Chapter 1160: The Demon Dragon’s entrustment (1)

Cang Wu Zhang left without turning back.

The wraiths in the room remained with their heads down, not having the courage to say a single word.

One of them was a Wraith Might, while the other used to be a Wraith Might.

Neither of them were people they could arbitrarily offend, and now that their conflict had been pushed into the open, who knows what would occur next?

In such a situation, how could any Wraith General dare speak up?

Remaining in her seat, the black-cloaked woman placed the book in her hand onto the table.

“You’re all dismissed, wait outside”

She curtly ordered.

“Understood” the wraiths hurriedly stood up, before bowing and dismissing themselves

The woman sat still, pondering for a while.

She remained motionless like a wax statue for a long time before standing up and making her way to the back of the audience hall.

This private room was even bigger than the audience hall in front, and much more vacant, with only a single wraith statue being worshipped here.

The black-cloaked woman raised an incense stick with both hands, placing it into the incense pot, then knelt down on one knee in front of the statue.

A few moments later.

The incense stick began burning by itself, exuding a faint mist.

The entire wraith statue seemed to become considerably more life-like as it gazed down at the woman.

As she saw the incense being burnt, the woman prostrated to the statue and spoke: “Your subordinate greets you, Wraith Lord”

An aloof and curt voice responded from the statue:

[What is it?]

The black-cloaked woman replied: “I have failed”

The voice paused briefly before spitting out a single word: [Speak]

The black-cloaked woman explained: “I used the Thousand Demon Eroding Insect Hex, but the Huang Quan Devil King completely destroyed it”

The statue questioned: [Your hex was well-selected; how did you fail? Did the Huang Quan Devil King not fall for it?]

“I used it on the Demon Dragon, the Huang Quan Devil King fell for it, but he did not die” the black-cloaked woman replied.

The wraith statue remained silent for a moment before muttering: [So even after the Demon Dragon’s life was expended, he still wasn’t killed…]

The black-cloaked woman bowed down and didn’t respond.

The wraith statue gradually spoke up again: [With your original plan, this would have killed the Demon Dragon, allowed us to retrieve both his and the Huang Quan Devil King’s powers as new hex insects, while also resolving the mission I gave you to have Cang Wu Zhang meticulously trained under you for a while… this was a perfect plan that would accomplish three goals at once, but regretfully, the Huang Quan Devil King was more capable than you had anticipated]

The black-cloaked woman replied: “This subordinate made a mistake; she awaits the Wraith Lord’s punishment”

The statue replied: [You are not to blame, in truth, that Huang Quan Devil King’s capabilities were also above my anticipation]

For a split second, the black-cloaked woman’s face displayed a hint of surprise.

The three Wraith Lords were the rulers of the Wraith realm, they held the absolute right to kill in their hands, never once repeated themselves, and yet one of them had openly admitted his mistake in front of her.

This was unprecedented.

The voice seemed to hold some rarely displayed emotions unbefitting of the Wraith Lord as it continued: [Within the infinite worlds, numerous mighty and talented individuals had participated within this grand war, vying for the right to survive within the Apocalypse; it is completely reasonable for us to occasionally run into a few roadblocks along the way]

[I do not care about the Huang Quan Devil King, because death would be his only ending]

The wraith statue paused swiftly before continuing: [Go, Yu, watch over Wu Zhang for me. Do everything in your power to ensure his safety, even if you have to utilize more people]

The black-cloaked woman hesitantly said: “Understood, sir, but our mission here…”

The wraith statue replied: [That is no matter, the three of us will soon arrive at the front lines]

The black-cloaked woman trembled and whispered: “Then, sir Wraith Lords will personally enter the battlefield?”

The wraith statue replied in a low voice: [Indeed, the Eternal Abyss will soon fall]

The black-cloaked woman commented with delight: “So it turns out that the Eternal Abyss could no longer endure it”

[That is so] the wraith statue replied, [I originally wanted Wu Zhang to be trained under your guidance for a while, but now that the Eternal Abyss is about to be conquered by us, it would probably be best to have him be reinstated as a Wraith Might]

“Yes!” the black-cloaked woman replied.

The wraith statue ordered: [Do it personally, bring as many men as you think are sufficient, cripple that Huang Quan Devil King and leave his life for Wu Zhang to kill]

“As you wish” the black-cloaked woman answered.

[Return with the twin swords Heaven and Earth, and this contribution shall be accounted to you]

After stating that, the wraith statue returned to normal.

The black-cloaked woman waited for a while longer before standing up to leave.

Her black cloak suddenly fell to the ground, revealing the snow-white bare skin beneath.

A black armored bodysuit appeared over her body.

Followed by a full set of black armor that exuded the deep determination to kill.

She pushed the gate of the audience hall and declared to the generals waiting outside: “Relay my orders”

The generals swiftly knelt down and shouted in response: “This humble general awaits your order”

The black-cloaked woman’s expression was blank as she curtly declared: “All troops move out; we shall head to the 900 million World Layers”

A general doubtfully asked: “Ma’am, what are we heading there for?”

