Chapter 988: Lingering Fear

Gu Qing Shan wasn’t in a hurry to check the War God UI.

As a sword cultivator, his spirit sense had always been extremely sharp.

He could sense an entity that could truly take his life staring at him from an unbelievably faraway location.

That attack just now came from that entity.

“Should be… from that direction”

Gu Qing Shan whispered.

He was currently blind, his eyes saw nothing but darkness, but he still turned his head and looked towards the boundless space vortex.

Across countless worlds, at the place where Gu Qing Shan’s gaze couldn’t reach, the Soul Shrieker was peering at him.

The entire process was witnessed clearly by the Soul Shrieker.

「『 No! The twin swords Heaven and Earth! 」』

It furiously roared.

Its failure during the Age of Old was still fresh in its memories.

But it was now over several ten thousand years later, and the Era of [Chaos] was approaching.

It was about to rule over all things!

——-so why can I still not kill that detestable bug!?

「『 Despicable human cultivator! I will definitely devour your soul and force it to endure eternal suffering within my body! 」』

The Soul Shrieker cursed him.

Boundless grey fog drifted about the Soul Shrieker’s body, constantly giving off thunderous echoes.

With its current strength, it was only capable of summoning a single legendary creature like the one earlier by exerting all of its power.

To summon upon more powerful forces to kill Gu Qing Shan, it still needed to become even more powerful!

The Soul Shrieker sullenly stood for a long while, then declared with a malicious tone: 『「 I shall allow you to live for a while longer, when my power reaches the next level, you will no longer be able to resist 』」

『「 Because it will be the power that truly belongs to deities! 』」

Saying so, the Soul Shrieker no longer looked towards Gu Qing Shan’s direction.

It turned away and went on its way.

——–as it moved its gaze away, across the boundless void, Gu Qing Shan’s sense also ceased.

He stood still and waited for a while longer.

“That feeling of being watched had disappeared…”

“Because they failed to assassinate me, they temporarily hid away to accumulate more power?”

He muttered.

“Gongzi!”

Shannu suddenly manifested from the void of space in front of him and hurriedly observed him from top to bottom.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine” Gu Qing Shan smiled.

After taking a careful look at him, Shannu sighed in relief: “That thing was too powerful, I thought…”

“Hm, I was able to sense your emotions, so I became fully focused and exerted all my powers, that was how I managed to survive” Gu Qing Shan told her.

“That’s great, that’s very great” Shannu patted her chest in relief and commented: “What exactly was that thing earlier? Even through my travels with gongzi, I’ve never seen such an attack”

Gu Qing Shan mused: “An attack that was unleashed from a distance of several million world layers away… I shouldn’t have such a powerful enemy; unless the Soul Shrieker had gained more power from the evolution of [Chaos]”

Gu Qing Shan thought carefully for a bit and confirmed it.

I had also experienced this sensation before in the corpse of the parallel world.

That was indeed [Chaos], no mistakes about it.

“What truly terrifying strength”

He couldn’t help but sigh.

I didn’t imagine that the Soul Shrieker would become so powerful simply by carrying [Chaos].

If it continued to grow even stronger, then wouldn’t that mean its enemy won’t even have room to flee?

An ambush from infinite worlds apart—— indeed, I was fortunate enough to manage surviving it this time around.

But the Era of [Chaos] had only just begun, and as its Envoy, the Soul Shrieker would surely obtain more and more benefits from it.

It would only grow stronger!

Unless——-

Someone could stop [Chaos]

But who would be able to do such a thing?

The only remaining [Order] is hiding on my body, and it can’t do anything but tell me to run away right now.

If even [Order] is running away for its life, then Gu Qing Shan really didn’t know who would be able to go up against [Chaos].

Gu Qing Shan shook his head and turned his gaze towards the following lines of glowing text on the War God UI:

[You obtained the title: Enemy of Chaos (primary)]

[Enemy of Chaos (primary): Whenever you engage in combat against Chaos, your attack strength will be improved by two-fold]

[Note: Please use this title with caution, as your opposing force of Chaos will more easily discover your identity when you are utilizing this title]

Gu Qing Shan shrugged without much care.

At the moment, he had various unique [War God Titles] like [Enemy of Chaos], [Starflame War God], [Shen Wei General], [Ace Assassin] as well as others.

All of these titles had their own strength and uses.

Usually, Gu Qing Shan would set his title as [Shen Wei General] by default.

Because the title increased his attack speed as a whole and was extremely useful for any combat situation.

“What happened just now?” Zhang Ying Hao took flight and asked.

Ye Fei Li also flew up next to him and said in relief: “That thing just now was too scary, I was already in a bit of despair, thankfully you managed to survive”

Zhang Ying Hao shivered slightly and asked Ye Fei Li: “You were able to follow that battle just now?”

