Worlds’ Apocalypse Online - Chapter 53

Chapter 53: A Desperate Plan

Aside from that, having awoken Wind Slash Style, he can conceal and stow his Sword in the air next to himself, whenever he needs he can just infuse it with spirit energy to take his Sword out.

This one function is able to overcome the wasted time from having to pull the sword out of the sheath from numerous other Styles.

In the past life, Wind Slash Style was the most popular Style to learn for players, simply because it’s so stylish to pull a sword out of thin air.

Even if they have to sell their blood for money, numerous Sword Cultivators would buy a copy of the Wind Slash Style book just to keep up their appearance.

Gu Qing Shan chose this Sword Style mainly because he’s about to have to go deep into the horde of demons, this Style that allows for easy drawing of the sword, coupled with its speed is extremely suitable for fast-paced marching.

This was also the first ever complete Sword Style that he learnt, something he risked his life killing demons to obtain.

As Gu Qing Shan swung his sword, all sorts of emotions welled up inside him.

While standing on one side watching him, Leng Tian Xing couldn’t relax at all.

Because the scene in front of him was too strange.

The youth before him was wearing a shoulder pad designed for impact, a sword in hand, as well as a large formation plate on his back.

A Martial Cultivator?

A Sword Cultivator?

A Formation user?

Him being a formation user is easy to understand, unlike martial arts or sword arts, the art of formation as well as any other of the 6 arts can be learnt as long as you have talent with it.

That’s why formation users are so rare.

But a cultivator who learns both martial arts and sword arts is simply unheard of.

By the way Gu Qing Shan swung the sword, he was clearly a master of the art.

Leng Tian Xing couldn’t help but asked: “What do you cultivate exactly? Sword arts or Martial arts? I can’t really tell”

Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan felt a bit of a headache, as he couldn’t really tell others that he used Soul Points to learn Skills.

He thought a bit, then said: “Hoh, my main cultivation isn’t Martial arts, neither am I a pure formation user”

Leng Tian Xing unconsciously repeated: “Not a main Martial arts cultivator?”

Gu Qing Shan swallowed the Crimson Crane Qi Holding pill he was keeping in his mouth and answered: “I know a bit of martial arts, but I can’t call myself someone who focus himself on being a martial artist”

“I also know a few Sword Styles and a bit about formation, only that”

Leng Tian Xing was a bit shocked, still unable to really comprehend what he was seeing.

Gu Qing Shan didn’t say anything else, closed his eyes and circulated his spirit energy to thoroughly absorb the pill’s energy.

A while later, Leng Tian Xing told him: “Your knowledge is too wide-spread, later on it will be very hard to reach the top for any of them”

This was advice out of goodwill.

A cultivator being well-versed in multiple subjects isn’t always a good thing, because at a certain point, it will become incredibly hard to improve anymore.

Gu Qing Shan could tell the other party’s good will, smiled and said: “No worries, it’s just a few means”

Leng Tian Xing: “Means?”

Gu Qing Shan: “Yes, the means to survive”

These words are calm, but contain immense sorrow and struggle, almost reflecting the whole journey of everything that he’s been through just to live.

This is also a true depiction of humanity as a whole during the last few years of the Apocalypse.

As Leng Tian Xing heard that, he seems to have understood something.

Finished with his preparations, Gu Qing Shan stood up and leaned his body slightly forward just like Wu Jin from before, aiming the shoulder pad towards the outside of the formation, pacing back and forth a few times.

Gu Qing Shan said: “We have about half a stick of incense’s time left, then the formation will disappear”

Leng Tian Xing couldn’t help but asked: “How can I help?”

When it was a crowd of people, he held the position of leader, but after everyone had already died and there’s only Gu Qing Shan and himself, he unconsciously considered Gu Qing Shan to be the leader.

A peak Foundation realm cultivator, actively asking a Qi Training cultivator for order, what a very rare sight to see.

Both of them didn’t take notice of it, it just naturally happened.

Gu Qing Shan used the sword to point outside the formation, asking: “Do you see that Rotting Eater Demon there?”

The same demon that attacked him when he teleported here.

