For cultivators, their spirit sense was able to occasionally help them predict the possible risks of death during their long lives.
However, this also meant that their spirit sense wouldn’t come into effect all the time.
And so, when that mass of grey light was streaking across countless World Layers and headed straight for [The Empress], Gu Qing Shan was wholly unaware.
He was in a state of deep immersion, fully focused on comprehending the wonders of that attack.
His swordsmanship was undergoing sublimation.
Fortunately.
All four of his swords had their sword spirits.
And one of them was Shannu.
The mass of grey light emerged so suddenly, at the exact moment of its arrival above the airship——-
Ye Fei Li was regaining his breath.
Zhang Ying Hao was talking to his black cat.
Boss was smiling as he put down the last can of drinks and was about to lie down to rest again.
——-Boss was the only person to notice the grey light.
His expression abruptly warped as he stood straight up on the deck of the ship and shouted: “Gu Qing Shan!”
Gu Qing Shan was still fully immersed and didn’t react at all.
His swords manifested behind him by themselves.
However, only three of them appeared, as the Heaven sword’s spirit was still sleeping, without Gu Qing Shan’s control, it would not move.
The Chao Yin sword charged forward before anyone else.
At the same time.
Shannu appeared and wielded the Six Paths Great Mountain sword in her hand.
In that split second, Shannu had used [Mystery of All Beings Equal] to transform into a female human in order to wield the sword herself.
The stronger Gu Qing Shan was, the stronger Shannu would become, but there was one major difference between her and Gu Qing Shan: Gu Qing Shan needed spirit energy and Soul Points to utilize his sword arts, but she didn’t.
She was able to directly siphon power from the Grand Tie Wei Mountain of Huang Quan.
The Grand Tie Wei Mountain encompassed the entirety of Huang Quan, acting as the protector mountain of the entire Samsara world and shielding it against the winds of chaotic tribulation, not even the 7-colored spear Abaddon managed to leave a dent on it.
“Dream on!”
She shouted and charged forward.
At the same time, a loud sound of impact resounded in the sky.
Kih!
The grey light had struck the Chao Yin sword and immediately knocked it away.
The grey light didn’t slow down a single bit and continued to fall towards Gu Qing Shan’s head.
Shannu wielded two swords tightly—–
And received the grey light!
The Six Paths Great Mountain sword flashed.
And cut!!!
The grey light was severed in half.
“NO!”
Despite managing to cut it, Shannu still screamed out in horror.
This was a Holy Retribution technique delivered through the will of [Chaos], not a mythical [Chaos] creature.
Obviously, it was a lot more terrifying.
Receiving Shannu’s attack, it was only cut in half, not thoroughly destroyed.
The two masses of grey light went past Shannu and continued flying behind her.
In a split second, Shannu used [Shadow Shift] without hesitation.
She switched her position with Gu Qing Shan.
That was all she could manage to achieve within the timeframe of the attack.
The two grey lights that were cut apart now attacked her at once, one at the front, one at the back.
Currently, Shannu was a human, not a sword spirit.
Being struck by this Holy Retribution of [Chaos], she would die.
And Shannu knew this.
“Hmph, you won’t touch my gongzi!”
She scoffed with slightly reddened eyes.
The next split second.
Gu Qing Shan who was standing still suddenly opened his eyes.
Shannu vanished.
Gu Qing Shan reappeared where she was standing while guarding his chest with the Earth sword.
Behind him, Boss held his book in one hand while his other hand reached out to grab the other mass of grey light.
Boom!!!
The grey lights erupted on the deck of [The Empress] manifesting a giant pillar of light in the space vortex.
The pillar of light slowly faded.
Gu Qing Shan and Boss reappeared.
Gu Qing Shan spat up some blood and checked his Soul Points expenditure.
——-despite it being split in half, he still had to spend 500,000 Soul Points to utilize [Earth’s Choice] in order to defend against this [Chaos] Holy Retribution.
Even then, he was lightly wounded from being too close to the attack.
Gu Qing Shan wiped the blood from his mouth and asked: “Are you ok?”
The mass of grey light behind him had disappeared.
Boss maintained his posture of grabbing the grey light without moving an inch.
“Tch, at my peak, I wouldn’t have even blinked at such an attack”
Boss scoffed.
After doing so, he collapsed.
…
On the other side.
The Soul Shrieker’s gaze moved slightly, still peering across countless worlds and focused on Boss.
