Spell after spell struck the giant skeletal claw.
Although everyone had been stripped of their abilities, they were still able to attack with their full strength when using their skills.
The skeletal claw didn't move at all, completely unharmed.
That's a bit terrifying.
Gu Qing Shan silently sighed as he looked at the terrifying appearance of the skeletal claw.
— — -how regretful that I can't take out the [True Crimson Demon Spear] right now, otherwise, I would definitely slice off this monster from its hand to its tail.
His thoughts turned as he focused his gaze on the void of space, reading the lines of glowing text:
[You've completed the first practice of the Dance of the Earth God]
[Through this practice, your strength has increased to a certain extent]
[Through this practice, your reaction speed has increased]
[Through this practice, your stamina has doubled]
[The aftermath of the Dance of the Earth God is spreading towards the depths of the secret passage]
[It's hard to predict whether this will be a blessing or a curse]
After reading through this, Gu Qing Shan indeed felt her incredibly weak body gaining a bit more strength.
Of course, this strength was so miniscule that it couldn't be compared to when she was still a cultivator.
But in an environment where everyone was stripped of their powers, this increase in strength was still useful.
"War God UI, what do you mean by 'it's hard to predict whether this will be a blessing or a curse'?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The War God UI didn't answer.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then replied: "I owe you 200 Soul Points for now, I'll pay you back after we return"
The War God UI remained silent.
Gu Qing Shan raised her eyebrows and said: "I'll pay you back double, hurry up and tell me"
[Ting]!
A clear chime of acknowledgement.
The War God UI replied: [It's hard to predict whether this will be a blessing or a curse. It means that the aftermath of the Living Being Sacrificial Dance is currently spreading, and something is sensing the Sacrificial Dance, attempting to send a faint feedback, but we have no way of knowing what it is]
Gu Qing Shan's thoughts flickered, then suddenly turned to Su Cher and asked in a low voice: "Xue Er, how did you get here?"
Su Cher replied: "I am the sole heir of the 9 Lords, I obtained 9 Starlight Cloaks"
"Starlight Cloaks?" Gu Qing Shan repeated.
"Yes, it seems that my strength has reached some minimum standard, so they formed a star chart and brought me here."
"Furthermore, I heard that this place leads to a sealed world, where you can obtain the power of Occultism — — you should also know that within the 900 million World Layers, Occultism is the rarest type of power"
So that was how it was!
— — -it seems like the Dusty World really was related to Occultism, which was why the Living Being Sacrificial Dance was suddenly triggered.
In fact, Gu Qing Shan could feel it too. Ever since he came here, the Sacrificial Dance gave him a restless feeling.
As the most powerful and uncontrollable power in his body, there had to be a reason for the Sacrificial Dance to have such a reaction.
The answer was …
Gu Qing Shan looked at the secret passage in front of her.
The depths of the secret passage?
Or was it in a dusty world?
The giant bone claw lay there quietly, not moving at all, completely blocking the passage.
In the end, he still had to find a way to get to the bottom of it.
"Xue 'er, try it."
Gu Qing Shan said to Su Cher.
Su Cher drew a Card and threw it out.
Numerous Blood Sea Divine Weapons appeared from the void of space, striking the giant bone claw.
The bone claw was still unharmed, but it seemed to be feeling pain as it was forced to dodge the attacks of the Blood Sea Divine Weapons, but didn't retreat at all.
Su Cher had no choice but to put her Card back.
Sha Qiang dejectedly said: 「 We can't go any further, what do you think we should do now? 」
Everyone fell silent.
Gu Qing Shan thought briefly, then asked: "Who has the ability to search through walls?"
One of Guyan's subordinates stepped forward.
"I can do it, I can use my ears as a clairvoyant through walls" the man replied.
Gu Qing Shan turned to ask Sha Qiang: "Where was the bone that contained the pixie's corpse from before?"
Sha Qiang retreated a few dozen meters and pointed at a corner of the wall: 「 It was here 」
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Pixies are the best at concealment, as long as they don't want to be seen, they won't be seen"
Hazeden's eyes glowed, asking: "You mean …"
"I'll have to try to find out" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Guyan had already told his subordinate: "Follow the Age of Old Dragon Slayer's instructions and investigate"
"Understood"
The subordinate replied, ran to the corner of the wall, and pressed his ear against it.
Everyone looked at him, silently waiting for the result.
After listening for a while, he shook his head: "This wall is very thick, at least several ten thousand miles thick, I won't be able to hear anything further"
Gu Qing Shan said: "Listen up there"
The subordinate then had one of his companions lift him up.
He pressed his ear against the ceiling, then said: "There's nothing but the ocean above, there's no land at all"
Gu Qing Shan had already guessed this. Originally, the outside of the secret passage was either a wall or the ocean, although they had walked quite a distance, compared to the boundless ocean, it clearly wasn't very far.
Gu Qing Shan said: "Listen to the other wall"
The subordinate jumped down from his companion's shoulder and went to listen to the other wall.
"It's still several ten thousand miles thick, I won't be able to hear anything further" he sighed and said.
