Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

Icefall Cavern.

"Boss, those people from the Elder Council also want to come in, they're spending Merit to hammer down the permissions."

His subordinate reported.

Festos felt a wave of irritation.

He had finally snatched this Grotto Heaven, was about to search here for the Void Divine Pillar Card Set, but now he's stopped.

He looked toward the Golden Armored Deity not far away.

At first, the opponent drew out 100 nuclear bombs.

Caught off guard, a bunch of his subordinates died, and he had to use Merit to exchange for an emergency teleportation to escape with his life.

Fine.

Maybe it was just bad luck once.

The second time facing a test, the Golden Armored Deity drew "Concentrated Fire from Star-Destroyer Fleets" again.

He had no choice but to teleport once more.

The third time, the Golden Armored Deity drew "Repeat of the Results from the Previous Two Draws".

Now he's facing the fourth draw.

Merit is being spent rapidly, yet there is no progress.

---Just to get a card from the Void Divine Pillar Card Set, is it really that hard?

Festos took a deep breath and asked in a low voice:

"Jiuyao, how is the Legend Mission I issued?"

A row of glowing small text appeared in the air:

"In progress."

Still in progress?

That kid and his subordinates are not dead yet!

It's been a few hours, how are they still alive?

Festos' face suddenly darkened.

Those bugs are still struggling, naively thinking they can complete that Legend Mission.

Just go and die already!

"You guys, go, join that Legend Mission as per my application."

He gestured to several of his subordinates.

Those few looked at each other, appearing timid.

"Don't worry, as long as you kill those three, I'll immediately spend Merit to bring you back," Festos said.

Only then did the group breathe a sigh of relief and replied in unison, "Yes!"

Festos began to communicate with the Sequence.

After a while.

He shouted:

"Send reinforcements."

"Immediately arrive at the latest progress of the current mission—Teleport!"

Those few suddenly disappeared from before him.

Good.

Everything's back on track.

Those three trash would never expect that the newly joined reinforcements in the mission are there not to complete the task.

But to kill them!

Festos steadied himself, turning to look at the Golden Armored Deity not far away.

Since every test leads to a fatal outcome, why not—

Fight it!

If he wins, he can enter the jungle directly, no longer being controlled by it.

"Everyone, join me," Festos said in a low voice.

In the distance.

The Golden Armored Deity seemed to sense something, revealing a bizarre smile.

"Are you going to make a move? This body is forged by eighty-one immortals, with countless adorable Demon Arts added by us."

"Hehe, let's see who really is the one to slaughter everything."

...

Underground shelter.

On the table were colorful fruits and various quinoa-mixed dry foods.

People sat around, enjoying themselves.

Earth Mage Li Cha raised his wine glass, nodding to Wu Xiaode:

"Thank you for saving my life."

"No need for formalities, what are those demon beasts your sister mentioned?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Underground Lizard tribe, with human-level intelligence, skilled in operating tech-side equipment, knows some secret Magic, can naturally traverse soil and vanish in shadows," Li Cha said.

"Sounds troublesome," Baoya interjected.

Everyone nodded.

Only Big Banana continued eating non-stop.

---Such a race naturally lives underground, this is their domain.

For now, everyone's power is ordinary, without any of Pangu's blessings, fighting them is really hard to say.

Except Wu Xiaode.

He silently drank a cup of juice, thinking about what to do next.

Suddenly.

The Evil Spirit Book emerged from the Void and hovered in the air.

It directly flipped to the page titled 'Wall of Wishes', a row of bronze small text appeared:

"The Evil Spirit Book senses strong malice."

"Currently issuing second task:"

"Inescapable Fear."

"Task description: Killers are already on their way, but they don't know your abilities have long awakened, evolved into manifestations of Pangu's rare power, Eternal Taunter, the Book of God Battle, Death Authority of All Beings, and Manifest of Ten Thousand Gods: "

"The Evil Spirit Book."

"Task requirement: Eliminate them, their master will surely feel an inescapable fear."

"Task reward: Evil Spirit Power."

"—With this book, the enemy will feel a profound malice and fear."

"Accept this task?"

Wu Xiaode read it at a glance.

Never thought the Evil Spirit Book could issue two tasks now.

The first Evil Spirit task is "Destroy God Pillar";

The second is "Inescapable Fear";

In that case, let's do it!

"I accept," Wu Xiaode said.

With a thought, a surge of invisible power erupted from him.

At the same time, Big Banana raised his head, tossed the food bowl, and pulled out the tower shield named "Multi-Whisper Black Wall" from his back, blocking in front of Wu Xiaode.

Everyone was startled.

"What are you doing?" Baoya asked.

"Boss used some Soul Power, must have something going on; I'm defending him," Big Banana's small eyes cautiously observed the surroundings.

Wu Xiaode smiled faintly, patted his shoulder, and said:

"No worries, I'm just using some detection spells, now let's eat."

Upon hearing his boss say this, Big Banana then put the tower shield back on his back, sat down, and resumed eating incessantly.

Beside him, Baoya discreetly put away his dagger, holstering his pistol back in his equipment belt, maintaining a calm demeanor.

People found it amusing, but also felt that these three truly were not simple.

