Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 442 - 395: Fierce Battle!

Chapter 442: Chapter 395: Fierce Battle!

Heads with long black hair trailing behind were piled up into a mountain.

——Corpse Pile Mountain.

Siang landed on the mountain wall; immediately, seven or eight skeletons emerged from the mountain body, supporting him and the shadow of his warhorse.

"Arian? Didn’t I give you the position of the Family Head? Why would you still come to fight me?"

Siang asked, puzzled.

"Take a wild guess?" Wu Xiaode said with a smile.

He stood before that Human Head Mountain, forming a pincer with Qiong, his expression not the least bit relaxed.

After several seconds of thought, Siang’s expression slowly turned icy:

"Wait... you are not Arian... So the curse can’t control you, you act only according to your own will, is that it?"

In the fog, Qiong too was staring intently at Wu Xiaode.

Both parties had guessed the answer.

However, Wu Xiaode spoke up:

"No, I am Arian, it’s just that I’ve reached an agreement with the Guardian Gods of the ’Heaven and Earth’ world—you call them puppets. Otherwise, why do you think I could obtain the Human Puppet Forging Skill?"

Siang was taken aback.

Qiong’s eyes widened in disbelief.

This was too unexpected.

"You have sided with them?" Siang asked.

"Don’t use the term ’sided with’. I fight only for my own interests—I revealed the Council’s invasion plans to them, they found me trustworthy, and that’s how I got the opportunity to approach them and steal the Forging Method," Wu Xiaode explained.

Both recalled the scene of his desperate escape from the puppets’ pursuit and nodded faintly.

"Betraying the Council, all for your own benefit? Is this your way?"

Siang asked coldly.

Wu Xiaode suddenly burst into laughter:

"Enough, stop putting on that self-righteous act in front of me. For our own interests, all three of us wouldn’t hesitate to throw the whole world under the bus!"

Qiong said nothing, just silently looked at Arian.

After reflecting, Siang said, "You’ve leaked the Council’s information to the puppets..."

"Of course, it was to eliminate the possibility of the curse transferring to me," Wu Xiaode raised his hand, lightly forming a fist, "Now, with the bloodline of the Human Race from the ’Heaven and Earth’ world running through my veins, I am no longer under Qiong’s control."

A cold wind blew.

Not a single person could be seen in the whole square.

After the Family Head and the leading lady started fighting, it seemed as if every soldier, staff member, and servant from the entire family had vanished without a trace.

Siang narrowed his eyes, murmuring softly:

"You exchanged information for a way to lift the curse, you stole back the Human Puppet Forging Skill, then traded it to me for the family treasure..."

On the square, however, Qiong continued the thought silently:

"You’ve freed yourself from my Bloodline Curse, gave Siang just the basic version of the Human Puppet Forging Skill, then trapped me with the Intermediate Forging Method, forcing me to confront Siang head-on until the moment you appeared when you realized I couldn’t beat him..."

Both turned their gaze to Wu Xiaode.

And Wu Xiaode’s face bore an expression of having succeeded in his plans.

The wind blew.

In the mist, he appeared and disappeared—

When hidden, as if he did not exist at all, and when visible, his body enshrouded in black flames, impervious to all Magic attacks.

——As if he was the true embodiment of darkness, the one who deserved to be defeated the most.

In the fog, Audrey’s mental transmission asked:

"Why do this?"

"I need the identity of ’Arian’—if I’m not a member of the Shangmo family, not even of the Destruction Council, they would kill me without any hesitation, even calling for the Council to take action."

Wu Xiaode continued his mental transmission:

"But if I truly am Arian, it means I am indeed a member of the Shangmo family, and this battle is then an internal family struggle—the Council has no reason to intervene—nor does anyone else!"

Audrey thought for a moment, then responded admiringly, "You’ve considered this quite thoroughly."

"Just to survive," said Wu Xiaode.

"To survive, you could hide right now," Audrey suggested.

"No, I must have an identity to stay within the Council so I can keep track of their movements—they will never let our world go!"

After Wu Xiaode finished speaking, he stepped back a few paces, readying his combat stance.

"Qiong!"

He shouted loudly, "Take him down; this family is ours!"

Qiong’s face was vivid with emotion.

In a single family, the young lion was challenging the lion in his prime.

As a woman...

She too was the prize they were vying for!

Whom should she help?

Originally, she could have stayed hidden in the shadows, quietly watching the struggle between the two, awaiting the final victor.

——But she had already declared her position with Abner’s self-explosion!

So, was there even a need for his words?

At this moment, their interests were intertwined, and even that negligible affection continued to persist!

He was Arian; he wanted to have me.

Just like before.

What was different was that this time he had truly grown into a man, both cunning and strong enough to challenge Siang.

This battle...

Was worth striving for victory!

If she won, she would gain control over the entire Shangmo family!

Qiong moved silently through the fog, changing her position, and mentally conveyed to Wu Xiaode:

"Be careful of his ’Blood Heir·Corpse Pile Mountain’, it’s an extremely ancient ’End’, and even in legends, it was never really part of the Shangmo family."

