Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

"Slow down! We can talk about this, Night King!"

Emperor Bai retreated backward, shouting loudly.

The Night King, without uttering a word, advanced aggressively.

His two subordinates, both Netherworld ghost soldiers, now flanked Wu Dade from the left and right.

A fight of life and death was about to erupt!

In this brief moment, it seemed that there was nothing left to consider apart from the battle.

However, Wu Xiaode, hiding in the corner and clutching the game controller, revealed a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Something wasn't right.

He always felt that something was off.

—His countless battles had proven his freakish level of combat sharpness.

This time, he felt like he smelled something off about this soon-to-unfold battle.

Past scenes flashed quickly through Wu Xiaode's mind.

Before the Wind Disaster—

Emperor Bai had parted with him in this bar, rushing to Red Canyon thirty thousand miles away.

Back then, they had agreed to meet again.

Thus, he had memorized the spatial coordinates to teleport back to the bar, which was not an issue.

What about the Night King?

The Night King had no significant ties to this town.

Why would he also teleport to the bar at this moment?

And—

Just when Emperor Bai was severely injured and had few people around him?

Could this be a coincidence?

No.

There are no such coincidences in the world.

This looked very much like a premeditated assassination.

So…

Wu Xiaode instinctively looked towards Emperor Bai's attendant.

The attendant had just appeared and immediately collapsed to the ground, motionless.

So this was another doubt.

If he were the Night King, he would kill this unconscious attendant first.

Because it's an unpredictable element on the battlefield!

Who knows whether he is truly unconscious or just pretending?

If truly unconscious, it's better to kill him to reduce the number of enemies.

This way, the battle will have fewer uncontrollable factors.

But if this attendant is only pretending to be unconscious—

It's even more necessary to strike first and kill him!

But the Night King didn't do that.

The Night King preferred to have his two subordinates attack Wu Dade together rather than directly eliminate this guy lying on the ground.

—This is Emperor Bai's subordinate!

Why not eliminate him?

It might sound slow, but these jumbled thoughts flashed through Wu Xiaode's mind.

The moment passed.

He moved his hand.

He saw him controlling the game controller with one hand to make Wu Dade retreat backward, while his other hand clenched into a fist and struck at the unconscious attendant on the ground.

Soul-shattering Fist!

This was the boxing technique "Old Gangster" evolved into, hitting the target from a distance, and confusing them upon impact.

The attendant, hit by the punch, jumped up from the ground and suddenly held up a submachine gun!

The gun barrel pointed at Emperor Bai, with fingers pressing on the trigger, almost ready to fire.

"Red Scatter, you—" Emperor Bai exclaimed in anger and shock.

The Night King also timely sidestepped, giving the attendant a clear line of sight for shooting, and shouted loudly:

"Kill him!"

But the attendant did not make a move.

He stood there, motionless.

—Hit by the Soul-shattering Fist, even if you are the Heavenly King, you'd still be confused for 5 seconds!

A flicker of enlightenment crossed Wu Xiaode's eyes.

So this attendant was the Night King's man!

Carrying a submachine gun and lying on the ground, he not only led the Night King to Emperor Bai but was also ready to open fire at any moment!

"If the situation continues like this, won't it make the Night King the winner?" Wu Xiaode thought to himself.

Suddenly, a golden flag materialized behind him.

The Quicksand Flag.

Wu Xiaode grabbed the flag and swung it hard—

"Quicksand Traverse" activated!

This ability could return to a moment in the Pangu Era.

Whether it was the last destruction of Pangu or this awakening of Pangu, both belonged to the prelude of the Pangu Era!

The difference was, last time, the prelude moved toward Eternal Ascension.

This time, the prelude was reversing.

Countless golden sands dispersed from the great flag, spreading like a waterfall in the Void.

In an instant.

The Night King, Emperor Bai, and their attendant all disappeared.

Time reversed.

Five hours earlier.

The bar was silent.

Thump.

A loud noise came from outside the door.

Wu Xiaode collected the Flowing Sand Flag and walked straight to the door, gently opening it a crack to pull in a steel plate.

After that, he immediately shut the door and locked it.

He held the steel plate and placed it in the center of the room.

There were four other steel plates here.

—Over the past five days, Pangu's gifts had all been these "special grade steel plates."

A line of small text appeared beside these steel plates:

"Special steel plate."

"Because it accidentally contains some unknown elements, it can be used to temporarily withstand the true Wind Disaster."