Wu Xiaode calmed everyone down to sit, then began to eat something himself, and only then did the atmosphere gradually return to normal.

At a certain moment, he glanced slightly towards the Void.

In the Void.

The Evil Spirit Book had turned to another page—

Shadow Demon King.

This is one of the three Death Skills.

Earlier, Wu Xiaode consumed Soul Power to activate it.

Lines of small bronze letters appeared:

"You have activated the Shadow Demon King, targeting:"

"Underground Lizard Tribe."

"Current explanation of 'Shadow Demon King':"

"The entity you enslave must belong to all beings, must be ownerless, and must have spiritual power lower than yours."

"You have the Heavenly Realm Skin 'Ning Shen Temple Master,' with a spiritual power of 10 points."

"The current members of the tribe all have spiritual power lower than yours."

"Death Skill activation successful!"

In an instant.

The Evil Spirit Book turned a page.

On the blank page, a lizard figure composed of stars appeared.

The behavior, state, and position of all the Lizard Tribe in the entire underground world appeared in Wu Xiaode's mind.

He wasn't in a hurry to collect all these lizards into the book; instead, he quietly sensed all the Lizard Men's movements.

After all, the Wall of Desires had already said, "The person who wants to kill you is on the way."

Who would be coming?

Wu Xiaode had some speculation in his heart.

Suddenly.

The lookout outside ran in, shouting, "Someone is coming, we didn't let them in, boss."

Li Wei immediately stood up and strode outside.

Wu Xiaode and Li Cha closely followed.

The group came to the side of the bunker and looked out, only to see several tall men standing in the tunnel outside.

"So it's them!"

At a glance, Wu Xiaode recognized these people as attendants beside Festos.

They could actually find this place directly!

He had discovered the armory through Element Detection.

Then, guided by Li Wei, he passed through the complex underground tunnels, walking for half an hour to get here.

These people slowly followed his tracks to find this place?

No.

Fanged Tooth had been erasing traces all the way, so if they relied on his movement traces to find them, it couldn't have been so fast.

...Most likely, Jiuyao Sequence teleported them here.

Wu Xiaode felt a wave of irritation.

The few people standing in the tunnel shouted:

"Let us in, we can join you, more people mean more support!"

Li Wei looked somewhat pleased, but her gaze still scrutinized the few people.

——She needed manpower!

At this point, Wu Xiaode held his tongue; after all, he was an outsider, and if he stopped Li Wei from absorbing new members, it would make him seem guilty and even spoil the newly established rapport between them.

These subordinates of Festos would also be more cautious.

Might as well—

Wu Xiaode took a step back and stood in the shadow of the corner, silently chanting in his heart:

"Servants..."

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

While Li Wei was still negotiating with them, a screeching sound suddenly came from inside the bunker.

At the same moment, Earth Mage Li Cha shouted loudly:

"Everyone, be alert—no, there's no time! Prepare for battle!"

Before his voice faded.

A humanoid figure suddenly appeared in the tunnel.

It had a head similar to a lizard, with ruthless and heartless vertical pupils, dressed in soft armor all over its body, dragging a long tail, and stood upright like a human in the tunnel.

"Master, we've arrived."

This humanoid monster spoke with a tongue flickering, using a mysterious and strange tone.

Lizard Man!

The next moment—

The entire tunnel suddenly turned into a sieve, with densely packed Lizard Men emerging and capturing those subordinates of Festos.

"Damn!"

"Kill!"

"Attack together!"

"No—"

Those attendants could only let out short cries before being completely engulfed by the surging Lizard Men.

The black wave of Lizard Men dragged them noisily towards the other end of the tunnel and soon disappeared entirely.

All of this seemed slow when narrated, but actually happened within a few breaths.

The people behind the bunker stood as if facing a formidable enemy, ready for a deadly fight, yet the Lizard Men didn't even glance here and directly took those people away.

The whole bunker was silent.

"Something's not right, why didn't they attack us? Logically speaking, we have more people here, including the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, making us more suitable for plundering and slaughtering."

Li Wei frowned and said.

"Maybe they had a grudge with those people." Wu Xiaode said uncertainly.

Everyone thought about it and seemed to agree that this was the only explanation.

Li Cha shouted loudly:

"Everyone, we absolutely cannot relax, stay vigilant—if the Lizard Men charge again, we can only rely on ourselves!"

He was also scared by the earlier scene, and despite his injuries just recovering, he swung his magic wand to reinforce the bunker.

Wu Xiaode thought he should act the part thoroughly, so he patted Big Banana and Fanged Tooth:

"You two go to the first defense line."

"Yes, boss!"

The two responded in unison.

Big Banana set up his heavy machine gun and erected the tower shield on Fanged Tooth's side.

Fanged Tooth drew a sniper rifle and started loading bullets.

Seeing this, the others felt slightly relieved and began to busy themselves.

Everything proceeded tensely and orderly.

Only Wu Xiaode stood quietly in the shadow by the wall, watching the lines of small text appearing on the Evil Spirit Book:

"Remaining number of incoming enemies:"

"5,"

"4,"

"3,"

"2,"

"1."

"The enemies have been cleared."

"Evil Spirit task 'Unstoppable Panic' completed."

"You have received a task reward:"

"Initial Evil Spirit Power."