[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-worlds-apocalypse-online":3,"chapter-worlds-apocalypse-online-worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-604":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},1791350,2388,"Chapter 602 - Sword","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-604",604,"\u003Cp>Translated by: La0o9\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edited by: Dr.Lock\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Proofreader:? Arya\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Badum! Badum! Badum! Badum! Badum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s heart was racing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine armor managed to activate [God’s Order] moments before his death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster’s figure could clearly be seen suspended in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a humanoid monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from its limbs that were too muscular and sharp claws, as well as having a huge tail, it was very similar to a normal human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to tell just how it exactly did that——- being able to get so close to Gu Qing Shan without him noticing it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its sharp claw was only a millimeter away from piercing Gu Qing Shan’s eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan didn’t even have time to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a moment of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blink of an eye before his possible death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forgot to breath, forgot everything else and simply swung the Earth sword with all his might!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secret Art, [Swallow Returns] buffed by 12 [Iaido], performed with the Earth sword’s weight of 86,370,000 tons, infused with all of Gu Qing Shan’s concentration, slashed towards the monster’s soft neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This attack would lop off the monster’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——-but only a dull ‘bam’ was heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword was blocked by the monster’s skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that appeared at the monster’s throat was a faint white slash mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another dull sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Swallow Returns]’s characteristic had manifested, creating a sword phantom at the monster’s back, attacking it again with the same power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it still did nothing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two white marks appeared on the monster’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan’s expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even such a powerful attack couldn’t pierce through the skin of the monster’s vital spots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of defensive capability is this!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the monster’s presence began to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost as if some sort of defensive power was being activated inside the monster’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, two breaths had already passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flow of time would resume in one breath’s worth of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this monster’s offensive capabilities, even one of its attack could drive Gu Qing Shan to his death\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If [Time Stop] were to end…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that moment of crisis, the Earth sword suddenly spoke: 「 Gu Qing Shan, give me all of your Divine power!? 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan spoke without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally he had over 500,000 Soul Points, but with how much he used [Even a sea of suffering shall pass] in the recent battle, he only had about 300,000 Soul Points left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he infused all 300,000 Soul Points into the Earth sword at once!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oom!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword began to vibrate intensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various mysterious runes appeared on the blade of the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient air of vicissitudes from passed ages drifted around the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clear howling and screams could be heard coming from the Earth sword, almost as if countless daemons were crying out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had completely turned into a different sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>———or perhaps this was the Earth sword’s true form!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 Again!? 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword’s mountainous heavy voice rumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“HHHHHaaaaahhhhh!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan shouted as he once again activated the hand seals for his Secret Art and swung at the monster’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sword phantoms flashed and sliced through the void of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A head flew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was beheaded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, three breaths of time were up and [Time Stop] ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster’s body fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swing of the sword, the remaining blood was scattered below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the Earth sword’s paranormal phenomena stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan breathed out heavily, his entire body trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been through a lot of near-death experiences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this feeling of inevitable death that would’ve already happened according to the flow of fate was still fresh to Gu Qing Shan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fortunate that you’re here, Earth sword” Gu Qing Shan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Earth sword didn’t reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan looked down at the Earth sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When all the paranormal phenomena faded, a crack began to spread along the sword’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, the entire sword was covered in cracks as the shaft turned ashen grey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword’s exhausted voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 My wounds haven’t fully healed even after all this time, now that I’ve used my full power, I already can’t hold on anymore and have to enter a dormant state? 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「 Find Ling Er, she’ll know what to do? 」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth sword said before thoroughly falling silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan gently lifted the sword without daring to act irrationally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could already see various metal chips peeling off from the sword, even with the smallest movements he made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was afraid that if he made any sudden movements, the entire sword itself would break apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that was the case, with the sword body gone, the Earth sword couldn’t be saved anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Earth sword…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan sighed sorrowfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully took out a long box made of spirit jade and placed the Earth sword inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With how the Earth sword was currently, he could only look for Shifu’s help to repair it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, a hurried voice came from the hovering piece of scale that came off from the armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry, your sword can still be saved, but now we have to hurry up and deal with this corpse!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant corpse’s voice was worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan asked: “It’s already dead, what else do we need to deal with?