Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

The Dead Soul Demon King didn't even bother to hide its presence as it went in full speed right away.

With its power, there was no need to do anything excessive.

Killing the two creatures at the side of this mountain was nothing but a swipe of the hand.

With a running start, it leapt off the mountain and squarely landed on the side of the mountain.

Gu Qing Shan and Laura immediately recognized Dead Soul Demon King's presence.

As they looked up, they noticed the black descending dot in the sky.

Even though this was the highest mountain peak, with that black dot's speed, it would reach them soon enough.

"Can you sense that?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

Laura exclaimed in horror: "What a terrifying presence! How did this level of enemy appear out of nowhere?"

"Think of something quick" she spoke worriedly: "I have a few Divine Armaments that can deal with it, but we don't have enough to activate it even with all our powers combined"

Gu Qing Shan released his inner sight, scanning through the Dead Soul Demon King's body.

"This monster's power far exceeds yours and mine, I have no method to resist it" Gu Qing Shan casually told her.

He sat still on the black horse's back and looked around.

Countless demonized people were traversing through the icy mountain range around them as they tightened the encirclement.

They were getting closer.

Gu Qing Shan sighed.

These demonized people weren't just any small fries, they were elites among elites of their respective worlds.

At the same level, if Gu Qing Shan went all out, he might be able to deal with 100 of them by himself.

But against numbers this great, it wasn't possible for anyone to do anything.

A single person fighting against countless enemies at his same level will accumulate fatigue and wounds one way or another. At some point, the negative accumulation will be too great and the scale of battle will tilt, ending with defeat and death.

And then, even if fatigue and wounds weren't a problem, even with the power of his [War God Title], even with Divine Skills like [Ground Shrink] and [Shadow Shift]--------- there is still a limit to his stamina, and it isn't enough for him to kill all 2 million demonized people.

This was the truth of the situation.

Never mind 2 million, to go against a mere few hundred, Gu Qing Shan had already used his strongest attack the Taiyi Sword Array as a deterrent, discouraging them from attacking him right away.

Rumble!

The ground shook.

A wolf-headed human-bodied monster several meters tall appeared.

It stood facing Gu Qing Shan and Laura and simply stared at them.

Its eyes were indifferent and cold, like it was looking at a couple of insects that could be killed with the flick of its fingers.

The Dead Soul Demon King arrived.

Laura hid inside Gu Qing Shan's chest, asking him in a low voice: "Are we going to die?"

Gu Qing Shan patted her and turned to God's Might on top of the Demon Lord's head and asked: "Why did you come here?"

"Why did I come here? You're asking quite the ridiculous question there. Of course I'm here to avenge my two brothers" God's Might answered him.

"Wasn't it [Origin] that killed your brothers?" Gu Qing Shan was surprised.

"We wanted to serve the [Demon King Order]!" God's Might angrily shouted, "but you deceived us, telling us that [Origin] is a fake, and even convinced everyone that was the truth! You were the real mastermind behind their deaths!"

Gu Qing Shan was shocked when he heard that.

They wanted to serve [Origin]?

God's Might looked to Laura.

"Princess of the Bramble Birds, I believed in you. Why did you deceive me as well?"

"If you hadn't stepped out to represent the Bramble Bird royal family, I wouldn't have believed his nonsense in the first place!"

Laura looked up and coldly replied: "Because I despise that thing, it killed my family members"

"Is that so? Then I will have to torture you to death as well"

God's Might heavily emphasized every word.

Gu Qing Shan hid Laura behind him and spoke: "I still don't understand this, why are you all so willing to become demonized?"

God's Might glared at Gu Qing Shan: "Which world did you come from?"

"I came from a Scattered world"

God's Might looked at him in surprise, answering: "So you don't even know such a simple thing. I had thought you were someone with noble status like the Bramble Bird princess"

Status… Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and showed an expression of sincerity.

"Look, the two of us will definitely not be able to win against the Demon Lord, and we will definitely die at the Demon Lord's hands" Gu Qing Shan said.

God's Might gritted his teeth: "Of course you will! But don't worry, I will make sure to torture you in the worst way possible, I won't let you simply die just like that"

Gu Qing Shan didn't change his expression at all and continued with his worlds: "I will definitely be killed by the Demon Lord, but before I die, please tell me why you purposefully become demonized, otherwise I won't regret what I did even in death"

God's Might was stunned.

Won't regret it in death?

He doesn't know a single thing, and he dares say that he won't regret even in death!

This trash…

This clueless piece of utter garbage!

But he managed to fool everyone…

A feeling of extreme unwillingness started to burn in God's Might chest.

God's Might quickly controlled his mental state and calmed himself down.

"You ignorant fool"

He spoke to Gu Qing Shan.

"In the entire 900 million World Layers, only becoming demonized can people at the very bottom like us manage to get even a fair chance at climbing up"

"A fair chance?" this time, it was Gu Qing Shan who was surprised.

