Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 363 - 321: Unexpected Jianghu Tactics

Chapter 363: Chapter 321: Unexpected Jianghu Tactics

Border town.

Bar.

Xiao Baihong suddenly appeared behind the bar, grabbed a bottle of strong liquor, and "glug glug" drank it all in one go.

"What’s the situation?"

Christina asked in surprise.

Just now, this kid was mixing a drink when he suddenly disappeared and then, just as suddenly, reappeared in front of her.

"Nothing, just suddenly saw a view in the distance,"

Xiao Baihong said with emotion.

When the "Boundary-Cutting Heavenly Wheel" was unleashed, he had an intense realization of the grand truth of Storm Magic.

That moment of insight was extremely precious.

Christina noticed the gentle breezes that kept appearing around him and raised her eyebrows slightly.

"You’re going to make a breakthrough, congratulations!"

"Thank you, I’m going to find a place to break through now. See you later."

In a flash of breeze.

Xiao Baihong disappeared from the bar.

......

"Die!"

Ci Le shouted loudly.

Even though the One-eyed Giant once again unleashed a Deep Red Beam at him, it was completely blocked by the pitch-black Battle Armor he was wearing.

He thrust his spear with all his might—

An endless black glow converged at the tip of the spear, piercing through the sky and transforming into countless spear shadows that enveloped the world, like an oppressive canopy coming down hard on Wu Xiaode!

Several dozen meters below him, Wu Xiaode pressed his hand onto the Book of the Dead.

"Demoted Immortal,"

he whispered.

Everything slowed down tremendously.

White Ice Frost gradually emerged in the Void.

Wild winds howled, spreading large swathes of white Ice Frost hundreds of meters around Wu Xiaode, swirling like scattered petals.

Right after that.

A fierce dragon head stretched out from the Ice Frost and struck hard at the dense spear shadows covering it.

Boom!

With a thunderous sound that spread across the world, the dragon head disappeared.

And with it, the endless spear shadows that seemed to reach the horizon also vanished.

"Death Giant Dragon! How is this possible!"

Ci Le exclaimed in disbelief.

Wu Xiaode kept his hand pressed on the Book of the Dead and shouted lowly, "Again."

Another "Demoted Immortal" activated!

The skeleton dog glanced at him.

—How to fight?

Wu Xiaode also glanced back at it.

—Hold him off!

The skeleton dog roared fiercely, leaped with all its might, and jumped out of the Book of the Dead, transforming into a fierce Ice Frost giant dragon to shield Wu Xiaode.

Since there was only one second left, it didn’t make any superfluous moves—it just opened its mouth toward Ci Le in the sky—

"Drink—ptooey!"

The bone-chilling Ice Frost imbued with the law of Death spurted from its mouth, instantly freezing Ci Le.

Boom.

The giant dragon turned back into the skeleton dog and landed on the Book of the Dead.

"Damn it! Why do you have a bone dragon? It doesn’t belong to the world of the living!"

Ci Le screamed hysterically, vigorously using Black Water to block the Frost Breath imbued with Death Law while he looked up into the sky.

He saw that the glowing letters still hung motionless in the air.

"Remaining time:"

"01:05."

"After the countdown, if the participant does not pronounce a type of ’Doomsday Cage,’ they will be eradicated!"

Ci Le glanced at the glowing rope wrapped around him and breathed a sigh of relief.

There was still one minute and five seconds left.

For him, with the "Crushing Hand," it was no problem to fend off the Death Frost for three seconds.

Once the time was up, he would be transported away.

He looked at Wu Xiaode, wanting to say some harsh words before leaving.

"You think you’ve won? Kid, you will—ahh!!!"

Ci Le suddenly shuddered, blood spurted from his mouth, and he let out a high-pitched scream of agony.

He found the world had turned into darkness.

What happened?

Why—

For—

His thoughts halted.

Everything plunged into eternal darkness.

In midair.

Wu Xiaode stood on a bronze hand in midair, hesitating whether to release the bone dragon for one last round to ensure he didn’t capsize in the final moment.

But he found that the other side had fallen silent.

Ci Le turned into a puff of blood mist right before his eyes, and the bones within the mist scattered like ash.

This—

What’s the situation?

In the sky.

The figures of two Angels reappeared.

They stood where Ci Le had died, each holding a heavy great sword, and gazed at Wu Xiaode together.

"Master, take a guess?"

One Angel asked with a playful tongue.

Wu Xiaode looked at the two Angels and paused for a moment.

The great swords in their hands were still covered with pieces of bone, clearly remnants from eradicating Ci Le just now.

Guess—

How was he supposed to guess?

Who knew how they had killed Ci Le!

Wait a second...

Since this End had taken on his style—

Wu Xiaode slowly came to his senses and turned to look at the glowing letters suspended in midair.

