Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 596 - 474 Virtual World!

Chapter 596: Chapter 474 Virtual World!

Wind.

It erodes everything.

The Black Water in the sky was indeed powerful, but the wind was invisible, and apart from the eternal infliction of harm, the Black Water couldn’t even find a target to counterattack.

Wu Xiaode stood atop the city walls.

While ensuring the safety of the city, he observed the situation outside.

It seemed—

Was the World Will going to win?

Wu Xiaode secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned to say,

"Everyone, stay vigilant, defend the Array, victory is just ahead!"

A multitude of Cultivators responded in unison.

Wu Xiaode’s gaze swept over every Cultivator, seeing everyone busily defending the city, he couldn’t help but nod slightly.

It was almost over.

He looked up again, wanting to see the battle in the sky, but suddenly noticed that the Book of the Dead had once more appeared at his side.

The pages turned automatically.

The Sighing Wall.

An endless black fog enveloped the wall, thicker and more turbid than the Black Water in the sky.

Ominous—

An extreme sense of foreboding loomed over the Sighing Wall.

Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but be slightly moved.

The Sighing Wall’s inherent ability to foresee was reminding him.

But what was about to happen?

Wu Xiaode looked around; the Cultivators were focused on building the defensive line; his released gif was running normally, resisting the winds outside the city; the Black Water in the sky was being diminished by the wind, growing less and less.

No threats detected!

Without revealing anything, Wu Xiaode clenched his hand around a handful of Luminous Flames.

—Everday City!

If any problem arose that he couldn’t handle, he would immediately activate this skill.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

All was safe and sound.

The Black Water in the sky gradually vanished.

The wind had completely gained the upper hand, to the extent that the whole world began to reveal boundless Golden Light.

Sunlight?

Or something else?

People couldn’t tell, only feeling utterly astonished.

"It looks like we’ve won..."

Wu Xiaode murmured softly to himself.

The Golden Light swept across the entire world, even over all the living beings that still existed.

The Cultivators suddenly burst into a flurry of astonished discussions:

"My Cultivation is improving!"

"So is mine, my Soul Power is continuously growing!"

"The bottleneck has loosened... I’ve directly comprehended the next knack of the Formation."

"Strange, it seems my Five Elements Skill has also broken through."

Wu Xiaode looked at the people, seeing them enveloped in Golden Light, their auras continually rising.

—Was this the reward for the world overcoming the cataclysm?

But why wasn’t he affected?

The same Golden Light fell upon him; upon carefully examining his body, he found no signs of improvement.

However, the next second, an anomaly suddenly occurred—

Wu Xiaode instinctively threw a Fist into the Void.

Two lines of ice crystal characters emerged:

"The Time Skill ’If brothers, come hack at me’ has been automatically activated."

"In any battle, no matter how the fight started, you will always strike the enemy first."

Wu Xiaode stared blankly at the two lines of text.

Why had this skill activated on its own?

...Striking the enemy.

But he hadn’t hit anything.

Suddenly.

The Book of the Dead flipped to the wishing wall page.

The Human Emperor quietly appeared, tapping on his shoulder and speaking,

"Little Wu, you must immediately rename your Inner World Skill to fit the style and Laws of the Cultivation World."

Wu Xiaode was startled, feeling a surge of Power within him.

A prompt rune then appeared:

"The Human Emperor has granted you a chance to change the name and description of a skill. This change will enter the fate lines of all worlds, and all legends related to this skill will be altered."

There was such a thing!

Wu Xiaode couldn’t help but ask, "Why must this be done, Master?"

The Human Emperor spoke with a grave tone:

"The world has overcome a great calamity, but it has encountered an unprecedented trouble."

"At this critical moment, you are using a World Skill it has bestowed upon you, called ’gif,’ and it might cause problems."

Wu Xiaode was filled with confusion.

"I—"

He had barely uttered a word when the Human Emperor interrupted him.

"There’s no time, quickly change the name, make your skill’s name match with its Power, and ensure it looks like some Divine Skill from the Cultivation World!"

The Human Emperor urged him anxiously.

Before he could finish,

A line of ice crystal characters swiftly appeared:

"You have been replaced."

"Be aware, you are replacing the current world and will soon be extracted to arrive at ’Illusion’."

Wu Xiaode was about to activate "Everday City," but in that split second, he realized something.

The Human Emperor hadn’t been sustaining his presence here. He had merely sensed danger to Wu Xiaode and had come to check on the situation.

What he knew naturally wasn’t as clear as what Wu Xiaode, the one directly involved, understood.

So.

What exactly had happened to him?

First—

The Fist he had thrown earlier, if it was said to have hit some "enemy," that was simply impossible.

He had only struck the Void.

But!

But!

This piece of Void had an owner—

No matter what, it belonged to this world’s Void!

Furthermore, the Human Emperor was anxious about his skill named "gif," thinking it might cause some danger.

Without considering any other issues,

To put it bluntly.

This skill came from the World Will.

If at such a special moment, "gif" could draw a certain level of attention, then what was the intent of the World Will, which had given him this skill?

Wu Xiaode’s expression turned cold as he shouted at the Void:

"Are you tricking me?"

A line of text emerged in the Void:

"There’s no trickery. You have also received all my Cultivation knowledge and legacy."

"Inner World Skill has indeed been genuinely passed on to you."

"—This is an exchange."

Human Emperor sighed and appeared on the Astral Wall, speaking towards the Void:

"You made a mistake, presumptuous world."

"Sooner or later, you will pay the price."

The Void gave no response.

Wu Xiaode also stopped paying attention to the Void—

After all, there would be plenty of time!