Wu Xiaode’s mouth twitched slightly.

The leading lady had finally joined him on the same battlefront.

The real battle was just beginning.

But what did she mean when she said Siang’s End originally didn’t belong to the Shangmo family...

Wu Xiaode looked towards Siang.

That family Head had already switched to a different weapon.

Now he was holding a battle axe with a two-and-a-half-meter handle, sitting on his shadow warhorse, and said slowly,

"Arian, truly impressive. I now feel that you’ve earned a precious qualification—"

"To become one of Corpse Pile Mountain."

A shadow flashed.

He disappeared from the spot.

Wu Xiaode took a step forward, jumped up, and with a sideways flip, dodged the surging axe shadow that appeared in the Void. His left leg whipped like a lash onto the suddenly appearing Siang.

A thunder-like sound exploded!

A line of ice crystal characters leaped out:

"Extracting three hundred thousand Soul Power from Qiong, releasing Human Emperor’s Secret Technique · Divine Bite."

Siang staggered from the impact, wide open for an attack.

A great opportunity!

Wu Xiaode closed in rapidly, his fists charged and ready, about to unleash the Human Emperor’s Fist, "Heaven If".

Once this fist struck, combined with the power of the Netherworld Grotto Heaven · Sealing Hand, he could beat Siang to death!

"Be cautious."

Qiong’s voice suddenly rang in Wu Xiaode’s heart.

Wu Xiaode also sensed it and immediately stepped to the side, slamming his hands towards the Void.

Thud.

A dim shadow appeared from within the Void, exchanged a blow with Wu Xiaode, and then vanished back into nothingness.

Wu Xiaode’s pupils shrank sharply.

What the hell was that?

In an instant.

Another dim shadow flashed out of the Void, holding dual blades aimed at Wu Xiaode.

Before Wu Xiaode could dodge, another shadow appeared alongside him, a long spear thrusting at him.

Countless dim shadows emerged within the Void, wielding various weapons, swarming Wu Xiaode from all directions.

They were so numerous that they covered every inch of Wu Xiaode’s sight, encircling him tightly.

"Dead."

Siang said disdainfully.

Wu Xiaode pulled himself together, slightly bent his knees, and punched towards the Void.

In a flash, thousands of bronze fists burst forth around him, striking out at the grey shadows from all sides.

Heaven and Earth Human Emperor’s Fist, farewell!

Ratatatatata—

Amidst the intense sounds resembling machine gun fire, all the shadows were blown away, and the whole encirclement collapsed.

But Siang, taking advantage of his warhorse, leapt forth, his giant axe swapped for a long spear, thrusting with all his might towards Wu Xiaode’s chest.

"Kill!"

He roared.

Wu Xiaode glanced with the corner of his eye and immediately recalled a move from the Human Emperor’s Martial Arts.

If it were before, he certainly couldn’t have used this move—

Even with eight points of Eternal Soul Power as a base, this move required at least three hundred thousand Soul Power for execution!

There he squatted in place, assuming a horse stance, and with both hands, he slapped the long spear eight times in succession. After diverting most of the force, he kicked heavily against the spear.

Human Emperor Blade Snatch · Eightfold Mountain Resolve!

Immediately, the long spear spiraled backward, flying away.

Siang drew his waist knife—

An arrow tore through the air, forcing him to halt; he suddenly flashed again, withdrawing from the battlefield, and flew back to Corpse Pile Mountain.

"Bitch!"

He cursed.

In the fog, Qiong retracted the Double Snake Curse Bow, once again shifting her position.

—The fact that Siang had detected her location once before had her frightened even now.

Meanwhile, Wu Xiaode took advantage of the force from the previous strike to leap up seven or eight meters, catching the long spear midair and tossing it towards the Void.

Audrey immediately grabbed the spear, placing it before Little Bone.

Little Bone muttered, "Damn, how does he have so many weapons? Let’s see where these weapons come from."

It held Bone Phone 1 with both claws, activating the camera function.

Wu Xiaode landed back on the ground, adopting a fighting stance once again.

Those grey shadows just now...

What in the world were they?

He looked up, on guard.

By then, Siang had already steadied himself and his horse on Corpse Pile Mountain, looking down upon them.

"I misjudged. That move was exquisite, finding the only gap to strike at me. Such combat skills, Arian, you’ve never learned them."

Siang continued,

"What does that tell us?"

"In the Human Emperor’s Secret Realm, you must have gained something extremely valuable."

"Let me guess, is it the Human Emperor’s Inheritance?"

He grinned, showing his white teeth, his eyes filled with excitement and greed.

Wu Xiaode said with a smile,

"Honestly, what I have is the original Human Emperor’s edition; it’s very expensive, so stop dreaming about it."

"I’d like to try," Siang said.

He dismounted, pressing his hand onto Corpse Pile Mountain.

"Arian, I’m now going to use all my strength to kill you, and that bitch!"

The entire two-hundred-meter-tall Human Head Mountain started to rumble with vibrations.

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