Everyone was a bit dejected.
Gu Qing Shan remained unmoved and continued: "Listen to the ground"
Seeing how persistent he was, the subordinate had no choice but to lie down and press his ear against the ground to listen.
A few moments later.
He didn't stand up, nor did he say anything, but his expression slowly became one of surprise.
At this point, everyone was paying close attention.
"What did you hear?" Guyan couldn't help but ask.
"My Lord, it's completely dark down there, I can't see clearly, but I think there's a large insect lying there" the subordinate replied.
「 Insect, how big is it? 」 Sha Qiang asked.
The subordinate gestured and replied: 「 According to human's common measurement unit, it's around a hundred meters long 」
An insect that was around a hundred meters long.
Hearing that, everyone was a bit shaken.
"A hundred meters long body … with our current strength, I'm not sure if we can win against it" Guyan mused.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "There's no need to think about it, if it really is an existence as powerful as the skeletal claw, we won't be able to defeat it"
「 Why not? 」 Sha Qiang was unconvinced.
Hazeden casually replied: "Because the insect can move, attack, and retreat without being restrained, while the skeletal claw is stuck here, unable to move"
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then loudly asked: "Does anyone know about the pixie's habits?"
Everyone shook their heads.
The pixie were the most mysterious of races, it was rare to even see one on a normal day, so how could they possibly know about them?
Gu Qing Shan sighed.
This won't be good.
While he was thinking, someone suddenly pulled on the corner of his shirt.
Su Cher.
"Erm … I know a bit" she whispered.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: "How do you know about the pixie? Have you ever come into contact with them? "
"I've never come into contact with them"
Su Cher shook her head and continued: "When I was studying at Fog Isle Academy, I once read through every single book in the academy's library, then followed my Shifu to the House of Law and read through all of his books, using a spell to memorize them all. After that, I went to the Holy Church — — - the Holy Church's library was even more abundant, so I applied to be a librarian as well, spending most of my free time in the library without going out"
Gu Qing Shan was a bit absent-minded, then smiled: "You've already graduated from high school, why do you still love to study so much?"
Su Cher spoke with a serious expression: "I've always believed in one thing, the more you know, the more chances you have — — knowledge can give a person the chance to change their fate"
Gu Qing Shan crossed her arms, thinking: "Seems like you and Impartial Goddess can become very good friends, that's what she's always believed"
"Impartial Goddess has been very good to me, I'll have to thank her when I return" Su Cher continued: "Right now, I can roughly remember everything about the pixies, what do you want to know, Qing Shan?"
"I want to know what the pixies do when they're in danger — — - it would be even better if it was limited to a secret passage or something like that" Gu Qing Shan said.
Su Cher thought for a bit, then answered: "Burrow into the ground"
"Burrow?"
"Yes, when they're in extreme danger, they'll burrow into the ground and disappear without a trace"
Su Cher continued:
"There was once a man who was exploring an ancient ruin, but as soon as he entered the tunnel, the tunnel began to collapse"
"Without any other choice, he could only run away"
"While he was running, he suddenly saw a pixie carrying a bag full of shiny gems, hurriedly running away from the ruin"
"The tunnel was collapsing too quickly, it was already too late"
"The man activated a teleportation scroll, at the very last moment of his escape, he saw the pixie burrow into the ground and disappear from sight"
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan asked again: "What's the relationship between pixies and insects — — any kind of insect would do, or rather, do they like to raise insects?"
Su Xue Er recalled for a bit, then continued: "Pixies hate insects to the bone, they only like beautiful, magical, and extravagant things — — in fact, the first bottle of insecticide in the 900 million World Layers was produced by them, then silently spread it across the infinite worlds"
"Alright, I understand, Xue Er is really amazing"
Gu Qing Shan stroked her head, drew his sword, and walked to the corner of the secret passage.
"Is it here?" he pointed at a certain spot and asked the subordinate.
"It's here, but I don't know how to get down" the subordinate answered.
Gu Qing Shan used his sword to strike the floor tiles one by one.
When he knocked on the eleventh tile, the ground made a trembling sound.
Following that, the stone floor opened up and Gu Qing Shan fell down.
Everyone went into an uproar.
Su Cher exclaimed in surprise, quickly ran over, and jumped down.
While still in the air, she had already drawn her Card, ready to fight at any moment.
But no fighting happened.
A pair of strong arms caught her.
"Relax, it's safe here" Gu Qing Shan told her.
— — -he had already guessed everything, but he forgot about Su Cher's reaction.
Fortunately, both his strength and reaction speed had been improved, otherwise, he might not have been able to catch Su Cher.
"That 100-meter-long insect — — -" while saying that, Su Cher followed Gu Qing Shan's line of sight.
Neither of them said anything.
That wasn't an insect.
It was a steel train covered in dust, suspended alone on the long track, leading to the lonely and empty depths of the darkness.
"Qing Shan"
"What is it?" Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the metal train and asked.
Su Cher lowered her voice: "… My star chart has been activated"
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