Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 175 - 146: Descend Two Levels

Chapter 175: Chapter 146: Descend Two Levels

Wu Xiaode felt himself suddenly awaken.

This sensation was like being roused from an inescapable, confusing dream by someone calling out to him.

Consciousness had returned.

As for that obsessively crazed heart of love—

Wu Xiaode closed his eyes and then opened them again.

Stop it.

He must not recall the look of that woman again!

He looked around and saw hanging on pink spikes the numerous white bones, all he wanted was to leave this place swiftly.

Suddenly—

The Book of the Dead quivered.

It was like a warning, as a strong dark aura gushed out of the Sighing Walls, as if foretelling something.

A line of ice crystal letters emerged:

"When you die, the Sighing Walls will open, protecting you by taking you through a special channel to the Death Realm."

Death—

Why would I die?

Wu Xiaode suddenly came to his senses.

Death!

Just as a shadow of death surfaced in his heart, it immediately dissipated into a wandering mist, merging with the invisible, silent Demon Mist.

Almost at the same instant—

A voice filled with ambiguity and coquetry sounded from all directions:

"Cute fellow, take a look at me."

However, Wu Xiaode had already transformed into mist, foolishly drifting in a corner of the palace, curled up into a ball, not moving an inch.

second.

seconds.

seconds.

In the pink magic palace, everything was as usual.

No one appeared.

Only the Holy Shovel kept on digging tirelessly.

—And no one stopped it.

So was that voice just now a Charming Skill activated due to the digging of the Holy Shovel?

The mist suddenly poured into the pit and transformed back into Wu Xiaode.

The moment he appeared, layers of bronze hands sprouted from the Void, positioned over the surface of the pit to form a wall.

Wu Xiaode lay in the darkness, quietly waiting for that magic spell.

Sure enough.

The woman’s voice sounded again:

"Cute fellow, take a look at me."

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

In the deafening pounding, Wu Xiaode felt his head spin and his vision blur.

Outside, some monster was pounding at the bronze hand wall with brute force, shaking him to his core.

"Cute fellow, take a look at me."

The woman’s voice was playful, her force growing stronger by the minute.

A line of ice crystal letters appeared on the Book of the Dead:

"Thousand Hands: Defense status under attack."

"Current attacker:"

"Twelve-headed Demon Slave."

"This is a humanoid monster with twelve heads, each resembling its master, capable of borrowing one of the master’s powers."

So that was it.

The monster had probably borrowed the witch’s Charming Skill, hence its desire for someone to behold it.

To look is to fall in love, and to love is to be eaten.

On second thought, though he himself was unaffected, the power of this creature was tremendous; the Thousand Hands had begun to dent, and it was uncertain how much longer they could hold.

"Dig fast!"

Wu Xiaode picked up the Holy Shovel from the ground—

Once Thousand Hands switched to defense mode, the "dirty magic hand" capable of active digging disappeared.

At this moment, Wu Xiaode couldn’t care less about the wounds on his arms; he dug with all his might!

Dig!

Dig with all his strength!

Before long.

A large hole was dug out.

A chill suddenly emerged from beneath the ground.

It was through!

In an instant, the sound of the creature pounding on the bronze hand wall above vanished without a trace.

Another voice came from beneath the earth:

"Little wretch, you’ve dug through my palace; are you here to court death?"

This voice was filled with invisible power; even just listening to it filled one’s heart with cold.

Wu Xiaode didn’t dare to go down.

All the bronze hands burst apart, and while covered by the silent Demon Mist, he leapt onto a pillar to quietly observe the situation from above.

—The creature that had been pounding on the bronze hand wall was no longer there.

After a few moments.

A shrill scream echoed through the pink magic palace.

Wu Xiaode suddenly turned his head, remembering the previous hint from the Book of the Dead—

Don’t look!

He immediately closed his eyes.

The sounds of chewing, tearing, and swallowing kept rising.

Drip, drip.

The sounds were of blood dripping.

Only then did the voice echo again, "So hard to swallow, you reek of her stench."

—It was the voice from beneath the pit!

