There were a total of four people in the cave.
One was the talisman wielder who opened and closed the cave.
The other was Xie Gu Hong with 7 swords on his back.
The last one was a burly man with a bare upper body and a long staff in his hand.
The last one was Gu Qing Shan himself.
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist towards the three of them and spoke: "Gentlemen, I didn't think I would meet you here"
The white-haired old man doubtfully asked: "Sect master Zhao, why did you also come to such a dangerous place?"
Gu Qing Shan casually replied: "My sect has been destroyed, as the sect master, how could I not avenge this?"
The three of them went silent.
Indeed, because the Drifting Moon Immortal Sect was too close to the frontlines during this war, they had to shoulder the responsibility of being the transit point of the war, becoming a thorn in the eyes of the monsters.
The Drifting Moon Immortal Sect was finally destroyed.
This was the pain of humanity as a whole.
Hearing Gu Qing Shan say that, the three of them felt a sense of sympathy and respect.
He came here alone to take the enemy down with him!
Xie Gu Hong sighed: "Sect master Zhao, the Divinities are still here, after we return safely, I will definitely pray to the Divinities to help you rebuild your sect"
"Thank you for your kindness, but I've made up my mind" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Hearing that, the three of them didn't try to persuade him any further.
At their level, every decision they made couldn't be easily changed.
The burly man changed the topic: "The fusion of the two worlds is a once in a lifetime opportunity, we also felt that rather than staying in the Heaven realm, it would be better to come here and explore"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "I also think so"
Xie Gu Hong asked: "Sect master Zhao, how long have you been here?"
"Not too long, I was just thinking about how to get past these monsters when you noticed me" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Looking at them, he recalled the old man and the burly man's identities.
When he was still a disciple of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, Gu Qing Shan had heard about the various Combatants of humanity, and after becoming the Divine King, he gained even more detailed information about them.
This white-haired old man was the Grand Elder of a sect. He was proficient in the Five Elements Spell Techniques and the Six Arts, and he was particularly adept at divination.
The burly man was a Martial Dao rogue cultivator, but his personal strength was one of the few strongest in the Human Race, and he was almost invincible in close combat.
All three of them were grand cultivators above the Void Seer realm.
The old man was a Void Wanderer realm cultivator, according to the standard of the future, even within the 900 million World Layers, he could be considered a Combatant.
This was how they entered the mainstream of the 900 million World Layers, their strength was widely praised by all living beings.
The burly man was slightly stronger, a Void Revolution realm cultivator.
A Void Revolution realm cultivator could be called a ruler within the 900 million World Layers, but they were not the strongest among the rulers.
— — -the so-called Void Wanderer realm, in the future, refers to those Combatants who can break through the void of space with a single strike and see the 90th layer of the world.
— — -the so-called Void Revolution realm was a Combatant who could break through the void of space with a single strike, causing the 800 World Layers to appear in front of them one after another.
Above these two realms, there was another realm. According to the standard of the 900 million World Layers, this realm was the strongest among the rulers, able to cause 3000 worlds to appear in the void of space with a single strike without dissipating, which was why it was called the Three Thousand Worlds realm.
Because of this, the three realms were: 90 Void Wanderer, 800 Void Revolution, and Three Thousand Worlds.
The difference between these three realms was so great that it was almost impossible to defeat an opponent above one's level.
According to what Gu Qing Shan knew, Xie Gu Hong had already reached Three Thousand Worlds realm a long time ago, a Combatant among Combatants, a top-tier existence among humanity.
When Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace was destroyed, he had already broken through this realm and reached Paragon realm.
Paragon realm was the realm of Divinities, at this realm, they could create the Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind elements, using the power of the Four Pillars to create a new world.
When humanity was about to be destroyed in the Age of Old, Xie Gu Hong was already close to breaking through to Paragon realm.
The Divinities purposely sparred with him to test his true strength.
In the end, even though Xie Gu Hong hadn't reached Paragon realm yet, his swordsmanship was so extraordinary that he accidentally won against the Divinities by half a strike, which led to the destruction of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace.
Gu Qing Shan turned into Zhao Wu Zong — — – Zhao Wu Zong was at the peak of Void Revolution realm, a bit stronger than both the burly man and the old man, but much weaker than Xie Gu Hong.
