Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 403 - 357: Gains, Losses, and Judgment!

Chapter 403: Chapter 357: Gains, Losses, and Judgment!

Boom——

Magic roared chaotically, as the entire Floating City trembled incessantly.

The battle between both sides had escalated to a fever pitch.

The puppet personally forged by The Queen Mother of the West was on its last breath.

It was carried on a stretcher, moving along with the main force.

Whenever a rampaging End emerged, it would disregard its own injuries, and muster all its strength to climb off the stretcher——

Under the adoring gaze of the other puppets, it supported its body with a tenacious will and approached the End, putting forth all its might to subdue it.

Each time it completed this task, it consumed some of its strength.

Look!

He was staggering, unable to stand up by himself!

The surrounding puppets, as if coordinated, rushed to support him, helping him to lie back down on the stretcher.

"Attack! Attack! Don’t worry about me!"

Though he was gasping for air, weak-bodied, he still roared out.

The puppets looked over to see him on the stretcher, clutching his fist tightly, raising it high to signal everyone to fight with all their might.

Spurred by his encouragement, the morale of the entire puppet troop grew increasingly stronger.

They fought selflessly, lamenting only that they couldn’t unleash all their attack skills in one go due to the limitations of their casting speed.

As one fell, another rose.

The junior councilmen of the Destruction Council gradually began to falter, retreating backwards.

Wu Xiaode was squinting his eyes, pretending to be injured, when suddenly the Book of the Dead flipped open, revealing rows of ice crystal small text:

"You have collected sixteen kinds of ’ultimate’."

"In terms of potential, you have become a quite promising existence among the members of the Destruction, and you have attracted the notice of the Book of the Destruction Laws."

"Please keep up the good work!"

——Keep up the good work?

Does this mean the Book of the Destruction Laws has taken a shine to me?

As Wu Xiaode pondered, he suddenly noticed the puppets around him slowing down and turning their heads to look at him.

It turned out that another official Destruction Councilman had been taken out by these puppets.

——Their strength is truly terrifying!

The rampaging End was now spewing destructive beams across the sky.

"Help me up," Wu Xiaode coughed a few times and struggled to his feet: "I can still go on!"

Two puppets carefully helped him stand.

Suddenly a beam of light descended from the sky, falling entirely upon Wu Xiaode.

"You are a personal puppet of the Queen Mother? Well done, continue to capture those Ends, I will acknowledge your merits!"

Wu Xiaode felt a sense of comfort throughout his body and looked up to see a puppet from the Heaven Palace nodding at him.

This was a female puppet, whose aura had already surpassed that of ordinary divinities, the Dharma Seal in her hand exuded a power capable of destroying everything——

It was unclear which divinities had crafted this puppet.

She must be the strongest, right?

Wu Xiaode could no longer pretend to be injured.

He drew the Desert Sword with a backhand and shouted loudly, "Brothers, follow me!"

No sooner had he spoken than he charged ahead.

Naturally, others shielded him from all attacks along the way, helping him safely reach the presence of the End in time and space.

Wu Xiaode naturally captured it.

——End obtained!

He glanced at the Book of the Dead, only to see its pages filled with Ends.

Two angels were so excited they were nearly beside themselves.

"Little Wu, let us eat them, we will never leave you," said Angel One with a tender voice.

"Yes, Brother Wu, we’ve eaten so many Ends, we should be nearing our maturation. We’ll follow you no matter what—hmph!" Angel Two sent him a glance.

Wu Xiaode’s expression darkened, and he solemnly said:

"Keep it serious, we’re still in battle——and remember, you are angels, not Enchanting Demons. The Enchanting Demons by my side have the great ambition of ’seeking truth, innovation, pioneering, and enterprise.’ Are you so bewitched by those few Ends?"

The two angels stiffened.

"Right, Brother Wu is correct!"

"This is nothing, we want to keep achieving great things following Little Wu!"

Together, they raised their fists.

Wu Xiaode nodded in satisfaction and waved towards the puppets, shouting loudly:

"Everyone, the danger has been eliminated, continue the fight!!!"

The puppets immediately launched their charge.

The battle continued.

Several tens of minutes later.

He had obtained a few more Ends.

The puppets had pushed close to the last line of defense in the Floating City——

The Council’s main gate!

This place was clearly rigged with various defensive measures.

The councilmen were all relying on this gate to grapple with the puppets.

For the moment, the battle turned into a stalemate.

Wu Xiaode watched for a while and found that the enemy’s defense was indeed tight, impenetrable.

Suddenly, the Book of the Dead sprouted rows of ice crystal small text:

"You have captured many Ends born from the destruction of worlds, which has intrigued the Book of Destruction Laws."

"It has already made contact with this book and hopes you can go to the secret chamber on the third underground level of the Floating City."

"The Holy Artifact of the Destruction Will wants to communicate with you from there."

Wu Xiaode pondered for a moment.

Several things he possessed were sentient, like the Book of the Dead, the Desert Sword, and the Holy Treasure Ring.

They were not inanimate objects, capable of discerning various situations, with their own will to make decisions.

The Book of Destruction Laws on the opposing side must be similar.

What was he doing?

——He was dealing with the Destruction Council!

Would it kindly help him?

Improbable.

And if there were really such a Holy Object, why didn’t those powerful members of the Destruction Council care about it and directly ascend to fight against the strongest puppets?

It must be their conspiracy!

