Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 303 - 269: Reunion with the Ghost Queen!

Chapter 303: Chapter 269: Reunion with the Ghost Queen!

The tower.

A middle-aged man with black-framed glasses stood at the top of the tower, looking down at the metropolitan city below.

Satan.

He stared at the dimly lit night and the world, his brows furrowed.

After a few breaths.

A dark shadow swiftly flew across the sky and quickly transformed into a slender woman, landing next to him.

"Gjestastav, any findings?" Satan asked.

"There are a few promising seeds, but it seems they only awakened today. Their Soul Power is merely at 1 point, at most 3 points," Gjestastav sighed.

"Those of a higher level probably all died out during the collision with Parallel World 5432," Satan said.

"What should we do now? How about we search in other cities and countries?" asked Gjestastav.

"...My power... has fallen too much. Next, I need to rest a bit, think of a way to increase my power again. Otherwise, I definitely won’t be able to beat the other me tonight," Satan said.

"Alright, you rest first. I’ll go look for other candidates," Gjestastav said.

Satan nodded, then retreated backward and disappeared into the darkness.

After he left.

Gjestastav took out her phone and started tapping rapidly, muttering to herself:

"Let’s have a look at the world map... Huh? Why is there an island marked as a forbidden area?"

She opened a link.

An image quickly popped up.

The island was home to a huge castle with countless black skeletons pacing atop its walls.

Gjestastav was stunned.

"What place is this... I’ve never heard of such a place in the prison of sin."

"It’s quite far away."

After pondering for a moment, she put away her phone and, with a flash, she became a huge dark shadow, flying toward the direction of the island.

Elsewhere.

The tavern.

Inside a private room.

Wu Xiaode silently calculated the manpower.

In that battle tonight, there will be six full-strength Demon Gods on the opposing side.

On this side, Gjestastav and Satan, plus the two bronze Demon Gods he had assembled, and also Xia Ni.

That makes five people.

Five against six.

Among them, Satan’s strength has greatly decreased, which is a bit problematic.

So what about himself?

Wu Xiaode looked up at the Book of the Dead.

A line of ice crystal small words appeared on the pages:

"Current Soul Power: 25/25; Will Power: 0; Merit: 1."

His own Soul Power was only 25 points.

If he could raise his own strength, he would surely have a better chance of winning tonight.

Besides.

After elevating his strength, he would obtain death-related skills.

This was a power unknown to all other Demon Gods.

To elevate his strength...

Wu Xiaode took out a peach.

The peach, grown on the Taoist Temple’s peach tree, was a century-old pan-fruit.

Eating it would elevate one’s realm.

However, it was an item from the last epoch.

...It should still be usable in this epoch, right?

It was worth a try.

Wu Xiaode bit into the peach.

—Delicious and juicy, it made his mouth water.

He quickly ate the peach, leaving nothing behind.

After a few breaths.

A surge of power suddenly welled up from within him, spreading through his limbs and body, even giving him the illusion of floating in the air.

At the same time.

A series of black flame small words emerged on the Book of the Dead:

"Congratulations."

"You have ascended a realm, current Soul Power is:"

"31."

"You have reached the limit of Soul Power, the trial of the upper limit is about to begin."

"The Book of the Dead is a rare power from the Death Realm."

"Your faction has been determined as: Death Realm."

"Please be aware."

"The battle is about to start!"

A huge pulling force quietly emerged from the Void, tugging at him and whisking Wu Xiaode away to an unknown destination.

...

Death World.

In the boundless darkness.

Wu Xiaode abruptly appeared.

He found himself standing on a vast plain.

When the other Death Monsters around looked his way, he had already wrapped himself in Death Demon Fog, disguising as one of the dead.

And just like that, those prying eyes withdrew.

The monsters around him waited quietly.

With a slight sensing, the Soul Power fluctuations from their bodies were basically similar to his own.

It seemed they were all here for the Level 30 trial.

Wu Xiaode waited as well.

Time slowly passed.

After about seven or eight minutes, the ground shook violently.

A gigantic pit opened up slowly before them, stretching across the land and extending hundreds of meters.

Within the pit, it was unfathomably deep, dark, and lightless, its bottom unreachable by sight.

Soon.

The ones attending the trial cried out in alarm.

"Look quick, there’s a skeletal serpent down there!"

"A very rare Death Beast."

"Yeah, I see a Dark Magic Tiger even deeper down."

"All of them native Death Beasts!"

"So many!"

People were talking in a loud buzz.

Suddenly, a voice that shook the surroundings resounded:

"The Undead Trial begins now!"

"All beings with Soul Power of 30 points, enter the depths of the Death Pit and search for the Summoning Beast that suits you!"

"They’ve never been easy to deal with."

"You must overcome them, conquer them, tame them!"

