It was now morning.
Ye Fei Li was still flying through the sky.
Gu Qing Shan was standing on his back.
Neither of them said anything.
Although they've both witnessed plenty of shocking and magnificent sights, in the instant that the spear appeared, the two of them almost lost their lives.
If they hadn't evaded immediately….
"Can he really not catch up to us?"
Finally, Ye Fei Li couldn't help but ask.
------that technique was too terrifying.
If the other party actually gave chase, the two of us wouldn't be a match.
Gu Qing Shan explained: "He had only awoken that Divine Skill in particular, all of his other powers and abilities are still sealed away"
Ye Fei Li sighed in relief and muttered: "Good, that's great to hear"
"Yeah" Gu Qing Shan continued to console him, "Although he's riding a horse, he wouldn't be able to catch up to us while you're flying at full speed"
At this point, Gu Qing Shan suddenly went quiet.
He can't catch up…
That much is true.
But that technique doesn't need him to approach us at all, it was a bona fide super-distance attack.
Every monster manifested from the Five Elements is gigantic and ferocious.
If I fought those monsters, the power fluctuations they create would be so severe that they can be detected from a long distance.
If that pursuer sensed the fluctuations and unleashed that Samsara Divine Skill from hundreds of miles away-------
Would I be able to flee in time?
"Fei Li, let's land for now"
"Alright"
The two of them landed in the middle of nowhere.
It was completely silent around them without any unusual signs.
Gu Qing Shan had already used a seal to anchor the Five Elements of this location, so these monsters wouldn't arbitrarily come out.
------unless someone purposely provoked them.
Gu Qing Shan threw away the empty quiver on his back and took out another quiver full of arrows from his bag.
--------this was the last quiver of arrows he had.
He turned around and picked up a rock, then threw it away with his full strength.
Plop!
The rock fell into a swamp in the distance.
A few moments of silence.
A pair of flaming vertical irises emerged from the swamp.
--------it belonged to a giant snake that was over a hundred meters in length that exuded a magma-like red glow.
As soon as it appeared, the air became distorted and temperature abruptly rose.
Gu Qing Shan pulled an arrow from the new quiver on his back and nocked it onto his bow.
Piu!
The arrow drew an unusual arc as it was shot straight towards the giant snake.
The giant snake twisted its body-------
Despite its gigantic body, it moved around very nimbly.
With a 'tock', the arrow flew across the entire swamp and struck a large tree.
The giant snake's vertical irises abruptly opened wide as it exuded a ferocious will.
-----two insignificant pieces of food are provoking me.
Hissss!
The giant snake hissed, then opened its large mouth and breathed out.
A torrent of magma emerged from its mouth to quickly surround Gu Qing Shan and Ye Fei Li.
Without saying a word, Ye Fei Li picked Gu Qing Shan up and flew away.
The two of them looked back down where they previously stood.
The entire barren wilderness was now filled with hot flowing magma as if a volcano had just erupted, which continued to spread without stopping.
Thick clouds of black smoke rose to the sky.
Such a commotion was already quite considerable, enough for even people a long distance away to notice the battle that was occurring here.
"Alright, let's retreat" Gu Qing Shan said.
"This guy might be hard to deal with, but it's not to the point where we need to flee as soon as the battle begins, right?" Ye Fei Li asked in confusion.
"That direction------- we're going to flee----- hurry!" Gu Qing Shan shouted.
Ye Fei Li immediately sped up and started flying into the far distance under the giant snake's watchful gaze.
One breath.
Two breaths.
The two of them had flown a few dozen miles away from that location like a bolt of lightning.
Suddenly, an unfathomable presence could be felt in the air.
"This feeling is…"
Ye Fei Li's expression changed and once again sped up, only sneaking a single glance backwards.
A spear that eclipsed the sky was flying towards them from the faraway sky.
The spear exuded a harrowing ancient presence, leveling all things in both the sky and on the ground.
