Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 84 - 65 The Hanged Death God

Chapter 84: Chapter 65 The Hanged Death God

Wu Xiaode looked in the direction they pointed.

He saw a long boulder lying motionless in a valley hundreds of meters away, blending in perfectly without any anomaly.

It merged seamlessly with the surrounding rocks, indistinguishable in color, texture, or pattern.

Could this be a monster?

It certainly didn’t seem like it.

He unknowingly stopped walking.

"What’s wrong?" the team leader asked.

Wu Xiaode whispered, "In the valley, that long rock is a monster."

The team leader was shocked and immediately made a gesture.

Everyone became alert at once.

"Sun, fire a shot," the team leader said.

"Fire? At what?" Sun responded, puzzled.

"That rock, in the valley, the long one," Wu Xiaode said.

Everyone looked together.

"Damn, it’s so huge; it’s been hiding here, such a sneaky bastard," Sun blurted out.

He immediately set up the cannon, his hands swiftly adjusting on the electronic screen.

One moment.

Two moments.

The huge rock uneasily shifted a little.

But it was too late.

A blinding laser shot out from the barrel, instantly blasting off half of its body.

The rock, now only half its original size, quickly grew numerous limbs, making a hissing sound as it charged toward the group.

"I’ll go first!"

Wu Xiaode shouted as he charged at the monster.

Among him, dozens of Dead Souls soldiers simultaneously said:

"It has venomous fangs."

"Those long legs will wrap around you. As soon as its fine spines penetrate your body, you lose consciousness instantly."

"It bites very fast!"

"Right, right, you can’t react in time!"

"Be careful, my spear was snapped clean off by its bite; I didn’t even hear a sound."

Wu Xiaode took note of this.

He dashed a few dozen meters, then suddenly took a horse stance on the spot, and positioned himself in a Fist stance.

—I cannot let it get close.

This venomous, fast-attacking, sharp-toothed creature was indeed troublesome.

One negligence and it could bite you to death.

There was only one choice—

Wu Xiaode took a deep breath, his hands emanating a glow as if made of iron.

The monster rushed up!

It indeed looked like a rock, but upon closer inspection, one could see under its thick shell a pair smirking compound eyes and densely packed, slender limbs, with its mouth full of sharp, fine teeth.

I couldn’t let it get any closer...

Wu Xiaode stimulated all his Qi Blood Power, two golden lines flashing and disappearing on his arms, with the vague sound of breaking gold and splitting rocks scattering into the Void.

"Die!"

He roared, and his hands turned into a blur, smashing forward fiercely like a hammer—

In the Void, it seemed as though some invisible force exploded out from his hands like a surging flood.

Iron Wire Fist·Iron Hand Blocks the River!

Thump—

A muffled sound.

The monster was hit from a distance, thrown upright, momentarily dazed.

A laser beam shot over, piercing through the monster’s body.

Immediately after, various range attacks followed one after another.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

The monster let out a reluctant cry, violently writhing on the ground.

It was actually still not dead!

Another intense beam of light struck, completely obliterating its head.

The monster immediately stopped moving.

Sun cheered, "I killed it!"

The others sheathed their weapons, sighing in exasperation.

"I’m really jealous, looks like Sun gets to head back first," the gunman said.

"No help for it, his weapon is fast, snagging the last blow really has its perks," Ying laughed.

"Hey!" Xiao Baihong shouted at Wu Xiaode, "Find a few more monsters for us to weaken so I can kill them. Remember, I saved you once; you can’t just leave me behind!"

Everyone laughed.

"How about we eat something first before continuing?" Sun suggested.

"Great idea!" Xiao Baihong immediately agreed.

Wu Xiaode’s forehead throbbed with veins.

A nuclear strike was coming in thirty minutes, and they still had the appetite for a picnic?

...But he also couldn’t reveal to everyone.

Would he have to disclose that he had returned from the dead and could see Dead Souls?

Unless absolutely necessary, it was best not to reveal his trump cards.

Suddenly—

"Dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong dong!"

Sounds rang out from all around.

Wu Xiaode turned to look, seeing all the Dead Souls soldiers smiling at him.

"Brother Wu, thanks for avenging us."

"The truck is just across the valley."

"There’s a mountain path hidden there, you need to hurry up."

"Brother Wu, take care."

"Goodbye."

Wu Xiaode looked at these dead souls and couldn’t help but telepathically ask, "Are you leaving? Going to the Death Realm?"

"Don’t know, we’ve never died before," the leading soldier dead soul frowned and said.

"...That makes sense," Wu Xiaode said.

