The world became illusory.
Gu Qing Shan, Xie Shuang Yan, Shroud, and all the spirits of the Dusty World were all trapped in place, unable to move.
"I can't use my incantation!" the damn fatty loudly shouted.
"Our attacks have all been stopped — — – Lady! What do we do!? "Cai Zang loudly asked the Sacrificial Dance Lady.
"I've never seen this before …" the Sacrificial Dance Lady shook her head and didn't continue.
Shroud looked down at Abaddon in his hand, only to see that the 7-colored light on the spear had been completely retracted, no longer exuding any power.
"How incredible … I've never seen power of this level before" Shroud muttered in a low voice.
Gu Qing Shan scowled: "But … if the evil fiends were able to forbid all of us from unleashing our attacks, they would have already conquered the Great Era, all living beings would have been reduced to ash, they wouldn't have dragged it out until now to fight against us"
He instinctively turned to Xie Shuang Yan.
— — she came from countless years ago, so she must have seen the evil fiends' many tricks, so she must know something.
Xie Shuang Yan sighed and said: "This is most likely a certain assassination technique of the evil fiends, it can't harm us, but — – Gu Qing Shan, we won't be able to protect you anymore"
As soon as he finished speaking, the badly mutilated arm exploded and turned into a bloody mist.
Eerie runes quickly appeared from within the mist of blood, giving off indescribable magical fluctuations.
Lines of glowing text appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan's eyes:
[The Nine-faced Insect Demon has activated an unknown evil sacrificial ritual]
[The Nine-faced Insect Demon is currently choosing your Karma Reflector]
[The Karma Reflector must have participated in many of your matters, must have influenced some of your decisions in order to establish a Causality connection with you]
[Once the Karma Reflector is destroyed, you will also fall into the same fate]
[Attention!]
[This is the Nine-faced Insect Demon's ultimate power, if you can survive this unknown sacrificial ritual, you will be able to defeat the Nine-faced Insect Demon]
[If you fail, the Nine-faced Insect Demon will use this sacrificial ritual to recover all of its power, while you will fall into eternal destruction]
Gu Qing Shan glanced through them.
Suddenly, everyone around him disappeared without a trace, while countless threads appeared on his body.
"Threads of Fate?" Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
"No, the Causality Threads … they will help me pick out existences that meet the conditions for sacrifice" Nine-faced Insect Demon's voice resounded.
For a moment, countless fragments of history appeared in the void.
Gu Qing Shan saw many people.
In his homeworld, Jang Young-ho, Ye Fei Li, and Liao Xing had fought alongside him.
In the cultivation world, Xie Dao Ling, Leng Tian Xing, Ning Yuechan, and Gongsun Zhi appeared one by one.
In the Suspended World, Buttercup appeared, as well as Qing Rou and Wan Er;
In the 900 million World Layers, Bali, Meow, Lady Black Sea, and Lola.
Outside the 900 million World Layers, Shroud, Crow, and Fei Yue also appeared.
…
In all of Gu Qing Shan's battles throughout his life, the people who fought alongside him all appeared as images.
"I really don't understand what exactly you're trying to do" watching these fragments of history, Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but speak up.
Nine-faced Insect Demon's prideful voice resounded:
「 Ahahaha, Gu Qing Shan, I've already told you, from now on, your fate is no longer up to you — — 」
「 Among all of your comrades, there will be one unlucky bastard who will be thrown into an extremely dangerous situation for him 」
「 — — When he dies, Gu Qing Shan, everything you have will be destroyed, and you will only be able to watch it happen without being able to save yourself 」
Hearing that, Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief and displayed a calm expression.
Nine-faced Insect Demon asked in surprise: 「 Have you … given up already? 」
"I haven't, but you've probably misunderstood a bit" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Misunderstood?"
