Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

Mysterious life raised the giant blade high, took a deep breath.

"It seems you choose to die."

His soul power bar shrank by another third, his entire body's killing intent locked onto Wu Xiaode, scattering with the fall of the giant blade.

In the blink of an eye—

Wu Xiaode reached out and lightly touched the void.

The sweeping Golden Light cut a gash in his hand, and just as it was about to delve deeper, he deftly avoided it with a turn of his hand.

"Leave."

He slapped the Eternal Guardian Rope at his waist.

A powerful pulling force assaulted him, dragging his entire person through the lengthy tunnel until he once again stood before the giant metallic mechanical gate.

Drip-drip.

The blood from his palm slowly dripped down.

Wu Xiaode remained silent.

Yet the Fire Dragon on his right arm spoke:

"Done!"

"With your blood, I've memorized this Golden Sharp Energy, just let it come at you again and I will surely help you deal with it."

The Water Dragon on his left arm said:

"Are you up to it? That weapon possesses the Power of Eternity, it's very strong!"

"What, you doubt my strength?" the Fire Dragon said dissatisfied.

"It's not about doubt, but this young brother here only has one life. To be on the safe side, we should both go at it, how about that?" the Water Dragon said.

"Then you go ahead," said the Fire Dragon, resigned.

As they spoke, a flying shadow approached from the end of the tunnel.

—It was that Mysterious life!

He let out a fierce laugh, raising the giant blade and said:

"No escape now, ant!"

Wu Xiaode suddenly threw a punch through the air.

The giant blade, faster than the Mysterious life's reaction, instantly came down horizontally, blocking in front of the Mysterious life's chest.

Thud.

A dull sound, as the Mysterious life, along with the blade, was sent flying three to four meters away.

But after all, the punch had been blocked!

"Is that all you've got? My blade can attack and defend; you won't hit me."

The Mysterious life shook his head and said.

He once again raised his blade and charged at Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode stood his ground, adopting a stance, and as the giant blade fell, he remained unmoving.

He punched.

Boom!!!

The entire giant blade was blasted apart by the punch, shattering into scattered fragments that shot off in all directions.

There wasn't even a red mark on Wu Xiaode's fist.

The Mysterious life stumbled back two steps, exclaimed in shock:

"Impossible, this is a Legendary weapon, how could it shatter!"

The Fire Dragon on Wu Xiaode's right arm spoke: "With your blood, I have seen through your weapon—"

"Its material is nothing more than tarnished iron, infused with a strand of special Power, making it so strong."

The Water Dragon also spoke: "Fire overcomes metal. Originally it would've taken just the Fire Dragon to handle it, but to be cautious, I also exerted my power, creating a high-frequency fundamental Law that could completely obliterate that blade—"

"What?" The Mysterious life couldn't help but ask.

"Thermal expansion and contraction!" both dragons exclaimed in unison.

A line of ice crystal characters emerged in the void:

"The Supreme Fire Spell erupted its divine flames 185 million times, the Jiuyou Kan Water Spell erupted Oblivion River's icy cold 250 million times, each acting on different points of the opponent's weapon, causing it to self-destruct."

A cold light condensed in Wu Xiaode's eyes.

His fist moved.

—"Tai Chu"!

A punch aimed straight at the opponent's face was parried.

The Mysterious life shouted: "You think—"

Suddenly he erupted in a cry of pain.

The arms he used to block had been broken!

Wherever Wu Xiaode's punch landed, that was the critical point!

As if in fast-forward—

Wu Xiaode lunged forward suddenly, grabbing the other's neck and pushing him to the ground, fists raised, smashing directly into his face.

The ground trembled.

White dust rose from the ground.

Thump thump thump thump thump—

Wu Xiaode's hands struck the Mysterious life like afterimages.

The Mysterious life let out a fierce shriek and heavy black shadows streamed from his body, each transforming into human figures.

"Mere resentful spirits, scatter your souls!"

The scolding voice of the Kan and Li dragons resounded like thunder.

A line of ice crystal characters instantly appeared:

"The Heavenly Dragon exorcises evil, having already dispersed the thirty-six resentful spirits summoned by this skin!"

Expressionless, Wu Xiaode grabbed the Mysterious life and asked indifferently:

"How do you want to die."

"You can't kill me... if I die, your humans will destroy an entire city. I guarantee it," the Mysterious life gasped out.

"Threatening me?" Wu Xiaode said.

There was a flash of smugness in the Mysterious life's eyes as he spoke, "It's the ironclad rule all we Mysterious lives must abide by, just established—"

Wu Xiaode threw him to the ground and said impatiently, "What Mysterious life, what ironclad rule, I can't understand a word, you must be insane."

