Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 521 - 409: Their Own Methods!

Chapter 521: Chapter 409: Their Own Methods!

Cellphone.

A brand-new one.

Game.

Installed.

Many years later, on this day, Shen Xiujun would recall the countless human powerhouses she had killed in her life. She realized that all of them had given their all in battle, either to stay alive or for their beliefs.

Not a single powerhouse ever mentioned anything about a game.

—This proved just how different the teenager she was about to conquer was.

But speaking of games...

Was this matter important for grinding prestige?

For instance—

If all he cared about was the vain title of "Strongest King," then she could simply cast an Illusion Technique, making him perceive himself as the "Strongest Undead."

Would this work?

Shen Xiujun began to ponder.

She turned on the cell phone, connected to the network, and casually entered two keywords, "stubborn nobody" and "favorability."

The search engine immediately got to work.

One photo after another, one short video after another, appeared before her eyes.

The photos were all scenes of young boys and girls playing games together, and many of the videos told stories of meeting through games and sharing lives centered around gaming.

Shen Xiujun slightly frowned.

If that was the case... then obtaining a hollow title of "Strongest King" was utterly meaningless.

On the contrary,

Demonstrating her actual power as the "Strongest King" in front of him was key to subduing him!

This was an opportunity.

Moreover—

With her wisdom and standards, becoming the strongest entity in these mortals’ games,

Would be a piece of cake!

Shen Xiujun opened the game, registered an account, and started the tutorial for newbies.

She quickly got the hang of the game’s rules.

Let’s get started!

To all beings, as well as the NPCs and BOSSes in the game, there was only one outcome before her.

Destruction!

Shen Xiujun controlled the "commoner" on the screen, beginning to charge towards the field.

Next door.

In another room.

Wu Xiaode lay on the bed, listlessly scrolling through his phone.

He had no choice.

Shen Feixue was in another room.

As for Shen Xiujun, she hadn’t noticed anything special about Shen Feixue yet, and her attention was all on him.

It was better for him to stay at the bar.

Suddenly.

Ulysses’s voice transmission from the Book of the Dead rang out:

"Attention."

"She has completed three battles, and has attracted the attention of the game’s evaluation system."

"What’s going on?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"According to the game’s evaluation system, she doesn’t waste any movements, each battle strategy is the optimal one, every skill leveling is the most appropriate, and every kill is flawlessly executed," Ulysses said.

"So you mean she’s leveling up quickly?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Looking at twenty minutes per game, she could reach Diamond Level overnight, and within two and a half days, she could become the ’Strongest King’!" Ulysses said.

"That impressive," Wu Xiaode sighed.

Ulysses couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

—After all, she’s a calamity demon, isn’t gaming a walk in the park for her?

"—Boss, you need to come up with a solution quickly, otherwise, in two days you’ll be facing a ’Strongest King’ strategy," Ulysses urged.

"What if we keep matching her with the crappiest teammates?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"That’s doable, but I don’t think it’s enough to stop her. She’s too powerful. What if she directly controls the minds of other players? Wouldn’t she just kill gods as if she were chopping vegetables?" Ulysses said.

Wu Xiaode nodded.

Ulysses’s concern was reasonable.

He had to come up with a brand-new method to slow down her leveling speed!

So...

Hmm...

What should he do?

Got it.

Wu Xiaode quickly transmitted a message: "I’mmediately notify the game designers and planners to work overtime. We’re going to redesign the various Levels."

"How should we design it?" Ulysses asked, not understanding.

"Like the lowest Level is bronze, and a little higher than that is silver, right?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Yeah," Ulysses replied.

"We’ll design it like this—after advancing from bronze, one shouldn’t directly reach silver," Wu Xiaode said seriously.

"Not directly to silver? Then to what Level?" Ulysses asked, puzzled.

Wu Xiaode gestured decisively:

"Half-step Silver."

"What? Half-step?" Ulysses said he had never heard of it.

"Right, it means just a little shy of reaching silver," Wu Xiaode explained.

"And after Half-step?" Ulysses continued to inquire.

"Silver," Wu Xiaode answered with a shrug.

Ulysses thought it over and then shook his head:

"It seems like it’s just one extra Level. Even if it’s for delaying time, it won’t delay for long."

But Wu Xiaode shook his head too:

"You’re wrong. After reaching the silver Level, we’ll continue to elevate that Level until it becomes the next stage of silver Level—"

"What? There’s more?" Ulysses exclaimed in astonishment.

"Exactly, the next Level is called Silver Peak," Wu Xiaode said.

Ulysses thought for a moment and nodded:

"Well, reaching Silver Peak is finally surpassing that hurdle, so one can head towards the Gold Rank, right?"

"Not yet!" Wu Xiaode said.

"How can it be not yet? They’ve already reached the peak," Ulysses said.

"Above the peak, there’s another Level called Silver Perfection," Wu Xiaode said.

"...Pretty despicable, so now they can head towards the Gold Rank, right?" Ulysses asked.

"Still no." Wu Xiaode said.

"Boss, what else is there?" Ulysses asked, exasperated.

"Silver Peak Perfection!" Wu Xiaode said.

Ulysses’s mouth hung open, and it took him a while to mutter:

"...Boss, that’s enough."

Wu Xiaode spoke disdainfully: "That’s nothing; starting from Gold, we need to set up some checkpoints that require a certain amount to be spent in order to qualify to challenge them. They can collect puzzles to pass through the Gold Level from within."

