Apocalypse Online For All Worlds - Chapter 53

Chapter 53: A Plan for a Desperate Situation

After awakening Wind Slash, he could then hide his sword in the air around him and use his Spirit Power to execute this technique, allowing himself to draw his sword at any time from seemingly thin air.

This part alone helped to save the time taken to draw the sword from its sheath or wherever it was kept.

There were many people who had wanted to learn Wind Slash in his previous life, simply because the action of materializing a sword from nowhere was just too cool.

Countless sword cultivators would do anything to get their hands on this technique so as to look cool.

Gu Qingshan had chosen this technique mostly because they were going to face a huge group of demons soon. This technique made it extremely convenient for him to reach his sword, and it made his attacks fast. So it was a technique that was useful for quick and sudden attacks while trying to run.

He had risked his life and gone to the back of the demon camp in exchange for the full technique.

Gu Qingshan swung the sword around, and many emotions started to overwhelm his heart.

Leng Tianxing was standing by the side, and he started to have a lot of questions in his heart.

The scene in front of him was unexplainable.

This young man was now wearing a pair of pauldrons meant for slamming into demons; he had a long sword in his hands, but he also had a large formation disk on his back.

Was he a Martial Arts cultivator?

A sword cultivator?

Or a Formation Master?

He could still explain away the Formation Master bit since anyone who had a gift in the six arts could develop it, regardless of whether they were a Martial Arts cultivator or a sword cultivator.

But that was very rare in itself.

It was even rarer for a cultivator to have developed both Martial Arts and the sword.

But judging from Gu Qingshan’s posture as he wielded his sword, it was obvious that he had been practicing sword techniques for years.

Leng Tianxing couldn’t resist asking, “What exactly are you? Sword cultivator? Or Martials Arts Cultivator? Why can’t I tell at all?”

Gu Qingshan didn’t know how to respond to him either. Surely he couldn’t tell Leng Tianxing that he could comprehend techniques by just using Soul Power, right?

He thought about how to answer, then said, “Uhm, I don’t specialize in Martial Arts, but I’m not a true blue Formation Master either.”

Leng Tianxing repeated his words. “You don’t specialize in Martial Arts?”

Gu Qingshan swallowed one Red Crane Qi Replenishment Pill and said, “I know a few attack moves, but I wouldn’t dare to say that I specialize in Martial Arts because of that.”

“I also know a few sword techniques and some formation setups. That’s it.”

Leng Tianxing was stunned and still thought that this was difficult to comprehend.

Gu Qingshan didn’t say any more. He closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing as he made the huge amount of Spirit Power flow out from the Red Crane Qi Replenishment Pill.

After a long time, Leng Tianxing spoke up. “Your knowledge is too diverse. It will be even more difficult if you want to reach the peak of any of these cultivation types.”

This was a kind piece of advice.

Nothing good came out of a cultivator who didn’t focus on one area. It would be extremely difficult to reach the higher levels.

Gu Qingshan could sense that Leng Tianxing was saying these words with good intentions, so he smiled faintly and replied, “It’s all right; it’s just a method.”

Leng Tianxing asked, “A method?”

Gu Qingshan replied, “Yup. A method of surviving.”

These were very simple words, but they were very deep and sorrowful at the same time. It made him sound like he had gone through terrible pain and suffering just to stay alive.

But that was exactly what had happened to all mankind in the last few years of the apocalypse.

Leng Tianxing went into deep thought after hearing these words.

After that, Gu Qingshan stood up. He leaned forward and turned the pauldrons toward the outside of the formation just like what Wu Jin did before. He turned them in and out to practice.

Gu Qingshan said, “The formation will disappear in about two minutes.”

Leng Tianxing immediately asked, “How should we coordinate ourselves?”

With his team earlier, he had naturally taken on the role of the commander. But after his teammates had all died and he was left with only Gu Qingshan, he subconsciously treated Gu Qingshan as the commander.

It was so rare to see a cultivator at the Peak of Foundation Building take the initiative to ask for the opinion of a Qi Refining cultivator.

Neither of them had noticed this, but it had happened very naturally.

Gu Qingshan used the sword to point outside the formation and said, “You see that Carrion Devouring Demon over there?”

That was the demon that had tried to ambush him when Gu Qingshan had come back to the cultivation world earlier.

Leng Tianxing replied, “I see it.”

