Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 591 - 469: It Begins!

Chapter 591: Chapter 469: It Begins!

The battlefield fell into a deathly silence.

Somehow, both humans and demons had stopped fighting.

Wu Xiaode also felt an inexplicable emotion welling up within him.

— It was as if something unprecedented and unseeable by all living beings was about to happen.

He felt his soul beginning to tremble, so much so that he didn’t want to do anything but stand still and witness what was going to happen with his own eyes.

"Why... do I have this feeling?"

Wu Xiaode struggled to control his legs, taking steps back one at a time.

The great demons stood there, circling around and looking down at the City Lord’s corpse on the ground.

No one knew what would happen next.

Suddenly, Wu Xiaode had a notion.

"jpg."

He whispered to himself.

In an instant, lines of ice crystal characters emerged on the City Lord’s corpse:

"Ancient Era, year 479, November 13th, 3:29 PM."

"The current demon’s attempt to usurp a human identity has failed."

"At 3:30 PM, the consciousness of the current demon will fully dissolve, merging into this world, becoming an ordeal of the world, and it will continue to exist."

"Furthermore:"

"The current world has awakened from its slumber and is about to release the power accumulated over countless past ordeals."

"Estimated time: 3:30 PM."

"— The attempt to break free is about to begin."

"Moreover:"

"My last strand of origin is on you; if you truly cannot hold on if I fail, please take that strand of my origin and flee."

"The farther, the better!"

All the characters disappeared completely.

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

The world...

Awakening?

It had always been awake.

It had always been testing him, accompanying him, even joined him in complaining about fairies, before finally turning that strand of its origin into his Death Skill’s affiliated Inner World Skill.

"This is a segment of my origin, and I have placed it within your Death Skill, which is the equivalent of placing ’life’ within ’death’, symbolizing seeking life in the midst of death."

The World Will’s words echoed once again in Wu Xiaode’s memory.

What.

It had been awake all along, but now it says it has awakened from its slumber.

Could it have been feigning sleep all this time?

Why feign sleep?

—What was it afraid of?

Countless mysteries surfaced in Wu Xiaode’s mind.

Whether it was the demon or the will of this world, they both seemed to be pursuing something.

Wu Xiaode finally understood what force had made everyone stand still.

— It was a secret.

It was that secret which billions of beings would never know in their lifetimes.

It was about to be revealed before everyone’s eyes, causing all beings to unconsciously stand still on the spot.

Because they instinctively understood that if they missed this moment, they would never have the chance to see what was coming next, not even in millions of lifetimes!

The Book of the Dead opened, revealing a time:

"3:30."

Time was up!

Wu Xiaode abruptly looked towards the City Lord’s corpse.

He saw the City Lord suddenly let out an earth-shattering scream, crying out loudly:

"No, I almost—"

"Why did I fail!"

Boom!

His body burst into flames, the human skin burning away completely, revealing the deep green, turbid liquid filled with the scent of destruction that had been hidden underneath.

The liquid formed a humanoid shape but was unable to solidify successfully.

Eventually, it let out a scream, its body completely dispersing as all the liquid rushed into the sky, disappearing from sight.

The land kept shaking.

A deep crack appeared in front of Wu Xiaode, rapidly expanding and stretching for hundreds of miles.

"Look, it’s a ruin!"

Someone shouted.

Both humans and demons looked down to see a cave dwelling appearing deep beneath the ground.

Thud—

The gate of the cave dwelling opened, and a shadow flew out, quickly surging upwards at a great speed.

"Be careful!"

Everyone hastily dodged.

But that shadow fell at Wu Xiaode’s feet.

Wu Xiaode took a careful look and saw it was a dark yellow turtle shell inscribed with the Innate Eight Diagrams.

— It was an Array Plate!

At that moment, as if connected by telepathy, he shouted again, "jpg."

Immediately, rows of characters appeared on the Array Plate:

"In a certain past Epoch, all cultivators gathered their power to forge this Array Plate, using the Nine Nether・Biluo Heaven-Pacifying Array to resist the Destruction Rain Ordeal."

"Take it."

"Save your life!"

Without any hesitation, Wu Xiaode reached out his hand, and the Array Plate immediately fell into his grasp.

He understood!

The World Will could communicate with him using the "jpg" command!

This Array Plate was specifically released to help him avoid—

Avoid what?

Wu Xiaode instinctively looked up.

Just now, that demon’s transformation had failed, and its liquid form had already shot into the sky.

Several great demons flew to the spot where the Array Plate had disappeared, searching back and forth—

Wu Xiaode’s body was emitting Luminous Flames, and he was in another parallel world, invisible to the pursuing demons, hidden from their sight and beyond their reach.

"It has disappeared!"

"The Array Plate is gone!"

"Someone is hiding in the shadows."

"Quick, there’s a ruin below, there must be more treasures, rush down!"

"Follow me!"

"Everyone, go down and look!"

They all shouted in turn.

Rumble—

The ruin suddenly sank, disappearing into the depths of the earth beyond visibility.

The crack in the ground closed again as swiftly as lightning.

Everyone was stunned.

So this earthquake was just to release the Array Plate, and after fulfilling its mission, the tremor concealed the ruin again?

This earthquake extended for nearly a thousand miles, even causing a large crack to appear in the distant city wall.

—Who the hell could pull off something like that!

That was just—

Too—

"Too fake..."

A Bear Demon muttered.

The next second.

A drop of rain fell, landing on an Evil Fox in the Kaiyang Realm.

It didn’t care, bending down to press its ear to the ground as if trying to hear the continuous rumbling sounds coming from below.

That’s right, the strata were still moving.

Who knew where the ruin had fallen or where the movements of the earth’s layers had transported it.

