Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 660 - 531 Guidance!

Chapter 660: Chapter 531 Guidance!

Sand... sand...

Accompanied by a series of footstep sounds, a person approached from afar.

That was a being clad in full armor, holding a three-meter-long javelin in hand, brimming with a fighting intent that seemed ready to strike at any moment.

"Quick, place me behind you, and they’ll know you’re from the other side of time,"

the Black Flag said.

Wu Xiaode picked up the Black Flag and positioned it behind himself, whereupon it automatically floated in midair, billowing in the wind.

The person opposite halted.

A female voice came from within the thick helmet:

"The Flag of No Beginning, it is the standard of the Master of Time..."

"I wondered how such a shameless guy could end up bordering on my territory without my permission."

"—Are you from the past? Or the future?"

Wu Xiaode said, "I come from the future."

"How is my world in the future?" the female voice continued to ask.

"I’ve only seen ruins, so I had no choice but to return to this moment, hoping to gather some useful intelligence,"

Wu Xiaode answered truthfully.

"I see, you are someone whom time trusts. I am in need of some help here... and it’s about to happen," the female voice said.

She removed her helmet and looked down at the ground beneath her feet.

Wu Xiaode also looked towards the ground.

He saw that the border where his barren wasteland met the grassland had gradually begun to teem with life.

The earth started to tremble.

At the edge of the grassland, a group of riders came thundering in.

They all bore wounds, their armor was damaged, and their steeds frothed at the mouth, apparently pushed to their limits.

"Eh? Look quick!"

One of the cavalrymen shouted in surprise.

Everyone turned their gaze in that direction—

Their sights pierced through Wu Xiaode and the woman, landing squarely in the world of Wu Xiaode.

"There’s no such wasteland on the map!" someone exclaimed.

"It seems to be an unknown land, let’s go check it out!"

another rider said.

"Let’s go!"

The group cracked their whips and rode into Wu Xiaode’s wasteland.

"Are these the beings of your world?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Yes," the woman said.

Wu Xiaode casually made a gesture.

On the wasteland,

The Rock Giants immediately spread themselves further out, resembling a field of scattered stone chippings.

Fat Sa had already woken up and had been ready to make a move, but seeing Wu Xiaode’s gesture, he immediately rolled over and submerged himself deep into the golden bricks, hiding away.

Inside the temple,

The two angels slowly closed their eyes and remained still.

—They turned their bodies to stone, just like two genuine statues.

This was Wu Xiaode’s show of goodwill.

He used this gesture to signify that he wasn’t here to cause trouble but genuinely wanted to gather intelligence about this world.

Seeing this, the woman said with a meaningful tone,

"Your arrival is most timely, providing me with a new option. However, even so, you must survive to receive my charge."

After Wu Xiaode listened, he again gazed toward his own world.

He saw the cavalry dismount one after another.

They were stunned by the golden bricks on the ground, and after looking for a while, they began walking towards the temple.

"Strange, they are actually not taking my gold,"

Wu Xiaode said.

"Humans have a very low bottom, but also a very high top; this batch particularly consists of the elite of my world," the woman said.

At this point, the cavalrymen had already tethered their horses outside and walked together into the temple.

A tall man among the cavalrymen stood out from the rest, walked up to the altar, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands as if to pray, and softly said:

"God, if you truly exist, please grant me some protection."

On the altar, the two angels remained completely still.

Yet their voices simultaneously reached Wu Xiaode’s ears:

"Brother Wu, what should we do?"

Wu Xiaode pondered, looking toward the woman opposite him and asked, "Do you need me to make a move?"

"Protect them for me. If you can earn their trust, you will get what you want,"

she said, and then her tone changed, "If you choose to protect my people, you may also lose your life—that’s the price."

"You have three minutes to think."

She gazed toward the grassland.

Following her direction, Wu Xiaode also looked towards the end of the grassland.

There, a dense army was already visible across the grassland.

This army was entirely composed of humans, but their bodies were enshrouded by substantial black auras.

After a moment of thought, Wu Xiaode made his decision.

Whether for his own sake, for the sake of the Heroic Spirits’ charge, or even for the survival of the Sin Prison World—

he had to discover a third option.

An opportunity lay before him; how could he retreat without fighting?

With a flash, he appeared inside the temple and said to the two angels,

"Check their Merit."

The two angels flew out from their statues in unison, standing in the Void, looking down upon the mortals below.

The mortals were completely unaware.

The Angel of Extreme Good looked at the kneeling man and quickly wrote in her book:

"Inspect this person’s good deeds."

In an instant,

A fierce white light soared from the man, flowing completely into the Angel of Extreme Good’s book.

"This man is a King in the present world, who has upheld the well-being of others on many occasions and possesses immense Merit; he is worth a try,"

the Angel of Extreme Good said.

The Judgement Angel flew out, facing the direction of the grassland, and simply beckoned.

Borders of darkness poured into her book, revealing densely packed small characters.

"The enemy has committed many evils; we can invoke Heavenly Punishment,"

the Judgement Angel stated coldly.

Both angels radiated a divine presence far exceeding that of the past, looking eager and as if they were ready to intervene in the real world’s history at any moment.

With the nine points of World Power that Wu Xiaode had given them, their strength had greatly increased.

"Begin,"

Wu Xiaode said.

The Angel of Extreme Good swiftly wrote in her book:

"A Ming Master who saves lives deserves the protection of the Heavenly Dao."

As soon as she finished writing, the line of characters emitted Golden Light, shooting upwards, and directly infused into the shield on the kneeling man’s back.

