Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 659 - 530: Secret Passages and Ruins!

Chapter 659: Chapter 530: Secret Passages and Ruins!

The covered dish was green pepper pork shreds over rice.

Feeling it might not be enough for Wu Xiaode to eat, Shen Feixue also warmed up two stewed chicken legs in the microwave and brought them over together.

Wu Xiaode wolfed down the food.

Shen Xiujun said from the side, "Don’t try to be a hero, remember to call me if something comes up."

"I know, I’m not an idiot, why wouldn’t I cling tightly to your sturdy thigh instead of seeking death?"

Wu Xiaode spoke as he ate.

Listening to this, Shen Xiujun showed a satisfied smile.

Before long.

After finishing his meal, Wu Xiaode wiped his mouth and said, "Well, I’m off to work."

With that, he got up and walked toward the exit of the bar.

"Are you really not taking her with you? She might have some information," Shen Xiujun asked from behind.

In her hand, a small glass bottle contained a floating, indistinct human shadow.

——Mother of All Things.

After finding out all her secrets, Wu Xiaode chose to ally with her.

At the time the two signed the contract, Shen Xiujun suddenly made a move.

Being a demon of the first tribulation, inherently a nemesis to the World Master, especially at such a close distance, and with the target focused on the contract,

Shen Xiujun seized the chance, sealing the residual soul of the Mother of All Things in a small bottle.

Finally, Wu Xiaode breathed a sigh of relief.

"She can’t even count as a comrade-in-arms; in that environment, she can’t be trusted at all. It’s better for me to explore on my own."

After he spoke, he waved his hand and left the bar.

Shen Xiujun, watching his back, curved the corners of her mouth into a smile and admired aloud,

"That’s Little Wu Brother for you, completely untempted by these superficial benefits, always so ruthless toward enemies."

While speaking, a strand of black hair emerged between her fingers, quietly slipped into the glass bottle, and pierced into the residual soul, lightly twisting it.

The residual soul instantly dispersed.

From this moment on, the Mother of All Things no longer existed in this world.

...

This time.

Wu Xiaode adeptly harnessed the Thunder Tribulation Power to open that door.

Wrapped in Luminous Flames, he stepped through, instantly standing on a land filled with skeletons and treasures.

Ahead.

A great tomb, shrouded in mist, loomed as massive as a towering mountain.

Wu Xiaode caught the blade of a broken sword between the thumb and forefinger of his left foot, perched on it, and continuously scanned the surroundings.

Huh?

Why isn’t there the same sense of panic and impending doom as last time?

Something’s not right...

The feeling is still there.

But compared to last time, it seems much weaker.

Wu Xiaode pondered for a few moments, then decided to leap up, flying over heaps of bones, and landed in front of a slanting wall.

There was a metal handle on this wall, apparently some kind of mechanism.

Just as Wu Xiaode was about to reach for the handle, he suddenly felt he was being overconfident.

——He still had an Undead Maid.

Why was he exhibiting such an adventurous spirit?

"Blood Youth."

He called out.

The girl with white hair and red eyes promptly appeared before Wu Xiaode.

"Master?"

"Go, grab that handle and pull with force, let’s see what happens."

"Yes, master."

Blood Youth stepped forward and pulled hard—

Clang!

The handle, along with the wall, was lifted, revealing a dark secret passage that couldn’t be seen to its end.

"Master, it’s a secret passage," Blood Youth said excitedly.

Wu Xiaode made a silencing gesture.

Blood Youth immediately shut her mouth.

After waiting for a few breaths.

Several tentacles reached out from the dense network of holes on the ground, carelessly inspecting the area.

When they discovered it was just a collapsed wall, the tentacles retracted.

Wu Xiaode fell into thought for a moment.

These tentacles were nothing like the ones from last time!

Last time, the tentacles were dense and emitted a terrifying presence, always ready to suck their target dry.

The creature brought over by the Mother of All Things last time didn’t even have the chance to resist before it died.

But now, despite such commotion—

The tentacles appeared inactive and mechanical, as though they had lost their souls.

Could it be...

The creature wasn’t at home?

Muttering to himself, Wu Xiaode’s figure flickered lightly, landing hundreds of miles away in front of another wall.

Upon close examination—

This wall also had a handle.

Blood Youth came over and pulled, and sure enough, another underground tunnel was revealed.

After that.

The two of them changed several directions, and all led to the same type of tunnel to the underground.

After a moment’s hesitation, Wu Xiaode suddenly flew into the sky.

Looking around.

The world wasn’t particularly large; the horizon was within sight, and beyond that was endless darkness.

That was the Dark Void beyond the world.

The entire world seemed to be constructed around that great tomb.

The only things on the ground were dense skeletons and various treasures.

So that meant—

The secrets were all hidden underground?

After pondering for a few breaths, Wu Xiaode arbitrarily chose one of the secret passages and ventured in.

