Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

"What is the next calamity?" Wu Dade asked.

"The Wind Disaster."

Emperor Bai added, "There are ten minutes left until the Wind Disaster arrives—how do you not know this?"

He seemed somewhat surprised.

Outside the screen, Wu Xiaode had both hands on the game controller, myriad thoughts emerging in his mind.

Emperor Bai actually knew what was about to happen!

From his reaction, it was clear he thought Wu Dade, as a Mysterious life, should also be aware of the upcoming events.

Now that's interesting.

If I don't handle it well, I might give myself away.

After a moment of deliberation, Wu Xiaode began to speak into the game controller.

—There was a small microphone on the back of the game controller that could transmit his voice to Wu Dade.

When he began to speak, Wu Dade also said to Emperor Bai:

"Why should I care about such boring matters?"

Emperor Bai's expression changed several times.

Seeing that he seemed to want to do something, Wu Dade reached out and directly drew out an umbrella.

"Wind-shielding Umbrella."

"With this umbrella open, the Wind Disaster cannot harm you in the slightest, allowing you to safely survive the Primordial Tribulation."

"—Shields from the wind and rain, essential for fishing."

This was a reward given by "the fisherman" after obtaining the species data of the Fire Giant.

Wait a second!

This implies that "the fisherman," an Eternal entity, knew that the fearsome Wind Disaster would follow the Fire Disaster.

Thus, he gave me this umbrella.

He wants me to survive and continue collecting species data for him!

So—

The information about the "Wind Disaster" that Emperor Bai had might also have been obtained through his "Sage" sequence from the Holy Realm.

Wu Dade casually passed the umbrella to Emperor Bai, saying:

"I was just kidding—take a look at this umbrella."

Emperor Bai took the umbrella and instinctively looked up into the Void.

—That glance was clearly reading the prompt rune.

After a short while.

Emperor Bai said emotionally, "It's actually a treasure personally bestowed by that esteemed person, specifically for surviving the Wind Disaster."

"No wonder you're not concerned about when the Wind Disaster arrives."

The murderous aura about him faded completely, and he looked at Wu Dade with a bit more caution.

Wu Dade casually said:

"Can you survive the Wind Disaster? If not, you can use this umbrella."

Emperor Bai quickly handed the umbrella back.

—Don't joke around, I am meant to become the supreme ruler of all Mysterious lives.

If you can survive, so can I!

"I shouldn't have a problem… however, my sequence requires me to rush to the Red Canyon, thirty thousand miles away," Emperor Bai said.

"What's the matter? Need help?" Wu Dade said.

Emperor Bai shook his head, "This is my personal sequence task, you don't need to concern yourself."

Wu Dade looked puzzled.

Emperor Bai hesitated for a moment but still spoke:

"Many anomalies have appeared in the Red Canyon, and it clearly shows that treasures left from the Pangu World are about to emerge."

"It's really bizarre, everyone suspects that I haven't completely eliminated the participants in the human supremacy contest."

"Because those treasures are meant for the champions of the contest and those prepared in the Pangu Sequence."

"No way, the news I got was that they were all wiped out," Wu Dade feigned surprise.

Emperor Bai also sighed, saying helplessly:

"So, I must personally watch over it to see if any have slipped through the net."

Wu Dade sympathetically patted his shoulder, saying:

"I also need to do some tasks for Mr. Fisherman, so shall we contact each other after the Wind Disaster passes?"

"Sure!" Emperor Bai said.

He was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and spoke, "The Night King said that the guy imitating you also loaded 'Chaos'."

Wu Dade timely let out a snort of laughter, responding:

"'Chaos' is something I deliberately gave him—it's good, isn't it? One day he will know what his fate is."

Emperor Bai was stunned once more.

This Mysterious life… not only has won the favor of the Fishing Sequence but also knows everything.

Even that guy is under his control.

Poor Night King is still frantically searching for that guy.

Such courage, ambition, and means—

Worth allying with.

"To avoid any more confusing incidents, keep this," Emperor Bai said.

He grabbed a card from the Void and handed it to Wu Xiaode.

"This is a mount summoned and tamed from the Void, seeing you riding it, others will know you're my ally," Emperor Bai said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Wu Xiaode said with a smile.

"Hm."

Emperor Bai turned and slowly walked away.

Wu Xiaode noticed that he walked somewhat bow-legged.

Humans find this way of walking more comfortable, so has he gotten used to it?

The door closed.

Wu Xiaode looked at the card in his hand.

The card depicted a large fish covered in dazzling scales, looking very striking.

Lines of ice crystal text emerged:

"Void Luminous Scaled Wanderer."

"Rare mount."

"This is a noble steed that can freely traverse sea, land, air, and even the universe."

"Its memory lasts only 7 seconds, so there's no need to worry about exposing any secrets while riding it."

