Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

One of them was wearing the same armor set as Gu Qing Shan, while the other two wore Grey-white armor with blue patterns.

Those were Yu Wu Chaplain standard armor sets, a step lower than Xiao Qi Chaplain, but it was still a decently high military rank.

Since there was still some time, the 4 of them sat around in a circle and introduced each other.

"Li Chu Chen, Spirit Beast sect"

"Zhang Fang, West Mountain Sword sect"

"Bai Hai Dong, Yao Guang sect"

"Gu Qing Shan, Bai Hua sect"

After the 4 of them greeted each other, Bai Hai Dong was the first to look at Gu Qing Shan and smiled: "Senior brother Leng spoke a lot about you"

"You're Leng Tian Xing's junior brother? How fortunate, we can look out for each other then" Gu Qing Shan smiled back.

The 3 of them all seemed very young, still within their 20s, Zhang Fang and Li Chu Chen were at the peak of Foundation relam, while Bai Hai Dong was at the last stage of the Foundation realm.

Gu Qing Shan had the lowest cultivation and was the youngest among them.

But no one dared to look down on him.

All three of them were people that made it to Foundation realm at a young age, as well as had slowly accumulated Military Merit to reach their current rank, each and every one of them would be considered a genius among geniuses anywhere else.

The fact that Gu Qing Shan was able to become a Xiao Qi Chaplain meant that he had actual ability and actual mettle to reach where he was.

Military Merit does not lie.

Not to mention, he was a disciple of Bai Hua Saint.

As smart as they were, everyone only needed a second to understand that he was given the best treatment.

Li Chu Chen looked at Gu Qing Shan and clasped his fist: "So you're the famous Sword 15"

Everyone lightly chuckled, obviously the matter that happened at the semester examination had become quite wide-spread.

Bai Hua Sect, a Saint's direct disciple, the young sword cultivator, was quite the famous figure recently.

Zhang Fang asked: "Fellow Dao seeker Gu, I saw that you went to the Merit tent, seems like you had some harvest?"

Gu Qing Shan looked at him -------he was the same Xiao Qi Chaplain as Gu Qing Shan, 1 rank higher than Bai Hai Dong and Li Chu Chen.

"That's right, before I was part of the vanguard legion, so I compiled what I knew of the demons and sent it in" Gu Qing Shan refreshingly admitted.

The 3 people's expressions changed slightly.

Ah, so Sword 15 was actually part of the vanguard legion.

That place was where the battle was the fiercest, to be able to return from there in one piece was already quite impressive.

There were simply too many demons and too many types of demons.

Their characteristics and attacks were so varied that unexpected situations happened very often, enough to drive cultivators crazy.

The fact that Gu Qing Shan achieved Merit from compiling monster characteristics meant that what he reported must be true, otherwise it wouldn't fly past all the great cultivators at the Merit tent.

Zhang Fang then said: "Since you know about the monsters' characteristics, we'll have to trouble you on the way forward"

These words were very well said. Because he was obviously letting Gu Qing Shan be the leader, yet the tone indicated that he was troubling him.

Of the 4 of them, only Gu Qing Shan and himself were Xiao Qi Chaplains.

Since Zhang Fang had given up the position, the leader could only be Gu Qing Shan -------because there was no way two Yu Wu Chaplains were going to command two Xiao Qi Chaplains.

Leng Tian Xing's junior brother Bai Hai Dong was the first to agree, then Li Chu Chen also followed

Just like that, a temporary party had been formed.

A guard cultivator went and gave the 4 of them this month's salary in advance ---------Xiao Qi Chaplains got around 300 low-tier spirit stones, while Yu Wu Chaplains got 200.

Zhang Fang put the spirit stones in his bag, saying: "We have no idea when we might lose our lives, so I gotta spend the money I have. When we make it to the camp, I'll treat everyone here to a round of drinks"

Gu Qing Shan finished putting on his armor, smiled and said: "After your treat, it'll be mine"

Everyone laughed heartily, creating a harmonic atmosphere.

At this time, a guard cultivator came and called: "Gu Qing Shan, Zhang Fang, Li Chu Chen, Bai Hai Dong, get ready to move out"

"Roger!"

Their expressions turned serious, the relaxedness from before disappeared without a trace.

The 4 of them quickly walked and stepped into the General's tent.

