War God

War God

In Gu Qingshan's view, the operating interface glowing with a faint blue light was not much different from before. Only, there was now a row of buttons at the bottom.

These buttons were like black holes, occasionally releasing wisps of black mist.

A line of small blue text appeared above the row of buttons:

"War God Operating Interface successfully activated. You may now activate the first function for free."

"Activate?"

"Yes."

As Gu Qingshan confirmed, the first button among that row of black hole-like buttons slowly revealed its name.

"God of War Skill?"

Gu Qingshan looked at the button's name and quickly read through the relevant explanation.

A moment later.

Gu Qingshan walked over to the weapon rack in the corner and inspected the few weapons displayed there.

A rust-covered spear, a damaged scimitar, and a Military Bow coated in dust.

Unfortunately, there was no sword.

Throughout the entire game, tens of millions of players had chosen the sword cultivator class, while Gu Qingshan was a Great Sword Immortal ranked among the top ten sword cultivators.

That already placed him among the foremost experts.

Gu Qingshan was also the war Commander of the National Guild. He had to oversee all manner of matters in his daily life, and once a campaign began, he did not have a single moment to rest.

Even in the real world, he often had to coordinate tactics with overseas guilds. His affairs were numerous and tangled.

Quite a few top experts had once lamented Gu Qingshan's situation, saying that too much of his energy had been tied down. Otherwise, his swordsmanship would never have stopped at the top ten; he might even have claimed the title of the number one swordsman.

Since there was no sword on the rack, Gu Qingshan could only shake his head regretfully and casually pick up the scimitar.

A new passage of information immediately appeared on the God of War Interface.

"Standard Military Scimitar (Damaged). Skills previously used with it are as follows:"

"First: Sweep Through a Thousand Armies. User: Wang Jin."

"Second: Get Straight to the Point. User: Zhang Kuo."

"Comprehending either of the two Knife Arts requires 1 point of Soul Power."

The information was so astonishing that even Gu Qingshan was stunned for a moment.

He could directly comprehend techniques—was this the God of War Skill?

This was only the first function of the War God Operating Interface. The other functions were still blacked out and could not yet be used.

But this alone was enough. If it could truly extract any cultivation art, then what cultivation method or secret technique in this world would be beyond his reach?

Gu Qingshan took a deep breath. Only after his emotions had calmed somewhat did he try asking, "What is Soul Power?"

A line of small text immediately appeared on the operating interface.

"Killing living beings grants Soul Power. One Skin Peeling Blood Demon has been killed. Soul Power gained: 4. Current Soul Power: 4/5."

Killing a single Skin Peeling Blood Demon had given him 4 points of Soul Power at once.

The Skin Peeling Blood Demon was no longer an ordinary demon. Its strength far surpassed that of common Demon Heads and cultivators, and it was particularly skilled at concealment and assassination.

Fortunately, Gu Qingshan had seized the opportunity to Reverse Calculation against it and kill the demon in one stroke.

Otherwise, with Gu Qingshan's cultivation completely lost, if the two sides had fallen into a stalemate, the one who died would not have been the Skin Peeling Blood Demon.

Gu Qingshan nodded. So that was how it worked. But his Soul Power displayed 4/5—did that mean his Soul Power Limit was only 5 points in total?

That was far too little.

Just as he thought this, another line of small text appeared on the interface.

"The higher one's cultivation, the higher one's Soul Power Limit."

Soul Power was linked to cultivation?

Gu Qingshan could not help looking at his character level. Four conspicuous words were displayed there: "Qi Refining Stage - 1st Layer."

This was the initial cultivation level of everyone entering the other world. His level from his previous life had already been erased.

Gu Qingshan sighed, silently set down the scimitar, and pulled out the rust-covered spear.

The spear had only one move: Basic Thrust.

Shaking his head, Gu Qingshan tossed down the spear and picked up the Military Bow.

"Standard Military Bow. Skills previously used with it are as follows:"

"First: Steady. User: Zhang Yu."

"Second: Rapid Shot. User: Zhang Yu."

"Third: Precision. User: Zhang Yu."

"Fourth: Swallows Fly in Pairs. User: Zhang Yu."

"Comprehending Steady and Rapid Shot each requires 2 points of Soul Power,

Comprehending Precision requires 4 points of Soul Power,

Comprehending Swallows Fly in Pairs requires 6 points of Soul Power."

According to the information in his memories, Zhang Yu was the human general guarding this Military Camp. He excelled at the blade and bow, and had died at the hands of the Blood-Drinking Demon during the previous offensive and defensive battle.

Gu Qingshan's gaze passed over the four skills before lingering on "Swallows Fly in Pairs."

This move actually required 6 points of Soul Power, exceeding Gu Qingshan's Soul Power Limit in a single go.

"Ah, I'm only at Qi Refining Stage - 1st Layer. It looks like I must cultivate from the beginning and raise my Soul Power Limit as quickly as possible."

Gu Qingshan shook his head helplessly.

The Qi Refining Realm was the lowest level for cultivators.

Above Qi Refining came Foundation Establishment, then Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation, and other realms—but those were matters for later.

There was good news as well: players' cultivation could be brought back to the real world.

At Qi Refining Stage - 1st Layer, one could already sense and use Spiritual Power.

If he could truly return to the past in this state, then even if he could not recover any of his equipment, even if he lost every one of his skills, Gu Qingshan would be willing ten thousand times over.

After all, life held too many regrets and too much unwillingness. Whenever he awoke from dreams at midnight, Gu Qingshan could only silently lick the wound deep in his heart, one that would never heal.

If he really could begin again...

Gu Qingshan shook his head, reining in his emotions as he gripped the Military Bow and thought at top speed.

What mattered now was surviving.

A mere Qi Refining Stage - 1st Layer could not even escape from demons.

Swords, blades, and spears all required close combat. His body was covered in wounds, his cultivation was at the lowest level, and he was alone—how could he possibly fight demons in bloody hand-to-hand combat?

When facing demons, one slip could mean death.

He was no longer the Sword Immortal from his previous life, much less the legendary figure who had led a nation's defenses.

Only he and another soldier remained in the Military Camp. That soldier was an ordinary person with no understanding of cultivation. With Gu Qingshan's Qi Refining Stage - 1st Layer cultivation, it would truly be difficult to break open the situation.

The Military Camp's Concealment Array would not last much longer either. In another day or two, it would cease functioning once its Spiritual Power ran dry.

Once the Concealment Array stopped, every kind of demon would come swarming in one after another.

Gu Qingshan suddenly realized that his situation was extremely dangerous.

It seemed he first had to abandon close combat and switch to ranged attacks, relying on the camp's Concealment Array to raise his character level as quickly as possible.

Having thought this through, Gu Qingshan made his decision.

"I choose to comprehend Steady and Rapid Shot."

In an instant, a stream of heat flowed from the Military Bow into Gu Qingshan, circulated through his limbs and bones, then dispersed into his Sea of Consciousness.

Gu Qingshan stood frozen for a moment. Then he suddenly raised the Military Bow, nocked an arrow, and fired.

Thunk!

The arrow sank deep into the crossbeam overhead.

Gu Qingshan's hands did not stop. Arrows streamed from the bowstring like cascading rays of light.

Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!

All twelve arrows were fired in one breath. Yet the arm holding Gu Qingshan's bow remained as steady as a boulder, without the slightest tremor.

So this was "Rapid Shot" and "Steady." Gu Qingshan could not help feeling his blood boil.

The "God of War Skill" was actually this powerful!

As long as he had enough Soul Power, he could learn skills from weapons in an instant. At this rate, what move in the world could he not learn?