Seeing the arc of lightning on the Earth Sword, the king's expression changed.
This strike wasn't particularly powerful, but it gave him a sense of extreme danger.
The king abruptly opened his mouth and breathed out a mouthful of black mist towards the sword.
It was Gu Qing Shan who attacked first, but the king's attack was several times faster than his.
This was the difference in strength.
In that split second, Gu Qing Shan's sword continued to descend without hesitation!
Boss had reached a suitable distance to cast a spell and shouted: "Saint Spirit's Protection!"
The book in his hand began to tremble.
In front of Gu Qing Shan, an unknown multi-horned monster was summoned by Boss.
The monster opened its mouth and swallowed the black mist.
The monster screamed in pain and disappeared without a trace.
With the help of Boss's summoned monster, Gu Qing Shan didn't even need to think about dodging.
He only used.
Forward.
Slash!
Lightning Thaumaturgy — – [Dreamjolt]!
As soon as the king was struck, he couldn't move anymore.
Gu Qing Shan swung his sword a second time, cutting off the king's arms and legs.
At this point, Boss abruptly shouted: "Retreat!"
Gu Qing Shan blinked and disappeared.
At the very next moment, another king appeared from the void of space, reaching his hand towards where Gu Qing Shan originally stood.
A black crack in space appeared on his hand, turning everything around him into nothingness.
It's easy to imagine that if this strike landed on Gu Qing Shan, he would've been smashed to pieces.
Fortunately, Gu Qing Shan had already dodged.
The second king didn't chase after him, he descended and fused with the first king.
The king's arms and legs returned to normal.
Seeing this, Gu Qing Shan was surprised, but didn't waste any time.
He appeared next to Jang Young-ho, swinging his sword to destroy the Dimensional Lock that imprisoned Jang Young-ho's group.
Lola disappeared without a trace.
Ye Fei Li and Jang Young-ho both reached their hands into the void of space and also disappeared.
In front of them, the king looked at them with great interest.
"Although you're not strong, you all have pretty good special abilities."
The king smiled and deliberately sighed. "But regrettably, the first strike was your only chance. Why didn't you just kill me?"
"I guess you've already understood the rules of death in this world. Once someone dies, the monster will immediately sense it. In its rage, it will immediately destroy this place, right?"
Boss continued, "Not only that, I just saw you use the Divine Skill: Soul Substitution. The so-called Soul Substitution is to allow another soul to reside in your body through some harsh conditions. This way, when you are about to be killed, another soul will die in your place, and you will be safe."
Gu Qing Shan's heart skipped a beat.
The king nodded indifferently and said, "Correct. I know you said it for your companions to hear, but it doesn't mean anything."
"Why?" Boss asked.
"Because I've collected a lot of people's souls and placed them in my body, I now have a total of 999 lives."
The king looked at the two of them, wanting to see their expressions of despair.
But he was disappointed.
The two of them were expressionless.
The king continued: "You see, you don't even have the courage to kill me, and you can't kill me either. But if I want to kill you, I can do it right away without any hesitation"
"How impressive" Gu Qing Shan praised.
The king clasped his hands behind his back: "The reason why I haven't used my full power yet is because I don't want to cause too much of a commotion and draw those guys here"
"You're being so careful, you must have some sort of plan" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Of course, I need you people to serve me"
The king continued: "Remember, answer me after you've thought it through, otherwise, the next time I attack, I'll kill you and throw your souls to that monster to eat"
Gu Qing Shan and Boss exchanged glances.
Gu Qing Shan put her sword away and cleared her throat: "You're the king, you have countless people working for you, why do you need us specifically to serve you?"
The king replied: "There's no harm in saying it, because everyone born in this world has the God of Life's brand in their souls, only the royal family doesn't have it due to their unique status"
"The God of Life's soul brand?"
"Indeed, when the God of Life was still alive, this was the method she used to protect living beings"
"But now that the God of Life has passed away, and that monster has been fighting against the God of Life for countless years, it's extremely sensitive to the God of Life's brand and has a way to sense it"
"What does that have to do with us?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The king lowered his voice and hurriedly said: "Do you still not understand? Only you can escape from its surveillance, only you can do that in this world! I need people like you to work for me "
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
So that's why.
He slowly said: "No wonder you sent Xuan Ya to receive us before"
This statement was a bit strange.
But Xuan Ya managed to react, her body trembled.
The king also put away his expression, pursed his lips, and stared straight into Gu Qing Shan's eyes.
"What — – are you trying to say?" the king asked.
