Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

"Has it finally fallen?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"It has fallen." The other person said.

"Then you should have succeeded." Wu Xiaode said.

"Actually, no—it wasn't until later that I realized, once the divine pillar summoned the Void Hidden Realm, the task was already complete."

"...Is that so." Wu Xiaode pondered.

"To have gained the recognition of the Great Venerable, the Queen Mother of the West, you must have accomplished many remarkable feats and faced unimaginable hardships experienced by few others. But I'm here waiting for you just to tell you—"

"Destroying that divine pillar is useless."

Wu Xiaode fell silent.

He stood on a mountain rock, conversing with a humanoid figure completely composed of vapor.

This existence appeared to be shapeless, but was outlined by a circle of vapor surrounding its body.

However, the health bar above its head was as long as a telephone pole.

——Water God.

The Water God of the past era!

The two of them looked at the scene suspended in mid-air.

The Water God charged towards the divine pillar, crashing into it with great force, causing the mysterious divine pillar to sway.

The image froze.

Then repeated this scene.

There were only these few frames—

Indeed, worthy of a "fragment of past era".

After Wu Xiaode arrived at this place, the Water God appeared and started conversing with him.

"What happened afterwards when you failed?"

Wu Xiaode asked.

Water God said, "After the divine pillar was collapsed, everything in the Void Hidden World transformed into floods, surging into our world, drowning and replacing everything."

"Replacing?" Wu Xiaode asked curiously.

"Yes, everything was replaced by bizarre things, with unusual life forms growing on the earth, while humans were all killed by the flood."

Water God continued, "Therefore, in the final moment, Pangu could only immediately shatter itself to escape the fate of being completely replaced."

Wu Xiaode sighed softly and said:

"No matter what, your heroic deeds are truly admirable. If someday I could achieve..."

"No, don't learn from me," Water God emphasized, "you must surpass us."

Wu Xiaode lowered his head, lost in thought.

Suddenly he recalled something and spoke:

"No, if humans were all killed, why are there still beings later on?"

"Who knows?" Water God chuckled softly, "I don't know what transpired... These things you probably have to explore yourself."

Water God glanced again at the self continuously crashing into the divine pillar and said softly:

"This place is about to be completely destroyed, you should be leaving, but before departing, you need to take something with you."

"What?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Raise your hand, aim at the divine pillar as if you're taking a photo with a cell phone—you know how to take photos."

"Yes."

Wu Xiaode raised his hand, posing as if taking a photo.

Seeing him pose, Water God stepped forward and disappeared in front of him.

"Senior..."

Wu Xiaode called out hurriedly.

But the other had already vanished.

In the next second.

Everything around vanished along with it.

Wu Xiaode found himself back in the dark tunnel.

He stood there, keeping the photo-taking posture, and a card silently appeared in his hand.

On the card was a depiction of the divine pillar that connected the heavens and earth.

A figure crashed into the divine pillar, shattering it into two.

"Card:"

"Gonggong's Wrath."

"Part of the Pangu Card Set."

"Description: This card seals a divine skill capable of breaking the mysterious divine pillar."

"According to Water God's last wish, no one can obtain this divine skill unless you've thought of a way to make it surpass itself, becoming more powerful than in the past."

So that's it!

Wu Xiaode didn't hesitate, immediately summoning the Evil Spirit Book, and placed the card onto the "Endless Malice Magic Wall."

——This was the advanced Wall of Sighs!

"All skills and items placed on this magic wall will possess the dual surge of 'anger' and 'malice', stepping onto the bizarre realm."

This surely allows the card to surpass its own power directly?

Just as the card floated onto the magic wall, it suddenly burst forth with a chill-filled light.

Lines of bronze small characters emerged:

"You have gained the card's recognition."

"Your magic wall has acquired the divine skill from the card:"

"Ten Thousand Waters Surge."

"Divine Skill, Charge Skill."

"Description: An almost invincible collision that shatters the target ahead completely."

"Do you wish to transform this divine skill into your exclusive Death Skill?"

Of course!

After all, this move has been witnessed by the mysterious and holy ones in the past era.

I must transform it into a skill they don't recognize in order to use it with confidence.

Wu Xiaode started pondering on how exactly to do it.

After all, transforming this divine skill also requires a certain price—

Lines of bronze small characters had already silently appeared on the magic wall:

"To transform the divine skill on this card, you need to incorporate Will Power, Soul Power, Merit, or resources as wealth, life, soul, knowledge, skills, and all valuable things."

"The characteristics of what is incorporated will be drawn by the Endless Malice Magic Wall, thereby altering this skill."