"Besides, I won't kill you with my hands."

He kept punching down, one punch after another.

At first, the opponent tried to resist, but no matter how he defended, it was useless—the blood kept spilling faster and faster until he could no longer defent at all.

Fierce, storm-like fists constantly slammed into the mysterious life form's body.

The ground shook relentlessly.

Finally.

The opponent's blood bar was empty.

The battle was over.

The body of the mysterious life form lay across the ground, blood splattering everywhere.

It was still clinging to its last breath.

"How pitiful," you are desperately keeping your eyes open, trying to hang onto that breath, but have you ever thought that every person you killed felt just as hopeless as you do now?"

Wu Xiaode said.

The mysterious life form's eyes widened, still refusing to die.

For the first time as a mysterious creature, it experienced what death and fear were like for all living beings.

Atop Wu Xiaode's shoulders, two dragons had been coldly observing all along.

Only then did the Water Dragon finally express admiration:

"This young lad is so ruthless in a fight at such a young age, which really pleases me."

The Fire Dragon laughed and said, "The main reason is that the world is too chaotic. If we were in an era of peace, I think he would have been a lawyer or a doctor, without the need for such fighting."

"I hope that when the peaceful era arrives, he won't need to call upon us anymore," said the Water Dragon.

The two dragons transformed into a blue and a red streak of light, disappearing into the Void.

Only Wu Xiaode was left standing in front of the dying mysterious life form.

The Book of the Dead quietly appeared, rapidly flipping open to the page of Little Black.

A message came from Little Black:

"Attention!"

"We've got work to do!"

Wu Xiaode silently inquired, "What happened?"

Little Black replied, "You are the first human to load the Heavenly Realm Skin, and this matter must have some coverup—Here it comes!"

It suddenly disappeared from the page.

At the same time.

The Void in front of Wu Xiaode suddenly opened up.

Phenomena suddenly emerged—

The entire underground passage transformed into a world agleam with thunder and lightning.

Within the destructive Thunder Light, a book quietly materialized.

Wu Xiaode looked at that book and suddenly remembered.

— The Law!

Indeed, this book was the one that The Queen Mother of the West and the other gods had used when they descended to the Lower Realm to preside over everything!

This book merely floated in place, yet it seemed capable of destroying everything.

Words of thunder and lightning flew from the book, hovering in front of Wu Xiaode:

"In recognition of your meritorious actions in protecting living beings, you are awarded the Divine Position in Heaven:"

"Water and Fire Child of Kunlun Mountain."

"Do all that is good, refrain from all that is evil, and be mindful of your actions!"

All the words disappeared in a flash.

The Fire Dragon and the Water Dragon emerged again, circling Wu Xiaode several times, roaring loudly, then vanished into the Void.

All phenomena disappeared.

It was finished!

Thoughts raced through Wu Xiaode's mind, and he quickly realized.

This move was brilliant.

It first showed that he rightfully acquired the Heavenly Realm Skin to avoid future suspicions.

Then it demonstrated that to obtain the Heavenly Realm Skin, one must earn something.

— Merit!

This was virtually the Achilles' heel of mysterious life forms!

How could they amass Merit if they sought to harm humans and destroy the civilizations of all beings?

Their skin could only become more inclined towards evil.

This was an overt scheme that left the mysterious creatures utterly without recourse!

Now it was time for the final step.

Wu Xiaode clenched his fist, ready to finish off the mysterious life form on the ground, when he suddenly said:

"Right, I can't kill you."

His expression became solemn as he chanted, "Eternal Guardian Ritual, commence."

In an instant.

The surroundings turned into darkness.

A sacrificial altar appeared before Wu Xiaode's eyes.

"This living being possesses a rather valuable skin, I believe it's called a Demon or something like that, I offer it to the Divine-given Sequence!"

Wu Xiaode declared loudly.

The altar fell silent for a moment.

But Wu Xiaode knew that it was all just an illusion.

The true controller of the Divine-given Sequence—

The Divine-given Sequence Beast was right in front of him!

"Come on, the skin on this fellow is quite pricey, its strength is not bad either, and it even holds countless wailing souls, it is surely worthy of offering to the grand Sequence."

Wu Xiaode coaxed.

Suddenly.

A voice of solemn and majestic tone sounded from the altar:

"Mortal, your sacrifice is indeed valuable, but the Eternal Holy ones desire your power even more."

"Oh? The Holy ones want it?" Wu Xiaode exclaimed in surprise.

The voice continued, "Yes, mortal, you now have the right to offer all of your power with the utmost devout heart, thereby earning the favor of the Sequence and the Holy."

Wu Xiaode smirked and said, "Go fuck your mother's egg."