Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 128 - 101: Re-entering the Demon’s Lair

Chapter 128: Chapter 101: Re-entering the Demon’s Lair

The hall was eerily silent.

Suddenly, the Emperor snapped back to reality, addressing Wu Xiaode’s holographic image,

"Little Wu, the sword technique you used just now has leaked out."

"No way, even with your Majesty suppressing it, it leaked?" Wu Xiaode exclaimed in surprise.

"It was I who let it out,"

the Emperor said with a slight smirk.

After a moment, Wu Xiaode understood what the Emperor meant.

With such a powerful professional in the Fu Xi Empire, who would dare to cause trouble in the future?

"Seriously though, there couldn’t possibly be such a formidable swordsmanship in the world," Zhao Zhibing said with a sigh.

"Of course, if you ask me to perform such a sword move again, I wouldn’t be able to," Wu Xiaode quickly admitted.

—He had to say this.

Otherwise, any disaster in the future would mean a call for "Wu Xiaode on the move," and he’d have to scurry to deal with it.

The key was that he truly didn’t have such strength.

"Make sure the talisman is placed properly, be careful not to injure anyone," Zhao Zhibing advised.

"Understood," Wu Xiaode responded.

The long months cast a sparse shadow.

That sword indeed was taught by an Immortal.

After learning it, an intense Sword Intent emerged within him, but he couldn’t control it because the contact duration was too short.

In the end, Zhao Zhibing had to step in, using a talisman to suppress the Soul Power and so the Sword Intent was subdued.

That was also the reason everyone believed him.

A person, unable to control his own emerging Sword Intent.

This just proved that the sword move was not his doing.

But the Sword Intent was astonishingly impressive!

"So the current upper limit of Soul Power in the world is 10, right?" Li Kunlun asked.

"Yes," Xiao Baihong answered.

"Then he’s right, to be able to borrow that sword move must be some sort of special ability of his," Li Kunlun stated with utter certainty.

The Emperor felt somewhat regretful.

Everyone felt somewhat regretful.

If only that sword move could be triggered at any moment, how great that would be.

"Kunlun, you said earlier tonight’s events aren’t what we expected. What did you mean by that?" Wu Xiaode changed the subject.

"It’s because a parallel world was destroyed, fell into our world, and enhanced the origin power of our world, which is why some people have awakened Soul Power,"

Li Kunlun continued, "If the world we are about to visit is also nearing destruction—"

"When it falls into our world, the upper limit of Soul Power in the world will increase once again."

"Why would a parallel world fall?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"It got destroyed," Li Kunlun replied.

"What exactly is a parallel world?" Zhao Zhibing asked.

Li Kunlun shook his head, "Actually, a parallel world is a different destiny branch of all beings and things, where the fate of people in each world differs slightly—"

"So, it embodies the Destiny Skill,"

"One would think such an almost ultimate force shouldn’t appear in a penal colony..."

"Initially, when a basic human civilization was designated as a penal colony, it must have been carefully explored, not supposed to have any mention of parallel worlds."

"However, now, the Destiny Skill has appeared in the penal colony,"

"All I can say is that the situation is completely out of control, perhaps those controlling the penal colonies from various civilizations are actually oblivious to this."

"They don’t know? Why?" Wu Xiaode asked with interest.

"As long as the outermost layer of parallel worlds maintains normalcy, in accordance with their commands, they are unable to detect the situation in other parallel worlds—that’s the power of destiny!" Li Kunlun declared solemnly.

Xiao Baihong, drawn by his words, finally focused and spoke,

"So if that world is completely destroyed, we won’t go there anymore, is that right?"

"No," Li Kunlun replied gravely, "destiny never ends."

"Speak in plain language," Xiao Baihong said.

"We will continue to traverse new parallel worlds," Li Kunlun stated.

Everyone was a bit bewildered.

Since when had the world turned into this?

What exactly had happened?

"To deal with all this, your Majesty, please take me to get something to eat," Li Kunlun said, clearing his throat.

"I’ll join you for a meal and we can discuss state affairs while we’re at it," the Emperor stood up from the throne and stretched lazily.

"Then I’ll stay here," Zhao Zhibing said.

"Alright, you all stay, let’s eat together," the Emperor said.

"I’ll disconnect now, your Majesty, everyone," Wu Xiaode said.

"Go ahead," the Emperor waved his hand.

Wu Xiaode’s holographic image disappeared from the room.

Royal Hospital.

He sat on the bench in the hallway, putting his phone back in his pocket.

"Want something to eat?" Xia Ni asked caringly.

She still looked like Xia Huilan at her juvenile age, causing Wu Xiaode to momentarily relive his middle school days.

"No need," Wu Xiaode said.

"You seem very worried," Xia Ni commented.

"There are too many crazies in the Holy Sect, I’m afraid they might create a situation I can’t handle," Wu Xiaode said.