Gu Qingshan continued, “This monster is extremely smelly because it loves to eat rotten flesh. Both humans and demons hate it, but I need you to help me take out one of its eyes.”

Leng Tianxing shifted and stood up. “You want me to go out and kill it?”

Gu Qingshan blocked his way and said, “No, you have to take it in a clever way.”

Gu Qingshan placed the Heart-devouring Little Ghost on the ground and mashed it up. Then, he took out a bit of Demonic Python blood and poured it on the mashed body of the Heart-devouring Little Ghost.

After that, Gu Qingshan dug out a few large rocks that were half his height and arranged them neatly on the ground.

He then carefully smeared the little ghost’s carcass on the rock.

Leng Tianxing watched everything quietly.

Everything that Gu Qingshan did was completely out of his imagination.

The Carrion Devouring Demon was slowly walking about outside the formation.

It was still hungry and wanted to find a heavily wounded demon among the demons around it to eat.

But all the demons kept their distance from it. They would rather have to attack other demons and fight with them than to go anywhere near the stinky Carrion Devouring Demon.

Carrion Devouring Demons were very powerful, but they were simply too slow, and demons at the same level could outrun it. That was why it normally ended up eating rotting carcasses.

The Carrion Devouring Demon was still frustrated by this problem when it suddenly heard a PAK! A strange but pleasant-smelling thing landed right next to it.

It looked over to see a squarish rock. But it wasn’t of the usual rock color. It seemed to be of the color it liked.

The Carrion Devouring Demon twitched its nose and sniffed it.

It had the fragrance of blood.

This thing smelled good, but it was too small. At best it was enough to fit between its teeth.

The Carrion Devouring Demon thought of ignoring it, but the seductive smell of blood was mixed with a powerful aura, and it whetted its appetite.

The Carrion Devouring Demon finally pounced on it, and its mouth landed on the ground. It started chewing that thing along with the rest of the rock and whatever else it smashed.

It was tasty, but it was too little.

Just as the Carrion Devouring Demon was lamenting this, there was another PAK! A similar strange thing landed not far from itself.

It only needed to move a little to get to it.

The Carrion Devouring Demon lowly ambled over and ate it in one gulp.

There was power, fragrance, and tastiness, mixed in with a cold and hard texture, but the Carrion Devouring Demon ignored the texture part.

Was there any more?

It waited with great anticipation and hope.

It was a miracle!

Another squarish rock landed not too far away.

The Carrion Devouring Demon clambered over as quickly as it could.

…

Gu Qingshan looked at the Carrion Devouring Demon and said, “It’s coming. You only have one chance to try.”

Leng Tianxing couldn’t help but become nervous. “What if I miss?”

Gu Qingshan replied, “Then I’ll have to think of something else. But this is the best plan I have.”

Leng Tianxing asked, “Then if I succeed?”

Gu Qingshan replied very solemnly, “Pass the eyeball to me immediately. Once I’m done with it, the formation would have reached its time limit.”

“All right.”

Leng Tianxing took a deep breath and looked intensely at the Carrion Devouring Demon.

He didn’t seem worried that Gu Qingshan would betray him. After all, he was one entire stage higher than Gu Qingshan, so even if Gu Qingshan tried anything funny, Leng Tianxing was still able to find a way to kill him.

He looked at Gu Qingshan.

He figured that this boy wasn’t an idiot, so he wasn’t going to do anything foolish in these circumstances.

At that exact moment, Gu Qingshan yelled, “Now!”

Leng Tianxing transferred his Spirit Power as he held his fan in his hand, cutting through the air diagonally like a knife.

“Frost Blade Slash!”

There was an angry and ground-shaking roar from the Carrion Devouring Demon from outside the formation.

A line of frost appeared at its forehead, then black blood sprayed out everywhere.

The frosty blade that had suddenly appeared chopped off a small part of its head.

It was badly wounded and even lost an eye.

This sort of injury was considered fairly serious for a Carrion Devouring Demon.

The Carrion Devouring Demon started rolling around on the ground like it had gone mad.

But the two men within the formation weren’t looking at it anymore. They sent out their Divine Sense and scanned the stinky piece of flesh that went flying into the sky.

A huge, dark, yellow eyeball flew through the sky and was headed for a group of demons in the distance.

Leng Tianxing quickly put his fan away. He reached his left hand out and shouted, “Come here!”

That dark yellow eyeball made a turn in mid-air, then flew with a swoosh into the formation and landed neatly in Leng Tianxing’s hand.