"Dead … dead?" the Eternal Thought Snatcher was stunned.
In just a few breaths' worth of time, it didn't even know what happened. It had only taken two bites, and the Sovereign King of Pain was slain in one strike?
— — -this Devil King is weaker than me, how incomprehensible.
It turned to look at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan wielded a sword in each hand, each of them burning with a dark golden flame.
The other sword that had been knocked away earlier also slowly flew back and hid behind Gu Qing Shan.
「 What kind of power is this? 」 the Eternal Thought Snatcher asked.
"You mean this?" Gu Qing Shan raised the Heaven sword.
The dark golden flame lingered on the blade of the sword for a long while before disappearing.
A line of crimson text hovered in the void of space:
[Earth God's Hammer (Passive Skill, Unique) will remain active until the end of the battle]
[Description: Your battle will automatically carry the power of the Earth God. Each attack is equivalent to the power of your attack-type Spiritual Skill and will cause the enemy's body to collapse]
Each of the sword strikes and Spiritual Skills just now had been enhanced by the Earth God's Hammer to the level of a Spiritual Skill, allowing them to exert considerable power.
This was the most terrifying aspect of the Earth God's Hammer!
It could allow Gu Qing Shan's swordsmanship to regain its power when facing enemies of a higher level.
There would no longer be a need for other miscellaneous Skills — —
With the Earth God's Hammer, Gu Qing Shan could become a pure swordsman!
It was because of this that he gave up on the [Earthen Dual Body] and chose the [Earth God's Hammer] instead.
「 That's right, this flame. What kind of power is it? 」 the Eternal Thought Snatcher asked.
「 You've been through so much, yet you don't know this? 」 Gu Qing Shan smiled.
「 There are millions of different powers in the void, how could I know everything, hmph? 」 the Eternal Thought Snatcher said, then glanced sideways at Gu Qing Shan.
— — Unknown power always represented unknown power. It was fascinating and symbolized the existence of secrets.
Gu Qing Shan appeared pensive.
That's true.
I've never heard anyone discuss the power of the Four Saint Pillars.
No one has ever classified it.
Perhaps this itself represented some kind of secret?
"Fine, since you don't know, I won't tell you." Gu Qing Shan nodded at Buggy.
The Eternal Thought Snatcher glared at him.
This kid was obviously weak and pitiful.
… Forget it.
"This time it's over. Our contract should also end, right?" it asked.
"It's over" Gu Qing Shan said.
"I'll be on my way then. I still have many things to do at this point in time," the Eternal Thought Snatcher said.
"Just a reminder, don't touch the moments that are related to me" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Nonsense. You're the Emissary of Chaos. How would I dare touch your past?" the Eternal Thought Snatcher said impatiently.
"— — Goodbye" Gu Qing Shan waved her hand.
"You're so vicious that you could even kill the Sovereign of Pain. Just the thought of it makes my hair stand on end — it's best if we don't meet again," the Eternal Thought Snatcher said and moved.
It soared into the sky and disappeared from the skies of the World of Gods.
— — -it really had left.
Gu Qing Shan watched it leave.
「 That insect seems to have a lot of thoughts, why didn't you kill it? 」 the Earth sword asked.
"There are some things that I can't let it know …"
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
In the past, Lady Fusi, the Thousand Dragons Ancestor, as well as the other Awaitings were all Cards in the hands of the Lord of the War Order.
When I first heard about this, I was already a bit cautious.
Then, in the World of Gods, I found out that the Old Gods were also a set of Cards.
Because of that, I felt a sense of danger, calculated step by step, and finally discovered the hidden danger on my body.
— — -it turns out that I've already become someone else's Card, being manipulated without even realizing it.
And now.
I've returned to the moment when I first entered the Samsara …
Gu Qing Shan retracted her gaze and looked at the void of space in front of her. Lines of crimson text had already been scrolling nonstop:
[You've activated Entropy Solution]
[Miracle Card: The Sovereign of Pain has been destroyed]
[This is a Card that originated from the Flame of the Four Saint Pillars, an entity of infinite power within the set of Cards]
[You've returned this Card that contains the power of Miracles to Chaos, winning Chaos' favor]
[You've received Chaos' reward:]
[Unique Fate Ability: Negate]
[Description: You can immediately negate a certain identity. When you do so, the Law of Fate will erase all traces of that identity on your body]
[This Fate Ability has been reinforced by Chaos, capable of erasing all power]
[Attention: Activating this Fate Ability requires the power of the world, the power of the Four Saint Pillars, or the Samsara Merit, no other powers can be used]
Gu Qing Shan was overjoyed.
— — -what a perfect pillow. He immediately activated this Fate Ability and chanted: "With the power of Fate, please negate my identity as a Miracle Card"
His body suddenly emitted a shapeless and contorted flame, surrounding him and burning fiercely.
After a while, something seemed to have been completely burned away.
A line of crimson text appeared:
[The power of Chaos and Fate have acted upon you at the same time, causing you to lose your identity: Miracle Card]
[From now on, you are no longer a Miracle Card]
All the scarlet words retracted, and a new prompt appeared.
