Adorable was afraid.
Gu Qing Shan couldn’t anticipate this at all.
In the past, regardless of how dangerous the situation became, Adorable had always moved at its own pace.
But ever since a while ago, it had remained in Gu Qing Shan’s Thought Sea, insisting on not going out.
Gu Qing Shan calmed back down and slowly said: “Don’t panic, calm down and talk to me”
Wu wu…
Adorable explained something in his Thought Sea.
“You said that something has been observing us?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
Xiu!
Adorable affirmed it.
“But how did you notice this?” Gu Qing Shan asked again.
Xiu xiu xiu!
Adorable replied.
Gu Qing Shan went silent.
Adorable said that it was a clairvoyance technique.
If it was a technique, there should have been fluctuations, which Shroud and I should have definitely been able to sense at our levels of strength.
But evidently, both Shroud and I haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary.
Only Adorable was able to sense a technique being used and felt fear.
An entity that could scare even Adorable…
Gu Qing Shan held up a bottle of liquor and took a sip.
Hadn’t all the Deities of the Pantheon fled to the Dusty World?
His gaze scanned through the surrounding walls.
These walls also contained murals that displayed the glory of the Deities in the past.
Dust filled the ground.
There were several tiny footprints that reached all the way towards the end of the passage.
They were pixie footprints.
From what they’ve seen so far, the pixies seem to be very familiar with the Pantheon.
While Gu Qing Shan was thinking, lines of glowing text suddenly appeared in the void of space:
[You are this world’s Overlord of Death]
[The living beings on the surface had all perished, your strength had received unprecedented growth]
[The flames of Death you wield will become three times stronger]
[You may choose one of these three Divine Skills to be your secondary Death Divine Skill]
[No.1, Whispers of Death: Using skeletons as the catalyst, you can awaken the slumbering living beings of the past and talk to them]
[No.2, Life Force Deprivation: When your Black Hound of Death causes damage to your enemies, the enemy’s life force will be gradually deprived and converted into your power]
[No.3, Wind of Plague: You are the master of Death, as you strike your enemies, they will be inflicted with a gradually more severe incurable diseases]
Gu Qing Shan was staring at the War God UI, but he was thinking about something else.
“War God UI, I seemed to have been affected by a clairvoyance technique, why didn’t you remind me?” he asked.
The War God UI replied: [The System had always selectively disregarded all non-offensive observation]
Gu Qing Shan was surprised: “Why do you disregard them?”
The War God UI replied: [You’re already an adult over 18 years old, are you telling me to give you a notification every time someone glanced at you on the street?]
Gu Qing Shan froze.
That makes perfect sense, completely irrefutable.
——-and also, I can’t just rely on it for everything.
A certain amount of Soul Points was deducted on the War God UI, replaced by new lines of glowing text:
[Please quickly select your secondary Death Divine Skill]
Gu Qing Shan skimmed through the three skills.
A secondary Divine Skill huh?
Gu Qing Shan carefully made his considerations.
——-[Life Force Deprivation] requires coordination with Black Hound to use, while [Wind of Plague] is better suited for long-term combat, but my battles are usually decided in a single moment.
As for [Whispers of Death]…
This could also be considered another method to obtain information.
“I choose [Whispers of Death]” Gu Qing Shan replied.
All the text disappeared on the War God UI.
Clusters of black flames manifested around Gu Qing Shan’s body.
These clusters of black flames converged into one, eventually forming a profoundly dark glow behind Gu Qing Shan.
Shroud smiled: “Rhode, congratulations!”
Reneedol also nodded: “Congratulations”
Scarlet appeared delighted as she caught Gu Qing Shan’s hands and asked: “Did you become stronger? You did, right?”
“I did, the Law of Death had grown unprecedentedly more powerful, I’m much stronger now” Gu Qing Shan confirmed.
“How much stronger is the Law of Death compared to before?”
“Probably about three times”
As soon as Gu Qing Shan said that, a cluster of black flames appeared next to him and turned into Black Hound.
Black Hound looked at Gu Qing Shan and said: “As you grow stronger, so does my strength grow!”
Numerous stars gave off a faint blue glow as they continuously circled around Black Hound.
Black Hound uttered a long howl.
The starlight was slowly absorbed into its body.
Black Hound’s physique visibly grew larger.
It was now a matured dog.
“I’m going to test my strength for a bit” Black Hound said.
It then disappeared without a trace.
“Whoa!” Scarlet excitedly called out: “I want to try as well”
A cluster of black flames appeared in her hands.
