Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 524 - 412: Advance!

Chapter 524: Chapter 412: Advance!

Several lines of ice crystal letters appeared in the Void:

"You have arrived in Purgatory World, the Plains of Suffering Beings."

"The professional task has officially begun."

"Here, you can do anything, but remember one thing:"

"When you run out of blood, the task is declared a failure, and you will be forever bound here, enduring the torments of Purgatory."

Empty... blood...

Wu Xiaode, feeling something, suddenly looked up at the space above his head.

Sure enough, there was a rectangular health bar overhead.

Next to the health bar, there was a set of numbers: 420.

So in this place, the health bar that was consumed was Soul Power!

Wu Xiaode sighed and looked around.

He saw quite a few professionals appear nearby.

Everyone looked up at their health bars with expressions of curiosity and fear.

All across the plains, beings were shackled in chains.

Were they all failures?

Suddenly, a voice rang out:

"Runes for returning at a special discount sale!"

"Purgatory special runes, able to interrupt the professional assignment at anytime, sending you safely away, just by paying half your fortune!"

Several weird-looking double-winged demons, pushing a cart, passed in front of everyone.

"Is this one real?"

A professional stepped forward and asked.

A double-winged demon said, "Of course it’s real. Once you run out of blood, just crush the Rune Stone, and you can immediately return to your world!"

The crowd was somewhat tempted.

Half a fortune was indeed costly, but it was acceptable compared to being eternally imprisoned in the Purgatory World.

Another group of black beasts, covered with Scale Armor, approached the crowd.

The leading creature said:

"We are the Horned Serpent Demons of the Purgatory World, and we are more than familiar with this place. Just pay us a certain fee, and we will guide you across the plains to your destination."

The crowd sized them up.

"I want to go to the Jade Cave. Do you know the way?" a professional asked.

The Horned Serpent Demon thumped its chest and said:

"We live in this world. The Jade Cave is very famous; how could we not know?"

"What’s the price?" the professional asked.

"The price is negotiable. Why don’t you come over so we can discuss it in detail?" the Horned Serpent Demon invited.

"That sounds good," the professional said.

Shh... shh...

Just as everyone was focused on these indigenous demons of Purgatory, there were footsteps not far away.

The professionals looked toward the sounds.

They saw a young man already stepping onto the gray plains full of cracks and bursts of fiery flame, walking past the wailing, chained beings.

The young man looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a knife and a sword tied around his waist, and his hands were wearing black and red leather gloves.

-- It was hard to say what he excelled in, but he was the first to step onto the path of the professional task!

"Haha, don’t bother with that guy."

"He didn’t buy our return Runestone. Once out of blood, he will be eternally tormented here just like those shackled beings!"

"Yes, everyone, Runestones are not expensive. Please seriously consider what is more important!"

The double-winged demons said in unison.

The crowd hesitated for a moment, all watching the young man.

The young man was Wu Xiaode.

Having received the inheritance from the Human Emperor, he naturally knew the process of professional tasks and also knew the dangers of the Purgatory World.

Moreover, the Human Emperor had specifically pointed him out, emphasizing that he should pay attention to the Level 200 professional task.

Along with all the memories of All Worlds Sword Saint Li Chengfeng--

It also included the glorious records of Li Chengfeng slashing throughout the entire plains.

So Wu Xiaode was confident, with a clear goal and in a hurry, naturally he didn’t bother talking to those demons.

He directly headed towards the direction of the Dark Spire!

At that moment, the double-winged demons noticed that the professionals were observing the young man and no one was buying the return Runestone, which made them a bit restless.

The leader of the double-winged demons exchanged a look with the leader of the Horned Demons.

"Kill him to warn the others. Then they will pay."

"Good idea."

The two parties immediately reached an agreement.

The ambush happened in an instant--

Wu Xiaode was walking when he suddenly flashed and moved back several dozen meters.

Boom!!!

Without warning, a stream of molten rock burst into the sky.

The molten rock was filled with indescribable Purgatory energy; even from a distance, Wu Xiaode could feel the terrifying energy contained within it.

--Just missed!

That was strange, why suddenly such a large area of molten rock burst?

Wu Xiaode’s gaze deepened.

The Book of the Dead immediately opened, revealing lines of ice crystal letters:

"Using the Bone phone2 max’s camera, we can see more clearly!"

