Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 352 - 313 Infinite Mana!

Chapter 352: Chapter 313 Infinite Mana!

Wu Xiaode was somewhat surprised.

"You, an immortal about to be incarnated, are actually afraid of online violence?"

He looked towards the Blood Pool where the man stood, watching human skeletons continuously twisting and sinking within it, his thoughts spinning.

This City God, known as Brother Wu, intended to bring about Destruction...

Could it really be that he had some shady dealings in secret, which is why he reincarnated twenty-some years early?

But then he saw the man squat down, silently fishing out a long stick from the Blood Pool, stepping towards Wu Xiaode with bloody footprints one after another.

"Heaven, the Netherworld, and the human realm—the Three Realms, known as Heaven and Earth, are on the brink of collapse."

As he walked, he spoke solemnly:

"The collapse of this system has caused the ancient Divine Skills to gradually lose their power, and it is only by innovatively integrating elements of the era that I have been able to preserve the power of Divine Skills."

Wu Xiaode took a defensive stance, pondering, "You used three conditions: ’no money,’ ’no internet,’ and ’fear of death.’"

The man raised the long stick, saying in a deep voice:

"In the Ancient Times, many were content with their lot and were simple and kind; in the even more distant Ancient Era, the concept of ’money’ didn’t even exist, and humans worshipped Heaven and the Divine to seek longevity—"

"Only in this era, what everyone cares about the most is money."

"As for the fear of ’no internet,’ that is also unique to this era."

"I have drawn upon these fears to harvest the souls of living beings; however, I never anticipated that you could also endow the Water Army of the ancient river with significance from this era, thereby unleashing a power far beyond its own."

As the words fell.

The man swung the blood-colored long stick, releasing strands of Blood Shadows that surged towards the surroundings.

The Blood Shadows clashed with robots that rushed at them.

Mobile Battle Armors in the distance were struck down by the man’s remote blows, flying out and making piercing screeching noises upon hitting the ground.

—This was the Capital of Dongsheng Country, home to many precise mechanical devices that sustained the nation’s societal operations.

The robots, fearing damaging valuable equipment, dared not release nuclear weapons to attack this place.

With mere conventional means of attack, they couldn’t touch this former Divine being!

Wu Xiaode, however, fell into deep thought.

Are the Divine’s abilities starting to fail en masse?

This is indeed useful information.

For instance, his opponent’s Netherworld Sky required fear to trigger three conditions.

In the Ancient Times, people probably feared wild beasts, starvation, and disease.

But in this era, to use these three conditions to harvest souls might not be so effective.

For humans no longer feared wild beasts or starvation.

—It seems Divine Skills must also evolve with the times!

The man stopped about seven or eight meters opposite Wu Xiaode, speaking earnestly, "Both of us are able to keep Divine Skills powerful. Why don’t you join me in bringing about Destruction?"

"But why?" asked Wu Xiaode.

"Heaven and Earth are not sentimental; they regard all creatures as straw dogs," said the man.

"And what would we gain?" Wu Xiaode pressed.

"There are two advantages to killing off the majority of humanity: first, their souls will have no choice but to reincarnate; second, the civilization of this world will be cut short," said the man.

Wu Xiaode suddenly understood, "You want to reverse the progress of civilization, to revert it back to the primitive era."

The man spread his arms wide, smiling:

"Once we return to the era of slash-and-burn agriculture, humanity will once again learn to respect nature; the Netherworld will resume its normal operations; everything will return to its rightful path, and the world’s system will not collapse."

Wu Xiaode nodded thoughtfully.

The old world order no longer sufficed to support the advancement of productive forces.

Some Divine beings chose to reincarnate to keep up with the times; others chose to regress productive forces back to the era of slash-and-burn.

If forced to choose...

Regardless, he would never agree to the extermination of humanity.

"I choose a different path—I will move forward with this era, not regress," Wu Xiaode declared.

"Then you are my sworn enemy!"

Angered, the man charged forward, his blood-colored long stick swooping down towards the head.

Clang!

Wu Xiaode raised his sword to block the long stick but was sent flying back dozens of meters by the massive recoil.

Just as the man was about to pursue him, he was surrounded by more Mobile Battle Armors, hindered from advancing an inch.

He sneered, "Do you really think these steel shells can stop me?"

With a strike of the blood-colored long stick on the ground.

"Come forth, Oxhead and Horseface!"

Boom—

From within the Blood Pool, two giant figures emerged.

One, an ox-headed monster decked head to toe with mechanical arms and various weapons.

The other, a massive gray horse flickering with electric snakes of Thunder Light.

"I am the cybernetic Oxhead!"

The ox-headed monster growled deeply as it unloaded a giant gatling gun from its back, hoisting it up with one hand.

This specially made machine gun was extraordinary in both size and power.

The circular magazine of the gun began to revolve—

Ratatatatatatatatata!

Spurts of gunfire mowed down everything in the square.

The cybernetic Oxhead’s other hand raised a thick cannon barrel, aiming at the largest Mobile Battle Armor in the distance, whispering, "Laser cannon, fire."

