Chapter 1474: Combined power of two
The train rapidly sped through the underground tunnel.
There weren’t any other pa.s.sengers on the train, only Gu Qing Shan’s group of four.
Shroud reached his hand forward to grasp a cl.u.s.ter of stars.
A small blue vortex circled around his hand, continuously spinning round and round.
Reneedol praised:
“It’s truly impressive, you’re able to wield the power of four stars already”
Shroud smiled and shook his head.
The weak light of another star manifested, slowly lit up, then entered his hand.
He fell into thought for a while, then began muttering to himself:
“The Law Behemoths are no longer here… how would a mortal be able to obtain and utilize the world’s Origin power as best as possible?”
After thinking for a bit, Shroud reached out both hands to manipulate the stars.
This caused the other three to all be shocked.
——as expected of the most talented mortal, in such a short time, he had already learnt how to manipulate the stars that were manifested from world Origin power.
“No, this isn’t it…”
“This isn’t correct either…”
“Perhaps, like this?”
Shroud manipulated the stars over and over, which eventually formed an incomplete form.
“What is this?” Gu Qing Shan asked, intrigued.
Shroud exhaled heavily, then wiped the sweat from his forehead:
“I’m trying to manifest the form of a spear using these stars, but I’m still missing a few of them. It seems I’ll have to complete this experiment later when I’ve become stronger”
“So you think that manifesting the Laws as weapons would be the best way to utilize the power of the stars?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“Indeed, these stars were actually world Origin power without sentience, but it seemed to have gained something else, undergoing a qualitative change”
“The stars wouldn’t just be able to form weapons, it should also be able to form armor and other items, all of which surpa.s.s any magical items we know of, perhaps they could even be considered a manifestation of the world’s soul”
“…Perhaps, they are the ‘Soul Artifacts’ in the legends?”
The more excitedly Shroud talked, the clearer his eyes became.
“Soul Artifacts are certainly the strongest artifacts in history, I hope that your weapon will be able to reach that level as well” Reneedol nodded.
Shroud continued: “Other than items—– these stars would most likely also cause mortals to evolve by leaps and bounds, eventually surpa.s.sing the Law Behemoths themselves!”
“However, we wouldn’t be able to achieve that for now, let’s first try to manifest the stars into a Soul Artifact”
The stars in his hand continuously morphed and combined, eventually forming a slightly short spear.
“I need four more stars in order to fully manifest it!”
Shroud sighed heavily and reached his hand out to summon the stars again.
A few moments later.
Another star flew out from the void of s.p.a.ce, landing in his hand.
Shroud began to tremble, seemingly at his limit.
Gu Qing Shan simply watched his experiment without saying anything.
Reneedol couldn’t help but try to persuade him: “Enough, Shroud, this is already very impressive, perhaps you should try again after resting a bit”
Shroud replied with a calm expression: “The people pursuing you are very powerful; I need to quickly grow stronger in order to protect you”
Reneedol froze.
After a moment of silence, she suddenly reached above her head.
The three stars hovering above were caught in her hands and brought to Shroud.
Shroud looked at her.
“I just happen to have three stars here” Reneedol also looked at him and gently said.
Shroud slowly smiled.
“Very well, then let us create this spear together, let’s take a look and see just if it would be as strong as we’ve imagined or not”
He received the stars, then arranged on the missing spots of his spear.
In an instant, the spear shape was finished.
A moment of silence.
Suddenly, the spear of stars gave off glorious light.
The spear landed on Shroud and continued to give off a beautiful light colored blue, orange, and red.
“How beautiful!” Reneedol sighed and praised while she was mesmerized.
“I can sense a very strong power of Laws—– is this the power that the Law Behemoths wield?” Scarlet asked, evidently moved by the power.
Shroud held the spear, then replied after a while: “It is already considerably powerful, but that isn’t enough, as we continue to gather more stars to construct it, it will grow increasingly more powerful!”
Reneedol said: “You and I will do this together”
Shroud looked at her with gentle eyes and said: “Reneedol, you should name this spear”
Reneedol pondered a bit and said: “This spear hasn’t been completely forged. Once it’s finished, how about we call it Abaddon?”
Gu Qing Shan felt shaken all over as he stood to observe this.
Shroud nodded: “Perfect! And if one day I manage to complete it, I’ll grant it another form”
“What for?” Reneedol asked.
“It must be able to provide offense for me, but also defense for you” Shroud replied.
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help himself taking a step back and leaning on the wall of the train.
Abaddon.
Its other form was Svalinn.