He walked the lengthy passageway until he was in complete darkness where he couldn’t see his own hand in front of his face.

"There is no path ahead, master,"

Blood Youth called out loudly.

Wu Xiaode walked over to see that the path indeed came to a dead end.

Strange...

The two looked around.

Although it was pitch black, they were still able to sense their surroundings.

"It seems to be a ruin... I have a dining table here, and a sofa, but they are all too damaged to be used."

Blood Youth said.

Wu Xiaode reached out and touched the dining table.

The dining table instantly turned into scattered dust, fluttering down to the ground.

Time—

had lingered here too long.

"Let’s try another secret passage."

Wu Xiaode shook his head and said.

The two left the secret passage and, after some stops and starts, finally chose another one.

They felt their way inside and kept walking deeper in.

At last.

Ahead, another wall completely sealed by rocks appeared.

Blood Youth, unwilling to give up, began to dig, but behind the wall was just ordinary dirt and stones.

There truly was no way through.

Looking around again.

This time it wasn’t ruins of houses—

the ground was covered with all sorts of decaying and broken weapons, fragmented shields, and damaged coffins riddled with scratch marks.

"We can’t be this unlucky, finding only ruins and dead ends on both paths we try," Blood Youth said quietly.

"No worries, we’ll keep looking," Wu Xiaode said.

Next.

To avoid encountering more dead ends, they crossed a large area, continuously searching for secret passages before entering them.

They switched through dozens of secret passages, even going to the great tomb and searching on the tomb mountains.

—The tomb mountains also had all sorts of mechanisms and secret passages, but whenever they reached the end of one in the passages, they were still met with ruins.

This was strange.

In the end.

In a secret passage on top of the great tomb.

"There must be something we don’t know about... Master, you shouldn’t have killed the Mother of All Things," Blood Youth said.

Wu Xiaode glanced at her, staring until she felt uncomfortable.

Only then did Blood Youth realize.

If she hadn’t made a pact with him based on the Causality Law to save his life, perhaps—

She would have ended up the same way?

After all, she had done a few things that were rather inappropriate.

Even Shen Xiujun harbored a killing intent towards her.

Upon this thought, she quickly shut her mouth, obediently standing to one side and not daring to comment on Wu Xiaode’s actions anymore.

Wu Xiaode crouched down and picked up a flower basket.

In the next second.

The flower basket disintegrated into dust, disappearing into nothingness.

He opened the combined card made from "Eternal Night Star" and "Descendant of the World Tree."

A line of text emerged on the card:

"In the leisurely stroll through time, everything is but dust..."

Wu Xiaode silently read the line.

In the darkness, his eyes gradually brightened.

There were so many ruins here.

Even if everything turns to ash, buried in the river of time, there must still be a way to investigate for himself.

Even if others can’t—

He had the opportunity.

"Flag of No Beginning, have you recovered yet?"

He spoke to the Void.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

A black flag quietly emerged in midair, its voice full of fatigue:

"You should know that eliminating parasites is a tiresome task... I’ve nearly exhausted all my energy."

"So don’t just casually call upon me."

—The Flag of No Beginning, the banner of the Master of Time!

Without uttering a word, Wu Xiaode raised his hand.

Whoosh! Countless grains of golden sand spurted from his hand, immediately submerging his legs.

The black flag immediately perked up and plunged into the golden sand.

A vortex appeared in the sand.

All the sand that entered the vortex vanished into thin air.

But the golden sand gushing from Wu Xiaode’s hand continued to increase, nearly covering his waist.

The black flag hastily pulled itself out of the sand and circled around the mound of golden sand.

In an instant.

All the golden sand disappeared.

Wu Xiaode pressed his finger against the Holy Treasure Ring and asked:

"Do you need more?"

"Yes! Good buddy, my boss, Brother Wu, whatever you need, just say it, and I’ll sort it for you," Black Flag said.

"Didn’t you just say not to summon you casually?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"How could Brother Wu’s call be considered casual? It must have been after careful thought, please give your orders!" Black Flag said.

"This world is filled with secret passages and ruins, and I need to explore these ruins to find certain clues," Wu Xiaode said.

Black Flag floated midair, looking around, and suddenly said:

"This is the World Tomb... alright, get ready for bordering."

"Bordering?" Wu Xiaode repeated.

"Yes, bordering. The most direct communication between worlds is like the joining together of man and woman!"

Black Flag finished speaking and thrust into the ground forcefully.

Suddenly—

A puff of dust flew up from the ground, conglomerating together before reshaping into the flower basket.

The ground started to be covered with fragrant flowers and a lawn.

The entire secret passage disappeared into nothing.

In its stead, there was a world bathed in brilliant sunlight.

Time—

had been rewound.

At this moment, this piece of ruin had returned to the era when everything was still intact.

Wu Xiaode had arrived in this era.

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