Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 49 - 40 It Came Back!

Chapter 49: Chapter 40 It Came Back!

That grand and majestic voice resounded all around:

"You must think carefully about why you were able to avoid the death that was destined for you, and then retrieve the deepest thought in your heart."

"Retrieve that thought, and your destiny will begin to change!"

The voice faded away.

In midair, the intensely bright Holy Light cascaded backward like a waterfall of light, thunderously flying back into the depths of the clouds, vanishing from sight.

The light was gone.

The Void turned dark once again.

Then, the dense fog dispersed, and even the entire wishing wall disappeared from in front of Wu Xiaode.

He found himself back in his room.

On the Book of the Dead, several new lines of ice crystal small script were written:

"The other party has given the only answer, thus a bit of Merit was taken."

"Commission completed!"

"Current Soul Power: 0/8."

"Merit count: 0."

The commission was completed!

That meant, the words of the other were true and credible.

After all, his commission followed the Law of Causality; fabrications couldn’t simply take away his Merit!

Stay calm.

This was the time to maintain calm.

Now that the answer was known, he needed to analyze what exactly that statement meant.

Wu Xiaode sat down at the edge of the bed, silently recalling every word of the other party’s statement in his mind.

—Right.

Upon his return, a series of events had occurred non-stop, leaving him no time to think everything over thoroughly.

Now, finally, he had some time to sit down and ponder the whole affair.

"Yes, why was I able to avoid the death that was destined for me?"

What exactly had happened at that time?

Wu Xiaode closed his eyes, recalling the scenes that unfolded in Death Demon Cave.

At a certain moment.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

"Actually, I should have been flicked to death by the One-eyed Giant, but..."

But the little girl had given him a piece of Scale Armor.

The Scale Armor blocked the attack.

So, he temporarily survived, not dying immediately in the demon cave.

And also.

In the last moment, he had slapped the One-eyed Giant, making that event happen—

"Many Heroic Spirits, surrounded by the little girl’s Guardian Spirit, collectively decided to take a gamble on you."

Wu Xiaode suddenly stood up and began pacing around the room.

That’s right!

His return was due to "many Heroic Spirits surrounded by the little girl’s Guardian Spirit," who bestowed power onto the Book of the Dead!

If he had merely awakened the power of the Book of the Dead, he definitely wouldn’t have made it back.

Therefore.

According to the hint from that great existence—

What was the deepest thought in his inner heart?

Wu Xiaode stared blankly at the Void ahead, silent.

The scenes from Death Demon Cave played back and forth, continuously emerging in his mind.

At that time—

The Book of the Dead released an elusive commission.

The lamb to be slaughtered!

The commission’s content was: "You must ensure that the little girl stays alive, even if just momentarily."

This commission did not guarantee any benefits for him.

Even the commission’s description stated, "This is your sole chance of survival, and even the book cannot guarantee that this will be useful, but it still provides a sliver of elusive hope."

He had read the description and originally didn’t care much.

But that little girl had gifted him a piece of Scale Armor, helping him block a blow from the giant, saving his life.

At the last moment.

The giant moved towards the little girl.

It was about to devour her.

Among all these events, what was that deepest thought in his heart...

What was it?

What kind of thought was it that changed the course of everything?

Wu Xiaode carefully recalled the situation at that time.

"I remember now..."

he murmured to himself.

Everyone had died, leaving only him and the little girl—

He could have crawled into the hole in the wall at the corner to temporarily escape the giant’s slaughter.

But he did not move.

At that moment, he looked back—

The One-eyed Giant was about to eat the little girl.

Why hadn’t he fled, but instead stepped forward voluntarily?

Wu Xiaode’s eyes appeared a bit vacant, his expression wistful, and he quietly murmured, "No matter what, I have to at least repay her for the gift of the armor."

"I can’t be subdued like this!"

"I need to—"

"Save her, and then make a stand!!!"

Wu Xiaode clenched his teeth, suddenly exuding a surge of bravery, as if he were back in Death Demon Cave, blocking the One-eyed Giant at that moment.

But the next second—

He suddenly furrowed his brows.

For some reason, his back felt a faint pain.

When in the underground bunker in Otherworld, his back had also throbbed painfully.

At that time, he had fallen for the one-horned, three-eyed serpent’s deceiving technique.

Thanks to that bout of pain, he had come to his senses.

But later, Xia Huilan specifically checked, and there was nothing on his back!

—However, now, it seemed like something was emerging from beneath the shoulder blade of his back.

The sensation was somewhat eerie.

Wu Xiaode hurriedly reached for his back, and immediately felt a cold, metallic object at the location of his shoulder blade.

What was it?

Enduring the pain, Wu Xiaode gave a strong tug.

The object was suddenly pulled from his back, tightly clutched in his hand.

Opening his hand, he saw a shimmering, translucent, thin as cicada’s wing piece of Scale Armor.

Scale Armor piece...

Wu Xiaode held his breath.

Yes.