"That's right. Over several billion years, the ownership of the strongest and most valuable worlds have already been claimed by the Lord-class Combatants. Their lifespans are so long, they've formed a unified solid front, a perfected closed circle of power where no one will be able to arbitrarily break through"

"Here's a very realistic example: every known Super Dimensional worlds have been taken over by those Combatants"

"And outside of the Super Dimensional world, every world has its own center of power, where each of them is backed by a different Lord-class Combatant"

Gu Qing Shan felt more and more surprised, nodding to gesture him: "Please continue"

"All the resources are kept in those Combatant's hands, young people like us, newcomers to the worlds can only get the resources to advance forward from them through extreme hardship and labor"

"The stronger we want to get, the more we are exploited by the Combatants, spending untold amounts of effort in an extremely long period of time"

"This is the pain of all newcomers, do you get it?"

"There is no way to fight against this, all we can do is passively accept their conditions, slave away for their benefits. If it were you, would you be willing to do it!? Answer me"

"If the conditions are fair, working for payment is a very normal thing to do" Gu Qing Shan replied sincerely.

"Fool! That's because you don't know anything about being demonized"

"Then tell me"

God's Might smirked slightly and spoke: "Compared to that, there is no trouble with being demonized"

"When we become demonized, as long as we collect Soul Points, we can exchange it for levels, for power equipment, and even------"

God's Might patted the Dead Soul Demon King and roared like mad: "With Soul Points, we can exchange for enough power to sweep away any world, there is no need to work for those dog shit Combatants, this is the most basic form of fairness!"

Gu Qing Shan muses briefly and spoke: "But your Soul Points all came from the lives of others"

"So what? Do you know how long it takes me to exchange for a piece of equipment that's suitable for myself working for a Lord-class Combatant? 10 years! I have to slave away for 10 years just to get a single piece of equipment!"

"Now look at the [Demon King Order]-------- I can get that simply by giving it Soul Points"

"As long as there is Soul Points, I can exchange for peerless equipment at any time!"

Squeezing his fist tight, God's Might shouted: "This is what's fair! This is the path to break out of the control of those damned nobles!!!"

Gu Qing Shan wondered: "I heard that there are a lot of exemplary benefits in the Strife Zones, as long as you can work-----"

"Bullshit!" God's Might cut him off, 'that place is too dangerous, way too dangerous, how can it possibly compare to using Soul Points. All you need to do is make the proper preparations and kill a living being to gain Soul Points"

Gu Qing Shan continued: "If you use [Origin], it will consider you its slaves"

God's Might didn't mind that at all: "That is nothing but its own words, as long as we don't betray it, we can live normally just find"

"Then what about the ridiculous amount of EXP required to level up later on, what do you think about that?" Gu Qing Shan asked again.

"This was what you used to fool the others into thinking that [Origin] was fake" God's Might coldly smirked.

He continued: "I've thought it through. All I need to do is kill even more and this problem will be solved! Among the infinite worlds, there are always weak and insignificant worlds that no Lord ever pays attention to. I can kill those worlds, use them to exchange for more resources and become strong. And then, my life will be controlled by me alone, I will never have to bother with pleasing those Lords again!"

Listening seriously, Gu Qing Shan fell silent.

After being demonized, they no longer have to worry about spending effort or hard work, as long as they can kill, they can always become stronger.

No wonder there are those who will actively become demonized.

This was so different from the past life.

At the time, no one thought about killing each other at all, everyone was fighting on a unified front.

At the time, everyone was focused on killing demons, struggling against the Apocalypse.

At the time, they tried so many methods to resolve the problem of requiring so much EXP, but not once did they ever think to kill their comrades.

Murderers will pay with their own lives.

This was the common consensus, as well as the most basic Law still followed by humanity after countless years.

But the situation was very different in the 900 million World Layers.

The concept of valuing a life differs from one civilization to another.

Even in the Asura realm of the Samsara worlds, those Asuras believe dying in battle was a glorious death and something to take pride in.

Those killed simply died in battle, the killer is a skillful hero worthy of praise.

Even the Samsara world is that way, then what would the infinite other worlds be like?

Gu Qing Shan looked towards him.

These demonized people.

They don't need to fight against the apocalypse, all they need to do is make a simple choice.

Either spend a lot of time and effort to become stronger.

Or;

Use the lives of others to quickly gain everything they desire.

Faced with a choice like this, one wrong step will lead you into the embrace of the [Demon King Order].

No wonder even the Light of Dawn Triste became demonized.

God's Might spoke: "Do you get it now? You damned fool, go to hell and drown in your regret! You didn't grasp the opportunity given so you will die right here, never to see the day I become peerlessly powerful!"

He tapped the Dead Soul Demon King, saying: "Go, break their limbs, I want to slowly torture them"

But the Dead Soul Demon King stood still without moving.

"What is it? Go!" God's Might ordered.

『 Wait. The [Demon King Order] is speaking to him 』 the Dead Soul Demon King replied.