Chapter 563: Purgatory’s Embrace

Translated by: La0o9

Edited by: Dr.Lock

Proofreader: Arya

The tall black suit man maintained his polite appearance.

He was smiling at Gu Qing Shan, waiting for the answer he was hoping for.

But the words he heard completely stunned him instead.

Gu Qing Shan continued: “I’ve already given a very polite and definitive answer to your master’s proposal, you can go back and report to him now”

The tall man’s smile froze over.

『 Mr. Gu Qing Shan 』his tone became cold, 『 Have you always been this arrogant and ignorant? 』

“Expressing my own will and choice is hardly arrogant” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The man reached out his hand pointing at the endlessly burning flames of Purgatory beneath his feet.

From the bottomless hole, the flames were burning bright.

If you took a careful look, you’d find that there were a large number of monsters hidden inside the flame.

The flames acted both as a barrier and the ground for the monsters, running back and forth doing their own things.

As the tall man pointed at the flame, all the monsters stopped and looked Gu Qing Shan’s way.

They all lowered their bodies, baring their fangs maliciously.

『 Perhaps you don’t know, just how big a price I have to pay to project a corner of Purgatory to this Old God’s world 』the man spoke.

Gu Qing Shan smiled back: “Of course I don’t, unfortunately, that monster you prepared couldn’t kill me, so you have no choice but to come out and talk”

Three swords appeared behind Gu Qing Shan from the void of space.

He continued: “Now that I think about it carefully, the monster just now tried to summon an illusion, and almost succeeded in taking me into it. That world in the illusion must’ve been your Purgatory, isn’t it?”

The tall man went silent.

『 You truly are sharp, Mr. Gu Qing Shan 』

Saying so, he pulled up his sleeve to reveal his left arm.

There was a circular burning brand on his left wrist, depicting a two-horned monster inside.

Without waiting for him to act, a sword had stabbed through his chest.

From behind, another sword stabbed him at the same angle.

A light ‘ki’ was heard.

The two swords struck each other, one of them turned into an afterimage and disappeared, while the Chao Yin sword spun back.

Gu Qing Shan raised one eyebrow unexpectedly and caught the sword.

[Swallow Returns] wasn’t able to hit him, how unexpected.

『 It’s useless, this projection is several million worlds away from the true Purgatory where I am, you can’t reach me 』the man laughed.

He was staring at the sword in Gu Qing Shan’s hand with a look of greed: 『 If it weren’t for this sword of the Old Gods, you think you would even be qualified for me to pay such a huge price to come here!? 』

“You can’t even fight properly. So you guys at Purgatory just talk others to death?” Gu Qing Shan regretfully mocked him.

『 No, you underestimate us too much, Gu Qing Shan 』the man grunted.

As he raised his left arm, the burning brand on it started to give off a smell of sulfur.

『 Through the summoning of the Entropy Ghost, I will have you rethink your actions in Purgatory 』

The flames started to manifest, rising from his arm.

An endless yellow flame rose to the air, forming the outline of a two-horned monster.

『 Master of the flames, Demon Lord of Time and Space 』 he chanted.

Gu Qing Shan scowled.

I can’t kill him, but he can use a spell to affect me?

That’s impossible.

The Laws of Time and Space are mutually binding.

As if just now…

He let me attack first to prove that I have no way to hit him?

The Earth sword suddenly urged him: 「 Quickly! Right now! Only when he attacks can you hurt him! 」

“Just like I thought”

Gu Qing Shan’s mind moved quickly and formed the hand seals again.

“Kill him!”

With his order, the Earth sword flew forward in a flash straight at the man.

『 With such a trashy sword, you think you can——- 』

The man scoffed.

He waved his other hand to create several barriers of flame to stop the flying sword.

But he couldn’t finish his sentence.

The Earth sword flew straight through the barriers of flame and manifested a large bluish arc of light.

Secret Art, [Crescent Slash]!

The tall man was bisected from head to tail.

He froze in place.

In the sky, the flaming monster suddenly cried a scream of unwillingness.

Before it could fully manifest, it had already been dissipated.

