Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 595 - 473: Don’t XX!

Chapter 595: Chapter 473: Don’t XX!

If Wu Xiaode had not spoken with the World Will, he would have thought the world had already been destroyed.

Outside the city walls.

Lava surged from the earth, piercing the sky.

All kinds of sounds echoed continuously within the fierce lava.

The murky rain clouds emitted terrifying roars.

As for the blood-red skeletons walking on the ground, they seemed to have souls—

These skeletons struggled valiantly in the deep red lava, screaming and wailing like humans.

But it was meaningless.

In the river of fire, everything was gradually being utterly destroyed.

"Increase the output of the Defense Array!"

Wu Xiaode shouted loudly.

On the city walls, the Array Masters were sweating like rain.

"We’re running out of Soul Power."

An Array Master yelled loudly.

His face was pale, his hands pressing down so hard on the Array Plate that all ten fingers turned white, almost sinking into the plate.

"Ease your mind, use my Soul Power."

A Cultivator stepped forward and placed his hand on the back of the Array Master, transferring his Soul Power over.

With the support received, the Array Master finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly he shouted, "My lord, there’s a huge wave over here!"

Everyone looked towards the side he was responsible for, only to see that side of the city wall already reflecting the intense red of the lava.

Before this dazzlingly intense sea of fire, the figures standing on the city wall slowly became nothing more than lonely black silhouettes.

As the red swallowed their figures—

Suddenly, Wu Xiaode rushed over, reaching out into the empty sky with a gesture!

In an instant.

The overwhelming lava wave that had been falling from the sky suddenly disappeared.

The destructive heat and sea of fire vanished completely from everyone’s sight.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Xiaode held the gif of the lava wave in his hand, looked around, but didn’t find a good opportunity to release it.

—The gif could only be saved for 10 seconds; if he didn’t release it soon, it would come out on its own!

Wu Xiaode tilted his head, thinking.

Suddenly, he switched hands, gently retracting and then activating the "gif" skill again, pinning the image in his other hand.

The save time was refreshed!

All of a sudden.

A continuous rumbling sound came from the sky.

All the rain clouds had disappeared.

Could it be a victory?

A wave of hope surged through Wu Xiaode.

He scrutinized the lava, but saw that it was constantly swelling, as if someone was continuously gathering strength.

—The battle between the world and the great disaster was not over yet!

Just as the Cultivators were about to cheer, Wu Xiaode cut them off sharply:

"Everyone! Do not let your guard down, replenish your Spirit Stones, and rotate to rest!"

"Quickly!"

At this moment, his authority was unprecedented.

The Cultivators immediately started doing as he said.

The Array Masters all stepped down, sitting on the ground, clutching the Spirit Stones in their hands, catching their breath while they recuperated.

Other Cultivators took their places, holding weapons and remaining vigilantly on guard.

People stole glances at Wu Xiaode.

He just stood there, arms crossed, without blinking, closely observing the situation in the sky.

—Doesn’t he ever get tired?

What about his Soul Power?

I’ve never seen him replenish his Soul Power!

But Wu Xiaode paid no attention to these things, only concerned with watching for changes in the situation.

All of a sudden.

"My lord, quickly look over here."

Someone shouted.

Wu Xiaode leapt up and instantly landed on the city wall, looking in the direction everyone was pointing.

A large hole slowly appeared in the magma in front of the city.

Several terrifyingly powerful demons emerged from the magma hole, saying in a hurry, "Quick, let us in, whatever the price!"

They seemed to have used some secret technique to barely maintain the void around them, preventing the magma from touching their bodies.

Such strength had already surpassed all the cultivators within the city!

Wu Xiaode smiled and said, "Alright."

He made a hand gesture.

The array masters immediately jumped up from the ground, holding the Array Plates in their hands and quickly manipulating the City Defense Array.

Buzz—

The spirit light Defense Array around the city became even tighter.