“That can’t be right, why don’t I feel any changes?” Scarlet confusedly asked.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: “You’re my covenant bearer, so you should have grown stronger as well—– perhaps there’s a bit of a delay?”
Scarlet thought briefly before picking up the bottle of liquor on the ground, drank a mouthful of it, then reached for her forward.
More black flames suddenly rushed towards her.
“It works!”
She took another gulp.
The flames rose half a meter higher.
She took another gulp.
The flame rose another half meter.
She finished the entire bottle.
The flames rose another 5-6 meters into the air, giving off a terrifying presence.
“Whoa, I get it now, so I need to do it like this” Scarlet excitedly spoke.
Gu Qing Shan: “…”
Shroud: “…”
Reneedol: “…”
Shroud silently sent his voice to Gu Qing Shan: “Does she absolutely need to drink alcohol in order to exert her strength?”
“No, she didn’t try her best at the start” Gu Qing Shan whispered.
Shroud mused: “In other words—–”
“Yes, she just wanted to drink” Gu Qing Shan said speechlessly.
———I really didn’t think I’d accidentally nurture a female drunkard.
So it was definitely me that caused the domain of Death to like drinking, huh?
No wonder Anna was able to fully integrate herself into the Holy Church of Death in the future…
Scarlet happily put the flames away and told Gu Qing Shan: “You guys must have gathered quite a bit of good alcohol from the bar earlier. Please give me another bottle, I’ll need it later to fight, thanks!”
This reasoning was so appropriate that Gu Qing Shan had no choice but to give her another bottle.
“Try and save it, the world is already going to be destroyed, we probably won’t be able to find more alcohol from now on” Gu Qing Shan reminded her.
Hearing that, Scarlet held the bottle tightly like she was holding the most precious treasure in the world.
Gu Qing Shan thought of something and asked: “Why don’t you use Star Force to manifest a beast of Death?”
Scarlet looked at him and hesitantly said: “I’m still wondering what kind of beast should I manifest”
“You should make up your mind soon, we might have to fight later on” Gu Qing Shan told her.
“Got it” Scarlet bit her lip and said.
At this time, a faint rumbling noise could be heard again.
Dust slowly descended from above like long strands of thread.
Everyone looked up at the profound darkness above their heads.
“Is the collapse still ongoing?” Reneedol cautiously wondered.
Shroud focused his mind to listen and judged: “It’s probably just the residue, it wasn’t that loud”
Reneedol continued: “But then, something managed to make this entire region collapse, destroying even the ceiling of the Pantheon ruins’ tunnel, what could it have been?”
This time, Shroud didn’t have an answer.
Scarlet also appeared confused.
Gu Qing Shan lowered his head as well, seemingly pondering this same question.
——-this is very hard to say, and it’s too much trouble to explain.
When I escaped earlier, I randomly took one of the many things that caused the tunnel to collapse and found that it was a spear from the Asura race.
This made the answer very clear.
The thing that fell from the sky and crushed the Pantheon tunnel was one or more fragments of the Samsara.
Numerous fragments and the worlds within that contained the Samsara’s secrets, as well as the corpses of its living beings and the residues of the Apocalypse all fell on this world, killing all the living beings on the surface.
Complete extinction…
Gu Qing Shan thought of something and purposely said: “Perhaps we should remain here for a while”
“For what reason?” Reneedol asked in confusion.
“Because I can sense the deaths of living beings on the surface from here, my strength is also increasing bit by bit—— I’m afraid that if I went deeper into the ruins, I wouldn’t be able to absorb the power of the Law of Death from the surface anymore” Gu Qing Shan replied.
The group all appeared hesitant.
Gu Qing Shan continued: “And at least we can be sure that it’s safe here”
“Alright, let’s remain here for a bit longer” Shroud followed up.
Gu Qing Shan rubbed his chin and silently counted.
One, two, three, four, five…
Boom!
A resounding noise came from above.
It sounded like numerous things crashing down from above like a huge tidal wave that was washing down the slope from before.
“Oh no, we can’t stay here for too long, let’s hurry!” Reneedol called out.
Gu Qing Shan looked up, clearly sensing the numerous pieces of debris and other items that were crashing down on them.
It only took until the count of five…
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit solemn
That entity or entities that are monitoring us must be capable of one of two things:
To control the numerous fragments of the broken Samsara as they pleased.
Or.
To control the ruins of the Pantheon as they pleased.
It’s surely one of the two.
Shroud loudly called out: “There are pixie footprints leading ahead, we might be able to escape if we follow them”
Gu Qing Shan appeared anxious and nervous, agreeing with him: “Right! Hurry!”
The group of four quickly ran into the passage.