Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 272 - 242: Haha!

Chapter 272: Chapter 242: Haha!

A flash of light.

Wu Xiaode landed gently on the ground.

This was that secret passage in the deepest part of the prison.

After less than a day, he had returned to this moment in the future.

But it seemed some changes had occurred—

The runes imprinted on the walls were slowly moving.

Crowded together on the walls, they all moved in one direction, creating a swirling illusion to the beholder.

Wu Xiaode was surprised.

No, this wasn’t right.

Before he left, these runes had been still on the wall.

Now they seemed to have "awakened," activated—

What had happened?

Wu Xiaode became cautious, holding onto the Desert Sword, and started walking outside along the passage.

Soon.

He went through the long passageway and returned to the entrance of the underground palace.

But he didn’t move forward, nor did he go to the mid-level palace of the middle-aged man, but stood there in a daze, looking at the scene ahead.

The wind blew.

In front lay the endless Great Desert.

The sky was vast and the earth stretched far away.

The scorching sun hung high.

The air teemed with a burning heat.

"...What’s going on?"

Wu Xiaode muttered to himself.

He had just been to the Past Epoch, so why did the whole prison change upon his return?

The Book of the Dead quietly opened, revealing a line of ice crystal small letters:

"Please keep moving, explore the current environment, so that the book can sense the changes in various laws and reach conclusions as quickly as possible."

That’s right.

He must figure out what exactly had happened!

Wu Xiaode took a step out, treading on the scorching sand and ran forward under the fierce sun.

A few dozen breaths later.

After scaling a sand dune, a towering building suddenly appeared in front of him.

——Death Demon Cave Hotel!

Wu Xiaode quickened his pace and soon arrived in front of the hotel.

He saw a tall flagpole in the sand in front of the hotel, on which a middle-aged man was tied up.

It was the Demon God from the deepest part of the prison!

He was badly wounded, barely alive, his hands and feet bound to the flagpole with chains—

But he was snoring.

Wu Xiaode thought about taking him down, then had another thought: the man was tied up well and snoring, so perhaps this was a special training method?

Forget it.

Wu Xiaode knocked on the flagpole and called out, "Hey! Stop sleeping! What happened exactly?"

The middle-aged man’s snoring stopped.

He opened his eyes and as soon as he saw Wu Xiaode, he immediately said, "Do you have any ice cream?"

"No," Wu Xiaode shrugged, "Are you training?"

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "Sorry, this is trouble I got myself into."

"What’s the situation?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"I ultimately didn’t heed your advice and went to the very depths of that secret passage, which seems to have activated the prison’s defense system," said the middle-aged man.

"You’re really muddle-headed—Then what?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Most of my power has been sealed by the prison, leaving me with only 30% of my power. I was no match for them to begin with, and then the defense system was activated, so I was defeated," said the middle-aged man.

"Them? Who are they?" Wu Xiaode wondered.

A woman’s voice came from the hotel:

"It’s us."

A beautiful girl with a butterfly knot in her hair and wearing a cute maid’s short skirt appeared on the hotel porch steps.

The Enchanting Demon among the demons!

On her either side stood a handsome blond man.

——The Holy Series’s Fallen Angels, Little Ulysses and Big Ulysses!

Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but sigh.

Indeed, he had long known that each of these Demon Gods harbored their own schemes, but he didn’t expect their internal disputes to erupt so quickly.

The trigger was...

The activation of the prison’s defense system.

Tsk.

This middle-aged man as well, why couldn’t he just listen to him, now the situation had become complicated.

He had originally planned to cooperate with him and eliminate the Demon Gods of Parallel World No. 5432 tomorrow.

Wu Xiaode was thinking to himself when he suddenly saw the Book of the Dead flip open violently.

A line of ice crystal small letters emerged:

"The situation has been clarified."

"The prison has been fully awakened."

"Cause: Your travel to the Past Epoch caused variations in the past timeline, altering the destinies of various characters, thus impacting the future of the timeline."

"Result:"

"Starting today, every 24 hours, the prison will change its defense settings to prevent prisoners from escaping."

"Today’s defense setting is:"

"Low Wu."

"Specific explanation:

"Restrict all resource appearances, the world appears as a desert;"

"Prisoners’ Soul Power is capped at 10, attacks and magic should not exceed the power of 10 points of Soul Power."

"—Within the prison, all defense settings are issued by the Law Divine Beast."

A 10-point Soul Power cap!

Isn’t this the World Soul Power cap of the real world?

Wu Xiaode pondered quietly and took a glance at his own character attributes.

"Current Soul Power: 10/10."

Indeed, he now had only a 10-point Soul Power cap!

In other words, starting from now, everyone has only 10 points of Soul Power?

But...

He looked towards the Holy Walk Wall, only to see it displaying dense tiny letters that never dissipated:

"Congratulations."

"You have defeated Ma Wang, avenged the deaths of tens of thousands of humans’ spirits."

"For this battle, you have earned 1 point of Merit."

"Current Merit: 6."

"The Book of the Dead has reserved for you: 48.51 million Soul Power; Willpower: 0; Merit: 6."

"However, under the current world settings, you cannot use this Soul Power."

Damn it.

This setting is really strong, way stronger than the ones I set up back then!

Now, my Soul Power limit is only 10, what do I do?

Wu Xiaode looked at the middle-aged man tied to the flagpole and couldn’t help but ask:

"Are you guys staging a coup?"

"The rules of the prison have changed. Now he’s not invincible anymore," Big Ulysses said.

