Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 345 - 306 Little Wu’s Method

Chapter 345: Chapter 306 Little Wu’s Method

Atop White Bone Mountain.

Coffins were everywhere.

Wu Xiaode stood beside an open coffin, looking at a line of small characters carved on the coffin lid:

"Casually closing the coffin is everyone’s responsibility."

Below this line, there were two horizontal lines, indicating emphasis.

Closing the coffin...

What did that mean?

Suddenly, a movement came from a nearby coffin.

The lid of the coffin was lifted.

A human man crawled out of the coffin.

"Ah, so this is the Death World. It seems I really am dead."

He sighed, casually replaced the lid, and properly closed it again.

So that was it!

Wu Xiaode suddenly understood.

This place must be where the dead awaken, so many people arrived in the Death World from inside coffins.

—After you arrive, you can leave at any time, but please close the coffin lid again.

That was what the phrase meant.

Wu Xiaode, holding the coffin lid, continued to read the small characters on it.

He saw many things written haphazardly on the lid:

"Zhu Jiuyang was here!"

"Do not litter inside the coffin!"

"Maintain the natural environment of White Bone Mountain, everyone is responsible!"

"So this is what the Death World is like, who will explore this place with me?"

"What exactly is this place?"

"..."

Wu Xiaode looked around and didn’t find any useful information.

"Hey? Did you just die too?"

A voice came from not far behind him.

Without looking up, Wu Xiaode knew it was the human man who had closed the coffin lid.

"Ah, yes," Wu Xiaode said.

"We are now dead, so what should we do next?" the human man asked, spreading his hands.

"I don’t know."

Wu Xiaode looked toward the Book of the Dead.

The wall had gathered eight points of starlight, continuously emitting dazzling light.

There was one more left.

What should he do to obtain the last starlight?

...Right.

The Book of the Dead had always guided him during the trials.

Perhaps this time, he also needed to find the answer from the regrets and wishes of the many deceased.

With this thought, Wu Xiaode spoke:

"How about we walk down the hillside and see what this Death World is really like?"

The human man looked toward the mountaintop.

The mountaintop was bare, with nothing there.

The hillside was covered with dense coffins and nothing else.

"We might as well do that, let’s go down together and see," the man said.

The two set off together, following a path clearly worn by many people heading downhill.

After a while.

They turned onto a main road.

There were more deceased here, and every little distance, they encountered a few others who also turned onto the main road.

They formed groups, descended the mountain together, and while recalling past events, they gradually calmed down inside, now knowing that there was such a Death World to stay in after death.

Some socializers occasionally talked about things from when they were alive, joking with each other, and were quite happy.

Time passed quickly.

The group arrived at the foot of the mountain, only to see two armored, humanoid monsters standing there.

They had horns on their heads and dark blue skin, and their vertical pupils stared at the group, exuding cruelty.

Wu Xiaode recognized these two.

They were Demons.

In the Death World, various demons and fringe species were common. For example, Enchanting Demons also had the ability to roam in the Death World.

One of the Demons held a torch in one hand and a sharp bone blade in the other, and shouted at the people:

"Come here, put on the fetters and go to work."

—The ground was covered with densely packed black fetters.

The other Demon lazily said, "Those with lots of flesh on your body, no need to work. Follow me to the pen, and hurry up!"

Everyone was silenced.

The previous feeling of happiness from just dying, entering a new world, and making new friends had vanished.

The first Demon seemed used to such scenes and snorted:

"Don’t get too comfortable with yourselves. Since you have entered the Death World, you only have two fates: one is to work continuously until death; the other is to be eaten. That is the reality for humans."

The second Demon sneered:

"Face the reality. If you resist, I can eat you right now."

It gripped its bone blade and strode toward the people.

—These fools still don’t understand, but no matter, just kill one first, and the others will obey.

As the Demon thought this, it suddenly felt a pain in its body, then knew no more.

The people present felt the same, only seeing a blur before the two Demons were flesh ripped from bone, leaving only corpses.

After a few moments.

The corpses of the two Demons dissipated into mere bones.

"So it is. In that world, the deceased turn into stone after death, but in this world, only bones remain."

Wu Xiaode said softly, his hand on the hilt of his sword.

He thought humans had it bad in the previous world, but this world was even worse.

—In that world, at least humans were free while on the hillside.

But in this bone-filled world occupied by Demons, one either became a slave or food.

Tsk.

What was to be done?

In Undead Street, after barely defeating various races, a High-level Undead came, unseen, and destroyed the world.

In this world, the fate of humans was even more tragic.

Alone, what could he do?

Indeed, in this world, even if he gave his all to lead the Human Race to overthrow the rule of these Demons—

If a Big Demon came and his Ying Yuan Sword also shattered, how would he survive?

— Yet there were many more Death Worlds where, presumably, the human condition was similar.