"—A sincere overture from Emperor Bai."

On the card, the fish noticed Wu Dade looking at it and immediately waved its fins, uttering a respectful voice:

"Honored sir, from now on, I shall be your exclusive mount. Please call upon me whenever you need."

"Good."

Wu Dade responded.

This card was exquisitely beautiful, and it felt nice in hand; the fish was exceptionally pretty as well.

So, he touched it a few more times.

Only to hear the fish look at him and say again:

"Honored sir, from now on, I shall be your exclusive mount. Please call upon me whenever you need."

Wu Dade remained silent.

It seemed its memory really only lasted seven seconds.

He put the mount card away, slowly sat down in the chair, and closed his eyes as if sinking into deep thought.

Two lines of small text appeared beside him:

"Would you like to save here?"

"If you save here, next time you use this 'Super Shadow Followers' card, it will start from here."

Elsewhere.

In front of the screen.

Wu Xiaode pressed "Yes."

The Wu Dade on the screen began to fade away.

Ultimately—

He transformed into a Super Shadow Followers card, appearing in front of Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode set down the game controller and casually flipped open the Book of the Dead, placing this card inside it.

Remembering the words of Emperor Bai, he flicked through the pages, directly turning to the "Initial" sequence page.

There, Little Black lay motionless in the middle of the page.

The flames swirling around it emitted a quiet hum, reminiscent of someone's snore while sleeping.

In the blank space of the page, a prompt rune had already appeared:

"Epic task begins!"

"Head south to the Red Canyon, champion!"

"There, a Divine Weapon from the Pangu Era is about to emerge; it will undoubtedly merge its power with yours during the sequence, enhancing your combat capabilities."

"If you miss this opportunity, the Divine Weapon will return to the divine warriors and dissolve completely into World Source Power."

Before Wu Xiaode could speak, Little Black, as if awakened, trembled slightly, and produced a line of response on its side:

"No going!"

"We are going to slack off!"

Having done this, Little Black fell silent again.

No more prompt runes popped up on the page.

—As if the epic task hadn't anticipated being treated this way, it seemed somewhat at a loss.

The corners of Wu Xiaode's mouth curved up slightly.

Indeed.

What does it matter about some Divine Weapon, when one's own life is of greater importance?

Besides.

The ring from the Oblivion River he held had already activated a highly rare countermeasure.

—A countermeasure from the past Pangu.

As long as the sequence continued to slack off, he and the sequence would keep receiving gifts.

If the Divine Weapon fused, then let it be.

Who knows what present would turn up directly in front of him tomorrow, wouldn't that be even more delightful?

The immediate priority was another matter—

To practice that Hongmeng Fist Skill, he needed to bathe, burn incense, pray, and meditate.

The prompt rune stated there would be countless unexpected obstacles preventing him from completing this process.

Wu Xiaode casually released a simple Water Summoning Spell.

The moment the water appeared, a large section of roof tiles fell directly from the roof of the house, scattering the water stream.

Wu Xiaode summoned water again.

From the sky, a column of fire shot down, narrowly missing Wu Xiaode.

The water naturally extinguished.

Wu Xiaode decided not to summon any more.

From the first attempt, he had already failed three times.

He must think of another method.

A method...

As he was pondering silently, he saw Little Black tremble lightly on the Book of the Dead and tap him between the eyebrows.

"What were you just doing?"

Little Black transmitted its thoughts.

For this sequence, which he had personally crafted to slack off and upgrade, Wu Xiaode naturally had nothing to hide and directly explained what he was doing.

"Oh, I see."

Little Black landed on the page, trembling continuously, seemingly contemplating something.

It seemed to have figured something out and quickly controlled the flames around it, forming a line of text:

"I ate a Fire Giant yesterday, and it took me a whole day to absorb it. Now, I can evolve."

"Since the champion is facing difficulties—"

"Then, let me think about what I should evolve into."

"Wait, aren't you supposed to be slacking off? You can still decide your own evolutionary path?" Wu Xiaode exclaimed in surprise.

"Normally, I would have to keep getting stronger, but that all requires completing various epic tasks—since you made me slack off without accepting any tasks, I can do it this way," explained Little Black.

On the page, all the small texts disappeared.

Little Black completely absorbed the flames surrounding it.

The upgrade began.

Wu Xiaode couldn't help but feel a bit sentimental.

This sequence, slacking off and yet evolving!

Who knew if following his lead in slacking off would result in growing twisted.

But then they heard a "pop" sound.

On the page, Little Black suddenly expanded, changed shape rapidly, and assembled into a small black cabin in a moment.

A sign hung on the door of the cabin:

"Champion's Prep Room."

"—No hurry, before the show starts, we need to prepare earnestly (actually, we are slacking off—whispering).