Chapter 987: A Killing Blow

At the same time.

Outside the bronze gate.

Black Crow and Black Hound both noticed something.

「 How strange, what would arrive at this point in time? 」Black Hound muttered.

“I sense an extremely familiar presence” Black Crow commented.

「 I will guard this place; you go check the situation 」Black Hound said.

“Alright”

Black Crow flapped its wings and flew out from the Sanctuary.

It landed on top of the Holy Church of Death’s main cathedral and looked up at the sky.

The Pope of the Holy Church of Death had already led his men and prepared to face the opposition in the sky.

“Who is it? Who dares to barge into the Holy Church of Death without any warnings!” the Pope shouted.

Far above the sky, the Pope of the Holy Church of Mysteries appeared.

He had descended above the Holy Church of Death.

“Church of Death, I am the Pope of Mystery. I heard that you were fighting against the civilization that thrived on top of an Abyssal Behemoth, and so we’ve come to aid you” the Pope of Mystery declared.

The Pope of Death’s eyes turned sharp and signaled his subordinates with his hand.

Instantly, every Death formation inscribed around the wilderness of this world activated at once, manifesting as a Divine Craft that protected the Holy Church of Death.

The Pope of Mystery squinted his eyes and coldly smirked:

“What is this? Is this how you treat your comrades?”

The Pope of Death curtly replied: “You only came after the war was over, did you really think I’d buy your nonsense?”

The Pope of Mystery shrugged and spoke with a relaxed tone: “You are correct. I should have arrived here much earlier, but due to a certain issue I encountered on the way, I couldn’t help but face a bit of delay”

“What kind of issue?” the Pope of Death reflexively questioned.

The Pope of Mystery replied: “Can’t you tell? [Chaos] is awakening”

With a grin on his face, he continued: “There is a hidden divine teaching within our inheritance, one that pointed out many secrets of the Gods behind each Holy Church”

“And regretfully, the God of Death had always been a loyal follower on the side of [Order]”

“As such, at the advent of the Era of [Chaos], all followers of Death become our natural enemies”

The Pope of Mystery then chanted an incantation.

The dark sky behind him was illuminated by the brilliance of Mystery.

Fully-armored figures appeared one after another.

The army of over 100,000 men from the Holy Church of Mystery emerged from within the void of space.

The Pope of Mystery looked down on the Holy Church of Death and declared: “Go, the more you kill, the stronger your power of [Chaos] shall grow, this was the teaching of our God from long ago”

The Pope of Mystery then raised his voice: “As true [Chaos], we shall leave no survivors, eliminate them all!”

“Yes!”

The army of 100,000 roared in response.

…

At another location.

The Soul Shrieker was swiftly moving through the space vortex.

All of a sudden, it seemed to have sensed something and abruptly stopped.

「『…Such intense feedback power 」』

『「 It seems the forces of the Chaotic Gods have recognized the advent of the Era and stepped out on stage 』」

「『 As the power of [Chaos] grows, so shall mine! 」』

「『 Aaaeeeee——-」』

The Soul Shrieker clutched its own body in pain.

Intense wind current drifted and swirled around its body until it finally turned into a spatial storm that swept everything around it away.

Standing at the eye of the storm, the Soul Shrieker hovered in place, its body constantly twitching and writhing.

The faces filled with despair appeared on its body but swiftly vanished.

Very quickly, its shoulders started to twitch and produced a pair of new arms.

Its skin was now covered in a black layer of runes.

「『 All Mysteries within the void are displaying their truth to me 」』

『「 I have—- 』」

「『 Grown powerful to an incredible degree 」』

The Soul Shrieker muttered, then suddenly turned its head towards a certain direction.

「『 Indeed, I can feel it 」』

「『 He is there, the final carrier of [Order] 」』

The Soul Shrieker’s eyes seemed to be able to peer through the vastness of space and observe exactly what it wanted to see.

「『 On an airship——— at the border of Riddle world in the 900 million World Layers 」』

The Soul Shrieker stared closely at the void, seemingly able to see [The Empress].

After a long while of thinking, it opened its four hands and looked down.

「『 With my current power, even though I’m still a bit from becoming a Deity, as long as I exert my full strength…」』

The Soul Shrieker soon made up its mind.

It put its four hands together, each of them performing a different seal.

It then looked towards the direction of Riddle world and whispered the incantation:

「『 Even through the vastness of the void and countless worlds, no one can stop the magnificence of [Chaos] 」』

『「 All enemies shall prostrate themselves at the feet of the will of [Chaos] 』」

「『 Legendary creature of [Chaos]! 」』

「『 You shall bring death to our enemies and place the final solid foundation for the Era of [Chaos]! 」』

As the Soul Shrieker chanted, surging faint grey fog started to manifest around its body.

The fog then converged and formed a mass of grey-colored light.

The light seemed almost sentient as the inside of it was constantly writhing and giving off sharp screeching noises.

The Soul Shrieker raised all four of its arms and shouted:

『「 Aaaaaaaa! Be swift, your only mission is——- 』」

『「 To kill him! 』」

Oom——–

The grey light shot from between the four arms through the void, bypassing the boundless void of space and countless worlds as it jetted towards Riddle world.

…

On the other side.

At the border of the Riddle world.

