[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1138":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Worlds' Apocalypse Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1791934,2388,"Chapter 1139 - It doesn’t matter","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1138",1138,"\u003Cp>The skeletal wall trembled nonstop, an invisible shockwave blasted the sea of skeletons, manifesting as an intense surging wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sea of skeletons were swept backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan fell down and collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoh—–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoh—-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was panting heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood was dripping from every pore on his body but was immediately scattered by the violent air currents around his body into a bloody drifting mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one was crazy enough to directly absorb the power of dragons this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Qing Shan was left with no escape route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another fierce howl resounded a considerable distance from within the sea of skeletons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan struggled to raise his hands, then formed a hand seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heaven sword turned into a streak of light that traveled over a thousand miles in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That fierce howl immediately stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Ten Swallows Return]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——this was a combination of [Heaven’s Choice] and his Secret Art, resulting in ten [Swallows Return] at once, practically impossible to parry, if you don’t die once, you’ll die by the tenth time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan no longer had the leisure to care about the battle, he abruptly looked up, then violently rushed into the ground in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large chunk of the snow-covered ground caved in; bright red blood plastered all over the newly dug path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overwhelming power was essentially destroying Gu Qing Shan’s body, inflicting a kind of suffering on him that far surpassed the normal definition of ‘pain’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, various illusory images suddenly manifested around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Falling flower petals, soft and gently female voices sung their aria as their beautiful visage fluttered in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These women wore skimpy clothing that didn’t even serve to cover their bodies, their voluptuous bodies and pinkish-white skin left exposed, leaving very little to the imagination. All the while they were staring at Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their gazes were filled with desires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What delectable food!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the women tried to approach Gu Qing Shan, a glowing red spear manifested behind Gu Qing Shan and vibrated by itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evil Suppressor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The women uttered desperate cries as their bodies turned into white skeletons one after another, which then gradually faded into the fog and disappeared completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lines of notification appeared on the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Qing Shan didn’t have the time to look at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had fallen into a strange state of mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various visions of the past appeared in front of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My father said as long as I get a good score in the university entrance exam, he’ll get me my own Mech as a reward!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa, nice, my mom said that if I get into the general department, she’ll take me to the Fuxi Empire for a trip, where I can observe their Mech’s close combat techniques”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Qing Shan, your academic records are so good, your parents——-“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shhhh, stop talking, he’s the only person in his home...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voices slowly went away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked down at his own personal Holo-brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Your personal balance is: 17,981 Credits. 765 Credits from your tuition fees for the General University Mech Major. 1,815,631 Credits from purchasing a personal assault mech]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another vision appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qing Shan, I know that you were framed during the graduation ball, but there’s no other option. Both my family and a few other aristocrats wanted to get rid of you”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the screen, a girl was crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was because I was too naïve that I hurt you like this”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qing Shan, go quickly! Remember, you can only survive in another country!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you get your hands on some good liquor, come and find me, I’ll be at the 571th encampment”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-haired girl’s voice was transmitted from a Communication Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a bit of boastfulness, she gently said: “I know a place with a really good view that I’ve never told anyone else. When you come here, I’ll show you”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of a sudden, an angry voice resounded: “Gu Qing Shan, that encampment is already lost to the enemy, you can’t go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another commander grabbed his collar and shouted: “There is a Demon Lord there! You’ll just be throwing your life away if you go! Do you understand? Don’t you understand!!!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, he still came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world was in ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vision became dim, then another flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the banks of a great river, the westward wind sorrowfully blew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strategist Gu, there are no other ways, only that technique...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan heard his own voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using up my life and yours alone will not be enough for that sword technique to kill this Demon Lord”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Row after row of cultivators knelt down in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Strategist Gu, I’m willing to ‘return’ with you”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We shall ‘return’ with you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right, I as well, I am willing to ‘return’ with strategist Gu”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Return!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart, why does it hurt so much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vision after vision appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan gazed above as blood continued to drip from his forehead as he blankly stared forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sea of skeletons had piled upon one another like a mountain, slowly manifesting as a fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below that fortress, the skeletons parted to reveal innumerable demons and demonic beasts of all shapes and sizes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of the fortress, several commanding monsters were observing Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their gazes were either cold, cruel, emotionless, sarcastic, or they simply glanced at Gu Qing Shan before moving away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were looking at the vast expanse of ground behind Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The human inner land is right behind this single cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——kill him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demonic beast raised its hand and gestured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army uttered a resounding roar and quickened their march.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned into an unstoppable iron tidal wave, crashing straight down on Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan looked at the demonic beasts in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his mouth, apparently trying to say something, but the intense pain all over his body stopped him from uttering a single sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a brief moment, another vision appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“War God UI, can I use the three coins to return to this moment?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You cannot, this place does not allow redo...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shannu’s worried voice said: “Gongzi, they’re trying to surround and eliminate us”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surround and eliminate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s not enough time! Either you stay here to face the Tribulation, or go save Laura and the rest!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that came the Earth sword’s sigh:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 At noon... there’s definitely not enough time, you will have to choose between one or the other 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One or the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To choose between one over the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan blankly stared at the approaching army of monsters, then heard his own bitter voice——-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve already understood a certain principle since a long time ago, but couldn’t predict that I’d still be bleeding all over because of it today”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That principle is too painful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is much more painful compared to the pain I’m currently suffering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held the Earth sword tightly, continuously coughing up a bloody mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Power...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hoarse and dry voice resounded from his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lines of blood-red text were madly scrolling across the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan paused for a brief moment, then wiped the blood that was obscuring his vision with his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“POWER!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He howled in his frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boundless blue and black aura overlapped, twisted around one another and spun around his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of two dragons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mile-tall sword phantom manifested on top of his swords, pierced through the darkness and illuminated this entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword phantom glowed like the blinding sun, as it crashed into the ground, it exploded into a resounding tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Torrent]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with [Heaven’s Choice], 9 consecutive strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan grasped the Heaven sword tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“AAARRRRGGHH——”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he uttered a furious roar, his sword swung down from above!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Ocean Of Ten Swords]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Innumerable sword phantoms howled like waves crashing at sea, quickly accumulating into a tsunami that crashed down upon the advancing army of demons and demonic beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was so easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the demons and demonic beasts were swept away, their bodies either broke apart right away or slashed to dust by the wave of swords as they were sent flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster commander standing on top of the fortress drew its weapon and shouted: 「 Detestable, it seems we have to act ourselves! 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then noticed something amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——no one responded to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster commander looked around, only to see the other commanders had been pierced through by a glowing red spear, pinned to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it wanted to do something, its entire body suddenly became stiff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand grabbed its neck and lifted it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 You damned—– 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster was about to curse but went stiff from the scene in front of its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloody mist drifted around the person’s body, while he appeared as if he had just been soaked in blood. Behind his back was a glow of both blue and black, which gradually manifested as two dragons that soared around him in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What exactly are you? Why are you trying to corrode the Divine Mountain?” the man asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster commander scoffed and said: 「 I will never—– 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pop!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head abruptly exploded; its body heavily collapsed with a ‘thud’ to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan pulled the headless body and pierced it with the glowing red spear as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve thought it through”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched these bodies and muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regardless of what you were, it doesn’t matter...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [True Crimson Demon Spear] vibrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the corpses turned into dust, disappearing into the void of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More lines of warning blood-red text were flashing on the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan didn’t bother to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He propped the glowing red spear on his shoulder and flew towards where the monsters came from.\u003C\u002Fp>",1692,"2026-06-09T03:05:47.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","28bcef12978ed90ba6dd2b39465d4fa0ae667bc7b10472caa0d925955578dd77","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1139","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-1137",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]