Chapter 553: Light of the world

Translated by: La0o9

Proofreader: Arya

“So you really will give me 1 minute? Thank you very much then” Gu Qing Shan replied.

[Origin] warned him again: [You may have 1 minute to consider, but after the minute is over, you must immediately give up all your Soul Points and surrender to the Order, or you will die here]

Gu Qing Shan scowled and appeared to be thinking.

[Origin] continued: [Gu Qing Shan, you will follow my order, look over the battle situation and find——-]

“Stop!” Gu Qing Shan cut it off and spoke in annoyance: “You’ve just been talking nonstop. I said I wanted 1 minute to think, can’t you at least stay quiet? Right, don’t count the time you used to speak just now, restart the timer!”

[…] [Origin].

It went quiet.

But the approaching demonized Combatants at the foot of the mountain all sped up.

They were quickly climbing onto this highest ice mountain.

From this place, all you could see around was a thick color of black.

Every mountain was filled with demonized people, every direction had more demonized people quickly approaching this place.

The total encirclement was now completed.

Gu Qing Shan ignored all that and silently thought to himself.

“War God System”

[I’m here] the blue UI lit up again.

“We have the next Quest”

[What is the Quest objective?]

“To find out the truth of this world”

Following Gu Qing Shan’s words, a few lines of text showed up on the War God UI.

[This War God Quest is a quest-chain]

[Quest-chain has been prepared, you will have to complete all the Quests and eliminate Origin to receive the final reward]

[Quest objective: Origin has issued a top-priority bounty mission on your head, because of that, this War God Quest is for you to both survive and find out the truth of this world]

[Now, please issue a name for this Quest]

Gu Qing Shan didn’t think about it at all and responded: “Light of the world”

[War God Quest- continuous quest: Light of the world, has been issued]

“Thank you”

He asked again: “I remember you said that I can carry [Worlds Apocalypse Online] without worry because you weren’t afraid of it”

[Correct] the War God UI replied.

“Great, I don’t need to speak with it anymore, so help me take it off”

The War God System quickly replied: [Please treat this matter with careful considerations. Removing Origin will take 100,000 Soul Points. You will have no way to undo this. Furthermore, you must consider whether or not this will thoroughly anger it]

“Anger it? That’s nothing to worry about, the main issue is the 100,000 Soul Points…”

Saying so, Gu Qing Shan glanced at his Soul Points value.

[Remaining Soul Points: 399600/400]

Hm?

I already used quite a bit, how did I actually get more than when I came in?

Thinking about it briefly, Gu Qing Shan understood.

The city of monsters, the 600-floor building, all the Ice Fiends of the icy abyss—– because he was the one who pulled the trigger, the War God UI was able to absorb their Soul Points, as well as the battle against the demonized squad.

Which caused his Soul Points to increase instead of decrease.

Gu Qing Shan quickly decided.

“Remove it, for what’s coming up next, I don’t want [Origin] to know my whereabouts”

The War God UI replied: [Confirmed, 100,000 Soul Points has been prepared. To prevent the situation from suddenly becoming worse, the removal of Worlds Apocalypse Online: Origin will be abruptly applied after one minute is up]

“Thanks for that”

Gu Qing Shan put Laura on his back.

“Hold on tight”

He said earnestly.

Laura then latched onto Gu Qing Shan, laying on his back and asked in a low voice: “I will——- will we die together?”

“I won’t die”

“You mean you are going to surrender? Gu Qing Shan, I would rather die than surrender”

“Why do you refuse to surrender even in the face of death?” Gu Qing Shan was surprised and asked her.

“I am the princess of the Bramble Bird Kingdom. Even in death, I will never bow to my enemies”

“Well said, you sounded exactly like a sovereign just now” Gu Qing Shan commented.

Laura turned her hand to take out a beautifully crafted dagger.

Placing the dagger on her neck, she whimpered while asking him: “Gu Qing Shan. Please tell me your answer right away, if you are going to surrender, I will commit suicide on the spot”

The 2 million demonized Combatants have already formed the encirclement.

In front of them was the devourer of souls, the Dead Soul Demon King—— a Chaotic Demon Lord, so Laura couldn’t even mount a shred of will to resist.

The only courage she could muster anymore was the will to die an honorable death.

“Put that dagger away, why would I surrender?” Gu Qing Shan smiled.

“Then we——–”

“We just obtained a lot of intel—— I’ve already understood the detailed situation of the demonized people and [Origin]. Next up, we’ll be looking for a secret of this world”

Laura was stunned.

She saw Gu Qing Shan’s calmness and the indifference in his voice.

She couldn’t help but look back at the Dead Soul Demon King as well as the hordes of approaching demonized Combatants.

“But… we are already in a desperate situation, besides surrendering, the only other choice is death”

“We’re still in the intel gathering phase, the fight still hasn’t actually begun. Don’t jinx it by saying ‘death’”

“Then—–”

“Just hold onto me tightly”

Laura had no idea what to say at all.

She couldn’t help but put her dagger away and held onto Gu Qing Shan tightly again.