[This Sequence has successfully connected to the Space-Time Causality Law]
[Attention, this Sequence has transcended Space-Time and resonated with the artifact of the Space-Time Causality Law: the stone sword]
[There are now the following options for you to choose:]
[Firstly, completely destroy the stone sword, causing the entire Space-Time Causality Law to collapse, then obtain this Space-Time sword technique again]
[Secondly, alter the Space-Time Causality Law contained within the stone sword to form a false Causality feedback, causing the stone sword's master to believe that you have been completely destroyed]
Reading through it all, Gu Qing Shan fell into thought for a bit.
He suddenly asked: "Why did I lose that sword technique after learning it?"
The highest-ranking Sequence cultivator replied: "It did not teach you the core secret of the sword technique — –"
[Whenever you use that sword technique, the stone sword will cooperate with it to unleash the most secret of the sword technique, helping you complete the entire 'Mirror of Quicksand']
Gu Qing Shan said: "You didn't tell me before because you were afraid that I wouldn't be strong enough to learn such a secret, right?"
[Correct, this sword technique is an extremely rare Forbidden sword technique after all, it helped you reach the state of 'seeing yourself without dying'. This is already its limit, it wouldn't be willing to teach you anything more — — - so to completely obtain this sword technique, you must destroy the stone sword and take away the most secret part of the sword technique] the highest-ranking Sequence cultivator explained.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the two options and fell into thought.
If I can obtain this sword technique — —
The master of the Miracle Card would definitely do everything in his power to hunt me down.
The other party has the power of miracles, and I would be forced into a passive state.
But this sword technique is truly powerful.
Even if it's risky, it's worth it.
The other option.
— — -play dead to mislead the other party.
If I choose this option, I'll truly lose that sword technique.
But I can exchange it for a chance to hide in this Space-Time.
At this point in time …
Nothing has happened yet.
I've only just woken up and left the mountain village.
I've already reached the state of 'seeing yourself without dying', so I can simply hide in a corner and do something else.
But what's the point of hiding like this?
As long as I participate in the Samsara Clash for Supremacy, I'll eventually be discovered.
Behind each Envoy of the Sequence stands the Bronze Lord.
— — -that's a truly terrifying group of people!
As long as I do anything out of the ordinary, I'll definitely be discovered by them.
Not to mention the existence of miraculous powers within the Samsara, how could I possibly hide from them when I've always participated in the Samsara Clash for Supremacy?
Gu Qing Shan sighed and said: "I choose …"
He abruptly went silent.
This time … might be my only chance.
No one would notice me anymore.
There are too many secrets hidden within the Samsara Clash for Supremacy.
If I do it right, I might be able to see through many of those secrets, as well as further understand the miraculous powers and the flame spirit pendant.
Do I really have to give up such a chance for the sake of a single sword technique?
Not to mention, if I keep going forward, at a certain point in the future, Lady Fusi and the others would be captured by the Bronze Lord of the War Sequence again in order to save me …
How could I not save them?
Not to mention that Shifu is currently fighting against the other Heroes for the Human Tomb by himself.
At a time like this, learning that sword technique would be the same as being targeted by the master of the Miracle Card deck, making it impossible for me to save those people ahead of time.
Gu Qing Shan scowled.
It took him a while to think everything over.
He slowly crouched down and lowered his head: "When the Sovereign of Pain arrived, I remember you saying — — the truly powerful Miracle Cards had already arrived. It doesn't know about what happened before, but it's powerful enough to deal with the two of you, what do you mean by that?"
The highest Sequence cultivator replied: "Other than the first Miracle Card that came from the future, all the other Miracle Cards operate according to the established rules"
"What do you mean?"
"They are all Trigger Cards that are left idle and secretly hidden, unable to report what happened at this moment to the future — — and due to the interference of the Space-Time Causality Law — — -"
"Even their master would only notice the death of such a Card when they thoroughly examine the entire set of Cards" the highest Sequence cultivator replied.
Gu Qing Shan said: "Then, if I resurrect the Sovereign of Pain …"
"Attention, the Sovereign of Pain has already achieved entropy decomposition, even if its corpse is here, it can't be resurrected" the highest Sequence cultivator replied.
"What if it's resurrected?" Gu Qing Shan persistently asked.
"The Card's master would only see this Card, but wouldn't know that it had experienced death and resurrection" the highest Sequence cultivator replied.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly recalled something that happened in the past.
During the Age of Immemorial, the giant corpse once told me something similar.
"… This is like a fish swimming from the upper reaches of the River of Fate to the lower reaches, the Causality is complete, but we don't know what it encountered along the way …"
"Look, we only know that the fish has reached the downstream, but we don't know if it's been swapped, if someone has stuffed something in its stomach, or if there's a ferocious predator following it …"
Gu Qing Shan's thoughts became clearer and clearer.
He suddenly spoke up:
"Give up on swordsmanship, we need to make the master of the stone sword believe that I've been thoroughly destroyed"
"Are you sure?" the highest Sequence cultivator asked.
"I'm sure" Gu Qing Shan replied.
A notification popped up:
[Attention: Information regarding the Space-Time Causality Law has been altered]
[From now on, the master of the Miracle Card deck will believe that you've been erased]
After the two lines of crimson text appeared, they slowly faded into the void of space.
Gu Qing Shan slowly crouched down and reached his hand out.
He placed his hand on the corpse.
— — the Sovereign of Pain's corpse.
In an instant, new lines of notifications popped up again.
[You've activated Ultimate Being Equal]
[You've become the Miracle Card: Sovereign of Pain]
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