Chapter 1304: Despairing Rise

The chains were thrown that coiled around the wraith leader’s body.

At this point, the effects of [Starflame War God]’s Skill [Conquer] had already ended, so the old man had regained his clarity.

Watching the iron chains spiraling towards him, he was shocked.

“Stay your hands!”

He shouted to his subordinates.

Eight sets of chains bounded him tightly.

The old man looked at the casters in the sky and smiled bitterly: “It was this old man’s impertinence this time, please escort me to the City Lord, I shall make up for my mistakes directly”

The Wraith realm humans exchanged glances.

How did the situation suddenly turn to this?

The old man had already signaled to them with his eyes, telling them not to act rashly.

They could only remain still.

In the sky, the leader of the casters sighed and shook his head: “Elder Du, hah. Let’s go face the City Lord, he shall give his verdict personally”

With a wave of his hand, his eight subordinates lightly pulled their chains and disappeared together with the old man.

Before the old man disappeared, he stared closely at Gu Qing Shan.

“Fiend, I shall look for you later”

He sent his voice.

Gu Qing Shan’s expression remained unchanged and gave no answer.

At this point, the caster leader landed, standing in front of Gu Qing Shan and Crow.

“You should leave, the responsibility of this matter won’t fall upon the both of you” he said.

Crow glanced at the Wraith realm humans again, then grinned: “Very well. Next time you garbage try to pick a fight with us, make sure to write your wills”

The Wraith realm humans glared back at him.

“If this wasn’t Void City, you would have already been refined into ghosts” one of them couldn’t help but snap back.

Crow coldly scoffed and replied: “I’ll be waiting, come to the Hitman Guild whenever you’re ready”

The two maids led the way for Crow and Gu Qing Shan to leave the City Lord’s manor.

Just as they left the area, Crow immediately summoned a black bird, whispered a few words to it, then sent the black bird away.

“I reported the matter to the old man, lest he would be confused when the Wraith realm comes to attack in the future” Crow explained to Gu Qing Shan.

Under the shroud of night, shadows filled the city.

Although there weren’t too many people on the streets; every bar, casinos, nightclubs, and restaurants were filled with living beings.

The Void City nightlife had only just begun.

Crow’s expression was now filled with caution and thought, not at all concerned with playing around.

Gu Qing Shan gave his analysis: “We just happened to be caught in this matter, this was most likely an impulsive decision on their side as well, wanting to use us to display their strength”

Crow nodded in agreement: “I also think so, but if other people want to use us as stepping stones, we’re not going to happily let them do it”

Crow suddenly patted his shoulder and said: “You need to be careful, your sword is able to counter their ability, so they’ll probably go cause some trouble with you later on”

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent.

Not ‘probably’, but ‘definitely’.

That ‘Elder Du’ will surely come to find me again.

——-for the Six Paths Great Mountain sword.

Gu Qing Shan turned his thoughts a bit, purposely acted confused, and asked: “I heard that among the Samsara worlds, the Tomb of Myriad Beasts has fused a lot more of their world’s fragments, so they should be much more powerful compared to the Wraith realm. Then why do I very rarely see anyone from the Tomb of Myriad Beasts, instead it’s the Wraith realm humans that freely boast their strength every day in Void City?”

Crow explained: “The Tomb of Myriad Beasts had excavated a great Samsara tomb, which would occasionally cause Apocalypses to descent upon their world, they’re mostly busy with keeping themselves alive”

“As for the Wraith realm——”

Crow shook his head, then lowered his voice: “I shouldn’t tell you this, but since you’ve offended them for the honor of the Guild, it wouldn’t be too unreasonable to tell you”

“The strongest assets of the Wraith realm are their Life Talismans, the yaksha mask Guise Hexes, and their Causality Law treasures”

“Among them, the Life Talismans are the cruelest, utilizing the lifeforce of living beings to perform unimaginable and inconceivable feats; their yaksha masks contain infallible power that cannot be defended against; while their tools contain a lot of Causality Law techniques——-”

“These three powers have already surpassed many worlds, placing them among the top of first-rate worlds, but from some unknown sources, they even managed to obtain a few Immortal Crafts”

When speaking of Immortal Crafts, Crow appear a bit unsure: “I don’t really know that much about Immortal Crafts, apparently they’re the strongest magic of the Samsara”

“With all of that combined, the Wraith realm is actually strong, incredibly strong”

“You have to be cautious against them”

Gu Qing Shan nodded when hearing that.

In the Yama Heavenly realm, he had faced a servant of Cang Wu Zhang, who had a pair of golden chopsticks that contained Causality Law, it was capable of stopping three consecutive attacks regardless of strength as long as it was used.

Cang Wu Zhang has also displayed the power of Life Talismans. If not for him using a Life Talisman to have his subordinates die in his stead, I would have already killed him.

It’s truly strange.

Why is the Wraith realm so powerful?

Gu Qing Shan muttered to himself while walking with Crow back to the Hitman Guild.

Although it was very late, several staff members were already waiting in the main lobby.

Crow was escorted by the staff members, saying that the Guild Master summoned him.

Qin was also there waiting for Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan was brought by her into an underground room of the Guild.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a while. The Guild Master has approved of your promotion, but there are a few formalities that must be done first” Qin said.

Gu Qing Shan sat down across from her, rubbing his hand:

“Why do I feel like there are more formalities for being promoted to Unsolvable rank compared to before?”

“Of course” Qin smiled, “Because Unsolvable rank is the true beginning—— here, first you will need to sign this agreement”

Qin handed him a contract.

Gu Qing Shan received and skimmed over it, only to see a clause:

[I hereby swear, unless absolutely necessary, I shall not affect any worlds during combat, nor destroy any worlds]

Followed by a place to sign.

