Chapter 717: Coping

In the desert.

Gu Qing Shan was currently standing in mid-air, operating a formation plate.

Periodically, light would come off of the formation plate and turn into a streak that shot itself into the vast desert below.

While watching him, Little Xi couldn’t help but speak up: “We need to hurry up, quite a few poems must’ve already been found and a.n.a.lyzed already”

“I know” Gu Qing Shan told her.

Little Xi muttered: “But that scorpion is so powerful, with it watching over the entrance to the labyrinth, with our current strength, it’ll be a very hard battle”

“Hm, I know” Gu Qing Shan replied.

He changed positions and continued to set up more formations.

Little Xi exclaimed: “The wardens from the Abyss of Sin are basically all at his level, some of them even more powerful than he is. With such a force watching over them, no one would be able to enter the labyrinth and bring the 3 Divine Armaments out”

“I also know that” Gu Qing Shan replied.

Little Xi reached her hand to grab his arm and shook him: “If we can’t get the Divine Armaments, you won’t be able to become a DemiG.o.d, the creature won’t be sealed again, and we might even possibly die here!”

Since his arm was shaken, the formation he was arranging got interrupted.

He couldn’t keep on arranging the formations.

So he stopped and weakly told her: “I already know everything that you just said, so I’m preparing for it right now”

Seeing him so indifferent, Little Xi felt a bit relieved.

“What are you trying to prepare?” Little Xi asked curiously.

Gu Qing Shan explained: “I can’t confirm for sure whether or not the scorpion is actually dead, so I ‘m setting up a non-lethal measure against him”

“Ever since a long time ago, I’ve always considered what I should do in case I don’t want to kill someone outright, and the result was this formation— —– this is a combination of formations that I came up with after my long years of practicing formations”

“A cultivation formation right? I know a bit about them, but I’ve never seen a formation being set up like what you’re doing” Little Xi scowled.

“Time is always changing” Gu Qing Shan replied.

He resumed arranging formations and asked her: “Little Xi, you said you sealed his creature away countless years ago, how did you do it at the time?”

Little Xi thought for a while before answering: “I just beat it and beat it over and over again, I beat it until it couldn’t resist anymore and then sealed it away”

Gu Qing Shan was speechless.

“Did the monster just stand still and let you beat it?” he asked.

“It used its countless arms trying to catch me while unleas.h.i.+ng a sort of devastating invisible attack over and over again” Little Xi answered.

“Invisible attack?”

“Hm, I don’t know what it was, but it didn’t affect me. Everyone else as well as the Divinities seemed to be very wary of that invisible attack though” Little Xi told him.

Gu Qing Shan thought about that: “It seems you have some sort of unique power that allows you to be unaffected by the creature’s invisible attacks…”

While talking, his hands were still quickly operating the formation plate.

Beautiful and colorful lights s.h.i.+ned all over the desert.

The lights melted together, slowly converged into one before fading into the void of s.p.a.ce.

The formation was complete!

Gu Qing Shan carefully checked it before putting the formation plate away: “Let’s go, we need to collect more intel”

” Go where?” Little Xi asked.

“The seven G.o.ds’ labyrinth”

“You’re going to fight that scorpion head-on?” Little Xi was surprised.

“No, I’m just asking him some questions”

“You think he’s going to answer you honestly?”

“It’s worth a try”

“… I really don’t understand what you’re thinking” Little Xi sighed.

The entrance of the labyrinth.

Gu Qing Shan and Little Xi landed.

He was holding onto Little Xi with one hand while hiding the formation plate inside his sleeves with the other.

The black-skinned man appeared, facing him again.

“Why did you return?” the black-skinned man asked.

“I forgot something” Gu Qing Shan said.

“What?” the black-skinned man asked.

“According to what the seven G.o.ds said, if I go into the labyrinth to collect the 3 Divine Armaments, I’ll be able to seal that creature away, I think we might be able to do that” Gu Qing Shan said.

“And what are you going to do?” the black-skinned man asked.

“I discovered that the entrance to the labyrinth is hidden right under the sand dune behind you” Gu Qing Shan explained.

“Is that so?” the black- skinned man grinned.

“That’s right, so how about you come with us into the labyrinth and look for the 3 Divine Armaments together” Gu Qing Shan offered.

He was carefully observing the man’s face.

His face became slacked slightly before reluctantly curving the corner of his mouth to form a smile.

“So that’s what this is about, then did you find the way to leave yet?” the man asked in a gentle tone.

Gu Qing Shan was shocked.

“I think that’s better left for after we find the Divine Armaments” he slowly spoke.

Immediately, he triggered the seal he prepared on the formation plate.

A flash of light.

A long-distance warp formation was activated!

Both he and Little Xi disappeared.

Right as they disappeared, the sound of the air being ripped apart could be heard .

s.h.i.+ll——–

A long black tail stinger arrived from the air, piercing the area where Gu Qing Shan originally stood, turning all the yellow sand a sickly green color, sizzling as it was melting.

“Gone? How regretful, just a bit more”

The black-skinned man muttered in a low, cruel voice.

In the desert.

Very far away.

Countless light appeared in mid air, slowly forming a 5-colored light.

As the light scattered, the figure of two people appeared in the desert.

Gu Qing Shan and Little Xi.

“Did you set up a warp formation?” Little Xi asked.

“Yep, so that we can leave whenever we want to” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The two of them stood still and said nothing for now.

After this, the scorpion’s intent not to let them enter the labyrinth was clear, ripping all pretense away.

“Now that we’re confirmed to be enemies, should we go take him on?” Little Xi asked.

“No, I’m curious about something. He was very insistent on whether or not we could leave” Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.

Little Xi told him like it was obvious: “If the creature was controlling him, of course, the creature would want to leave”

Gu Qing Shan continued: “We’re going to try something again”

Little Xi reminded him: “We really should hurry up, the others might have already found and a.n.a.lyzed quite a few poems of divination”

Gu Qing Shan casually replied: “The more we’re in a hurry, the less hurried we should be, let’s go”

A few moments later.

They once again stood facing the black-skinned man.

Without waiting for him to do anything, Gu Qing Shan shouted: “We found the way to leave, do you want to come with us?”

He black-skinned man was initially taking an offensive stance, but as soon as he heard this, his fighting spirit disappeared.

“The way to leave, the way to leave, the way… to leave…” he muttered again and again.

“Yeah” Gu Qing Shan offered: “Let’s go, come with us and leave this d.a.m.ned world”

The black-skinned man’s eyes were hollow, but still tried to make a smiling expression: “d.a.m.ned world, yes, well said, we should leave”

He began to walk towards Gu Qing Shan and Little Xi.

“Wait a minute! There’s something else” Gu Qing Shan put his hand forward.

The black-skinned man instantly appeared furious, his voice becoming cruel and mad: “What? You don’t want to take me?”

“I just think that since this is such a good chance, why don’t you bring your wife and child with us as well” Gu Qing Shan smiled and said.