Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 208 - 188: Gains and Losses!

Chapter 208: Chapter 188: Gains and Losses!

In the sky.

The Holy Flame, tinged with Golden Light, fell upon the dragon like meteoric fire rain.

The dragon wrapped itself in chilling Ice Frost, successfully resisting it all.

As for Demon God Ulysses, who charged straight up—

"Death silences everything, pitiful creature. Why couldn’t you just behave?"

The dragon spoke disdainfully.

It took a deep breath, ready to spew the Breath of Death on the endless sea of thunder below.

But—

That sword came.

The sword shadow that blotted out the sky pierced through the world, cutting a dark crevice that seemed endless.

"No—"

The dragon let out a pain-filled roar.

The boundless Sword Qi spread over it like a mountain, powerful as the sea, soaring to the heavens like the sun and moon.

Boom!

The layer of Ice Frost on the dragon was cleaved apart, and half of its skeletal body emitted a series of ear-piercing creaks under the impact of the Sword Qi.

Crash—

Fragments of bone fell from its abdomen into the sky.

It was wounded!

Ulysses’s eyes lit up, and he laughed aloud:

"Perfect chance. I’ll take your life now!"

He melded into the sea of Thunder Light behind him and charged full force towards the dragon’s body.

In that split second—

A strange consciousness suddenly emerged in Wu Xiaode’s mind:

"I have succeeded, run quickly."

Who was talking?

Why run?

Wu Xiaode was startled. After a brief moment, he noticed the Book of the Dead flickering before him.

Without a moment to think, he saw an unbelievable scene unfold in the sky.

The entire ocean of Thunder Light disappeared without a trace.

Ulysses floated in midair, surrounded by neither a trace of Thunder Light nor any fluctuation of power.

"Your end has come."

The dragon declared.

It bit Ulysses, tearing off his upper half and swallowing it down.

Ulysses’s legs had just assumed a retreating posture when he lost his upper body.

The dragon bit again, taking his lower half into its mouth as well, and began to gruesomely chew, blood spraying everywhere.

Demon God Ulysses was devoured by it!

Wu Xiaode, seeing this, finally understood the meaning behind that earlier thought.

Escape.

Run.

Despite taking a sword strike of nearly four million Soul Power, the dragon was still effortlessly able to shatter the Demon God’s sea of Thunder Light, tearing him in two and devouring each half.

Wu Xiaode shifted his gaze to the ground.

The nun swung her whip with all her might, finally cleaving open a spatial rift.

Without a word, she dove in and disappeared.

Seeing this, Winged Man didn’t say much either; he waved his hand, opened a door, and rushed in, vanishing from sight.

—What are we waiting for?

Even two powerhouses didn’t dare to stay and fight after seeing the dragon withstand that sword strike.

There was absolutely no need to linger any longer.

The dragon’s strength was formidable beyond imagination!

Wu Xiaode’s heart was full of shock as he grabbed Christina with one hand and wielded the Chi Xiao Divine Sword with the other.

"Activate ’Magpie Bridge Returning Path’!"

Whoosh——

In the boiling silence of Demon Mist, he and Christina disappeared together.

The bone dragon circled in mid-air for several rounds and suddenly transformed back into the grey-haired man, proudly standing in mid-air.

"It’s been a long time since someone has entertained me so thoroughly. Come on."

He said solemnly and then bowed towards the ground before adopting a defensive stance.

"I am the Death Messenger, Frost Cold and Sleeping Wings, the secret leader of Silence, the Dragon of the End. The expert who struck earlier, your swordsmanship deserves to hear my true name."

"Come out, with the sword in your hand, fight me seriously."

Boom Boom Boom——

The whole world began to shake violently.

Below the Earth, a scepter emitting soaring black light flew into the sky, landing in the grey-haired man’s hand.

He gently caressed the scepter, his gaze directed towards the house where Wu Xiaode had once stayed.

——He was waiting for a worthy opponent to appear.