"If you successfully obtain a Summoning Beast, you will be considered to have completed this trial!"

"Begin!"

As soon as the voice faded,

several hulking Death Monsters immediately jumped into the depths of the pit.

"That Illusion Wing Death Beast is mine!"

"Bullshit! You can’t even beat it; it’s mine!"

"Charge!"

"Don’t fight me for it!"

More Death Monsters dashed straight down.

The edge of the pit was becoming less crowded with Death Monsters by the moment.

Finally, only Wu Xiaode was left.

He couldn’t help but sigh.

In the previous Level 20 trial, all the undead participants had been eaten by the bone dragon.

With the bone dragon’s strength, how could there be any leaks of such an incident?

Therefore, low-level Undead would never know that the Death Trial was merely a feast for the High-level Undead.

——It was only because he had the "Book of the Dead" and gained Soul Power through live broadcasting that he had barely managed to survive.

So what about this Level 30 trial?

What kind of twists would there be this time?

——In any case, he had to fight for the sake of increasing his strength!

Wu Xiaode limbered up, donned the black boxing gloves, tightened the Ying Yuan Sword and the Desert Sword at his waist, and was about to jump down.

Suddenly, a voice whispered in his ear:

"Sir, you’ve disguised yourself as one of the dead to come here personally. Are you implying something towards us?"

Wu Xiaode froze in place.

Scenes of memories flitted through his mind, assisting him in identifying the voice’s owner.

In a moment.

He matched the voice to its owner.

The Ghost Queen!

Indeed, he went back three days in his memory, to when he fought the One-eyed Giant; in the end, he left it in the Death World for the big shots to devour.

At that time, a Ghost Queen had come to dine with her princesses.

He even wished the princess well.

——The one who had spoken just now was the Ghost Queen.

"My esteemed lady, you misunderstand. I came here only out of curiosity, as such scenes are not often witnessed,"

said Wu Xiaode.

Not far in front of him, a woman in a sumptuous dress quietly appeared.

She wore a crown, and her entire skin exuded an elegant and noble ice-blue hue. A faint smile adorned her face, but her eyes held vigilance.

——This Bright Ghost, shrouded in a rare and indiscernible Death Fog, what is it doing here?

"Do you really hold no grudges against us?" the Ghost Queen asked once more for confirmation.

"Of course, I remember that we’ve been good business partners—how did your daughter’s trial go?" said Wu Xiaode with a smile.

"Thanks to your blessings, she has successfully advanced," said the Ghost Queen.

"Congratulations!"

After thinking for a moment, Wu Xiaode touched the Holy Treasure Ring and picked out a precious emerald spirit diamond from the gemstone of Demon God Ulysses, gently placing it in the Ghost Queen’s hand.

"A modest token of my sentiments, I hope you will accept it," he said.

"Thank you for your generosity—but why have you come to a Level 30 trial arena? Is there something amiss?" the Ghost Queen asked, holding the gemstone, puzzled.

"Nothing much..."

Wu Xiaode hesitated, then suddenly had an epiphany, and said: "I’m inspecting various level trial lands, looking for some inspiration for breakthroughs."

"I see."

Perhaps it was Wu Xiaode’s composed demeanor, along with their previous transactions and the precious gemstone he had just given, that convinced the Ghost Queen—

After pondering it over, she could not find any reason why she would have offended him.

She had always been confident in her intuition.

This Bright Ghost truly bore no ill will.

Good.

It’s always nice not to make an enemy.

The Ghost Queen smiled lightly, accepted the gemstone, and bowed gracefully, saying:

"Since you have come, I might be able to show you a classical trial ritual—though it has vanished for far too long, our Ghost Country still treasures this rare rite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Wu Xiaode responded with a bow of his own.

He glanced at the Void.

On the Book of the Dead, rows of ice crystal small letters had already appeared:

"You have left the main world."

"The current Trial Land is the Death Realm."

"You will be able to use your Reserve Soul Power!"

He used ten million of Reserve Soul Power, with over thirty million left.

Wu Xiaode felt a bit more at ease in his heart and set off with the Ghost Queen towards the distance.

Not far along, the Ghost Queen suddenly waved her hand back.

"Go back and rest after you’ve had your fill,"

she said without looking back.

As her voice fell,

behind them, the pit hundreds of meters in diameter began closing gradually.

A voice that shook the surroundings came from within the pit:

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The ground shook.

A translucent serpent-like monster with a single horn burst out from below the surface and soared into the sky.

As it flew, it kept chewing on something.

Standing on the ground, Wu Xiaode could faintly hear a series of dense screams emerging from its body.

The enormous monster flew off into the distance, eventually disappearing from sight.

After a moment,

Wu Xiaode suddenly realized.

The pit that he saw before was actually the monster’s mouth.

——Besides himself, all the Undead had become its food, eaten up entirely!