As Gu Qing Shan looked at the opposing people, he got his answer.

It isn’t [Order], then perhaps [Chaos] has already begun to spread?

Gu Qing Shan silently thought.

“This is [Chaos]”

Boss’ voice sounded.

The three of them turned back to see that Boss’ expression was very serious.

“[Chaos]? But the Soul Shrieker hasn’t appeared yet” Zhang Ying Hao said.

“The Era of [Chaos] had descended ahead of time——- I didn’t expect the Envoy of [Chaos] to be that flexible. The entirety of the 900 million World Layers will soon become the stronghold of [Chaos]” Boss replied.

Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.

This was exactly as I had thought.

“We need to hurry——- not good, don’t come near me”

Gu Qing Shan was about to say something, but changed his tone halfway through.

Without any warnings, he felt a great and heavy shadow of death passing through his heart.

Gu Qing Shan’s expression changed as he immediately activated [Ground Shrink] and vanished from the ship.

“What happened?” Zhang Ying Hao immediately asked.

“What’s going on?” Ye Fei Li was also anxious.

Boss looked up at the sky above.

Gu Qing Shan was standing in midair, staring at the faraway void.

A split second later.

Three swords appeared from the void behind him and swiftly flashed as they scattered into the void around them.

Gu Qing Shan drew a sword with an ancient design and held it tightly in his hand.

——-then that attack arrived.

As if the giant cluster of grey light had sentience, it immediately radiated intense killing intent as soon as it saw Gu Qing Shan.

With a loud screech, it charged towards Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan’s thoughts turned.

His three swords moved forward and performed the same Secret Art, [Torrent]

An intense tsunami of sword phantoms manifested from thin air.

But as the tsunami of sword phantoms clashed against the vicious grey light, they were easily shattered apart.

Chao Yin sword and the sleeping Heaven sword were easily sent flying, only the autumn water blue steel sword managed to stab into the grey light just a little bit.

Shi!

The grey light gave off an angry screech.

Bam!

The Six Paths Great Mountain sword was sent flying as well!

—–this cluster of grey light was simply too powerful!

Shannu’s desperate voice resounded in Gu Qing Shan’s heart: “No!”

Immediately, Gu Qing Shan’s sense of danger went haywire.

Shannu know all of my abilities and power.

But she felt despair from it.

This meant that the grey light is vastly more powerful than I can deal with.

And it seemed to be some sort of strange sentient creature.

At the next split second.

Without giving time for Gu Qing Shan to react any more, the grey light had arrived in front of him.

—–fast!

—-I can’t avoid it, it’s too fast. If I avoid it, it would catch up right away and consume me, I won’t even have a chance to retaliate!

That was all Gu Qing Shan had time to think about.

He raised the Earth sword and circulated all of his spirit energy into a single slash.

This slash was simple, an attack that didn’t use any Secret Art at all.

But Gu Qing Shan concentrated all of his swordsmanship experience into this single sword slash.

He gave up on any planning, any fluctuating emotions, and simply converged his everything into this attack.

This was a desperate attack!

And it was also the strongest attack he had ever performed!

The sound of vibration emerged from his sword.

As the Earth sword protected its wielder, it automatically used its own Thaumaturgy——-

[Earth’s Choice]!

[Earth Choice: Slay and extinguish all entities]

[Note: The stronger the target you wish to slay, the more Soul Points Earth’s Choice will cost]

Gu Qing Shan roared with all his might:

“CUTTTTTT——–IT!”

The Earth sword swung forward.

The void was slashed apart.

Space was slashed apart.

The grey cluster of light clashed against this attack.

Shi——-

An ear-piercing screech of desperation resounded in the ears of everyone here.

The bandits all clutched their heads and covered their ears and they dropped down from the sky.

The grey light was cut apart by Gu Qing Shan’s slash and slowly turned dim.

It then thoroughly vanished.

It had been slain!

Gu Qing Shan stood still in the void of space, still wielding his sword as he continued to breathe heavily.

Although it seemed like all he used was a single attack, that one attack was an abrupt, all-out attack for the sake of survival.

Gu Qing Shan was able to clearly feel that he was only an inch away from death.

If he wasn’t able to perform that attack in his desperation, he would have died just now.

The shadow of death had vanished from his spirit sense, but a certain feeling of pressure still remained.

Gu Qing Shan gazed towards the faraway void.

——the threat is still there.

That grey light did not appear out of coincidence.

Gu Qing Shan could faintly sense that something was observing the situation at this place from the faraway void.

Lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:

[Special note: You must thank all of your desperate efforts in the Age of Old because, without the revived Earth sword, you would have been devoured without leaving a scrap behind just now]

[This attack consumed all of your spirit energy]

[You’ve entered a state of weakness]

[Remaining Soul Points: 0/600]

[You killed the legendary creature of Chaos: Gloomy Devourer of God’s Corpse]

[Although you have the identity of a God, you are still only a mortal]

[Because of that, this was a kill that far surpassed your power level]

[The War God UI has absorbed all the Soul Points from the Gloomy Devourer of God’s Corpse]

[As you are in a state of life and death struggle, the obtained Soul Points will be fully under your jurisdiction]

[You obtained 3 million Soul Points]

[You obtained the unique Title: Enemy of Chaos (primary)]