword asked.
“I remember when we arrived, you said that you only kept [Sanctuary], while your other abilities can’t be used at all” Gu Qing Shan replied.
「 I did 」the Earth sword answered.
“Aren’t you a weapon spirit? Shouldn’t you be unrestrained like the Heavenly King Mara?” Gu Qing Shan doubtfully asked.
The Earth sword replied nonchalantly: 「 [Earth’s Choice] needs Soul Points to be unleashed; if I had told you that you can still use [Earth’s Choice] as long as you can give me Soul Points while you have 0 Soul Points, what kind of image would you have of me? 」
Gu Qing Shan froze.
The Earth sword continued: 「 I’m a weapon spirit that cares about image, thank you very much 」
Gu Qing Shan pondered for a while before silently telling the War God UI: “Take a look and see”
The War God UI remained silent for a while before popping up a huge wall of notifications.
Gu Qing Shan was shocked and hurriedly checked each one.
[Following combat synopsis, all obtained Soul Points released:]
[You’ve killed the Antimagic Great Elephant, obtaining 100 Soul Points]
[You’ve killed the elephant’s summoner, obtaining 300 Soul Points]
[You’ve killed a bunch of malicious mobs, these mobs are too much weaker compared to yourself, no Soul Points obtained]
[You’ve killed the Man-faced Claw Leaping Wraith, obtaining 13,961 Soul Points]
[Through the Living Being Sacrificial Dance, you killed the following monsters…]
[…]
[Your current remaining Soul Points: 75613/600]
Over 75,000 Soul Points!
I thought I wasn’t able to obtain any Soul Points from the previous battles, but the War God UI had actually stored them for me.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised and smiled: “Thank you, I shouldn’t have berated you just now”
A small line of text appeared on the War God UI: [So you admit that you were wrong?]
“Ah, yeah, I was wrong” Gu Qing Shan replied.
A notification then popped up on the War God UI: [The responsibility for this time’s emotional wounds have been recognized, deducting 613 Soul Points from Gu Qing Shan as compensation for the War God system’s emotional wounds]
[Ting]!
The Soul Points value on the War God UI changed, leaving Gu Qing Shan with the number [75,000/600]
Gu Qing Shan froze.
A few moments later.
He asked: “Did you purposely leave me with a rounded number?”
The War God UI replied: [You’re free to think what you like. In reality, you should immediately set off to find Abaddon, not staying here to stop the pursuers]
Gu Qing Shan sighed and didn’t answer.
He stood in the darkness, silently waiting.
——-it didn’t actually take a lot of time.
Around 7-8 minutes later, the sound of howling wind could be heard from far away.
Countless monsters as well as the masked cultivators appeared from the darkness.
They immediately noticed a single soul hovering in the air.
One of the monsters smirked: 『 Look, there’s a stray here 』
“Halt!” a masked cultivator declared.
The monsters and cultivators all stopped.
The leading cultivator brought with him two guards and flew a bit forward.
They arrived in front of Gu Qing Shan.
“It’s you again” the leading cultivator commented.
He was observing this cultivator’s soul who wielded two swords.
“I’m sorry, I don’t really understand what you mean” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The leading cultivator spoke: “It was you who noticed the disguise I made in the secret passage and found the entrance”
This time, Gu Qing Shan understood.
The cultivator continued: “At the entrance of the secret passage, it was also you who killed the wraiths from the Wraith realm, allowing those insects to survive”
“How strange, you clearly weren’t there at the time, how did you know that?” Gu Qing Shan doubtfully asked.
The cultivator didn’t answer him, only silently thought for a short while before continuing: “It seems that you’re already dead, then I’ll give you a chance?”
“What kind of chance?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
The cultivator said: “That dance of yours is strange, but had incredible power——- I’ll make you an offer, hand it over, and I won’t kill you”
“Kill me? But I’m already dead, take a look, I’m already a soul” Gu Qing Shan smiled.
The leading cultivator didn’t answer, but his guard scoffed: “Ignorant fool, a soul can also die, and it would be even more painful”
The other guard spoke in disdain: “Don’t tell him that, those who doesn’t know about Huang Quan are just inferior insects”
The leading cultivator shook his head and continued: “Never mind that, simply put, hand over the secret of that dance, or I will show you what true hell looks like”
What true hell looks like…
Gu Qing Shan appeared a bit nostalgic.
He suddenly changed his tone and said very seriously: “If you’re willing to learn, I’d actually be willing to show you the Dance”
He readied his stance for the beginning of the Dance and waited——
No music.
The cultivators watched him curiously.
Gu Qing Shan complained to the void: “Oi, this is clearly a grand occasion, there are so many people, these masked dance partners as well as a bunch of huge monsters, isn’t that suitable for a Dance?”
He perked out his butt, looked up, and even puffed out his chest to make sure the stance was perfect.
Silence.
No music appeared at all.
A gust of wind blew past.
The horde of monsters as well as the masked cultivators all stared coldly at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan undid his dancing stance and cleared his throat: “It seems my condition is a bit off today; I’ll teach you some other time”
The cultivator went silent briefly before his voice became malicious: “Are you making a fool out of me?”
Gu Qing Shan dejectedly sighed.
