The sun was scorching in the sky.
On top of the cracked and dried ground, a flash of light appeared.
Gu Qing Shan and Laura appeared.
“This looks like a barren wasteland” Laura commented.
Gu Qing Shan narrowed his eyes and observed their surroundings.
Although in reality, he was reading the lines of text in the void of space:
[You’ve killed the spirit contained within the evil Holy Relic]
[You obtained 100 Realm Points]
Realm Points?
Gu Qing Shan looked below on the UI and found that the original space for ‘Soul Points value’ has disappeared, now replaced by ‘Realm Points’.
“Hey, aren’t you going to calculate Soul Points again from this point?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
The War God UI replied: [You’ve bridged the gap in power and stepped onto the stage of those universally recognized as ‘strong’. From this point, the System will use Realm Points as statistical value]
[You still cannot use these Realm Points yet, but it can be stored and left for later]
[Note: 1 Realm Point is equivalent to 1 million Soul Points]
[Note: 1 million Soul Points cannot be converted to 1 Realm Point]
After that, Gu Qing Shan’s Realm Points were deducted by 1.
—-[Remaining Realm Points: 99]
Gu Qing Shan was surprised and said: “You’re going to charge me 1 million Soul Points for answering one question?”
The War God UI replied: [Have you forgotten? You still owe me for answering your questions while you had no Soul Points, and you haven’t paid me back]
Gu Qing Shan refuted: “Even so, my debt was nowhere near 1 million”
[They were on loan, interest got accumulated upon interest, combined with answering these questions just now, which finally got rounded down to 1 million Soul Points] the War God UI calmly replied.
Gu Qing Shan tilted his head, too lazy to continue arguing with this miser.
This time, he was truly observing his surroundings.
Unfortunately, even after fully releasing his inner sight, all he found in any direction was barren land, he couldn’t even find the limit of the wasteland.
“——I wonder which we’re going to have to move forward now” Gu Qing Shan muttered.
Laura giggled: “Have you forgotten this empress’ Title?”
Gu Qing Shan was surprised, then laughed as well.
—-Laura’s Title was [Returned Bramble Blood].
Under her ancestor spirit’s aid, she would not get lost and would be able to head straight towards the center of the Dusty World.
Relatively useful.
While my Title can——-
Hah, ok, let’s not talk about that.
While Gu Qing Shan was retorting himself, a blue figure flew down from above and landed on Laura’s shoulder.
——it was the same small bird from before.
“Laura, and the [Pure Man], listen to me carefully”
It looked a bit anxious.
Laura and Gu Qing Shan both became serious as they noticed this.
“A certain event is about to occur in this world, an unexpected event—-”
“The worlds of other Realities had just decided to name this place as the venue of competition for a Dusty Qualification”
“A battle is about to begin”
The two of them were surprised.
Other Realities?
Competition for a Dusty Qualification?
The small bird quickly explained: “With your current knowledge, it will be difficult to explain it clearly—– just know that the Dusty World doesn’t only exist within your Reality, but other Realities as well”
Gu Qing Shan asked immediately: “If our Reality – our Space Vortex is destroyed by the Apocalypse, what would happen to the Dusty World?”
“It will close the Phase Realm connected to your Reality, thus disappearing from within your Reality Gate” the small bird answered.
“In short, Laura was originally a pure-blooded Bramble daughter, so she was born with the qualifications to enter the Dusty World, as for you, [Pure Man]—– you are also a rare first-rate dancer—– no, you might have qualified to be a lead dancer, you have also received the qualifications granted by that personage”
“For that reason, neither of you need to compete for the qualifications to enter the center of the Dusty World”
“But the others aren’t the same, they must all try their best in random worlds around the border of the Dusty World to complete for a qualification to simply head deeper into the Dusty World”
“What I’m saying is—–”
“The two of you need to avoid any and all competitors and quickly make your way through this world system”
“There is no need to compete with them, nor let anyone discover Laura’s true identity”
“Why is that?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“The competitors all came from outside. Unlike the entities of Dusty World who are still influenced by the covenant of the original Bramble Birds, there’s no telling what kind of thing they would be capable of if they knew Laura’s true value and capabilities”
“By the way, they are all very powerful, both their comprehension and usage of Realm Force far surpass newcomers like the two of you”
“Gu Qing Shan is also powerful though” Laura was unconvinced.
The small bird said: “Powerful? You two younglings have only just come into contact with the concept of Realm Force. Currently, you don’t even know how to use Realm Force to protect yourselves, so you’d only be killed if you get hit by your enemy, understood?”
“I understand” Gu Qing Shan replied.
He had truly understood.
This was basically ‘being rich is a sin’——
Laura is the owner of wealth, but she doesn’t have enough power to actually protect herself.
Once people found out about this, there would only be one outcome for her.
While I’m clearly her danc—- sword cultivator bodyguard, anyone would naturally try to kill me first.
The situation is truly a bit dangerous.
“Very well, since you’ve already understood, I won’t remain here any longer, otherwise, those people will notice something as soon as they enter this world” the small blue bird said.
It then suddenly vanished.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a little bit and turned to Laura.
“It put the map into my head just now” Laura said.
“Alright”
Gu Qing Shan picked her up and placed her on his shoulder.
“Where are we heading?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“That way”
Laura pointed in a certain direction.