Gu Qing Shan was surprised and asked: “This is——-”

Qin smiled: “Every person who officially joins Void City must sign this”

“The reason?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“Because everyone is very strong, it’s highly easy for anyone to destroy an entire world with a lift of their hand or feet. This is to ask people to refrain from doing such a thing”

Qin further explained: “The Apocalypses have destroyed enough worlds already. If we also go around destroying worlds as we pleased, the space vortex would eventually grow desolate and sparse, world origin power and the Laws of reality would also gradually weaken, thus affecting everyone”

Gu Qing Shan delightfully agreed: “Alright, I’ll sign——- will a codename be enough?”

“Your codename also falls under the restraints of the contract, it’s ok” Qin replied.

Gu Qing Shan received the pen, then signed it with his new codename [Dragon King of Atrocity Jail].

Qin was surprised at the codename.

“I forgot to mention, I’ve just gone to change my codename” Gu Qing Shan explained.

Qin finally understood and replied: “Then your previous data and profiles must be changed, please wait a moment, I’ll deal with that”

She waved her hand to summon a dozen different sets of files.

After quickly finishing this, she reached her hands into the void of space and pulled out a large carton box.

“After being promoted to Unsolvable rank, the Guild relied upon your fighting style and strength to form a general assessment, thus providing you with the appropriate equipment based on that”

Qin took out an old book, a set of black leather armor, a ring, and an ID card from the box.

She first explained:

“This is a copy of a grimoire that has the record the [Flowing Shadow Steps] movement technique, which can increase your flexibility in combat”

“Your Dragon Rider armor is now redundant, you can now change it to this Darkness Ambush armor, it’s both lighter and stronger defensively”

“How much stronger?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“Around three times stronger compared to the Dragon Rider armor” Qin replied.

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but click his tongue.

Qin then handed the ring to Gu Qing Shan, explaining:

“This ring can be used as a storage device, as well as sending information to the Guild and asking for reinforcement through it”

She then handed him the ID card: “This is your identification card. You can look up information in the Guild’s archive through it, use it to access the Guild’s points exchanging platform, as well as enter certain unique worlds that the Guild set up for training”

Observing each of the intricate items, Gu Qing Shan silently confirmed Xiao Die’s words, sure enough, only by reaching Unsolvable rank would a Hitman be officially recognized as a member of the Guild.

He took the ring and card, donned the leather armor, then picked up the ‘Flowing Shadow Steps’ grimoire.

“About this book, if I don’t want it, can I exchange it for another one?” he asked.

The War God UI instantly displayed the notification from [War God Skills]:

[Discovered grimoire: Flowing Shadow Steps]

[This is an assassin’s ambushing movement technique, capable of manifesting seven to eight flowing shadows that obscure your true body]

[Would you like to spend 100,000 Soul Points to learn this movement technique?]

Gu Qing Shan answered right away: “Yes”

A warm flow emerged from the grimoire, flowing through his arm around his body before settling inside his Thought Sea.

[Ting]!

[You’ve mastered Flowing Shadow Steps]

Hearing his question, Qin nodded: “We’ve also considered that possibility. If you don’t want to study this grimoire, the Guild had also prepared one other grimoire for you to choose from”

She received the [Flowing Shadow Steps] grimoire back from Gu Qing Shan’s hand, then took out another grimoire.

“As you are a Hitman specializing in sword techniques, we’ve analyzed your fighting style and chose this cultivators’ Secret Art from the vault”

“It is the highest level sword-related Secret Art in the vault, which should be capable of improving your fighting strength—— I hope that you’ll accept this, as sword-related Secret Arts are rare, and this is the only one suitable for you in the vault” Qin patiently explained.

Gu Qing Shan asked: “If I chose ‘Flowing Shadow Steps’, would I have had no way to obtain this Secret Art?”

Qin replied: “No, you would have been able to exchange accumulated points for it”

Gu Qing Shan then received the Secret Art.

Once again, [War God Skills] activated.

Lines of glowing text appeared:

[Discovered swordsmanship grimoire: Despairing Rise]

[This is a sword Secret Art; you must spend 800,000 Soul Points in order to comprehend it]

[If you do not wish to spend Soul Points, with your swordsmanship skills, you will be able to fully grasp this Secret Art after 10 days of intense training]

Gu Qing Shan shook his head.

It’s not that I’m unwilling to train, in fact, slowly training a new sword technique for 10 days is highly interesting.

Unfortunately, I’m currently lacking time more than anything else, not to mention there’s no shortage of Soul Points right now.

——after all, I obtained 300 million Soul Points from killing the Judge of Living Beings’ Fate.

“I’ll spend the Soul Points”

Gu Qing Shan replied.

A warm flow emerged from the grimoire and entered his Thought Sea.

New lines of glowing text appeared accordingly:

[You’ve comprehended the Secret Art: Despairing Rise]

[Secret Art: Despairing Rise, when you block an enemy’s attack, you can immediately activate this technique to send an enemy flying]

[Note: While the enemy is in a ‘sent flying’ state, your next three consecutive strikes will each be twice as strong as the last]

What a good sword technique!

Gu Qing Shan was delighted.

I didn’t think I’d obtain such an excellent Secret Art by entering the Hitman Guild!

Qin clapped her hand and casually asked: “Alright, then I’ve told you everything you need to know. Would you like to take on the next job now?”

“No, I think I’d like to go visit a friend now” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“Understood, you can contact me at any time” Qin smiled and left the room.

Gu Qing Shan sat still for a bit, then suddenly muttered:

“Tch—— to covet my sword, I don’t want to let you live for even a minute longer”

Behind him, four swords slowly appeared from the void of space, giving off a faint vibration.