If I was able to dance, how easy would it be to deal with these people here?
Regretfully, the Dance refuses to show up.
Gu Qing Shan waved his hands dismissively: “Don’t misunderstand, I haven’t had the intention to make a fool out of you from the very beginning, nor do I have the ability to do so”
“But it’s fine” he moved his body around a bit and wielded his swords tightly: “In truth, in the end…”
“I just want to kill you all, gentlemen”
Everything went silent for a brief moment before the sound of laughter echoed through the darkness.
The monsters’ mocking and sarcastic laughter resounded.
『 Just him—–』
『 He wanted to kill us 』
『 Ahaha, kill all of us, he probably doesn’t know how to write the word ‘death’』
『 What a pitiful fool, he’s gone insane 』
『 It’s fine, I’ll just devour his soul whole 』
Despite their attitude, they abruptly attacked without any warnings!
Hundreds of spells and techniques flew past the masked cultivators’ leader and shot towards Gu Qing Shan.
His sword moved.
Divine Skill, [Rahu’s Eclipse of Sun and Moon]
First strike, Sword of Extinguishing Flame, [Parting Fire]!
Gu Qing Shan wielded the Earth sword and pointed forward.
Countless sword phantoms surged forward from the sword, emanating billions of tiny noises.
These razor-thin sword phantoms did not attack the enemy, but instead attacked one another a hundred thousand times!
Clang clang clang clang cla——-
Fwoom!!!
The world turned into a sea of fire.
Gu Qing Shan slashed a single time from afar.
In that instant, all the offensive techniques of the monsters were dispelled within the fire.
The slash of flames, named [Parting Fire] was the first strike of the Divine Skill!
The monsters howled and screeched within the fire, but every technique or spell they unleashed were extinguished right in their hands, unable to even reach Gu Qing Shan.
The leading cultivator was no longer as calm as he was before.
He shouted: “Oh no! This level of swordsmanship, that is definitely a Divine Skill from the Asura realm, hurry! Hurry! Hurry! We need to stop him!”
All the cultivators leapt forward and collectively formed the hand seals.
The leading cultivator gritted his teeth: “You’re not the only one with a Divine Skill!”
The group’s hand seals were rapid, finishing the combination Divine Skill in just the blink of an eye.
“Sir, done!” one of the cultivators reported.
“My turn!”
The leading cultivator clasped his hands together, about to trigger the Divine Skill.
He abruptly stopped.
“Sir!”
The cultivators behind urged him.
The leading cultivator was sweating bullets, but did not trigger the Divine Skill.
His hands had not clasped together.
In truth, his hands were barely half a centimeter away from touching.
As soon as this half a centimeter distance was overcome, the combination Divine Skill would be completed!
Regretfully, no matter how hard he tried to push his body, spirit energy, will, and even inner sight, he could not finish the final step of the Divine Skill.
A faint white mist appeared between his hands that slowly expanded to his entire body.
In the air, Gu Qing Shan had just pulled the Chao Yin sword back.
The second strike of the Divine Skill, [Freezing Frost], Sword of Destroying Frost.
——-[Freezing Frost] locks the form, solidifying the body of living beings and stops them from moving, that was the essence of the Sword of Destroying Frost!
Layers of white mist gradually expanded from the leading cultivator, then enveloped all the cultivators, then to every monster within this passage.
None of them could move even a single bit.
As [Parting Fire] and [Freezing Frost] were unleashed, the ultimate strike of the Divine Skill, [Sun Moon Eclipse] then became vivid.
Gu Qing Shan let go of his swords and suddenly sighed.
He muttered: “[Sun Moon Eclipse] was hailed as the Sword of Traceless Heaven and Earth; I had been confused what that actually meant, until today when I finally understood”
The Earth sword’s heavy voice resounded: 「 Let’s not discuss the technique just yet, we’re still in the middle of battle, so why did you let go of both myself and Chao Yin? 」
The Chao Yin sword also let out a doubtful ‘wu wu’ sound.
Gu Qing Shan replied: “Because neither the Heaven, Earth, Sun nor Moon can see this strike, it does not require a sword, but it is a sword strike that would always hit”
「 Would always hit? Can the target not ever avoid it? 」the Earth sword asked.
Gu Qing Shan answered with a single word: “Indeed”
As soon as he declared so, something seemed to have passed through the entirety of the secret passage.
The cultivators and monsters completely melted away like residue snow beneath the scorching sun, disappearing without a trace.
Silence.
Earth sword suddenly spoke up: 「 This is a Mind Sword 」
Gu Qing Shan continued: “[Parting Fire] and [Freezing Frost] are first unleashed, followed by a Mind Sword, in other words——-”
「 Whoever you think of, that person will die 」the Earth sword replied.
“They cannot understand this strike, and thus they cannot avoid it”
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan turned his gaze towards the void of space.
Lines of glowing text appeared in front of his eyes:
[You’ve utilized the Soul Points usage method: Offering. The Soul Points cost of the ability you unleashed was halved]
[You expended 75,000 Soul Points to unleash the Asura Divine Skill: Rahu’s Eclipse of Sun and Moon]
His Soul Points value instantly became 0.
And at the very next moment, it began to skyrocket!