A sharp and loud howling noise could be heard from the air.
Within the intense wind, the spear flew over the billowing black smoke of the erupting volcano.
The giant snake of fire coiled its body around itself, seemingly attempting to resist the spear, but was summarily eliminated.
-------the entire mountain was also leveled.
"How are we supposed to kill any monsters with such an enemy pursuing us?" Ye Fei Li couldn't help but ask.
Gu Qing Shan silently observed this scene without answering him.
The villages around the county city aren't particularly far from one another, so if I fought against any of the monsters in this area, that person would surely notice and pursue us.
That Samsara Divine Skill isn't just a front.
I need to be constantly cautious of that Samsara Divine Skill.
Then…
Should I leave this region?
That's not a good idea either.
After fleeing earlier, the other party must have assumed that I have the advantage of speed.
If they somehow found a way to overcome this advantage, but Ye Fei Li had fallen back into slumber, what can I do next time?
Gu Qing Shan blinked a few times, then suddenly noticed something unusual.
"Ye Fei Li, take a look" Gu Qing Shan said.
Ye Fei Li followed where he was pointing.
Only to see that after the giant fire snake had been erased, a weak burst of flame was slowly falling towards the ground.
"Ah? That burst of flame looks like it's sentient----- did the snake not die?" Ye Fei Li asked in surprise.
"It's probably capable of reviving" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He recalled the Lizard of Three Yin that they killed earlier.
According to the Book of the Sea, every time that this kind of Elemental monster dies it would grow stronger; and unless the Elemental Core that manifested the monster was destroyed, they couldn't be permanently destroyed.
By this point, all the fluctuations had disappeared.
There weren't any ferocious monsters and no fluctuations of battle, so the pursuers shouldn't act once again.
He would instead come to take a look at the situation.
In other words-----
If I want to destroy the Elemental Core, I need to take advantage of the time when the monster hasn't revived and before the pursuer arrives.
-----this was exactly the best opportunity!
Gu Qing Shan took out the Book of the Sea and asked: "Book of the Sea, when I came here to release the seal in the past, you should have seen the monster from afar as well, please tell me where its Elemental Core was hidden"
The Book of the Sea answered him: [Then you will owe me 3000 years and three days' worth of wealth]
"Why is it still 3000 years and three days?" Hasn't it been many days since that time?" Gu Qing Shan asked confusedly.
[Only a day that you earn some wealth would be considered a legitimate day, your grace the Earth God] the Book of the Sea answered.
Gu Qing Shan really had nothing else to say and sighed: "…No wonder that Highest Sequence of mine tried to learn how to earn money from you"
------fine, it's already gotten to this point, how can I just give up?
"We have a deal, now tell me where the weakness of that monster earlier was" Gu Qing Shan said.
The Book of the Sea opened by itself and started to display information in common human language:
[Earth Elemental Flame Demon Snake]
[This monster was manifested from the magma of Elemental Earth, clad in flames, wherever it walks, all land becomes dead and all things are burnt to nothingness]
[Its Elemental Core is hidden in its eye, you must destroy its eye in a single strike in order to completely kill it]
Gu Qing Shan quickly skimmed through the text and suddenly shouted: "Fei Li, fly closer to the ground, we're heading in!"
"Got it" Ye Fei Li replied.
He flew at an extremely fast speed towards the burst of flame.
Gu Qing Shan drew another arrow and nocked it onto the bow.
The burst of flame had already started to elongate like a length of rope even before it fell to the ground.
Scales began to grow from the rope, manifesting into the shape of a head, visibly forming a simple outline of a flaming snake.
As the wind howled by his ear, Gu Qing Shan held tightly onto the tense bowstring as well as his own breath.
A few moments later-----
Right as a pair of vertical irises grew from the head of the snake, Gu Qing Shan abruptly let loose.
The arrow flew like a blurred image and accurately pierced through the giant snake's eye.
