Volume 6: Post-mortem Chapter 2: The Ancient Hero King
After the blond man pulled the weapon out of the vortex, he seemed to be subtly relieved.
Then, facing Qi Ji who was still standing still, he smiled arrogantly again.
"I don't know where you came from, but since you were able to survive my "King's Treasure", you must be a strong Servant."
The blond youth sneered and said loudly, "Since you asked me to take out this sword, I will especially allow you to know my name."
Qi Ji scratched his ear and said, "You are really too arrogant. I am not interested in your name, but if you insist, then go ahead."
"How can you be a king if you are not proud?"
"Listen carefully, my name is Gilgamesh, the oldest and first king of mankind!"
The moment the blond man announced his name, an aura of looking down on the world and being the only one in his power suddenly emerged, transforming into endless power and rushing towards Qi Ji frantically.
Qi Ji's long hair was blown back by this might, and an extremely interested expression appeared on his face. He said softly, "Kojiro Sasaki, who has unparalleled sword skills, Medusa who has the petrifying magic eye, Emiya who created countless weapons, Cu Chulainn who can definitely pierce the heart, the girl who calls herself King Arthur, the mythical hero Hercules who has the legendary twelve trials, and now, Gilgamesh, the oldest king of the Sumerian civilization, has appeared..."
"You're just playing Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong here! What kind of world are you in..."
Gilgamesh tilted his head and gave Qi Ji a strange look: "Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know? This is the fifth Holy Grail War. As famous heroes in history, isn't it natural for us to be summoned as servants to fight for victory?"
"Wait!" He froze, his expression surprised: "You seem to be so clueless, could it be that you are not a Servant!?"
Qi Ji held the spiral blade tightly in both hands and slowly made a gesture of holding the blade horizontally in front of his face: "It's not strange that you are not a Servant, don't talk nonsense, your weapon looks cool, come on, let me see its power."
Gilgamesh smiled and said, "Since you want to die so soon, I will grant you death as you wish!"
He stopped talking, gripped the strangely shaped weapon tightly in his right hand and raised it high. On the golden hilt, the three black pieces of the weapon covered with mysterious red patterns began to rotate slowly.
As the sword rotates, unparalleled power emerges.
The three cylinders, like long and thin millstones, rubbed and rotated against each other with a weight and force that seemed to rival the movement of the earth's crust, emitting immeasurable and terrifying magical power.
Qi Ji stared at this weapon of infinite power with wide eyes. For the first time, he realized deeply that if the opponent released this attack at him.
He will definitely be blasted to pieces.
A vertical eye mark appeared between his eyebrows, and his eyes quietly turned blood red. Black armor appeared on his body, and his aura instantly became several times stronger than before.
However, Gilgamesh, who was already full of confidence, just looked at the rapidly changing Qi Ji calmly.
Like looking at an ant.
His face was calm and composed as a king, with an inexplicable smile on his lips. He looked at Qi Ji and said softly: "Let me show you the end of your life."
"It's time for you to show your power. Wake up—"
He shouted loudly, his voice full of arrogance and arrogance.
The raised weapon rotated at an extremely fast speed, which led to a terrifying wind pressure. Countless bright red lights spread out like a tornado, almost tearing the space apart.
The tip of the weapon condensed countless magical powers under the high-speed rotation, creating a red phenomenon like a storm and Tesla discharge.
These magical powers gathered together and began to compress and fold infinitely, eventually turning into a round ball of light that was as bright and dazzling as the sun.
"Guai·li·jian!"
Gilgamesh slowly floated up into the sky under the invisible force field, stepped into the air, and held high a weapon that seemed to be able to destroy the world. He looked like a god.
"Look up!" he declared with great confidence.
After the declaration, he gently swung his right hand holding the weapon downwards!
"Heaven and earth are separated, the star of creation!"
In an instant, a huge, destructive black-red beam of light spurted out from the tip of the weapon!
The sky is screaming and the earth is roaring.
Gilgamesh swung his sword down, aiming at no one.
He didn't need to aim.
The beam of light that gushed out was like the edge of a sword, and what the sword wanted to cut was not a "person" at all.
But the whole world!
Qi Ji looked at this extremely terrifying attack and completely gave up the idea of a head-on confrontation.
With this blow, even the twelve chances of rebirth granted to him by the Twelve Trials would definitely be wiped out all at once.
However, even when facing such a terrifying attack, his face remained calm, with an inexplicable divine light flashing in the depths of his pupils.
The moment the all-destructive light wave from the Sword of Separation blasted out, heaven and earth were silent.
