Night.
Gu Qing Shan was standing on top of a hill outside the manor, taking out a black bow.
On the grass next to him were a few pieces of jade.
"They've already prepared them for me …"
Gu Qing Shan muttered, drew an arrow, and nocked it.
His hand loosened.
The arrow turned into a blurred image, disappeared into the darkness, and disappeared without a trace.
Gu Qing Shan silently stood there without moving for a long while.
"Gongzi, haven't you already dealt with something like this?" Shannu asked worriedly.
"Yeah, if worst comes to worst, I'll just lure them over and stab them to death" Luo Bingli replied.
Gu Qing Shan was still contemplating.
The Earth sword spoke up: 「 You don't understand, as long as Gu Qing Shan has experienced this before, he wouldn't be willing to go through it again 」
"Why not?" Shannu asked.
「 Stabbing yourself is a very painful thing to do 」 the Earth God spoke in a low voice.
Kih!
The sound of a heavy blow rang out.
The Earth sword was slammed into the ground by the Heaven sword, then struck by the Six Paths Great Mountain sword.
After a while, the Chao Yin sword couldn't help but silently poke Gu Qing Shan with its hilt.
"It's fine, don't fight anymore" Gu Qing Shan spoke up.
It was only then that Luo Bingli and Shannu stopped.
Gu Qing Shan slowly spoke: "I was just thinking, if I have to stab myself every time something like this happens, that would be quite a failure"
"We don't know how many people in this world have been replaced with wraiths, and if the other side has the advantage in numbers, I'll be discovered as soon as I kill the one who's been replaced — — - and my end would still be worrisome"
Hearing that, the four swords all fell silent.
That's right, this is a very big problem.
Gu Qing Shan held the pieces of jade in his hand and weighed them in his hand.
"Not a single archery technique in here is clean"
He chuckled.
On the Heaven sword, Luo Bingli's voice came: "Gu Qing Shan, what do you plan to do?"
"I'm still thinking …"
Gu Qing Shan picked and chose a piece of jade and held it in her hand.
Following his action, lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
"Archery: Blowing Snow."
"Godly skill, inherited skill."
[Activation condition: You must sense the enemy's blood aura before you can activate this archery technique.]
[Drifting Snow: Your arrows have a range of 100,000 kilometers, and for every 10,000 kilometers the arrow travels, it will gain an additional attack ability, up to a maximum of 10 abilities.]
[Ability 1: Shield Break. Damage to defensive equipment increases by three times.]
[Ability 2: Torrential Rain. When it hits an enemy, it will immediately create five similar attacks.]
[Ability 3: Random Movement. Randomly draws one of the five elements and attaches it to the arrow.]
[Ability 4: Lethal. Your arrows are likely to hit the enemy's vital points.]
"Ability 5: Feather Blade. The longer the flight distance, the more powerful the attack, up to a maximum of three times."
"Ability 6: Blood Flow, Unable to Stop Bleeding."
"Ability 7: Explosion. If the arrow is blocked, it will immediately explode, all abilities attached to it will be triggered."
"Ability 8: Blinding. Unable to be detected by sight, the enemy will only be able to detect this arrow through their senses."
"Ability 9: Poisonous Growth. Countless poisonous insects will grow inside the target's body and devour their flesh and blood."
"Ability 10: Snowfall. The arrow will take the same amount of time to travel 100,000 kilometers as it would take to travel 100 meters, the chances of hitting the target are also the same."
"To practice this inherited Divine Skill, it costs 1 million Soul Points"
— — -this was the most valuable of all the pieces of jade.
Reading through the description, Gu Qing Shan sighed: "What a generous investment to take out such a Divine Skill. Is it because the Condemner is so rare that he's so desperate to take over my body?"
This [Blowing Snow] that carries 10 abilities, combined with the black bow's own [Zoom Shadow], its destructive power is top-notch.
The only downside is that the conditions to activate this Divine Skill are too strict.
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, a line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[Special attention: This Divine Skill is an inherited Archery technique. In consideration of the previous incident with [Ethereal], the UI can now convert [Blowing Snow] into Knowledge]
[Knowledge is absolutely safe and clean, would you like to convert it?]
"No, there is no need to convert it" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He directly spent 1 million Soul Points to learn this Archery Divine Skill.
A warm flow flowed from the jade piece into his arm and gathered in his Thought Sea, allowing Gu Qing Shan to instantly grasp this inherited Divine Skill.
