Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 338 - 299: The Hidden Trial and the True Value of the Book of the Dead!

Chapter 338: Chapter 299: The Hidden Trial and the True Value of the Book of the Dead!

Bright Mechanical Union Technology Company.

Wu Xiaode stepped out of the company building and tossed the tissue he’d used to wipe his hands into the trash can.

To complete the mission objective of "No Regrets", he had to take out Xia Huilan’s mentor along with several senior executives of the company.

Although this was an illusionary realm—

he still had to do the job perfectly.

After all, regret was something that was often only realized afterward.

"Hm? It should be over by now, so why haven’t I been transported away?"

Wu Xiaode muttered to himself.

He suddenly noticed a person standing on the street not far away.

Zhao Junyu.

This Crown Prince must have thoroughly investigated the incident and then come looking for him.

Wu Xiaode smiled, walked up to him, and asked,

"Do you need something?"

"Wu Xiaode, right? Thanks for the help just now, but how did you know about my confession?" Zhao Junyu asked.

Wu Xiaode thought for a second.

—What regrets could he possibly have concerning Zhao Junyu, this huge flirt?

The guy wouldn’t turn back until he hit the south wall.

If after leaving this illusionary realm he continued to dodge his security personnel to meet up with some girls in secret, like that female assassin—

His life would be in great danger.

With this thought, Wu Xiaode lowered his voice and said solemnly,

"Many want to kill you, but there’s only one situation where they could successfully do it."

"What situation?" Zhao Junyu asked earnestly.

"You go on a date with a girl without taking any precautions—in such a case, an assassin will definitely take you out." Wu Xiaode said.

Zhao Junyu fell silent for a moment, then nodded, "I understand, thank you for the warning."

Wu Xiaode revealed a slight smile.

It seemed that all possible regrets had now been resolved.

As for the various difficulties he was currently facing, dealing with them now, as it stood, could hardly be called regrets.

—So, it was time to go back, right?

As Wu Xiaode was contemplating this, the scenery around him suddenly changed.

He found himself back under that huge black stele.

The surroundings were desolate.

The farther areas were shrouded in mist and smoke, making it impossible to see anything.

Wu Xiaode looked up at the black stele.

Three lines of small characters appeared on the stele:

"Congratulations on passing this trial."

"You will achieve a breakthrough in your soul power limit after you leave."

"Do you wish to leave now?"

—Was that it for the Death Trial?

Wu Xiaode was somewhat hesitant.

A person, after dying and starting from zero soul power, had cultivated all the way to the 30-point soul power checkpoint.

His strength was now equivalent to that of a superhuman.

With such strength, it wasn’t difficult to deal with some regrets in life.

So, was the level 30 Death Trial really this simple?

Wu Xiaode was silent for a long time.

The black stele stood quietly, no one else was around, and everything seemed to be waiting for him to make a decision.

"Um—may I ask, if I don’t leave now, what will happen?"

Wu Xiaode spoke up.

There was no movement from the stele.

In the next instant, an unexpected change occurred—

The Book of the Dead suddenly emitted a light and automatically flipped to the Wish Wall’s page, revealing a row of ice crystal small characters:

"This is the Book of the Dead, which will be more powerful when used in the Death World."

"You have doubted this trial, triggering a special condition. You may now use the power of the ’Wish Wall’ to hear the regrets and wishes of the undead regarding the level 30 classic Death Trial."

"Do you want to listen?"

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

The Book of the Dead had such an ability?

Of course, this was indeed the Death World, the home turf of the Book of the Dead—

but it could enable him to hear the regrets and wishes of other undead concerning this trial...

Turning his attention back to the Book of the Dead.

Upon closer thought, back in the Death Demon Cave, many undead and Heroic Spirits saw him slap the One-eyed Giant, and thus lent him their strength.

So, the true power of this book was not in the Life Realm but rather with the undead and Heroic Spirits of the Death Realm?

No wonder it was a rare Power of Death!

Wu Xiaode had an epiphany and said aloud,

"Let me hear those regrets and wishes left by the undead."

As his words fell.

Slowly, the Wish Wall began to display row upon row of ice crystal small characters:

"Every time I think back, I still feel ashamed of my stupidity back then. Why did I just leave?"