Right before the giant snake was about to take form again, it was frozen stiff in mid-air by this arrow.
Boom!!!
Its newly-grown body abruptly exploded into fire that swiftly faded away and vanished.
Lines of bloody red text quickly appeared in the void of space:
[You've killed the Earth Elemental Fire Demon Snake]
[You've resolved the rampaging Element of this location]
[Merit: +1]
[Current Merit: 2]
Right as Gu Qing Shan was reading this, he noticed a profound and deep red glow becoming intertwined on his body.
The profound glow flickered for a few times before it disappeared into his body again.
Ye Fei Li looked at him and asked in surprise: "What's going on here?"
"I don't know either" Gu Qing Shan answered.
Lines of bloody red text quickly appeared in the void of space:
[Attention!]
[Attention!]
[An unexpected situation had occurred]
[You are a Chosen Saint of both the Wraith realm and Huang Quang realm]
[You are the only Chosen Saint of the Wraith realm]
[You possess the Wraith realm Divine Skill: Mountain Wraith]
[Your status, as well as this Divine Skill, had both awakened the origin power of the Wraith realm]
[The Wraith realm's origin power is currently activating the Samsara]
[Everything is currently undergoing change to facilitate you, the only candidate of the Wraith realm]
[…]
[The following changes had occurred:]
[When your Merit value reaches '3', you will unlock the Five Element war mode]
[Attention, this is an absolute secret of the Samsara, it cannot be revealed to other parties, otherwise, severe consequences would follow]
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
[Mountain Wraith] was a Samsara Divine Skill with considerable background, this was something he already knew very well.
When he obtained this Divine Skill, the Sequence UI had already given him a clear description:
…
[This is an exclusive Divine Skill at the very top of the Wraith realm with a potential to further evolve]
[This Divine Skill is divided into a total of 9 stages, each stage containing a different level of power]
[When you evolve this Divine Skill to its 9th stage, you will learn of the secret of the Wraith realm's destruction]
[Note: This Divine Skill originated from the Wraith realm's Origin itself, carrying a profound implication, you must carefully put your mind into experiencing it in order to learn of the Divine Skill's power]
…
How unexpected for me to obtain origin power from the Wraith realm at this location of all places…
It seems there are still many secrets within the Samsara that haven't been revealed.
While he was thinking, Ye Fei Li suddenly said:
"Gu Qing Shan, I think my time is about to run out"
Gu Qing Shan regained his senses and said: "Huh? Ah right, it's almost an entire day already, it's certainly about time for you to return"
Ye Fei Li firmly told him: "That pursuer isn't simple to deal with, but your powers are currently sealed away------ you should seize your time to summon another person for support, if possible, someone like Shroud"
Gu Qing Shan smiled wryly: "I can only summon randomly, and everyone would only be able to utilize one ability"
"Worst-case scenario, just avoid them" Ye Fei Li suggested.
His body slowly became transparent as he was about to fade away.
Gu Qing Shan nodded: "Don't worry, of course I won't be risking my life against a Samsara Divine Skill"
Ye Fei Li faded into the void of space with a worried look on his face as he disappeared.
He had returned to the Sequence and fell back into slumber.
Gu Qing Shan didn't waste any time to take out the Reincarnation Gloom Orchid once again.
Right as he was about to activate [Moon Invitation], a voice called out to him from not too far away:
「 Is that your Samsara Divine Skill? 」
Gu Qing Shan abruptly turned his head.
Only to see a monster standing within his vision.
This monster appeared almost like a tiger, but it had one horn on its head and five tails, its entire body glowing with golden light.
The monsters stood up and gradually turned back into human form. It took off the horn on its head, which slowly turned into a spear.
---it was the middle-aged man from before.
The monster was the person who pursued Gu Qing Shan and Ye Fei Li!
"You moved too quickly, so I had no choice but to use my true form to catch up" the man slowly said.
He pointed his spear straight at Gu Qing Shan.
It was now morning.