...

Elsewhere.

Death World.

The Void flickered, and Wu Xiaode, holding Christina, landed together.

We’re safe!"

Christina’s body softened, and she fell to the ground, sitting.

The recent battle among those powerhouses had shocked her young soul like never before; she was momentarily distraught and trembled uncontrollably.

She stole a glance at Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode looked calm, silently contemplating, reviewing the entire process just passed, showing no hint of fear or excitement.

—It was as if he had not been the one to swing that sword.

In fact, Wu Xiaode had fought countless times in the Mirror World with the One-eyed Giant.

Now, he was not so easily overwhelmed by emotions in battle.

The recent battle was another of his calculations.

Each step, each twist of the situation, and the timing, actions, and consequences were all handled exactly as he had planned in his mind.

—He had grown.

Thus, in Christina’s eyes, he seemed even more unfathomable,

"Brother, I have never seen a sword like yours in my life," Christina said timidly.

"It’s nothing to speak of, I miscalculated, the bone dragon was only slightly injured," Wu Xiaode sighed.

If only he had more Soul Power.

He reached out to pull Christina up.

But Christina didn’t stand steadily, stumbled, and ended up hugging his neck, burying her head in his chest.

Wu Xiaode raised his eyebrows, about to react, but then he felt her trembling delicate body and realized.

—The Enchanting Demon was terrified.

The Book of the Dead floated nearby, displaying a blank page.

She hadn’t used any Charming Skill.

"I’m sorry, following me to film and handle goods, and then to be involved in a scene like that earlier, it must have been hard for you," Wu Xiaode thought for a moment and comforted her.

"It’s okay, I want to witness things like this; it helps me broaden my horizons and understand the essence of battle—it’s just that it’s hard for me to bear the first time, but I will get used to it," Christina said, biting her lip.

Wu Xiaode felt somewhat relieved.

As a warrior and his partner, this was the attitude to face life.

He casually pulled out a gemstone and stuffed it into the pocket of Christina’s top.

"Brother?" Christina asked, puzzled.

"It’s what you deserve," Wu Xiaode said with a smile.

Because of the Enchanting Demon, the live stream had gathered quite a crowd from the start.

She was also very cooperative with promoting products.

It’s only fair not to let her efforts go unrewarded.

With this thought, Wu Xiaode pulled out another gemstone and stuffed it into another pocket on Christina’s blouse.

This school uniform was well-made, with zippers on both pockets.

Wu Xiaode thoughtfully zipped it up for her to prevent the gemstones from falling out.

——Even the Holy Treasure Ring acknowledged the quality of Ulysses’s gemstone collection, which affirmed the superior quality of these gemstones that should not be lost.

"Go rest well and I’ll call you when it’s time to start work," Wu Xiaode said gently.

"Okay, brother, you should rest well too. I’ll wait for your call," Christina replied.

She smiled at Wu Xiaode, then stepped back and vanished into a suddenly appearing passage, her whereabouts unknown.

Wu Xiaode stood alone in place for a while.

"Ah... what a headache..."

He muttered.

Revisiting the entire battle, the biggest mistake had been underestimating the strength of the bone dragon.

He had already borrowed all the power he could use.

Ulysses had even sacrificed his life.

But a sword strike powered by nearly four million soul power couldn’t kill the bone dragon.

The two thieves who had stolen items had even managed to escape swiftly.

What now?

The bone dragon wasn’t dead and wouldn’t grant him any skills.

——Did this mean he was stuck at level 20 now?

Wu Xiaode steadied his mind, calming himself before finally placing his hand on the Book of the Dead.

At a critical moment in battle, a voice had spoken to him.

This voice came from the Book of the Dead.

This was a perfect time to investigate.

"Who is it? Who exactly was it that said to me, ’It’s in hand’?"

He quietly asked.

The Book of the Dead gently vibrated in his hand and quietly flipped open, going straight to the second page.

