Within the snowstorm, the black fog lingered without dispersing.
After a while, Gu Qing Shan noticed something wasn't right and hurriedly called out: "Wang Xiao Yi?"
No answer.
Gu Qing Shan's heart sank.
— — Wang Xiao Yi was the name of the other scout.
After entering the black fog, he and Wang Xiao Yi had split up a bit to increase the range of their search, but he couldn't find them in the blink of an eye.
"Wang Xiao Yi?" he called out again.
Still no answer.
Within the boundless black fog, there was only the sound of the howling northern wind.
As a Sumeru Lord realm cultivator, Gu Qing Shan's inner sight was more than enough to observe a radius of several ten thousand miles. But within this black fog, his inner sight could only observe a range of 10 meters, anything beyond that would be blocked by the black fog.
Without a choice, Gu Qing Shan stopped.
It wasn't suitable for him to continue heading deeper into the black fog.
After a bit of thought, he took off the metal gauntlet and took out a pair of thin leather gauntlets instead.
— — -these were the beast hide gauntlets that Banishing Sword Saint Wang Shun gave him, a birthday present for 'Li Qiu Shan'.
These gauntlets could summon flames to strengthen themselves, much more powerful than the standard gauntlets that the guards wore.
Gu Qing Shan put on the leather gauntlets, then put on another pair of metal gauntlets to avoid being seen.
Since something had already happened on Wang Xiao Yi's side, it would be better to follow the direction he left to see what was going on.
Gu Qing Shan slowly retreated, quickly arriving at the place where the two of them separated.
He recalled the situation at the time, then followed the direction Wang Xiao Yi went, parted the black fog, and slowly moved forward.
About 200 meters later, a small noise could be heard from ahead.
A figure quickly retreated from the snowstorm and met Gu Qing Shan.
"Wang Xiao Yi, what exactly happened?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
The figure stopped in front of him. Sure enough, it was Wang Xiao Yi.
"Hurry, I found some valuable information, I need to report it to the captain!" Wang Xiao Yi spoke with a nervous expression.
"Got it" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He turned around and prepared to run back.
Behind him, Wang Xiaoyi suddenly smiled viciously.
He took out a long saber and slashed at Gu Qing Shan.
In a flash, Gu Qing Shan suddenly switched places with him.
The cold blade sliced through the air, but it didn't hit anything.
Wang Xiaoyi's vision blurred, and Gu Qing Shan was nowhere to be found. Then, he felt a burning pain on his back.
Boom!
The flames trembled.
Gu Qing Shan punched him and sent him flying. He bounced on the ground and rolled for dozens of meters.
"Cough … cough …"
Wang Xiaoyi spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes regaining clarity.
"Quick, save me, there's a monster in my body!" he said in a panic.
Gu Qing Shan walked up to him and looked down at him.
"I'm here, don't be afraid, I have to knock you out first before I can bring you back safely — — is there a problem?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"No," Wang Xiaoyi immediately replied.
Gu Qing Shan nodded, raised her hand, and lightly slashed at his neck.
Wang Xiaoyi instantly fainted.
Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief and turned Wang Xiaoyi's body around so that his face was facing downwards.
He muttered: "There, this way, I won't be doing something that goes against my identity in front of the living beings of this world"
Gu Qing Shan stepped on Wang Xiaoyi's head so that he couldn't see anything, then grabbed the Devil King Warden Rod from the void of space and pierced through Wang Xiaoyi's body.
"Aaaargh! Li Qiu Shan, what are you doing!? "
The intense pain brought Wang Xiaoyi back to his senses, and he let out a shrill scream.
Holding the Devil King Warden Rod in hand, Gu Qing Shan's expression became more and more serious.
— — -there's no soul inside Wang Xiaoyi's body.
What exactly is controlling Wang Xiaoyi's body?
"Who are you?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Wang Xiaoyi froze.
He stopped screaming and spoke with a judgmental tone: "Something from Huang Quan … so you're a mortal who obtained the Deity's seat of reincarnation, no wonder you found me"
Gu Qing Shan spoke in a low voice: "Where's Wang Xiaoyi? If you don't want to die, give me his soul "
Wang Xiaoyi abruptly laughed and shouted: "Soul? His soul has already entered the graveyard, there's no way to give it back to you! "
Gu Qing Shan clenched his fist tightly.
Sparks of fire circled around his fist and gathered into a ball of flame.
"I'll say it one last time, give me his soul, or I'll kill you" Gu Qing Shan declared.
