Chapter 1037: [Dark Inviter]

The king died within the ruin, devoured by the Occultism spirit

The prince died in this room, he lost his life due to the recoil of the covenant

In other words, this child is the last Demi who carries the God of Lifes bloodline?

Gu Qing Shan looked over the sleeping child and asked

Xuan Ya nodded.

She hurriedly said something.

Ye Fei Li relayed her words: The throne changing hands will surely shock the entirety of Calming Soul Country, summoning all of the royal familys guardians

We need to quickly avoid them

Furthermore, although the four Deities wont immediately arrive, they will surely show themselves at the coronation ceremony

Gu Qing Shan immediately said: Theres not enough time to leave hurry, Laura!

Got it

Laura opened her umbrella.

Everyone caught the handle of the umbrella and vanished.

A few seconds later.

Bam-

The door swung open.

Several Demis in full armor entered the house.

The presence they exuded was easily the most powerful within Calming Soul Country, clearly, they wielded relatively powerful Divine Skills and held a lot more power compared to a normal Demi.

These people silently surrounded the childs bed and stood still.

They were silently observing the golden light that the child exuded.

Is this the final bloodline of the royal family?

One guardian muttered.

Indeed, hes the child of the prince and guardian Xuan Ya, regretfully, Xuan Ya was never acknowledged another guardian sighed.

Regardless of how she wasnt acknowledged, they have no choice but to admit it now, she is the mother of our new king and according to our information, her soul wasnt devoured by the monster

Everyone exchanged glances and reached a tacit understanding.

Another guardian spoke up: Lets go, take him back to the palace -not only is this matter related to our oath, but it is also directly related to the safety of this entire world

Youre right, we need to make sure that he is absolutely safe, otherwise, if the bloodline of our Deity is cut off, Calming Soul Country would also be destroyed

Hmph, no matter how arrogant the fake Gods and that monster act, even they couldnt bear to see this world destroyed; that would only heavily injure, or even kill them

The guardians discussed among one another.

They brought the child away and left the room.

A few moments later.

As Laura was about to put her umbrella away, Gu Qing Shan and Boss both stopped her.

Time slowly passed.

Out of nowhere, four gloomy presences appeared at the same time.

A voice resounded from the void of space: Is that the final child with the God of Lifes bloodline?

Another voice answered: Its unclear, master is undergoing the final confirmation

A third voice spoke up: This isnt a bad thing. The new king is a child that isnt even 3 years old. For a relatively long period, he would not be able to lead those Demis

One final voice spoke : That isnt necessarily the case, we need to check if he has any direct blood relatives as well

Hm, let us return and receive the masters verdict

We need to appear at the coronation ceremony, it would also be a good time to show off the power of Gods, lets go

The voices slowly disappeared.

A long while later.

Gu Qing Shan, Zhang Ying Hao, Ye Fei Li, Boss, and Laura reappeared.

It was a good thing that you were able to react in time, it was so dangerous just now Laura was still a bit frightened.

Everyone else had a pondering expression on their faces.

Did you hear that? At the coronation ceremony, theyll appear together Zhang Ying Hao commented.

We dont have much time, lets prepare ourselves now as well Gu Qing Shan declared.

An empty mountain cliff without people.

Ye Fei Li and Zhang Ying Hao had just displayed their killing prowess.

Boss praised them: Although your powers havent fully matured, both of you are exceptionally talented when it comes to killing , and your unique abilities are quite decent as well

What about you? Didnt you say youve regained a bit of your power? Zhang Ying Hao asked.

Boss walked up to the cliff and started monologuing: I have only regained a bit of my Abyssal powers, but it is still one of the most advanced powers within the Abyss. If you hadnt gotten acquainted with me, you would never have witnessed such powers in your entire lives

The Book of Prophesized Destiny appeared next to him and automatically flipped open.

Boss stood in front of the cliff, ripped out a page from the book, and muttered: Burn!

A grey mass of flames appeared on the page.

Boss flicked his hand slightly.

The burning page immediately vanished.

Boss turned around and told everyone: I cant use the Star Firefly now because Ive already regained a part of my power, Im no longer in a state where Im constantly near-death and could throw my life away at will doing so would only result in me losing everything once more

And so, witness it clearly-

He spread his arms and muttered in a low voice: Flames of Nihility

Boom!!!

The tall cliffside that was half-hidden among the clouds was abruptly swallowed up by grey flames.

The cliff exploded, then quickly imploded into a small grey dot.

Soon enough, even the grey dot vanished from their sights.

Not even an atom remained.

Boss calmly stated:

As you can see, this Flame of Nihility is extremely powerful, even a fake God will be annihilated by this power

Facing him, everyone was greatly impressed.

What peerless power! Zhang Ying Hao watched the cleanly-decimated cliffside and couldnt t help himself from praising.

As expected of Boss, if he fights with his full strength, he could easily defeat those fake Gods Ye Fei Li raised his thumb in praise while silently considering how he should deal with this attack.

