Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 450 - 344: The Last Stratagem of Father and Son!

Chapter 450: Chapter 344: The Last Stratagem of Father and Son!

The destructive blaze spread rapidly.

In an instant.

It seemed as though something had shattered.

A line of ice crystal words suddenly appeared on the Book of the Dead:

"The opponent’s overpowering full-screen magic is destroying everything."

"You possess ’Magic Immunity’."

"You have a certain level of magic defense, but the opponent’s magic exceeds the limit of the Law, causing your death."

"Attention!"

"The opponent’s actions have destroyed the binding barrier they set."

"The spatial binding has disappeared!"

Wu Xiaode’s eyes narrowed—

This was it!

"Siang," possessing too great a power, could kill him at any moment, but was initially misled by the Silent Demon Mist and hit by a full-screen magic from the One-eyed Giant, which enraged him.

To say it was smart, in reality, its cognition was very astute.

It immediately realized that the Silent Demon Mist was its trump card.

And it had already probed out the weakness of the Silent Demon Mist—

It could only conceal, not block attacks!

This created the only possible scenario—

Once it lost track of him, it would inevitably use an extremely powerful area magic.

Only in that way could it recapture him!

The sole chance for survival lay in—

Its inability to control the power of the magic, allowing the magic to directly destroy the barrier.

A thread of survival had arrived.

Wu Xiaode’s eyes flashed, and he immediately activated "Dark Tao Power·Insight."

"Your eyes can penetrate all worldly barriers, leading you to and revealing all that belongs to the Netherworld."

In the blink of an eye.

He crossed the barrier between life and death, reentering the Netherworld.

Almost simultaneously—

Like a shooting star, Siang flew to where he had just been and hurled a fist out.

The Void shattered layer by layer.

Only to see that within the Void, myriad worlds appeared densely packed, with no end in sight.

—Its fist had directly shattered the Void, causing the outer spaces of these worlds to reveal themselves!

Siang floated in midair, carefully observing those worlds.

Siang squinted his eyes, meticulously scrutinizing every movement within those worlds.

—There was no change in those worlds.

"Ah, I just felt the magic encounter something...could it be an illusion?"

Siang muttered to himself.

What it did not know was, even if it shattered all worlds related to space, it could not find Wu Xiaode.

Because all these worlds belonged to the "realm of the living," the domain of all beings.

—This was the boundary between life and death.

Wu Xiaode had proceeded to the Netherworld.

This was another class of world governed by the Death Law, which could not be reached simply by breaking through the Void.

After a moment of contemplation, Siang finally concluded something.

"There’s no activity anywhere, he must have been obliterated by my attack just now."

"After all, that maneuver could crush an entire world."

"The only pity is not having drunk his blood or eaten his flesh."

"...Nevermind."

Siang shook his head slightly, somewhat regretful, but not overly so.

It then stretched out its hand, releasing another gentle wave of Healing Skill.

The magic fell on it, wandering across its half-boned face, then scattering into vibrant light points that sank into its wounded body.

—These were the real marks left when Siang and Wu Xiaode had clashed.

Now was the time to heal the injuries.

A moment.

Two moments.

Three moments.

Time passed, but those healing glows disappeared without a trace.

Looking at Siang’s body—

Not a single wound had healed.

Bang!

A terrifying murderous intent emanated from Siang, blowing away everything floating in the Dark Void.

"Not dead?"

It shrieked.

Yes, this body was under the influence of a Curse Seal called "End."

Normally, when the master of "End" died, the magic released from "End" would gradually dissipate and stop functioning.

However, up to this moment, the Healing Skill was still ineffective.

This meant that the Curse Seal was still active!

—He was still alive!

"Hehehe, this is too intriguing."

"How did such a minuscule existence acquire such a powerful Curse Seal as ’End’?"

Siang’s hands became elongated, each nail turning blood-red, becoming sharper.

It licked its hand, only to see the flesh on one finger split open, revealing the bone inside.

Humans.

So fragile.

It must find that man, kill him, and remove the Curse Seal.

Otherwise, after some time—

This body is going to collapse.

...

Splash!

Wu Xiaode plunged into the Sea of Death.

"Survived! Woof!"

The earth dog issued an exceedingly joyful bark on the Book of the Dead.

"Hey, saying ’survived’ in the Death World, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?" Xiao Baihong joked with a smile.

Everyone was delighted.

Wu Xiaode himself couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, but looking around—

This was still the Sea of Death.

The resentful spirits’ resentment had entirely dissipated, either moving to other places or reincarnating.

However...

Why was there still a familiar aura?

Wu Xiaode’s gaze flashed, and he immediately saw the situation deep in the sea abyss.

"Go!"

He shouted, instantly crossing hundreds of meters, arriving at that location.

Only to see a gray skeleton floating in the seawater.

Around the skeleton, eleven small skeletons hovered, all crying out together.

This was—

The father of Arian and those eleven unjustly deceased children!

Wu Xiaode was puzzled and asked:

"Why haven’t you left?"

Upon seeing him appear, the resentful spirits instantly turned to look at him, crying out together:

"Our resentment has ended, but we want to save him!"

"Why? He clearly killed you, why do you still want to save him?"

Wu Xiaode looked at the gray skeleton and couldn’t help asking.

The resentful spirits said, "He had to kill us for the continuation of the entire family. Now that we have understood the situation, please take a look——"

The youngest among them floated over and extended a bony finger to draw on the wish wall.

