Translated by: La0o9
Proofreader: Arya
Through the monocular, Gu Qing Shan saw the situation on the other side of the door .
Snakes .
A den of snakes .
In Gu Qing Shan’s sight, there were nothing but densely entangled snakes .
The room full of snakes was enough to cause anyone to feel numb looking at it .
Even stranger, these snakes seemed almost sentient .
Coiled together, the snakes raised their long necks and bodies with cold eyes staring at the door .
As if they were waiting to pounce at what or whoever was brave enough to intrude .
These snakes also had a peculiar characteristic .
They all carried Elemental powers .
Ice, Fire, Lightning, Wind, Dark, Poison .
Various Elements weaved together, forming a chaotic power vortex .
As soon as the door was opened, the intruder would be sucked towards the vortex .
If the intruder was weak or had no special skills, the only end for them was to be eaten alive by the snakes .
This is going to be a troublesome battle .
Gu Qing Shan extended the monocular a bit further .
The room on the floor was shown in the monocular .
A bunch of imps were clattering over a corpse without any intentions of backing down .
The corpse was already half-eaten, clearly this was a young participant during this time’s call of the Bramble Birds .
Through this room, Gu Qing Shan then saw a room full of flaming bulls running around .
Using the monocular, he managed to see all the way to the 550th floor while on the 600th floor .
There were a few real demons chasing a pair of male and female .
While in pursuit, they were also toying with them .
The difference in power between the two sides was simply too great .
If they didn’t have a silver cross shining with holy light, they would’ve already been killed by the demons .
But at this rate, the power in that cross would soon be depleted .
At that point, not only will they be killed by the demons, [Kindling] will also obtain a bit more Soul Points .
“This isn’t a few issues for Triste at all, more like for me”
Gu Qing Shan muttered .
Thinking about the System’s [War God Quest], Gu Qing Shan controlled the focus of the monocular to look through several hundred floors until he reached the 239th floor .
------there was supposed to be a demonized person here .
A desert with flowing sand, almost like waves of the ocean, filled the entire room .
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The sand was glowing red, as if it was extremely hot, making the air itself distort from the heat .
Besides that, there was nothing else here .
However, thanks to the monocular, Gu Qing Shan saw a person hiding at the very bottom of the sand with a shining white sword in hand .
Coincidentally, a door opened on the desert above right at this time .
A young man with a saber stepped out from the door .
“Ahaha, finally, the next floor!”
He loudly laughed and declared .
Silently, without a sound, a streak of light even thinner than a string slashed through his body .
The young man froze .
This head fell towards the desert, his body was cut in half .
Pfew!
A flying sword flew back into the desert and back into the hiding man’s hand .
He quickly caught his sword, closed his eyes and concealed his presence again .
It was now that Gu Qing Shan noticed that there was a wooden door beneath this sword cultivator’s feet .
Apparently, he was silently waiting right there to prevent anyone passing through .
An excellent assassin, Gu Qing Shan silently judged .
“System, the demonized man, does he carry [Kindling] as well?” he asked .
The War God System replied: [Those who are too average are only seen as food by Kindling]
“I see”
True .
If you haven’t gotten past this round of tests at this point in time, you really could be considered a bit weak .
Gu Qing Shan didn’t bother to look at him for too long .
Using the monocular, he glanced through all 600 floors, room by room .
Deadly mud swamps, mysterious forest mazes, molten lava pools, demonic towns… various scenes were shown clearly by the monocular .
Gu Qing Shan saw through them all .
There were a few floors where Gu Qing Shan managed to see a few people still struggling for their lives .
After all, the call of the Bramble Birds was made to the entire 900 million World Layers, so there were quite a few people who came to answer it .
Gu Qing Shan saw with his own eyes how a person was eaten alive by a monster .
Unfortunately, they were on the 97th floor, too far away from Gu Qing Shan so he didn’t even have time to think of a way to save them .
Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask: “The people who die in this skyscraper, will all their Soul Points be absorbed by [Kindling]?”
[Correct, Kindling will absorb the Soul Points of every person who died in this world] the War God UI answered him .
“I’m in a bit of a hurry, can I just not save them?”
[You can choose not to save these people, but once Kindling absorbs the Soul Points of every person in the 600-floor skyscraper, its chances of evolving to Origin will greatly increase]
Gu Qing Shan said nothing else .
He adjusted the monocular again, returning to the 550th floor after looking through all 600 floors .
The male and female who were running for their lives were in a lot of danger .
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The demons managed to break through the silver cross’ protective barrier .
Gu Qing Shan put the monocular down and silently sighed .
From the looks of it, he’ll have to save each and every person------ but he doesn’t have that much time .
“Why do you look so disappointed? Is my item not useful?” Laura asked .
Gu Qing Shan shook his head and returned the monocular to Laura .
“I just couldn’t find my girlfriend inside”
“That is indeed bad news” Laura agreed with him .
Gu Qing Shan fell into thought briefly .
If I save everybody who’s currently trapped in the building, I’ll be stuck here for a really long time .
But I can’t just ignore them either .
If [Kindling] manages to absorb their Soul Points, its chances to evolve will greatly increase .
While hesitating, Gu Qing Shan’s gaze subconsciously drifted to the text on the War God UI .
The Quest was still showing there .
[First Quest: Birds in the sky, has been issued]
Gu Qing Shan froze for a short moment .
He just had an idea .
Originally, I just thought that climbing 600 floors must be really complicated, only a flying bird would be able to ignore all of this and fly freely, so I gave it this arbitrary name .
But now, I’ll have to thank this name for the idea .
He drew the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and tried to carve out a square hold on the ground .