But Wu Xiaode was watching the Fox Demon.

He distinctly saw a murky raindrop roll a few times in the fox demon’s fur before directly seeping into its body.

Not good—

Wu Xiaode stood in place and shouted, "Activate!"

The Luminous Flames from his body swept out in all directions, enveloping some of the human Cultivators.

Not enough!

A line of ice crystal words popped up:

"Your level is not high enough, ’Evernight City’ has not been upgraded further, and you cannot fully cover the entire battlefield."

Wu Xiaode simply dispelled the Luminous Flames and reappeared in front of everyone.

"All human Cultivators, follow my command and go back to guard the city!"

"Immediately!"

He said loudly.

The demons looked over at him.

"Kill this brat!"

A demon beast shouted.

Boom boom boom—

The ground started shaking again.

Another crack, tens of meters wide, emerged on the surface.

Deep underground.

An ancient ruin revealed itself.

The demons were just about to fight Wu Xiaode but were immediately distracted by the ruin.

Even the demon that started to charge at Wu Xiaode rushed over.

Relics, oh!

There might be treasures inside!

For a time, no more demons wanted to kill Wu Xiaode.

"Let’s go! Listen to me!"

Wu Xiaode called out loudly to the Cultivators.

He took the lead, flying towards the direction of the city.

Behind him, many Cultivators quickly sprang into action.

After all, everyone had witnessed the recent battle, and if it hadn’t been for Kuang Dao Shen Yuan stepping out to slaughter countless demons, no one would know what the situation might have become.

But there were a few Cultivators who remained in place, hesitating as they looked towards the direction of the ruins.

Rain.

It started falling again.

Wu Xiaode said loudly, "Don’t get drenched, there’s something wrong with this rain!"

He casually formed a spell with his fingers, trying to blow away the rain from the sky—

But it was useless.

Magic had absolutely no effect on the rain!

Wu Xiaode immediately took out the Array Plate and tapped it with both hands rapidly, activating the Array Plate’s Nine Serenities · Blissful Heaven Array.

Hum—

A clear hum sounded, and a faint wave of light emerged from the Array Plate, covering both Wu Xiaode and all the Cultivators who were flying in behind him.

Then the rain couldn’t come in.

Everyone directly landed on the southern wall of the city.

"Sir, what in the world is happening?" asked a Cultivator.

Wu Xiaode looked at him only to see that it was the captain of another team, Li Tiannan.

"I’m not sure, I just feel there is danger," Wu Xiaode said thoughtfully.

The Cultivators immediately exploded with chatter.

This was war, and just because you felt there was danger, you called everyone back?

And there were ruins unearthed over there!

"Quiet!"

Li Tiannan shouted loudly.

He suddenly turned his head to look at the Cultivators behind him, exuding a murderous aura, and said sternly,

"Kuang Dao Shen Yuan is a master whom even I, Li Tiannan, admire. If you want to blame him, you will have to go through me first!"

It was as silent as death.

Li Tiannan retracted his gaze and softly said to Wu Xiaode,

"The City Lord is dead, Sir, what do you think we should do now?"

"I don’t know; let’s wait and see," Wu Xiaode responded.

He operated the Array Plate quickly with his hands, trying his best to extend the array to surround the entire city.

Suddenly.

A terribly agonizing scream came from not far away.

In the rain-filled sky, a demon beast was struggling on the ground.

It was that Fox Demon!

It used its sharp claws to rapidly tear at its own flesh.

Blood flowed from its body as if it had its own life, continuously taking on new shapes.

"—Come back, my blood!"

The Fox Demon roared in despair and anguish.

But the bright red blood kept leaving its body, coalescing into a blood skeleton out of thin air.

The blood skeleton approached the Fox Demon, crouched down, and bit through its neck, starting to greedily suck the remaining blood from within its body.

Before long.

The body of the blood skeleton became more solid and defined.

More screams of agony came from everywhere.

Those demons and human Cultivators who were just about to explore the ruins all fell to the ground.

"Look! It’s the rain!"

A Cultivator on the city wall shouted.

Wu Xiaode saw clearly; the rain fell ons everyone, directly penetrating their bodies and starting to carry away their blood.

There was no way to resist.

One blood skeleton after another quietly appeared.

The once-mighty demon beasts from the Yu Heng and Kaiyang realms were completely powerless to resist and were reduced to corpses.

And then there were the blood skeletons.

They fused one after another, their bodies growing larger and larger, gradually reaching seven or eight meters in height.

At last.

All the blood skeletons merged into one.

It was made of boiling blood and resembled a giant, slowly walking across the plains.

"That monster... It won’t be heading our way, will it?"

A Cultivator trembled as he spoke.

Everyone was silent.

If that were the case—

There would be no chance of resistance at all.

However, what they feared came to pass.

The giant blood skeleton, with its heavy footsteps, started walking step by step towards the city.

Wu Xiaode pondered and unsheathed the Butterfly Soul Knife, slashing through the air.

But a blade of light flew out and struck the giant blood skeleton without leaving any mark.

It was completely unharmed!

Seeing him take action, the Cultivators also launched attacks in succession.

However, whether it was magic or weapons, nothing could injure the giant blood skeleton in the slightest.

"We can’t beat it; abandon the city," Li Tiannan communicated through a mental message.

"We can’t abandon it," Wu Xiaode replied.

He looked down at the Array Plate in his hands.

The Array Plate could only cover the range of this city, and if everyone were to flee, they would inevitably be exposed to the rain.

—Moreover, would the blood skeleton allow you to flee?

By now, the blood skeleton had arrived in front of the city.

It stood quietly, looking at the people on the city wall, and emitted a dull voice:

"Blood, give me your blood."