"Puzzles... what are those now."

"One thousand and eight puzzle pieces can form the character ’Yellow,’ and another one thousand and eight pieces can form the character ’Gold.’"

"Boss."

"What?"

"Now I also think that humans shouldn’t exist in this world, you’re really going too far."

...

In any case.

After a few minutes of discussion, Wu Xiaode felt that everything was arranged properly.

This night, Shen Xiujun was fully focused on leveling up, completely unaware of what the future held in store for her—

But Wu Xiaode had already climbed into bed, yawned, and tucked himself in.

He quickly fell asleep.

Dreamscape.

Amidst the mist.

Wu Xiaode suddenly opened his eyes, only to find himself standing in a city engulfed in war.

A bald, muscular man clad in heavy armor stood not far opposite him, waiting silently.

"You’ve arrived."

The bald muscular man said.

"Who might you be?" Wu Xiaode said with a clasped fist salute.

"I am a strand of consciousness of my soul, left here with the Death God to take you to the scene of my death in battle," the bald muscular man beckoned, indicating that Wu Xiaode should walk with him toward the end of the street.

"Then I’m in your debt," Wu Xiaode said with a clasped fist salute.

He looked into the void, and saw a line of ice crystal characters emerging there:

"’Death Experience’ has begun."

"During your dream, you will experience the process of the Feeding Demon Master annihilating all the strong, a painful process, but also a predicament you must face. From here you will learn how powerful the Feeding Demon Master really is, and thereby think about how to weave ’Emergence.’"

"—All deaths collected by the Death God."

Wu Xiaode quickly read through the text and asked the muscular man beside him:

"What are the rules?"

"As for the rules, the sole rule is that I will repeat the process of my death, and you may join the battle during this process, try to confront the Feeding Demon Master, and try to help me," the bald muscular man said.

"Can I save you?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Saving is more difficult than killing," the bald muscular man laughed, "If you can save me, perhaps there’s really a chance to defeat the Feeding Demon Master."

The two walked through the burning buildings, over a ground littered with corpses, reaching an open concrete area.

"It’s about to begin," the bald muscular man said.

He stepped forward, took a deep breath, and roared:

"Feeding Demon Master, come out and meet your death!"

Before his words fell, countless black hairs burst forth from the earth, spreading as far as the eye could see.

The strands of hair gradually formed the silhouette of a person, which stood up from the ground.

It was the Feeding Demon Master!

It looked at the bald muscular man and spoke:

"Ah, you are the strongest martial artist in this world... Let’s see, you have over a hundred points of Merit, you are a ’person.’"

"Then, issue your challenge."

"If I can complete your challenge, your most treasured belonging becomes mine."

After listening, the muscular man turned to look at Wu Xiaode and said:

"This thing distinguishes and deals based on the observation of Merit. If you have no Merit, there’s no point in fighting it, because it will simply kill you outright."

"Only when you have Merit will it engage in battle using Causality Law Magic, and then you might have a bit of hope."

Wu Xiaode nodded slightly to signal that he understood.

The bald muscular man then turned back around, facing the Feeding Demon Master, and roared:

"I want to fight you!"

"If you can defeat me while using only one percent of your power, then consider your challenge accomplished."

The Feeding Demon Master shook its head: "According to the most common standards of all beings, at most, I will let you use one hand, not fight you with one percent of my power."

"The standard has been established."

"I’ll let you one hand, and if I overcome you, I’ve accomplished the task."

A thought occurred to Wu Xiaode.

So that’s how it is, the Feeding Demon Master has the authority to modify the challenge if it seems unreasonable.

— And the challenge still stands!

Thinking back, his own request for it to farm reputation could beat him—

Was it considered reasonable by the Feeding Demon Master?

Not quite.

It just stated, "According to the most common standards of all beings," at most one hand would be allowed.

In other words—

It judges whether a challenge is fair and reasonable based on the level of acceptance by all beings.

In many action movies, martial artists often say, "I’ll let you one hand."

People in real life also enjoy joking like this—

For instance, "I’ll let you one hand, and you still can’t win against me."

As for himself.

The act of farming reputation is a common thing in large-scale games, widely accepted by the masses.

Therefore, it accepted the challenge.

The core of the Feeding Demon Master’s Causality Law Magic is to judge the validity of a challenge based on the standards of all beings!

Clarity dawned in Wu Xiaode’s heart.

He looked toward the center of the arena and saw the bald muscular man had already lunged at the Feeding Demon Master.

Indeed, the Feeding Demon Master kept one hand behind its back.

Wait a minute—

I can help!

A thought crossed Wu Xiaode’s mind, and suddenly, he drew out his Desert Sword and charged forward as well.

The Feeding Demon Master suddenly laughed:

"Do you think the two of you can defeat me?"

It stood motionless.

The hairs on the ground surged up, skewering the two men together, and with a single tug, scattered their bodies apart.

"Ah!"

Wu Xiaode moaned in extreme pain and suddenly opened his eyes.

The dream had ended.

He was still lying in bed.

Everything that had just happened was but a dream.

Damn it.

Forget about saving that strong warrior; he didn’t even have a chance to strike before he died.

points of Soul Power was laughable in front of the Feeding Demon Master!

There was absolutely no way to confront it head-on!!!

How exactly can I defeat it?

Wu Xiaode steadied himself and closed his eyes again.

Definitely.

He must find a way to deal with it.

He lay there for several breaths and once again entered another dream.