The demons, who were waiting for him to open the formation, didn’t expect that under his command, the City Defense Array would be fully activated.

One of the demons screamed, "You were supposed to open the city gates and let us in, how come you’ve made your defense even stricter?"

"Human cities do not welcome you," Wu Xiaode said.

Another demon said in a deep voice, "We swear we will not harm any of you. We are just here to seek refuge."

Wu Xiaode shook his head and said, "Leave quickly, go find another refuge."

— What a joke, with these guys’ strength, if he let them in, who could deal with them?

He could take on one by himself with "Fury" but if he bothered with that, the rest of the city would’ve been slaughtered by the other demons!

Defend the city!

Defend the Human Race within the city!

That was the most important thing he needed to do!

Seeing his attitude, all the demons pinched their spells and were about to release their magic.

"If you don’t let us in, you all won’t have it easy either!" one demon said with a sinister smile.

Another demon followed, "Break their array! Let them die with us!"

Wu Xiaode waved his hand and threw out that gif.

Boom—

A massive wave of flowing magma surged up from the city wall, directly plugging the hole and pushing the group of demons into the endless sea of magma.

With the might of this magma wave, they could only drift with the flow at best, and if they did survive—

It would take quite some time.

"Call me immediately if there’s any change," Wu Xiaode instructed the array master beside him.

"Yes, Lord Kuang Dao," the array master replied respectfully.

At that moment, vast swathes of darkness appeared in the sky.

This darkness spread like ink on top of the magma.

—What is this?

Wu Xiaode had a bad feeling.

As everyone watched, the fiery light that enveloped the city began to fade.

Darkness started to spread from the sky downwards.

When the magma encountered this dark substance, it directly coagulated into rocks that stood still in the air.

"It’s water! That murky water! It wants to extinguish the magma!" shouted a Water Element cultivator.

Water...

Wu Xiaode became tense.

This water was only supposed to drain human blood and turn into blood-colored skeletons; most of it had been destroyed by the magma before, so how could it now combat magma?

But now, those cooled and hardened rocks began to shake violently.

Crash—

The rocks cracked, turning into powder.

Swarms of Black Water broke through the rock’s barrier and were spreading rapidly.

—Would it engulf the entire world?

That City Lord, although he was killed by the demons using magic, why could he turn into such a terrifying calamity after death?

Wu Xiaode’s heart sank, and he immediately forced himself to calm down.

If the world lost—

Could he still save the people of this city?

By what means?

Thoughts kept flashing through his mind, but the situation changed unexpectedly.

Wu Xiaode suddenly noticed something.

The spirit light emanating from the City Defense Array began to tremble slightly.

This trembling usually occurred when encountering some attacks.

He turned to look back.

Several Array Masters responded in unison at his questioning gaze, "Nothing detected!"

—No enemies were seen attacking the array!

This was not right.

Even the previous powerful demons had to release magic to attack the array; they couldn’t possibly cause the array to tremble out of nowhere.

Wu Xiaode pondered and picked up a stone from the ground, throwing it outwards.

The rock traced an arc through the air, falling toward the exterior of the city.

Whish—

The moment it flew beyond the range covered by the array, it shattered instantly, splitting into many smaller rocks.

These small rocks existed only for an instant before quickly turning into powder.

The powder drifted about in the air.

Another moment passed.

And then the powder was no longer visible.

Wu Xiaode shuddered, exclaiming:

"Wind!"

Enlightenment dawned on everyone; they all looked toward the outskirts of the city.

The howling of the wind gradually became audible.

Wherever the wind passed, all rocks turned to powder.

The Black Water floated uncertainly in mid-air, seeking to destroy everything it encountered—

But this time it met not fire, but the invisible wind!

The wind’s roar echoed through heaven and earth.

"Brother Shen, our array!"

Li Tiannan said with a trembling voice.

Wu Xiaode snapped back to reality and quickly looked around.

The spirit light enveloping the entire city had begun to tremble violently, wearing down, becoming dimmer.

