Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

Wu Xiaode took a sip of his chilled beer.

After a short nap, having a drink can really relieve fatigue.

——This beer is part of Baoya's collection.

Baoya likes to drink human beverages, and his storage space is filled with all sorts of drinks.

"Boss, this mining cart is moving really slowly, I wonder where it's taking us."

Baoya looked around cautiously and said.

He held a bottle of vinegar in his hand and took a sip occasionally, his face twitching, but after the twitching, he looked as if he was enjoying it.

According to him, this drink packs a punch.

Wu Xiaode, being a mysterious lifeform that recently turned human, naturally couldn't show that he understood these things.

He could only let Baoya continue drinking the vinegar.

Big Banana explained, "Probably because there's no urgent task for us, so it's moving slowly. Don't worry."

Big Banana was holding a tin bucket of gasoline.

According to him, this drink is even stronger than what Baoya had.

Because not only is it packaged in metal, but it's also big.

Big means you can speak louder.

Most importantly, drinking this stuff deducts health points.

Apart from Brother Jiao drinking it without a change in expression, who else would dare try it?

Wu Xiaode looked at him, then at Baoya.

These two underlings were bold.

Not only were the mysterious lifeforms in the same cart intimidated, but even human strongmen would likely be intimidated too.

——Anyway, there's no need to integrate into human society, so be it.

Wu Xiaode was silently pondering, when suddenly a few lines of glowing small characters appeared before him:

"Temporary Deployment:"

"Execution Committee Chairman Ostos has summoned you to the Ice Waterfall Grotto Heaven for a reconnaissance mission."

"Do you accept?"

Accept my ass.

The fairies are part of my Ning Shen Temple, and you think they have no talent for fun when you mess with their boss in front of them?

Now that you're stuck, you want me to be cannon fodder.

Wu Xiaode chuckled and said warmly:

"No, they said they booked the place. I'm just a council member, so scared."

Another line of glowing small characters appeared:

"Ostos has a very high authority within the Jiuyao, if you refuse, please be mindful of his further actions towards you."

Wu Xiaode thought seriously for a moment and said:

"Oh."

The glowing small characters no longer appeared.

Wu Xiaode forced himself to calm down and silently pondered his situation.

——If Ostos wanted to retaliate, the sequence would definitely listen to him.

Is there any way to get out of this situation?

Wu Xiaode was silently thinking of a way when suddenly those glowing small characters appeared again:

"Execution Committee Chairman Ostos has used his authority to alter your function."

"You have been kicked out of the Council."

"You have become an ordinary member of the Jiuyao Sequence, unable to be promoted for three years."

"Ostos has used his merits to arbitrate your actions."

"Your charge is passive negligence."

"You now have a chance to defend yourself."

Wu Xiaode was stunned.

This could happen?

He thought for a moment and said, "I opened the Grotto Heaven, that can't be denied, right? And he's the one who kicked me out, can't the sequence testify for me?"

Waited for a moment.

Several lines of glowing small characters quietly appeared:

"Based on the arbitration opinion of the Execution Committee, the arbitration result has appeared:"

"Regardless of what you did before, you refused to continue the reconnaissance mission at the Ice Waterfall Grotto Heaven."

"You are deemed as passively negligent."

"Now your title 'Holy Song Demon Lord' is revoked."

Wu Xiaode silently looked at this result.

At the same time, the Book of the Dead opened, showing another additional consequence.

All his attributes have been decreased by 1.5.

——This was earned under the title's blessing when defeating enemies, now it's all gone.

"Jiuyao, I believe I have done meritorious deeds, and you're letting them deal with me like this? Who would dare to venture into the Grotto Heaven in the future?"

Wu Xiaode said calmly.

Another few lines of glowing small characters appeared:

"You have yet to earn any merits."

"This sequence operates fairly based on the amount of merit, without any violations."

"If you are dissatisfied with this sequence, you can file an arbitration request with the Execution Committee arbitration members."

Wu Xiaode glanced at it, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face.

"How can I earn merits?"

He asked.

A line of glowing small characters explained:

"Only by being promoted to a High-level member can you accept merit tasks."

Very well.

Three years of no promotion.

Every path to ascend is blocked.

The Void flickered, forming a light screen that appeared in front of Wu Xiaode.

Ostos appeared on the screen, his face sullen, exuding a murderous intent.

His gaze swept over and immediately saw the two people next to Wu Xiaode, seeing them drinking vinegar and guzzling gasoline.

Ostos burst into laughter.

"Haha, I wondered why you dared to reject my offer, turns out you and your subordinates are both brain-damaged."

"Insignificant beings like you don't even deserve to die by my hand."

"I'll just give you that certain-death task, and you can walk into your doom yourselves."

After speaking, he directly closed the light screen.

The world returned to darkness.

On the mining cart, others silently distanced themselves from Wu Xiaode and his two companions.

Baoya calmly took a sip of vinegar and said:

"Boss, someone's plotting against you."

"Are you scared?" Wu Xiaode asked.

