Chapter 586: I wasn’t mistaken after all

Translated by: La0o9

Edited by: Dr.Lock

Proofreader: Arya

The Progenitor Fiendess stared at the clear blue water all around them, then at the flowing lightning dragon.

『 Indeed, this world’s God’s Punishment was established as Elemental Lightning, so you can borrow the significant magnified power of Lightning Tribulation to eliminate the ghosts 』 she muttered.

“Indeed, that’s why—-” Gu Qing Shan spoke.

『 Not yet 』the Progenitor cut him off, 『 on the ice outer shell, there are still 2 million demonized beings who are around the same level of strength as yourself, how do you intend to deal with them? 』

The Progenitor continued: 『 Although the Tribulation lightning perfectly counters the ghost army, the 2 million demonized all consists of talented youths of various worlds, there are definitely those who came from a cultivation world that have ways to resist the lightning 』

『 You won’t be able to cause too many casualties among them, as they aren’t necessarily afraid of Elemental Lightning like the ghosts 』

Gu Qing Shan replied: “You are correct, which is why the 2 million demonized are part of a different business deal”

『 What business deal? 』

“I will invite Li Yang and her subordinates to help me kill those demonized”

The Progenitor coldly laughed: 『 Hah, in the end, you’re still using Li Yang—— if not for her, you alone would definitely not be able to fight against the demonized 』

“You’re wrong”

『 That is the truth, I can see it clearly 』

“Actually, this isn’t me begging Li Yang to help me”

Gu Qing Shan cleared his throat and spoke with all his sincerity: “Because of how well our last deal went, after I had paid off my debt to her, I will be inviting Li Yang to cooperate with me in a second, separate deal”

He looked at Empress Li Yang and asked: “I want to know, what kind of treasure does your Tianma tribe consider the most precious?”

『 Treasure? Us Tianma——- 』

As soon as Li Yang was about to respond, the Progenitor stopped her.

『 Brat, why are you asking this? 』the Progenitor cut in.

“Naturally to ask her to join me and deal with the demonized” Gu Qing Shan answered.

『 So you intend to bribe her? 』

Gu Qing Shan laughed it off and patiently explained: “I first need to know what kind of thing you Tianma consider a treasure, after that we’ll go into the specifics, is that ok?”

The Progenitor Fiendess stared at him and stayed silent.

Seeing that, Empress Li Yang followed up: 『 Us Tianma only considers Soul Artifacts to be treasures. Soul Artifacts are manifested from Laws of the soul, allowing us Tianma to control and use together with Soul Points, unleashing the power of the Laws hidden inside them 』

『 Soul Artifacts are extremely rare, they almost never appear in any world. In fact, as long as a living being knows how to use Soul Points, they can use Soul Artifacts 』

『 That’s why Soul Artifacts are also the most precious treasures of the 900 million World Layers 』

『 Whenever a Soul Artifact is found, a rain of blood and war will soon follow, us Tianma would dispatch troops to join in the struggle for the Soul Artifacts as well 』

Gu Qing Shan spoke: “I see, then I have another question, how many Soul Artifacts do you have?”

『 How many? You must be mad, I myself only have a single one 』Empress Li Yang answered.

“How did you obtain it?”

『 When I took over the title of Empress, Mother gave it to me 』

“Did you not try to join in the struggle for another one like you said?”

Li Yang chuckled bitterly and looked to the Progenitor Fiendess.

The Progenitor mockingly explained: 『 A Soul Artifact can only be used with Soul Points, each one of them is so powerful that the first to obtain them can easily become the king of a world. Otherwise why do you think so many worlds go to war with each other? 』

“In other words, Soul Artifacts are in fact extremely rare” Gu Qing Shan mused a bit about this information.

He went silent.

『 Brat, what tricks are you trying to pull now? 』the Progenitor Fiendess pursued.

“It’s not really a trick, but…”

Gu Qing Shan muttered, then turned to Laura.

As Laura’s eyes met with his, she was a bit surprised.

Then she suddenly recalled what Gu Qing Shan told her before.

“I need to ask you, are you willing to do everything in your power to avenge your parents?” he asked.

“I’m willing to do everything in my power”

“Are you willing to pay any price to destroy the [Worlds Apocalypse Online] that’s imprisoned in this world?” he asked again.

“I’m willing to pay any price, even if it’s my own life, as long as Triste doesn’t win!”

