Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

"There are no traces of any Lizard Men in the detector," Li Cha said.

"It seems the Lizard Men were indeed targeting those few people, not us," Li Wei assessed.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Those Lizard Men earlier were indeed too many, and just thinking back on it still feels terrifying.

At that moment, the lookout kid ran in, shouting loudly:

"Report, it seems someone else is coming from outside!"

"I'll go take a look," Li Wei said.

"I'll go with you," Li Cha said.

They looked at Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode was lost in thought.

Seeing he was deep in thought, the two did not call him and quietly turned to leave.

"Boss?"

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Big Banana and Violent Fang called out softly.

Wu Xiaode snapped back to reality and shook his head:

"It's nothing."

All of Festos' men were thoroughly killed.

Unless something unexpected happens, he will fall into a "perpetual terror."

What will he do?

If I were him...

No, I can't just wait for his next wave of attacks, I must think of a strategy.

Wu Xiaode's gaze slowly shifted to the Evil Spirit Book.

"Evil Spirit Book."

"Manifestation of Pangu's rare power, the Eternal Taunter, Book of God Battle, the artifact of the Ten Thousand Gods' Peace Lord."

"Description:"

"The holder of this book is naturally immune to the manipulation of sequence-based beings."

This sentence is very important.

But can I easily use this power to directly get rid of Jiuyao?

No.

It will certainly become suspicious.

What follows would be a crazed pursuit.

Besides, this world has the Void Divine Pillar Card Set and the Pangu Card Set.

I still need to rely on these sequences to uncover the true secret of Pangu.

As he pondered silently, he vaguely heard Li Wei and the others loudly negotiating with the people outside.

The Evil Spirit Book opened.

A man's voice appeared on the Shadow Followers' page:

"Attention, we have already arrived at this moment—our group of three is precisely the squad searching for the Pangu Card Set."

Wu Xiaode pondered, "Have you found the Pangu Card Set?"

"Indeed, we found one card, but it suddenly disappeared," the man said.

"Suddenly disappeared?"

"That's right, we're puzzled too, but that Pangu Card Set card really just vanished,"

"That's strange," Wu Xiaode said.

While speaking, Li Wei had already led those people into the cave.

"This is our main battle squad, Little Wu, Big Banana, and Violent Fang," Li Cha introduced.

Li Wei introduced, "These are well-known masters, now staying at our settlement for the night."

Three men and one woman nodded at Wu Xiaode.

"Our identities must remain confidential, but thank you for allowing us to rest here," the leading man said.

"Welcome, no need to be so formal, I also just recently joined," Wu Xiaode said with a smile.

He glanced at the four people, internally musing: "You mentioned how many of you are in your team?"

The male voice in the Evil Spirit Book said in surprise: "There are three of us."

"Why are there four people in your team?" Wu Xiaode asked.

Two other male voices followed:

"Impossible!"

"Our mission is incredibly secretive, there absolutely haven't been any leaks, how could there be four!"

Wu Xiaode's eyes squinted slightly.

Three men, searching for the Pangu Card Set.

Then—

What's with the woman in this team?

He focused his gaze on the woman.

She had long purple hair, wore a leather outfit, had two daggers on her waist, and a black crossbow on her back.

Noticing Wu Xiaode's gaze, she smiled at him.

In a flash.

Pale purple words appeared before Wu Xiaode:

"You have triggered a hidden mission:"

"Convergence."

"Description: Pass the test of the secret squad, gain their recognition, join them, and become one of them."

"No penalty for mission failure."

"Mission success will grant rewards: ???"

Wu Xiaode's heart skipped a beat.

The secret squad traveled all this way, and until the end, they didn't know there was a woman in their team.

Just looking at her triggered a hidden mission!

Thoughts flickered rapidly through Wu Xiaode's mind.

The woman abruptly spoke:

"Captain, I think they seem quite capable, should we..."

The leading man waved his hand and said, "It's not necessary for now."

"But there's a healer among them, who could be crucial at critical moments." The woman stared intently at Wu Xiaode and advised once more.

