The worm's corpse vanished into the void.
Zhao Qiong stood frozen, unable to react for a moment.
That maddeningly tricky and cunning Apocalypse Worm had just been killed like that?
She looked at the man across from her.
Gu Qingshan held Earth Sword, but his gaze was fixed on the void.
Lines of firefly text were scrolling across the God of War Interface:
"You activated 'Earth's Choice.'"
"Earth's Choice: Erase all existence."
"This erasure consumed one hundred thousand points of Soul Power."
"Note: the stronger your target, the more Soul Power Earth's Choice requires."
Gu Qingshan wasn't too surprised.
A hundred thousand Soul Power was a lot, but it wasn't much to him. As long as he had Earth Sword in hand and Soul Power to spend, he was confident.
Earlier, when he had connected spiritually, he'd reached that space and been frozen in place. That was why the worm had been so brazen, nearly killing him.
In truth, with his swordsmanship as it was now, he might not have been able to deal with too many Black Eight-Legged Human-Faced Worms, but Gu Qingshan didn't take a mere one seriously.
The worm's true strength lay in its ability to perfectly impersonate another person, adopting their personality, abilities, traits, and even memories.
If they were allowed to enter a civilization like that, they could silently erode the entire thing.
That was what made them truly terrifying.
Suddenly, a corner of the God of War Interface flickered.
The entry for "Remaining Soul Power" had increased by fifty thousand points.
A line of firefly text appeared with an explanation:
"Your personal strength was slightly greater than this Black Eight-Legged Human-Faced Worm's. However, considering that the worm possessed several special abilities that it had yet to unleash, and that its destructive and lethal power