Suddenly, scene after scene emerged on the wall, revealing a hidden Chapter of the Shangmo family history.

The images flashed by—

Eight hundred years ago.

Corpse Pile Mountain, with its eerie souls, was born.

Siang, with its aid, unleashed a reign of terror within the entire Shangmo family.

Outstanding talents continuously perished.

Initially, because Siang’s plans and methods were extremely meticulous and clever, no one suspected him.

Until Arian’s father—

He was clearly excellent in swordsmanship and strong in strength, yet he pretended to be a waste, even deliberately admitting defeat in a duel with Siang.

The consequence of doing this was—

Siang utterly despised him and was unwilling to let him be a part of Corpse Pile Mountain.

Siang even assigned the task of dealing with him to the matriarch Qiong.

—To facilitate Qiong’s control over his two children.

This waste was gradually forgotten by Siang.

The scenes flashed again, revealing a new image.

At a family council meeting.

Siang looked at the ledger before him and spoke, "I didn’t expect you to perform so poorly in battle, yet manage our finances so excellently—"

"Look, the family’s asset income has increased by 11% this year, how remarkable."

"Under the leadership of the house master, we can achieve a little success," said Arian’s father, sitting opposite, bowing his back and speaking respectfully.

"Hmm... I need a lot of resources to enhance my strength, you take care of making money for the family from now on."

Siang tossed the ledger at his feet.

Arian’s father immediately squatted down to carefully pick up the ledger, a look of joy appearing on his face.

Siang saw this and couldn’t be bothered to say another word.

The scene vanished.

The somber skeleton looked at Wu Xiaode and suddenly made a sound:

"I had anticipated that one day, the entire Shangmo family would be devoured by Corpse Pile Mountain, so I immediately began to work on something—"

"After I gained control of the finances, I began to secretly establish a hidden passage, hoping to use it to escape to the Central World, where the Council resides, when our entire family faced destruction."

"Once there, at least I was safe."

"The bloodline of the Shangmo family would also continue."

"Did you succeed?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"I did succeed... Unfortunately, just when I succeeded, I fell victim to the matriarch’s Bloodline Curse," said the gray skeleton.

It pressed its hand on the wish wall.

The scene flashed, revealing a brand-new image.

—That was the situation when it fought Wu Xiaode.

The gray skeleton spoke, "If I had been cursed and remained unharmed, Siang would definitely have suspected, and then the entire family’s Bloodline Curse would have ended in his hands."

"The reason I killed eleven children..."

"Was merely to survive, not only for me but for the entire Shangmo family."

"But in the final moment, I realized that you were more qualified than I to keep the Shangmo family alive, Arian."

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

At that moment, the wish wall was displaying the scene of the battle—

The man stood in the courtyard, drew his long sword, and earnestly said:

"...So come on, if you can kill me, it proves that I am truly wrong, and I leave everything to you."

The battle ended.

He died.

Wu Xiaode remained silent.

Did he deliberately hold back at that moment?

If he had truly excelled and suddenly unleashed his power then, the outcome would still be hard to predict.

But he had forsaken his chance to survive.

The gray skeleton suddenly pressed his hand against the wish wall and whispered,

"Escape through the hidden passage to reach the Central World, and seize all the wealth of the family."

"Without them, the Shangmo family cannot rise again from the ashes."

"Arian!"

"This is the last thing I can do for my child as a father."

Suddenly, rows of ice crystals formed on the wish wall:

"The wish of the resentful spirit has reached the wish wall."

"If you wish to fulfill it, you will receive a share of the power of the resentful spirit, and your time to evolve your Dark Tao Power will significantly shorten."

Wu Xiaode looked at the gray skeleton.

It’s really—

Hard to know what to say.

Every person in this family bears too heavy a burden.

Should he reveal his true identity now?

...No.

Right and wrong are no longer clear.

Life is as short as a spring dream, human feelings are complicated, and the world is unpredictable.

One is often helpless in the complex world.

But at this moment, this father’s intentions for his child were correct.

As for other matters—

The Shangmo family had already met their just fate.

"I have received your intentions, and I will continue to survive on behalf of the entire Shangmo family,"

Wu Xiaode said gravely.

The gray skeleton became invigorated and quickly said,

"As the last bloodline of our entire Shangmo family, you must return to the world where our family is located."

Wu Xiaode suddenly realized something.

Maybe—

These resentful spirits did not yet know that the world of the entire Shangmo family had already been destroyed.

"Why should I go back?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Because my original setup meant that ’once Siang is completely controlled by the weirdest End, the secret passage will open after ten minutes, it will appear in the underground tunnel of the family warehouse, and it will only open for three seconds’."

"Catch those three seconds."

"It leads directly to the Central World, quickly go—"

The gray skeleton urged.

"How is the bank’s property inherited?" Wu Xiaode asked.

But the gray skeleton sighed and said somewhat helplessly,

"Obtaining the payment voucher is the most difficult thing."

"What voucher do I need?" Wu Xiaode’s heart also rose.

The world has been destroyed.

Where could there still be any voucher to get?

"You have to steal the golden House Master Token from the House Master. I remember he rarely carried this thing when I was alive; it should be in the attic on the third floor of the main building," the gray skeleton said.

Wu Xiaode was taken aback.

The House Master Token?

This item... I seem...

He touched his ring.

—That golden House Master Token was lying intact in his storage space.