—The sandstorm outside was called the true Wind Disaster.

It seemed to be a type of apocalyptic disaster even more severe than the Wind Calamity.

Wu Xiaode, after a brief contemplation, gathered all five steel plates and went straight to Shen Feixue's basement.

At this moment, the Mobile Battle Armor was not yet scrapped.

Wu Xiaode directly took out the Mobile Battle Armor and placed it on the machine table.

"Using just these five steel plates to piece together a movable small fortress is a laughable idea," he said.

"After all, there are so many ghosts."

"Wu Dade has to deal with both the Wind Disaster and the tide-like Ghost King, completely overwhelmed."

Wu Xiaode thought to himself, making light gestures on the Mobile Battle Armor.

"Thinking back carefully…"

"The parts of the Battle Armor that are attacked the most are the chest, back, legs, and arms."

"Modifying the steel plates to attach to the Mobile Battle Armor as additional armor is the most practical choice."

No sooner said than done!

Wu Xiaode pressed various buttons by the machine table, starting to cut and weld the steel plates.

This work was not difficult.

However, Wu Xiaode referred to the various inherited knowledge he had acquired and picked a spell for Artifact Refining from the jade mountain, engraving some runes on the steel plates.

It must be said, the Artifact Refining method from the Flower Sect had unique advantages.

After the whole Mecha was welded with steel armor, the dense runes on it conjured up beautiful snowflakes, resembling artworks.

Even a large plate on the chest of the Mecha displayed a line of text:

"Produced by the Brothel, assured to be a fine product."

Brothel…

Why would a sect have such a name like 'Brothel'?

—No matter, as long as it is useful!

Wu Xiaode summoned Wu Dade once again.

Healing.

Resting.

Once Wu Dade had fully recovered, Wu Xiaode controlled him to enter the cockpit of the Mecha.

This time he had learned from previous lessons.

"Thinking about it carefully, your role is not to fight, but to help me lure monsters…"

Wu Xiaode climbed onto the Mecha, wrapping the "Eternal Guardian Rope" around its iron arms.

He tried to operate the Mobile Battle Armor to use this rope.

After several attempts, he gradually became proficient.

"We are ready, let's go!"

Wu Xiaode pressed the transmission button on the machine table.

The transmission machinery started operating

The steel Mecha instantly moved along the conveyor belt through the channel and arrived at the outer departure chamber.

The channel closed.

The departure chamber's doors opened.

Roaring—

The steel Mecha burst out of the doors, striding majestically toward the Hell Rift outside the town.

The wind and sand whipped against it, making a tinkle like a hitting sound.

But this time, with the special steel plates covering several critical parts of the Mobile Battle Armor, it was completely unafraid of the sandstorm.

"Dade, the equipment's name's 'Solitary Seater of the Abyss,'" Wu Xiaode commanded.

The Mecha paused for a moment, then continued moving forward.

—This was an exclusive name from the Fishing Sequence, which could make any existing being unable to recognize, ignore, or even consider the owner of the name as kin.

Special steel plates + Eternal Guardian Rope + Solitary Seater of the Abyss.

This time, Wu Xiaode was fully prepared!

—Emperor Bai was already a Ghost General, and the Night King's skin seemed even tougher.

He was still just a "Watering Warrior."

He needed to quickly enhance his skin before they arrive at the bar!

Thud, thud, thud,

The steel Mecha ran to the edge of the Hell Rift, gradually slowing down.

"Good, let's approach slowly…let's see if we can catch a ghost creature to bring back…"

Wu Xiaode manipulated the gaming controller, making Wu Dade's movements increasingly cautious and slow.

The several-meter-tall steel Mecha stood at the edge of the rift.

It crouched down, sticking its rear end out, and stealthily peeked into the rift.

Inside the rift, flames roared, and countless ghost creatures lay on the rocky walls, as if hibernating.

The Mobile Battle Armor, so gentle and discreet, was not noticed by the ghost creatures above peeking into their lair with the power of "Solitary Seater of the Abyss" at play.

The steel Mecha looked around, feeling the position was not advantageous, stood up, tiptoed, and quietly moved to another spot to continue observing.

It constantly changed positions.

Finally.

On a section of the rock wall where the ghost creatures were sparse, it spotted a slightly larger ghost creature.

This ghost creature was alone, its eyes closed, deep in slumber.

Good!

You are the one!

The steel Mecha unfurled the Eternal Guardian Rope from its hand, quickly tying a lasso.

—Ready to lay the trap!