[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-401":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},1791147,2388,"Chapter 399 - Through the wild","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-401",401,"\u003Cp>Chapter 399: Through the wild\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan looked up the long stairway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top of the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mystical black veil dotted with shining stars covered the entire platform like a set of curtains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Qing Shan tried to use his inner sight to look through the veil, it bounced right off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seems like there’s no way for him to look inside from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Acting all mysterious”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the Six Paths Great Mountain sword, he made his way up the flight of stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1800 steps were easily passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan went straight through the black veil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven and earth shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then landed in an empty field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sheet of snow blanketed the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold breeze blew through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vast wild surrounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nighttime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan crouched down to pick up a handful of snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skin-piercing cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feeling was so real that it surprised Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This was all created by the Devil King Warden Rod?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That is correct, its powers are enough that even without any spirit thaumaturgies, the rod itself hosts a vast array of powers, truly unimaginable” Shannu explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s that powerful even without a spirit, no wonder it was able to stand up against Divinities of the realms” Gu Qing Shan sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint sound of music could be heard in the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan followed the music and extends his gaze far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the border of the wild was the vast open sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant freight ship was anchored by the beach shore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dark of night, the ship’s bright lights illuminated the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From nowhere, a notice entered Gu Qing Shan’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Devil King Warden Rod’s urging him from places unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Board the ship…” Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly thrust his sword at the empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lion abruptly jumped out from the darkness, opening its mouth wide as if to attack him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, it did wanted to sneak an attack on Gu Qing Shan, but he had instead attacked first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This attack was completely without any foretelling signs so the lion couldn’t even dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I the one that got sneak attacked? The lion had such a strange thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword tip directly stabbed into the lion’s open mouth and went deep into its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was almost like the lion had purposefully jumped and skewered itself on the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reowwwww!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion’s paws flapped about in the air, screaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Animal ——ah no, this Beast King realm fellow, you wanted to greet me?” Gu Qing Shan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion hurriedly nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan pulled the sword back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion got free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It then roared furiously!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar! Damn human, I ——-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shill!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword once again stabbed into the lion’s body through its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Six Paths Great Mountain sword was originally longer than normal longswords, so it had no problem piercing through the lion’s entire body from the mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan lifted the sword up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being skewered on the sword again, the lion’s paws struggled, but to no avail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fella, I’m new here, your attitude is going to scare me” Gu Qing Shan spoke very sincerely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reow! Reow reow reow!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion roared begging for forgiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time it was very sincere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn’t get away from his sword at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, that means its opponent was exceedingly stronger than it, enough to take away its life at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can talk instead, how about that?” Gu Qing Shan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion nodded over and over, expressing agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword was then pulled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, my friend from the Beast King realm, why are you hanging around here instead of trying to get onto the ship?” Gu Qing Shan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion sat down and answered dejectedly: “Everything has already been decided, what use is there trying”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That can’t be right, from what I know, the Blood River Hell should still be in the middle of the selection” Gu Qing Shan questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion answered: “He’s already been selected. It’s because of his whim that he isn’t willing to board the ship yet”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not willing to board the ship?” Gu Qing Shan frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right, he hasn’t eaten enough”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lion trembled like it had recalled something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eat?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll understand when you see him” the lion slowly answered, seemingly fishing out Gu Qing Shan’s strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the man talked with the lion, more dead silently surrounded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giants, Fiendkind, beasts, chaotic creatures, Asura, varied and numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An unfamiliar face” someone commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not part of our hell”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does someone know him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan looked over the group of dead and rubbed the lion’s head: “I’m his friend, I heard that he wanted to become the Devil King so I came to watch him fight”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of dead stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never seen him before, everyone, come and kill this hatchling!” the lion roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the dead jumped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What hurtful words” Gu Qing Shan commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, a blinding crescent manifested out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One slash, blood and flesh were scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the rain of blood could touch the ground, it was already blown away by the fierce wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crescent slowly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Qing Shan reappeared, his expression became grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment that the crescent lit up the area, he saw countless dead surrounding this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the strongest of the Blood River Hell had gathered in the wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t even enough space to stand around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were commencing a most basic and brutal form of battle: wrestling, seeking to find the pleasures they once had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how brutal their fighting got, none of them dared got closer to the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the looks of it, one particularly powerful dead have already came near the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this dead had other thoughts, which is why he didn’t board the ship yet after all this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems like I don’t have much time”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While saying that, he only held the Six Paths Great Mountain sword tighter without moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aren’t you going to compete for the title of Devil King?” Shannu couldn’t help but ask him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I am, but there are so many dead from here to there, how long would I have to fight for?” Gu Qing Shan frowned as he answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you plan to just stand there?” Shannu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were talking, a great mammoth charged at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wanted to crush Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tiny human, die! Turn into mince meat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The great mammoth roared in a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blinding sword slash flashed through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mammoth became still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan had used [Stiffness] to turn it into a temporary living target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two seconds later, the 7 sword strikes have finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flickering lights appeared on the longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were flashing as if to summon something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his full power, Gu Qing Shan held the sword with both hands and slashed forward as hard as he could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything happened in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lightning glow increasingly became brighter on the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blinding lightning illuminated the entire world in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Seven Swords Flowing Dragon]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A giant dragon head made of lightning escaped from the sword, biting on the mammoth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere seconds, the mammoth was thoroughly dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the rest of the dragon flowed out from the sword, swirling like a snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait for me” Gu Qing Shan called out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sentient, the lightning dragon coiled in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan jumped up to the dragon’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thunderous roar, the dragon ascended into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan pointed the tip of his sword forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon turned into an explosive lightning strike, zipping through the wild area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense wind blew past his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scenery around also quickly zipped past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead that filled the wild were powerless against the force of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere seconds, he’s already made it to the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan could even see the situation on the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>17 dead stood on the deck, forming their own circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan also noticed the 7 leaders of hell from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With how blinding the dragon was, the 7 leaders naturally also noticed Gu Qing Shan standing on top of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expressions on the 7 leaders’ faces were exceptionally hard to describe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Temporarily ignoring them, Gu Qing Shan looked at the area next to the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A masculine giant the size of a small mountain sat in front of the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had made a campfire, occasionally throwing some crippled dead into the fire to grill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dead are grilled to near-death, the giant then throw them into its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the screams and cries coming from his mouth, the giant chewed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——–seems like he’s the one that the lion was talking about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant also noticed the lightning dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He became cautious and took up his battle axe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grilling and eating people alive? Your retribution has come”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It pointed his sword straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant lightning dragon started to descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon opened its large mouth and chomped on the giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the giant tried to swing his axe, the axe directly passed through the shining dragon scales and missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon bite the giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aaaaa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant squealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The full power of [Seven Stars Flowing Dragon] used by an Ascended realm late stage cultivator isn’t just for show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, the giant was charred black, smoking from being burnt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell down and extinguished the campfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now that Gu Qing Shan landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then received an invisible message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Strongest of the Blood River Hell, please board the ship]\u003C\u002Fp>",1637,"2026-06-09T03:05:01.244Z",1,"novelbin.me","d5ea76bfe1f54c05e3a58937ee45d9f918e51a7ac7944a8f0b9cc81e8decd503","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-402","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-350",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]