"Data sharing complete."

"You have been attacked by Purgatory Magic."

"Casters: Double-winged Demon, Horned Demon."

"Missed."

That explains it.

Wu Xiaode stood in place, silently regulating his breath.

Several hundred meters away.

The double-winged demons’ cart suddenly sprouted a bronze hand.

Under the watchful eyes--

The bronze hand grabbed a Rune Stone from the cart and forcefully crushed it.

Crrrash!

The stone debris fell to the ground.

Blown by the wind.

The fluctuations in space began to appear.

But in just a few short seconds, the fluctuations had settled down.

Nothing happened.

Besides the slight spatial fluctuation, no transmission Magic had been activated.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

"So they were just scammers!"

"Damn, I saw the rune of Space Transmission and thought it would actually work, but it turned out to be fake!"

"So you’ve been waiting here just to trick us?"

"Good thing I didn’t buy!"

The professionals began to shout loudly.

At that moment, everyone, united by a common hatred, instinctively formed a battle formation, moving aside and warily watching the movements of the Double-winged Demons.

"This is a misunderstanding," the leader of the Double-winged Demons awkwardly tried to laugh it off, "These are just samples. The real thing wouldn’t be like this."

But no one paid him any attention.

As for the unicorn Demon—

The leader of the unicorn Demons looked toward the plains and softly exclaimed:

"I guess it was that kid who tampered with it."

The Double-winged Demons were furious.

They spread their wings and flew toward Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode finally understood the style of this Purgatory World—

There was no reasoning.

Might makes right.

He shivered, releasing a thick Demon Mist to envelope himself.

If a being like the Feeding Demon Master could see through the Demon Mist, how could these ordinary Demons do the same?

In their eyes, the annoying youth suddenly disappeared.

Actually.

Wu Xiaode hesitated.

He didn’t care about these Demons, but should he delay time to kill them?

After thinking for several seconds.

He suddenly thought of a method.

Yes.

Actually, killing these creatures wouldn’t delay him at all.

For example—

He took off the Butterfly Soul Sword at his waist and handed it to a bronze hand.

"Go and slice them, come back after you’re done with all of them," he instructed.

The bronze hand took the Butterfly Soul Sword and disappeared into the Demon Mist, instantly flying across the vast distance and reaching the location of the Demons four hundred meters away.

Then—

It chopped into the midst of the creatures.

When the sword came down, nobody noticed.

The mist concealed the sword and the hand.

The sword had the special ability of remote cutting.

Whoosh—

A Double-winged Demon was completely unguarded, directly split into two.

The Demons erupted into chaos.

"Come out here!"

A unicorn Demon shouted.

Whoosh.

Its head fell to the ground.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—

The bodies of the Demons flew all over the place, amid various Fiery Flames and Molten Rocks, screams and deaths, displaying a kind of bizarre beauty.

The bronze hand, tireless and emotionless, just kept swinging the sword to kill.

"Multiple defense skill, Molten Rock Shield!"

The two Demon leaders cried out together.

Boom boom boom!

In the Void around them, rocks emitting intense firelight appeared, continually revolving around them.

"This should do it!"

The Demons cheered.

Four hundred meters away, the bronze hand raised the Butterfly Soul Sword and slashed down again—

Blood mist rose.

The leader of the unicorn Demons had an arm chopped off by that slash.

At that moment, both the Demons and the watching professionals fell utterly silent.

The defensive skill shields were all in place!

Why didn’t the shield work!

How was this inconceivable feat possible?

The leader of the unicorn Demons, being worldly and wise, covered one severed arm and after a quick thought, suddenly knelt on the ground and yelled out:

"I admit my mistake!"

"Please, show mercy, spare—"

The bronze hand holding the Butterfly Soul Sword slashed down again.

As a magic hand, it only followed its master’s command and didn’t understand what it meant to beg for mercy.

Whoosh!

The long sword came down.

—The Demon leader, dead!

The Demons let out a scream and scattered in all directions.

The bronze hand remained indifferent.

It held the long sword and continuously flew through the mist, the speed of its killings getting faster and faster.

In just a few breaths.

All the Demons were taken down.

—Yet, Wu Xiaode knew nothing of this.

He had already gone far across the plains.