It is said that when others show me an inch of respect, I give them a foot in return.

But if you break the rules of the rivers and lakes and trip me up in secret, then I’m sorry.

As the saying goes, the green mountains remain unchanged, and the green waters flow forever—

We shall meet again in the future.

As long as I don’t die this time!

Wu Xiaode directly placed his hand upon the Wall of Sighs and shouted:

"Sacrificial Skill:

"Inner World Skill ’gif’."

The name of the skill was so strange, it was obviously contrived with care.

No wonder Master wanted to change the name immediately!

Two lines of ice crystal letters immediately popped up on the Wall of Sighs:

"Current wish power is insufficient."

"To sacrifice this skill, at least 10 million wish power is required."

Wu Xiaode’s eyes narrowed, and suddenly he emitted Luminous Flames all over his body before completely concealing his aura.

The next instant.

He found himself having left that world.

All around was a grey fog, and he could see nothing.

Unwilling to give up, Wu Xiaode still placed his hand on the Book of the Dead, muttering to himself:

"Is there a move that can be sacrificed without the need for wish power?"

He waited for a moment.

A line of ice crystal letters emerged on the Wall of Sighs:

"Your titles: Holy Hedgehog, Hand of World Destruction can be directly sacrificed."

Wu Xiaode immediately said, "Sacrifice them both to enhance the Death Skill ’Evernight City’."

"Begin!"

Being called Holy Hedgehog signified that one could directly throw someone out of a world.

Hand of World Destruction was the title from the Destruction Council, but now that the Book of Destruction Laws had merged into the Book of the Dead, this title had almost become useless.

Perhaps knowing the urgency of the situation—

Stars’ light burst forth from the Wall of Sighs, all merging into the icon for "Evernight City".

A line of ice crystal letters quickly appeared:

"Your Death Skill: Evernight City has received a two-tenths progression increase."

"Further efforts are needed to upgrade this skill."

Wu Xiaode’s gaze flickered.

Since the sacrifice was already completed, and gif could not be sacrificed for the time being, he decided to follow Human Emperor’s suggestion and immediately change its name.

If he had to ensure the skill’s name matched its function and appeared to be some kind of Divine Skill from the Cultivation World—

In his memory, there was indeed a skill that had long been lost.

Wu Xiaode placed his hand on the Book of the Dead and silently thought:

"I want to change the name of the Inner World Skill gif; from now on, let’s call it—"

"Divine Skill, Sleeve Universe."

On the Wall of Sighs, next to the icon that constantly displayed a pair of scissors, a new name immediately appeared:

"Sleeve Universe."

Wu Xiaode, not doing things by halves, continued to revise the description of the skill:

"Divine Skill: Sleeve Universe."

"Using this skill, you can gather any dynamic existence into your hand and release it again within ten seconds."

"—The world is wide in the palm of your hand."

When he had done this, he suddenly felt something leaving his body.

It was an intangible thing, much like—

An endless series of seals and constraints.

Wu Xiaode moved slightly and suddenly felt something crack on the surface of his body.

He shuddered—

Whoosh!

An endless cascade of gravel and dirt fell from his body.

The obscure and dark fog suddenly cleared away to reveal the surroundings.

He was standing on a sacrificial platform.

The stones and gold dust that had fallen to the ground were piled up to his calves.

Wu Xiaode had to pull his feet out of the stone mortar, then leaped down from the sacrificial platform and looked back.

He saw that he was in a silent and solemn temple.

Inside the main hall were enshrined various immortals, and the sacrificial platform he had been on had a dense painting of the Immortal Peach Orchard behind it.

Is this what they call "Illusion"?

But—

Where is this place?

Wu Xiaode walked out of the temple gate and found that there was hardly anyone on the mountain path outside.

Night had already fallen.

He stood at the entrance of the temple and looked out, only to see a mountain before him, and below the mountain was a city with dim lights.

Suddenly, a bell sounded from within the temple.

Someone in the temple shouted, "What’s that noise up front? Stop making a racket. It’s late, and we can close the temple door now; everyone come in for dinner!"

Another replied, "Has the movie started yet?"

"It’s about to start, five minutes left. Go turn on the TV."

"What’s for dinner?"

"Hurry up and finish eating, then we’ll go down the mountain to sing karaoke."

"That makes sense, let’s make it quick."

"Dinner, dinner."

Wu Xiaode was momentarily stunned.

He saw a man dressed in a Taoist robe squatting on the ground outside the temple calculating fortunes for someone.

The Taoist spoke nonstop:

"Female benefactor, you’ve made the right choice by praying at the West Queen Mother Temple. She has three divine spirits under her command with boundless mana, who will surely fulfill your various wishes."

The woman shyly said, "I wish to pray for a marriage partner."

"To pray for a marriage partner, whom did you pray to?"

"West Queen Mother. You mean, I should also pray to Great Sage Equalling Heaven?"

"No, no, no, I suggest you pray to the master of the Immortal Peach Orchard’s Ning Shen Temple. He’s in charge of marriage, very spiritual!"

"Ah, alright. The temple is now closed to visitors; I will come again tomorrow."

"Alright, go down the mountain quickly. It’s not safe if it’s too late."

"..."

Wu Xiaode silently watched this scene.

Ning Shen Temple master?

Isn’t that me?

Suddenly, the Book of the Dead opened, and several lines of ice crystal letters swiftly appeared before his eyes:

"Synthesizing all information, it is known that by substituting the World Will, you have arrived in ’Virtual World’."

"The current Virtual World does not allow the use of Soul Power."

"All Awakening type abilities are invalidated."

"—This is a Virtual World known as ’Earth,’ which you may call ’Earth.’"