The crow's hands and feet were shackled.
Strange patterns covered the shackles, and they radiated a heavy, dark light.
"Hey, when can you take these things off?" the crow asked telepathically.
Whenever Gu Qingshan looked at him, he put on an expression of pain and strain.
"Don't even try. If you want to fool them, you can't let your guard down for a second. Just bear with it for now." Gu Qingshan wasn't swayed.
Gripping the crow by the neck, he announced in front of the many Apocalypse Monsters, "I've completed the capture."
A breath passed.
A voice sounded in the void. "Task completion confirmed. You may claim your reward here and now, or choose to escort the target to Evil Ghost World in exchange for greater rewards."
Evil Ghost World?
Without hesitation, Gu Qingshan said, "I choose to escort him."
The voice said, "Please wait where you are. Your transport will arrive shortly."
At that moment, the other Apocalypse Monsters seemed to receive their own assignments. They scattered in twos and threes, flying off in different directions.
Gu Qingshan stood where he was and waited quietly.
A moment later,
the void drew back on either side, and a colossal beast appeared before Gu Qingshan.
—It was a dragon.
Gu Qingshan immediately grew wary.
Dragons were not to be trifled with!
First a Azure Dragon had defected to the Evil Ghost Path, and now another dragon had appeared, a Gray-Brown Dragon belonging to the Apocalypse Faction.
"You're the Apocalypse Assassin, Shadow of Broken Bones?" the Gray-Brown Dragon asked, sizing him up.
Gu Qingshan didn't rush to answer.
His gaze fell on the void. A line of tiny, firefly-like words appeared on the God of War Interface:
"Because you are a dragon, and your strength and status are higher than those