He subconsciously touched the talisman stuck on his arm.

Bunches of yellow talismans connected tightly, completely covering his right hand.

—Zhao Zhibing was busy for a quarter of an hour before she could seal that Sword Intent.

Right now, he needed to get a sword and quickly practice with it, at least to control the Sword Intent and prevent it from hurting people randomly.

Wu Xiaode stretched lazily.

Xia Ni quickly ran off and, after a while, came back carrying two packs of instant noodles that had been cooked, along with several ham sausages in her hand.

"Dinner time," Xia Ni said with a smile.

"Huh? How did you know I wanted to eat instant noodles?" Wu Xiaode asked, also smiling.

"Because Sister Lan mentioned it," Xia Ni said naturally.

"She’s still working on Mecha design... Maybe we should call her to come out and eat," Wu Xiaode said with concern.

"I just took a look; her design is at a critical moment, let’s not disturb her for now," Xia Ni whispered.

"Alright then," Wu Xiaode agreed, tearing open the ham sausage packaging and adding it to his noodle bowl.

"Xia Ni, what will you eat?" he asked.

"I don’t need to eat, but I can symbolically join you for a bit," Xia Ni said with a smile.

She pulled out a plug from her body and directly inserted it into the electrical socket on the wall.

"Mm... After a tiring day, the feeling of powering up is truly refreshing," Xia Ni murmured contentedly.

Wu Xiaode shrugged and started picking up the noodles with his chopsticks.

The noodles were in the flavor of braised beef.

Classic.

Wu Xiaode ate while letting his thoughts wander.

He now had 19 points of Soul Power.

But the Holy Sect had created the Ladder to Heaven and was even involved with Death Demon Cave, which was definitely worrisome.

Since Li Kunlun could tell that the sword did not belong to this world,

perhaps the Teaching Pope might have the same insight.

Otherwise, he should have come to apologize by now.

Wu Xiaode checked his phone.

No messages.

But speaking of which, there really was something notable.

The Black Dragon with vertical pupils all over its body.

As it was slain by the sword of the riding immortal, it had reverted to its true form and uttered a few words.

Those few words—

made Wu Xiaode remember a presence.

Through the tunnel in Death Demon Cave, one could reach a Dark Palace where a woman had spoken a few words to him when he appeared.

The voice of that woman was the same as the Black Dragon’s!

Could the Black Dragon be that woman?

Wu Xiaode sank into deep thought.

This matter seemed to hide a shocking secret, and there was the Mirror Archive Refresh Skill on the Demon Armor!

He should check it out.

Perhaps he would make some discoveries.

With this thought, Wu Xiaode looked around and saw aside from Xia Ni, there were no others around in the hallway.

He spoke up, "Add me as well."

Whoosh—

He vanished directly from the hallway of the Royal Hospital.

...

Death Demon Cave.

Wu Xiaode, holding a green spear, landed gently on the ground.

The voice of the One-eyed Giant immediately came from afar atop Corpse Mountain:

"A Holy Witch Hunter..."

"The diversity of you humans really is rich, is it because ants are too prone to mutations?"

It sounded somewhat irritated.

Wu Xiaode naturally knew why it said that.

—It was still because of that move by the Holy Witch Hunters, which had a certain chance of killing legendary creatures.

However, this time he was not here to find it.

"Listen, I bear no grudge against you," Wu Xiaode called out loudly.

"But those who come to Death Demon Cave cannot leave alive; it’s the Law of Causality," the One-eyed Giant said.

It began to descend slowly from Corpse Mountain.

"Then, I plan to check out that tunnel over there, and we can stay out of each other’s way, how does that sound?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"You want to go to the tunnel?" the movement of the One-eyed Giant halted.

"Yes, I’m leaving now. It’s best you don’t stop me," Wu Xiaode said.

He, just like last time, held the spear in a defensive stance while slowly backing towards the direction of the tunnel.

The One-eyed Giant watched him, its expression somewhat strange.

Wu Xiaode naturally knew it thought he was going to meet his death and, since fighting him carried risks, it simply let him leave.

He continued to retreat slowly until he reached the opening of the tunnel and jumped down directly.

The One-eyed Giant indeed did not stop him.

Wu Xiaode passed through the several tens of meters of the tunnel and once again entered the deep and dark palace.

This time not so hurriedly, so he had time to carefully observe his surroundings.

The floor was covered with a luxurious red carpet.

Old murals were painted on the walls, chronicling unknown historical scenes.

Several life-like Monster Statues stood in various corners, all in a prone, kneeling posture.

A hundred meters away, a long black staircase stretched upward, a giant throne vaguely visible at the top of the stairs.

All the candles automatically lit up.

A feminine voice rang out from the throne, "What a wonderful young man, welcome to my palace."