The other party laughed for a bit, then casually replied:
"Mortal, the seat of Deity doesn't suit you, when the graveyard begins to spread, I will come find you again"
As soon as he said so, Wang Xiaoyi collapsed on the ground, no longer moving.
Gu Qing Shan crouched down and touched his neck with his hand.
Dead.
Snow and wind howled around them, but there were no other sounds coming from the black fog.
Gu Qing Shan went silent for a while.
This monster isn't a soul, otherwise with the Devil King Warden Rod in my hand, I wouldn't have let it escape.
In other words, this is a monster that can devour souls and directly replace living beings. But it definitely can't directly devour souls, there must be some other conditions that need to be fulfilled before it can do so.
Otherwise, when it met me, it wouldn't have used a Blade to ambush me, but to devour my soul instead.
"No soul, this is going to be troublesome …"
Gu Qing Shan muttered.
He picked up Wang Xiaoyi's body and quickly retreated.
A few moments later, he had already left the black fog.
The squad of guards was still waiting for news.
Other than that, some of the kingdom's Combatants had also arrived.
The officer glanced at Wang Xiaoyi's body and asked with a change of expression:
"How did he die? What exactly happened inside? "
Gu Qing Shan placed Wang Xiaoyi's body on the ground, saluted, then began to explain what happened.
After he finished, everyone fell into thought.
A Combatant wearing the uniform of a general spoke up:
"Very well, this matter is no longer something you guards can deal with, return to guard the gate"
"Yes!" the guards replied in unison.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the general.
— — -from him, Gu Qing Shan could sense a familiar presence.
That child.
The possessed child, if he grew up, he would probably look like this.
Who would've thought he would be given such a powerful identity?
Gu Qing Shan suddenly felt a sense of danger.
A second later, the general signaled to Gu Qing Shan with his eyes and loudly said:
"Li Qiu Shan, you're quite the smart one, and your adaptability is quite good. Let me ask you, do you want to be the vice-captain of the gate, or do you want to be my personal guard?"
Saying so, he sent a telepathic message to Gu Qing Shan: "Shaman, come be my personal guard, this way it'll be easier for us to move together"
Gu Qing Shan nodded and loudly said: "General, I want to be the vice-captain of the gate!"
The general's expression froze.
"What do you mean by that!?" he sent his voice.
"Nothing, the black fog is too dangerous, I'm not going" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Don't be ridiculous, you're the general, and I'm a soldier, as long as you order me to do something in front of everyone, I have to listen to you.
You're the blade, I'm the fish.
Gu Qing Shan wouldn't do that.
The general went silent for a brief moment.
In front of everyone, the general forced a smile and laughed: "A talent like you still wants to continue guarding the gate? This old man thinks it's better not to "
He turned to the gate captain next to him and said: "From now on, Li Qiu Shan will be under my cavalry, do you have any objections?"
"Yes" the gate captain didn't dare to say anything and hurriedly replied.
He patted Gu Qing Shan's shoulder and said: "The general appreciates you, do your best and don't embarrass me"
"Yes, sir" Gu Qing Shan had no choice but to reply.
Since the general had given his orders, a gate guard like him couldn't go against it.
Following his reply, a line of glowing text quickly appeared on the War God UI:
[Your identity has been changed]
[You are now the General's personal cavalry]
[Within this Apocalypse illusion, you cannot do anything that goes against your identity under the watchful eyes of the local living beings, otherwise, you will be directly thrown into the center of the Apocalypse to endure endless torture]
Gu Qing Shan looked at the general.
The general also looked at him.
The fragile alliance between the two sides was shattered in the face of the arrival of doomsday.
"So you're planning to leave me in this Apocalypse" Gu Qing Shan sent his voice.
"Shaman, just look at yourself, you can't even go against me in front of everyone, if you dare to do that, you'll be thrown into the depths of the Apocalypse"
The general smirked and continued: "This is a once in a lifetime chance, so I don't need to worry about anything else"
He swung the weapon in his hand and loudly declared: "Cavalry, form up!"
"Yes sir!" all the cavalrymen responded.
Due to the restriction of his identity, Gu Qing Shan had no choice but to respond as well.
He didn't even have a horse, so he could only temporarily stand at the edge of the cavalry.
The general began to issue his orders:
"Advance! Go into the black fog, kill any monsters you see without mercy "
"Also — –"
The general's gaze fell onto Gu Qing Shan and slowly spoke:
"Without my order, no one is allowed to return"
"Those who disobey will be punished by military law!"
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