Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

Gu Qing Shan took out the Lapis-grade Card and put it on the [Kindling] UI.

As he glanced at the card, the black fog around the card quickly gathered and turned into an armor that exuded darkness.

The [Kindling] UI immediately began to describe this card:

[Lapis equipment card: Black Smog Armor (full set)]

[Description: The Black Smog Armor is the first form of the Demon King's armor, even though it had only been primarily forged, it still has considerable defensive prowess]

[This armor has the following characteristics:]

[Sturdy: Any damage taken to the armor will be shared by the entire armor set]

[Self-repair: The armor can automatically repair itself from damage, the speed of which is determined by how much Soul Points you spend]

[Black Smog Boots: When you stand absolutely still, the black smog will conceal you, only enemies 2 realms higher will be able to perceive you]

Reading this description, Gu Qing Shan slowly sighed.

As a sword cultivator, he really needed a set of trustworthy armor.

He was lent a set of armor before, but not only was it a family heirloom, that person was also killed because he lent it to him. Gu Qing Shan wasn't shameless enough to embezzle a set of armor that belonged to someone else.

And now, he finally had his own set of armor again.

Gu Qing Shan took the Card off the UI and imitated what Little Dusk did at the time, placing it on top of the Character Card [Sword cultivator Gu Qing Shan].

The card immediately disappeared.

At the same time, a set of armor exuding darkness appeared out of nowhere in front of him.

Although this armor was giving off miasma so thick it felt like it could swallow anything whole, the armor itself had a surprisingly graceful and dignified design.

As soon as the armor appeared, it scattered into its components and quickly reassembled around Gu Qing Shan.

The entire set of armor was donned within one breath's worth of time.

With this set of armor, Gu Qing Shan gave off an aura of mystery.

As he tried moving around, he found that the armor was sturdy and light, perfectly fitted to his body so that it wouldn't hinder his movements.

This was quite rare.

All of a sudden, a mountainous heavy voice resounded: 「 What do you intend to do next? 」

Gu Qing Shan casually answered: "Naturally I will be killing enemies on a battlefield"

He suddenly froze.

This voice-----

Gu Qing Shan tapped his Inventory Bag and took out a long rectangular box and opened it.

The Earth sword.

The Earth sword that was full of cracks on the outside was still lying inside.

"You're awake? How do you feel now?"

Gu Qing Shan asked with a heavy tone of voice.

He noticed that the spirit energy fluctuation around the Earth sword had completely disappeared.

In other words, the temporal spell that Xie Dao Ling put around the Earth sword had lost its effect.

The Earth sword was originally about to break, so now that the temporal spell used to protect it had disappeared, it could quickly shatter at any time.

The Earth sword replied: 「 I can't even move a little bit right now, because I might die if I do 」

Gu Qing Shan replied: "Don't worry, I'll definitely help you recover soon"

「 How soon? 」the Earth sword asked.

"Very soon"

「 Men… can't be too fast you know 」the Earth sword spoke with a heavily breathing voice.

Gu Qing Shan was stunned, then almost felt like face-palming himself.

This sword was already close to shattering and it could still throw jokes like these around, seriously.

The Earth sword continued: 「 Truthfully, as soon as you entered this phantom image, I've already awoken and saw the things you did 」

"Then why didn't you say anything before?" Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 It was still a bit hard at that time, I've only managed to grasp the trick to send my voice while being in this shattered state that I could speak to you again 」the Earth sword replied.

Gu Qing Shan went silent.

Flying sword after flying sword began to appear behind his back

They were the swords of the dead sword cultivators at the frontlines, a total of 699 swords.

They were all vibrating sorrowfully.

The Chao Yin sword also appeared from the void of space.

It circled around the Earth sword again and again, occasionally letting out an unwilling 'wu wu' sound.

Gu Qing Shan froze.

What does this mean?

Could it be-------

Gu Qing Shan's heart began to sink all the way to the bottom.

"Tell me now, how exactly are you right now?" he tried asking with a voice as calm as possible.

The Earth sword replied: 「 I'm fine. I'll probably still be fine by the time you truly get a girlfriend 」

Gu Qing Shan pursed his lip tightly.

He could sense a strenuous feeling from the Earth sword's voice.

------the Earth sword was already feeling strenuous from saying a few words.

Gu Qing Shan turned his gaze towards the [Kindling] UI.

One of the most basic functions of the [Order] was to display the state of an item.

Sure enough, lines of blood-red text quickly appeared on the [Kindling] UI:

[The Earth sword, weigh 86,370,000 tons, it has the Weapon Spirit Thaumaturgy: I am heavy]

[This sword is about to shatter, its sword spirit will die]

Silently reading these two lines of text, Gu Qing Shan asked [Kindling]: "How long can it hold on?"

[Kindling] replied: [The System is still in an infant stage, it is difficult to accurately judge the situation of this sword, please give the System 1,000 Soul Points, Your Excellency]

"Here"

[Very well, the Order is running diagnostics now]

[Diagnostic results: 1 day later, this sword will completely collapse]

1 day!

Gu Qing Shan felt all the blood in his body freezing.

1 day isn't enough to do anything.

He looked back at the Earth sword, unable to say anything.

Apparently noticing something, the Earth sword spoke: 「 Gu Qing Shan, you don't really have to save me now 」

"Why not?" Gu Qing Shan blankly asked.

「 Because by saving me, you will be giving up on your own path 」the Earth sword replied.