「 You might not know this, but when I choose my comrades, I'm even more picky than you can imagine. Every single one of them is an expert, they won't easily die by your hands 」
Nine-faced Insect Demon went silent for a bit, then suddenly said: 「 You're wrong 」
"I'm wrong?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Nine-faced Insect Demon replied: 「 Among all of your comrades, I've already chosen one … he's weak, doesn't want to improve himself, is filled with bad habits, and won't put any effort into battle … this time, he'll drag you down … both of you will be destroyed together 」
"Who is it?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Nine-faced Insect Demon didn't answer and shouted in a low voice: 「 Sacrifice of Multiple Fates of Destruction, activate! 」
Instantly, everything around him disappeared.
…
Liao Xing opened his eyes.
He found himself lying on a bed.
"Ah … what the hell, what exactly happened?"
He sat up on the bed and looked around.
This was a small, narrow room.
A young man was sitting on a chair next to the bed.
"You're awake?" the young man asked.
"You're … Gu Qing Shan?" Liao Xing squinted his eyes to observe him.
"That's right, it's me. Su An must've told you about us after you returned from space" the young man said.
"That's right, Impartial Goddess told me everything about the future — — - for someone to be able to return to this era from the future, this is truly a milestone in the history of science!" Liao Xing excitedly said.
"But right now, we have a new problem that's hard to deal with" Gu Qing Shan said.
"What is it?"
"You've fallen into an extremely terrifying technique …"
Gu Qing Shan explained the current situation to him.
Liao Xing fell into thought: "So my fate is linked to yours? Then, will you be able to fight alongside me? "
"I can't, I'll only be a spectator — — the most I can do is talk to you" Gu Qing Shan said.
"In other words, if I die, you can only watch?" Liao Xing asked.
"That's right, and then I'll also die" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Liao Xing cursed: "What the hell! That damned insect! This great one has only just returned from space, I haven't even had the chance to drink and I already have to do something so dangerous! "
At the very next moment.
Grey air began to flow around the room.
These grey air drifted back and forth in the void of space, exuding an evil presence.
The Nine-faced Insect Demon's voice came:
「 Puny creature plagued by evil habits … I will now give you another path … 」
Following its voice, all the grey air in the void of space abruptly stopped.
The grey air all rushed towards Liao Xing and entered his body in an instant.
Liao Xing fell from the bed, screaming in pain:
"Argh, argh, it hurts, it hurts — — -"
He was soaked in cold sweat, rolling around on the ground.
Gu Qing Shan could only watch this without being able to help him.
The Nine-faced Insect Demon's voice came again:
「 Liao Xing, you are the vessel I've chosen specifically to kill Gu Qing Shan 」
「 As long as you stop resisting right now and make the decision to surrender — — - 」
It purposely paused.
On the ground, Liao Xing's arms slowly turned into thick joints, a carapace also appeared on his back, his body slowly turned insect-like.
Nine-faced continued: 「 As long as you're willing to surrender, I guarantee that you'll turn into an Insect Demon and become my subordinate, granting you the right to enter the New Era — — 」
Liao Xing breathed heavily, muttering in a low voice: "New Era?"
His eyes slowly turned into a pair of compound eyes, muttering: "How miraculous, I've experienced it — — I can see many hidden worlds within the void of space!"
「 Whatever evolution you want, I can grant it to you, Liao Xing! 」
Nine-faced's voice suddenly became louder:
「 Indeed, as long as you surrender, the evolution you've undergone will continue, you will obtain eternal life, no longer threatened by death! 」
"Eternal … life?" Liao Xing moaned in pain.
His body was bleeding all over.
Quite obviously, evolving from a human into a Demon Insect wasn't a simple matter.
Nine-faced's voice resounded in the room:
「 Not only that, you'll become a fearsome and powerful warrior of the Insect Tribe, grasping the true essence of evil, you'll become a Combatant of the void — — look at your front claws, they can directly crush an entire planet! 」
Liao Xing looked down.
Only to see that his hands had turned into sharp claws, exuding immense power as they opened and closed.
This was an unimaginable power.
