[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-575":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},1791321,2388,"Chapter 573 - A burnt child dreads the fire","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-575",575,"\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edited by: Dr.Lock\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader:? Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black horse was running at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan sat tight on the horse’s back, observing the army of ghosts ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two ghosts that were around 7-8 meters tall ran back and forth, loudly urging the scattered troops to rally again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With weapons in hand, they killed every ghost or revenant that refused to listen to their orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such forceful persuasion, the ghosts stopped being restless and quickly followed their superior’s orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this rate, given just a bit of time, the ghost troops would reorganize into an army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though their numbers had been greatly culled compared to before, the remaining army still easily totalled up to the hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Against this number of enemies of this level, even Gu Qing Shan wouldn’t be able to do anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really did charge straight into the army of over a hundred thousand ghosts, he would die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—–unless he had another 32-fold power Taiyi Sword Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan muttered as he charged forward, “But I can’t let you reorganize yourselves so simply either, otherwise there would be trouble…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword appeared from the void of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Up” Gu Qing Shan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword disappeared in a flash as it shot towards the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few moments later—–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blurred shadow fell from the sky, quickly crashing down towards the army of ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Earth sword, flying downwards with its weight of 86,370,000 tons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Height, speed, force, with these three combined factors, Gu Qing Shan didn’t even need to consider using any sword techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply guided the Earth sword and aimed towards one of the commander ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact kicked up a huge cloud of dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire plains area shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghosts fell into chaos briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large, round hole appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander ghost that was hit by the Earth sword got instantly vaporized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s gaze turned to the other commander ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword flew out from the hole, dashed through the air and headed straight towards the large ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>『 Aaaaaa, DIE!? 』\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost swung its weapon, trying to stop the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kih!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a resounding sound of impact, the Earth sword’s strike was stopped by the commander ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commander ghost was forced back a few steps, falling on its butt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its head flew into the air, blood scattering everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment the weapons clashed, another sword had appeared behind it and took its life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Swallow Returns]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two commander ghosts, eliminated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rallying groups of ghosts were thoroughly thrown into chaos, showing signs of restlessness and unrest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Entropy Ghost managed to fly down just in turn, shouting towards all the ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a sentient Chaotic Demon Lord, this Entropy Ghost took over command of the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under its command, the ghosts and revenants slowly calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tch, a new problem, seems like it’s your turn now”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan said behind himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Six Paths Great Mountain sword vibrated briefly before flying past the black horse and flew into the army of ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a few gleams of light, the sword had already found its way into the army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The autumn-like blue sword erupted in arcs of lightning, striking straight at the Entropy Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Entropy Ghost quickly evaded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It fled to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword spun once and turned into Shannu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the sword in her hand, her figure disappeared in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Skill, [Ground Shrink]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shannu turned around in midair, slashing her sword at the escaping Entropy Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Crescent Slash]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gigantic light blue crescent moon covered in a thin layer of lightning struck down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without being able to even utter a scream of pain, the Entropy Ghost was directly vaporized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the other Entropy Ghosts saw that, they quickly retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even from afar, they could feel the anti-Law property of this sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the reinforced power of Lightning on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sword was their natural-born killer, they can’t even attempt to resist even if they wanted to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Gu Qing Shan nodded satisfyingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few moments, two commander ghosts were eliminated, an Entropy Ghost was destroyed, and the other Entropy Ghosts were forced to flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now there was no one else to command the ghost army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your turn”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered behind himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chao Yin sword vibrated in joy and dashed out without being urged to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also heading towards the ghost army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three swords had gathered in one place again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan activated his hand seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taiyi Sword Array, go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three swords surrounded the army of almost a hundred thousand ghosts and began to prepare their sword images again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword images were being arranged in a unique formation in the void of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some ghosts tried to attack the sword images, but found that their weapons directly passed through without being able to do any damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword images filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind began to pick up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint gust of sword-infused wind could be felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost army immediately recognized this prickly feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of thousands of ghosts all screamed in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—–no, not this attack again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This type of sword-infused wind had already left a deep scar in their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of the 32-fold Taiyi Sword Array had struck fear deep into their core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, the same wind began to pick up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The army of ghosts instantly made their moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——–without waiting for a single second, not even one ghost tried to stay behind to see how powerful this sword wind would actually be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the only impression they had of the sword-infused wind was—–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running one-second late meant death!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They threw down their weapons without hesitation and scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ignored everything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Survival over all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, the newly rallied army once again split up all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there wasn’t anyone to stop them from doing so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost a hundred thousand ghosts ran for their lives, scattering into the forests outside the plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan held the horse back and urged it to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the army had fully scattered and there weren’t anymore ghosts on the plains, he dispelled the Taiyi Sword Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the normal Taiyi Sword Array cost spirit energy to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he already achieved his goal, there wasn’t a reason to waste spirit energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even if he exhausted himself to death, he couldn’t possibly stop a hundred thousand ghosts alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A burnt child dreads the fire, that kind of army is as good as useless”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned the horse around and headed back towards Tidal city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that scare, the army of ghosts probably won’t rally again so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to gather enough numbers for laying siege on Tidal city once again would be even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan urged the horse to run fast, quickly returning to where Laura was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah? Why haven’t you returned to the city yet?” Gu Qing Shan asked with surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You big fraud, that was clearly just to deceive them” Laura said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy is really too sly, being able to come up with such a method to chase the enemies away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I won’t fight a war campaign if something can be resolved in a simpler way, too tiring” Gu Qing Shan replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if those ghosts hadn’t ran away and instead charged at you?” Laura couldn’t help but asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If they don’t run, I will. Let’s just say, I still have other solutions if push comes to shove” Gu Qing Shan casually said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you really ok like that…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An enemy that’s scared to death isn’t scary no matter how many of them there are” Gu Qing Shan stroked her head, then habitually put her on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laura very naturally took her seat, even adjusting her position to sit more comfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>",1336,"2026-06-09T03:05:22.790Z",1,"novelbin.me","64c0e3caa9ba6d7995f7cf499bed665da2364d8e1d82b7f6115e6d9ea49e0f8c","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-576","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-574",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]