The mermaid looked at the king and spoke: 「 Descendant of the God of Life, I am a servant of the God, my name is the Tide Caller 」
「 If you want me to serve you, you will need to show me your proof 」
The king raised his hand: 「 The Ring of Demi is on my hand, you should be able to see it clearly 」
He showed the golden ring to the other party.
The mermaid's gaze focused on the ring and nodded:
「 Sure enough, it is the ring of the God of Life, there is no mistake about it, please present it to me 」
As soon as the king took the ring off, he seemed to have recalled something and shook his head: 「 In my sealed memories, this step doesn't seem to be required 」
He said: 「 Then, please take us with you — — - 」
A black flash.
The trident pierced through the king's body and pinned him to the ground.
The king spat out some blood and shouted in despair: 「 NO! 」
His soul had been taken away by Ye Fei Li's hook, leaving him with only one life left.
The mermaid's expression turned cold and declared: 「 Hand over the ring, exchange it for your life 」
As soon as she said so.
A light breeze blew past.
Her head had been severed by a sword at some point and was blown away by the wind.
A look of surprise appeared on the mermaid's face, but she was chopped into pieces by another longsword that was waiting in the distance.
"How are you?" Gu Qing Shan walked in front of the king and asked.
The black trident seemed to contain some sort of magical power, as it stabbed the king's body. In just a few breaths' worth of time, the king's face had sunk so deeply that it resembled a skull.
At this point, the king seemed to have realized something.
He put the golden ring in front of Gu Qing Shan and said: 「 Help me pass it to — — - 」
Clang clang!
The golden ring fell to the ground.
Before he could finish his sentence, the king had died.
Without anyone being able to react in time, the king of Calming Soul Country had died a worthless death.
Gu Qing Shan waved her hand to put the golden ring away, then told everyone: "Prepare for battle"
"Hm? Didn't you kill that mermaid? "Jang Young-ho asked in confusion.
"No, he's not dead," Ye Fei Li said, tilting her head to listen, she said: "I don't hear any soul movements."
Everyone turned to look at the fountain.
The headless corpse made a grabbing motion in the air and took out a small dark-red shield.
A vertical pupil was carved on the shield, and it was looking at everyone.
A flesh-colored armor with vertical pupils gradually appeared on the body of the headless corpse.
"Fresh food … You've disturbed my sleep …"
A cold voice came from the headless corpse.
Lola hid behind Gu Qing Shan and nervously said: "Gu Qing Shan, this thing is giving me goosebumps"
Gu Qing Shan asked, "Boss, do you know what's going on?"
"This is a type of spirit from the space vortex, a type of Occultism that can't be defended against — — - it can reside inside the body of any entity, devouring their soul and flesh to turn their body into weapons and armor!" Boss replied.
"Why didn't you say so earlier!?" Jang Young-ho shouted.
— — -it can't be defended against, can reside inside the body of any entity, devouring their soul and flesh.
There's no way to fight against it.
As its enemy, the only thing they could do was wait for death!
"I've only heard of it before, this is the first time I've seen it!" Boss replied.
Gu Qing Shan quickly asked: "Does its ability have a set of rules? Or is it able to reside inside someone else's body as long as it wants to? "
Boss replied: "I don't know either!"
Everyone's hearts sank.
Gu Qing Shan abruptly grabbed the Earth sword from the void of space and swung it at the black trident.
The Earth sword's ability — — [Sanctuary] was instantly activated, followed by Gu Qing Shan's full-powered strike.
Kih!
An intense sound of impact resounded all around.
The black trident turned into a streak of lightning, pierced through the void of space, and disappeared without a trace.
『Damn it! My Divine Armament!
』 A cold and venomous voice cursed from inside the headless mermaid's corpse.
Originally, after absorbing the king's soul and power, the black trident would've become incredibly powerful.
But now, the weapon was sent flying without a trace.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: "I'm sorry, but I feel like if we want to make any sort of agreement with you, we need to make sure that you can't instantly kill us"
『Agreement?』
The gloomy voice paused for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
『You're mistaken, there will be no agreement, and I don't want to have any unnecessary words with you』
『You're nothing but my food』
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.
It's very rare to see an opponent that doesn't even want to talk.
The headless mermaid raised the vertical pupil shield up high, angrily shouting: 『Even without the trident, I can still take your lives!』
Countless black shadows suddenly shot out of the vertical pupil and rushed into everyone's body at lightning speed.