The shield trembled with the motion.

The man immediately felt the response and hastily took down the shield to inspect it closely.

Yet, there was no visible movement on the shield.

"Strange, I could have sworn the shield moved..."

The man muttered to himself and silently placed the shield back on his back.

Seeing this, the Extreme Good Angel in mid-air could only shake its head and said,

"Little Wu, this shield is tied to the key elements that will change his destiny. I exerted all my strength just to nudge it—if he were a bit wiser, he should have realized something by now."

"Sigh, let’s give him another hint," Wu Xiaode said reluctantly.

With no other option, the Extreme Good Angel brandished its pen and wrote again:

"Respect the Divine, add to goodwill, and receive further blessings."

A streak of flowing light emerged from the booklet and once again landed on the man.

The next second.

From the temple’s horizontal beam, a loosened piece of wood fell, "clunk" hitting the man’s shield.

The man was startled.

Those around all wore faces of disbelief.

"My King, there’s something strange about this place," a guard couldn’t help but say.

An old man with white hair stopped the guard and spoke solemnly:

"Your Majesty, with our strength, we would definitely notice anything amiss in the surroundings, and it would be almost impossible for an assassin to get past us and strike at you."

"That’s true," the man pondered, "I’m the most powerful of all, yet even I didn’t notice how that piece of wood hit the shield."

Another guard leaped up and landed on the beam to look around.

"Your Majesty, there is a missing piece of wood from the beam, but there is no other discovery," he called out loudly.

Referred to as the King, the man thought for a moment and then suddenly smiled, saying,

"Just now, as I was praying to the two deities in this temple... then I got hit by a piece of wood from the temple. Perhaps it’s God guiding me?"

"And before it hit, I indeed felt the shield clearly shift."

He bowed again to the two deities on the altar, then stood up, took the shield off his back, and beckoned, "Come and see, is there anything different about my shield?"

People gathered around to scrutinize the shield in his hands.

——There’s nothing different!

"Your Majesty, your shield is a hereditary treasure of the royal family, a legendary piece of armor which we have the chance to admire every year..."

"But I really can’t see any changes in it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"It’s the same as I remember it."

"There’s nothing to be found, Your Majesty," the crowd discussed noisily.

The King pondered for a while and suddenly said, "Bring me my sword."

"Yes!"

Two guards approached with a great sword, kneeling before him.

The King grasped the great sword and pointed to the back of the shield, saying,

"This shield’s front is incomparably sturdy, but the back is quite soft—this phrase must be recited to every succeeding King, and I thought it was just a routine reminder, but now it seems to carry another meaning."

With a flash of the sword.

The shield broke in response.

A small book hidden inside the shield was cut into floating scraps of paper, swirling in the air.

In mid-air, the Extreme Good Angel covered its face in agony, despairing,

"It was supposed to be the beautiful future of gaining secret techniques and conquering all directions, but it’s so hard to achieve..."

As the words fell.

All the scraps of paper were immediately consumed by the flames entwined in the sword’s wind, turning to ash in an instant.

A silence as if death had descended.

"..." Wu Xiaode.

——This is hopeless, farewell.

He turned to leave but was grabbed by the female World Master, who blandly explained,

"Wait a moment! He conquers the world with bravery and martial skill, it may be related to his personality, please save him once more."

"Unless I personally intervene, but that would definitely disrupt the entire history, causing big problems," Wu Xiaode said seriously.

"You’re already in my territory... help one more time."

The female World Master pleaded, shaking his arm.

"Save the day again, Extreme Good, or all that Merit will be wasted," Wu Xiaode could only say to the Extreme Good Angel.

"Little Wu, if that’s the case, we’ll need to use everyone’s Merit," the Extreme Good Angel said as it picked up the pen and lightly touched the booklet.

Instantly.

A light rose from every person present and fell onto the booklet.

She quickly wrote,

"Even though the legendary Cultivation Technique burned up, one page survived because it was still hidden inside the shield and did not fall out just now."

The next second.

"Your Majesty, look quickly!"

An old man pointed at the broken shield and shouted loudy.

The man dropped the great sword, rushed forward, and pulled out a dark blue page from inside the fragmented shield.

"It’s a page woven from Ocean Spider Silk! No wonder it’s unharmed!"

He became excited, quickly reading the content on the page.

The crowd tactfully turned away, forming a defensive formation to be on guard for the King.

The King swiftly finished reading the page.

He closed his eyes and whispered, "This is the summoning contract lost in my family’s legacy, only our bloodline can activate it... and I’ll soon master it."

After a few moments.

He signed his name on the page with his own blood.

A strange surge of Power instantly filled his body, to the extent that he seemed to hear a call from beyond the endless Void.

The summoning contract was complete!

Confidently pocketing the page, the King raised his great sword and declared,

"My comrades! I have inherited the legendary ’Blood Demon Summoning’ contract, the protective Power of our kingdom. Follow me into battle against our enemies!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The crowd shouted excitedly.

Everyone gathered their belongings, straightened their gear, ready to leave the Temple.

Before departing.

The King turned back, once again kneeling on one knee, praying to the two statues,

"Divine beings, please bless me to overcome my enemies!"

Thinking for a moment, he took out a small pouch and placed it in front of the altar before leading everyone out.

The Temple once again returned to silence.

"What is that?" Wu Xiaode asked, pointing to the pouch.

"It’s what you desire—provided you help me preserve the spark of the world, then in the future, you can rely on it to reap what you’re due," the female World Master said.

Wu Xiaode pointed with his hand.

The pouch opened at once, revealing its contents.

——It was a brick.