The swords all sensed the change in his state.
"Gongzi, should I and the Earth sword act again?" Shannu asked.
"No, there's no rush"
Gu Qing Shan muttered: "Someone's coming"
All the swords instantly went into his Thought Sea and hid themselves.
One breath.
Two breaths.
A figure appeared in the darkness of the night.
Viscount Warren.
"Our young Baron, why are you alone in such a secluded place? Did one of the aristocratic young ladies hurt your heart? "he teased, but his gaze was a bit cold.
"That's not it"
Gu Qing Shan curtly replied, drew an arrow from his back, and nocked it.
A unique power fluctuation came from the black bow.
Viscount Warren's gaze became focused and asked:
"You've already started learning that Archery technique?"
With a resounding crack, the arrow disappeared without a trace as soon as it left the bowstring.
"I'm currently practicing it. What a shocking technique, I didn't think the wraiths would have such a thing" Gu Qing Shan praised.
The cold air around Viscount Warren's body was blown away by the wind.
"This is [Blowing Snow] — — I know this Archery technique. The wraiths had offered this Divine Skill to quite a few aristocrats, but no one managed to comprehend it, you're the first"
While saying so, he observed Gu Qing Shan.
So that's why.
This young man left in the middle of the night in order to find a place to practice his secret Skill.
From the power fluctuation coming from the young man's body, as well as the arrow that flew away, it was the truth.
— — -he was very perceptive and had already begun to comprehend it.
Viscount Warren's expression calmed down and handed a document to Gu Qing Shan.
"Being able to learn such a powerful Archery technique, I have high hopes for you — — - this is the document to travel to St. Torrence, report directly to Count Sith"
Gu Qing Shan received the document with a hesitant expression.
"What is it?" Viscount Warren asked.
"Sir, I have a favor to ask" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Speak" the Viscount said.
"Earlier, two wraiths were infected by that unknown power and turned into monsters, eating people in my town — –" Gu Qing Shan dragged out his voice and looked at the Viscount.
"That's right" the Viscount gestured for him to continue.
Gu Qing Shan then continued: "Can you give me one of the monster corpses? I'll hang it on the town's gate when I return, letting everyone know that the monsters have been completely killed and that there's nothing to be afraid of"
Viscount Warren went silent.
Those two unlucky fellows … even their souls had been completely corrupted, not even a Resurrection technique could save them.
Although their corpses were already crippled, they were still my comrades — — -
However, this Condemner would soon become his comrade.
There's no harm in agreeing to his request right now, just in case something else happens.
"I can give it to you for a few days, but when you return to St. Torrence, bring the corpses with you and hand them over to Count Sith, understood?" Viscount Warren said.
"Yes, no problem" Gu Qing Shan happily replied.
Viscount Warren tapped the void of space with his hand.
A terrifying monster corpse appeared on the ground.
Gu Qing Shan put the corpse away and bowed to the Viscount: "Sir, I'll return to the town first, practice my Archery technique for a few days, then head to St. Torrence"
Viscount Warren replied: "Very well, when you're at St. Torrence, come and see me again"
"As you wish"
Gu Qing Shan's figure leapt forward and disappeared into the darkness.
Viscount Warren remained silent for a while, muttering to himself: "A Condemner … how rare"
…
At another location.
Gu Qing Shan and Crow returned to Ramon village.
"We're heading to the capital city in a few days?" Crow asked.
"That's right, there's nothing much to do for the next two days, so it's a good time to rest up" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Come on, let's go have a drink" Crow pointed at a bar on the side of the street.
"You go first, I have something I need to do, I'll come find you later"
"That's fine"
Crow excitedly kicked open the door of the bar, walked in, and loudly called out: "Give this lady some good liquor"
The door closed. Her voice couldn't be heard anymore.
Gu Qing Shan shook her head and disappeared.
In the wilderness outside of the town, he chose a place with no wind and used a formation plate to arrange 7-8 large-scale concealment formations.
The monster's corpse was placed on the ground.
"Gongzi, what do you intend to do?" Shannu asked.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the monster's corpse and replied: "When we were killing that giant wolf outside the town, a wraith appeared and came to check the situation"
"That's right, what about it?"
"Ramon village is surrounded by barren wilderness, there's nothing worth the wraith's attention, the only valuable target is the young Rhode who's about to be knighted, which means …"
Gu Qing Shan's gaze became solemn:
"They've been preparing to swap souls from the very beginning"
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