Gu Qing Shan patted the black horse’s back and said: “Head to the top of the mountain”

“Summoners, are you going for a stroll, or in a hurry?” the black horse asked.

“We’re in a hurry”

“There’s a really big guy ahead”

“Leave him to me”

“I won’t take responsibility for your deaths”

“Don’t worry, just run”

Neighh——-

The black horse dashed straight at the Dead Soul Demon King, leaving behind an afterimage.

At the same time, the 1-minute time limit was also up.

In a flash, the entire red UI disappeared from Gu Qing Shan’s eyes.

He could faintly hear a roar of anger.

[Slave! You dare—-]

[Origin]’s voice quickly disappeared

Right after, the War God UI’s voice came.

It quickly told him: [The uninstallation is complete, Origin has successfully been angered. It will do everything it can to kill you, please make sure to stay alive]

Gu Qing Shan laughed.

The Dead Soul Demon King in front of him twitched.

『 Fools who have chosen death, you will be tortured for 3 days and nights before you are allowed to die 』

The Dead Soul Demon King muttered in a low voice, lowered its body and dashed forward with overwhelming pressure.

Intense wind surrounded it, forming countless whispering voices.

As a Chaotic Demon Lord, the Dead Soul Demon King had a few unknown strange abilities.

In that split second, Gu Qing Shan got dangerously close to the Dead Soul Demon King.

Then they disappeared at the same time, switching places!!!

There were no longer any obstacles in Gu Qing Shan’s way.

The black horse dashed to the peak of the mountain in a flash.

『 You mock me? Your skill is interesting, but you will definitely die! 』the Dead Soul Demon King turned around and roared in declaration.

It was also angered.

Since the steed was so fast, the Dead Soul Demon King couldn’t help but also sprint with his full speed to catch up.

“Ahahaha!” God’s Might laughter came from Dead Soul Demon King’s back.

He loudly mocked: “Run! Run faster! This entire mountain has already been surrounded, I’d like to see where else you have to actually run!”

The black horse completely ignored him, the only thought in its mind right now was to get to its maximum speed as fast as possible.

Like a flash of black lightning, it galloped to the top of the mountain.

Gu Qing Shan summoned his swords and used Secret Arts one after another to slow down Dead Soul Demon King’s ascent as much as he could.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Powerful sword phantoms that filled their air flowed downwards behind him like an avalanche.

With a single split second of thought, the Dead Soul Demon King couldn’t help but shift its body to avoid the sword phantoms.

Regardless of blocking them or dodging them, it would still be slowed up slightly.

This couldn’t be helped.

It shouted furiously: 『 Damn you! Damn you! I will chop you to pieces! 』

Gu Qing Shan didn’t even turn back to look, steering the black horse into the Old Gods’ divine temple.

“Keep going forward!” Gu Qing Shan loudly ordered.

“Understood”

They got to the center of the divine temple.

“Laura, put the steed away” Gu Qing Shan told her.

“Ah, ok!”

Laura blew the whistle and the black horse disappeared right away.

Gu Qing Shan then held Laura in his chest, quickly going towards the ancient creature’s corpse.

They stopped in front of the ice cavern.

——this was a huge ice cavern that connected directly to the inside of the ice mountain.

And the water current inside wasn’t slow at all.

The red blood from before had already been washed away by the current.

From this angle, the dark blue water revealed the varying depths below thanks to the cold light reflecting upwards. Although the water itself was clear, nothing could be seen in sight or at the bottom of this place.

Looking down the ice cavern from above, they had a faint illusion of standing at the edge of a cliff.

“It feels so high here, I’m a bit dizzy—– wait, what are you going to do?” Laura couldn’t help but ask him.

“We’re going to take a look” Gu Qing Shan replied.

He grabbed the void of space, taking the Chao Yin sword in hand.

——–this was a divine temple of the Old Gods.

And the weapon in his hand was a Divine Armament forged by the Old Gods.

[Ancient weapon, sword named Chao Yin]

[In the Age of Old, the Shen Wu world was a single endless ocean, as the Gods left, they forged this sword to anchor down the four corners of the sea]

[He who has this sword is the King of the seas]

[Spirit Thaumaturgy: Even a sea of suffering shall pass]

Gu Qing Shan pointed the Chao Yin sword at the water surface.

[Even a sea of suffering shall pass]!

With the point of the sword, the water current inside the ice cavern split apart, making way for Gu Qing Shan and Laura.

They received their orders unconditionally.

Holding Laura tight, Gu Qing Shan leapt to the air and gently glided downwards like a bird.

Roar———!

Briefly after, the Dead Soul Demon King came after them.

It entered the divine temple and was quickly approaching.

『 Don’t think you can get away—— 』 the Dead Soul Demon King roared.

Gu Qing Shan shifted Laura to his shoulder, still flying downwards while pointing his sword upwards.

The flow of water behind him quickly closed up again.

A few seconds later, a black figure appeared above the water.

The Dead Soul Demon King rushed into the ice cavern.

Dong!

The sound of a dull impact.

When it touched the surface of the water, it was flung backwards.

The water reservoir of the God’s mountain had rejected it.