…

Laura slowly understood.

So that’s what he meant.

She grabbed something from the void of space.

A small backpack appeared in her hand.

Laura looked down, searching through her backpack while mumbling: “And I thought it would be some sort of really heavy price, so it’s just a Soul Artifact…”

While saying so, she walked towards Gu Qing Shan.

Ilya and her guards followed close behind.

After a bit of searching, Laura gave something to Gu Qing Shan.

“This is a Soul Artifact” she said.

Gu Qing Shan received it from her to see that it was a spear.

A bronze spear that was little heavy, giving off a faint sense of sharpness and coldness as you held it in your hand.

Gu Qing Shan casually tossed it over to Empress Li Yang.

“Can you take a look and tell me what you think about this?” Gu Qing Shan said.

Empress Li Yang opened her eyes wide, catching the bronze spear while still in disbelief.

『 What are you—— 』she hesitantly asked.

“Just try it” Gu Qing Shan told her.

Empress Li Yang then held the spear in hand, slowly infusing it with Soul Points.

A white glow appeared on the spear, slowly moving into Li Yang’s body.

Li Yang closed her eyes and silently felt it.

『 Hm… so it’s like this… 』she muttered.

A second later, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and moved.

Her body turned into a sharp and cold shadow that moved in a flash.

At the very next moment, she had returned to where she was.

Fast!

Too fast!

If you hadn’t been paying attention to her closely, you’d think it was just an illusion that she disappeared just now.

—boom!

It was now that the sonic boom managed to catch up.

The divine temple under the sea broke and crumbled like it was struck by a meteor.

The Tianma sisters all gasped.

That divine temple was made by the Old Gods, although it didn’t have divinity protection, it had still received their blessing and wasn’t something you could easily destroy.

But Li Yang managed to completely destroy it in the blink of an eye.

『 This is a very decent Soul Artifact 』Li Yang commented.

She was a bit unwilling to part with the spear, but still tossed it back to Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan didn’t receive it, instead lightly tapping the tip of the spear.

The bronze spear flew back into Empress Li Yang’s hands.

『 What are you—- 』she hesitantly spoke.

“It’s for you” Gu Qing Shan replied.

Li Yang was shocked.

The other Tianma shouted: “Big sister, accept it quickly, this is an attack-type Soul Artifact!”

The Progenitor Fiendess pursed her lips tight, not giving any comments for now.

『 Why give it to me? 』 Li Yang stared at Gu Qing Shan and softly asked.

“A deposit”

『 ——deposit? 』

“That’s right, I’m inviting you to cooperate once again, help me kill the 2 million demonized, this Soul Artifact will be my deposit”

Gu Qing Shan continued: “Of course, after the work is done, besides this Soul Artifact, you can have all 2 million souls of those demonized people”

The entire place went silent.

2 million demonized souls.

A few Tianma couldn’t help themselves and began to breathe heavily.

My heavens!

An entire world!

An attack-type Soul Artifact!

2 million demonized souls!

This is truly——-

Truly——

Let’s ignore the Tianma’s inner storms for now.

Laura stood on one side, watching the entire process.

She silently pulled on Gu Qing Shan’s sleeve and spoke to him using telepathy.

“Is that really ok?” she asked.

“Of course, to make someone else work for you, you need to pay them—– or are you reluctant to let go of that Soul Artifact?” Gu Qing Shan asked her back.

“Ah, it’s not that, it’s not that, I’m just a bit… a bit…”

“Just tell me, there’s no need to hide anything from me”

“I just checked again and that one seems to be the worst out of all the Soul Artifacts I have. Won’t it be a bit insincere for us to just offer something of that level?”

Gu Qing Shan: “…”

Across from them, Li Yang held the bronze spear and stood there, stunned for a while.

She then suddenly walked in front of the Progenitor Fiendess and knelt down.

『 Mother, I dedicate this Soul Artifact to you 』

Li Yang respectfully said.

The Progenitor Fiendess looked closely at the bronze spear offered to her.

This is a rare attack-type Soul Artifact.

One strike from it was able to destroy the Old God’s divine temple.

And that was just a casual strike by Li Yang.

If it was in my hands, and if I were to unleash the full power of this treasure…

The Progenitor Fiendess sighed.

『 Li Yang, it seems I wasn’t mistaken after all, the title of Tianma Empress really should be in your hands 』

Saying so, she accepted the Soul Artifact.