So it turns out one of the seven Saint Armaments of the Abyss, the 7-colored spear, was forged by Boss in this era!
Everything suddenly became still.
The noises of the train had also disappeared, it was abruptly frozen still, but not a single bit of inertia was created from this.
Gu Qing Shan could see the outside rocky walls through the train window.
Shroud, Reneedol, and Scarlet all retained their previous expressions, having fallen into stasis.
Boss’ voice resounded:
“Gu Qing Shan, at this point, in truth, there are things I should certainly tell you about”
“In the past, I was the most powerful ent.i.ty within the Reality Gate, Greatest Above the Star Crown and Great Lord of Infinite Origin. I was able to foresee a lot of destined future, as well as how I will eventually become the Exiled Apostle and become the corrupted Eternal Abyss”
“For that reason, I used a lot of my power to leave many hidden cards within the flow of history”
“That included these six Sealing Tokens, the seven Saint Armaments of the Abyss, and also—–”
His tone became solemn: “Rhode’s existence”
“Rhode’s existence?” Gu Qing Shan repeated.
“Indeed. There wasn’t originally such a person, but when I set up these six Sealing Tokens, I was afraid that it would still not be enough, so I also left an empty spot for a certain future individual within the first half of my life”
“I hoped that this individual would be able to mature with me, allow me to see through the obscured history, and uncover the truths hidden within the fog”
“At the very last moment, I chose you”
“Thank you for your trust—- but did you do it?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“In reality, it was actually something you and I did together. After all, the three coins are in your hand, you’re the only one who could use [Distortion]” Boss replied.
“But then, how did you put someone that originally didn’t exist into your past?” Gu Qing Shan asked confusedly.
“This was done thanks to the power of a Fate ability; you can probably guess what it is” Boss answered.
Gu Qing Shan paused for a short moment before muttering: “So that was it, you used the Fate ability [Existence]”
“Brilliant, as expected of you” Boss praised.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and continued: “It was only after Lin became part of the Abyss that she obtained the power of the Fate Weaver and gained [Existence]”
“Indeed, during the Age of Immemorial, as the Greatest Above the Star Crown, I wielded this ability and used it to create an empty spot for someone who came from the future” Boss explained.
“With my [Distortion] and your [Existence], I was able to become a true person who existed in the Age of Immemorial”
Gu Qing Shan was shaken.
As expected of Boss, the man who was once ‘the strongest’.
He was able to lay down such unimaginable preparations since the Age of Immemorial!
“Do you still have [Existence]?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“This was a power that I retained when I was the strongest, after that… I gave it to someone else, you should know her” Boss replied.
“I do… so when you became the Eternal Abyss and granted Lin another Abyssal form, Lin’s mission was to enter the Wraith realm regardless of the price?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
“Yes” Boss confirmed.
“Then, why did you suddenly appear at this point?”
“This was to tell you that this very moment was a crucial one, as I had created the very first Soul Artifact using the power of Laws, which was also the initial form of Abaddon” Boss replied.
Gu Qing Shan nodded and waited for his next words.
“I was the Overlord of Radiance, and you had become the Overlord of Death, having been led into the flow of history by the six Sealing Tokens”
“Gu Qing Shan, you must use this time while I’m still maturing to ponder what you should do, and what the path of your Law of Death would eventually become”
Gu Qing Shan asked: “Is it really important?”
“Extremely important!”
Boss answered with extreme seriousness: “Radiance and Death supports one another, while you are the only individual capable of distorting the past——– the level that you’re able to reach would directly affect what kind of Reneedol you will face, as well as the face of the future itself”
“Use the world Origin power from the Age of Immemorial and create the path of your Law of Death”
After saying that, Boss’ voice disappeared completely.
His surroundings slowly returned to normal.
The train began running again; the rocky walls outside the window continued to move against them; Shroud, Reneedol, and Scarlet began talking once more.
Gu Qing Shan silently stood still.
A real person that existed…
In history.
Up to now, Gu Qing Shan had always thought that he was operating within a limited range of Boss’ history to witness a few things and search for the truth.
I’ve never imagined that my and Boss’ power was able to alter history as a whole.
The confirmed Causality of history would not change.
But the process wasn’t the same, even such Causality had to run a course, and the original path of history could be greatly altered.
This is the moment that would alter everything!
He silently told himself, leaned on a nearby wall, then slowly closed his eyes.
——-how should I best use the power of the stars to make the Law of Death become stronger?
Gu Qing Shan reached his hand forward.
A star silently appeared in his hand, hovering above his palm while giving off a faint blue glow.