Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 366 - 324: Massacre Interrogation! (Additional update, ask for votes!)

Chapter 366: Chapter 324: Massacre Interrogation! (Additional update, ask for votes!)

"Based on the world’s set limitations, your current Soul Power is: 2."

Wu Xiaode glanced at it and didn’t pay any further attention.

The reason it exceeded one point was because he possessed two points of Eternal Soul Power.

—— yet he had no idea what exactly this technique was.

He carried his suitcase, walking along further into the alley.

The entire world was eerily silent.

Only the Book of the Dead occasionally flashed a line of ice crystal letters:

"Time disorder!"

Every few seconds, this line would flash once.

After a while,

the line disappeared.

A new line of ice crystal letters emerged:

"...Stabilizing initially."

"Time has split into two extremes, ’Past Epoch’ and ’Now Era’."

"Every minute, the world will jump to one side."

"Because you have travelled through two epochs, for now, only you are aware of this."

"All other beings have not crossed between the two epochs and are absolutely unaware of this, unless they make a move against you."

"The current world moment is: Past Epoch."

"Time remaining:"

"00:59."

Just 59 seconds left!

Wu Xiaode slowed down and continued forward.

Up ahead, the view suddenly opened up.

He found himself standing in a place similar to a courtroom.

High walls surrounded him, with countless windows crammed onto the wall surfaces, a few hundred of them.

Each window contained a blurry figure sitting inside.

Directly in front was a high platform.

Above the platform floated a thick, black book, about the size of an adult.

Wu Xiaode squinted at the book, and in the void, two lines of ice crystal letters appeared:

"You are looking at the book: Destruction Laws."

"This is the rulebook governing all the regulations of the Destruction Council."

More books.

The heavenly edicts are in a book.

The Destruction Laws also make up a book.

The two pages from the Black Book absorbed by my own Book of the Dead were also quite useful.

Perhaps the object "book" holds a unique status across many worlds?

As Wu Xiaode was lost in thoughts, a voice came from behind the platform above, from a huge glass window in the high wall:

"Destruction Council member: Wu Xiaode."

"By the power of the book of Destruction Laws, you have nowhere to run and are now apprehended."

"Regarding the matter of you murdering Council junior member Ci Le, do you plead guilty?"

Wu Xiaode looked at the floating book.

——So the power that hit me was from this book!

Amazing, it’s effective even across two epochs.

So then.

How should I respond?

He turned his gaze back to the Book of the Dead floating in front of him.

On the Book of the Dead, a line of countdown letters kept flashing:

"00:51;"

"00:50;"

"00:49;"

"..."

Only forty-nine seconds left.

If I can hold on for forty-nine seconds——

"My lord, there is a problem with your statement, because this entire affair contains significant hidden details which I believe are worth informing the lords here about."

Wu Xiaode said respectfully.

Suddenly, a rustling of whispers erupted all around.

"Hidden details..."

"Ci Le is clearly dead; what hidden details could there be?"

"Is it related to the secret of the Heaven and Earth world? Interesting."

"I cannot believe that Ci Le would be killed by a newcomer; could there be some secret here?"

"Let him speak."

"Let him speak."

"Speak!"

"Speak quickly!"

The mighty figures in each window of the towering walls seemed to have reached a consensus and ordered in unison.

Wu Xiaode glanced at the Book of the Dead.

"Time remaining: 31 seconds."

From the huge window behind the tribunal, a massive shadow uttered a deep voice:

"Speak."

Wu Xiaode respectfully bowed and began,

"In fact, I went to Dongsheng Country to seek revenge on those robots and had no connection whatsoever to Lord Ci Le’s itinerary."

"Who would have thought that upon my arrival at the Capital, I saw Lord Ci Le fighting the City God."

Just 23 seconds left.

——I must drag it on until a minute has passed.

"That City God is one of our world’s Divine Spirits in charge of transferring the Dead Souls of Dongsheng Country in the Netherworld; you could say he’s quite influential locally."

"Lord Ci Le, on the other hand, took a fancy to a girl and wanted to take her as his servant."

"The City God said no, because that girl was his godmother."

"Lord Ci Le insisted on having the girl."

"The City God refused to permit it."

"The two of them started fighting, and the sky turned dark, the sun and the moon lost their light, the ground shook, and the mountains quaked—"

Someone on the surrounding wall shouted, "Get to the point! How did he die?"

Wu Xiaode laughed and said, "It’s actually pretty clear how Lord Ci Le died."