"—Skeleton General Li Si."

"Now that I’m a level 200 Dark Witch, I occasionally think back to the mistake I made during the trial when I was level 30. I really shouldn’t have left. Why didn’t I realize it at the time?"

"—Dark Witch Trish."

"The theme of the trial is ’regret,’ suggesting you must address regrets from when you were alive and also confront the ’regrets’ of the undead. Therefore, if you walk away in the middle of this trial, it will be a regret in itself!"

"—Witch Demon Feng Si."

"The essence of the trial is to trigger ’regret’! As an undead, have you not asked yourself what regrets you have in the Death World, being already level 30? That is the key to completing the entire trial!"

"—Title-holder Zhao Long."

"It took me 500 years to understand what I was hesitating about back then—why didn’t I ask one more question: ’How do you remedy the regrets of the Death Realm?’"

"—Gargoyle Shi."

"The past cannot be repeated, so I have forever lost the chance to resonate my title with the Death Skill, alas, what a regret."

"—Bone Dragon Fafnir."

There were numerous other undead souls and related wishes scribbled densely behind, almost all of them expressing regrets about this trial.

Wu Xiaode flipped through the Book of the Dead for a while, then placed it back into the air to let it continue floating.

This was it!

No wonder he felt something was not quite right.

The whole trial had been way too easy and did not reflect any significance of a "trial"!

So—

Wu Xiaode took a deep breath, stood in front of the black stele, and said:

"Since the theme of this trial is ’regret,’ then how do I remedy my regrets in the Death Realm?"

He waited a moment.

The black stele suddenly emitted a faint humming sound.

"Very few beings understand the importance of the present moment."

"As an undead, you have died. Therefore, you should focus more on your situation after death, striving not to be as confused as when you were alive, and ensuring you leave behind no regrets."

"Congratulations."

"You have successfully activated the hidden part of the trial!"

"All Death Laws will revolve around the Trial Stele, creating an illusion for you to make amends for those regrets that occurred after death."

"You have only one chance to make amends for all your regrets."

"If you succeed, you will complete this hidden trial, but if you fail, your memory will be erased, and you’ll be sent back to level 21 to retrain."

"Begin!"

A beam of light shot out from the black stele and hit Wu Xiaode.

With a flash of light, he disappeared.

...

Pitch darkness.

Wu Xiaode opened his eyes and found himself in a dark space where he could barely see his hand in front of him.

—Was this the world after death?

He gently pushed with his hand, and the darkness in front of him was immediately dispersed.

"Another one has awakened."

"A lot of people have woken up today."

"Yeah."

People whispered quietly.

Wu Xiaode stood up and looked around.

He saw that he was on a steep black cliff, situated in a narrow cave on the cliffside.

The cave was like a coffin, just big enough for him to rest in.

Looking out, the entire cliff was covered with such densely packed caves, stretching endlessly upward and downward, out of sight.

The Book of the Dead displayed two lines of ice crystal small text:

"You have arrived at a place where a deceased awakes."

"You are genuinely an undead."

"Be careful, from now on, you can only use Death Skills and your title."

Wu Xiaode began to understand.

As an undead’s regret—

He had always stayed in the realm of the living, having never experienced what the Realm of the Dead was like.

So was he to be an undead in the Death World, to compensate for this curiosity?

As he contemplated quietly, he saw an agile undead climb up to the front of his cave and ask:

"Can you climb mountains?"

Wu Xiaode nodded.

"Can you hunt and fight?" the undead then asked.

Wu Xiaode nodded again.

"Good, I’ll call a few more people, and we’ll go hunting together," said the person before climbing away.

—The cliff was very steep, yet he could climb like this; his agility was indeed quite impressive.

It seemed that right after arriving here, he’d have to fight for "survival."

Images of high-level undead floated into Wu Xiaode’s mind.

They devoured lower-level undead, even the One-eyed Giants—

They ate everything!

In the Death World, everything returned to the most primal order!

Wu Xiaode felt an urgency within him, and just as he was about to climb out of the cave, another undead appeared before him.

It was a well-featured woman.

She looked Wu Xiaode up and down, finally nodding with satisfaction and asking:

"Handsome, interested in a joint burial?"

"It’s just one soul stone for one time."

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