Chapter 1436: 7th strongest

A great sense of danger enveloped Gu Qing Shan instincts.

He didn’t know what Reneedol would do, but he instinctively sensed it was something ominous.

As Reneedol disappeared, she reappeared right in front of Gu Qing Shan.

——–quite obviously, she was fully prepared to activate some sort of terrible power!

At that instant, Gu Qing Shan switched places with her.

[Shadow Shift]!

Reneedol paused, the technique she prepared had lost its target.

Behind her, Gu Qing Shan thrust his sword backwards!

“—–movement technique, I know that as well”

Reneedol shouted as they changed places once again.

This time, it was Gu Qing Shan’s turn to miss.

However, right as their positions were switched back, Gu Qing Shan had already finished making his preparations.

Without a hint of hesitation, his twin swords swung around from his back, before instantly activating a new sword seal.

——-Heaven sword [Freezing Frost], Earth sword [Parting Fire]!

A blue and a red arc of light erupted from the swords, reaching Reneedol’s neck in the mere blink of an eye.

Even if Reneedol could use all of Gu Qing Shan’s abilities, she was still considerably weaker compared to Gu Qing Shan when it came to personal resolution and decisiveness in combat.

Facing these two Divine Skills, Reneedol didn’t have the courage to block the attacks and instead turned into a mass of fog, disappearing on the spot.

She reappeared a short distance away, observing Gu Qing Shan with a confused expression.

In that instant, both sides had exchanged blows, ending up with neither side being able to do anything against the other.

Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.

I was fighting with full strength, and yet things still ended up this way.

On the other side, Reneedol asked:

“How interesting, this [Fog Realm Descent] is a World Technique, but the Law Behemoths aren’t paying any attention to the living beings of the world, so how are you able to use this World Technique?”

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent.

He looked down, only to see the red thread on his hand had abruptly scattered into numerous threads that coiled around his body.

The thread of death had literally tied him up.

—–what other preparations has Reneedol made?

While he was pondering on his next move, the girl in front of him had already spoken:

“I understand now, you’re carrying the power of Fate, you definitely have a Fate ability as well!”

Gu Qing Shan opened his mouth but stopped himself from asking.

——it’s not time yet.

Reneedol completely ignored his silence and continued speaking: “Fate cannot see through Fate, so I can only use your abilities, but not see through how strong you truly are”

Her gaze became excited as she swiftly continued: “But that’s easy to tell—— I’ve never seen anyone else whose strength I can’t see through, which means you’re exceptionally powerful, perhaps even the most powerful, so—–”

The darkness behind her opened up, manifesting as a huge all-encompassing net.

“I’ve determined that you’re the one I must devour”

Reneedol’s tone had become a bit insane.

As if it was alive, the net rapidly moved and began weaving itself, forming a featureless humanoid face that opened its mouth towards Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan felt alarms going off inside his head.

The red threads around his body were becoming increasingly thicker and tighter, inflicting him with a hallucination of a suffocating death.

Gu Qing Shan wanted to act but found that he was unable to move at all.

A line of glowing text swiftly appeared on the War God UI:

[You’ve been inflicted with the Fate Nightmare, you are temporarily unable to move]

Skimming through that, Gu Qing Shan’s mind moved quickly before he abruptly spoke:

“Your strength is certainly impressive; even the 7th strongest swordsman in the world like myself feels troubled dealing with you”

Right as Reneedol was about to use her ability, she froze.

7th strongest…

In the world?

She stared closely at Gu Qing Shan and slowly asked: “You’re the seventh strongest swordsman in the world?”

“That’s right, there are a total of ten Great Swordsmen, I rank the 7th among them all, hailed as Red Wraith, one worshipped by many” Gu Qing Shan replied without changing his expression.

Reneedol appeared disappointed without any reserve, muttering to herself: “Red Wraith? You’re very strong indeed, but my goal is…”

Reneedol subconsciously stopped her hand.

After a few moments of silence, she suddenly asked: “Red Wraith, who is the strongest swordsman in the world? And where is he?”

Gu Qing Shan replied with a grumble: “The strongest swordsman in the world is known by the name of Mara Heavenly King, he who resides in the far North”

Reneedol said: “But I heard that the far North was a barren and desolate place”

Gu Qing Shan continued: “That’s why the strongest among us likes to stay there”

Reneedol didn’t say anything in reply, as if thinking about whether or not Gu Qing Shan was actually telling the truth or not.

Gu Qing Shan could sense that she was regaining her calm, and was no longer as insane as before.

Even the featureless face behind her slowly faded away.

This woman.

—-no, this girl is still too young.

—-she wasn’t dumb, but she also didn’t understand the world very well, so I was able to easily deceive her.

Perhaps this was her only weakness, and as time went by, even this single weakness of hers would soon disappear.

Right as he thought of this, Gu Qing Shan suddenly asked: “You only received one kind of power from Fate, so how did you unleash that kind of attack earlier?”

Right as he asked this, he activated [See you once again]!

This wasn’t any normal technique; it was a unique ability he obtained from the Sacrificial Dance.

Reneedol’s expression became blank and answered: “The two wings were ripped from each other, one half belonging to me, the other belonging to Dusk”

“But this division, also caused the power of Fate to become warped somehow”

“I don’t even know what kind of ability I currently wield”

“It… is terrifying”

“I can’t risk myself by using it arbitrarily”

After answering him, Reneedol instantly returned to normal.

She stared straight at Gu Qing Shan, then took a step back: “If you’re not the strongest swordsman, then I think there’s no need for us to fight any further, killing you would only waste my power”

Gu Qing Shan didn’t answer.

——-Shannu, come.

He couldn’t move at all, only muttering in his mind.

At another location.

Gu Qing Shan abruptly looked up, sensing something.

“Gongzi, wait for me!”

She shot into the sky, turned into an autumn-water like blue steel sword and flew across the vast earth.

Pssh—-

The sword pierced through Gu Qing Shan’s chest, giving off sharp sword phantoms.

[Law Breaker]!

Gu Qing Shan instantly regained his freedom.

Reneedol exclaimed in shock: “That’s impossible! A Fate formation should be the strongest!”

Her heavy presence from earlier had completely disappeared.

Gu Qing Shan drew the Six Paths Great Mountain sword from his chest, before muttering:

“Nothing is impossible, even Fate… can be changed”

He lightly dashed forward with indescribable grace, heading straight towards Reneedol.

As Reneedol looked at him, she found that no matter where she attacked, it would soon prove useless.

—–the other party’s killing intent is growing thicker, accumulating power to unleash it all at once.

I won’t be able to stop an attack from this sword!

Reneedol clenched her teeth and quickly made up her mind, retreating into a mass of fog.

However, Gu Qing Shan was already prepared for this, so how could he allow her to escape so easily?

Instantly, a cold blade of sword phantom pierced the fog, skewering Reneedol’s body.

She uttered a sharp grunt of pain, but coldly told him:

“I’ll definitely kill you the next time we meet”

The white fog was growing thicker.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “You’re going to die right here and now; we won’t be meeting each other again”

“Really? Unfortunately for you, my spell activated first—– I’ll be leaving, this grudge will be resolved on a later date”

Following Reneedol’s voice, a figure entered the fog and disappeared in front of Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan looked at that figure, then at the body that his sword had pierced through.

The white fog scattered.

Gu Qing Shan found an unfamiliar corpse hanging from his sword.