Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 480 - 372: Unexpected!

Chapter 480: Chapter 372: Unexpected!

Exhausted.

Wu Xiaode slightly relaxed, trying to afford himself a moment of rest.

Confronting the King of Evil Spirits was like walking a tightrope.

——Especially since the battlefield was his own body.

Every word, every action, every act of self-harm had been precisely calculated, just enough to force the King of Evil Spirits to save him.

What would happen next?

Wu Xiaode felt that his power was nearly depleted, with only the last 10 points of Eternal Soul Power supporting his consciousness.

——Would the King of Evil Spirits complete the Death God’s task?

He rested while quietly observing.

Vast expanses of white sand receded.

One after another, skeletal monsters rose from the ground, surrounding Wu Xiaode.

Behind all the skeletal monsters, even more bone creatures emerged from the quicksand.

"No one can leave the Death Quicksand Cave."

A skeleton whose eyes flickered with faint Ghost fire spoke.

——Understood.

The objective of the Trial was to leave this place.

At this moment, both the King of Evil Spirits and Wu Xiaode knew what the Trial entailed.

The King of Evil Spirits snorted lightly and reached powerfully into the Void——

A stone pillar bathed in a dim yellow light quietly appeared, which he thrust into the ground.

"As far as lunatics go, you’ve reached the pinnacle,"

The King of Evil Spirits continued:

"But you may not know that only those who reached Level 1000 in life can transform into a spirit afterwards, and in life, my Level was as high as 1850."

"After dying, I took pleasure in killing and devouring, defeating all challengers, thus securing my position as king."

"Thinking I’d complete the Trial for you?"

"Daydreaming."

Before his voice died away, the King of Evil Spirits quickly chanted a spell and shouted:

"Secret Binding Divine Spell!"

The Void suddenly revealed countless runes, materializing into a long iron chain that began spinning around Wu Xiaode nonstop.

In almost an instant, he was tightly bound by the chain.

The hand Wu Xiaode controlled could no longer move.

——He couldn’t move a single part of his body at all!

Only then did the King of Evil Spirits slowly say:

"You can’t move now, heh heh, and actually, I can’t move either, since those Heroic Spirits used some extremely complicated Curse Skills to restrict me——Now I can only trap myself first, then trap you."

"But why do this?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Because I will never help you," the King of Evil Spirits said decisively.

The huge stone pillar began to emit stray streams of spirit light, bombarding the skeletal monsters.

None of the skeletal monsters could withstand even a single hit.

The attacks launched by the skeletons towards Wu Xiaode, just halfway there, were shattered by the spirit light emitted from the stone pillar.

"...You’re basically setting up a cannon here."

Wu Xiaode commented.

"Hahaha," the King of Evil Spirits spoke with an unstoppable tone of pride: "I first restrict you and me with a super-strong Secret Technique, and then I deploy a Level 1300 spirit light cannon for defense and attack——"

"Anyway, we just won’t move from here!"

"I won’t die! And you can forget about Advancing! That’s that!"

As it spoke, the King of Evil Spirits manipulated Wu Xiaode’s body to lie down, comfortably resting on the ground motionless.

"You really are beyond my expectations," Wu Xiaode sighed.

With eyes closed, the King of Evil Spirits hummed:

"No one can enslave me, no one can command me, and no one can exploit me."

"I am among the Evil Spirits, the most outstanding villain."

"Just wait, I will soon find a way to kill you, mortal!"

Having said that, it closed its mouth, seemingly falling into deep thought.

"Why must you kill me?" Wu Xiaode asked.

No answer.

"Can we reconcile?" Wu Xiaode asked again.

Still no answer.

"Actually, I’m not a good person either, when I fight I don’t consider any rules, as long as it can help me win over the opponent, I won’t hesitate to strike——"

"So I guess I’m also a villain, we’re comrades in arms."

Wu Xiaode continued.

The King of Evil Spirits didn’t respond, apparently caught up in rapid thought about how to completely finish off Wu Xiaode.

"We often say, leave a line when doing things, so we can meet again in the future..."

"Look, it’s you showing no mercy, don’t blame me for being ruthless,"

Wu Xiaode said.

The King of Evil Spirits did not respond.

——Smack!

A slap resounded.

Its closed eyes suddenly opened, as if seeing something unbelievable.

Both it and this mortal were restrained.

A Level 1300 spirit light cannon was attacking and defending.

What had struck it?

The King of Evil Spirits looked up to see a bronze hand floating in front of it.

Boom!

A dark spirit light beam came hurtling; the bronze hand was blasted to pieces.

Then another bronze hand appeared, casually flipping a middle finger at the King of Evil Spirits who was watching it.

Boom!

The bronze hand was blasted again.

"How many of these things do you have?" the King of Evil Spirits couldn’t help but ask.

"As many as needed," Wu Xiaode said.

"You’re here to hit me again?" the King of Evil Spirits asked warily.