Alright, now to contemplate a question.

For a skill so powerful, what should I incorporate to make it surpass itself?

Wu Xiaode pondered deeply.

At a certain moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

No.

Wait.

Why should such a powerful skill be converted into a Death Skill?

Why——

not merge it into your existing Death Skill?

Wu Xiaode's eyes flashed, immediately looking towards the magical wall.

He saw that there were already four Death Skills on the magic wall: "Love, Dreams, World Peace", "Mad·Dragon Snake", "Shadow Demon King", "Evil Spirit Evil Skill·Fetus Concealed Confusion".

Logically speaking, a close-combat charge skill should be integrated into Mad·Dragon Snake.

But now he's deep in a death calamity——

If the enemy dares to bother him, they must be well prepared, having found a way to counter "Evil Spirit Evil Skill·Fetus Concealed Confusion".

And it's his strongest move right now.

It's a move manifested by the power of Evil Spirit, far surpassing average Death Skills.

Then——

"Fuse the Divine Skill Ten Thousand Waters Surge into Fetus Concealed Confusion, let me see what kind of power they can create."

Wu Xiaode said.

On the magic wall, as the two icons were about to merge, he suddenly said: "Wait!"

A question mark slowly appeared on the Evil Spirit Book.

"I'm a bit superstitious... let me wait a moment before merging."

Wu Xiaode finished speaking, drawing out the Butterfly Soul knife and stabbing it into his own chest.

Transform into Bright Ghost!

Luck+3 for himself!

He spat out a mouthful of blood, excitedly saying: "Alright, now merge them!"

On the magic wall.

The two icons once again moved, merging into one another.

After a few breaths.

A completely new skill appeared.

Wu Xiaode stared at the skill description, dazed, and only after a while did he let out a breath.

He grabbed a handful of Gold Coins and slapped them on his chest, simultaneously casting Healing Skill, muttering to himself:

"What a merge."

"Clearly my style, but even more disgusting than me; truly worthy of the advanced magic wall."

As he was speaking, two lines of bronze tiny words appeared on the Evil Spirit Book:

"Your substitute doesn't have much blood left."

"Do you allow it to copy your skill for one use?"

...

On the other side.

A dark canyon.

Festos punched "Wu Xiaode" flying, allowing him to roll on the ground for dozens of meters.

"Why so sullen now?"

Looking at the bloodstains on his fist, he proudly said:

"Seems you know that move is ineffective against us, you're too scared to even use it."

Seven or eight subordinates rushed up, holding down "Wu Xiaode".

Though their HP bars had also dropped quite a bit——

Wu Xiaode's HP bar had only one last sliver left.

The outcome was decided.

"Then go die!"

Festos roared, rushing towards "Wu Xiaode".

Suddenly, an abnormal change occurred——

"Wu Xiaode" seemed to sense something, suddenly showing a strange smile at the corner of his mouth.

"I have been waiting there for hundreds of thousands of years, it's been far, far too long."

"Fortunately, at the last moment, he finally succeeded."

After saying this, he suddenly disappeared from the crowd's suppression.

Endless black mist emerged from the void, quickly spreading to cover everyone in an instant.

Festos paused his steps, sensed briefly, and laughed:

"Hahaha, acting mysterious, but in the end, it's just this move?"

He took out a small pendant and hung it around his neck.

The others did the same.

Suddenly.

A grand sedan emerged from the black mist.

A total of eight bearers carried a large red festive sedan, appearing in front of everyone.

"What are you all doing here?"

"Quick, come with us, otherwise, staying here will surely cause trouble."

Two of the bearers quickly greeted.

Festos grinned.

As if recalling his own previous disgraceful state, he shouted loudly:

"With the Soul Suppressing pendants bestowed by the Holy, you can't confuse our minds anymore."

"Get lost!"

"We won't fall for it again, nor will we go with you to reincarnate."

Finishing, he spat fiercely on the ground.

His subordinates laughed out loud in unison.

Indeed.

With the Holy's countermeasure, this move was no longer effective!

Those sedan bearers shook their heads and sighed, carrying the sedan back into the black mist and disappearing without a trace.

Only one bearer mumbled softly:

"These guys are courting disaster."

A few breaths later.

The black mist suddenly dispersed.

Festos found himself surrounded by farmland.

He and his subordinates were standing in the fields, underfoot full of half-grown seedlings.

"Chairman, look."

A subordinate called out.

Festos hurriedly looked in the direction he pointed.

He saw a sign erected on the ridge:

"Arbitrarily damaging farmland, compensation of nine trillion gold each (per person)."

"If not compensated, hehehe."