Qi Ji's lips opened and closed slightly, and he uttered three syllables softly.
"A.V.L.O!"
Endless golden light mixed with colorful rainbow light gushed out from his body, instantly surrounding Qi Ji completely.
In the light, an object as huge as a scabbard seemed to emerge, and then the entire phantom split into countless stars and merged into the light that enveloped Qi Ji.
The next moment, a destructive black and red beam of light completely engulfed Qi Ji!
For a moment, the sky and the earth lost all their color.
Everything was quiet.
All that was left was the beam of light that seemed to erupt endlessly and could cut through and destroy everything!
It seemed like a long time had passed, but in fact it was less than a second.
The huge black and red beam of light disappeared quietly.
Gilgamesh took a light breath and retracted the sword in his hand.
Then, his eyes suddenly widened.
call out!
The sound of breaking through the air at an extremely fast speed suddenly sounded!
Bang!
In the astonished expression of this arrogant hero king.
The right hand holding the sword of wrath was instantly cut off from the body.
Behind him was Qi Ji, who had just completed a high-speed slash and hadn't even put away his sword!
His face was as calm as water, and there seemed to be a blank look in his red eyes.
There was no injury on his body.
At the most dangerous moment, the scabbard of Avalon, which was summoned by his chanting of his true name, completely isolated him from the world with its incredible conceptual power.
Naturally, it also blocked the devastating light cannon of the Guaili Sword.
After taking this terrifying blow head-on, Qi Ji seized the moment of slackness from the Hero King and finally activated his speed which far exceeded the reaction speed of the strong men in this world view.
He instantly crossed a distance of a hundred meters and cut off the opponent's arm with one blow.
Time seemed to stand still, and Gilgamesh's mouth opened and closed slightly, as if he was about to say something.
However, Qi Ji didn't want to listen to any more nonsense from this arrogant guy.
The spiral knife in his hand suddenly disappeared.
The next second, countless slashes cut the opponent into dust!
[Kill the target, no spirituality can be taken]
[The final target in this world view has been killed and will no longer be included in the selection range of the Secret Record of the Afterlife]
Qi Ji stopped and casually picked up the red crystal left by Gilgamesh.
[Permission "Choose One from Three" is effective, please choose one of the following three skills to obtain it]
[Option 1 - King's Treasure: Obtain a super space that can be opened and stored at any time]
[Option 2 - Sword of Separation: A super weapon materialized from the concept of "the power used by God when the world was created". If its power is fully activated, it can even cut through space and destroy everything.]
[Option 3 - Golden Rule: Those who possess this skill will have natural fortune, a lifetime of prosperity and wealth, without having to worry about money]
There is nothing much to say, just put the sword into your pocket.
Judging from personal experience, if the Twelve Trials gave him the most resilient and invincible body.
Avalon granted him eternal youth and the power to block out all influences.
Then this sword of separation will give him unparalleled destructive power.
The next moment, a gorgeous weapon that looked like a sword or a staff, exactly the same as the one used by Gilgamesh, appeared in his hand.
He felt this super weapon and could clearly understand that once he injected a large amount of extraordinary factors into the weapon and activated it, it would be able to condense unparalleled powerful force.
Qi Ji nodded with satisfaction and left the Tower of Transcendence as the fog filled the entire world.
…
In the early morning, Qi Ji opened his eyes and immediately summoned the Transcendence Panel to upgrade the Guaili Sword.
As the top-level Noble Phantasm among the top-level Noble Phantasms, the upgrade requirements for this thing are no different from the transcendence costs of Hercules and King Arthur's Noble Phantasms.
But he now has too much transcendence, and he will never hesitate to spend the transcendence that should be spent.
[Transcendence: 355990 → 337990]
[Sword of Separation - Basic → Sword of Separation - Ultimate (cannot be upgraded)]
[Obtained Secret: Separation of Heaven and Earth, Star of Creation]
There are no other branches and no special effects. After upgrading the level of the Sword of Separation to the highest level, Qi Ji only obtained one secret.
Let this sword that slashes the world apart unleash its true power.
[Heaven and Earth Dissociation·Star of Creation: Through a unique method of magic infusion, the Dissociation Sword is used to cut through space, condensing and squeezing the wind pressure faults to form a simulated space-time fault attack, crushing all hostile things]
It was obvious that this sword was not meant for slashing, nor was it even a normal weapon used in normal combat.
Each of its attacks consumes a large amount of magic power. If a huge amount of magic power is poured into this weapon in a fixed way, it will be able to exert its true power that is enough to create the world - cutting through space.
This is an "anti-world weapon".