"My path?" Gu Qing Shan was a bit puzzled.

「 Indeed, you are a sword cultivator, not a killing machine------- even though you came to this Fiend Realm to save me by fighting against the evil creatures, as you kill more and more of them, you will slowly become similar to an evil creature yourself 」

The Earth sword's voice was full of worry: 「 Not to mention you've carried the [Demon King Order] again------ it wants to nurture a Demon King, not a sword cultivator, so it will surely try to change you every moment it could 」

"Don't worry, I won't let myself be changed" Gu Qing Shan replied.

The Earth sword spoke: 「 Once a person fights against an evil dragon for too long, he will become an evil dragon himself. If a person associates themselves with the evil creatures and the [Demon King Order], they will ultimately become one of them 」

The Earth sword sighed and continued: 「 Gu Qing Shan, I hope that you would forever stay as a sword cultivator and not a fiend or devil 」

「 Gu Qing Shan, you do not need to fight against the evil creatures for my sake or make any transaction with the [Demon King Order], as long as you maintain the heart of your sword, as one of your swords, I will die happy 」

Gu Qing Shan silently listened.

That was most likely the Earth sword's last will.

It didn't want him to continue swimming in this murky water.

Gu Qing Shan went silently briefly and softly spoke: "Rest well, after you recover, fight alongside me once again"

Saying so, he closed the box, carefully sealed it, and placed it back inside the Inventory Bag.

Following that, he took out a large map and rolled it out at his feet.

---------this was a map of various evil realms that he made during the last time he came and invaded other Fiend and Devil Realms.

This one map can be used to exchange for quite a bit of precious resources within the evil realms.

Several thousand evil realms were scattered in various sectors of this map.

But as one looked at it carefully, they would find that most of these scattered worlds were actually separated into three big regions.

Each of these regions belonged to one of three strongest Fiend and Devil Kings of the Wraith Realm – the three Evil Kings.

The Blood Demon Duke.

The Holy Pure Priestess.

The Lord of Total Distortion.

The last time Gu Qing Shan went into the Wraith Realm, he caught the attention of the three Evil Kings

As his pursuers got closer to the Fiend Realm, Gu Qing Shan took the opportunity and offered the Xie Qi Fiend Realm after many fusions to the Blood Demon Duke and escaped.

After all, the Xie Qi Fiend Realm was originally within the sphere of influence of the Blood Demon Duke.

But this time, it was different.

He only had a single day to try and prolong the Earth sword's death.

The Blood Demon Duke was an expert in violence and attack-type magic, he doesn't know anything about time, sealing or vitality-type abilities.

The Holy Pure Priestess was the same, while she forced those around to call her 'Holy' and 'Pure', she was actually an expert in the art of charms and sacrifices.

As far as he knew, in the previous phantom image, even the Blood Demon Duke fell for her charms during one of their battles and became a devil under her control.

Gu Qing Shan suspected that the Fiendess was actually one of her disciples.

The Holy Pure Priestess has no way to save the Earth sword either.

And so-------

Gu Qing Shan glanced at the final region, a deep ocean.

The Chaos Demonic Sea.

This was the Lord of Total Distortion's sphere of influence.

This Evil King knew numerous Mystic-type abilities, one of the eeriest existences among the thousands of evil realms.

Under normal circumstances, not even the Holy Pure Priestess would arbitrarily offend this Evil King.

From the known battles of this Evil King for the last few ten thousand years, he didn't have a Mystic-type ability that could prolong the Earth sword's life either.

But Gu Qing Shan's only hope was inside this sea region.

Because one of the Lord of Total Distortion's clearest rules was that only fiends and devils who had Mystic-type abilities were allowed to live within the Chaos Demonic Sea.

Time, Fate, Life, Destruction, and Change, all of these were related to Mystic.

In other words, only the Chaos Demonic Sea had the unique evil creatures that could have the Mystic-type abilities that he required!

Gu Qing Shan quickly wondered.

He didn't want to waste even a second.

If I really wanted to go to the Chaos Demonic Sea, I need a Mystic-type ability.

Since the War God UI isn't here, I won't be able to use the [Starflame War God] title and its Title Skill.

Both [War God Skills] and [War God Title] are unusable, so I only have access to the Thaumaturgies and Skills that I've already learnt and completely grasped.

Does [Dreamjolt] count as Mystic-type?

What about [Shadow Shift]?

Actually, the ability that is most similar to Mystic-type in a place like the Chaos Demonic Sea I have would be-------

Gu Qing Shan glanced at the Chao Yin sword that was hovering next to him.

He told the Chao Yin sword: "The Earth sword told me not to save it because I would fall and become corrupt because of that, what do you think?"

Oo--- ooo--------

The Chao Yin sword moaned.

Gu Qing Shan nodded: "That's right, it's already going to die and it still has the strength to say such nonsense-------- what kind of evil creature would be even more ferocious than I am? If those things associate with me, it would be them that have to be careful not to become corrupt, am I right?"

Wu wu-------

Noticing what he meant to say, the Chao Yin sword quickly nodded with its hilt and vibrated as it normally does.

"You also agree with me? Perfect" Gu Qing Shan pointed at the ocean on the map and said: "This is the Chaos Demonic Sea. There's a place with an ocean, so I need you to fight alongside me, we're going to find a way to save the Earth sword, what do you say?"

Oong!!!

The Chao Yin sword vibrated with all its strength and let out a resounding echo.