A General wearing golden armor looked at them and spoke: "You're all Foundation realm cultivators here, then there's a perfect place for you"

He ordered: "The 4 of you shall sortie to Water Valley Camp, move out immediately, do not make any mistakes"

He then gave them an arrow with runes on it, saying: "This will be your only Decree Arrow, do not use it lightly"

"Roger!"

The 4 of them clasped their fists.

Gu Qing Shan received the arrow and put it in his bag.

Leaving the outpost, they all got on their spirit beasts and took off.

About 10 minutes later.

"How much longer can we fly?" Zhang Fang asked.

Once one entered the battlefield, any flying creature was a living target for the demons to hit, unless they were a great cultivator, no one dared to fly carelessly.

Checking the map, Gu Qing Shan answered: "We'll enter the battlefield after 100 miles, after that we must land and continue on foot"

"Understood" they all nodded and replied.

Everyone kept silent, their expressions became cold.

They were about to enter the battlefield.

After a while, Gu Qing Shan waved his hand: "Land here"

Everyone landed together.

In front of them was a green forest valley, luscious and vast, yet there wasn't a single sound of birds or insects.

It was like the valley itself had lost its life.

Bai Hai Dong grabbed the air and smelled it.

"There's no essence of death for the last 3 days" he reported.

This seems to be his God's Chosen Skill or thaumaturgy, but no one bothered to ask.

No essence of death meant there hadn't been any large-scale battles.

Everyone loosened a bit.

Gu Qing Shan then said: "Let's get to know each other first, that way it's easier to delegate roles"

"That's reasonable, I'm an Elementalist, Water root 2nd stage" Bai Hai Dong answered.

"Although we're from a sword sect, my expertise lies with the spear" Zhang Fang said.

"I'm a spirit beast tamer, I have a few spirit beasts for scouting, other than that I know a bit of martial arts" Li Chu Chen answered.

Gu Qing Shan nodded, saying: "I'm a sword cultivator"

He then quickly assigned them: "I'll be the vanguard, Zhang Fang at the back. Brother Chu Chen should release a few spirit beasts to scout out our left and right, as well as one to scout right behind me. Bai Hai Dong will be in the middle, to help out all sides"

They all replied at the same time: "Understood"

That was the best way to assign them.

Li Chu Chen also sighed in relief.

His biggest fear was meeting a superior that didn't understand how things worked and ordered his spirit beast to go scout in front.

Fighter-type beasts weren't suitable for scouting, and scouting-type beasts couldn't go out in front.

Because if they ever meet a powerful demon, it would be eaten immediately, unable to be of any use.

It was very hard to tame and raise a spirit beast, so if any of them died uselessly, the tamer would feel hurt.

The best place for spirit beasts was in the middle, since it would be easy for them to adapt and to be in front or back according to the situation.

The best way to use them was to only let the fighter-type spirit beasts out after the fight begins.

Holding the Earth sword in hand, Gu Qing Shan led them through the forest.

Seeing his cold expression and swift decision making, the other three could also relax a bit and follow.

2 hours later.

The 4 of them were taking a short rest.

"Keeping up our current speed, we'll reach the Water Valley Camp by noon tomorrow" Gu Qing Shan said.

"You can keep going as today, I'll follow your lead" Zhang Fang crossed his arms and spoke.

Li Chu Chen and Bai Hai Dong both nodded.

During the journey, regardless of marching or scouting, Gu Qing Shan showed himself to be an extremely experienced frontline soldier. The rest of them here also came from the frontline, so it was right now that they fully accepted him.

"Very well, I'll keep up the arrangements after this" Gu Qing Shan didn't act too humble and only calmly replied.

He was originally a tactical commander in his past life, so his experience fighting with demons didn't fall short of anyone, the journey just now was simply him following old habits.

After eating their rations, the 4 of them continued on their way.

A long while later, they finally exited the forest and entered a vast grassland.

"Stop!" Gu Qing Shan suddenly stopped.

He squinted his eyes and looked around.

He could feel a very faint scent of spirit energy dissipating in the air.

Could it be that there was a battle in this grassland area?

The 3 people heard him and also stopped their feet.

"What happened?" Li Chu Chen placed his hand on the spirit beast bag and asked in a low voice.

"Fellow Dao seeker Bai, please check again" Gu Qing Shan spoke in a low voice.

Hearing so, Bai Hai Dong grabbed a handful of air and smelled it.

"Essence of death isn't very heavy, but the smell of blood is, there's also a lot of the demon's stench --------in that direction"

He pointed far into the grasslands.