The underground Dark River.
The one-minute countdown had ended.
Gu Qingshan stood in midair, countless black tentacles piercing his back and steadily driving his strength higher.
—Higher.
Ever higher, without pause or fatigue!
This increase in power had already far surpassed anything Gu Qingshan himself possessed. It kept climbing beyond realms he had never even imagined, almost without end.
At last, he even felt a primal fear of how much stronger he was becoming.
"Still rising... Just how far will it go?"
Gu Qingshan couldn't help murmuring.
Rows of firefly-sized text rapidly appeared on the God of War Interface:
"Time's up." "You have received the full power infusion of ???? and your strength has risen to an indescribable realm." "That power will be fully infused into your 'Buzhou' four-hit combo." "You may begin now."
As he looked at the prompts, an inexplicable feeling lingered in Gu Qingshan's heart, and a thought rose unbidden:
With power like this... and my Empty Tribulation Power, is there anything in this world I can't shatter with one punch?
For a moment, the entire underground Dark River fell silent. Above, the shattered fragments of the Six Paths kept pressing together, creaking as they grew denser and denser.
His figure dipped slightly in midair as he settled into a fighting stance.
—He had to throw all four punches in an instant, using that burst of force to turn the tide. Otherwise, the first few punches might make all those fragments come crashing down.
Gu Qingshan prepared to strike—
A thought suddenly crossed his mind.
He delayed his attack for a moment and called out, "Only Esteemed, are you there?"
"Shoo."
A sound rang out from the void.
Gu Qingshan asked, "Can you borrow the 'Buzhou' I'm about to use?"
Only Esteemed's voice turned hesitant.