Ye Fei Li was still flying through the sky.
Gu Qing Shan was standing on his back.
Neither of them said anything.
Although they've both witnessed plenty of shocking and magnificent sights, in the instant that the spear appeared, the two of them almost lost their lives.
If they hadn't evaded immediately….
"Can he really not catch up to us?"
Finally, Ye Fei Li couldn't help but ask.
------that technique was too terrifying.
If the other party actually gave chase, the two of us wouldn't be a match.
Gu Qing Shan explained: "He had only awoken that Divine Skill in particular, all of his other powers and abilities are still sealed away"
Ye Fei Li sighed in relief and muttered: "Good, that's great to hear"
"Yeah" Gu Qing Shan continued to console him, "Although he's riding a horse, he wouldn't be able to catch up to us while you're flying at full speed"
At this point, Gu Qing Shan suddenly went quiet.
He can't catch up…
That much is true.
But that technique doesn't need him to approach us at all, it was a bona fide super-distance attack.
Every monster manifested from the Five Elements is gigantic and ferocious.
If I fought those monsters, the power fluctuations they create would be so severe that they can be detected from a long distance.
If that pursuer sensed the fluctuations and unleashed that Samsara Divine Skill from hundreds of miles away-------
Would I be able to flee in time?
"Fei Li, let's land for now"
"Alright"
The two of them landed in the middle of nowhere.
It was completely silent around them without any unusual signs.
Gu Qing Shan had already used a seal to anchor the Five Elements of this location, so these monsters wouldn't arbitrarily come out.
------unless someone purposely provoked them.
Gu Qing Shan threw away the empty quiver on his back and took out another quiver full of arrows from his bag.
--------this was the last quiver of arrows he had.
He turned around and picked up a rock, then threw it away with his full strength.
Plop!
The rock fell into a swamp in the distance.
A few moments of silence.
A pair of flaming vertical irises emerged from the swamp.
--------it belonged to a giant snake that was over a hundred meters in length that exuded a magma-like red glow.
As soon as it appeared, the air became distorted and temperature abruptly rose.
Gu Qing Shan pulled an arrow from the new quiver on his back and nocked it onto his bow.
Piu!
The arrow drew an unusual arc as it was shot straight towards the giant snake.
The giant snake twisted its body-------
Despite its gigantic body, it moved around very nimbly.
With a 'tock', the arrow flew across the entire swamp and struck a large tree.
The giant snake's vertical irises abruptly opened wide as it exuded a ferocious will.
-----two insignificant pieces of food are provoking me.
Hissss!
The giant snake hissed, then opened its large mouth and breathed out.
A torrent of magma emerged from its mouth to quickly surround Gu Qing Shan and Ye Fei Li.
Without saying a word, Ye Fei Li picked Gu Qing Shan up and flew away.
The two of them looked back down where they previously stood.
The entire barren wilderness was now filled with hot flowing magma as if a volcano had just erupted, which continued to spread without stopping.
Thick clouds of black smoke rose to the sky.
Such a commotion was already quite considerable, enough for even people a long distance away to notice the battle that was occurring here.
"Alright, let's retreat" Gu Qing Shan said.
"This guy might be hard to deal with, but it's not to the point where we need to flee as soon as the battle begins, right?" Ye Fei Li asked in confusion.
"That direction------- we're going to flee----- hurry!" Gu Qing Shan shouted.
Ye Fei Li immediately sped up and started flying into the far distance under the giant snake's watchful gaze.
One breath.
Two breaths.
The two of them had flown a few dozen miles away from that location like a bolt of lightning.
Suddenly, an unfathomable presence could be felt in the air.
"This feeling is…"
Ye Fei Li's expression changed and once again sped up, only sneaking a single glance backwards.
A spear that eclipsed the sky was flying towards them from the faraway sky.
The spear exuded a harrowing ancient presence, leveling all things in both the sky and on the ground.