"Speaking of which, there’s something you need to be careful of, Brother Wu," the soldier dead soul said.

"What?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"On that mountain path, there’s a strange summoning power. We all dare not pass through there, and you should be careful too."

"Is it a monster?"

"No, monsters don’t deal with us dead souls... Anyway, none of the comrades who went there ever came back," a look of terror appeared on the soldier dead soul’s face.

"Alright, I got it," Wu Xiaode said.

The soldiers waved at him in unison, their figures fading and vanishing into the Void.

The Book of the Dead quietly flipped open.

Lines of ice crystal small text appeared on the pages:

"You have gained the admiration and recognition of 271 soldier dead souls."

"The book resonated with their souls and obtained the following skills:"

"Basic Combat, Basic Scouting, Basic Firearms Usage, Level 1 Climbing, Mortar Operation Steps, Wireless Radio Guide, Bayonet Fighting Basics..."

"All of the above are ordinary skills and cannot be sacrificed to the Silent Demon Mist, you can only keep and master them yourself."

"Begin mastering!"

Wu Xiaode’s head hurt suddenly.

"Uh..."

He groaned and covered his forehead with his hand.

"What’s wrong?" the sharp-witted commander asked.

"Nothing, I just remembered my cellphone, it’s broken and can’t be used anymore," Wu Xiaode covered up.

Countless military knowledge and skills flooded into his mind, and he immediately mastered them all.

After all, his physical fitness had been nourished by Soul Power and he had mastered arcane knowledge; acquiring knowledge and skills was like catching fish in a barrel.

"Stop it, the emperor gifted you a special phone for downloading movies, and here you are pretending," Xiao Baihong said.

"The emperor gave him a phone? What’s that about?" Sun asked with interest.

Xiao Baihong proudly explained the matter.

Everyone found it amusing.

Yet the commander said solemnly, "You must take good care of the phone His Majesty gave you."

"Why?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Everyone thinks this emperor acts erratically and doesn’t take things seriously, but his every action has deep significance," the commander hinted meaningfully.

"Alright, I’ll be careful."

Having said that, Wu Xiaode walked over, grabbed Xiao Baihong, and sprinted forward quickly.

"Hey! What are you doing!" Xiao Baihong couldn’t help but yell.

"We need to hurry," Wu Xiaode said coldly.

"I need to eat to restore my Soul Power, so I have the strength to fight!" Xiao Baihong protested.

"First, we hurry! We can talk about food later!" Wu Xiaode said.

He took the lead and started running.

The rest of the team immediately followed.

After all, if the martial master started moving, perhaps he had something in mind he couldn’t elaborate on, and the team needed to form a coordination immediately in such an environment.

They sprinted for a while.

Suddenly, Wu Xiaode saw several lush big trees.

The soldiers’ knowledge immediately flashed in his mind.

"This is a natural hiding place... suitable for ambush and rest. Has someone been here before?"

Wu Xiaode thought for a moment, jumped onto the tree to check.

Indeed.

Several automatic rifles were hidden in the tree, along with some scant military supplies.

—Definitely left here by those soldiers.

Xiao Baihong looked on and wondered, "Are there military forces here?"

"I don’t know, we’d better continue forward and see," Wu Xiaode said.

Suddenly feeling an intuition, he was about to look up when the Book of the Dead flew up in front of him and opened up by itself.

Lines of text as though cast in fresh blood emerged on the pages:

"Don’t look at it! Don’t look at it! Don’t look at it!"

"You must pretend you don’t see it."

"You must ignore it!"

"Engage normally with your teammates and find a plausible reason to leave here quickly if you want to live!"

"This book has switched to isolation mode, making all dead souls unaware of its existence!"

What does this mean?

Wu Xiaode was quite shocked, but then—

he saw the most spine-chilling thing yet.

On the tall tree opposite, a black thing about the size of two men, resembled a gigantic Ying.

A tattered black robe enveloped its shape, so Wu Xiaode could only see its face.

On both sides of its cheeks, there was a row of eyes, and in the middle of its head was a large mouth, countless sharp teeth protruding from it, piercing through various residual blood and organs.

On this creature, flesh-like long spikes danced in the wind.

Each spike was tied into a death knot, hanging several Dead Souls in mid-air, incapacitated.

The Dead Souls looked despairing, as if suffocating, all of them with mouths agape as if emitting a silent scream.

The creature hung upside down there, motionless.

The Book of the Dead displayed a new line of blood-red text:

"Alien Species ’God’ discovered:"

"The Upside-Down Death God."

"Warning: Do not attract its attention, lest it senses the Power of Death on you, or your soul will become its nourishment."