Chapter 1218: Stranded

Among the silence, an old voice spoke:

“According to the Spire Association’s newest information, the first mage to reach lv 35 has appeared in this world, he had expressed that everything felt normal, as well as gratitude towards everyone’s concerns and support so far”

“Having gained your strength today, what do you think were the biggest contributing factors?”

Another slightly nervous voice replied:

“Firstly, I believe that this was thanks to me carrying [Human Regiment], through completing the various cultivation quests, my own strength had grown greatly, all this was thanks to Lady Darksea’s aid”

“Of course, I would still like to thank that amorous man the most—– everyone should know the one I’m referring to”

“Without that amorous man’s Dance and sword, I would have forever fallen as history together with the world of the Spire, having no chance to be resurrected”

Sha!

As the newspaper was closed, the voice and sound all disappeared.

“What day is it today?”

Yun Ji threw the newspaper to one side and asked.

“The 19th day” Zhang Ying Hao replied.

“It’s so boring, the only thing to do every day is either cultivate or play cards, if we continue like this, I’m going to get rusty” Barry complained.

“Straight flush, I win! Pay up, pay up, I’m telling you all right now, don’t try to run without paying” Chen Wang said.

They were playing cards.

The door was pushed open, several pixies flew in.

“Oi, what’s so fun about staying here, come out and join our drinking banquet” the long-bearded old man said while being completely wasted.

“No way!” the four people shouted at once.

Zhang Ying Hao rubbed his temples and muttered: “You’ve already hosted 35 consecutive banquets to celebrate victory; can’t you rest for 1 day?”

The long-bearded old man blew raspberries at him, jumped onto the card table, and pointed at him with his short club: “Time is always lacking, it’s been so long since we got isolated and had some time to enjoy ourselves, and you’re here playing cards? Don’t you know we’re going to face the now-insane main body of the Abyss and the Samsara world once we get out?”

Everyone stayed silent.

Seeing that this card match couldn’t continue, Barry stood up and said: “Let’s go, Ying Hao, we’re sparring”

Zhang Ying Hao pondered for a second.

———after carrying [Worlds Apocalypse Online: Human Regiment], Barry had gotten increasingly stronger by the day.

But one night of drinking with the pixie will make your head hurt for the entire next day, which feels extremely uncomfortable.

Comparing the two, sparring is much better.

“Just in time, my close combat cultivation quest still hasn’t begun today, Lady Darksea, please help me activate the quest”

Zhang Ying Hao answered.

He then stood up and followed Barry outside.

The long-bearded old man stared at him, then at Barry, but didn’t say anything else.

Barry is the boss of the Justice Iron Fist Club.

That very amorous man was also a member of the Iron Fist Club.

Can’t offend them.

Alright, that’s fine, there’s still two others—–

Huh?

When the long-bearded old man turned back to the card table, Yun Ji had already vanished without a trace, only Chen Wang sat there counting his money, calculating how much he had actually won or lost through the entire session.

“Seriously, the bunch of you, hmph, can’t even enjoy yourselves at the moment. By the time we get out, you’re all going to cry” the long-bearded old man scoffed in irritation.

“Get out?”

Chen Wang collected all the money, then casually replied: “We’ve already been stranded here for so long, who knows when we’re going to get out? So let’s not think too much about that just yet”

He stretched his back and stood up: “Let’s go, I’ll join you for a drink”

The long-bearded old man was extremely delighted and replied: “Ahaha, sure enough, Lord Chen is a man among men. There’s very few people who’s willing to drink with us pixies nowadays, you’re definitely the one with the strongest tolerance for alcohol among humans”

“Naturally, the first time Barry went drinking, it was me who took him”

“Oh? How much did you drink?”

“Not that much, that place isn’t a place to drink”

“Not a place to drink?”

“There’s no need for you pixies to understand human affairs too much, you wouldn’t get it anyways…”

…

Barry and Zhang Ying Hao followed the stairs to the highest floor of the Spire, went through the door, and walked outside.

Kitty was sitting on the edge of a stone wall with both legs hanging down, happily writing something in a book.

Ye Ru Xi was standing next to her, carefully reading another book.