"Powerful … truly unbelievably powerful!" Liao Xing became excited.
Nine-faced chuckled: 「 Indeed, you'll become one of us — — come, surrender now, don't even leave this room, declare that you've given up on resisting, and I'll grant you everything 」
"I'll become one of the Insect Demons?" Liao Xing asked.
「 Indeed 」 Nine-faced replied.
「 Endless life? 」
「 Indeed 」
「 What else? 」
「 Power — — you can use my name to obtain a high position in the New Era 」
Liao Xing seemed to be a bit tempted, he kept observing his new body and fell into thought.
Time seemed to have frozen.
A few moments later.
He suddenly turned to Gu Qing Shan.
Nine-faced immediately spoke: 「 Don't worry, he won't be able to stop you, as long as you surrender, he'll only fall into eternal destruction!
」 "Which means, my decision right now will directly affect the outcome of the battle between you two?" Liao Xing asked.
「 That's right, otherwise I wouldn't have randomly taken in a subordinate. This is the most important chance of your life, Liao Xing 」 Nine-faced replied.
Liao Xing nodded, then turned to Gu Qing Shan again and asked: "Although you can't help me, don't you have anything to say to me?"
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: "I only have one thing to say"
"What is it?" Liao Xing asked.
"You can ask it, what will happen to living beings after the New Era" Gu Qing Shan said.
Liao Xing was a bit surprised, then asked the void of space: "Hey, what will happen to living beings after the New Era?"
Nine-faced replied: 「 There will no longer be any living beings — — Liao Xing, listen to me, I know your heart is cold and emotionless, you don't care about those foolish mortals at all, do you not? 」
"That's right, I hate those idiots, you're absolutely right" Liao Xing replied.
「 Surrender, as long as you say 'surrender' or 'give up', all of your evolution will immediately take effect! This is my promise as the Nine-faced Insect King 」 the Nine-faced Insect Demon declared.
Liao Xing's expression slowly turned cold.
He then glanced at Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: "Everyone will die, there will be no bars, no technology, no music, not even the things you want the most, only you will survive — — as an Insect Demon"
Nine-faced replied: 「 He doesn't care about other people's lives 」
Gu Qing Shan smiled and said nothing else.
Liao Xing suddenly cut in: "That's right, I don't care about other people's lives"
Nine-faced laughed maniacally.
「 Gu Qing Shan, oh Gu Qing Shan, watching yourself being destroyed by Causality, I'm sure you must be filled with despair 」
From the void of space, the faint silhouette of an altar slowly manifested.
The crucial moment had arrived.
「 Liao Xing, face the altar and say the word 'surrender' — — as long as you do so, you won't have to face any of the following dangers! Everything will be over! 」 Nine-faced loudly declared.
Sure enough, Liao Xing walked in front of the altar.
He spoke: "I refuse to surrender"
As soon as he said so, he screamed in pain and fell to the ground again.
The insect characteristics on his body quickly faded away.
This seemed to be an extremely painful process. Liao Xing rolled back and forth as he screamed in pain!
Nine-faced Insect Demon's voice of disbelief resounded: 「 No! You were clearly willing, why did you refuse!? 」
Liao Xing rolled on the ground as all the changes on his body disappeared.
He once again turned back into a human.
Only to see him kneeling on the ground, panting heavily as he cursed: "Damned insect, did you really think I would give up on this era?"
Nine-faced Insect Demon spoke in a low voice: 「 You clearly have no sense of justice or compassion, yet you're willing to obtain eternal life and power, why did you refuse? 」
Liao Xing's eyes flashed with determination as he coldly spoke: "Gu Qing Shan reminded me — — and you will never understand, this is my obsession as a human, as well as a man's conviction — — -"
「 What is it? 」 Nine-faced Insect Demon asked.
"I want to pick up girls, I want women!" Liao Xing angrily shouted.
All was quiet.
After a long, long time, Nine-faced Insect Demon's voice didn't resound again.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged indifferently.
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