Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

Mining area.

The Void opens.

Wu Xiaode casually used a basic Magic to summon a Water Element, washing off the bloodstains on his body.

The shovel was still stuck in the ground.

—Those people haven't returned yet.

The entire mining area was silent.

Wu Xiaode fell into deep thought.

In fact, the Gold given by Blood Youth back then amounted to one trillion tons.

Working with Satan and Jiang Shanglan to plan the tournament, he earned another big sum.

Although some of it was spent here and there, it was just a drop in the bucket.

Now, he's acquired another ninety million kilograms of Gold.

The money is basically sufficient.

The important thing is, how to gain higher authority in the Council.

Strength...

This is an indispensable factor.

Wu Xiaode looked towards the Void.

The Evil Spirit Book had already opened, revealing lines of ice crystal-like small characters:

"You killed a powerful Mysterious life."

"Your title 'Holy Demon Lord' activated, absorbing all the opponent's Power."

"Current all attributes +1."

Just +1?

...Well, it's okay, once the Pangu World skin is out, generally, increasing 1 attribute point is very difficult.

Next—

Just waiting for the Jiuyao Sequence to assign a task.

Wu Xiaode was contemplating this when suddenly he heard a commotion from the direction of the platform.

Looking back, he saw that all the miners had returned.

They surrounded Wu Xiaode in a circle, enclosing him in the middle.

"Kid, what did you dig up?"

"Understand, there are so many of us, and only one of you, quickly tell the truth!"

"Don't deny it, or we'll kill you!"

"You alone can't beat so many of us."

The crowd talked over each other.

Wu Xiaode smiled and said:

"Do you really want to know? Fine, I can tell you, but there's a price to learning this."

Seven or eight minutes later.

The burly man also returned to the mining area.

He saw his master standing amidst the blood and debris on the ground, holding his chin, looking disappointed, saying:

"Increased by 0.5? Seems so arrogant, yet so useless."

Apart from the master, there were no living people in the entire mining area.

The burly man couldn't help but shiver.

He shivered and then froze.

—What was his body doing just now?

It would be years later before he understood what kind of human-level emotion his body just experienced.

"Master, I've returned," said the burly man.

Wu Xiaode had already seen him and nodded, saying:

"It's all over now, thanks to you for luring them away."

"It was my duty, Master," said the burly man.

Wu Xiaode pondered for a moment, then said:

"Follow me."

He led the burly man towards the depths of the mining area.

Suddenly.

Glowing small characters appeared in front of them:

"Apart from some Gold, there's nothing more to mine in the current mining area."

Wu Xiaode stopped in his tracks, displeased, said: "That's not right, this brother by my side has fought life and death with me and will take on great responsibilities in the future, and yet you tell me he gets nothing?"

The sequence did not respond.

"How about this, I'll put up ten million kilograms of Gold, you give me something else, my subordinates need to grow stronger too," Wu Xiaode suggested.

Still no response from the sequence.

Wu Xiaode said, "More people means greater Power, two fists can't handle four hands, that's the simplest logic—I'll give twenty million!"

There was still no response.

"Thirty million! No more than thirty million, if you really don't give me anything, I'll go to the Holy Side to buy," said Wu Xiaode.

Quickly, a line of glowing small characters appeared:

"Deal, place your Gold on the prompt rune to complete this transaction."

Wu Xiaode placed his hand on the glowing small characters, releasing thirty million kilograms of Gold.

The characters, like a different dimension in the Void, directly swallowed up all the Gold.

A line of new glowing small characters appeared:

"A treasure has been refreshed in the rock wall thirty meters to your left, suitable for your follower to use."

Wu Xiaode strode over and forcefully shoveled with his shovel.

Crash—

The rock wall crumbled.

An object rolled down.

Wu Xiaode took a closer look and found that it was a dark tower shield.

The tower shield stood almost as tall as a person, its surface etched with dense black runes, emanating a faint, cold light.

It lay on the ground, emitting a series of whispering sounds from within.

A line of prompt rune appeared beside the tower shield:

"Multiple Whispers Dark Wall."

"Emerging Entities of Multiple Symbiotic Souls."

"Description: Each block is a guaranteed hit, but it will cause some damage to this shield; when the shield is completely damaged, it can no longer block."

"Every 24 hours, the shield completes a self-repair."