On this page there prominently lay a chilling full moon.

It merrily rolled across the page, followed by a pile of shattered objects, unrecognizable as what they were.

... It came back to him.

This was a fresh Eye of the Bone Dragon.

It was here waiting to acquire a body of bones.

As Wu Xiaode was considering this, the round moon suddenly stopped in the center of the page and swayed towards him.

Instantly, a thought appeared in Wu Xiaode’s mind:

"Look, during your battle, I acquired these bone shards!"

On the page, the shattered objects unfolded, floated in mid-air, and became visible before Wu Xiaode’s eyes.

It took several moments for Wu Xiaode to comprehend all of this.

It turned out that his strike during the battle had lightly injured the bone dragon, and bones had been severed from its body to float in the air.

The Eye of the Bone Dragon saw such a good opportunity and quietly collected those skeletons.

This was what it had meant by "It’s in hand" at that time.

"But... these few bones are less significant than any other complete creature’s skeleton. Are they really useful?" Wu Xiaode crossed his arms, skeptical.

The thought transmitted again, "The skeleton of the bone dragon... is the best. It has taken countless years to refine this body of bone, and even a little piece contains infinite power."

"But it’s too little to form a body for you," Wu Xiaode spread his hands and said.

The moon, upon hearing this, suddenly jumped out from the Book of the Dead.

All the bone shards circled around it in mid-air, making crackling and clattering noises—

It seemed that the Eye of the Bone Dragon was trying to assemble a body for itself with these pitifully few bones.

A good seven or eight minutes passed.

Suddenly, a thought emanated from the Eye of the Bone Dragon:

"I don’t want to sleep anymore; I’ll use it like this for now, and gradually strengthen it later."

All sounds disappeared.

A monster entirely composed of bones appeared in front of Wu Xiaode.

It was about half an arm long, assembled from limited bones into four claws, a slender bone tail, and a skeletal body.

The Dragon of the End’s twin pupils were embedded into the skull, allowing the entire skeletal body to move freely.

Crack!

It landed on the ground and looked up at Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode looked back at it,

for a long moment.

Wu Xiaode tentatively called out, "Is this—starting with a bone dog first?"

The pile of bones shaped like a small animal heard this and its tail began wagging rapidly.

—It really turned into a bone dog!

"At least I can come out and move around now."

After conveying this thought, the bone dog let out an excited low growl and dashed out for a few hundred meters, then quickly ran back.

It seemed very happy about being able to move freely.

Wu Xiaode sighed.

He hadn’t killed the Dragon of the End, but he had managed to assemble some of its bones into a bone dog...

Well, it was still some kind of gain.

The bone dog ran around him in circles frenziedly, then suddenly stopped in front of him.

"Guess my ability."

It conveyed the thought.

Wu Xiaode pondered for a moment, uncertainly said, "Bone dog... should be able to search and find things?"

The bone dog shook its head.

"Scout the area?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The bone dog shook its head.

"Find treasures?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The bone dog continued shaking its head.

It suddenly ran up to Wu Xiaode, tapped his foot with its paw,

and in an instant,

a tremendous Power of Death burst forth, blowing the stones of the wasteland away.

The sky darkened and the earth blurred.

An endless cold tide swept across everything.

The Book of the Dead quickly flipped open, revealing a line of ice crystal letters:

"The great Dragon of the End (Dog) commands all secrets of death, and has gathered a ritual for your promotion."

"You have completed the promotion ritual."

"You are about to receive a promotion skill, please choose from the following three skills."

"..."

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

He had broken through the Level restrictions?

This darn dog could actually do such a thing?

That doesn’t seem quite right!

He slowly looked down at the bone dog at his feet.

This dog’s body was the eye of the Dragon of the End.

Its body was also that of the Dragon of the End, just not very majestic in form.

It seemed...

quite reasonable actually.

The bone dog happily wagged its slender bone tail,

looking extremely pleased with itself.

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