The Earth sword stood straight up, silently hovering in front of the man while blood dripped down its blade.

「 You garbage imp of Purgatory dared to mock me? 」the Earth sword spoke in a low voice.

『 You… what exactly… 』

Before his words could finish, the man’s body had already fallen to either side, dropping down the bottomless hole.

The endless flames of Purgatory covered his body, burning it to ashes.

Boom!

The flames rose to the sky.

A huge and ferocious figure appeared in the flame.

『 Seems like the mediation had failed 』

The ferocious figure sighed.

It looked around before finally locking its gaze on Gu Qing Shan.

“You’re his master?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

『 Correct, so you are the insect? 』the figure clicked its tongue: 『 At this important junction in time, you dared to go against the flow of history? Should I call you brave, or foolish? 』

Gu Qing Shan raised his sword: “History is merely the result born from the struggles of countless people. If you’re brave enough, stop hiding behind the curtains and get out here, we’ll see what choice history makes”

『 I already did 』

The figure spoke in an apologetic voice: 『 This soul spell of mine can only be performed by having a subordinate sacrificing their own life, so I’ve already done what I needed to do 』

Gu Qing Shan suddenly felt a burning sensation on his arm.

Looking down, he saw a black burning mark.

At the same time, lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI.

[The master of Purgatory had placed a soul insignia on you: Purgatory’s Embrace]

[Purgatory’s Embrace: At the time of your death, the master of Purgatory will bypass the restraints of time and space to appear in front of you]

[The master of Purgatory will take your soul back to Purgatory]

The figure spoke: 『 Let us say our goodbyes. When you die, I will personally give you punishment in Purgatory 』

Gu Qing Shan smirked and waved his hand: “See you later then”

『 What kind of attitude is that? 』 the figure was surprised and asked.

“If a coward that only knows how to hide in the shadows like you actually dare to take me to Purgatory, then prepare to lose your place” Gu Qing Shan spoke.

The Chao Yin sword and Earth sword both acted at the same time.

His hand seals activated.

Sha!

Two large arcs of light passed through the giant black figure.

I missed!

Gu Qing Shan silently told himself.

Sure enough, he’s still hiding in the projection of Purgatory, so I have no way to hit him.

『 Full of nonsense just like always, mortals like yourself will never truly understand true fear until the very moment of your deaths 』the figure casually replied.

“Then we’ll meet again at that time, let’s see who REALLY has something to fear” Gu Qing Shan also replied.

『 Hmph! Right now, if it wasn’t for that sword of yours 』

The figure glared at the Chao Yin sword and regretfully shook his head.

Soon after, both the figure and all the flames of Purgatory disappeared without a trace.

The only thing left there was a large empty hole.

「 He ran too fast, I didn’t have a second chance to attack 」 the Earth sword muttered.

It returned to Gu Qing Shan.

“A Daemon?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 It was. Probably a lucky small fry that managed to survive from Purgatory’s Age of Old 」the Earth sword answered.

“Why do I feel like you’re not really ok right now?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

During that last attack, Gu Qing Shan felt a slight lag between the Earth sword’s movement and his hand seals.

There was a faint connection between a sword cultivator and a sword spirit, which was why Gu Qing Shan asked this.

「 I haven’t had Soul Points to nurture myself lately so it’s just a few old problems acting up 」the Earth sword replied.

Gu Qing Shan felt a bit heavy.

The Earth sword was the sword that had been with him the longest, an heirloom of the sect, but now it seems it’s feeling a bit sick.

“I’ll give you some Soul Points”

Gu Qing Shan had the War God pour some of his Soul Points into the Earth sword.

Since he had almost 1 million Soul Points right now, Gu Qing Shan directly transferred 100,000 of that into the Earth sword.

「 Ahh, that feels much better, thanks 」the Earth sword replied.

Gu Qing Shan tried a simple hand seal.

The Earth sword quickly flew to the sky and flexibly performed a full set of Wind Slash Style.

Sensing the Earth sword’s state returning to normal, Gu Qing Shan felt a bit more assured.