Apocalypse Online For All Worlds - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: War God

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The interface with a bluish glow that appeared in front of Gu Qingshan’s eyes wasn’t too different from what he was used to seeing, but there was an additional row of buttons at the bottom of the interface. The interface with a bluish glow that appeared in front of Gu Qingshan’s eyes wasn’t too different from what he was used to seeing, but there was an additional row of buttons at the bottom of the interface. 

These buttons were like black holes and gave off a black mist every now and then. 

A row of luminous blue words appeared above this row of buttons:

“War God Operating Interface activation is successful. You can activate the first function for free.” 

“Confirm activation?”

“Yes.” 

After Gu Qingshan made his confirmation, the first button among the black-hole-looking buttons slowly revealed a label. 

“War God Techniques?”

Gu Qingshan looked at that button’s label and quickly read the information on it. 

After a few moments. 

Gu Qingshan walked over to the weapons rack in the corner and inspected the few weapons that were placed there. 

There was a long spear that had rusted away, a broken curved knife, and a military-grade bow covered in dust. 

Unfortunately, there were no swords. 

There had been more than ten million players who’d chosen to be a swordsman in the game, and Gu Qingshan had been a Grand Sword Immortal and one of the top ten Swordsman Cultivators. 

This was already an extremely high rank, for only the best. 

Gu Qingshan had also been the commander-in-chief of the National Guild, so he had to take care of all aspects of the battle. The moment a battle started, he hadn’t had any free time at all. 

Even back in the real world, he’d had to meet with various country leaders and foreign countries’ guilds to strategize together. He’d had a huge and complex responsibility on his hands. 

There had been many other top-ranking players who’d thought it was a pity that Gu Qingshan had had to attend to so many other matters. Otherwise, his swordsmanship wouldn’t have just been in the top ten, and he might have had very well been the top swordsman. 

Since there was no sword on the weapons rack, Gu Qingshan could only shake his head regretfully and pick up the curved knife. 

A message immediately popped up on the War God Operating Interface. 

“Military-grade curved knife (broken). Previous techniques used were: 

1) Total Annihilation. Last to use technique: Wang Jin.

2) Cut to the Chase. Last to use technique: Zhang Kuo.

Comprehension of both knife techniques requires 1 point of Soul Power per technique.” 

This message was so shocking, even Gu Qingshan was frozen for a few moments. 

He could just comprehend a technique like that? So this was what War God Techniques could do? 

This was only the first function of the War God Operating Interface. The remaining functions were blacked out and couldn’t be selected at the moment. 

But this was good enough. If he could just exchange points for any technique out there, then there wasn’t any technique out there in the world that he couldn’t attain. 

Gu Qingshan took a deep breath and waited for his heart to calm back down before trying another question. “What is Soul Power?” 

A bunch of words appeared on the interface immediately. 

“Soul Power can be obtained by killing any living thing. You have killed one Skinning Blood Demon and gained 4 points. Current Soul Power: 4/5.” 

Killing off one Skinning Blood Demon got him 4 Soul Power points in one shot. 

Skinning Blood Demons weren’t ordinary demons. Their actual ability went beyond most demons and cultivators, and they were excellent at hiding themselves and ambushing their enemies. 

Thankfully, Gu Qingshan had decided to scheme against the Squad Leader and killed off this demon with one move. 

Otherwise, given how Gu Qingshan’s cultivation level had reverted to zero—if they had continued to fight each other, the dead one now wouldn’t have been the Skinning Blood Demon.

Gu Qingshan nodded. So that was how it worked. But since his Soul Power was at 4/5, did that mean the upper limit of his Soul Power was only 5 points? 

That was way too little. 

Just as he thought about this, another row of words appeared on the interface. 

“The higher the cultivation level, the higher the upper limit of Soul Power.” 

Soul Power was relative to his cultivation level? 

Gu Qingshan immediately glanced at his own level, only to find four large and bright words on the top: Qi Refiner Level 1. 

This was the Qi Refining stage that everyone started at when they first entered the game. His stage progress from his previous life was gone.

