World Apocalypse Online
Chapter 17

Chaotic Dance

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Gu Qingshan opened his eyes, silently drew out two arrows, nocked them on the bowstring, drew his fingers, and released them with ease.

Two arrows flew out, drawing twisted, arcing trajectories, pinning a leaf firmly to a branch.

Arcing arrow paths!

Gu Qingshan's heart skipped a beat. It was indeed as he had thought.

In this way, the attack became unpredictable.

"Using Spiritual Power as guidance..."

Gu Qingshan murmured, and tried to activate 'Swallows Fly in Pairs' again.

The two arrows split in two directions, bypassing rows of trees with great arcs, and finally hit a rabbit running a hundred meters away behind the forest.

Even Gu Qingshan, who had seen much in his previous life, was deeply attracted by this archery technique.

This was archery at the level of a Human Race general.

Gu Qingshan walked back and forth, pondered for a moment, and raised his bow.

Rapid Shot activated!

Swallows Fly in Pairs activated!

The longbow was continuously drawn, and arrows flew out in a chaotic manner, missing the target.

Gu Qingshan frowned and fell into deep thought.

'Swallows Fly in Pairs' was a good skill, but why couldn't it be fired continuously? Did such a powerful skill require a pause?

No, that didn't make sense.

He tried again, but it still didn't work.

'Swallows Fly in Pairs' was a superb archery technique, and once it formed a continuous shot, it was impossible to guarantee shooting accuracy.

No, that wasn't it.

Gu Qingshan, as if possessed, kept trying, unconsciously incorporating 'Stabilization' in the process.

Half an hour later.

Two arrows turned into gray shadows, like living flying snakes, drawing twisted, arcing trajectories in the air, both passing through the same leaf.

The trajectory of the arrows was completely unpredictable, coupled with the frequency of Rapid Shot, if someone faced Gu Qingshan's arrows, they would be dazzled and would not know how to dodge.

Gu Qingshan nodded slightly and put down the Military Bow.

Sure enough, it could be done, it just depended on whether you could calm down to ponder and practice the skill.

Ding!

The system's voice suddenly sounded, startling Gu Qingshan.

On the War God Operating Interface, the circular halo representing "God of War Skill" sent a message.

"Player Gu Qingshan has combined three archery skills to create a new archery skill: Chaotic Dance." "Chaotic Dance (Beginner): Fires 5 arrows in rapid succession within a very short time, attacking the opponent with unpredictable arcing arrow paths."

It could be like this!

Gu Qingshan opened his mouth wide, staring at the words "(Beginner)" for a long time, unable to speak.

If there was a beginner level, there must be a higher level.

He didn't expect that he had created a growth-type skill.

As he was astonished, a line of firefly-like words appeared on the War God Interface.

"Growth-type skills are extremely rare, please hone your skills and improve your skill level as soon as possible."

That's right, the power of ordinary skills only depended on the amount of Spiritual Power input, and the power changed because of the different amounts of Spiritual Power.

But growth-type skills were different.

This is a special skill that can constantly evolve. As the player's understanding of the skill deepens, its power will gradually increase until it reaches the heavens.

This is a rare skill that is hard to come by.

In the later stages of the game, after a growth-type skill evolves to its peak, it has the reputation of a "quasi-God Skill".

Those who possess growth-type skills are the objects of everyone's envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Gu Qingshan took a breath and solemnly raised his bow.

Chaotic Dance!

Bong, bong, bong, bong, bong, five consecutive sounds rang out, and five swift shadows shot out, like dragons and snakes dancing together!

These arrows seemed to have life, drawing completely different trajectories in the air, avoiding all obstacles along the way, and all hitting the branches two hundred meters away.

Gu Qingshan was stunned, completely amazed by his own arrow.

After a while, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "System, can I integrate other ordinary skills to continue creating growth-type skills?"

The War God Interface paused, and then a line of glowing small characters appeared:

"Understanding other people's skills is only the foundation. Helping players constantly create growth-type skills is the purpose of the God of War Skill."

Gu Qingshan sighed and murmured, "I've been wrong all along. It turns out this is the true value of the God of War Skill."

He looked at the row of black holes below the War God Operating Interface, only the "God of War Skill" item was lit.

But this one item had already shocked him immensely.

If one day, all of his skills were growth-type skills...

It would be too amazing.

Gu Qingshan gripped the Military Bow tightly, suddenly feeling more confident.

With growth-type skills and Soul Power, these two things are extremely special.

Using Soul Power to increase levels and skills is more cost-effective than using experience points.

At least for now, it seems that upgrading through mastering the Military Body Refining Qi Method only requires a few points of Soul Power.

Gu Qingshan can completely use Soul Power to upgrade, instead of having to painstakingly accumulate experience points like other players in his previous life.

The amount of experience points required for each level in the later stages of the game is an terrifying number, restricting the improvement of players' strength.

In addition, there is also the War God Interface, which can create growth-type skills.

Gu Qingshan suddenly felt that he could definitely go further than in his previous life.

Unexpectedly returning to this life, Gu Qingshan's heart has been filled with heavy and urgent pressure.

This is the lost era, a game history without players.

Since his rebirth, everything has been filled with strangeness different from his previous life, and many unheard-of things are happening silently.

Even Faceless Giants, almost invincible chaotic monsters, have appeared.

Gu Qingshan vaguely sensed that death was approaching him step by step.

This intuition is innate and has saved his life countless times in his previous life.

The only plan for now is to desperately become stronger, so that in the near future, when death comes, he can find a glimmer of life.

Gu Qingshan sighed and scanned the War God Interface, locking onto his skill bar.

So far, the skill bar already has three skills: "Stabilization", "Rapid Shot", and "Chaotic Dance (Beginner)".

Swallows Fly in Pairs has disappeared, completely replaced by Chaotic Dance.

Unlike the previous three skills, "Chaotic Dance" requires more Spiritual Power to control the trajectory of the arrows and is still at the "Beginner" level.

This is nothing, the more powerful the skill, the more Spiritual Power it consumes.

Next, he needs to spend more effort honing this skill and strive to improve the level of "Chaotic Dance" as soon as possible.

Gu Qingshan quickly packed up his things, preparing to leave this place.

Not far away, Demon Beasts smelled the bloody scent of the Python Demon, and their howls were getting closer and closer.

Pfft!

Without any warning, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Gu Qingshan widened his eyes in surprise, involuntarily spitting out two more mouthfuls of black blood in quick succession.

Gu Qingshan wiped away some of the blood and held it under his nose to smell.

A faint, fishy stench.

This was poison.

How could there be poison in his body for no reason? And how was it being forced out?

Gu Qingshan didn't dare to be careless, circulating Spiritual Power throughout his body, carefully examining himself.

There were no abnormalities anywhere in his body; nourished by the Python Demon Gall, he was even constantly being reborn.

Even the Spiritual Power in his Dantian was more agile and free than before.

This was the effect of the rare Python Demon Gall.

Fortunately.

It seemed that he had been poisoned by the Python Demon's toxins during the battle just now.

Gu Qingshan was now truly speechless.

This Demon Python was really not simple, able to poison him without him even realizing it.

If they had continued to fight, it was uncertain who would have emerged victorious.

Fortunately, he hadn't been entangled in the fight and had killed the opponent at an extremely fast speed.

If he hadn't eaten the rare Python Demon Gall immediately after killing the opponent, he wouldn't have been able to detect the poison for a while, and who knew what would have happened later.

As expected, these rare Demon Beasts all had trump cards.

Gu Qingshan's heart was filled with awe.

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