Gu Qing Shan quickly determined their strength and asked:
"Have the three of you thought of a way to get past these monsters?"
Xie Gu Hong replied: "There's no way to kill them all, and it would easily alert the powerful monsters hiding in the depths of this world, so we're waiting"
"Waiting?" Gu Qing Shan asked in confusion.
"That's right" the old man continued: "Every once in a while, a chaotic tide would erupt in this place, followed by a very strange voice"
The burly man continued: "We've already grasped the basic pattern, when the next chaotic tide arrives, we'll respond to that voice and attempt to break into the depths of the Desolate Land"
"A strange voice?" Gu Qing Shan asked in confusion.
The old man replied: "The first few times that voice appeared, we ignored it out of caution"
Xie Gu Hong continued: "There's no other way now, so we're going to take a gamble and wait for the next chaotic tide to erupt in order to respond to that voice"
"Wait a minute — — aren't you afraid that this might be a trap set up by the Lord of Desolation?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Xie Gu Hong replied: "Before we discovered you, we heard the Lord of Desolation's furious roar that resounded across the entire world, as if he was being held back by something"
The old man continued: "Furthermore, before we discovered sect master Zhao, I had performed a Divination regarding the chaotic tides and received a safe omen"
Divination was very profound, as long as a cultivator was skilled in Divination and was willing to spend a certain amount of vitality, they would be able to obtain a reasonably reliable omen.
Not to mention, these three great cultivators' spirit sense was quite high, so their premonitions of danger were quite accurate.
Gu Qing Shan slowly nodded.
"Then we'll wait together" he said.
A few moments later.
Suddenly, the expressions of the three people changed at the same time.
The burly man muttered in a low voice: "The chaotic tides are coming!"
Everyone immediately went silent.
The so-called chaotic tides came from the demon stones that were piled up all over the Desolate world.
These innumerable demon stones caused the void of space to be filled with chaotic power, accumulating more and more until it would erupt every once in a while.
Boom — — — —
An intense explosion resounded across heaven and earth.
The Elemental spirit energy clashed and overlapped with each other, giving rise to millions of sharp screeches that sounded like the mournful wails of a gigantic wraith.
The underground cave also began to shake and tremble.
The chaotic tides continued to unleash its power for several dozen breaths' worth of time.
At some point, a friendly female voice resounded in the cave:
[Detected that four humans are in danger, attempting to grant a safe escape method]
[Due to the System's severe lack of energy, there is only one choice left]
[About to grant you Shadow Origin Power to conceal your presence, would you accept?]
The four of them exchanged glances.
The other three were fine, after all, they've already seen it once.
But Gu Qing Shan was completely stunned.
Lines of glowing text were quickly scrolling through his retina:
[Discovered large-scale human war system, attempting connection]
[Attention!]
[The other party has severe lack of energy, connection failed]
[Please replenish the other party's energy to awaken this large-scale war system]
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but ask in his mind: "System, what kind of energy does it need?"
[Ting]!
The War God System replied: [I haven't come into contact with it yet, so I don't know how it works, you will need to find out on your own]
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.
At this point, Xie Gu Hong spoke up: "I'll go first, if there's a trap, I'll rush out and fight the monsters until the very last moment"
He turned to the remaining three cultivators: "If the situation gets to that point, I'll do everything I can to attract the monsters' attention, whether you want to leave or continue to search for a way forward is up to you"
After saying so, Xie Gu Hong didn't wait for the other three to react and declared to the void of space: "I accept!"
The female voice immediately replied: [About to grant you Shadow Origin Power]
[Attention, due to the System's lack of energy, this Origin Power can only provide you with concealment for one hour]
Oong — —
From the void of space, a series of dark grey rings suddenly manifested and circled around Xie Gu Hong.
The rings slowly faded away.
Xie Gu Hong's figure also disappeared in front of the three of them.
The three of them released their inner sight to search, but still couldn't sense Xie Gu Hong's presence.
The white-haired old man asked with uncertainty: "Palace Master Xie, are you still here?"
In front of them, Xie Gu Hong's voice resounded: "How strange, I'm clearly still standing here, but I can't sense myself at all — — not even inner sight"
The burly man replied: "Since you've accepted that entity's technique, we'll soon know if this is a trap or not"
The four of them silently waited for a few moments.
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