Leng Tian Xing answered: “I can”

Gu Qing Shan then said: “That monster is extremely foul-smelling, disgusting to both humans and demons alike, I want you to get me one of its eyes”

Leng Tian Xing’s spirit energy flowed from his body, stood up and asked: “You want me to leave the formation to kill it?”

Gu Qing Shan stopped him: “No, with a little trick”

Gu Qing Shan picked up the dead Heart Stealer Imp on the ground, chopped it into pieces, then took out demon snake blood and poured it on the imp’s body.

After that, Gu Qing Shan dug out a few stones about half the size of a person, neatly lining them up on the ground.

He carefully smeared the imp blood onto the stones.

Leng Tian Xing could only watch the scene in silence.

Everything he’s doing is completely out of his comprehension.

…

Outside the formation, the Rotting Eater Demon was slowly moving around.

It was still hungry, so it wanted to find some crippled demons among the mass of demons here to eat.

All the other demons are staying as far away from it as possible, they’d rather fight with some other demon to the death than to get close to the foul Rotting Eater Demon.

The Rotting Eater Demon is strong, but it was so pathetically slow that other demons of the same realm could outrun it, so it can normally only eat rotten stuff that’s already dead.

While the Rotting Eater Demon was worried about food, it suddenly felt a “pap” as something that’s coated in an alluring smell dropped right beside it.

Taking a look, it could tell this was a square stone, but the color was a bit different, it looked like… something that it likes.

The Rotting Eater Demon moved its nose and sniffed.

The smell of blood.

This thing isn’t so bad, but there’s too little, not enough to even stick to my teeth.

The Rotting Eater Demon originally didn’t want to bother with it, but the alluring smell of blood was covered in a scent of energy and made it open its mouth on instinct.

It quickly jumped forward and ate the stone as well as a patch of dirt in a single bite.

——tastes nice, sadly there’s too little.

While the Rotting Eater Demon was feeling sad, it heard another sound as another strange thing dropped down near it.

This distance, I only need to move a bit to reach.

The Rotting Eater Demon slowly crawled over and ate it.

Full of energy, fragrant, tasty, together with a cold and hard texture, the Rotting Eater Demon didn’t really care about the last part.

——are there more?

It felt great hope and anticipation.

Then a miracle!

Another square rock dropped very close to where it was.

The Rotting Eater Demon took the time to crawl over.

…..

Gu Qing Shan looked at the Rotting Eater Demon and said: “It’s coming; you only have one chance”

Leng Tian Xing couldn’t help but feel a bit pressured: “What if I fail?”

Gu Qing Shan answered: “Then we will have to think of another way, but this is already the best solution”

Leng Tian Xing asked again: “Then if I succeed?”

Gu Qing Shan carefully answered: “Immediately give the eye to me, when I’m finished with it, the formation will also have just ran out of energy”

“Understood”

Leng Tian Xing breathed in deeply and concentrated on the Rotting Eater Demon.

He wasn’t worried a single bit about whether Gu Qing Shan wanted to harm him or not, after all he’s a whole realm stronger, there are too many ways for him to pull Gu Qing Shan together to the grave..

He glanced at Gu Qing Shan.

This guy isn’t an idiot, probably won’t do anything harmful in this dire situation.

Right at that moment, Gu Qing Shan silently shouted: “Do it!”

Leng Tian Xing moved his spirit energy, his hand gripped the fan and swung it diagonally in the air.

“Frost Blade True Slash!”

Outside the formation, the Rotting Eater Demon raised an ear-piercing shriek.

A white string had suddenly appeared right at its forehead, then black blood spilled out.

The frost string that suddenly appeared took off almost half its skull.

It was very heavily wounded, even losing an eye in the process.

Even to a blob demon like itself, this type of wound was quite severe.

The Rotting Eater Demon was screaming as it rolled on the ground.

But the two people inside the formation had already ignored it completely as they used their inner sights to look track the chunk of rotting flesh flying across the sky.

A big, dull-colored eyeball was flying through the air towards a large crowd of other demons.

Leng Tian Xing quickly put away his fan, extending his left hand outward and shouted: “Come!”

The dull-colored eyeball suddenly made a turn in the air, flew straight into the formation and into Leng Tian Xing’s hand.