She pondered: “Kitty, this chapter 5 of yours is a bit too fast-paced, and the descriptions are too detailed, would this be a bit…”

Kitty waved her hand dismissively and replied: “It’ll be fine, we’re stranded here anyways so no one can complain to me. I’m going to prepare a few more chapters so I can release a new book when we get out, 100,000 words’ worth of chapters on day one, I’d like to see someone tell me that I put in too many cliffhangers now! Hahaha”

She laughed triumphantly.

Ye Ru Xi displayed a complicated expression.

Placing the book down, she sighed: “Get out… I really wonder how long it’ll take until we can get out”

Everyone couldn’t help themselves from looking up at the sky.

The entire world of the Spire was surrounded by a glittering bubble of light, preventing everything from going in or out.

Outside the bubble of light was the vast River of Time, countless moments, people, and scenes of history were quickly flowing past them.

——the world of the Spire was now like an island that floated in the great river, being carried by the flow.

No one could leave this island.

Similarly, everything that occurred outside couldn’t affect this island in the slightest.

A figure flew in from afar and landed on the top floor of the Spire.

Ye Fei Li.

Everyone looked at him.

“Any changes today?” Barry asked.

Ye Fei Li shrugged and replied: “He’s still immersed in that final sword strike since Anna is watching him, I went back”

Barry clapped his hands: “Alright, let’s get back to our own business then. Since we’ve carried [Order], let’s continue cultivating. We need to make sure that as soon as the bubble of light disappears and we return to the normal timeline, everyone will have enough strength to fight against the Wraith realm”

“Of course, as for the Abyss——-”

His gaze turned to a secluded corner.

Boss was sitting on a deck chair in the corner, drinking a canned drink sip by sip.

Sensing Barry’s gaze, he slowly put the canned drink down and replied:

“I’ve told you many times. As soon as we left, the Eternal Abyss would no longer have any reinforcement. Furthermore, because of the losing battle, it sensed some sort of threat and completely woke up”

“You all had better pray not to run into the awakened Eternal Abyss, otherwise, it only needs to sense you for you to die from being unable to endure its perception”

“What about you? Since you’re the Abyssal King, can you make it fall back into slumber?” Ye Ru Xi asked.

Boss smiled bitterly: “When it’s still sleeping, I can help it manage everything, but once it had awakened, flaunting my supposed authority just means I’m afraid I won’t die quick enough”

“What exactly is the Abyss’ main body actually like?” Ye Fei Li asked.

“…A few scattered organs, similar to a human, but couldn’t reform into a complete body” Boss replied.

“The first thing to awaken would be the eyeball, but I don’t know anything after that”

After answering, he picked up the canned drink and continued to drink it sip by sip.

Zhang Ying Hao sighed and replied: “The Eternal Abyss, the Wraith realm, the Samsara——– the world outside is truly terrifying. Right now, I miss the time back in our homeworld, when I still didn’t know anything”

Ye Fei Li nodded in agreement.

Seeing everyone a bit dejected, Kitty put her pen down and said: “It’s ok, we still have Gu Qing Shan”

An old man wearing a pointy hat flew in from afar, then followed-up on her words: “That is indeed the case. That final sword strike of his resurrected everyone who lost their lives during the battle of the Spire, then bypassed the Laws of Time and Fate to create this oasis separated from the River of Time. This is a feat not even the Gods managed to accomplish, I feel like as long as he’s around, we would be able to deal with any danger”

The old man greeted each person here.

——–he was the chairman of the Spire Keeper Association. He originally died from the Soul Shrieker’s soul absorption skill, but his fate was reversed thanks to Gu Qing Shan’s final sword strike and now lived once more.

“Old man, why are you here?” Barry asked.

“I’ve just performed a Divination together with the Forecaster of Calamity, Yun Ji. We predicted that Gu Qing Shan would soon awaken from his deep immersion” the chairman of the Spire Keeper Association replied.

“””WHAT!?””” everyone shouted in unison.

Kitty leapt to her feet and said: “Come, let’s go take a look”

She immediately vanished into the void.

The others also flew away towards the faraway region of the world.

…

The battlefield.

Gu Qing Shan stood motionlessly.

His four swords silently hovered behind him.

For the past 19 days, he had kept his eyes closed while immersed in that final sword strike.

The seventh strike of the Ultimate Sword Dance.

———Last Sacrificial Sword, [Sacrifice of Infinite Worlds Resurrection].