[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-562":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},1791308,2388,"Chapter 560 - Monster","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-562",562,"\u003Cp>Chapter 560: Monster\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader: Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fog Isle world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Bloodcloak’s clairvoyance spell had already dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Su Xue Er wasn’t sure where her teacher went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only stare as the images faded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xue Er had been sitting here to watch Gu Qing Shan’s adventure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceiving 800 demonized Combatants, stopped by the Dead Soul Demon King at the side of the mountain, surrounded by 2 million demonized Combatants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She saw him break through the encirclement, saw him run into the ice cavern and saw how the Dead Soul Demon King was killed by the divine mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after the images were fading, she was still watching him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, he was making Laura dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the steaming hot dishes on the table, Su Xue Er suddenly trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She touched her stomach a bit, realizing that she was a bit hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she could be like Laura right now, being together with him regardless of life and death, Su Xue Er felt that she would have no regrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regretfully… I already made the mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Through battles, you will get to know each other better…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There would’ve been ample time in Triste’s world for the two of you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, nothing creates a deeper bond than being together in battle”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling Lord Bloodcloak’s teachings, Su Xue Er felt wave after wave of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Teacher had run into the same situation, he probably would’ve dealt with it much better than I did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really am a dummy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xue Er shook her head and muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then sat still for a bit more, recalling Gu Qing Shan’s battle style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wasn’t particularly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you use regular power levels to compare, as long as I had the time to prepare my spells, I have a high chance of beating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was also very strong, killing over 10 powerful opponents in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t even get the chance to fight back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the divine temple, the 800 people actually thanked him as he left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Chaotic Demon Lord couldn’t do anything to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over 2 million people couldn’t stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was impressive in an unreasonable way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling how solemn and sincere Gu Qing Shan was when he was fooling those people, Su Xue Er couldn’t help but giggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went silent for a bit longer before standing up and left the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following a long hallway, she reached the deepest inner area of the House of Hall, a small black door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in front of the door, Su Xue Er hesitated a bit as she took out a key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this key, she remembered what Lord Bloodcloak told her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xue Er, this room was prepared by none other than myself, a Guru-level test for card users”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doesn’t the Institute have a similar test?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Their test was made over 10,000 years ago, it’s already out of date”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xue Er, when you feel yourself to be strong enough, take this key and try it once”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After you pass the Guru-level test by yourself, I will allow you to enter the deeper end of the blood sea, forming contracts with the existences inside”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah? Really? Can I really form contracts with those existences?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as you can pass the test, of course”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xue Er didn’t hesitate any longer and inserted the key into the lock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gone through a life-and-death battle as well as being cleansed by the Spirit of the Holy Tree, Su Xue Er felt that her power had reached a new height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can definitely pass the Guru-level test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qing Shan, wait for me”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xue Er lightly muttered and entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On another side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan stood on top of a tall coral building, looking forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thick coral blocked his vision, but not his inner sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Gu Qing Shan’s Sainted realm late-stage inner sight, he could easily search through every nook and cranny of the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that inner sight, he was now looking at the end of the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a wide plaza, the kind of place used to host large-scaled events and official business, enough to hold several ten thousand people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead were all moving towards this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thousands, ten thousand of corpses, all with creepy smiles on their faces formed neat lines and groups, silently walking to the plaza.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in the middle of the plaza was a monster that could cause fear at the mere sight of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appeared to be a black mountain that gave off an indescribable presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster had no limbs, only slowly crawling forward on the plaza like a slug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how clumsy the monster was, Gu Qing Shan felt even more alarmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpses all walked to the monster, then got absorbed into its black body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time a corpse went inside, a face would appear on the monster’s gigantic blob of a body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, the amount of faces on it increased more and more, shuffling, pushing each other in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every face had an expression of absolute ecstasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than calling this a monster, it was more accurate to call it a faulty amalgamation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before coming here, he already noticed this monster and the countless corpses with his inner sight, thus deciding against bringing Laura here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why does it still look so inappropriate…” Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said so, the mountain-like black monster suddenly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned all the faces towards Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By common sense, there were a large number of tall coral buildings blocking between Gu Qing Shan and itself, so there was no way it could see him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the black monster was certainly looking towards Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stopped for only a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the thousands of faces on the monster spoke in unison: 『 You are late 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s vision was still being obstructed by numerous layers of coral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could sense that he was being locked-on by an eerie presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan felt a bit surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know I didn’t use the presence concealment technique, but I’ve already hidden my presence really well, who would’ve guessed such a small mutter could be heard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah? Then what did I miss exactly?” Gu Qing Shan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 The ritual is over, the Entropy Ghosts have turned into countless ghosts of Huang Quan, bringing the living beings of this land to me 』 the faces spoke in unison again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not the Entropy Ghost—— what are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 You don’t need to know, because you will die right now 』the monster spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon it said so, the entire plaza was gone, replaced by a deep hole in the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bottomless hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan tried stretching his inner sight down to follow it, but couldn’t even reach the bottom of the hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And certain, the monster was nowhere to be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately recognizing a bad situation, Gu Qing Shan released all his spirit energy at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hand seals were formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Torrent]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An intense torrent of sword phantoms erupted from both swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Gu Qing Shan used this Lightning thaumaturgy without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——–[Severance]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two [Torrent]s combined into one, reinforced by [Severance] as they shot to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan hid inside the shining sword phantoms as he left with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 AAAaarraaAAg! 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless cries of pain rang out at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that split second, the black monster had bypassed the multiple layers of coral obstruction to directly appear where Gu Qing Shan originally stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hit by [Severance], forced to stay still for 3 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 You won’t get away! 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The countless faces on the monster’s body yelled out in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It easily took flight, wanting to catch up to Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the monster’s body, the building where Gu Qing Shan originally stood had already been eaten through completely, leaving only a bit of an empty shell on the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s expression became stern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This monster was able to go through so many layers of coral buildings and wanted to swallow me up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything it swallows will be eaten through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teleportation and indiscriminate devouring, are these its powers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This combination of powers really is extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it wasn’t for [Severance] activating at the right time to stop it from using other abilities, the battle might’ve been much different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan stopped in the middle of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, the black monster was still trying to go after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently its teleportation could only be executed within a certain distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Earth sword, is this a type of ghost?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 It isn’t, I don’t know what it is, I’ve never seen it before 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve never seen it before?… interesting”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha sha sha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the Earth sword in hand, Gu Qing Shan slashed the air again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every swing, a large light blue sword phantom would cut through the sky, slashing towards the mountain-like monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Crescent Slash]——- 9 times consecutively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the fierce slashes coming for it, the black monster instantly disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until the sword phantoms had passed that it appeared once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s eyebrows twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hid itself into the space vortex just now, waiting until the sword phantoms had all passed before returning again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a very rare ability: Void Evasion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teleportation, indiscriminate devouring, void evasion, all three of these powerful abilities appeared on a single monster!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 Be careful, it’s really powerful 」the Earth sword spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m guessing it still has other abilities, but I’m not going to let it overturn the situation that easily” Gu Qing Shan muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out with his left hand to grab the Chao Yin sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With two swords in hand, Gu Qing Shan was now serious unlike never before.\u003C\u002Fp>",1648,"2026-06-09T03:05:22.790Z",1,"novelbin.me","5c665ec209c5bb0988d75f2eff76add2003b8d8b02a7cb16458ff4c3ec89f6b6","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-563","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-561",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]