Boom!

A blinding beam shot out from the barrel, piercing straight through the dozens of meters high Mobile Battle Armor.

Seeing the ox-headed monster’s formidable strength, the robots naturally concentrated their fire on it.

But the man laughed loudly:

"It is already a Divine being from the Netherworld, half its body mechanized, the other half still Divine. How do you plan to harm it?"

Atop a nearby high-rise, a large spider robot suddenly appeared, clinging to the roof, firing down at the man.

The monstrous figure with a bull’s head blocked all the bullets, staring down at the skyscraper with a heavy gaze and murmured, "fire in the hole."

Sprouting from the giant steel Battle Armor on its back, several small openings appeared.

Missiles drilled out of the holes, streaking skyward with trails of light, and hurtled towards the skyscraper.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

The spider robots, along with the skyscraper, exploded and crashed down.

The cyber minotaur turned back to the man and waved his arm, shouting:

"Go, go, go!"

With it providing covering fire and dealing with the surrounding robots, the man was no longer affected by them.

He leapt lightly onto the massive gray-white horse and shook the crimson long staff in the wind.

The long staff instantly transformed into a blood-red Sky Halberd, pointing through the air at Wu Xiaode.

"It’s time to decide the winner."

The man said.

Wu Xiaode sighed inwardly.

Divine beings playing with technology, how can one fight this? ——This commission is just too difficult.

It seems that I must use the Water Army maneuver once more... but I’m not sure if it will work again this time.

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

"The opponent has not used any magic, the Water Army cannot be employed against him."

"In addition, the book is currently converting the Water Army into your unique Death Skill, and it is temporarily unavailable."

"Everything about the Water Army unrelated to the Heavenly Laws is a manifestation of its style aligning with yours."

Wu Xiaode had a sudden realization.

I was wondering how this Ancient Era Water God Skill could use cyberspace to threaten the opponent.

So it’s evolving into my style!

As if knowing what he was thinking, the Book of the Dead silently turned to the page of the Wailing Wall.

On the dark wall, a previously concealed icon quietly emerged.

On this icon, there was nothing but a keyboard emanating bursts of immortal light.

——Water Army!

Below the icon, two lines of ice crystal letters appeared:

"Because it was good, it has been taken and is currently being transformed into a Death Combat Skill with your personal style."

"——Divine Skills could not keep up with the times, yet you possess the features of an era that can rejuvenate the power of Divine Skills."

Wu Xiaode’s mouth twitched.

So "cyber assault" is actually my style?

That’s not right.

It’s not my style, but rather, that’s how the era is.

"Die!"

The man charged forward on the giant gray-white horse, thrusting the Sky Halberd with all his strength.

Wu Xiaode’s eyes narrowed.

The opponent’s weapon had a repelling effect; he couldn’t handle the strike on flat ground just now, let alone this one!

Behind him, a myriad of bronze arms suddenly emerged, "clinking" together, and formed into two bronze giants.

"Astalot, Rester!"

Wu Xiaode patted the two bronze Demon Gods.

The massive Demon Gods came to life, took big steps past Wu Xiaode, and stood in front of him.

The man on the gigantic gray-white horse was not surprised but instead shouted:

"I knew you had more tricks up your sleeve, which god were you in the past?"

He continued his charge and suddenly leaped high from the horse’s back.

However, the gray-white giant horse continued the charge, crashing straight into the two Demon Gods.

"Long-range phase shift!"

The giant horse’s eyes turned red as it roared quietly.

The mechanical saddle draped over it suddenly emitted a buzzing sound.

In an instant, the gray-white giant horse and the two bronze Demon Gods vanished.

"The latest phase shift technology, they’ve been brought together to a very remote place—they can’t come back for now!"

The man shouted triumphantly from mid-air.

Wu Xiaode swung his sword, emitting a few sword lights that forced the man back, and then tried to withdraw the Demon Gods, recalling the essence of their power.

——But to his surprise, he found he couldn’t succeed!

On the Book of the Dead, a line of ice crystal letters had already appeared on the page:

"In spatial isolation, the two Demon Gods are not in the human world."

"Due to the powerful binding force of space, you cannot summon the Demon Gods back for now."

Not in the human world...

Considering the fact that the opponent had the face of a horse, it seems they were transported to the Netherworld.

This was a spatial isolation skill resulting from human technology "phase shift" combined with the divine power to teleport to the Netherworld.

——The Netherworld Sky responsible for absorbing power, the bull’s head for covering fire, and the horse face for spatial confinement.

These skills worked together cleverly, capable of handling most situations.

Impressive!

Wu Xiaode looked over to the other side.

He saw that the man had landed on the ground again, swinging the Sky Halberd in his hand, his body radiating a fierce intention to kill.

Wu Xiaode smiled bitterly, lifted his long sword, and murmured:

"Fine then, it seems you’ve learned quite a bit of human knowledge in your twenty-odd years since reincarnation."

The man "hmmphed" and said seriously:

"Science added, mana boundless."