He remembered.

This was a scale from that Scale Armor.

That Scale Armor had shielded him from the blow of the One-eyed Giant.

He had been sent flying, rolling several times before hitting the wall.

This scale must have embedded itself in his back then.

But why hadn’t he sensed it until now, when he suddenly felt its presence?

Wu Xiaode looked towards the Book of the Dead.

He saw a line of ice crystal letters, exuding a deep cold breath, silently appearing:

"This scale was hidden in your back."

"When you reclaim your resolve, the Scale Armor will sense your will and reactivate, becoming your aid."

Much later, Wu Xiaode would realize how precious a Battle Armor that could sense its master’s wish was.

However, at this moment—

Ding!

The scale lightly vibrated, splitting into two pieces in Wu Xiaode’s hand.

Ding ding!

Ding ding ding ding ding ding—

A series of metallic clashing sounds erupted like a sudden downpour.

Countless Scale Armor pieces kept appearing in Wu Xiaode’s hand, eventually covering the ground entirely.

They all jumped into mid-air, hooking onto each other, fitting and embedding together into one complete piece—

The Battle Armor!

It appeared before Wu Xiaode once again.

"So you have come back with me."

Wu Xiaode remarked emotionally.

At this moment, he suddenly recalled the conversation he had with the little girl back then.

"It will protect you from being killed in one strike, hurry, someone’s covering us, maybe you’ll survive!"

"Why give it to me?"

"If one can escape, then escape quickly!"

"I’m already dying, you go— if you survive, avenge me later!"

Revenge.

The little girl believed he could avenge her.

On what basis?

She clearly saw that he was just a normal person who couldn’t even lift a spear properly.

Why did she think he could avenge her?

Could it be because...

Wu Xiaode stared deeply at the Battle Armor, recalling the words of the One-eyed Giant:

"It’s that interesting Battle Armor... But what good is it? Its master is almost dead, and you will die too."

The little girl would die, he would also die, but the One-eyed Giant didn’t mention the fate of the Battle Armor!

Was it coincidence...

Or was there a secret he didn’t know about?

The black-covered Book of the Dead gently flew up, landing next to the Battle Armor, opening its pages towards Wu Xiaode.

A line of ice crystal letters subsequently appeared:

"It wishes for you to wear it."

Wu Xiaode nonchalantly said, "Fine, I’ll wear it."

He put on the Scale Armor again.

The Scale Armor suddenly radiated a tremendously gorgeous halo, and beautiful mysterious characters appeared on the scales.

At the same time, a line of ice crystal letters appeared on the Book of the Dead:

"This armor has been gifted to you."

"You are its new master."

"Your age has surpassed the minimum requirement to activate this armor."

"—The Battle Armor is awakening."

In a trance, Wu Xiaode seemed to hear a beautiful voice echoing in his ear:

"I am the ruler of the Elf Kingdom, with the collective power of all the elders, we have engraved the inheritance of twelve Divine Skills on this armor."

"O noble princess,"

"When you reach the age of twelve, you can activate the Battle Armor, learn the inheritances, and become an immensely powerful warrior!"

This voice disappeared.

Following that, a deep male voice echoed:

"Nina, on the day you turn twelve, remember my words well."

"Elves are reliable allies, but fairies are like time bombs, always messing things up, so I’m leaving this message here to remind you to choose to make this armor a permanent Elf Battle Armor."

This voice also quickly faded.

As Wu Xiaode was still puzzling over it, suddenly a chorus of children’s singing rang in his ears:

"Glorious Human Kingdom, descendant of the bloodline of the King,"

"On the day she was born, together we offered our hearts,"

"The Elves, with their exquisite skills, forged this armor, scribbling twelve lines of nonsensical Elf garbage on the front of the armor,"

"Just waiting for her to turn twelve, then she can activate the Battle Armor, inheriting the power of the Elves,"

The singing suddenly grew louder, the tune becoming lively and cheerful:

"The Elves want to challenge our armor forging skills,"

"But how would they know, anything that cannot change the past is trash in our eyes,"

"Friend, let me tell you secretly,"

"We engraved on the inner layer of the armor—aha—"

"The truly exhilarating stuff!"

"This is the real gift, this is the supreme forging skill, now it’s time for you to choose—"

"Come now, this Battle Armor is quite interesting,"

"Either it’s Elf trash, or it’s fairy might!"

The song ended there.

Suddenly, a particularly shrill and excited voice screamed:

"We’ve calculated Nina’s death!"

"The Battle Armor will be destroyed in the backlash of fate, but Nina’s life now has a glimmer of hope."

"The Elves didn’t calculate the future, so we have won!"

After this voice spoke, everything seemed to calm down.

But on the Book of the Dead, a series of ice crystal letters quickly appeared:

"The above are hints from the Battle Armor;"

"This Battle Armor has been fully activated, and its original master has gifted it to you."

"It will possess the power of an Elf or a Fairy, and you must choose between them."

"Choose!"