Wu Xiaode directly tossed the tower shield to the strongman, casually saying:

"Take it, you also need some equipment to protect yourself."

The strongman steadily caught the tower shield, a look of gratitude appearing on his face.

Under the witness of the Jiuyao Sequence, he was actually already the servant of the other party, and he had to listen to everything the other party said.

If it weren't for this, he'd be dead long ago.

After all, in the mysterious world, killing is just the most commonplace thing.

But——

The other party specially got him a treasure.

It seems that as the master continually grows stronger, he can also survive and grow!

Such a big shot is definitely worth following!

The strongman pulled the strap on the back of the tower shield and slung it over his shoulder, saying boldly:

"Master, what do we do now?"

"Wait," Wu Xiaode said.

"Wait?"

"Yes, the sequence has some arrangements."

"Damn sequence," the strongman cursed, "we were obviously in slumber, hadn't even gained power yet, and suddenly became human, forced to fight and kill each other here."

"Don't say that, maybe this is a test from the sequence." Wu Xiaode said, giving him a look.

——The sequence can appear at any moment.

Talking about it like this behind its back, do you still want the shield in your hands?

Only then did the strongman reluctantly shut his mouth.

Suddenly.

Lines of glowing text floated before them:

"Overall strategic goals have been decomposed into various tasks."

"You and your servant are currently assigned to a large collective exploration task:"

"In-depth exploration of the Icy Waterfall Grotto Heaven."

"Description: At the dawn of Pangu World, many Grotto Heavens were buried by Saints. Inside, there are divine pillars that can connect with Void Storage World."

"Go to the platform outside to wait for the arrival of the minecart; it will take you to the Icy Waterfall Grotto Heaven to find one of the Void Divine Pillar Card Sets."

Large collective exploration task...

That means, apart from themselves, there are others participating in the exploration.

It seems this Icy Waterfall Grotto Heaven is not simple.

Wu Xiaode and the strongman turned and left, heading directly back to the platform.

The two waited for a while.

A minecart sped from the depths of darkness.

"Let's go, have a look."

Wu Xiaode jumped onto the minecart.

The strongman hurriedly set the tower shield behind him and followed with a leap.

The minecart took them, not slowing down at all, continuing to plunge along the dark track, gaining speed.

Who knows how long it has been.

The surrounding temperature got lower and colder, with a faint roaring water sound coming from the front.

The minecart gradually slowed down and stopped at the edge of a cliff.

Only to see there were already quite a few people here, completely indifferent to the arrival of Wu Xiaode and his servant, all looking across the cliff.

A long icy waterfall hung on the majestic cliff opposite, occasionally emitting cold air into the void.

A turbulent underground river lay beneath the waterfall.

Lines of glowing text floated beside the waterfall:

"Icy Waterfall Grotto Heaven."

"The first person to enter the Grotto Heaven will receive a task reward."

We're at the destination.

But why hasn't anyone gone in?

Wu Xiaode looked up along the waterfall, raising his gaze, and couldn't help but shudder.

Only to see a massive dragon head hanging from the incredibly high cliff.

The water flowed through its slightly open mouth, instantly turning into a frost flow scattering cold air, cascading down three thousand feet.

A dense cluster of prompt runes emerged from the void:

"You heard the sound of frosty snowy water flows."

"All water sounds originated from underground flows passing through the dragon's mouth, due to which all water sounds created random Dragon Curse effects."

"You were hit by the Shadow Grey Dragon God Curse and are currently in paralysis status, lasting 12 seconds."

Suddenly, Wu Xiaode felt his whole body in a numb, tingling state.

——Although unable to move, it's unexpectedly a bit fun.

Other mysterious lives standing around were also unable to move.

They might not have been hit by paralysis-type Dragon Curses, but looking at their constipated expressions shows the curses they received aren't simple either.

Wu Xiaode couldn't help but gaze closely at the dragon head.

Only to see the dragon head's eyes squinting, sometimes opening, sometimes closing; a rumbling sound coming from its nostrils.

——Turns out it is sleeping!

Wu Xiaode felt a wave of amazement.

What a powerful dragon this is, who knows whether it's inclined towards mysterious, or inclined towards Pangu.

Ah.

It is sleeping.

In such a crucial moment of world transformation, it's sleeping!

...So it must be in the neutral faction?