Gu Qing Shan took a deep breath and shifted into a running stance: “Hang on—— I’ll be moving at maximum speed to leave this world system as soon as possible”
“Regretfully, no matter how fast you run, we would still need five days to leave this place” Laura replied.
Gu Qing Shan was about to run, but almost tripped over himself when he heard this.
“How long?”
“Five days”
“Do you know how fast I can run?”
“No, it’s because this world accounts for travel distance by time. We need to go in that direction for five days before we can leave”
“…Adding rest time into that, wouldn’t that be around six days?”
“Yeah”
Gu Qing Shan looked ahead.
A clear blue sky.
No clouds as far as the eye can see.
The sun brightly shone from above their heads.
A vast expanse of barren wasteland.
Five days…
“Then if we go slowly—–”
“It’ll be the same, we will leave this world after five full days” Laura replied.
Gu Qing Shan sighed.
What an unexpected world system, completely inexplicable.
Now I understand what the saint heroic spirit girl said.
…
『 …There are certain world systems that simply can’t come to a mutual understanding, and no one could easily influence another person’s world—– 』
…
Other than that, the Dusty World and the Doomsday Necropolis are also two polar opposites.
The Doomsday Necropolis was a gathering place of worlds that were already completely destroyed.
While the Dusty World houses world systems that had managed to survive their respective Apocalyptic war long enough to flee.
And since these world systems had gathered together, they were more powerful compared to any individual world systems!
But what about the Samsara?
Even that esteemed lady had said that the Samsara was the final hope…
Gu Qing Shan temporarily stopped thinking about this.
He simply stepped forward and slowly began walking.
“Laura, from this point, you will need to continuously maintain [Infinite Worlds Shelter], or not expose any of your abilities at all” he told her.
“Continue to use [Infinite Worlds Shelter] for five days? I’ll be exhausted to death. I choose to not do anything” Laura replied.
“Alright, then I’ll carry you like this, just sit and rest” Gu Qing Shan said.
“—-I can just take out one of my vehicles for us to use instead of walking, it should be fine” Laura suggested.
“No, you shouldn’t do anything at all. Since we don’t know what any of these people are capable of, it’s best that we remain cautious” Gu Qing Shan carefully reminded her.
He also took off the rings on his hand and carefully concealed them.
In Dream Island, those mercenaries recognized his Bramble Bird ring.
Although he no longer has the Bramble Bird ring, the ring he was wearing was even more precious.
“Hey—– if I got kidnapped, would you feel sad, Gu Qing Shan?” Laura snuck a glance at him.
“Of course” Gu Qing Shan seriously nodded.
Laura lifted her chin: “Then this empress shall restrain myself for now, I’ll be relying on you for the next five days”
“Don’t worry” Gu Qing Shan said.
As soon as he said that, his expression slightly changed.
Far above the sky, near the horizon, bright bursts of light descended from above like a beautiful meteor shower.
“Gu Qing Shan” Laura called out.
“Hm, they all feel very powerful” Gu Qing Shan commented.
——-the competitors for the Dusty Qualification have arrived.
They will fight one another to death in this world for a single qualification to head deeper into the Dusty World.
Laura was a bit concerned: “We still indeed have no idea how to defend ourselves with Realm Force, what now?”
Gu Qing Shan didn’t answer and simply grasped two swords from the void of space in each of his hands.
Suddenly.
A scorching burst of light flew straight towards the two of them from the sky far above.
This burst of light swiftly landed a bit away from them.
Boom!
The impact caused dust and sand to be blown in every direction.
When the aftermath of impact had subsided, they saw a bull slowly standing up from the crater.
It turned to Laura and Gu Qing Shan.
「 Two similarly smelly humans, it’s a shame that you ran into me before anyone else 」the bull declared.
Killing intent burst out!
Gu Qing Shan immediately raised both hands: “Wait! We surrender, we’re actually just bystanders, we don’t have the qualifications to participate”
The swords in his hands fell down and caused a metallic clanging.
As the bull looked at the two of them, it confirmed that the little girl indeed didn’t pose any threat—— while the human man had already dropped both of his weapons, even his legs were trembling.
What a spineless fellow, even his eyes are popping out.
The bull scoffed at them but also sighed in relief.
—–they really were just bystanders.
Seems like I’m quite lucky this time.
It’s quite opportune as well, I can use these two to warm myself up and let the smell of blood drift a bit.
That’ll act as a deterrent as well.
The bull grinned: 「 I’m still going to kill you both, just in case 」
As soon as it said that, a flash of lightning struck its body, followed by a lightning wraith that entered its body, and finally numerous sword phantoms.
Realm spirits appeared one after another without pausing, pounding the bull for three minutes straight before they finally stopped.
The bull laid motionlessly on the ground.
Oong——-
The two swords that were originally on the ground lazily hovered back up, each of them tapping Gu Qing Shan’s shoulder a single time.
「 Yup, excellent act 」
“You’re really fast to enter that state huh”
After leaving these comments, they disappeared into the void of space behind Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan brought Laura up to the bull’s body and explained:
“I’ve thought about it earlier. Since we don’t know how to defend, let’s just not give them the chance to attack”
“Also, to serve as a threat, we’re eating beef tonight”
Laura cheered: “That thing had the gall to call this empress smelly, let’s eat it!”