"Not at all—the fact that you’ve provided such a Level 1300 spirit light cannon, I’m too lazy to use you. Let’s just pass the Trial first," Wu Xiaode said.

"Dream on, we both can’t move!" the King of Evil Spirits said with a cold laugh.

Its smile gradually stiffened.

Seven or eight bronze hands quietly appeared, lifting Wu Xiaode’s body, carrying him forward as they flew.

The spirit light cannon’s attacks were extremely precise, always directly blasting away the bronze hands without harming Wu Xiaode’s body one bit.

Unfortunately, as one bronze hand was destroyed, another would immediately emerge and continue to support him.

"Hey—don’t stray too far from the cannon, if we lose its protective range, we’ll be killed by the skeletons!"

The King of Evil Spirits said in a panic.

The next second—

The entire stone pillar-like cannon was ripped out of the ground by something invisible.

—Those were the bronze hands hidden in the mist!

The cannon, along with Wu Xiaode, floated in mid-air, flying towards the outside of the Death Quicksand Cave.

By then, the ground had completely turned into quicksand.

Endless skeletal monsters emerged from the sand, attempting to attack Wu Xiaode.

The soul power fluctuations of each were all above Level 100.

There were even a few colossal beings whose soul power levels were beyond Wu Xiaode’s estimation.

—But it didn’t matter anymore.

By Wu Xiaode’s side was a Level 1300 cannon.

One after another, dark streams of light shot from the cannon, annihilating all monsters in their path.

Sweeping through with unstoppable force.

"That’s my cannon!"

The King of Evil Spirits couldn’t help but shout out loud.

"Is that so? If you feel shortchanged, then why not turn it off?" Wu Xiaode shouted back.

The King of Evil Spirits fell silent.

The ground was swarming with monsters.

If the cannon were turned off now, the young man would certainly die, but afterward, he could become a spirit.

—What about himself? He would be completely obliterated!

A point of light appeared in the distance.

The exit!

They were finally about to get out!

The bronze hands accelerated their flight.

Wu Xiaode floated in mid-air, rushing out of the cave entrance at great speed.

"Ah..."

He couldn’t help but exclaim.

Outside was a dense, deep fog, its distance and surroundings indiscernible.

Beneath his feet was a precipice.

A majestic voice rose from the fog:

"The Divine Position of the Death God is forbidden by the great calamity, yet someone dares to attempt its trial—"

"This cannot be allowed!"

Thud, thud, thud...

Amidst the heavy and gigantic footsteps, a colossal shadow quietly emerged.

It was a monster wearing tattered Battle Armor.

It appeared human, but its head resembled that of a fly, its hands and feet were numerous, and it had a pair of transparent, thin wings on its back.

Wu Xiaode could clearly sense the indescribable essence emanating from it.

—It was an ineffable sense of destruction and distortion.

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!

The spirit light cannon sensed the threat and immediately emitted dark gleams, bombarding the monster.

With a casual wave of its hand,

All the gleams were extinguished mid-air.

"Impossible!"

The King of Evil Spirits and Wu Xiaode cried out in unison.

This was a Level 1300 cannon with both defensive and offensive capabilities!

And the current trial was only a Level 100 challenge!

"What on earth is going on?"

The King of Evil Spirits was also bewildered.

Without further ado, the monster pointed at the cannon.

Boom—

The entire cannon shattered completely and ceased to exist.

The massive shockwave sent Wu Xiaode flying into mid-air, then plummeting towards the abyss.

"Hey, Big Boss of Evil Spirits, you’re going to be done for if you keep tying yourself in knots!"

Wu Xiaode shouted.

"You don’t need to tell me!" The King of Evil Spirits muttered a spell under its breath.

Clatter—

All the chains scattered.

It controlled Wu Xiaode’s body, flying up into the air, and called out to the opposite side:

"What are you? Why did you destroy my treasure?"

The monster cocked its head, scrutinizing Wu Xiaode, and said:

"Strange, inheritor of the Death God, you have a spirit from a bygone era clinging to life within you—"

"But no matter, once I’ve devoured it, I’ll come and lead you to utter destruction."

It reached out its hand again—

Wu Xiaode’s heart skipped a beat, instantly sensing an unprecedented danger.

Despite having a Level 1850 King of Evil Spirits within him, he still felt unsafe.

This was an intuition known to the Death clan.

"No choice left..."

Wu Xiaode whispered.

The Book of the Dead quietly appeared in his hand.

The Wall of Wishes unfolded before him.

Wu Xiaode spoke, "I’ve completed today’s commission, and now I issue another."

"—All Heroic Spirits capable of descending into this world."

"Please descend upon me and join me in wiping out this terrifying creature before me."

Upon the Wall of Wishes, two lines of ice crystal text immediately appeared:

"The Heroic Spirits have answered."

"Descent imminent!"

Indeed—

Ever since completing the first commission on the Wall of Wishes, Wu Xiaode had always had the ability to invoke Heroic Spirits to descend upon him!