Chapter 566: Secret discussion
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Night.
The running hoofs sounded like a night shower.
Brilliant spectacles of light had completely encircled the black horse.
Around the light, various strange noises and screeches mixed and melted into each other, as if countless enemies were hiding in the dark, discussing something.
Three flying swords were quickly flying around the inside of the formations.
They were giving off nonstop slashes, killing the monsters that attempted to infiltrate the formation.
As fast as the swords were, it almost looked as if this was a monster meat grinder, killing the ghosts and revenants as they tried to enter.
None of the ghosts could escape being killed.
Gu Qing Shan even had the time to casually check the War G.o.d UI.
Killing the Entropy Ghost gave him a large haul of Soul Points.
The scattered ghosts that came from it also gave quite a bit of Soul Points.
Feeling relaxed, Gu Qing Shan stopped paying attention to the number of Soul Points he was getting.
Earlier on, he gave the Earth sword 100,000 Soul Points, but after killing the Entropy Ghost, this expenditure was quickly replenished.
Right now, his Soul Points were steadily increasing.
Suddenly, all the formations lit up at once.
This meant that the amount of enemies had exceeded the perceived limit, forcing all the component formations of the array to go into an overclocked state.
Back in the cultivation world, or even the Suspended world, for this sort of large-scaled formation array to enter this state meant that the war had reached a pivotal point.
But here, in this lost world of the Old G.o.ds, the large-scale formations reacted like this from a mere skirmish.
Countless ghosts and revenants surrounded the formations, sticking close to the moving formation array.
As if they were preparing for something.
“Be careful, they’re coming!” old man Jiao informed him in a loud voice.
Gu Qing Shan’s gaze extended further.
In the wilderness, there were ghosts everywhere.
They had acc.u.mulated enough to look like a rampaging tsunami that was about to sweep everything away.
Immediately after that, a huge amount of ghosts rose up to obscure the night sky before cras.h.i.+ng down like a real wave on the black horse.
The three swords quickly reacted.
They turned into afterimages moving around the inside the light of the formations, slas.h.i.+ng away without stopping.
Wave after wave of ghosts were forced back.
Occasionally, a few lucky fishes who got through simply got struck by three swords at once and died in pieces.
But the scales of battle were quickly tipping.
There were too many monsters.
They had completely encircled every layer of the s.h.i.+ning formation array, even when killed by the flying swords they didn’t give up at all.
Under the sheer force of number, the formations were starting to break down.
“Too many!” Laura screamed.
Gu Qing Shan muttered: “Don’t worry”
Unequipping the [You Ji General] t.i.tle, he equipped another t.i.tle, [Talented General].
[t.i.tle: Talented General]
[Equipping this t.i.tle grants you the unique Skill: Rampaging Sword Qi]
[Rampaging Sword Qi: Countless fine sword qi drifts about the blade of your sword, whenever you activate this skill, the sword qi will manifest into phantoms and attack an additional time]
With a thought, he activated the hand seals.
All three swords abruptly stopped.
They no longer dashed around chaotically, instead each aiming at a different powerful revenant.
Sevens strikes.
Sevens strikes.
Sevens strikes.
In a flash, second lights had lit up on all three swords.
[Flowing Dragon]!
With a shout, Gu Qing Shan fully circulated his spirit energy to trigger the hand seals.
Secret Art, [Seven Stars Flowing Dragon].
Arcs of lightning as large as an adult’s arm manifested around the swords.
The blinding lightning turned into a ferocious sea of lightning, illuminating the area as bright as day.
The blue lightning formed a terrifying dragon head that sprung out from the tips of the swords.
Following the head, a flowing dragon body made from sword qi and lightning also appeared from the swords.
But that wasn’t all!
As the lightning dragons took flight, another lightning dragon appeared from the swords.
Three swords, three [Seven Stars Flowing Dragon], thanks to the effect of the [War G.o.d t.i.tle], had turned into six lightning dragons!
Bang!
Six lightning dragons scattered all around from the s.h.i.+ning light of the formations, quickly destroying the wilderness indiscriminately.
What wave of ghosts?
What army of revenant?