Jang Young-ho, Ye Fei Li, Lola, Boss, and even Black Cat all froze.
They quickly lost all signs of life and fell to the ground.
Only Gu Qing Shan was still standing there.
The cold voice came again: 『You sent my weapon flying, that was a Divine Armament that I spent countless years nurturing』
"But you killed my companions."
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan's expression didn't change at all.
He held the Earth sword in his hand, calmed his breathing, and carefully recalled the strike he used to block the Divine Retribution.
Everyone was dead, only he was left.
He could feel death approaching.
In his long years of fighting, this was the most dangerous moment.
The monster spoke with a mocking tone, slowly speaking: 『The fact that you were able to form a group to come here means that your strength is about the same』
『In order to make you suffer the greatest pain and torture before your death, I've decided to have your friends work together to kill you』
Black threads appeared from the vertical pupil shield, connecting to the corpses of Jang Young-ho's group.
Jang Young-ho, Ye Fei Li, Lola, and Boss all stood up.
They all stared blankly at Gu Qing Shan.
"Die, Gu Qing Shan" Jang Young-ho said.
"We're going to kill you together" Ye Fei Li said.
"Don't resist, I've always trusted you" Lola said.
"You won't be able to win against the four of us" Boss said.
They all charged towards Gu Qing Shan.
A sinister laugh came from the shield with a vertical pupil.
『Come, fight with your companions, die in despair, this is the end I've arranged for you!』
A second later.
Gu Qing Shan let go of the Earth sword and grabbed the Chao Yin sword from the void of space.
The sword swung forward.
Secret Art, [Life Seeker]!
Secret Art, [Crescent Slash]!
Both Secret Arts were unleashed at the same time. An arc of sword phantoms flashed and disappeared.
His four companions all fell to the ground.
— — before they could even get close, their limbs had already been cut off by the endless crescent moon white sword phantoms, all of them tumbled to the ground.
The vertical pupil shield's voice became frigid:
『You killed your own people without hesitation, what a cold heart you have』
Gu Qing Shan's expression was still emotionless.
He pondered for a few moments, then said: "You still haven't killed me … seems like you're mistaken about two things"
Gu Qing Shan's gaze met the vertical pupil shield's and continued:
"Firstly, none of my companions are actually that strong, I'm the only one who can fight"
"Secondly, I don't think you're going easy on me just to torture me"
While saying so, he raised the golden ring on his finger for the other party to see.
The monster spoke: 「 This is the first time I've ever seen an ant as arrogant as you. I'll let you know that death isn't the end, but the beginning of despair 」
Gu Qing Shan smiled and softly replied:
"You only attacked after the king took off the ring"
He paused and stared at the other party.
The monster didn't say anything.
Gu Qing Shan continued: "It seems when you consumed the Tide Caller's soul, you received a certain degree of resistance and were trapped here by this servant Deity's vow"
When the monster heard this, it felt as if it had been stabbed. It roared angrily, "I'm going to kill you!
「 Within the endless void, nothing can trap me! 」
Gu Qing Shan put the Chao Yin sword back into the void of space and continued:
"Is that so? But as soon as you told the king to take off the ring, you immediately attacked, threatening to use the ring in exchange for his life "
"The ring is the key to the vow of the God of Life, and you seem to have been influenced by this vow"
While saying so, Gu Qing Shan remained cautious.
But other than controlling his companions to attack him once, the monster hadn't personally attacked him.
Gu Qing Shan's heart slowly calmed down.
— — it seems my judgment wasn't wrong.
After consuming the Tide Caller, it somehow took the Tide Caller's place and accepted some sort of vow.
Since the ring was on my hand, it couldn't attack me.
This time, it was extremely dangerous.
Only a hair's breadth away from death.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and stared at the shield:
"Regarding the ring, your actions were so obvious that I had thought you to be an honest monster, but you've only been full of lies"
The vertical pupil on the shield stared at him and suddenly asked, "Why is it that after I killed so many of your companions and controlled them to kill you, you were able to kill them without any hesitation and still remember such an insignificant matter?"
"Trivial? What do you mean? "Gu Qing Shan asked.
「 The ring 」 the monster replied.
"Ah, it's like this, there's actually no trivial matter in battle"
Gu Qing Shan slowly explained.
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