[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-559":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},1791305,2388,"Chapter 557 - [Starflame War God]","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-559",559,"\u003Cp>Chapter 557: [Starflame War God]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader: Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan was surprised as he looked at the War God UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the War God UI hadn’t mentioned it, he would’ve actually forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lines of glowing text quickly scrolled past the UI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve completed the Unique War God Title Quest]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You’ve earned a Unique Title]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note, you can only use one title at a time]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Unique title: Starflame War God]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Description: You’ve killed powerful Demon Lords in spite of your meager strength, this is an unbelievable feat, showing your excellence, being a cut above the rest like a star in the sky. Your enemies crave to kill you, they desire to use your skull as a stepping stone on their path of glory]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This description… isn’t that a bit problematic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading up to that point, Gu Qing Shan already felt uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the rest of the description appeared, he continued to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Equipping the title: Starflame War God, you will receive a unique skill: Conquer]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Conquer: When you use this skill, every enemy you target will be compelled with a legitimate reason to attack you]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: This Skill belongs to the Mystic-type, a Causality Skill, unavoidable] (1)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: To conquer or be conquered, that is the question]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Qing Shan seriously read through everything, he fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the description, it can be seen that this is a very impressive skill that can’t be avoided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why does such a Skill exist?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would I purposefully make an enemy attack me? When I’m too free without anything to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently thought about how to use this skill in battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm, a monster comes to bite me, I’ll use this skill to force the monster over there to bite me as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, not that’s not right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm, a monster attacks another person, I’ll use this skill so that monsters won’t bother with others and go straight to attack me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Is this ok?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan glanced at Laura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Gu Qing Shan stood still, Laura was now a bit confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She asked: “Ah? Why are we just standing here? Weren’t we supposed to go look around a bit?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, we’ll get going to collect some intel”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While saying that, Gu Qing Shan equipped the title [Starflame War God]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—–rather than just think about it, might as well try it out to see how effective this skill is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that he silently activated the title skill on Laura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any warnings, Laura slapped Gu Qing Shan right on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They exchanged looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan stared straight at Laura: “Do you want to explain?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura hurriedly raised her hands and said: “Just now, I saw a small insect on your face, so I couldn’t help but want to help you knock it down”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An insect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How would there be an insect on my face that I don’t know about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan sighed helplessly: “Then did you get the insect?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha… I’m sorry, I was only seeing things, there wasn’t any insect at all”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura also felt awkward so she quickly smiled and apologized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl already apologized, what else could Gu Qing Shan do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention it was him that activated the skill in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no other choice: “It’s fine, just take a closer look next time”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…what a sorrowful skill to have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this was a Causality Skill, a true Mystic-type skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the skill description said, the target of the skill would be compelled by a legitimate reason to attack Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the ‘effect’ isn’t exactly what Gu Qing Shan would call desirable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan silently unequipped the [Starflame War God] title, temporarily deciding to seal it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He equipped the [You Ji General] title to increase his attack speed instead, feeling a bit better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry about that, normally I’m not that excitable, it was a bit strange” Laura also felt that her actions just now were also a bit abnormal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine” Gu Qing Shan doesn’t want to talk about what just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura quickly changed the subject: “You carrying me like this the whole way must be tiring, how about we ride the horse?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, let’s do that”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura took out the Purgatory whistle and blew on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black horse appeared from the void of space, showing up in front of the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Summoners, are you in a hurry, or going for a stroll?” the horse asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but asked: “This lost world is protected by the Old Gods’ barrier, how did you get in here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Law of summoning, 5th article, 3rd sub-article” the black horse answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was looking at Gu Qing Shan like he was a hillbilly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura explained: “It’s like this. Because both the summoning catalyst and summoning spell were in this world, it was recognized as a request from inside the world, instead of a visitor from outside wanting to come in”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In order words, they can only come in if I invite them in, if I don’t, the barrier will automatically identify them as invaders and retaliate accordingly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, this is the Law of summoning between worlds, a rule decided by the Gods during the Age of Old”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I understand”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan picked Laura up and sat on the horse looking forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing but an empty plain in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city was now behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was quite secluded as Gu Qing Shan purposefully chose it to help conceal their presence and serve as a base of operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that they went through a battle, there was no more need to hide their presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Summoners, are you in a hurry, or going for a stroll?” the black horse asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan seriously explained: “It’s not a stroll, but also not in a hurry. In fact, we’re looking to explore this unknown world, because unknown danger might appear at any time”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black horse nodded: “I understand”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It followed the deep blue road and silently ran towards the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road was silent, the horse’s steps were also silent despite how fast it was going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that was strange, Gu Qing Shan tried looking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some unknown time, all four of the horse’s feet were already covered in thick pads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-that was why it could run without letting out a single sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m heading towards the inner part of the city, do you have any objections?” the black horse asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“None, thanks for your hard work” Gu Qing Shan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black horse then began to speed up, quickly reaching the main road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the horse kept going, foreign and unusual sights appeared in front of the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now that Gu Qing Shan and Laura managed to see the true colors of this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground of this world was dyed in a mixed bluish color, only the buildings and roads were a unified color of deep blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buildings and structures that represented their civilization were made to look like huge corals, gathered in large numbers around the main road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no sound could be heard coming from these structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan tried releasing his inner sight into one of the buildings, only to find a strange scene inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three people were sitting in front of a table, apparently discussing something, while a fourth person carried a few glasses of water to the three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all held different facial expressions, with varying thoughts on their faces, like normal people should be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they all stayed absolutely still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan waited for a few more seconds until he realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the two he saw before, these people were dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They died without a sound or warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan quickly expanded his inner sight to all the surrounding coral buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single building was full of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all eating, walking, running, talking… they maintained the same state before their deaths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their expressions all seemed life-like, almost like they didn’t know that they were already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gu Qing Shan, why haven’t we seen anything yet?” Laura asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm, I don’t know either, maybe we have to get a bit closer to the city center” Gu Qing Shan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to tell her the truth, otherwise, it might scare the little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this white lie of his will be broken soon enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black horse maintained a constant running speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few pale blue-skinned people appeared on either side of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there were more and more of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had kept the same expressions and gestures when they were still alive, but held so signs of life at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(1) Causality: causality is the concept of cause and effect, where any event B will have a cause of A, even if it seems random. This is also the principle behind the “butterfly effect”, where even minor changes at a seemingly unrelated source A could cause huge changes in the outcome of a certain event B.\u003C\u002Fp>",1529,"2026-06-09T03:05:22.790Z",1,"novelbin.me","29da30896d42d1d2b69ad11aeb9e1d6ef0767fa26d1648ce68e2f5cf6aca0e44","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-560","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-558",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]