"The City God used a particularly awesome trick. He got people to worship Lord Ci Le, turning him into this world’s Evil God."

"Lord Ci Le had no idea, he was just fixated on that young lady—who also happened to be the City God’s godmother."

"I must say, Lord Ci Le’s taste wasn’t bad—"

"Get to the point!" someone shouted again.

"Alright, the point. Lord Ci Le was caught off guard and struck dead by the Heavenly Law."

Wu Xiaode sighed and continued,

"Since he had become the Evil God, he triggered the Heavenly Law and was blasted into nothingness in an instant. I saw with my own eyes, even his ashes were scattered."

The crowd fell silent.

Suddenly, someone said, "Fake."

"It’s definitely fake," another joined in.

"How could it be? I think it’s fake too."

"That’s right."

"It must be fake."

Voices of discussion came through the windows on the wall.

That old voice spoke again:

"No need to say more, we have the Book of the Destruction Laws here. It will check everything."

"If you tell even half a lie, you’re dead."

00:02;

00:01;

00:00.

Time’s up.

Suddenly, a line of new ice crystal letters appeared on the Book of the Dead:

"Every minute, the world will jump to one side or the other."

"The current world moment is: Now Era."

"Remaining time:"

"00:59."

Wu Xiaode stared intently at the huge book floating above the platform.

In our time, shaped by a coalition of three Divine Beasts, numerous Divine Spirits, the Sin Prison, and its prisoners, the world’s setting became:

"All existing Soul Power is 1, with a max limit of 50 after seven days."

In other words—

The book also had only 1 point of Soul Power left.

With just 1 point of Soul Power, what could it do to itself?

Wu Xiaode clenched his briefcase.

Behind the windows on the wall, all the silhouettes held their breath.

Everyone was witnessing this moment.

—Whether this kid was lying or not!

All eyes watched as the black book floated midair, seemingly ready to flip open—

But then it closed again.

Wu Xiaode, seeing this clearly, knew in his heart that it had no Soul Power; it couldn’t even flip its own pages.

Seizing the moment, he rattled off:

"Look, when I saw Lord Ci Le being struck by lightning, naturally I planned to save him."

"Who knew that at the brink of death, Lord Ci Le would have the guts to gesture to me, saying that he met this end for liking someone’s godmother too much, that it was his own fault, and he told me not to seek revenge—"

"Book of the Destruction Laws, if I’m wrong, then hit me."

The Black Book only had 1 point of Soul Power; it couldn’t even turn its pages.

"I also said, ’Lord Ci Le, now that you’re dead, what are you going to do about your ’End’?"

"Lord Ci Le told me not to worry, that he had long ago made arrangements with a good friend of his, and the ’End’ would be directly transferred to that friend—"

"Book of the Destruction Laws, if I’m wrong, then hit me."

The Black Book remained still.

"After saying that, Lord Ci Le was ready to die, but before he did, he said he came hastily because he sensed the ’End’ was born."

"I asked him, ’Where is the born ’End’?"

"Lord Ci Le sighed and said, the ’End’ was in the City God’s possession, and now that the City God was dead, he had gone to the Netherworld and was out of reach."

"Then Lord Ci Le died—"

"Book of the Destruction Laws, if I’m wrong, then hit me."

The Black Book remained still.

Wu Xiaode shrugged his shoulders and said to the windows covering the entire wall:

"That’s the situation, esteemed leaders. As you can see, everything I said was true. If there’s any lie, let the Book of the Destruction Laws crush me dead right here!"

The Black Book was still motionless.

—Time was up.

Several lines of ice crystal letters suddenly flared up on the Book of the Dead:

"Every passing minute, the world will jump to one side or the other."

"The current world moment is: Past Epoch."

"Remaining time:"

"00:59."

The Black Book suddenly flipped open—

Wu Xiaode also yelled out loud:

"I’m the one who killed the City God! It was I who sent him back to the Netherworld! There’s absolutely nothing wrong about that, if there is, Book of the Destruction Laws you hit me!"

The Black Book froze.

At this point, all the bigwigs felt something was amiss.

The old voice rose once more: "Did he really kill the City God?"

A golden light emerged on the pages of the Black Book.

—This meant what Wu Xiaode said was true.

He really had killed the City God.

The place buzzed with discussion.

Now they had a problem; this kid wasn’t just innocent, he had done a great service.

How were they supposed to kill him now?