A sharp and loud howling noise could be heard from the air.
Within the intense wind, the spear flew over the billowing black smoke of the erupting volcano.
The giant snake of fire coiled its body around itself, seemingly attempting to resist the spear, but was summarily eliminated.
-------the entire mountain was also leveled.
"How are we supposed to kill any monsters with such an enemy pursuing us?" Ye Fei Li couldn't help but ask.
Gu Qing Shan silently observed this scene without answering him.
The villages around the county city aren't particularly far from one another, so if I fought against any of the monsters in this area, that person would surely notice and pursue us.
That Samsara Divine Skill isn't just a front.
I need to be constantly cautious of that Samsara Divine Skill.
Then…
Should I leave this region?
That's not a good idea either.
After fleeing earlier, the other party must have assumed that I have the advantage of speed.
If they somehow found a way to overcome this advantage, but Ye Fei Li had fallen back into slumber, what can I do next time?
Gu Qing Shan blinked a few times, then suddenly noticed something unusual.
"Ye Fei Li, take a look" Gu Qing Shan said.
Ye Fei Li followed where he was pointing.
Only to see that after the giant fire snake had been erased, a weak burst of flame was slowly falling towards the ground.
"Ah? That burst of flame looks like it's sentient----- did the snake not die?" Ye Fei Li asked in surprise.
"It's probably capable of reviving" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He recalled the Lizard of Three Yin that they killed earlier.
According to the Book of the Sea, every time that this kind of Elemental monster dies it would grow stronger; and unless the Elemental Core that manifested the monster was destroyed, they couldn't be permanently destroyed.
By this point, all the fluctuations had disappeared.
There weren't any ferocious monsters and no fluctuations of battle, so the pursuers shouldn't act once again.
He would instead come to take a look at the situation.
In other words-----
If I want to destroy the Elemental Core, I need to take advantage of the time when the monster hasn't revived and before the pursuer arrives.
-----this was exactly the best opportunity!
Gu Qing Shan took out the Book of the Sea and asked: "Book of the Sea, when I came here to release the seal in the past, you should have seen the monster from afar as well, please tell me where its Elemental Core was hidden"
The Book of the Sea answered him: [Then you will owe me 3000 years and three days' worth of wealth]
"Why is it still 3000 years and three days?" Hasn't it been many days since that time?" Gu Qing Shan asked confusedly.
[Only a day that you earn some wealth would be considered a legitimate day, your grace the Earth God] the Book of the Sea answered.
Gu Qing Shan really had nothing else to say and sighed: "…No wonder that Highest Sequence of mine tried to learn how to earn money from you"
------fine, it's already gotten to this point, how can I just give up?
"We have a deal, now tell me where the weakness of that monster earlier was" Gu Qing Shan said.
The Book of the Sea opened by itself and started to display information in common human language:
[Earth Elemental Flame Demon Snake]
[This monster was manifested from the magma of Elemental Earth, clad in flames, wherever it walks, all land becomes dead and all things are burnt to nothingness]
[Its Elemental Core is hidden in its eye, you must destroy its eye in a single strike in order to completely kill it]
Gu Qing Shan quickly skimmed through the text and suddenly shouted: "Fei Li, fly closer to the ground, we're heading in!"
"Got it" Ye Fei Li replied.
He flew at an extremely fast speed towards the burst of flame.
Gu Qing Shan drew another arrow and nocked it onto the bow.
The burst of flame had already started to elongate like a length of rope even before it fell to the ground.
Scales began to grow from the rope, manifesting into the shape of a head, visibly forming a simple outline of a flaming snake.
As the wind howled by his ear, Gu Qing Shan held tightly onto the tense bowstring as well as his own breath.
A few moments later-----
Right as a pair of vertical irises grew from the head of the snake, Gu Qing Shan abruptly let loose.
The arrow flew like a blurred image and accurately pierced through the giant snake's eye.
Right before the giant snake was about to take form again, it was frozen stiff in mid-air by this arrow.