The team captain followed her gaze towards Wu Xiaode.

Another man murmured to himself:

"A healer... that indeed could join us, but every new member must pass various highly challenging tests."

The captain pondered and asked, "Little Wu, are you a healer?"

"I am a healer—on the Holy Side." Wu Xiaode replied.

"Are you very wealthy?" asked the captain.

Wu Xiaode unexpectedly raised his eyebrow.

Could it be!

Encountering someone knowledgeable!

"The gold I have could bury everyone here, with more to spare," Wu Xiaode stated.

"Do you feel pained spending money to save others?" the captain asked again.

"No pain."

"Why?"

"Can't spend it all."

"I declare you have passed the test, welcome to join us," the captain immediately decided.

"Wait—why should I join you? What do you do?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The captain pulled out a tattered ancient book and said in a low voice:

"Knowledge grants me power—Query Holy!"

The book instantly flipped open on its own, directly to a page hundreds of pages later, revealing a picture before everyone.

It was a giant tree completely composed of holy light.

The captain aimed the giant tree at Wu Xiaode.

Holy icons immediately appeared on the tree of light.

"Do you see? This is the Book of Knowledge, recording all the powers in the world, including all skills on the Holy Side."

"Each holy icon you see represents a skill you can advance in, or a holy secret skill particularly suitable for you to master."

The captain continued seriously:

"As long as you join us, and together seek the true power lost to human civilization, you will have the chance to use this book regularly as you work."

Wu Xiaode originally intended to play it cool, but never expected there would be such benefits, and immediately agreed:

"Alright, I'll join, but my two brothers need to come with me."

The captain glanced at Big Banana and Fang Fang.

"Battle followers... having protectors around a healer is certainly acceptable." He nodded.

The purple-haired woman also gave Wu Xiaode a approving smile.

In the next moment.

Lines of purple small text appeared:

"You have completed the current hidden task: Reunion."

"You have received a reward:"

"Companion Mark."

"From now on, whenever you face danger, 'Hermit' can activate this mark to directly pull you to her side."

"'Hermit' is one of the nine sequences."

A new sequence!

Wu Xiaode looked at the purple-haired woman, and saw her nodding subtly at him.

She possesses the 'Hermit' sequence.

But who is she?

Little Black's voice suddenly surfaced in Wu Xiaode's mind:

"Listen, champion, I am evolving, so I can't communicate with you for long, but I have to wake up now to tell you something."

"That woman is a Sequence Beast—at least a Sequence Beast!"

With that, Little Black's voice vanished.

"At least" a Sequence Beast...

So, what else might she be?

Wu Xiaode suddenly thought of a possibility.

—The 'Chaos' Holy that took away his other body.

However, everything is still unclear now.

Li Wei called everyone to sit down and resumed setting up dishes to entertain the guests.

During this time, Wu Xiaode contemplated everything back and forth, and immediately transmitted his thoughts to the purple-haired woman:

"It's an honor to journey with you, but I have a small request."

"What request?" the purple-haired woman asked.

"I want to complete the task well and don't want to be held back anymore." Wu Xiaode stated.

The purple-haired woman was slightly surprised.

Held back?

"Did something happen to you?" she transmitted.

"I originally opened the Grotto Heaven of Ice Waterfall but was chased away by Jiuyao, and then thrown into this legendary task—I don't mind contributing, just hope to not be hunted anymore," Wu Xiaode said.

The purple-haired woman was even more surprised.

She thought for a moment, and covertly looked towards Wu Xiaode's head.

"Highest authority, query sequence operation records."

She silently recited in her heart.

In the next moment.

Lines of prompt runes appeared above Wu Xiaode's head.

—All previous sequence tasks he participated in, including the punishments he received, appeared in the Void.

This scene was unseen by anyone.

Even Wu Xiaode himself could not see it.

But the purple-haired woman was watching very intently.

Even Festos' actions, every operation message, appeared completely before the woman's eyes.