When the hole was dug through, it had already entered this pink magic palace!

Only then did Wu Xiaode open his eyes.

He saw a creature with twelve heads lying not far away on the ground, about five meters tall, humanoid with both claws and hooves.

It was dead.

Something invisible was consuming its body.

—What was it?

You couldn’t see the thing at all.

Wu Xiaode squinted, feeling perplexed, when suddenly his Demon Armor tightened slightly.

—It was like a reminder.

Suddenly, Wu Xiaode spotted something semi-transparent.

It was much larger than the twelve-headed Demon Slave, squatting on the ground, tearing at the demon slave’s corpse and continuously shoving it into its mouth.

"Obviously, the power to dig this hole is Holy Power, has that bitch teamed up with Ulysses?"

The monster murmured in a low voice.

Suddenly, it threw down the corpse and in an instant soared into the sky, heading straight for the crowdfunding hall above.

Only then did the Book of the Dead display a row of ice crystal letters:

"Your Demon Armor is inlaid with a Death clan gemstone, which now allows you to detect invisible beings."

—The next level’s Demon God is actually invisible!

If it weren’t for the Black Dragon fighting the giant, causing such a commotion—

If it weren’t for the Holy Brothers turning against each other—

Wu Xiaode felt that he wouldn’t have had the chance to enter the next level at all!

And even upon reaching the next level, without the Slumbering True Sight Gem, he would surely be discovered the moment he started digging!

Wait a minute...

This gem, Ulysses and his brother had tricked it out of the giant’s hands.

The woman said they were stealing the gem for themselves.

That means—

The one who really wanted this gem was actually the owner of the pink magic palace?

She wanted to see invisible beings...

Was this to deal with the guy on the next level?

It seemed like it.

Wu Xiaode quietly noted this in his heart, walked back to the hole, and looked down.

He could faintly see the situation in the palace below—

Countless invisible beings were moving throughout the entire palace in a coordinated, unified pace.

What were these things?

You couldn’t tell at all!

At this moment, Wu Xiaode could no longer concern himself with such questions and leapt down with a single bound.

As soon as he touched the ground, the Book of the Dead opened up and revealed lines of ice crystal letters:

"You have reached the fifth level."

"Entering the fifth level demon lair, the mission is rated Class A."

—Because this is almost an impossible mission."

"The beings on the fifth level can devour many laws, yet you have come to their territory, exposing the secrets hidden here to the laws of the Holy City."

"Your actions have greatly satisfied the curiosity of the laws of the Holy City."

"From now on, you may return to the Holy City at any time and exchange for a Class A title."

"If you do not wish to exchange, please continue exploring."

Wu Xiaode read quickly.

—Continue exploring?

He looked around.

The invisible beings were changing shapes and doing things that humans couldn’t comprehend.

What were they doing?

Wu Xiaode scanned the area and gradually understood.

They seemed to be souls.

They were being controlled by some power, merging with each other, turning into some kind of monster.

...Stay calm.

My current strength is not enough to do anything.

Wu Xiaode’s eyes radiated a piercing coldness as he struggled to suppress the anger deep in his heart.

He placed his hand on the ground.

Immediately, lines of ice crystal letters appeared on the Book of the Dead:

"A palace built of souls is a living creature."

"If you try to dig through it, it will surely retaliate and call its master."

—So that’s how it is.

Wait!

I had indeed hollowed out the ceiling of this palace of souls just now—

A strong premonition of death rose in Wu Xiaode’s mind.

Almost without hesitation, he initiated "Fog Shadow!"

Boom!

Endless sound waves echoed throughout the palace of souls!

This thunderous noise caused countless invisible beings in the palace to let out agonized wails.

The giant invisible monster perched on the ceiling, looking down upon the entire palace.

"Ah... no one dared sneak into my palace..."

The invisible monster returned and suddenly launched a "full-screen" attack!

To its surprise—

No one had infiltrated its palace!

What was going on?

After the roar ended, Wu Xiaode instantly reverted to his original form and quietly moved toward a corner of the palace.

He had nearly been hit just now!