Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

The shockwaves could be felt all the way from here.

The snowy wind was blowing straight towards them.

It was almost an entire minute later that the explosion had completely subsided.

「 What exactly just happened? 」the humanoid snake monster asked nervously.

"We'll talk later" Gu Qing Shan replied.

He turned into a bolt of lightning again, traversing a large distance in almost an instant to return to the site of the blast.

------the entire mountain range had been completely leveled, the charred ground was totally open without any obstacles to obscure one's sight.

Only a large black body silently lay motionlessly on the ground.

The Qilin!

"Is it dead?" Gu Qing Shan muttered and slowly took a step forward.

Observing the Qilin's corpse, he fell into thought.

The deathly silence continued for miles in every direction.

No one knew what he was thinking.

Suddenly--------

Clang!

He drew his blade again, nimbly brandishing it in the wind.

This was a normal blade from the mortal realm, so it had already been heavily damaged during his battles up to this point, the cutting edge of the blade was practically covered in uneven chips and bumps.

------even if the Qilin was already dead, this blade wouldn't be able to cause any damage to its body.

Gu Qing Shan blew a whistle and lightly placed the edge of the blade on the Qilin's body.

Ching!

With a clear chime, the blade drew an arc across the air.

Arcs of light-blue lightning sparkled from Gu Qing Shan's body as he continuously swung his blade against the Qilin's body.

That was right.

He was slashing a dead body.

Time slowly passed.

The Tribulation Lightning manifested in the sky once again, hovering as crackling balls of light.

As Gu Qing Shan continued to swing, these balls of light gradually gathered together once again, almost like they were forming a vast sea of stars.

------Wraith realm Divine Skill, [Lightning Wraith]!

[Lightning Wraith: Your body turns into lightning, your speed as great as any bolt of lightning, unobstructed by any magical barriers. In battle, Tribulation Lightning will descend to help you, the longer you fight, the more powerful the Tribulation Lightning will become]

Gu Qing Shan tirelessly swung the blade.

Then swung some more!

And then some more!!!

As time continued to pass, the Tribulation Lightning in the sky also gradually changed.

Some lightning that was dark-purple and crimson in color also started to manifest.

Unlike the previous bolts of Tribulation Lightning, the power of these kinds of lightning was obviously different.

At this point, not even the Qilin's body could remain motionless anymore.

「 Wait------- 」

The body suddenly leapt several meters into the air and hurriedly retreated a great distance.

The Qilin was actually still alive!

It was breathing heavily, staring closely at Gu Qing Shan with a cautious gaze.

From how its body was filled with wounds, it was obviously injured quite severely during the explosion earlier.

The Qilin questioned with a heavy voice: 「 What excellent eyes! How did you know that I was faking my death? 」

Gu Qing Shan answered: "I didn't"

「 Then why did you not leave? 」the Qilin asked with a confused tone.

"You're a special case, being able to reverse summon yourself using only a severed head as a catalyst, so I would naturally not judge your survival using normal standards-----"

Gu Qing Shan pointed his blade towards the sky.

The Tribulation Lightning swiftly descended and began to gather around his blade, manifesting into a 10-meter blade of Tribulation Lightning.

"To ensure that the battle was definitely won, I had to confirm that you were actually dead"

Gu Qing Shan's killing intent began to condense again-------

Right away, the Qilin called out: 「 Wait! 」

"You want to leave your last words?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

The Qilin replied: 「 I only joined the Heaven realm to feed myself, if you're willing to spare my life, I'd naturally repay you accordingly 」

Gu Qing Shan carefully observed it.

Its body was clearly dripping with blood, its scales charred black by the explosion earlier, barely managing to stand up.

-------it doesn't have the strength left to fight.

Serves you right.

That's what you get for using a bomb of that caliber.

Ruthless people should expect to be on the receiving end of the same ruthlessness.

"Ah, what benefits can you offer me?" Gu Qing Shan chuckled and asked.

The lightning blade was slowly lowered but was still propped right at the Qilin's neck.

The destructive aura that the blade was giving off caused the Qilin to feel goosebumps all over.

The Qilin hurriedly smiled amicably: 「 I am the Divine Beast in charge of wealth, so I have plenty of treasures in my reach, sir 」

It snuck a glance at Gu Qing Shan's expression, only to see that he didn't show even the slightest bit of excitement, on the contrary, he appeared bored and dejected instead.

------why would you make that funeral expression when you're offered money?

What a strange person.

The Qilin was extremely nervous, unsure whether or not it could actually survive.

Gu Qing Shan regained his calm and said: "Other than money, do you have anything else you can offer me?"

The Qilin answered right away: 「 I'm very familiar with matters of the Beast King realm and Heaven realm, you can ask me anything you want to know 」

Gu Qing Shan pondered: "Information huh… that doesn't sound too bad"