Boom!!!
Its newly-grown body abruptly exploded into fire that swiftly faded away and vanished.
Lines of bloody red text quickly appeared in the void of space:
[You've killed the Earth Elemental Fire Demon Snake]
[You've resolved the rampaging Element of this location]
[Merit: +1]
[Current Merit: 2]
Right as Gu Qing Shan was reading this, he noticed a profound and deep red glow becoming intertwined on his body.
The profound glow flickered for a few times before it disappeared into his body again.
Ye Fei Li looked at him and asked in surprise: "What's going on here?"
"I don't know either" Gu Qing Shan answered.
Lines of bloody red text quickly appeared in the void of space:
[Attention!]
[Attention!]
[An unexpected situation had occurred]
[You are a Chosen Saint of both the Wraith realm and Huang Quang realm]
[You are the only Chosen Saint of the Wraith realm]
[You possess the Wraith realm Divine Skill: Mountain Wraith]
[Your status, as well as this Divine Skill, had both awakened the origin power of the Wraith realm]
[The Wraith realm's origin power is currently activating the Samsara]
[Everything is currently undergoing change to facilitate you, the only candidate of the Wraith realm]
[…]
[The following changes had occurred:]
[When your Merit value reaches '3', you will unlock the Five Element war mode]
[Attention, this is an absolute secret of the Samsara, it cannot be revealed to other parties, otherwise, severe consequences would follow]
Gu Qing Shan was stunned.
[Mountain Wraith] was a Samsara Divine Skill with considerable background, this was something he already knew very well.
When he obtained this Divine Skill, the Sequence UI had already given him a clear description:
…
[This is an exclusive Divine Skill at the very top of the Wraith realm with a potential to further evolve]
[This Divine Skill is divided into a total of 9 stages, each stage containing a different level of power]
[When you evolve this Divine Skill to its 9th stage, you will learn of the secret of the Wraith realm's destruction]
[Note: This Divine Skill originated from the Wraith realm's Origin itself, carrying a profound implication, you must carefully put your mind into experiencing it in order to learn of the Divine Skill's power]
…
How unexpected for me to obtain origin power from the Wraith realm at this location of all places…
It seems there are still many secrets within the Samsara that haven't been revealed.
While he was thinking, Ye Fei Li suddenly said:
"Gu Qing Shan, I think my time is about to run out"
Gu Qing Shan regained his senses and said: "Huh? Ah right, it's almost an entire day already, it's certainly about time for you to return"
Ye Fei Li firmly told him: "That pursuer isn't simple to deal with, but your powers are currently sealed away------ you should seize your time to summon another person for support, if possible, someone like Shroud"
Gu Qing Shan smiled wryly: "I can only summon randomly, and everyone would only be able to utilize one ability"
"Worst-case scenario, just avoid them" Ye Fei Li suggested.
His body slowly became transparent as he was about to fade away.
Gu Qing Shan nodded: "Don't worry, of course I won't be risking my life against a Samsara Divine Skill"
Ye Fei Li faded into the void of space with a worried look on his face as he disappeared.
He had returned to the Sequence and fell back into slumber.
Gu Qing Shan didn't waste any time to take out the Reincarnation Gloom Orchid once again.
Right as he was about to activate [Moon Invitation], a voice called out to him from not too far away:
「 Is that your Samsara Divine Skill? 」
Gu Qing Shan abruptly turned his head.
Only to see a monster standing within his vision.
This monster appeared almost like a tiger, but it had one horn on its head and five tails, its entire body glowing with golden light.
The monsters stood up and gradually turned back into human form. It took off the horn on its head, which slowly turned into a spear.
---it was the middle-aged man from before.
The monster was the person who pursued Gu Qing Shan and Ye Fei Li!
"You moved too quickly, so I had no choice but to use my true form to catch up" the man slowly said.
He pointed his spear straight at Gu Qing Shan.