Gu Qingshan sighed again as he quietly put the curved knife away and pulled out the rusty long spear. 

The long spear only had one basic attack move. 

He shook his head and threw the spear aside. Then, he picked up the military bow. 

“Military-grade bow. Previous techniques used were: 

1) Stabilization. Last to use technique: Zhang Yu.

2) Rapid Shot. Last to use technique: Zhang Yu.

3) Precision. Last to use technique: Zhang Yu.

4) Double Flying Swallows. Last to use technique: Zhang Yu.

Comprehension of Stabilization and Rapid Shot requires 2 points of Soul Power per technique.

Comprehension of Precision requires 4 points of Soul Power.

Comprehension of Double Flying Swallows requires 6 points of Soul Power.”

According to his current memory, Zhang Yu had been the human general guarding this very barrack. He’d been highly skilled in archery and had died at the hands of a Blood Drinking Demon in the last defense battle.

Gu Qingshan glanced through the four techniques and looked hard at Double Flying Swallows. 

This technique actually needed 6 points, and it exceeded Gu Qingshan’s upper limit. 

“Gosh, I’m only at Qi Refiner Level 1. Looks like I have to start cultivating all over again and increase my Soul Power’s upper limit as soon as possible.”

Gu Qingshan shook his head helplessly. 

Qi Refining Stage was the lowest stage of all cultivators. 

Above Qi Refining was Foundation Building, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation stages, and more—but that was not important now. 

The good news was that players could take their cultivation level back into the real world. 

Someone at Qi Refiner Level 1 could already sense and use Spirit. 

If he had really gone back in time in this state, then even if he couldn’t get back any of the weapons he’d had, and lost all the skills and techniques he’d used to have, Gu Qingshan was more than happy to have a restart of everything.

After all, there was too much regret and unfairness in life. Every time Gu Qingshan went to sleep, he could only quietly lick the wound deep in his heart that refused to heal. 

If he could really start over…

Gu Qingshan shook his head, tried to control his emotions, and started to think quickly while still holding the military bow. 

The most important thing now was to survive. 

At Qi Refiner Level 1, he couldn’t escape from a demon. 

Swords, knives, and spears required close combat, but he was already all wounded and at the lowest level of cultivation. How could he fight a demon head-on, all by himself? 

When faced with demons, one would lose easily if one wasn’t careful.

He was no longer that Great Sword Immortal from his previous life, and he definitely wasn’t that legendary leader of the National Guild either. 

The camp he was standing in right now was left with only himself and another soldier, and that other soldier was an ordinary man who wasn’t a cultivator. It would be really hard to do anything with just one person at Qi Refiner Level 1. 

The Concealment Magic Formation there wouldn’t last too long. In another one or two days, it would disappear after consuming all the Spirit Stones. 

Once the Concealment Magic Formation disappeared, all sorts of demons would push through and keep coming. 

Gu Qingshan suddenly realized that he was in a fairly dangerous situation. 

He had to give up close combat and choose a long-range weapon. He was going to rely on the Concealment Magic Formation around this place and try to increase his level quickly. 

After that analysis, Gu Qingshan made a decision. 

“I choose to comprehend Stabilization and Rapid Shot.”

A warm flow immediately rushed from the military bow right into Gu Qingshan. It went around his body once before flowing into his consciousness. 

Gu Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly picked up the bow, pulled an arrow back, and shot it out. 

Thwack!

The arrow went deep into the wooden beam of the room. 

Gu Qingshan didn’t stop shooting. The arrows shot out in quick succession like beams of light. 

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Gu Qingshan shot out 12 arrows in one shot, but his arm was still as steady as a rock and hadn’t moved a single bit. 

This was Stabilization and Rapid Shot. Gu Qingshan felt blood rushing in his body. 

This “War God Technique” was incredibly powerful! 

All he needed was sufficient Soul Power, and he could instantly pick up any technique tied to a weapon. If this went on, then there was no technique in the world that he couldn’t learn.