Qi Ji put away the Guaili Sword, washed up, left his room, went to the balcony and looked at the clouds in the distance.
Today, he lives in the legacy of Dengtian Pavilion, a giant aerial building complex called "Xiangong".
And this "Fairy Palace", in accordance with Qi Ji's previous decision, has officially become an aerial fortress where all major forces gather and station, and will also become a mobile base for counterattacking the foreign demon territory.
After discussion among the leaders of various major forces, a room for his daily living was quickly decided upon - the top of the central tower, which was originally used by the "Five Uppers" of Dengtian Pavilion for meetings, was transformed into Qi Ji's living room .
The original conference function has been downgraded accordingly.
Over the past three days, the leaders of various major forces, under the organization of Yang Ming, the former top master, have been gradually implementing the next combat and breakthrough plans.
If the soundproofing of the room he renovated wasn't good enough, he would probably be able to hear the noisy sounds of the big guys on the next floor banging their tables and glaring at each other day and night.
For example, now, he can hear the heated discussion coming from downstairs on the balcony.
"Let's recapture the northern border first! It's guarded by Mr. Yangming all year round, and the foreign demon forces are weak. With Qi Ji's super force, we can definitely recapture a large area of Donghua Continent in one go!"
"It's useless to recapture that broken territory in the north! Going further out is the eternal snowfield, which is so cold that even mammoths can't survive. Why recapture it? We must give priority to counterattacking the western region. The Xuan family over there is treacherous and has been neglecting defense for many years. The outer demon front has expanded hundreds of kilometers to the East China Continent!"
"I think the foreign demons along the southeast coast are weak, so we might consider using a little time to completely eliminate their power, and then focus on dealing with the major battle lines."
…
Each of the big guys has his own opinion, and everyone thinks that his opinion is right. No one is willing to admit defeat, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come to a conclusion in a short period of time.
Qi Ji sighed, then simply walked downstairs and went straight to the meeting room.
When he opened the door, he saw seven or eight big guys sitting together. When they saw Qi Ji coming in, their eyes lit up.
"Qi Ji, you've arrived just in time. Why don't you decide where we should attack first?"
Qi Ji did not refuse. He quietly walked to the large map spread out on the round table and took a quick look at it.
With a thought in mind, he pointed to a corner of the map and asked softly, "If we keep going westward in our Western Region, can we connect to the so-called Western Cang Continent?"
When several people heard this, they reacted very quickly.
Someone immediately nodded and said, "Qi Ji hit the point!"
"Okay, let's attack the Western Region, fight our way through, and then clear the passage between Xicang Continent and Donghua Continent that has been cut off for almost a thousand years..."
"Then we will unite the strength of the two continents and jointly counterattack the foreign demons!"
"Okay! Let's do it!"
Soon, everyone reached a consensus.
Qi Ji thought for a moment, tapped the table lightly, and said, "Seniors, after determining the direction of the battle, do we need to make some preparations before the battle?"
On one side of the table, a handsome man with a long beard and beautiful hair smiled and nodded, "Indeed, gathering military forces, preparing food and fodder, and mobilizing resources are not things that can be accomplished in a few days."
"Morning, Mr. Yangming." Qi Ji immediately greeted the elegant man respectfully, and then turned to everyone and said, "Then I would like to take the liberty to ask for leave from all the seniors. Please let the professionals arrange this preparation period. I plan to go back to Earth."
Several people looked at each other, somewhat confused.
They naturally know where Earth is.
Logically speaking, Qi Ji is already the most powerful and invincible man in the world in this outer continent. If he gives up being a powerful man and insists on returning to the inner area of the forbidden magic land, isn't he disregarding his own safety?
However, in the end, they did not try to keep Qi Ji.
They could only implicitly tell Qi Ji that on the Earth in the inner domain, they should always pay attention to their own safety and not let their useful bodies run into any accidents due to the restricted environment.
Qi Ji naturally smiled and nodded in response to their advice.
Only he himself knows that his strength does not entirely rely on the "supernatural factor".
His strength mainly comes from the transcendence of the Tower of Transcendence and the superposition of various skills.
Of course, now that he has returned to Earth, his strength will drop to one tenth of that in the outer realm.
But even one tenth of it is enough to make his body strength exceed 100 tons and his speed exceed the speed of sound.
With such strength, he is as powerful as a god on Earth.
Unless he is plowed by a nuclear bomb, no weapon can pose a threat to him.
If he wants to eat chopped green onions, he can eat them. If he doesn’t want to eat chopped green onions, he can still choose not to eat it even if beef is put in it.