Under the power of lightning, it all returned to nothing in a few short moments.
Feeling the power of the heavenly lightning, the ghosts and revenants wanted to flee.
But who can flee from the pursuit of six lightning dragons?
Flying around the wilderness in a destructive dance, the lightning dragons quickly killed everything.
After 10 breaths’ worth of time, the blinding white-blue electrical power gradually faded.
At this time, everything returned to silence.
There were no longer any ghosts, no longer any noise.
Laura rubbed her eyes as she cautiously looked around.
They were supposed to be cornered, but in the blink of an eye, all the ghosts had disappeared.
—–what ghosts?
It was as if the overwhelming waves of monsters just now was a delusion or a fake illusion.
The night was silent.
“What kind of swordsmans.h.i.+p is that?” old man Jiao asked in a hoa.r.s.e voice.
“Ghost-killing swordsmans.h.i.+p”
While answering him, Gu Qing Shan also felt a bit drained and exhausted.
[Seven Stars Flowing Dragon] has always been a powerful Secret Art.
Even at his current level of cultivation, using all three swords to consecutively perform [Seven Stars Flowing Dragon] three times was a bit hard to swallow.
The three swords returned from the now desolate wilderness, gently hovering towards Gu Qing Shan.
With a wave of his hand, all three swords disappeared into the void of s.p.a.ce behind him.
Tapping his Inventory Bag again, this time he took out a gourd of liquor.
This gourd was made from a 1000 years Fire spirit jade, they say that the taste of liquor becomes more intense when brewed in this material for a long time.
The outside of the spirit jade was carved with a seemingly casual bouquet of hundred flowers.
This bouquet looked arbitrary at a glance, but the more you look the more animated they felt.
Even a bouquet that was casually drawn flowed with life and inspiration.
This was Qin Xiao Lou’s art.
The liquor was also brewed by Qin Xiao Lou using rare herbs and flowers, the Bai Hua medicinal liquor.
This bottle of liquor was beneficial to every cultivation, but normal people couldn’t even dare to think about drinking a drop of this.
Back when Gu Qing Shan was still at Bai Hua sect, using their close relations.h.i.+p, he shamelessly asked Qin Xiao Lou for a few dozen gourds.
As he returned to his original world, he drank and gave it all away a bit too freely so this was the last remaining one.
…I really should return to take a look after all this is over.
Thinking of Bai Hua sect, Gu Qing Shan tilted his head up and drank the entire gourd dry.
As the strong alcohol flowed down his throat, he felt his entire body being refreshed, his spirit energy once again stimulated to gather.
Even his inner sight became clearer from that as his spirit was lifted.
Sitting on the horse’s back, he suddenly laughed joyfully: “How satisfying!”
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Lying in her bed, Anna was also holding a gourd of liquor.
The same gourd, the same liquor.
Staring at the gracefully carved bouquet of flowers, she was silent.
She had asked for this from Gu Qing Shan when she noticed he was drinking this alone.
At this time, Anna had just returned to her room in the Church and was about to sleep.
But she couldn’t fall asleep at all.
To become stronger, I went to the Fallen Zones of the 900 million World Layers.
To chase after Gu Qing Shan’s footsteps, I’ve been working hard to train my skills, to become stronger everyday.
Living in the battle zone was tough, but it also built character.
In all the harsh battles, I was always the first to step forward.
I’ve endured all those torture-like training regimes.
No one has worked as hard as I did.
Everyone believes me to be a devout believer.
But no one knows what exactly I’m actually fighting for.
Endure, and endure some more.
Finally, all of my efforts had paid off.
Anna carefully put the Bai Hua medicinal liquor away and took out something else.
This was a small, sealed black vial, as you lightly shook it, you could faintly hear a sigh coming from inside.
The Tear of Death.
This was the treasure she received from the Church’s Holy Relic awakening ritual.
In yesterday’s ritual, there were a total of 8 members of the church who received the chance to awaken a Holy Relic from their exemplary behaviors.
Before her, there was a person who awoke a new G.o.d’s Chosen Skill, capable of turning themselves into a blood red bat that caused everyone’s attention.
