Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 170 - 141: The Crucial Move!

Chapter 170: Chapter 141: The Crucial Move!

Death Demon Cave.

Below Corpse Mountain lay severed limbs and mangled flesh.

The Black Dragon floated above a pool of blood, silently observing the One-eyed Giant’s Skull Giant Hammer.

Wu Xiaode too gazed at the terrifying weapon.

This was the first time he had seen the One-eyed Giant’s weapon.

When facing all other creatures, the One-eyed Giant disdained to use a weapon.

Even in the parallel world, it had never taken out any weapon to confront Wu Xiaode.

But the enemy before it now was the Black Dragon!

Therefore, Wu Xiaode had the first chance to witness the One-eyed Giant’s weapon!

He sighed silently in his heart.

A few days later, when he really faced it, could he truly defeat it?

In the arena.

The giant holding the Skull Giant Hammer emitted surging demonic glows and gusts.

——It was fully adjusting its state, preparing to meet its enemy!

This was the One-eyed Giant’s true battle stance!

Wu Xiaode shook off the thoughts in his heart and turned to look at the Black Dragon—

Undoubtedly, this Black Dragon was from the 5432nd parallel world.

As for the Black Dragon of the real world, because it appeared in person to pursue the Awakener Li Kunlun, it was killed by the Sword Immortal that resided within Wu Xiaode!

So the Dark Palace in the real world should be empty now.

But in this No. 5432 parallel world, the Black Dragon was still alive!

What would happen next when two indescribable power-wielding Demon Gods confronted each other?

Wu Xiaode shook his head and suppressed all thoughts.

Stay calm!

There’s only one chance!

He stood beside the cave wall outside, allowing the boiling quiet Demon Mist to conceal his traces, silently observing the situation inside.

The One-eyed Giant took the initiative to speak:

"I admit—"

Its voice boomed, "I admit that I accidentally harmed your egg. I’ll give you a few hundred souls as compensation later—but if you want to fight to the death, I am ready."

"Compensation?"

The Black Dragon lady spoke in surprise, "You would actually give in? I have never heard of such a thing. What exactly has happened to you, One-eyed Giant?"

"That’s my own business, it’s not your concern," the One-eyed Giant replied.

"I want five hundred souls," the Black Dragon lady mused.

"Deal!" the One-eyed Giant said.

The murderous aura on the Black Dragon lady dissipated as she gave the One-eyed Giant a suspicious look.

The One-eyed Giant nodded and said, "Don’t worry, I’ll send them over later."

The Black Dragon lady stepped back, looking around.

What she saw were the ruined human corpses everywhere, with thick blood covering the ground.

The "Death God" resided within a human male’s body, standing amid all the corpses with his head lowered.

Had it brought a batch of lambs to the One-eyed Giant, causing the giant’s excitement to unleash a wide-range attack?

——Only this reason seemed plausible.

After all, it would rather offer souls for apology than fight with her.

It seems that...

It wasn’t challenging her...

The Black Dragon suppressed her killing intent and scoffed, "Be more careful next time."

Having said that, she prepared to leave.

——That was the moment!

Wu Xiaode’s thoughts stirred, and a heavy fog suddenly emerged from the Void.

Within the fog, a bronze hand floated in front of the wall of Death Demon Cave and quickly flashed after forming a sword gesture.

In the next instant.

The wall swiftly gathered a line of large characters:

"A professional known as ’Death Flash,’ you have betrayed Holy City, henceforth you are no longer permitted to enter this city."

"——Holy City."

This was a message from the computer of Holy City, recorded in the Book of the Dead, and displayed to Wu Xiaode!

At this moment.

Wu Xiaode had it displayed in front of the eyes of the One-eyed Giant, the Black Dragon, and the "Death God"!

The Black Dragon paused her step, scrutinizing the words on the wall.

The One-eyed Giant gripped the Skull Giant Hammer tightly.

As for the "Death God" —

The "Death God" occupying the youth’s body glanced at it and sneered coldly without saying much.

Wu Xiaode had deliberately used a computer-like font to make it look like an explanation from a computer.

The "Death God" had been part of Holy City for too short a time.

Even each of its arena battles had been overseen by "Blood Hand" as the referee.

It was completely unfamiliar with the operations of Holy City!

At this moment, it even thought this was a message sent by Holy City itself.

Indeed—

This was a message generated by the computer of Holy City!

There were no issues with it!

Except that it was Wu Xiaode who had released it!

And these prompt runes didn’t affect the "Death God" at all.

Nor did they impact its mission.

So the "Death God" couldn’t be bothered to respond.

But the One-eyed Giant saw these lines of text.

And the Black Dragon lady saw them as well.

They both saw the "Death God’s" reaction.

The Black Dragon lady suddenly turned, staring at the One-eyed Giant, and demanded sharply:

"Astalot, you are guarding the exit to the parallel worlds, yet you let loose a weapon like the ’Death God’. What are you thinking?"

"Damn it, I had no idea how he got out!" the One-eyed Giant roared.

——The "Death God" had been directly led out by Wu Xiaode, using a fairy’s spell.

The One-eyed Giant really didn’t know.

But it was indeed guarding that exit.

"A gatekeeper doesn’t know how someone else got in? You think I’d believe your words? Sly giant!" the Black Dragon lady scoffed.

She then turned to the "Death God," speaking authoritatively:

"Why do you want to go to the Passage World? Which layer world did you go to, and what for?"