Gu Qing Shan continued: "At the time, the monster and the four Deities had to think of a way to portray Boss as a vicious traitor, while also trying to kill us while trying to cover it up"
"That was when they were in a state of high tension"
"Because of that, as soon as Xuan Ya appeared, the monster didn't care what she was doing in the secret passage and immediately sent someone to kill her"
"And in the process of saving us, you even sacrificed your own subordinate, this would naturally make us feel apologetic and feel that you're a person worth befriending"
"You must have thought that we would pass through Xuan Ya's body and quickly enter the door behind the passage"
"I'm guessing that there's a single-use warp device behind that door, we would be transported to the place you said and meet you"
"You would feel sorrow for Xuan Ya's sacrifice, while we would feel guilty and become your power, helping you accomplish certain things as compensation"
Gu Qing Shan sighed and said: "Poor Xuan Ya, she thought that her warp Divine Skill would be of great use, not knowing that her only use was to show us how much you wanted to help us through her death"
All was silent.
Xuan Ya's soul covered her mouth as tears silently flowed.
The king looked at Gu Qing Shan strangely, as if reevaluating him.
Everything was going according to the king's plan, until Gu Qing Shan's group saw Xuan Ya's body in the secret passage.
Gu Qing Shan's judgment and choice had completely surpassed the king's expectations.
From that moment on, a new change took place.
The king pondered briefly before asking:
"Please forgive me, this one — – what is your name?"
"Gu Qing Shan"
The king appeared interested and said: "You're a smart person, I like people like you"
"I'm sorry, but I don't like you" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The king waved his hand dismissively and said: "You're too weak, but your unique abilities are quite impressive, combined with your intelligence, I finally feel like I've gained something"
"What do you want us to do?" Gu Qing Shan curiously asked.
"The place that the God of Life left behind is not a place a single person can enter by themselves, and if I bring others there, the monster will sense the mark on their bodies — — -"
The king abruptly stopped.
He took out a scroll from his chest and said: "First sign this covenant to swear your loyalty to me, then we'll discuss further"
"But we don't want to swear our loyalty to you" Boss said.
The king laughed.
"Don't force me to use my full strength" he slowly raised his tone, "I guarantee that before you die, I will beg that monster to let me torture you to my heart's content before letting it consume your souls"
"If you're a bunch of fools who aren't afraid of death, then die"
"If you still understand respect, then accept this guardian covenant from me, I guarantee to treat you well from now on, just like how I treat every one of my subordinates"
Gu Qing Shan cleared her throat and asked: "When you say well, do you mean like Xuan Ya?"
The king's expression slowly turned grim.
"State your choice" he roared in a low voice.
Gu Qing Shan looked at Boss.
"Are you afraid?" he asked.
"I'm very afraid" Boss replied.
"Then we — — -"
"Yes, submit."
Gu Qing Shan looked at the king again and sighed helplessly: "We've decided to submit"
The king's lips curled up into a half-mocking, half-triumphant smile.
But the two people in front of him disappeared.
The king scanned around.
— — -and found nothing.
"With just that?"
He smirked and raised his hands.
But before he could unleash his technique, a soul-stirring moan resounded first:
"Hm ~ aaaaaah — — hah — -"
Instantly, a bullet appeared between the king's eyebrows and pierced through.
The technique was interrupted.
Blood splattered everywhere.
The king collapsed.
But the other king stood up and spoke:
"What a foolish move, even if you kill me, the monster will still come here due to the Law of Death"
"Not even Divinities are a match for it"
"Not to mention, I have over 900 souls as my substitute, no matter what you do, you won't be able to kill me"
His presence abruptly rose, causing the entire room to feel like it was about to collapse.
No matter where they hid, in the face of such overwhelming power, they could only be crushed.
The king shouted in a low voice:
"It seems I've suppressed my power too much, causing you to have some sort of unrealistic hope"
"Very well, now all of you will suffer my wrath — — -"
Someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.
The king felt his whole body convulse, and he couldn't move anymore. He couldn't say anything else.
From the void of space, a hook-like weapon lightly tapped his body, then abruptly pulled.
Several hundred illusory figures were pulled away.
At the same time, the king felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He looked down.
Only to see a long scepter piercing through his body.
For no reason at all, he felt as if his entire soul was trembling.
This scepter — — what exactly is it!!!
Gu Qing Shan silently appeared.
He held the horned skull on top of the scepter and casually said: "Regarding the matter of death, I actually have a bit of authority"
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