[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-541":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},1791487,2388,"Chapter 539 - 3 breaths","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-541",541,"\u003Cp>Chapter 539: 3 breaths\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frozen wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chilling wind blew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snowfall was getting thicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About a dozen demonized people formed a defensive formation, ready to receive any attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across from them, the frenzied boiling fog from before suddenly calmed down, as if it had lost its drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold fog silently became still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened?” someone asked in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quiet!” the Warrior solemnly shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other person quickly shut up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone held their breaths as they stared at the icy sheet of fog without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure appeared from the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then slowly became clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man wearing golden armor and a silver mask emerged from the fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding a sword in hand, he was moving towards the group step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why is… a man here?” someone asked in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Must be a summoning technique” someone else said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A summoning technique—— paying a certain price, forming a contract with certain mysterious existences and summoning them to aid in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a summoning technique would be able to explain the current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone briefly thought about it and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warrior on the other hand: “Fools, this isn’t a summoning technique, didn’t you notice the girlie isn’t here anymore?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While saying that, he was staring straight at the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How strange, it gave off such a terrifying presence just now, why did the attack suddenly disappear without a trace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this silver mask swordsman, he doesn’t have any presence at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is he bluffing, or is he actually hiding his strength?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subordinates all suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they carefully sensed the inside of the fog, they indeed didn’t find any trace of that girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, there’s no such thing as a summoning technique that can make the summoner disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which means, this golden armor swordsman must be that girl?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their statures look different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all exchanged glances, feeling the situation to be a bit weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, what do we do now?” someone tried asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, no matter what he is, he’ll just become our Soul Points in the end” the Warrior declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held his shield tight and stepped out from the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where’s the girl?” the asked the golden armored swordsman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The swordsman was still walking forward bit by bit, answering him: “You shouldn’t have asked that”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s mine”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you? Answer me, or I’ll kill you right now” the Warrior threatened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his shield, preparing for battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He evaluated the enemy first before looking at the group behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other people were also prepared to defend themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With their unified defensive formation, it can be seen that they were all battle veterans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…and besides their own strength, they can always exchange for more items from [Kindling].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fooling them isn’t going to be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan sighed, cracking his stiff neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you want to know who I am, you need to survive first”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying so, he disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick metal shield appeared where he originally stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the tower shield that the Warrior was using to block himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Gu Qing Shan stepped closer to the Warrior and thrust into his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a strike without any warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While being stabbed, the Warrior smirked: “Want to kill me? I will—–”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bulked up every muscle in his many, clamping the sword down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he has no way to pull the sword back out, if he lets go, I’ll punch him to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the Warrior prepared his next move, his enemy had already continued his attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan raised his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warrior was lifted up with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword was swung outwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warrior was tossed to the air, flying towards his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quickly, catch the boss!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others ignored their defensive formation and hurriedly prepared to catch him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warrior landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was lucky that his men squarely caught him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Warrior disappeared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blue-dress girl appeared in his place, standing right in the middle of the group of demonized people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Drawn Shadow]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a flash, layers upon layers of sword shadows bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless sword shadows shuffled, cut, weaved between the demonized group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, my spell is unable to defend against this attack!” someone shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick blood mist erupted as desperate screams came all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, after the Warrior changed places with Shannu, he was standing in front of Gu Qing Shan once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know what happened at all, only that he once again found himself in front of the enemy after his vision blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warrior pulled out a spear, shouting: “You demon, I’ll kill——-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Qing Shan was waiting for this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oong—-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword left afterimages as it swept through the Warrior’s neck with a high-pitched sound of the blade slicing through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His head took flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Warrior’s body was still standing in place with a spear that he just raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The headless body stood still, as if it was unwilling to accept that his life had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?” Gu Qing Shan stopped his sword and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clack—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head encased in a thick metal helmet dropped down, forming a shallow hole in the ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan shook his head: “Seems like I asked too late”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a light push, the headless body in full body armor fell with a ‘thud’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan disappeared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared next to Shannu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, [Drawn Shadow] had just ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who used spells to protect themselves were instantly killed thanks to Shannu’s anti-Law characteristic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who used armor or items to block managed to survive, albeit still in a horrible state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan raised the Earth sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Drawn Shadow].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another [Drawn Shadow]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black sword shadows bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 86,370,000 tons Earth sword created highly destructive sword shadows that destroyed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining demonized people as well as their defensive items were equally crushed under such power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a single demonized person managed to tell that his death was coming right at the very last moments of this speedy battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He roared: “[Kindling], I use all my Soul Points to exchange—–”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, before he could speak the words ‘Demon Lord’, a gigantic light blue sword phantom had already reached him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strike was so great that it directly erased him from the frozen wasteland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving not even a single scrap of flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gongzi, it’s good that you’re here, he almost managed to do it”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shannu still held the Six Paths Great Mountain sword in hand as she commented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve been cautious all this time not to let them give [Kindling] any Soul Points to exchange for items”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He withdrew the Earth sword and looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer layer of the frozen wasteland was broken through as the corpses of the demonized people floated on the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From start to end, the battle lasted a mere 3 breaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a short time, before any of these demonized people managed to tell what was going on, they were already killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The full amount of Soul Points they gathered now belonged to Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shannu stood on one of the floating icebergs, curiously looking at the water below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gongzi, the water below this layer of ice is so deep” she was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, wait a minute, I need to deal with something” Gu Qing Shan spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he glanced at the two System UIs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A notification popped up on both the blue and red UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You obtained 3165 Soul Points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were some more texts on the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You managed to gather 3000 Soul Points, activating the second Iaido]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please select the skill you want to use Iaido on]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I choose the Taiyi Sword Array”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Please confirm you want to choose this Skill]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Confirm”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The Skill has entered a second Iaido state, the next time you use it, its power will increase two-fold]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text on the blue War God UI gradually faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice came from the red [Kindling] UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve collected quite a bit of Soul Points, you can now exchange for any items with the System]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying so, the [Kindling] UI exchange shop automatically opened in front of Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very first page was filled with various swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All these swords, really…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan clicked his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just spent twice as much effort as he did in the battle just now to restrain himself from looking at the swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks for the reminder, but I’ll accumulate more Soul Points to exchange for more precious things” Gu Qing Shan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The amount of Soul Points you have should be more than enough to exchange for the most powerful swords here, what else do you want to exchange?] [Kindling] couldn’t help but ask him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan coldly scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——you want Soul Points?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want this” he selected another tab on the UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tab showed various kinds of Demon Lords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan pointed at the most powerful Demon Lord there and spoke: “I want this”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a human-bodied monster with a wolf head wearing a crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had its eyes closed, silently hovering on the UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, this description was written:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dead Soul Demon King, Chaotic Demon Lord. Exchange price: 100,000 Soul Points]\u003C\u002Fp>",1577,"2026-06-09T03:05:21.780Z",1,"novelbin.me","73406dc1154c62253f40014c9c5ce1876411ba731d9f5babae84946cc40c3886","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-542","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-540",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]