Little Ulysses nodded and added, "Everyone has only 10 points of Soul Power, so now it’s about the numbers. We have more people; obviously, he’s no match for us."

It was the Enchanting Demon’s turn to speak.

This cute and beautiful maid stuck out her pink tongue and whispered softly:

"Within the range of 10 points of Soul Power, my Magic has the strongest attack power—so he no longer has the strength to lead us."

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

Big bros and big sis, do you not realize the settings will change after 24 hours?

Right, it’s a low-martial world now.

But what if it’s a high-martial world after 24 hours?

Wu Xiaode turned to look at the middle-aged man on the flagpole—

If he can make it through 24 hours and gets a suitable new setting, won’t he just take out these rebellious guys immediately?

The middle-aged man noticed Little Wu’s gaze and sighed, "I triggered the changes in the prison; this is my fault, I’ll take the blame."

Wu Xiaode’s look was somewhat strange.

Wasn’t it my time-traveling that affected the Past Epoch and triggered the change in the prison?

You...you’re taking the blame?

Nice, you’ve taken the hit for me.

The Enchanting Demon spoke again, "Sir, your Soul Power limit must also be 10 points now."

"Yes," Wu Xiaode admitted.

"Let’s be upfront then, you don’t have much strength left. From now on, the hotel’s management rights and profits belong to us, you go enjoy the cool breeze on your side," said the Enchanting Demon, her lips pursed.

Wu Xiaode cracked a smile.

You dare to usurp the throne and even attempt to cut off my financial path?

Blocking someone’s wealth is akin to murdering their parents.

The rivers and lakes aren’t just about fighting and killing. You can’t even understand this bit and yet you dare to make a move?

—Have you gone dumb from being locked up in prison?

He casually picked up the Desert Sword and struck seven or eight sword beams towards the flagpole.

Swish swish swish swish!

Amidst the sound of metal clashing, the middle-aged man’s shackles around his feet and hands all snapped off.

The middle-aged man fell heavily into the sand.

Wu Xiaode took a couple of steps forward, stood next to the middle-aged man, and asked, "Can you still fight?"

"I can fight," the middle-aged man said between heavy coughs and gasps. "But everyone’s upper limit is only 10 points of Soul Power, and my moves start at 3 million Soul Power, so I don’t really have any moves to fight them with."

"That’s not right; didn’t you have some basic moves when you first started training?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"When I first started my training, it began at 3 million Soul Power; that was when I was just born," the middle-aged man replied.

Wu Xiaode was silent for a while.

Born to hit people with 3 million Soul Power.

What the hell are you!

It was the setting built by the Law Divine Beasts that just happened to restrict you.

Otherwise, who could fight you!

"Forget it, let’s just fight casually, I happen to have a move that uses 10 points of Soul Power—we already have two people, we need to find another helper," Wu Xiaode said.

He muttered to himself in his heart.

In the azure sky, a streak of light suddenly appeared.

The light streaked across the sky with incredible speed and gently landed in front of Wu Xiaode.

Chi Xiao Sword!

Next to it stood a cold beauty in a black professional dress.

—Madam Black Dragon, Gjestastav!

Previously, she followed Wu Xiaode’s advice and temporarily left the 1666 parallel universe prison.

Now that the infiltrating Black Dragon was killed, Wu Xiaode summoned her back!

"What happened? Why does everyone look like they’re ready for battle?" Gjestastav asked in surprise.

The lovely maid’s face changed, and she exclaimed, "Black Dragon Sister, the prison has now bound everyone’s Soul Power, and everyone only has 10 points of Soul Power left. Come join us!"

"Don’t listen to her," the middle-aged man coughed out.

"From now on, you’ll take ten percent of all operational profits," Wu Xiaode said.

Gjestastav fixed her gaze on him.

Wu Xiaode said, "Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t to buy you over to stand with us, but as a reward for following my advice and temporarily leaving this place—the ten percent of profits were for that matter."

The cold beauty quietly listened, her eyes swirling with intent, "Aren’t you afraid I will switch sides now?"

"When you left, I said there would be a place for you here," Wu Xiaode answered evasively.

The cold beauty felt for a moment—

Yes, the Black Dragon that had challenged her position was no longer there.

"Actually, before you arrived at the prison, I couldn’t even feed myself every day, and many children starved to death..." the cold beauty said softly.

"And then?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The cold beauty lowered her head in thought, then suddenly looked towards the Enchanting Demon opposite her and shouted loudly:

"The Demon King of the Charming Clan, Skadi, I think you’ve miscalculated. Surrender now, because you can’t win against the boss and our employer!"

The boss, naturally, was the strongest among the Demon Gods.

Our employer—

That was Wu Xiaode.

By saying this, the cold beauty immediately declared her stance.

The lovely maid’s face showed a murderous intent, and she stomped her foot and waved towards the hotel, "Everyone, come out and fight!"

A large group of Demon Gods rushed out of the hotel.

At a rough count, there were about a dozen of them.

"Why are so many Demon Gods standing with her?" Wu Xiaode asked in a low voice.

"Charming—she has spent a long time charming everyone around her. The prison is lonely and boring, and she finally succeeded," the middle-aged man said.

"Why didn’t she charm you?" Wu Xiaode wondered.

The cold beauty also looked at the middle-aged man.

Indeed.

If he had also been charmed, wouldn’t they not even have to fight, with all the Demon Gods in the prison following the orders of the Enchanting Demon King Skadi?

The middle-aged man’s expression was as cold as ice, and he seriously said, "Only the truth of all things in the world and endless knowledge can charm me."

"Women won’t do?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Women? Heh."