“I couldn’t see it clearly, but I saw how that thing leapt forward——- if it was me, I wouldn’t have been able to react at all before I was devoured whole” Ye Fei Li was still fearful.

Zhang Ying Hao didn’t say anything.

He couldn’t even observe what happened.

Gu Qing Shan patted his shoulder and consoled him: “Don’t feel too much of a hurry, just go at your own pace. There is no shortcut in improving one’s strength”

“Of course, I understand that, but it’s still a bit shocking to hear” Zhang Ying Hao smiled bitterly.

“It was also because of luck that I survived just now. It was a good thing that I had this sword” Gu Qing Shan told him.

He looked down gently at the Earth sword in his hand and sent his voice: “Earth sword, thank you”

During that decisive moment just now, he couldn’t even communicate to the Earth sword as he was fully focused on performing that single attack.

The Thaumaturgy [Earth’s Choice] was triggered by the Earth sword itself.

This was the benefit of having a sentient weapon.

It understood what its wielder needed and would automatically utilize its own abilities for the wielder.

The Earth sword’s heavy mountainous voice sounded with an unusual solemn tone:

「 I suggest that you rethink your attack just now as carefully as you can, because I have never seen you perform swordsmanship to that degree ever before 」

Gu Qing Shan paused.

That’s right.

How did I unleash that slash just now?

No matter what Secret Art of Sword Array I used, I would always need some time in order to circulate my spirit energy and unleash it to manifest as an attack from my swords.

So how did I accomplish that in just a split second?

And also…

Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.

He raised the Earth sword, wanting to swing it——-

His arms were numb.

Not only did that slash just now fully deplete his spirit energy and Soul Points, it also exhausted his bodily strength as well.

He wouldn’t be able to experiment with it right now no matter how much he wanted to.

No wonder the War God UI specifically gave me a [You’ve entered a state of weakness] warning.

Gu Qing Shan could only put his swords away, telling Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li: “Let’s go, return to the ship”

The two of them nodded and returned to the ship.

Gu Qing Shan plopped himself down on the deck of the ship, laying completely flat on the floor.

“How does it feel to exhaust all of your strength?” Boss asked.

——he had also exhausted all of his power and was lying right next to Gu Qing Shan.

“Quite uncomfortable, I’ll need a bit of rest” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“Hm, you reacted very quickly just now, and that slash was quite interesting” Boss praised.

“If I hadn’t been able to, I would’ve already been dead” Gu Qing Shan smiled deprecatingly.

Boss casually replied: “After that thing killed you, none of the people on this ship would have been able to escape as well”

“Unable to escape? Not even you?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

Boss answered: “I was already severely wounded to the point of near-death, having lost all of my powers, I would also be helpless”

“Then it looks like the situation was a lot more dangerous than I had thought” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“Indeed, that’s why I can finally feel relieved to stay here after I saw you unleash that attack” Boss told him.

Ye Fei Li and Zhang Ying Hao’s expressions both twitched.

Boss claimed that he had lost all of his powers, but he also revealed something extremely important.

Boss was able to observe the combat earlier.

From a certain perspective, this proved his strength.

Zhang Ying Hao walked up next to Boss and seriously asked: “What happened just now? You seem to understand it a lot better than Fei Li”

Boss asked him: “You want to know?”

“Yes” Zhang Ying Hao sincerely nodded.

Boss explained: “The one who attacked just now was the Soul Shrieker. From across countless worlds, it unleashed a mythical [Chaos] demon”

“This demon, well, it wasn’t particularly powerful, but it had a special ability. It was able to bypass countless worlds and directly attack its target”

“With its power, it would supposedly be able to devour Gu Qing Shan without issues, but due to Gu Qing Shan’s viciousness, he managed to counter-attack and slay it with a single strike”

Listening to this explanation, both Zhang Ying Hao and Ye Fei Li went silent.

The enemy summoned a demon to ambush Gu Qing Shan from across countless worlds.

What level of power is that?

Can a God even achieve that?

“A [Chaos]… demon?” Zhang Ying Hao muttered.

“That’s right, it was quite impressive, at least, we aren’t able to deal with it right now” Boss answered.

Zhang Ying Hao mused for a bit, then hesitantly asked: “Is [Chaos] currently working for the Soul Shrieker?”

Boss chuckled and shook his head: “It’s actually the other way around, the Soul Shrieker is working for [Chaos]”

“Is the power of [Chaos] really that strong?”

“It is vastly stronger than your wildest imagination”

Saying so, Boss signaled for Zhang Ying Hao to take a look outside the ship.

The men on bandit ships were organizing their attacks.

Several hundred bandits gathered in the air, all looking down towards [The Empress].

“Kill him and I can obtain such generous rewards…”

Someone whispered as he read the personal UI in front of his eyes.

The others said nothing.

—–they were all staring at Gu Qing Shan.

Zhang Ying Hao easily caught that.

He fixed his sunglasses, picked up a bottle of liquor on the floor before taking a sip.