This formed an opening------- an opening to go into the 600th floor .
“We have a door right here, what are you doing?”
Laura asked .
“A small experiment” Gu Qing Shan stared at the hole he just made and answered .
“Your sword is quite impressive, cold weapons that are able to break through world barriers like that are very rare” Laura commented with interest .
Gu Qing Shan didn’t answer her and only silently sighed .
If it was the same kind of barrier like Lord Bloodcloak’s that locks onto the soul, it would’ve been much harder .
At the time, Gu Qing Shan was pretending to sleep without putting up his guard at all, that was why he was perfectly trapped in it .
It was very hard to escape once you were trapped .
Lucky for him, this time the Six Paths Great Mountain sword’s anti-Law characteristic worked and managed to carve out a hole in the world barrier .
Which means, the idea Gu Qing Shan had could now be implemented .
Hisssssss~
A confused and chaotic hissing sound came from the hole Gu Qing Shan carved out .
The elemental snakes inside the snake den were becoming wary .
“What kind of sound is that? What is inside?” Laura tried asking .
She was feeling a bit uneasy .
“Not suitable for children” Gu Qing Shan replied .
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“Really!?”
Laura excitedly put the monocular to her eye, wanting to see it .
Gu Qing Shan held the monocular down .
“Don’t look”
“Why not?”
“It’s actually a bunch of cute little ones”
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan changed his equipped [War God Title] to [Ace Assassin] .
[Ace Assassin]
[Equipping this title grants you the title Skill: Harvest]
[Harvest: Whenever you instantly kill an enemy in one hit, the spirit energy used for that hit will be refunded]
--------this will ensure I’ll have enough spirit energy to spend .
Gu Qing Shan tapped his Inventory Bag .
An armor riddled in cracks and scratches flew out .
The full You Ji General armor set .
A lot of people once questioned something .
--------why did an armor set of generals have to be so flashy and eye-catching? it would cause safety concerns for the generals while marching on the battlefield .
To this, Bai Hua Fairy Xie Dao Ling only gave a single answer to stop everyone’s questions .
“We are cultivators, only someone willing and capable of putting themselves in front of other cultivators are qualified to wear the mantle of a general”
The armor scattered by itself, swimming like sentient fishes around Gu Qing Shan .
This You Ji General armor included a mask, breastplate, shoulder pads, wrist guards, gauntlets, belt, knee pads, marching shoes, made to look extremely simple without any excess decorations, only carved with intricate runes all over .
Although the armor itself was golden, when Gu Qing Shan wore it, it didn’t look at all flashy, instead it appeared a bit solemn and sorrowful instead .
Laura evaluated his armor a bit before muttering: “What a beautiful set of toys”
“Toys?”
“Indeed, this set of armor is too bad, even worse when compared to your sword” Laura judged it harshly .
“It suits me”
Saying so, Gu Qing Shan carried Laura down from his shoulder and placed her in front of his chest .
He then took out a long rope and used it to tie Laura to himself .
“What are you doing?” Laura was cautious .
“This is to keep you in place, making sure that you and I won’t separate in a harsh battle----- don’t worry, I’ve already made a vow to definitely bring you out of here” Gu Qing Shan told her .
His movements were swift and skillful, quickly binding the two of them tight .
Gu Qing Shan then made another 2 or 3 knots, tried bobbing up and down, pacing back and forth to check the stability of the rope .
It was tight .
------this is good enough for Laura to not fall .
He nodded satisfyingly .
“I keep feeling like you are keeping something from me” Laura was suspicious .
“What would I hide from you?”
Gu Qing Shan laughed merrily before quickly walking to the edge of the 600-floor skyscraper .
“We’re just going to fly like birds in the sky”
He put the silver mask on and completed the final preparations .
Laura slowly realized something as she spoke in an increasingly scared voice: “Wait a minute! You know I am afraid of height, how about we------ aaaaaa! Gu Qing Shan, I hate you!!”
Ignoring Laura’s desperate scream, Gu Qing Shan suddenly jumped off the building .
They went through the clouds, following the snow storm below to descend .
In the blink of an eye, Gu Qing Shan has already passed through several dozen floors .
-------this way, he won’t need to go down floor by floor, saving a lot of time .
Almost immediately, lines of text showed up on the [Kindling] UI .
Then the lines of text turned into a voice .
[Please return to the roof immediately!]
[Please return to the roof immediately!]
[You cannot jump down from the outside of the building, you will not receive any rewards from Triste this way]
“Rewards? I don’t need any rewards” Gu Qing Shan replied .
[But jumping down like this, you won’t be able to gain any Soul Points]
[Kindling] continued: [Please think about this seriously, without Soul Points, you will not be able to gain anything from this!]
No Soul Points…
Gu Qing Shan didn’t answer .
A sword suddenly appeared in his hand .
The Six Paths Great Mountain sword .
“550th floor… right here!” Gu Qing Shan grunted .
The sword moved .
------Secret Art, [Water Severance]!
An overwhelming flow of sword qi rushed towards the building from the outside .
Dong dong dong dong dong!
With the constant sounds of explosions, the outside wall of the 550th floor was broken .
The snowy wind howled as it poured inside .
Gu Qing Shan let go of the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and drew the heavy Earth sword .
In a flash, he disappeared .
Almost at the very same time, various fierce howls came out from the building .
Right after that came a ‘thud’, then the cheering cries of relief .
After just a single breath, Gu Qing Shan appeared outside the building again .
He continued flying downwards .
The blood on his sword quickly scattered in the howling wind .
Gu Qing Shan held a sword in one hand as he consoled the trembling Laura with the other .
He then replied to [Kindling]: “There, I just got Soul Points”