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the monster’s body in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the situation wasn’t as dangerous as it was, he really didn’t want to kill that monster right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to try asking why it knew who he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan was sure that he hadn’t met that monster before, whether it was this life or the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it recognized him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How is that possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant corpse had confirmed that this monster was definitely a creature that hadn’t come from any world of the 900 million World Layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t belong to the 900 million World Layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… it recognized me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan couldn’t think anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster was full of sudden mysteries that even if he wanted to, he didn’t have any leads to follow for deduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant corpse’s voice came: “If we don’t take care of the body soon, even more unknown creatures might be led here”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you sure?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are too many methods to determine where a body is, so we need to destroy it as fast as we can, furthermore not leaving even a single trace left of it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they talked, the monster’s head suddenly moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A milky white string came out from its head and connected to its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after, the head floated up and slowly flew towards its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t even think about it” the giant corpse spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several more scales came off its armor and turned into various attacks that struck the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were all ineffective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without being even bothered by the attacks, the head kept flying towards its own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently this monster had a secret technique to reattach its head to its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse’s voice became panicked as he shouted: “If you still have a trump card, now’s the time to use it and stop the revival!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan retorted: “If you can’t even do anything to it, how could I!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During that moment of crisis, his mind quickly moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly drew the Six Paths Great Mountain sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword phantom was swung from it and severed the milky white string that connected the monster’s head and body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Law Breaker]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster’s head once again rolled to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It opened its eyes, looking at Gu Qing Shan inexplicably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan also stared at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pitiful…” the monster said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it said these words, it closed its eyes and thoroughly fell dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pitiful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse’s voice shouted like mad: “No way! No way! It’s fortunate that it wasn’t on the bronze pillar, I’ll be using everything I know to dispose of this corpse”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his words, hundreds of black scales came off the giant corpse’s jet black armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the scales flew down first onto the monster’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scale turned into a green mist that completely covered the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few moments later, the mist scattered, the corpse was unscathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another scale came down, turning into incandescent magma that covered the entire corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the results were the same, unable to do anything to the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third scale came down, turning into various animals that tried to eat the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fourth scale came down and turned into a large hammer that struck the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fifth scale turned into various little people that all carried various tools and tried to dissect the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sixth scale…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seventh scale…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spell after spell, technique after technique appeared from the scales one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the monster’s body was still fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it! Damnit! We need to hurry up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant corpse’s voice became more and more panicked as time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following his voice, more and more scales came off his armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time quickly passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 398th scale came down, turning into trillions of silver ants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These ants began to eat the monster’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they did, the monster’s body visibly shrunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very good! That’s the way” the giant corpse said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few dozen seconds later, the monster’s body was completely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver ants all gathered where the corpse originally was and stood still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it done?” Gu Qing Shan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a minute, let’s see the results” the giant corpse said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They waited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abruptly, all the ants scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black skeleton rose from the ground and mindlessly walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant corpse said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, a large weight was lifted off his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan looked at the black skeleton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It quickly joined the group of several hundred other skeletons crawling on the ground, not at all distinct from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a minute, this sea of black skeletons is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, as you can see, these are all creatures that tried to eat my body. Normally, I would be able to cause them to die by themselves without actually attacking them, but I couldn’t handle the monster that appeared this time at all”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What was that monster exactly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know either”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You said it doesn’t belong in the 900 million World Layers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It definitely wasn’t”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why did it know my name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t have to think too much about that, there are many spells and techniques that allow someone to know another person’s true name, for example [Void Peek], [Dreamscape Divination], [Death Prediction], [Mark of the True Name]——- there are too many magical skills of this type that you don’t even need to think about it too much”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing Shan went silent for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…No, I felt like that monster simply knew who I was” he suddenly said.\u003C\u002Fp>",1836,"2026-06-09T03:05:23.509Z",1,"novelbin.me","d2676b7d5b118f6b3b879d2239f752c169f41a3454d681f28836fff8d387235e","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-605","worlds-apocalypse-online-chapter-603",1850,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fworlds-apocalypse-online-cover.jpg"]