Translated by: La0o9

Edited by: Dr.Lock

Proofreader: Arya

Badum! Badum! Badum! Badum! Badum!

Gu Qing Shans heart was racing.

The divine armor managed to activate [Gods Order] moments before his death.

Time stopped.

The monsters figure could clearly be seen suspended in the air.

It was a humanoid monster.

Aside from its limbs that were too muscular and sharp claws, as well as having a huge tail, it was very similar to a normal human.

It was hard to tell just how it exactly did that- being able to get so close to Gu Qing Shan without him noticing it at all.

Its sharp claw was only a millimeter away from piercing Gu Qing Shans eye.

Gu Qing Shan didnt even have time to breathe.

It was a moment of survival.

A blink of an eye before his possible death.

He forgot to breath, forgot everything else and simply swung the Earth sword with all his might!

Secret Art, [Swallow Returns] buffed by 12 [Iaido], performed with the Earth swords weight of 86,370,000 tons, infused with all of Gu Qing Shans concentration, slashed towards the monsters soft neck.

This attack would lop off the monsters head!

-but only a dull bam was heard.

The Earth sword was blocked by the monsters skin.

All that appeared at the monsters throat was a faint white slash mark.

Bam!

Another dull sound.

[Swallow Returns]s characteristic had manifested, creating a sword phantom at the monsters back, attacking it again with the same power.

But it still did nothing!

Only two white marks appeared on the monsters neck.

Gu Qing Shans expression changed.

Even such a powerful attack couldnt pierce through the skin of the monsters vital spots.

What kind of defensive capability is this!?

At the same time, the monsters presence began to rise.

Almost as if some sort of defensive power was being activated inside the monsters body.

At this time, two breaths had already passed.

The flow of time would resume in one breaths worth of time.

With this monsters offensive capabilities, even one of its attack could drive Gu Qing Shan to his death

If [Time Stop] were to end

During that moment of crisis, the Earth sword suddenly spoke: Gu Qing Shan, give me all of your Divine power!

Got it!

Gu Qing Shan spoke without hesitation.

Originally he had over 500,000 Soul Points, but with how much he used [Even a sea of suffering shall pass] in the recent battle, he only had about 300,000 Soul Points left.

And he infused all 300,000 Soul Points into the Earth sword at once!

Oom!!

The Earth sword began to vibrate intensely.

Various mysterious runes appeared on the blade of the sword.

An ancient air of vicissitudes from passed ages drifted around the sword.

Clear howling and screams could be heard coming from the Earth sword, almost as if countless daemons were crying out.

It had completely turned into a different sword!

or perhaps this was the Earth swords true form!

Again!

The Earth swords mountainous heavy voice rumbled.

HHHHHaaaaahhhhh!!

Gu Qing Shan shouted as he once again activated the hand seals for his Secret Art and swung at the monsters neck.

The sword phantoms flashed and sliced through the void of space.

Sha!

A head flew.

It was beheaded!

At the same time, three breaths of time were up and [Time Stop] ended.

The monsters body fell to the ground.

With a swing of the sword, the remaining blood was scattered below.

All of the Earth swords paranormal phenomena stopped.

Gu Qing Shan breathed out heavily, his entire body trembling.

He had been through a lot of near-death experiences.

But this feeling of inevitable death that wouldve already happened according to the flow of fate was still fresh to Gu Qing Shan.

Its fortunate that youre here, Earth sword Gu Qing Shan said.

But the Earth sword didnt reply.

Gu Qing Shan looked down at the Earth sword.

When all the paranormal phenomena faded, a crack began to spread along the swords body.

Soon enough, the entire sword was covered in cracks as the shaft turned ashen grey.

The Earth swords exhausted voice came.

My wounds havent fully healed even after all this time, now that Ive used my full power, I already cant hold on anymore and have to enter a dormant state

Find Ling Er, shell know what to do

The Earth sword said before thoroughly falling silent.

Gu Qing Shan gently lifted the sword without daring to act irrationally.

He could already see various metal chips peeling off from the sword, even with the smallest movements he made.

He was afraid that if he made any sudden movements, the entire sword itself would break apart.

If that was the case, with the sword body gone, the Earth sword couldnt be saved anymore.

Earth sword

Gu Qing Shan sighed sorrowfully.

He carefully took out a long box made of spirit jade and placed the Earth sword inside.

With how the Earth sword was currently, he could only look for Shifus help to repair it.

At this time, a hurried voice came from the hovering piece of scale that came off from the armor.