If he was fortunate, he might save one world, but in countless Death Worlds, billions from the Human Race were suffering.

Wu Xiaode felt somewhat perplexed.

Suddenly, the Book of the Dead flipped to the page of the Wish Wall, revealing a line of ice crystal letters:

"Look back, stand at the foot of White Bone Mountain, and you can hear countless regrets and wishes."

As advised, Wu Xiaode turned around and took a few steps back, standing at the foot of White Bone Mountain.

On the Wish Wall, lines of messages began to appear:

"So, we were meant to be eaten by monsters."

"I’ve been mining in the mines for twelve hundred years; is this my fate after death?"

"Why can’t I defeat those demons? Why?"

"Can someone save me?"

"It’s great, this time I’ll turn into a skeleton, no more exhausting daily mining."

"Living is good, death is too bitter."

"There’s no way to resist fate, is this the ultimate end for us humans?"

"..."

The dense small letters kept refreshing continuously.

Wu Xiaode lifted his head and looked towards White Bone Mountain, a new understanding dawning in his mind.

What White Bone Mountain.

This was clearly a mountain of bones formed by the skeletal remains of countless deceased humans in this world!

The demons had already devoured so many humans, and they would continue to devour and enslave forever.

Slight noises came from behind him.

Wu Xiaode turned around and saw several humans who had come down the mountain with him struggling to move the bone blades of two demons.

"Quick, seize the weapons; if more demons come, we can face them," said the imposing man.

They tried to lift the bone blade, but found it was nearly a hundred pounds and couldn’t be lifted at all.

Wu Xiaode chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Don’t bother with that weapon, you can’t move it."

Everyone looked at him.

He had to explain, "Unless you are in a state of awakened Soul Power, you won’t be able to lift such a heavy weapon."

"How do we awaken Soul Power?" an undead asked.

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

A flash of spirit light crossed his mind, almost slipping away but he grasped it firmly.

"Yes, why not let humans start awakening Soul Power..."

Wu Xiaode walked a few steps, mumbling to himself unconsciously.

In his time on the slope, he had seen that human undead could also draw power from the Death World.

Only that process was too slow.

— Without talent, one really didn’t know how long it would take.

Moreover, other races wouldn’t allow you to train like that indefinitely.

Unless there was some help...

Such as—

Universal Rune.

It could help undead to hunt, gather, combat, and live.

He had learned the complete Universal Rune on Undead Street!

Wu Xiaode closed his eyes and thought for a while, retrieving seven runes from his memory.

Two runes were for aiding in the awakening of Soul Power.

One rune was used to conceal the fluctuations of Soul Power.

The remaining four runes imparted four basic combat skills.

That’s enough!

Now, what he needed to do was to impart these to the Human Race!

Wu Xiaode opened his eyes and looked at the human undead around him.

No—

There were too few people.

He wanted all the Human Race to learn these!

How to do it...

Yes, he clearly had a way.

The relaxed smile finally appeared on Wu Xiaode’s face.

He placed his hand on the Book of the Dead, whispering softly, "Book of the Dead, open the Holy Walk Wall, broadcasting target: All human presence in the Death Worlds."

The Book of the Dead opened immediately.

The Holy Walk Wall focused on him and the undead around him.

To conceal his traces and to minimize disturbances, Wu Xiaode deployed the Demon Mist, shrouding the surroundings.

Having done all this, he looked at the bewildered and tense humans around him and began to speak:

"Everyone, I have some methods here that can help you become stronger."

He squatted down, found several bones, and inscribed a rune on them with his sword.

"Look, this is called the Gathering Soul Rune."

"Do you feel the invisible power rushing towards you as it is drawn?"

"That’s right, it helps you obtain Soul Power."

"What is Soul Power? You can think of it as a fusion of stamina and health bars—I believe everyone understands what I’m saying."

"Okay, let’s move on to the second rune."

"..."

"Of course, we need to be careful, so the third rune is for hiding our true strength."

"The remaining four runes will randomly teach you the basics in Fist, Sword, Spell, and Arrow; pick one you like and learn it."

Wu Xiaode squatted on the ground, under the watchful eyes of the audience, demonstrating how each rune was carved.

Billion worlds.

Countless members of the Human Race.

All saw it.

Wu Xiaode still wasn’t satisfied; he clapped his hands and stood up, saying:

"Let’s record another part."

"Perhaps some friends are naturally clever and extremely capable—well, I’ll give an extra push to propel everyone to soar to great heights."

"Look carefully, this set of moves is the basics of Iron Wire Fist; make sure you learn it well."

"..."

He went through the basics of Iron Wire Fist and still feeling it wasn’t enough, he also demonstrated some basic moves from ’Solo Journey through the Wind and Snow’ and ’Sparse Shadows of the Long Moon’.

— He was so earnest and engrossed that he completely failed to notice a fresh star faintly emerging on another page of the Book of the Dead.