Moreover, did he need recognition from any Destruction Holy Artifact?

When he needed it, it didn’t show up.

Now that he had dozens of Ends in his hands and no longer needed it, it appeared.

For safety sake, better not to go.

After all, he had already reaped a great harvest this time - just needed to let the two angels slowly digest it to evolve the "Evading Battle King" to a very high level.

——Decided then, no going!

As Wu Xiaode thought this over, another idea suddenly emerged in his mind.

"Yes, it knows I’ve taken away all these Ends..."

"If I want to completely take down this Floating City, it’s best to eliminate all the councilmen so the Book of Destruction can’t afford the time and effort to deal with me."

One thought after another flashed through Wu Xiaode’s mind.

Finally.

"Stop."

He said aloud.

The surrounding puppets immediately switched to a defensive posture, encircling him and silently waiting for his next command.

——They seemed to be looking to him for leadership.

"A forceful attack will result in great casualties, we need to win with strategy," he said.

"May I ask how we will win with strategy?" asked a puppet tasked with leading the attack.

"When in doubt, let the Bone Dog step forward!"

"Bone Dog?"

"Ah no, I mean, we need to acquire some ancient wisdom from the Dragon Clan."

"The Dragon Clan?"

"Wait — that’s a creature of magic created by the Queen Mother of the West, I’ll summon it right now!"

While Wu Xiaode spoke, the Book of the Dead opened automatically to the page about the Bone Dog.

"What’s up?"

The Bone Dog lay on the ground with a gloomy expression, its chin resting on its paws, asking listlessly.

"Cut it out with that face, I’ll dismantle Fafnir for you eventually — but now I need you to look something up for me," Wu Xiaode said.

"What info?" asked the Bone Dog.

"The main gate of the Destruction Council’s Floating Castle, how can we break through it?" Wu Xiaode said.

The Bone Dog perked up and exhaled a breath of Ice Frost, forming a blank frost frame in mid-air.

Its claws tapped rapidly in the Void like lightning.

Suddenly a line of text appeared on the frost frame:

"Online help: How can we break through the main gate of the Destruction Council’s Floating Castle?"

The Bone Dog tapped its claws forcefully.

The search began!

The frost frame disappeared in an instant, and numerous texts floated before the Bone Dog and Wu Xiaode:

"This giant door is transformed from a monster from an extremely ancient era, sealed within the door, thus making the door indestructible."

"Awaken the monster, set it free, and the door will break without being attacked."

"Method of release:"

"Requires ten beings with Soul Power reaching 10 million points to perform the Sealing together as follows:"

Images of several hand gesture patterns materialized and remained still.

Wu Xiaode was a bit taken aback.

Soul Power reaching 10 million?

Where could he find ten such beings?

That’s when he realized the puppets around him were all waiting for his command.

He had no choice but to clear his throat and said with an air of determination:

"Did everyone see that? These are the conditions for breaking through the gate."

"Yes!" the puppets said in unison.

Ten puppets stepped forward, extended their hands, and begin forming hand gestures.

"Please rest assured," one puppet said, "their Soul Power is definitely sufficient, they will certainly complete the task you have given."

"...Good," Wu Xiaode replied.

The ten puppets successfully completed the hand gestures.

Boom——

The Destruction Council’s gate began to shake continuously.

It started to deform!

An immensely ancient and archaic aura spread from the gate.

A deep voice came from deep within the gate:

"Ah... to be imprisoned for tens of thousands of years..."

"Destruction Council, could today be the day I take my revenge?"

Wu Xiaode stepped back a few paces and nodded silently to himself.

——This was going to be quite a spectacle.

He looked at the puppets beside him, and then back at the gate, feeling that something was amiss.

The thing the Destruction Council excelled at was destruction.

Could it be that they had no other trump cards?

That’s right.

The Book of Destruction Laws from before...

After pondering for a few moments, Wu Xiaode suddenly spoke again:

"Bone Dog, check what measures the Book of Destruction Laws has with the Destruction Will."

"Okay."

The Bone Dog continued to tap on the invisible keyboard.

The answer gradually appeared:

"The Book of Destruction Laws, combined with the Destruction Will, can force everything into destruction."

"Condition: Sacrifice twenty kinds of ’Ends.’"

Wu Xiaode nodded slightly.

It had just tricked him into going down, perhaps to initiate this action?

The next second.

Wu Xiaode saw a streak of light shoot into the sky and crash into the castle with a thunderous roar.

——It was a high-ranking member of the Destruction Council!

After he crashed into the castle, he did not appear again.

Wu Xiaode looked up.

He could see in the sky that the truly powerful puppets were pressing onward, causing the members of the Destruction Council to retreat in defeat.

The outcome was about to be decided.

Could it be...

An idea suddenly came to Wu Xiaode, and he immediately said:

"Withdraw — we’re withdrawing first."

"Why?" asked the puppet in charge of commanding the battle.

Wu Xiaode grabbed the answer condensed from frost and held it before his face.

After reading it, the puppet immediately formed a hand gesture with one hand and pushed on him with the other, exclaiming:

"You are the only one who can collect the ’Ends,’ you go first!"

Wu Xiaode staggered from the push.

In an instant.

The world spun.

Once he regained his footing, he immediately found the surrounding environment had changed.

This was a desert.

——Specifically, a desert not far from Sare Town.

The puppet had teleported him back!

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