"Remaining time:"

"01:00."

"After the timer is up, if the participant has not identified a kind of ’Doomsday Cage’, they will be erased!"

Wu Xiaode’s thoughts turned as he sighed, "So that’s how it is."

"What’s the answer?" an Angel asked.

"There’s only 4 minutes of time, yet you wrote down 5 minutes, right?" Wu Xiaode said.

Both Angels cheered together, chattering:

"As expected of the master of this ’End’, you saw through the truth with just a glance!"

"Right, this shameless style, it’s indeed your usual battle style, Master!"

"That fool really fell for it."

"Acting all high and mighty, yet not even understanding the most basic principles of wandering the world."

"Yeah, one should not easily trust that others are clueless."

Wu Xiaode’s face twitched.

A Basic Council member.

With the powerful existence of ’Crushing Hand’, Ci Le.

Just like that, he’s dead?

Yes.

Indeed dead, died of his own arrogance and stupidity.

But—

Is this ’End’... seizing control of its style a bit too flexibly?

He couldn’t help but ask:

"Just what are you two—"

The Angel with golden wavy long hair smiled and said, "We are the End born on the Wall of Sighs, created by your Death Ability as Magic Life, I am ’Number One’."

Beside her, the Angel with black long hair said, "I am ’Number Two’."

"You are Magic Life?" Wu Xiaode could not help but ask.

"Yeah, we’re the life manifested by the ’End’, from now on we’ll be adventuring with you, please take good care of us!" Both Angels bowed respectfully.

Wu Xiaode’s lips couldn’t stop twitching.

It was as if he was seeing two other selves—

Dressed as women, no less.

With these three, it’ll be like one story becoming fact!

The world is ours for the taking!

Meanwhile, the Book of the Dead displayed explanations accordingly:

"The Everlasting Shadow of Fear is itself a manifestation of the world after its End, the source of fear across all realms, a special kind of End, a mirror of the Inner World."

"The Book of the Dead is also an exceptionally special Power of the Death clan."

"This ’End’, having drawn your desire on the Wall of Sighs and awakening personality and thought, is just a natural course of events."

Magic Life...

This was the first time he had encountered it.

The two Angels bowed to Wu Xiaode again, and then immediately began frantically reaching for something in mid-air.

"Master, it’s trying to escape!"

"Quickly use your Power to capture it!"

Both Angels called out to Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode flew up to see, only to observe a mass of Black Water floating in mid-air.

Rows of ice crystal small characters appeared on the Book of the Dead:

"End: Crushing Hand."

"Combat class End."

"With your strength, you cannot capture the End."

This was the ’End’ held by Ci Le!

He had come to steal something, only to die here, inadvertently offering up his own End.

However—

With his Level 35 strength, trying to capture an End was sheer folly.

Previously, it was with the help of that spirit that he managed to capture the ’Everlasting Shadow of Fear’."

"Master, quickly capture it! It can help us grow stronger!"

Number One Angel urged anxiously.

Wu Xiaode sighed and was about to shake his head when he suddenly remembered something.

There was a way!

The Book of the Dead, understanding his intention, automatically flipped to the page of the Wall of Wishes.

—Yes, today he had completed a commission, so he could also issue a commission.

Perhaps this was the only way to capture this End.

"Hurry, Master, this sealed world is about to disappear, by then countless strong entities will notice this ’End’, you won’t be able to protect it!"

Number Two Angel also said.

Without any hesitation, Wu Xiaode placed his hand on the Wall of Wishes and said:

"Issue a commission."

"Help me capture the End named ’Crushing Hand’."

"Reward—"

"10 points of Merit."

"But I’ll owe for now, I don’t have any Merit left, but I assure you I will provide it within 10 days!"

Wu Xiaode finished speaking with a mix of apprehension.

All his Merit had been used up in triggering the ’End’.

Now, he could only owe it.

He was unsure whether any spirit would be willing to help with this.

As he stood in doubt, he suddenly saw a line of ice crystal small characters emerge on the page:

"You have driven away the Divine being who sought to destroy the world and killed a Basic member of the Destruction Council."

"Thanks to your heartfelt battle, the entire system of Heaven, Earth, and the world of Man continues to exist."

"You have obtained a great amount of Merit."

"Your current total Merit is:"

"72."

Wu Xiaode was shocked, then overjoyed.

"No need to owe, I can immediately pay the Merit—5 points of Merit upgraded to 10 points!"

He quickly added.

Mert was extremely hard to come by.

Previously, Wu Xiaode had never paid so much Merit for any commission!

—Will a spirit come to help?

He silently waited.

Two lines of ice crystal small characters suddenly appeared on the Wall of Wishes:

"Commission accepted."

"The other party will immediately come to help you capture this ’End’!"