The black-cloaked woman glanced at him briefly before replying: “The war is about to be over, but the Eternal Abyss’ greatest Divine Artifact is still lingering outside, we shall retrieve and offer it up to the Wraith Lord”

“Yes, ma’am!”

…

A certain point in the past.

A strange world.

The orange cat was sitting on top of a red brick house.

Lines of glowing text appeared in front of his eyes:

[The Thousand Demon Eroding Insect Hex had been fully absorbed]

[You will now begin to absorb the Demon Dragon’s power]

[Attention! Attention!]

[The Demon Dragon’s soul remains within his power without leaving, would you like to consume his soul to convert into your Soul Points?]

The orange cat’s eyes flickered.

After some pondering, he shook his head.

Even without the War God UI’s reminder, he could already sense the other party’s soul.

Strange…

I’ve clearly let his soul go, so why hasn’t he left?

The orange cat closed his eyes and entered his Thought Sea.

A muscular man with a pair of horns on top of his head stood lingering at the edge of his Thought Sea, not moving forward or retreating.

He simply stood there with his hands behind his back, as if waiting for something.

The Demon Dragon.

Gu Qing Shan appeared and stood in front of him.

“Why haven’t you left? Still feeling attached to your powers?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

The Demon Dragon replied: 「 As a wandering soul, only within your Thought Sea would I be able to say a few things to you 」

“Oh? Now what did you want to tell me?” Gu Qing Shan questioned.

The Demon Dragon said: 「 Before my death, I actually still had plenty of means to risk my life against yours, which could have at least caused you to be wounded, but I discovered the existence of that hex insect 」

His eyes peered into the void, completely losing focus.

「 That hex insect couldn’t even wait to take over my body, like a pawn that had been set up or a puppet to be controlled 」

「 I immediately understood everything 」

Gu Qing Shan frowned and continued: “Being stabbed in the back by your own allies, that truly would cause one’s heart to turn cold”

The Demon Dragon couldn’t help but question: 「 I have one final doubt—— that Thaumaturgy of yours could clearly devour my everything, so why did you not consume my soul? 」

Gu Qing Shan replied: “Souls aren’t part of my cooking ingredients”

The Demon Dragon questioned further: 「 Aren’t you afraid that I would return again? 」

Gu Qing Shan answered: “I can kill you once today, and I can kill you an infinite amount of times later on”

The Demon Dragon laughed self-deprecatingly: 「 So that was how it was. How ironic, the person behind me wishes for me to be devoured whole, while my enemy spared my soul 」

Gu Qing Shan casually said: “No need to feel grateful towards me, because I’ve already killed countless souls. I merely feel that this strength was something you’ve laboriously accumulated over time and that your work ethics was personally commendable; since I’m taking everything you have, I should at least leave you something as compensation, that is my principle of transaction”

“But since you’re already dead, and I have nothing else to give you, so I’d at least leave your soul with a way to reincarnate”

The Demon Dragon silently listened and paused for a long time.

「 Gu Qing Shan, I’ve been imprisoned in the Demon Dragon’s body and walked in the darkness for my entire life, I’ve already forgotten how it feels to be a human 」

「 For over ten thousand years, no one had regarded me as a human 」

「 I gave my everything, only to end up this way 」

「 After giving it a lot of thought, before I leave, I want to ask you to do something 」

Gu Qing Shan chuckled and put up his hand: “Wait a minute, regardless of what you’re asking, I won’t necessarily agree right away”

「 Why not? 」the Demon Dragon narrowed his eyes and questioned.

“As you know, I’m recently very busy. The fate of the 900 million World Layers is about to be decided; [Order] will also need to be evolved very soon; I will also need to consider how to deal with [Chaos]; and since I’m also the ally of the Abyss, having received help from it so many times, I’ll have to help it in the war; and then I’ve also promised Lin to take her to the Reality Gate, there simply are too many things for me to do” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The Demon Dragon silently listened and nodded: 「 Indeed you’re a very busy person 」

Gu Qing Shan pondered: “How about this, you can first tell me what you want to be done; after everything is over with, I’ll have the time to travel the infinite worlds and witness things and meet people I’ve never seen before. At that time, if your request wouldn’t harm anyone, I’ll give you a hand and accomplish it”

“This is the least bit of respect I’m willing you pay you as an enemy”

Gu Qing Shan thought a bit, then added: “I hope that after I accomplish your final request, you’ll be able to live properly in your next life; don’t be a spy again, not only is it a tough job, the treatment is also terrible”

“Ah right, don’t try and come to be for revenge, I actually don’t like to kill people too much”

The Demon Dragon observed Gu Qing Shan for a long while before speaking: 「 You want to retire? That’s a nice thought, unfortunately…」

“Unfortunately what?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

「 The Eternal Abyss is going to be destroyed today 」