The strongest of the Abyss, what towering presence

Even Laura had to praise him highly.

She then became a bit distracted as she thought about the Abyssal Soul Artifacts that he mentioned before.

Boss chuckled and wiped some sweat off his forehead: Of course, I am the Greatest Above the Crown Star, the strongest entity within the Abyss, you must never forget that

The three of them regained their senses and hurriedly nodded.

but Gu Qing Shan said nothing.

Because among them, by using his Paragon realm inner sight, he was the only one who could observe the entire ordeal and noticed a certain problem.

Hm

How do I say this

It seems like Boss didnt regain enough of his power so he couldnt quite fully control the power of Flames of Nihility.

When he unleashed that attack just now, in order to appear effortless, Boss specifically turned to face us with his back towards the cliffside that was struck by Flames of Nihility.

And then

His back was horribly blasted by the explosion to the point of bleeding, half of his buttocks are also exposed.

How does he plan to wrap this situation up?

Gu Qing Shan silently thought to himself and couldnt help but glanced at Boss.

Only to see Boss flipping his hair arrogantly with the Book of Prophesized Destiny in his hand: I suddenly felt a flash of inspiration, go ahead and rest up first, dont stand here and bother me comprehending my fighting skills

Ah, got it Ye Fei Li replied.

They all turned around and made their way towards the camouflage formation that was set up on the side.

Gu Qing Shan hesitated only for a split second.

Oh well.

If Boss had decided to tough it out, then lets leave him to his devices.

Gu Qing Shan followed everyone back to the formation as well.

They all rested while waiting for Boss.

At this point, Gu Qing Shan drew one of the Cards Laura gave him and took a look at it.

The Card depicted a maelstrom-like swirl that floated above a persons head with both eyes closed.

Lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:

[Illusion: Dark Inviter]

[Using this Card will cause a target to fall into a unique world illusion, the danger levels of that world are determined by the one who constructs the illusion]

[Consuming this Card will allow you to increase your understanding of swordsmanship and evolve]

-this was the second out of the numerous Cards that Laura gave him, all of which could be consumed to help him improve his swordsmanship.

Before this, Gu Qing Shan had already consumed [Elemental Wind Chaser Strike], so there was no need to think too much when he consumed [Dark Inviter] this time around.

In fact, as he was about to head into battle against the four fake Gods, Gu Qing Shan only hoped that hed be able to advance to the next step in his swordsmanship a bit faster.

Without hesitation, he declared: Consume

Right as he said so, the Card turned into sprites of light that were absorbed into his body.

Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes, prepared himself to comprehend the wonders of swordsmanship.

All of a sudden, lines of glowing text rapidly scrolled across the War God UI.

Gu Qing Shan glanced over it in surprise.

[Attention! Attention!]

[An extremely rare situation had occurred]

[Consuming that Card is treated the same as using Illusion: Dark Inviter on yourself, but as there are no enemies who are experts at illusory attacks, this poses no issue]

[An unexpected situation occurred during the consumption process: A unique spirit participated in the process of casting the technique]

[That spirit is inviting you into a world illusion]

[It is impossible to determine that spirits intentions]

[Please guarantee your own safety]

The lines of glowing text swiftly vanished.

After a brief moment, Gu Qing Shan noticed that Zhang Ying Hao and the rest vanished, the grass field and formation around him also disappeared.

An old, tattered building appeared out of nowhere.

Gu Qing Shan found himself standing inside that building, in a certain hallway.

How interesting. This shouldnt be that monster, if it was able to sense us outsiders it would have already gone to kill us

So who is this?

Gu Qing Shan whispered and checked his surroundings.

The entire building was jet-black without any light, a single lamp hung on top of the ceiling, the lightbulb seemed to have broken a long time ago as it was covered in dust.

Due to there being too many buildings around it, the place didnt see the light of day at all.

Wait a minute, this place is-

The dusty memories resurfaced in his mind, causing Gu Qing Shan to feel a bit of a chill.

Gu Qing Shan quickly made his way through the hallway and arrived in front of a familiar door.

At some unknown point, he had a key in his hand.

He didnt say a single word, simply used the key to open the door, and walked in without hesitation.

Standing in the middle of the room, he looked around.

This place didnt have a clear separation between the bedroom and living room, the narrow, rectangular-shaped room only barely had enough room for a single bed and a cupboard; everything else must be piled on top, otherwise, there wouldnt be any place to put them at all.

There wasnt even a toilet here.

Even in the slums, such living conditions would be considered inferior.

Gu Qing Shan silently watched over the room.

Indeed, this place used to be his home.

What kind of world illusion made me return to my homeworld, to the slums of the Confederate?

Gu Qing Shan was full of questions.

He closed his eyes, silently focused himself on searching his surroundings.

All of a sudden.

Following a certain of Gu Qing Shans thoughts, something manifested in this narrow and stifled dark room.

A long tongue slowly extended from above, silently descended behind Gu Qing Shan.

The long tongue softly licked Gu Qing Shans back, slowly reaching towards his neck.