Hurry, your sword can still be saved, but now we have to hurry up and deal with this corpse!

The giant corpses voice was worried.

Gu Qing Shan asked: Its already dead, what else do we need to deal with?

He stared at the monsters body in confusion.

If the situation wasnt as dangerous as it was, he really didnt want to kill that monster right away.

He wanted to try asking why it knew who he was.

Gu Qing Shan was sure that he hadnt met that monster before, whether it was this life or the last.

But it recognized him.

How is that possible?

The giant corpse had confirmed that this monster was definitely a creature that hadnt come from any world of the 900 million World Layers.

It didnt belong to the 900 million World Layers.

But it recognized me.

Gu Qing Shan couldnt think anymore.

The monster was full of sudden mysteries that even if he wanted to, he didnt have any leads to follow for deduction.

The giant corpses voice came: If we dont take care of the body soon, even more unknown creatures might be led here

Are you sure?

There are too many methods to determine where a body is, so we need to destroy it as fast as we can, furthermore not leaving even a single trace left of it!

While they talked, the monsters head suddenly moved.

A milky white string came out from its head and connected to its body.

Right after, the head floated up and slowly flew towards its body.

Dont even think about it the giant corpse spoke.

Several more scales came off its armor and turned into various attacks that struck the head.

But they were all ineffective.

Without being even bothered by the attacks, the head kept flying towards its own body.

Apparently this monster had a secret technique to reattach its head to its body.

The corpses voice became panicked as he shouted: If you still have a trump card, nows the time to use it and stop the revival!

Gu Qing Shan retorted: If you cant even do anything to it, how could I!?

During that moment of crisis, his mind quickly moved.

He suddenly drew the Six Paths Great Mountain sword.

A sword phantom was swung from it and severed the milky white string that connected the monsters head and body.

[Law Breaker]!

The monsters head once again rolled to the ground.

It opened its eyes, looking at Gu Qing Shan inexplicably.

Gu Qing Shan also stared at it.

Pitiful the monster said.

As it said these words, it closed its eyes and thoroughly fell dead.

Pitiful?

Me?

Gu Qing Shan was stunned.

The corpses voice shouted like mad: No way! No way! Its fortunate that it wasnt on the bronze pillar, Ill be using everything I know to dispose of this corpse

Following his words, hundreds of black scales came off the giant corpses jet black armor.

One of the scales flew down first onto the monsters body.

The scale turned into a green mist that completely covered the corpse.

A few moments later, the mist scattered, the corpse was unscathed.

Another scale came down, turning into incandescent magma that covered the entire corpse.

But the results were the same, unable to do anything to the corpse.

A third scale came down, turning into various animals that tried to eat the corpse.

A fourth scale came down and turned into a large hammer that struck the corpse.

A fifth scale turned into various little people that all carried various tools and tried to dissect the body.

A sixth scale

A seventh scale

Spell after spell, technique after technique appeared from the scales one by one.

But the monsters body was still fine.

Damn it! Damnit! We need to hurry up!

The giant corpses voice became more and more panicked as time passed.

Following his voice, more and more scales came off his armor.

Time quickly passed.

The 398th scale came down, turning into trillions of silver ants.

These ants began to eat the monsters body.

As they did, the monsters body visibly shrunk.

Very good! Thats the way the giant corpse said.

A few dozen seconds later, the monsters body was completely gone.

The silver ants all gathered where the corpse originally was and stood still.

Is it done? Gu Qing Shan asked.

Wait a minute, lets see the results the giant corpse said.

They waited.

Abruptly, all the ants scattered.

A black skeleton rose from the ground and mindlessly walked away.

Done!

The giant corpse said.

Apparently, a large weight was lifted off his shoulders.

Gu Qing Shan looked at the black skeleton.

It quickly joined the group of several hundred other skeletons crawling on the ground, not at all distinct from them.

Wait a minute, this sea of black skeletons is

Yes, as you can see, these are all creatures that tried to eat my body. Normally, I would be able to cause them to die by themselves without actually attacking them, but I couldnt handle the monster that appeared this time at all

What was that monster exactly?

I dont know either

You said it doesnt belong in the 900 million World Layers?

It definitely wasnt

Then why did it know my name?

You dont have to think too much about that, there are many spells and techniques that allow someone to know another persons true name, for example [Void Peek], [Dreamscape Divination], [Death Prediction], [Mark of the True Name]- there are too many magical skills of this type that you dont even need to think about it too much

Gu Qing Shan went silent for a while.

No, I felt like that monster simply knew who I was he suddenly said.