This wind is mighty!

If it kept blowing like this, it wouldn’t be long before the entire array was destroyed.

Suddenly, a series of screams came from the void not far away.

The Cultivators looked together, only to see several demons emerging from that part of the void.

—It was those powerful demons from before!

They were hiding in a cluster of rocks, originally charging toward the city, but the wind trapped them halfway.

"Protect! Protect yourselves! Everyone together!"

One of the powerful demons yelled desperately.

The other demons made hand gestures in unison—

Boom!

The raging wind blew past them.

Under everyone’s gaze, the demons instantly turned into skeletons—

The skeletons still in the desperate pose of casting spells, as if they were still trying to activate some formidable protective magic.

The wind kept blowing.

All the skeletons eroded away in the wind.

—As if they had never existed at all.

Wu Xiaode took a deep breath, trying hard to remain composed.

He had seen many major scenes.

But this level of apocalyptic confrontation—

The methods of the battling sides far exceeded those of a typical scenario of Destruction.

Wu Xiaode had never heard of such a thing.

The next instant.

The Book of the Dead appeared quietly, turning automatically to the page of the wishing wall.

The Human Emperor appeared on the wall and said in a deep voice:

"This is no ordinary wind; the World Will is now seriously involved—"

"Little Wu, you need to think of a solution quickly; if you delay, the entire city will be scattered by the wind."

Wu Xiaode replied.

Any skill seemed insignificant in the face of such a natural disaster.

He hadn’t even reached the Shaking Light Realm!

Even if he had, none of the many techniques he had gotten from the World Will could resolve the situation.

If he depended on Evernight City, he could survive, but what about these human Cultivators and commoners?

He looked back.

All the Cultivators were watching him.

Damn, what could be done—

A thought suddenly appeared in Wu Xiaode’s mind.

He felt invigorated, suddenly leaping onto a stone column on the outer edge of the wall, shouting:

"Get out of the way, all of you!"

The Cultivators made way as instructed.

Wu Xiaode reached out to press in the air, and with a strong kick off the ground, he charged forward rapidly.

His speed was so fast that he appeared like a lingering shadow, quickly running a full circle around the city wall, returning to his original position.

Looking up, he saw a gif animation in his hand.

—But the gif showed nothing!

Wu Xiaode, however, was unconcerned and muttered, "The wind is blowing this way, so I need—"

He flipped the gif over.

On the Book of the Dead, lines of ice crystal letters suddenly appeared:

"You have collected a gif of the wind blowing around the city with the Inner World Skill ’gif’."

"You are editing the picture."

"You have flipped the image once."

"The direction of the wind has completed a reversal."

"Save changes?"

"Save!" Wu Xiaode commanded.

He threw the gif out with his hand.

Boom!

A soft noise resounded outside the city.

In an instant.

The nearly extinguished spirit light of the Formation immediately began to recover, stabilizing before long.

The wind outside continued to howl without pause.

However, the entire city was no longer subject to any attacks.

It worked!

Wu Xiaode couldn’t help feeling more confident.

By changing the direction of the wind, making it face the outer layers of wind in a reverse manner, the force of wind against wind was neutralized!

Even if it couldn’t last forever, he would just crop it again after a while!

"Brother Shen, what just happened? How did the array recover by itself?"

An Array Master asked, confused.

"No big deal, it’s complicated to explain but not hard to understand, do you want to learn?" Wu Xiaode said.

The Array Master promptly nodded.

Not just him; desire was evident in the eyes of the other Array Masters.

Wu Xiaode decided not to keep it to himself anymore and said:

"Later, I’ll add some gif emoticons to the public Communication Talisman."

"Gif? Emoticons?"

The Array Master heard this and looked even more puzzled.

Wu Xiaode patted his shoulder, nodding:

"Later on, you all should hang out in groups more, and you’ll quickly understand the secrets within."

"Oh yes—"

"No shivering!"