Right after that, someone received an antique 7-shot revolver, after going through the Hound Deity’s confirmation, it was determined that this was the legendary firearm: [Flower of Death Bloom]
Some received a Secret Art of the Church called [Void Three-set Shadow Evasion].
It was clear that everyone received considerable rewards.
Finally, when it was her turn, all she got was this sealed black vial.
The two aspects Deities didn’t say anything, only mentioning that this was a secret potion that increased her body’s reaction speed.
The companions who partic.i.p.ated in the ritual with her didn’t think too much of it either.
So she was quite disappointed.
But after the ritual was over, once everyone had gone away, the Hound Deity and Crow Deity both came to see her.
They carefully told me to use the thing inside this small vial well.
They said this belongs to the G.o.d of Death from the Age of Old.
For several ten thousand years, this thing had never appeared before.
Even they were not sure why this treasure suddenly showed up, or why it chose me.
Remembering the two aspect Deities’ stern expressions, Anna felt a bit triumphant.
Seems like I’m some sort of chosen one.
For the last 24 hours, Anna had been using her soul flame to connect with this black vial.
And now, the time has come, the vial could finally be opened.
She lightly touched and easily opened the vial.
A black drop of liquid came out from inside, gently hovering in the air.
Following the two aspect deities’ teachings, Anna waved her hand.
“Manifest” she muttered.
A long scythe appeared in her hand.
The shaft of the scythe was jet black, at the end of it was a black skull.
The blade of the scythe was a burning crescent-shaped flame.
This was Anna’s weapon, created from her talents with the darkness and the Fire Element.
Every battle up to now she had been using this weapon.
Apparently sensing her scythe, the black drop of liquid began to move.
It touched the scythe and quickly disappeared from sight.
And then——-
Nothing happened.
Still holding the scythe, Anna was stunned for a brief moment.
“What? Don’t tell me it’s a fake? Why can’t I feel anything?” she muttered in a low voice.
Oom!!!
The scythe abruptly started to shake intensely.
A thick black fog erupted from the shaft of the scythe and quickly enveloped the whole thing.
The red burning flames on the blade disappeared.
Instead, it was replaced by a silently burning black flame.
Various strange powers were acc.u.mulating in the black flame as if it would immediately be released when Anna attacks.
Various mystical runes started to appear on the black shaft of the scythe, as the black skull at the end also disappeared, instead replaced by a s.h.i.+ning black gem.
At this time, the scythe gave off a sense of solemnity and coldness.
The black fog didn’t dissipate either, it kept lingering about the scythe, occasionally boiling and drifting away just a bit.
Anna was stunned.
This is a manifestation of my powers, how did it change appearance?
She held the scythe as she normally would and lightly swung it.
Wherever the black flame blades pa.s.sed, the void of s.p.a.ce was ripped open.
The chaotic, faint, misty wind came out from the rip, blowing against Anna’s flowing hair.
“The s.p.a.ce vortex… I haven’t done anything yet, why did the s.p.a.ce vortex open?”
Anna was shocked.
…
On another side.
Deep inside the Church.
The Hound Deity had come here.
It was staring at a large statue of a G.o.d.
On the G.o.d’s hand, a jet black crow stood.
The Crow Deity.
The Hound Deity.
They were servants of the G.o.d of Death, the aspects who spread sleep and death.
They were having a secret discussion regarding Anna.
“You made little Anna black out drunk?” Black Crow asked.
“That’s right, it wasn’t easy to deceive her, but compared to other methods, this was the simplest and most effective way” Black Hound anxiously answered, “what of the fortune telling results?”
“I’ve asked Nine Lives, it said that the outcome had changed, little Anna won’t go to Aboul, and she won’t be stripped of her life by the [Demon King Order]”
“That’s good, I don’t want her to become a grudgeful spirit—- our Church has had more than enough of those” Black Hound sighed in relief.
“Indeed, little Anna is one of our people, she shouldn’t be stolen away by the [Demon King Order]” Black Crow agreed.
“The [Demon King Order]… it’s speeding up its actions, what do we do now?”
“It’s not yet time for the results to come out yet, with the other Orders being gone or waiting in the dark, we had better also silently sit on the sideline”
“Hm…”