The young man respectfully said, "Madam, I found a person; he is—"

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred!

Buzz—

A deep red beam pierced his body, completely erasing him into ash.

In an instant, the "Death God" immediately detached from its mortal body and floated in mid-air once more.

Before it could say anything else, it heard the sound of a piercing scream ripping through the air above its head.

The Death God looked up.

Countless skulls were rushing towards it.

The ground shook and mountains quivered.

Amidst the deafening roar, the world plunged into darkness.

Dead silence.

Only to see the Skull Hammer in the One-eyed Giant’s hand deeply embedded into the ground, with a dense web of snaking cracks spreading out in all directions.

Underneath the giant hammer, numerous flesh tendrils were writhing madly.

Suddenly—

They all stiffened mid-air and snapped.

The "Death God" had been annihilated, and naturally, the flesh tendrils were also destroyed.

The souls entwined in the tendrils all let out a cry-like chant, spinning endlessly in the Void, gradually fading and disappearing.

The Dead Souls were free!

Yet throughout this entire process, neither the One-eyed Giant nor the Lady of the Black Dragon laid a hand on the souls.

The One-eyed Giant glared with its ghastly single eye, tensely watching the Lady of the Black Dragon.

But the Lady of the Black Dragon did not look at it.

She simply crossed her arms, thoughtfully staring at the Skull Giant Hammer deeply sunken into the ground.

"If I remember correctly, this ’Death God’ was originally created by merging the Power of each Demon God," the Lady of the Black Dragon said.

"That’s correct," the One-eyed Giant said.

"Yet you say kill and it’s killed, leaving not even a speck of dust behind," the Lady of the Black Dragon said.

"Gjestastav, it was about to reveal one of my secrets, something I cannot allow to happen," the One-eyed Giant buzzed.

"First, you secretly send the ’Death God’ to the Intermediate Layer World, then you silence it by killing it. Do you take me for a three-year-old child? Forget it, tell me the truth," the Lady of the Black Dragon said with a light chuckle, covering her mouth.

"The truth is as I just told you," the One-eyed Giant said.

The smile on the Lady of the Black Dragon’s face suddenly vanished without a trace.

Her pair of emerald eyes slowly turned into black vertical pupils, her hair and clothes began to stir without any wind.

Boom—

A tremendous aura emanated from her, materializing an immense shadow of a Black Dragon.

"Astalot!"

The Lady of the Black Dragon shrieked, "Any secret must be guarded by our Dragon Clan; you must tell me the information the ’Death God’ has discovered."

"No, there is no information," the One-eyed Giant asserted.

The Lady of the Black Dragon roared, "Then I’ll kill you, you big fool who pretends to be mad."

The One-eyed Giant slowly raised the Skull Hammer and growled, "Come on! Wretched woman, I’ve longed to eat your flesh!"

The Lady of the Black Dragon’s expression turned serious, and she laughed manically, "Good! Today we’ll see who kills whom!"

Just like that!

Wu Xiaode clenched his fist, turned around with a calm expression, and quickened his steps towards the deeper parts of the burrow.

The One-eyed Giant was so arrogant and filled with a formidable power that others couldn’t understand; it surely believed—

As long as it held the information tightly in its grasp, capturing a soul would be a piece of cake, wouldn’t it?

There was only one soul with the Power of Death.

It couldn’t let the Black Dragon get a piece of the pie!

That was Wu Xiaode’s conjecture, stemming from his countless interactions with the One-eyed Giant.

Now—

The clash between the two Demon Gods would inevitably produce violent repercussions, and he did not want to be affected by that force.

Seizing this opportunity, the real business was to quickly find the entrance to the third layer!

Wu Xiaode swiftly passed through the tunnel, arriving at the Dark Palace.

Suddenly—

A loud "clang" resonated above him, and seven starlights appeared over his head.

The Book of the Dead opened accordingly.

Lines of ice crystal letters quickly appeared before his eyes:

"Congratulations!"

"Under your guidance, the ’Death God’ has been killed by its creator."

"Though it was not by your hand, you brought it to the Intermediate Layer World, opposed it step by step, and ultimately led it to its demise."

"The souls tormented by the ’Death God’ have finally encountered true hope."

"Considering your current mission and situation, your Soul Power has been refilled."

"Current Soul Power: 19/19."

Wu Xiaode felt a bit surprised but also relieved.

These Dead Souls were quite considerate, not directly increasing the limit of his Soul Power.

After all, if it were increased to 20 points, he’d definitely be transported to the Death Realm for the next round of strength selection.

However, he was on a title mission at the moment and could not leave!

So they replenished his Soul Power instead.

He was in need of Soul Power!

He continued to read:

"Before you head to the Death Realm, the souls will give you a token of their true gratitude."

"An oversized Undead Summoning Halo."

"A one-time war Halo."

"Note: Using this halo, you can summon all professional Undead Souls from the torment of the Death God, commanding them to fight for you."

Wu Xiaode felt a sudden pain in his palm.

He looked down to see a black mark appearing on it.

Was this the so-called oversized Undead Summoning Halo?

Two more lines of ice crystal letters emerged:

"Among all the deceased, a Great Mage with immense wisdom has deduced what you need based on your situation."

"—Although this summoning halo is one-time use, it can help you at certain moments."

All the letters withdrew.

The last line of ice crystal letters appeared before Wu Xiaode’s eyes:

"Now, you can issue today’s commission."