「 It’s him again, no wonder they managed to stop this Holy Retribution. It turns out they were together 」the male voice angrily said.
The female voice laughed: 『 That is fine too, when I catch up to you, I will be able to get rid of both of you at once 』
The Soul Shrieker swiftly began to move at full speed across the space vortex again.
Despite the long distance, it was more than confident in being able to catch up to its target.
Because even now, it could sense its own power growing, continuing to enter the realm of those during the Age of Origin.
…
When Gu Qing Shan turned around to check Boss’ state, he found that he had gone stiff and collapsed on the ground, unable to move.
“What happened to you——- oh no, he’s unconscious, Fei Li, quickly give me a drink!”
“Here!”
Ye Fei Li breathed heavily as he ran up from below deck while manifesting a can of Soul Points drink.
At this time, Zhang Ying Hao also brought the black cat over.
The three of them cooperated, one person held Boss up, one person pried his mouth open while the last person poured the drink in.
Boss spat out some black blood and slowly opened his eyes.
“How are you feeling?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
Boss’ body was still completely stiff, unable to say a word.
The book in his hand opened by itself and displayed a line of text:
[This is the softest kind of [Chaos] Holy Retribution, but I’ve lost all my strength and couldn’t completely hold it off]
Gu Qing Shan sighed: “Your wounds have only just gotten better, but it worsened again”
“Gongzi”
Shannu descended from above.
Gu Qing Shan nodded and said apologetically: “I’m sorry, I let you worry”
“My worry is nothing, the most important thing is that gongzi is fine” Shannu said, still a bit shaken from that ambush just now.
Zhang Ying Hao looked down at Boss with a pale complexion.
“Is it that attack from across countless worlds again?” he asked.
“Yes, but this time, it’s even more terrifying” Gu Qing Shan replied.
Everyone looked back at [The Empress] ship.
The ship had been completely wrecked; having lost its engine, it could only drift within the space vortex, being pushed by the wind.
[The Empress] was no longer serviceable.
Laura encouraged everyone: “You don’t need to worry about the ship, I still have 5,891 personal ships with me”
Ye Fei Li couldn’t help speaking up: “Even if we have more ships, that kind of attack is simply too hard to defend against. I think we have to think of some sort of countermeasure”
“The first time was a [Chaos] demon, the second time was pure energy, who knows what kind of attack would the Soul Shrieker be able to unleash after it became more powerful again” Zhang Ying Hao commented.
Gu Qing Shan also nodded: “That’s right, without any countermeasures, we won’t be able to find Water God in peace”
Everyone went silent.
An attack across so many World Layers, what kind of countermeasure could there be?
Most likely, the Soul Shrieker was the only entity in the 900 million World Layers with such terrifying power.
Boss’ book shook a bit and displayed a few more lines of text:
[From my estimation, the Soul Shrieker would need about a day and a half to grow to the next stage of power]
[The next attack to arrive will most likely be even harder to resist again]
[Quickly come up with something]
After that, the book fell down and landed next to Boss.
“A day and a half?”
Gu Qing Shan turned to the black cat on Zhang Ying Hao’s shoulder and asked: “How much longer until we reach Water God?”
The black cat put his paw up and said:
Meow meow meow meow meow!
Zhang Ying Hao translated for him: “He said it’s going to be a very long journey; it’ll take at least five more days”
Hearing that, everyone fell silent again.
Not even Laura could say anything to encourage them.
That Holy Retribution… was truly too much.
If the other side’s attack can become even stronger, it might actually destroy both us and the ship next time.
All of a sudden, Gu Qing Shan turned his head to the side and asked the void next to him:
“Will there be any issues?”
Everyone followed his gaze, but couldn’t see anything.
What’s going on?
Who is Gu Qing Shan talking to?
While everyone was still confused, they heard a smug response from the void of space.
Xiu, xiu xiu xiu xiu!
Gu Qing Shan nodded: “It’s against etiquette to not reciprocate, let it have a taste of its own Holy Retribution”
Wu wu!
Following that, a huge mass of chaotic power manifested from the void of space to form a giant grey light of Holy Retribution.
“Be careful!” Zhang Ying Hao shouted.
“What’s going on!?” Ye Fei Li swiftly took a defensive stance.
“Isn’t this that attack from before?” Laura shouted.
Boss silently watched that mass of grey light with a strange look in his eyes.
Hoh———
The grey light shot up to the sky and through billions of worlds, heading straight towards the Soul Shrieker!