Baoya grinned, just about to speak, when Big Banana immediately stood up, patted his chest and said:

"Whoever dares to fight with our boss has to step over my dead body first."

"And me too." Baoya said.

He looked at everyone else, a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes.

These mediocre people can't even hold onto a powerful leg, let alone show their value.

This way, you'll forever be just a small fish.

Having witnessed the cycle of life and death countless times in the Mysterious Sea, he felt that this was his chance. Winning would make him a master; losing would just mean the same end as everyone else!

Thinking this, his spirits soared.

Wu Xiaode looked at the two, momentarily at a loss for words.

The sequence was communicating with him earlier, so they didn't know who his enemy was.

Otherwise, they might have already been scared stiff.

—But there's no need to tell them.

As a leader, how could he boost others' confidence while diminishing his own strength?

Especially when his followers were so full of fighting spirit.

At this moment, glowing small words appeared before the three of them:

"According to Execution Committee Chairman Ostos' opinion, the legendary mission has been activated for you three."

"Mission: Ancient Awakening."

"Legendary, unique mission."

"In a distant past when Pangu first faced destruction, he transformed his power into a deck of cards."

"All is ready."

"You need to infiltrate the human alliance, earn the trust of their masters, and explore the secret of Pangu with them, trying to seize this deck."

"Since ancient times, this mission has failed 654,767,651,234 times."

"Please proceed with caution."

"This is a joint mission, the hidden sequence will contact you and provide necessary aid."

A hidden sequence!

A spirit light suddenly flashed in Wu Xiaode's mind.

Exactly.

So far, he knew six sequences: Dark Night, Sage, Divine Gift, Miracle, Glory, and Jiuyao.

Where are the other three sequences?

If he switched to another sequence, wouldn't Ostos lose his control over him through Jiuyao?

But…

He had never encountered the remaining three sequences.

Could this hidden sequence be one of them?

Perhaps he could harness the power of this sequence to escape Jiuyao and avoid Ostos' target!

In this sense, Wu Xiaode was even somewhat welcoming of this mission.

However—

He looked back at Big Banana and Fang.

One held a bottle of vinegar, the other a can of gasoline.

—Bringing these two to infiltrate the human camp?

The other side would definitely notice immediately!

Ostos probably recognized this, so he didn't even bother with further framing, directly tossing this mission out.

Wu Xiaode was contemplating when another mining cart slowly approached through the darkness.

A line of glowing small words appeared before them:

"Please board the cart, the legendary mission is about to begin."

Fang, having seen the earlier failure count, was already a bit nervous.

"Brother Big Banana, can we do this?"

He asked anxiously.

"Don't worry," Big Banana gave him a hearty pat on the back, "with the boss leading us, what's there to fear!"

Considering Wu Xiaode's skills, Fang felt a bit more confident.

"Right, let's go."

He was the first to jump onto the cart.

Wu Xiaode and Big Banana also got on the cart.

The two mining carts parted ways, heading in different directions.

In the darkness.

The cart's speed increased rapidly.

Two more lines of glowing small words appeared before them:

"From now on, this sequence will separate from you, maintaining isolation to prevent humans from discovering your specifics."

"Please be cautious."

All small words disappeared.

The Book of the Dead opened, and Little Black sent a message to Wu Xiaode:

"It has left."

Wu Xiaode nodded silently.

Good.

With one less observer, now he could—

Just as he was thinking this, Little Black jumped once more, sending another thought:

"Someday, we're going to take down that guy who's giving you trouble, aren't we?"

"Yeah." Wu Xiaode replied lightly.

In an instant, Little Black vanished from the pages.

After a moment.

It reappeared on the pages, with lines of small words alongside:

"—Today, the cold currents surged chaotically, the Evil Dragon pretended to sleep, and this sequence joined forces with the champion to absorb dragon energy, pummeling the sleeping dragon, venting a bit, in preparation for the future battle."

"Pangu's power, I shall take it at will, without specific bounds."

"'Lying Flat' Level 3 evolution begins!"

"Note: This 'Level 3' has no ambiguity, it's an official 'Level 3'."

All small words flashed and vanished.

Little Black stopped moving.

—It began to sleep, preparing to evolve.

Wu Xiaode looked into the depth of the darkness.

This legendary mission had never succeeded.

But—

Since Jiuyao wasn't around to monitor him, there was hope.

"Boss, we need to disguise ourselves as humans, but I don't know much about humans."

Fang said seriously.

"Me neither." Big Banana said nervously.

Wu Xiaode smiled, patting them on their shoulders:

"Don't worry, I have a certain understanding of humans, just listen to me."

"This battle is just the beginning of our grand venture."

"I promise."

He glanced at the Book of the Dead.

Sensing something from the Book of the Dead, it flipped to the second page of the Shadow Followers.

This was a brand new page—

There were no cards on it, only a vast image of the stars in the universe.

A line of ice crystal small words appeared on the image:

"Shadow Followers: All humans."